Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 83. (Read 111561 times)

If UEFA wants to pick just one team to participate in the Champions League, it should be the club that wins the league. This will make SPL more interesting because those three clubs that you mentioned above will want to put in their best to see that one of them becomes the first. However, we know that Al lttihad is the strongest in SPL as they have been the club winning SPL back to back and they will always be the one to represent SPL if one slot is given to them. But they are not in Europe which might make it impossible.

Pioli to Al-Ittihad news is huge. I mean, YUGE. I believed he'd stay in Europe, but the Saudi league is hot. They're spending big and attracting top talent. Al-Ittihad won big. Gallardo? Nice person, but he failed. Pioli wins, though. He won prizes for turning Milan around. With Benzema on the team? The team is loaded.

Pioli builds teams and helps stars play together. He'll transform Al-Ittihad into a powerhouse. People will compete for championships. Trust me. This is Saudi soccer's new era, and I love it. Its thrilling, unpredictable, and the ultimate entertainment. This ride is just beginning, so buckle up.

I agree with you, there are parties who feel a loss if one of the Saudi Pro League clubs participates in the Champions League competition, and of course there are a lot of overlapping rules. I think it is a temporary sensation to increase the prestige of the Saudi Pro League to become more famous, and they know very well how to attract the attention of all of us. Meanwhile, the Saudi Pro League has now developed to become more competitive, since Ronaldo arrival, many top European players have moved there, including managers of Pioli caliber. We know that the Saudi Pro League clubs are overseen by the AFC, the hope of playing in the Champions League via the invitation route sounds impossible.

Last season, Saudi Pro League representatives sent three representatives to compete in the Asian Champions League, namely Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Nassr. Only Al Hilal was able to advance to the semifinals, while Al Nassr and Al Ittihad were eliminated first in the quarter finals. I thought, how can the representatives of the Saudi Pro League hope to play in the European Champions League, even though in the Asian Champions League, none of the representatives were able to advance to the final. This difference in quality and considering the clash of rules between competition organizers, it is impossible for Saudi Pro League representatives to be able to play in the Champions League.

Previously I had never thought about things like this, because in my opinion this was a wishful thinking or could even be called a hope that had no clear basis. Indeed, I heard some time ago that it was possible for clubs from the Saudi Pro League to participate in the UEFA Champions League, but I didn't respond much because I thought it was nonsense. Lol

The Saudi Pro League is under the AFC and they also have the same competition, namely the Asian Champions League. AFC itself will definitely question this because they will also lose one or two clubs that usually play in the Asian Champions League and talking about business or income earned, of course AFC will feel at a loss because of this. Is there anyone who wants to be harmed? I do not think so. If this happens, the AFC will put pressure and ask what benefits they will get if they let go of the club under their auspices.

This all logic is completely nonsense as if UEFA having these clubs into UEFA Champions League they will be able to have more financial stability because they are already one of the best and strongest organization with their available sources and things are going well settled for them without having any decision like this which create problems for them, and they are having troubling time to invite clubs which are having no worth into this region as they are already playing into AFC Champions League which is working for the Asian region clubs and having their own fan base and all system for the development of soccer Saudi League is having just two or three years after spending huge amounts for their clubs, and we are having too many leagues in Asian region which are having much better and stable clubs and surely these will also ask for the favour like this which is surely having no worth for the UEFA.

Enderson has been Manchester City's mainstay goalkeeper in recent years, in fact his contract with Manchester City will end in 2026, but he seems interested in the offer made by the Saudi Pro League team, and Manchester City itself seems willing to let go of the last wall in defense they.

Al Nassr's priority is to improve their defense which was a problem last season, so they are trying hard to bring in players who they believe will make their defense even better, one of which is Enderson. However, they also have to recruit defenders too, because in that area they still have a lot of gaps and even if they have a good goalkeeper, but when they still have a weak defense then it will be very difficult for the goalkeeper to be able to provide a sense of security to Al's defense. Nassr so that it is not easy for opposing attackers to break through.

The Saudi Arabian league has developed rapidly at this time after the arrival of many stars, previously maybe we never watched the Saudi Arabian league because it was not competitive and also league outside Europe which did not have any popularity at all, but Ronaldo arrival  to Al Nassr has changed and increasing the popularity of Al Nassr as one of the big clubs in Arabia, which indirectly also makes the Saudi League the center of attention of today for football fans, the arrival of many European star players to the Saudi Arabian League has of course triggered the desire of the Saudi Arabian League authorities to lobby UEFA, so that Saudi Arabian league championship can play in the Champions League or European League in the future.

