This guy is so underated

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

No you are lad!

@rayyanalikhan955

11 ай бұрын

Nice reply

@demonz3943

11 ай бұрын

Overrated* Jk😂

@Kadooshi

11 ай бұрын

Bro when from stealing Adrianoo’s footage to producing bangers

@PataMuncher

11 ай бұрын

Massively Overated 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 jp

If the Saudi League becomes more competitive, I’d like to see other Asian leagues becoming bigger as well to compete continentally. I also would like to see a more competitive club World Cup.

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

That would be cool to see!

@unggading6990

11 ай бұрын

No team in Asia can compete with ME outside of Korea and Japan

@secondhandcharger1315

11 ай бұрын

@@unggading6990 a few teams in china as well

@osclips2561

11 ай бұрын

@@unggading6990and Russia soon

@FuzzyPlayz-pf5dm

11 ай бұрын

Bangladeshi league??? Expectation

I feel this is a turning point for the sport. I have felt for a while something in football felt stale as of recently, and this is a mayor driver of how the sport is being split between gigantic megacorp - like clubs like Real Madrid, and oil money clubs. Everyone else is gonna find it extremely difficult to stay competitive and a few of the bigger ones like Barcelona, will probably find themselves going under due to debt. This is why as off late I support more than anything clubs in South America, and clubs like Bilbao, Betis, and celta de vigo. Football is also about culture and tradition. Let's not have the Saudi Royals take that away from out communities

@juliuscaesar8163

11 ай бұрын

Are you by chance Portuguese?

@fodenamp

11 ай бұрын

@@juliuscaesar8163all the clubs they said are Spanish or South American

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

Oh shut it

@pn2360

11 ай бұрын

idk man, the culture of European and South American clubs will never be replicated no matter what, and us Europeans and South Americans should 100% come together to embrace that to the full, but I doubt that the Saudis are trying to take that authenticity away from us. They know that they can't take history away from these clubs, but they can turn the casual viewer's attention towards them. And who are we to say that they can't create their own competitive league with quality players like we have? We will always have the culture and tradition like you say, but we should also embrace the increased worldwide interest in football the Saudis are going to bring about, however half-hearted that interest may be. And as for the money side, I think we are just going to have to live with it unfortunately - we were able to stop the Super League because it legit was trying to ruin the entire history and culture of the European leagues, but we can't really stop things like the Saudi League and the MLS from growing can we?

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

I do feel the same, as a Burnley fan the dream of being back in European Competition looks slimmer and slimmer each season!

People don’t realise Saudi has tried in many different ways to develop football in their country but it had been shadowed by the popularity of other leagues around them and this is a way to seek attention of people outside of Saudi Arabia to go watch their league develop, and i can confirm the fans are still very happy and proud by their culture, + many Saudi clubs have decent history like: al-hilal,al-nassr , al-shabab,al-ahly,al-ittihad,al-riyadh and so on , we will have to see how does this investment works out

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

I agree that I feel like the culture is there, it's a very young part of the world and are clearly well into the sport. I think it will work for them

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

Don’t care, the Saudis are ruining the sport. Maybe they should use their sovereign wealth funds on actually taking care of their citizens.

@franze4

11 ай бұрын

it won’t do shit

@khldwb1425

11 ай бұрын

What do you mean by “leagues all around them”? The Saudi league is the only watchable league and by far the most watched league in west Asia. It’s also officially the number one ranked Asian league even ahead of Japan and Korea. The only leagues that are better than Saudi are in Europe or South America

@zablix6957

11 ай бұрын

@@khldwb1425 didn’t mean in Asia (غلطان معليش)+ the Russian league is watched more than the Saudi league

If a player goes to Saudi Arabia in their prime like Neves, I think football is now bascially about money. It has been like this for a few years but I think it takes it to another level

@YeTism

11 ай бұрын

Neymar left Barca in his prime to go to PSG. It’s been about money since the 90s.

@mrmeeseeks2534

11 ай бұрын

@@YeTismpsg is differnt to Saudi Arabia no? Also psg triggered his release clause plus he wanted to go cuz he didn’t want to be in the shadow of Messi anymore. he wanted to be the best player at his club

@jjj8317

11 ай бұрын

You gotta show you opinion with you pocket and time. Support a club like Betis, Bilbao, Celta de Vigo, or even Real Sociedad. Clubs where fans matter, where there is an effort to preserve culture. Watch their games. If you keep buying shirts and watching only games from oil money clubs, then you are telling all clubs that they have to sell their soul

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

​@@mrmeeseeks2534no its not different.

