Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 9. (Read 86232 times)

Neymar was originally Al Hillal's hope to win the championship this season and of course Al Hillal hoped that Neymar's arrival would make the club's prestige lifted as was the case when Ronaldo was contracted by Al Nassr, but unfortunately for Al Hillal, after bringing Neymar at a fairly high price from PSG which is around 90 million euros Neymar was only able to play in 5 matches by scoring 1 goal before he really rested because of his severe injury,  I think Al Hillal should have reviewed Neymar's injury history before they bought him, so far Neymar has a history of quite severe injuries and according to the news I read, Neymar has been seriously injured 16 times in the last 7 seasons, indeed it is not wrong to gamble by signing Neymar but I think Al Hillal should not have paid up to 90 million euros to get him from PSG.

This season is indeed quite a great season for Al Hillal, although without Neymar, Al Hilal this season has a great chance to get the SPL championship with an unbeaten record, besides that Al Hilal has also won 1 Saudi Arabian Super Cup trophy and even Al Hilal still have a chance to add to their trophy this season after they managed to reach the final round of the Saudi Arabian King Cup,  Neymar is under contract until the end of next season, but I think it's better for PSG to sell or release Neymar at the end of the season to be able to get another player who is indeed better and of course can Contribute for Al Hillal next season.

Poor Cristiano he is giving everything he can but still cant win anything big with the Al Nasrss.

Yes, I know that the SPL will change or stop buying European players at high prices, but the same thing will really not apply to teams that really need these European players for better development.
If just stick with what have, will clearly be left behind by other teams considering that some team have really got the right players and can improve their overall performance and for team that don't keep up with developments, they will definitely be left behind.
Just look at Al Ittihad few seasons ago, they were great and strong team, last season they even managed to become SPL champions, but after many other team brought in the European players, Al Ittihad was left behind and unable to compete well.
Even Al Ittihad was unable to keep up with the competition with Al Taawon and Al Ahli or Al Nassr, this is proof that players will really influence the quality of play of each team and indeed Al Ittihad needs players who can change conditions like this.
And regarding Salah, even though his contract with Liverpool has expired, I not sure Al Ittihad can bring him in on free transfer because Klopp will retire and of course there is new coach who will definitely still ask Salah to extend his contract.

Al Nassr won the game against Al Khaleej and they can now have the chance to win one trophy in this season.
Since they lost the Saudi League to Al Hilal, now the King's Cup is the last chance for them. Al-Nassr is going to play in the final match against Al Hilal and once against these two teams should play against each other which can be hard for Al Nassr because even in the last games they had against Al Hilal they could never beat this team even with players like Ronaldo in their team.
Since Ronaldo joined Al Nassr in 2023 they couldn't win as many titles as they were expecting and they just won the Arab Club Champions Cup which is not good for a player like Ronaldo and this gave him to have the motivation of playing with better performance this time against Al Hilal hoping to beat this team.

On the other hand, Al Nassr will definitely try as hard as possible, because that is their only hope of winning a trophy, if they fail then they will fast for the title this season. Meanwhile, Al Hilal is confirmed to be the champion of the Saudi Pro League, and they are on their way to adding to their trophy collection. Overall, the competition in the Saudi domestic competition this season does not look very competitive, because Al Hilal looks very dominant even though several other clubs have former European star players. The upcoming transfer window will be the right moment to build the squad, because it is the best way to compete with Al Hilal next season.

Al Nassr will again face a team that is very difficult for them to beat in the Arabian Kings Cup, namely Al Hilal. They successfully advanced to the final round after they managed to get rid of Al Khaleej with a score of 3-1. Meanwhile, Al Hilal successfully placed themselves in the final round after they managed to beat Al Ittihad with a score of 2-1, and interestingly they succeeded in beating Al Ittihad with only 10 people playing after their players had to be sent off by the referee in the first half.

Their victory against Al Ittihad is proof of how extraordinary they are this season, because they managed to do it with only 10 players, while we know that Al Ittihad is also not a team that can be underestimated because they are one of the big teams in Saudi Arabia. .

Their meeting in the final will be the umpteenth meeting this season, and interestingly Al Nassr always fails to win when they meet Al HIlal. Will they be able to win this match, and can they avoid the title drought? quite an interesting thing to watch.

Ronaldo is worse than himself years ago but compares to many younger players, he is better. It's acceptable that Ronaldo can not compare fairly with younger players who are still in their golden times like Mbappe, Haaland but it will not be easy for these players to have their career as long as Ronaldo and can still play welll around 38, 39 years old. We will return to this comparison next 15 years when Haaland and Mbappe will be nearly 40s.