The UEFA League is of course one of the leagues that many people are most interested in, so of course it will increase the teams income through broadcasting rights and also ticket sales later, but I think if the Arab League clubs join UEFA, it will actually make it difficult for them to make fantastic transfers in the future because after all UEFA has regulations that limit the amount spent on purchasing players so far by a club, apart from that it seems that the distance between one European club and another is quite long, so of course this will be an obstacle for Arab clubs play optimally later in the champions league.

There is definitely a business side to this. The Saudi league is a rich financial league and currently many European players are in this Saudi league, so Ronaldo fans and Neymar fans follow the Saudi league directly. If these two clubs are allowed to play in the Champions League, UEFA will be more financially prosperous. Not only will UEFA benefit financially, but the popularity of the Saudi League will increase more and it will be seen that the number of investors in the Saudi League is increasing. However, the argument you have presented here is certainly acceptable, but if UEFA wants, it is certainly possible that one or two teams from the Saudi League will qualify to play in the Champions League.

If Manchester City leaves Ederson at this time, Manchester City will be very weak. Because currently the best performing player is Ederson, but if Al-Nasser adds Ederson to the team, then the next matches can be won for sure. The squad will be very strong, having Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Ederson in the team means that the attack department is strong.

Then what about Wojciech Szczęsny, wasn't he the first who was reported to be close to Al-Nassr? If these two goalkeepers join Al-Nassr, it will certainly give Al-Nassr a very good goalkeeper option. However, it seems impossible for that to happen and Al-Nassr will employ one of them because otherwise it would be a waste of money to pay these two players.

If we look at performance, it is clear that Ederson is still better than Wojciech Szczęsny and Ederson is even 4 years younger. So Ederson can be contracted for quite a long time, but if his salary is 60 million euros per year it will be very large. But of course Al-Nassr has its own plans so that they have an even squad and we'll just have to wait for the development of this transfer.

We saw from remurs about Ederson leaving Manchester City a few days ago and it seems Manchester City has also agreed to let him go to another team but Ederson leaving Manchester City is now getting real.
It seems he is going to be a teammate with Ronaldo because Ederson got an offer from Al Nassr to play for this team in the next season.
Al Nassr wasn't to hire Ederson for two years and 60 million euros per year.

Al Ittihad is taking the right steps for next season, where Pioli could be the solution to boost the team performance to be more consistent. Last season Al Ittihad experienced very significant ups and downs in performance, they ended the season with 12 defeats, 6 draws and 16 wins. As the defending champion in the previous season, these were very bad statistics, and Benzema performance was also very far from what was expected.

There is no need to doubt Pioli experience as a manager, he is one of the coaches who has managed a number of clubs in Serie A and succeeded in winning the Scudetto. Pioli presence raised expectations among fans that Al Ittihad could again become a team challenging for the title next season. We will see the style of Italian football in the Saudi Pro League, and we will see how Pioli plans in the transfer window.

The Saudi Pro League has developed gradually, and the competition for trophies will become more competitive with each season. I think, in the future several other clubs will take the same steps as Al Ittihad, they will recruit experienced managers from various top European leagues. With abundant financial strength, the plan seems to be going according to expectations.

Stefano Pioli is an experienced coach, so it is hoped that this will bring fresh air for Al Ittihad to compete in the next season in the Saudi Pro League. they moved quickly after they found out that AC Milan had fired Stefano Pioli and finally they managed to reach an agreement to work together next season. Some of the players already know Pioli and Pioli also certainly knows the playing style of some of the players in the squad, because they have faced each other in Europe, that might help him to work faster.
Al Ittihad still has many shortcomings and they are trying to bring in a new coach in the hope of solving their shortcomings in the game. In his game, Pioli definitely knows how to apply solid defense because Serie A is known for its solid defensive style, maybe he will apply that to his new team to help Al Ittihad achieve something they want.

There are so many football rumors I don't expect us to take serious talk more of bringing them to the forum but since the discussion is here already, I'll do my best to explain why it'll never be possible for Al Nassr to play in the UEFA Champions League competition. The UEFA Champions League competition is organized by Europe's biggest football governing body and there's no way a club that's not participating in an European league can play in the UEFA Champions League competition. Al Nassr is a Saudi club and as such, they have their own continental competition to participate in which is the AFC Champions League. Al Nassr can only play friendly games with European club or probably play against European clubs if for any reason they meet each other in the FIFA Club World Cup but apart from that, there's no way Al Nassr can participate in the UEFA Champions League competition. I don't expect UEFA to change their rules because they want to accommodate just one Saudi Arabian club.

We are already having too much talk about this in last one year with few peoples are trying to create feud about this which is not possible because every continent is having his own league and there is no rule which allow any team to join other continent with we have this exception only for the Israel which is located in Asia, but their mostly teams are participating into European completions which is due to some domestic issues, but we will have no this exception for any other country even Al Nassr is having good quality.