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

Football has been all about money since the dawn of time to be fair, main reason why players come to the Premier League is because them clubs can spend the most on wages and fees too

Now looking at this I think this is going to make the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry much more interesting. Messi opted to go to Miami with less money than the SPL in a league that is closed. Ronaldo went to Riyadh with a big paycheck and a pro/rel system. I think this will be the next part of it, with two young cultures growing, landing big events, and a quasi battle of which system works better.

@Lildanny527

11 ай бұрын

Your idol went to mls for more money read the contract 🤦🏾‍♂️

@__________________________5338

11 ай бұрын

Danny is right. Messi indeed will get more money in the States.

@walterpasquinha9992

10 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? Did you see Messi’s contract?

@chrisdiaz9011

10 ай бұрын

Messi will be owning half of the team(unprecedented) and Apple TV Made a personal deal with him. It's not 2011 dude lmao

@rollinghippo2940

9 ай бұрын

new cold war😂

It all started with Saudi beating Argentina in the WC. Such a shock result and opened eyes to many on Saudi football.

England - How To Buy A Sport , i see no diffrence

Personally, as an American fan, I find the historical element of the game, promotion and relegation, being able to dream about your team rising to excellence, to be the most alluring part of being a football fan. Liam made a great point with the seriousness of the signings that saudi arabia is making, the state syndication of these clubs, and the fact that they’re literally backed by the wealth of a nation. I do fear that the Saudi league will usurp the european leagues and therefore their history with their endless amounts of money. But I’m conflicted, as it’s also not fair to deny those fans in Saudi Arabia who are just as removed from european sports as I am in America, their ability to enjoy the game. I just hope messi’s arrival in the US will start an influx of more high-rep players coming in and making our league better over time like pele and beckham did.

@onsant1namaleynko8129

11 ай бұрын

Get a job

@Mjigiddyjay

10 ай бұрын

in the mls the teams cant relegated or promoted, what are you talking about?

@IroonieLA

9 ай бұрын

difference is MLS doesn't throw around ridiculous amount of money to players, Saudis are.

It feels a lot more real than the Chinese Super League was and has been decades of meticulous planning all coming to fruition now. They have already bought golf. But football is entirely different ball game. If they lobby FIFA enough, they will become the dominant league like they lobbied the PGA, with time

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

Saudi Money is a completely different ball game, I agree

@thenim4963

11 ай бұрын

Except it doesn't. Until the Saudi League gets a very very large international television deal that reaches European as well as North and South America, which they likely won't unfortunately, this is unsustainable. Saudi Arabia has money but they aren't going to continue paying players like an always injured Kante €100 million a season at 32 years old and there isn't a century long culture there like there is in Europe and South America that will attract top players in their prime no matter how much money they offer. It will improve, but it will be -- at best -- the modern MLS. Which they may consider successful. I dunno. The premier league is a world wide brand. It's watched by millions and millions of people in North and South America. Not even 1/10 of those fans will ever watch the Saudi league.

@Kaijufied

11 ай бұрын

@@thenim4963Did you watch the video? The big 4 Saudi clubs are owned by the PIF which is valued at 320 billion. They can definitely sustain this. They aren’t investing in sports for sports washing, they’re doing it as a source of income for when the oil runs out. The sports washing is just an added bonus

@ellis2394

11 ай бұрын

@@thenim4963what you don’t know is that by having these ‘past it’ legends they provide a way for the other players to get better, meaning a higher quality league. Better football means that more Saudi children will watch their national league, and their national team will be better and will compete on the world stage. soon they will reach the knockouts of the world cup