C.Ronaldo has even had a positive impact not only on Al-Nassr but also on football competitions in Saudi Arabia, especially in the SPL. And yes, at the Al-Nassr club, this player who is almost 40 years old is still the best. This is proven by remaining the top scorer there to date. Mane is good but he is not as sharp as C.Ronaldo.

I also heard the same rumors about everything you said. But let's see. And currently it's not just C.Ronaldo who is enjoying a peaking career in Saudi Arabia. but his son also did the same thing. He has even achieved several achievements there. So retiring there might indeed become a reality and no longer a rumor someday.

Of course Al Nassr has one chance to win the trophy this season after beating Al Khaleej with a convincing score. Even though their next opponent is the strong team Al Hilal, I am sure Al Nassr will be determined to win the Arab Club Champions Cup because that is their only hope of getting a trophy after failing to compete in the SPL with Al Hilal.

Since joining Al Nassr in 2023, I am proud of my idol (Cristiano) he is already 39 years old but he never stops scoring goals and goals. Even though there are ups and downs, I always believe in Ronaldo, he is a person who never gives up. Of course, your personality and determination will have an impact on Al Nassr as a whole so that you can be motivated to continue winning.

Al Nassr won the game against Al Khaleej and they can now have the chance to win one trophy in this season.
Since they lost the Saudi League to Al Hilal, now the King's Cup is the last chance for them. Al-Nassr is going to play in the final match against Al Hilal and once against these two teams should play against each other which can be hard for Al Nassr because even in the last games they had against Al Hilal they could never beat this team even with players like Ronaldo in their team.
Since Ronaldo joined Al Nassr in 2023 they couldn't win as many titles as they were expecting and they just won the Arab Club Champions Cup which is not good for a player like Ronaldo and this gave him to have the motivation of playing with better performance this time against Al Hilal hoping to beat this team.

wait a minute, it seems you have misunderstood the SPL purpose in transferring players in large numbers even though I rarely visit this thread but I often read the current rumors.
did you miss the information that the SPL has rumors of stopping large purchases of European players?
SPL has recently been spending large amounts on European players and if this is done in several seasons it will create huge losses if there is no development because expenditure and income are not equal and this is the main reason why these rumors have emerged here.
and it seems you are also wrong in terms of understanding why billionaires invest money in the SPL to buy players and it is not for fun or satisfaction but with the aim of long term investment to make a profit after the SPL gets promotion to a higher competition.
at this point I think you will understand why @Volgastallion said that Ittihad would be better off waiting until Salah contract ends to redeem the player for a not too large amount.

Yep, it is as expected. It is easy to predict Al Nassr will win the match because they defeated Al-Khaleej in SPL match. But in this match Ronaldo looks to play more aggressively, he may have a big motivation to win the trophy of this competition. The trophy of Saudi King Cup is the only trophy that Al Nassr still possibly wins in this season. They already lost the chance to win SPL trophy and AFC Champions League.

Ronaldo could score 3 goals (hattrick) if he wants to execute the penalty kick. But Ronaldo gives the chance to score to Mane. Even if Ronaldo has a big ambition, I can appreciate how Ronaldo treats his teammate. He isn't egoistic to score goals in any chance, he wants to share with others.

It is not SPL match, dude. It is the semi-final of Saudi King Cup. 

You know Al Nassr was nothing without Ronaldo and before joining this team they had bad performance and they couldn't hire players at all. Maybe Al Nassr without Ronaldo couldn't even be in the second place at the table at all. Because from what I saw Ronaldo is the top scorer and other players in Al Nassr like Sadio Mane even couldn't have this good performance at all.
Ronaldo is more than a player for Al Nassr and there is even some news about this player buying a share of Al Nassr and there is some other news about Ronaldo getting retired in Al Nassr and working there as a coach. These are all rumors but I think Al Nassr is also happy to have a player like Ronaldo on their team.

Al-Nassr 3 - 1 Al-Khaleej
So my expectations were accurate this time and indeed Al-Khaleej didn't score more than a goal and Al-Nassr scored more than two goals. Obviously Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane drove their team to the next stage where they will face Al-Hilal and try their luck again against them in order to win something this season!

Al-Nassr vs Al-Khaleej (Saudi Arabian King's Cup)

It looks like Al-Nassr will easily qualify for the final in the Saudi Arabian King's Cup. Because currently Al-Nassr is leading 2-0 in the first half. And the match has just entered the 40th minute. Which means that Al-nassr could have scored more goals against Al-khaleej. Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane managed to score 1 goal each. And Mane scored 1 goal from a very calm penalty kick.

If Al-nassr finishes this match with a win, it means Al-nassr will face Al-hilal in the final. Because yesterday Al-hilal managed to beat Al-ittihad with a score of 1-2.