Here we already have AFC Champions League which is doing good even they are having no good quality, but they need to work on this and things can take good change in future which is also good for the game in this region, but now we need to end this talk about Al Nassr is going in UEFA Champions League.

It's really surprising news, because I personally didn't expect Pioli to join Al Ittihad. I think Pioli will continue to coach teams from Serie A or teams from other European leagues. However, with these facts, it is clear that Pioli does not seem to have received any offers from teams in Europe. But even so, this news will certainly make Al Ittihad fans very happy. Because under Pioli's tutelage I am sure Al Ittihad can definitely return to its glory days again. The reason is that Pioli has always proven capable of making the team he coaches shine. So it is very likely that next season Al Ittihad will be able to compete again for the Saudi Arabian League trophy. Because in my opinion, with Pioli's presence in the Al Ittihad coaching chair, it would make more sense if Al Ittihad were able to compete closely with big teams like Al Nasr and Al Hilal.

The reason is that this season Al Ittihad showed quite poor performance, the proof is that they only managed to finish in 5th place in the Saudi Arabian League. Maybe the reason is because the coach cannot manage and process his players more optimally. Because as we know, Gallardo is not suitable to train Al Ittihad because he is always in conflict with Benzema. Even apart from Gallardo, previous coaches also always had conflicts with Benzema. So it can be said that it is natural that Al Ittihad's performance this season is not good. Because the problem is that coaches and players cannot work together well. So with Pioli being elected as coach at Al Ittihad, at least you can be sure that he will establish good cooperation with the players at Al Ittihad. Because as far as I know, Pioli can be said to be a coach who very rarely argues with his players.

If the Saudi club Al Naser gets the opportunity to play in the Champions League, then Al Hilal and Al Ittihad will definitely complain about why they are not getting the opportunity to play in the Champions League despite competing hard in the Saudi League. Al Nasser, Al Hilal and Al Ittihad are three big clubs in Saudi League and every season there is usually competition with these three clubs, so if any club from Saudi League is given the opportunity to play in Champions League then these three teams should be considered. If UEFA thinks that only one team from the Saudi League will be allowed to play in the Champions League, they can choose any team by changing the rules of the competition.

No doubt this is one of the best decision taken by Al Ittihad management as last season was disappointing for them due to having troubling end of their season even they were champions at the end of 2023 now we can expect good improvement into their performance as they are also bringing few top players into their team which will create good fight for the title at the top as Al Hilal is already best team and Al Nassr is also fixing their defensive issues which give them problems in last season.

Stefano Pioli done good job when we have AC Milan as champions of the Serie A now we can expect better things from Al Ittihad as he is well experienced coach which can work in all conditions having big name like Stefano Pioli is also good for the Saudi League.

Source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1808392983185969557

Al-Ittihad has signed a new coach, namely Stefano Pioli (former Milan coach) and has fired the previous coach Marcelo Gallardo. It seems that the Al-Ittihad project with Marcelo Gallardo didn't go very well last season so management decided to fire him. On the other hand, the poor relationship with their star, Karim Benzema, might also be the reason why he was fired so quickly.

With Stefano Pioli's experience, it is hoped that Al-Ittihad can improve its performance which had dropped drastically during last season and can compete again to win the Saudi pro league title. Stefano Pioli will be contracted for 3 years and during that time I hope he is the right choice and Al-Ittihad will not have to change coaches again.

I doubt that the Saudi Arabian League team can play in the Champions League (UEFA). Because it is clear that the Saudi Arabian League football federation is affiliated with the AFC, so of course only the Asian Champions League can be participated in by Saudi Arabian League teams. Maybe the news or rumors that Al Nasr can participate in the Champions League (UEFA) are just lies whose truth cannot be confirmed. Because as far as I know, until now I have never heard of a team from Asia that can play in the Champions League (UEFA) competition. So you can be sure that the rumors that Al Nasr can play in the Champions League (UEFA) are just lies. Apart from that, if for example there were one or two Saudi Arabian League teams that could play in the Champions League (UEFA), it would definitely have huge pros and cons. The reason is that teams from Europe will definitely have difficulty accepting this decision. So in my opinion it is very unlikely that the Saudi Arabian League team or teams from football leagues from Asia will be able to play in the Champions League (UEFA) competition.

Apart from that, as we know, the Asian Football Federation has also provided several prestigious competitions. So why want to take part in football federation competitions on other continents? It would be better if teams in the Saudi Arabian league or other leagues in Asia promoted and popularized the competition in Asia itself. Because if do that will definitely feel prouder if can become famous. The point is that teams in the Saudi Arabian league and teams in leagues in Asia must be proud of the competition that has been held by the AFC. And of course it must be able to make Asian football grow further.