@thenim4963

11 ай бұрын

@@Kaijufiedyeah I don't think you understand how this works. I'm very familiar with the PIF, and I'm not talking about sustaining success in terms of simple existence. I'm talking about their ambitions in becoming a top flight league and that takes a development of the league and culture, which is 100 times difficult than tossing money at players. They need to profit at some point. Right now they're in the investment stage and everyone is in aww with how much they're throwing around. But they're getting guys like Ronaldo and Benzema in the back end of their careers. They aren't going to get players like Mbappe or Haaland. They're getting Ruben Neves. They didn't even get Messi this year and they were offering tons of money. It's very difficult for them to get people to WANT to play there. That's why they're paying a player in Ngolo Kante €100 million a year even though he's 32 and spent the last 3 seasons injured more than healthy... Because they have to in order to attract him. They haven't even gotten a commitment from Lukaku or Aubamyang even though they're getting offered a hell of a lot more than they will in Europe. Anyone impressed with what they've done is likely early impressed by anything shiny. LIV golf was a fucking disaster and eventually merged with the PGA, who just wanted money and licensing. Just look at how quickly they needed to latch onto the PGA in order to stay above water.

just to add to ur point about the big 4 being under PIF now, in addition to that, 4 other teams are already under different bodies and companies, one of them being under Aramco (2nd biggest company in the world) with other similar aquistions planned. It will hopefully bring more competition for the big teams

Tbh Ronaldo leaving to Saudi was the major indicator that they’ll attract more stars

@BEASTXGAMING19

11 ай бұрын

Yep

The middle east have financed a large part of the European teams for the longest time, now they figure they’d rather not have to travel to see the games. I personally don’t like the idea of buying relevance, because history has so much to do with sports, but the point that the video made about how we can’t really be mad at them for spending the money they have is pretty valid

It's getting to the point where I actually think teams will start to fade away that we all loved for so many years

@Do27gg

11 ай бұрын

It’s already happening bud

@__________________________5338

11 ай бұрын

Bound to happen. Happened earlier, will probably happen once again.

Subbed to you just around the time you finished doing fifa content and honestly your productions are amazing to watch now.

well in terms of history and fan culture, middle eastern clubs (especially the ones in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and Qatar) have a decent history and fan culture. Some classic asian games can gather around 80k fans in a stadium.

I love your content so much man. Keep it up

Hey Vizeh, great video as usual!

Bro I fucking love your videos. First i watched from your channel was the first iceberg and from then i never missed one. Keep up the great work bro you are gonna be so big.

Great video as always Vizeh! Can’t wait for the next one pal!

Probably won't see this but Saudi Arabia is not running for the 2030 World Cup anymore, they felt like they had no chance against Portugal Spain and Morocco bid and the South America bid

@malconsak

11 ай бұрын

They're bidding in 2034

Vizeh these videos are so good. Keep the vids coming

Great video. Your content quality has been getting better with every video. I look forward to your uploads these days. I can see the effort you are putting into your content, trying expand your research beyond just football and avoiding generic comments like this is bad or good. Present the facts and let the viewer think and make up his mind. I love such content creators.

People need to face it: football is money, and nothing will change that now

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

It always was whats with the delusion

@siphemanana2551

11 ай бұрын

Tell that to German fans lol

@zablix6957

11 ай бұрын

@@siphemanana2551 bayern keeps winning their league anyway + RB Leipzig exists

amazing intake. thank you for being objective and reasonable

Something you didn’t touch on is the fact that the political situation in Saudi Arabia will make it impossible to attract certain players. “Money can’t by happiness” is exactly right. They threw a billion dollars at Messi, who turned them down to go to the US because (if reports are to be believed) his wife did not want to live in a country where she would have to cover up and where she would have limited rights. The lack of personal freedom in Saudi means certain players are never going to play there, and that also means there is a ceiling on how far the league can go.

@wolf9945

11 ай бұрын

You don't know anything about Saudi Arabia. Women have better rights 

@mgs8043

11 ай бұрын

uhmmm you do know that messi and his family came to saudi arabia a couple of times and if she did not like it she wouldn’t have come in the first place + im pretty sure they had a great time you can see the pictures and decide for yourself its more on personal preference shed rather live in the us its not because of limited rights and speaking of womens rights your news are old i advise you to read more into it education is a good thing keep your info up to date.

@unggading6990

11 ай бұрын

Keep being ignorant.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Saying money cant buy happiness just means you dont have enough of it.

@m10memes54

11 ай бұрын

You’re so brainwashed mate, look at Georgina, she doesn’t cover up in Saudi? And btw Messi has a tourism deal with Saudi Arabia and they’ve gone there many times.

