KaKa Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 42 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said: Similar has happened before (Japan, MLS) and were curiosities more than anything. The English league was probably the most or second most watched in the world courtesy of the Scandinavian/Benelux/Asian markets before the Premier League without having the worlds best players. Whilst selling its best players to Italy, France and Germany. Its not about the world best players. The established league's themselves are a bigger draw. Can't believe you think this is comparable to China and the MLS. We'll see. We're all going to be here watching it all transpire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 19 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: I literally used West Ham as an example of a vulnerable club to Saudi. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fountain Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, nufcjb said: They'll probably spend their leisure and entertainment time in Dubai and only be in Saudi for training and matches. For players that play for one of the teams in Jeddah, by the Red Sea it's 1,300 miles to Dubai. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocunar Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, The Fountain said: For players that play for one of the teams in Jeddah, by the Red Sea it's 1,300 miles to Dubai. There are other cities than Dubai. Afaik, most foreign players playing in Riyadh live in Bahrain. Edited August 24, 2023 by kocunar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 They were ready to offer 700m to Mbappe for a year. If Al-Ittihad are serious Liverpool will struggle to turn it down. Say they offer 150m, that's a transformative sum for a player that's 31-year-old. If they can poach Benzema you better believe they can poach Salah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, The Fountain said: For players that play for one of the teams in Jeddah, by the Red Sea it's 1,300 miles to Dubai. Jeddah’s nicer than Dubai tbf (in my completely unbiased opinion). Less Russian escorts though, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 I added Saudi league to my leagues in Flashscore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fountain Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 7 minutes ago, kocunar said: There are other cities than Dubai. Afaik, most foreign players playing in Riyadh live in Bahrain. Dubai is a city, not a country. It's one of the Emirates which make up the UAE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflap Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 55 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said: Similar has happened before (Japan, MLS) and were curiosities more than anything. The English league was probably the most or second most watched in the world courtesy of the Scandinavian/Benelux/Asian markets before the Premier League without having the worlds best players. Whilst selling its best players to Italy, France and Germany. Its not about the world best players. The established league's themselves are a bigger draw. We're in a vastly different time now in marketing and broadcasting. People staying up all night and paying money to watch YouTubers box is a thing now FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocunar Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 24 minutes ago, The Fountain said: Dubai is a city, not a country. It's one of the Emirates which make up the UAE And what did I say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fountain Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 20 minutes ago, kocunar said: And what did I say? Aye sorry mate, thought you said other cities in Dubai. I'll blame my old eyes.?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 57 minutes ago, Viana said: They were ready to offer 700m to Mbappe for a year. If Al-Ittihad are serious Liverpool will struggle to turn it down. Say they offer 150m, that's a transformative sum for a player that's 31-year-old. If they can poach Benzema you better believe they can poach Salah. The fees haven’t been super crazy. They bank on turning the players head. I think he goes for less than £120m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Much better move for him than Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocunar Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 I am 90% sure that Salah will go to Saudi league next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Joel Piroe is a good signing for Leeds. Was sure he'd end up at Southampton or Everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: He was homesick at Arsenal !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, KaKa said: Can't believe you think this is comparable to China and the MLS. We'll see. We're all going to be here watching it all transpire. Just to clarify though, what do you think is going to transpire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) The money (and power) machine behind the Saudi league is a completely different animal than that of China or the MLS.. those two leagues are incomparable to what’s going on here. Look at the names that have moved to Saudi in their first big transfer window, it’s different worlds man. Anything could happen but I get the feeling that they will become serious players in world football within 5 years. They will stop at nothing to build and enhance the Saudi ‘brand’, fair play to them. Edited August 24, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I've just been reading that the Saudi transfer window closes a week after ours, so that's a lot of managers and players getting unsettled over the next couple of weeks, with know hope of signing a replacement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 9 hours ago, Ben said: He was homesick at Arsenal !! Merino went to Real Sociedad when he was homesick and he's taken his game to new levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) Are we potentially one of the very few clubs that are going to be untouchable for any Saudi transfer? Was just thinking of the possibility of Bruno disappearing any time soon. Guessing it would be on our terms, right? Edited August 25, 2023 by Dr.Spaceman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusiast Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 The fee we got for Maxi didn't do that much to suggest "our terms" to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, enthusiast said: The fee we got for Maxi didn't do that much to suggest "our terms" to me Not sure like. Was enough to allow us to buy 2 players and get a loan deal in without being above market value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, enthusiast said: The fee we got for Maxi didn't do that much to suggest "our terms" to me Haven't checked but was it a state club? Don't even know where he went to be honest. I wasn't very invested in the steak bake years so he's been mostly injured when I watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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