@rydendk

11 ай бұрын

@@m10memes54 under the ambassadorship deal he is obliged to spend one family holiday in SA of at least five days or two 3-day holidays, which he has to post on SoMe (he has 472 m followers). That's still slightly difference from permanent residence.🙂

Really love these style of vids, keep it up 💪

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

Thank you mate!

New subscriber been watching all ur vids absolutely love the quality and information

Good video but in my opinion the most important part in football and establishing yourself as a country is culture which is something I see them failing at, you can bring in big names and get a lot of fans and viewers but if all the top clubs are the same nobody is going to care which club they sign to or who wins what. Also European football is key which will be difficult for them to get.

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

You must be younf

@Kaijufied

11 ай бұрын

Heard they might try and get a Super League where the European clubs compete against the Saudi clubs, they aren’t messing around with this

@emilehrnrooth5685

11 ай бұрын

@@Kaijufied ik its going to be intresting to see what happens and how they break into europe

@emilehrnrooth5685

11 ай бұрын

@@skp8748 what about this makes me young

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

I agree, it's well and good have Ronaldo and Ziyech on one team, but a squad is full of 11 players and the Saudi (Homegrown) players need to be better with time to make the overall quality of the league better. Time is the main aspect for their success

This isnt sportswashing. As a Saudi, I can tell you we live great lives. Women included. Our bad "reputation" will fix itself, once the people who want to pressure us find out we arent as easy to crush as the other people they played games with (and they are already giving up). This is investment for the future. We know oil is running out, we know oil is gonna become obselete. We don't wanna go down with oil, so we are creating new invome sources for ourselves. Entertainment, tourism, business, technology, etc. This is just one of many. Realise PIF is specifically created as an investment fund. Its in the name. Its role is to put in money, then take out more money. We arent doing this to "fix our reputation", were doing this for ourselves.

@onsant1namaleynko8129

11 ай бұрын

Good. Now start using you brains.

@theogtimeclock

11 ай бұрын

as also a saudi a agree this is not sports washing us saudis love football i myself a hilal fan for life

As a Saudi I think about it positively. It’s nice to see change in the football organization in the country. What makes this project different from the CSL is that even after their signings they aren’t as strong continentally in the AFC champions league. Meanwhile, the SPL currently is arguably the best league in Asia even before these signings. And with those the league level will raise more and more even benefiting the neighboring countries. But unfortunately anything linked to Saudi Arabia is misrepresented in the western media. As if they are the guardians of football and we don’t have the right to enjoy it likewise.

@DrYellow96

11 ай бұрын

Chinese and Saudi football is looked down upon but American 'Soccer' is highly praised, despite doing the same thing. Just Western Bias.

@Name-yb7hn

11 ай бұрын

@@DrYellow96 The hypocrisy is ridiculous 😂😂

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

Of course you do

@wolf9945

11 ай бұрын

​@@Not_Sal??

Another banging vid man

A tough one for me, having lived in the middle east. Football is massive there, yes most watch the big european teams, but they are also supporters of their local clubs. Saudi Arabia is no Qatar, Saudi has made it to many world cups in a continent which includes Japan, South Korea, Iran being some of the teams they compete with to gain qualification. AFC Champions League is no easy task to win as well Al-Hillal has won 4 AFC titles(most) and have reached a combined 16 finals with other Saudi teams. While Saudi has more recent history of human right violations, the European clubs equally has had more pre and post world wars, and the UK and everyone tried bringing their "sports" into these countries by pumping money left right and center. No one says anything to Euopean teams for buying some of the best African talents from their countries, African football could have reached it's status had money not been at play.

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

I think they can maintain this, the main thing is improving the quality of the homegrown players to balance the league out with time!

@joshua404

11 ай бұрын

Exactly, no one says anything to english teams while england is the biggest supplier of guns to the middle east. It's all just hypocrisy.

Viz has been uploading some mad videos ngl but there so well written 🤷‍♂️🔥

Love this guy u need more respect

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

I think i'm respected well, I appreciate the love massively!

God bro you never miss man!

On one hand it feels less genuine when clubs that are invested by the Middle East dominant their leagues but in the other when run well, offer some of the most impressive and entertaining teams to look at. As a United fan I was genuinely more entertained by clubs like Newcastle this season throughout the 36 weeks I was viewing PL games

As you say, in recent memory we've seen this kind of thing from both the MLS and the Chinese Super League, the MLS did it in a clever way supplementing already decent enough teams with well known superstars reaching the twilight of their career and used it as motivation for young Americans and Canadians to get to the levels of Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Zlatan, Giovinco etc and gain experience from players who've played at the very highest level and now the MLS is at the highest level it has ever been and has been shown by the continued growth of the US National team and especially the Canadian National team. The CSL however was boom or bust, they tried to sign absolutely everyone who was interested on massive wages with the idea of developing Chinese players being put on the back burner and it was never going to be sustainable, if the Saudi's have any common sense about them they will run it more like the MLS than the CSL. However it also must be pointed out that Saudi Arabia faces a much bigger task ahead of it as many many western players will be severely put off by the way the country is run, not being allowed to drink, gay people being outlawed etc and for some it just simply won't be worth any amount of money to live in what the west views as a country with less freedom. I don't think it will work out, I think it'll end up being a massive scam to get around FFP for Newcastle and any other Saudi owned clubs that will pop up in the next few years. Cracking video again, mate! Keep up the top notch work!

When I found your Chanel I was shocked that you didn’t have more subs and subbed and liked

As a man from Saudi Arabia I watched the Saudi league before all the big players coming it was a great league not very big but a lot of passionate fans and the new players coming there are some positives and negatives the positives are that it’s better for us to see a great league with amazing players but there can be a lot of bandwagon fans which effects us at the end I feel this is great for us and we’re enjoying this happening to us

Love ur videos! I hope in one of your videos u can talk about Valeriy Lobanovskyi. What he did with that young Dinamo Kyiv team is phenomenal. Many moderns coaches have been inspired by him.

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

Thank you mate!

Becoming my favourite non-Villa channel 👍

If it was any other country I would say no. But the Saudis have the money to sustain this and they’re working on getting the 2030 World Cup. The Saudi’s see sports as a new source of income for when all the oil runs out which means they’re taking this seriously, as we’ve seen with golf

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

Crazy how much of an impact the LIV Golf takeover has had with this man

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

​@@VizehLIV is objectively better than the PGA for golf..

Great video. I enjoyed it regarding the history of saudi in football is big in our region we have 6 ACL alhilal 4 and Alittihad 2 and Alittihad holding the record of the only team won ACL two times in a row I know it's not a big a deal for a European and for the saudi league is not predictable it is very competitive and there is a history of rivalry between the clubs

They are just doing what the premier league has been doing along the years, not fun right?

As a saudi, the league is very competitive and already there is 5 big teams that are competing in 3 major championships ( the league - king cup - the super league ) People sleep on that, bringing big names will make the league more competitive and exciting to watch The saudi league is called the premier league of gulf area, it will only became bigger, its not like the Chinese or the American experince. Saudi players already are advancing, big players from Europe will only rise the level even more

You know a lot that’s amazing

Most of those players are 30+ and their athletic abilities, will only go downhill. It's just buying starts with 0 zero scouting of new rising talents

This is well detailed

If they manage to get into the champions league system, i think the league could be massive. I want to see more great players from Asia. We know Japan and Korea have great talents, but i also want to see Indonesians, Kazakhs, Indian players at big clubs. Maybe this will help for players from those nations

@Vizeh

11 ай бұрын

I think distance will be a problem, having teams flying 8-10 hours for Wednesday and play Sunday I can only imagine what Klopp will say😂

@bkarnhem874

11 ай бұрын

@@Vizeh its definitely a long distance, but its not further away than Astana in Kazachstan and they play European football regularly. I wouldnt be surprised if the Saudi's find a way, even if they have to pay for every match. They might even pay each player for the away team. Just like you said money talks

@malconsak

11 ай бұрын

​@@bkarnhem874no tf we won't. Yes we got money but we ain't throwing it like that lmao. We staying in ASIA. So our national team can qualify easily to WC.

@yousefemad7798

11 ай бұрын

@Vizeh It's not just all teams play each other like normal champions league the ACL have 2 regions east & west & then the winner from each come together in grand final at the end of the season

@nuudelz3711

10 ай бұрын

If they bring the Saudis into a European championship I’m definitely done watching that clown show. What a disgrace that would be when there’s how many unrepresentative EU countries

Bro never misses

Mentioning the wm in quatar if you ignore the fact that people literally died building the stadium it was indeed a "great" football event

Just like Alfie from HITC Sevens said: It won't succeed - Saudi Money isn't even that high, for comparison: Norways investment fund has 3-4 times more budget but they have things to do like care about their own people I mean imagine living in a country that pays a billion of dollars per years for a few Europeans while your population needs better roads (most people in Saudi die because of car accidents), some basic human rights etc. It's just ridiculous

@wolf9945

11 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia is doing this because it does not want to depend on oil. Secondly, we have rights 

@mjd3618

11 ай бұрын

Health care: Free Education: Free Higher education: The government pays you steeply Monthly stipend. Low crime rate No homeless people This is not a basic human right!!!

@fysl305

10 ай бұрын

guy from a country whose government takes around 40% of their income as taxes talking about human rights. The irony.

In terms of history there is a lot of history in the Saudi league I wish you know someone who could explain it clearly

@Wain2007_Kalos

11 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia has a fascinating football history and is really making strides in growing its football culture. But there's a concern that they're relying too heavily on buying players rather than investing in developing their own unique footballing identity from the ground up. It's great to see their evolution from regional tournaments in the late 1950s to professional leagues in the 1990s. However, the recent trend of high-profile signings like Ronaldo, Benzema, and the Messi rumors raises questions about the long-term sustainability and the focus on nurturing young talents. The absence of spending regulations in the Saudi Professional League (SPL) gives them an advantage in attracting European talent, but it's also drawn criticism for potential 'sportswashing' and human rights concerns. While the SPL aims to be a top-ten league, it currently ranks 58th globally. Still, the signings of renowned players like Ronaldo have definitely boosted the league's popularity, attracting millions of fans and bringing in revenue for Saudi Arabia's tourism industry. It's interesting to see Saudi Arabia's investments going beyond football, like the LIV Golf league and potential bids for major international tournaments. It's important for them to strike a balance between attracting international stars and nurturing local talent to ensure a sustainable and authentic footballing culture for the future.

Viz, I heard they’re securing an English broadcasting deal which boosts the league in my opinion

To put it simply, yes

Another great video Vizeh

I hope that history will be valued more then money.

When the MLS tried to buy players with huge salary there was no backlash only when its Saudi.. wonder why?!

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

Or when real madrid spend 200mill on 3 teenagers from Brazil

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

Because MLS isn’t built on blood money

@tmnuzi6166

11 ай бұрын

​@@Not_SalLMAOOOO their whole country is built on blood money

@abdulelahsm

11 ай бұрын

@@Not_Sallol what

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

@@abdulelahsm yes MLS clubs aren’t funded by authoritarian regimes. NYCFC might be the exception since they’re owned by City Football Group but that’s it.

The problem with all these takeovers owners have forgotten that it actually takes time and effort to get to the top.

China didn’t stop because it didn’t have money, but because it felt it much better to invest in the grassroots and the Chinese football fans/prospects. It’s silly to say that the origins of football, according to FIFA, in China has less enthusiasm for football or that the 2nd richest country has less money than the Kingdom if Saudi Arabia

Saudi the next big league 🔥

I mean to play devils advocate, if China wanted to they could bankroll football way harder than Saudi Arabia but some of the other factors like geography I guess do play a factor

@jjj8317

11 ай бұрын

Exactly, the Saudi economy is about half of Canada, and the population is similar. The only difference is that Canadian football is growing organically as seen by the national team having great stars that were homegrown. China's economy is like 19 x the Saudi Economy. When oul prices drop, shit will get ugly in football

@skp8748

11 ай бұрын

​@@jjj8317no. Football is more popular in Saudi than Canada

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

@@skp8748but the growth of the game is more organic in Canada

@abdulelahsm

11 ай бұрын

@@Not_Salnationalization is the main reason. Saudi doesn't nationalize for sports like Qatar or Canada. It's easier to get talent grown "organically" when it's easy to give away passports for that reason

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

@@abdulelahsm who has Saudi Arabia grown organically that’s actually good?

The Idea of saying that we as Saudis aren't living safely and peacefully is a lie also the term sportwashing is ridiculous imo as a saudi, idk why people speak on our behalf, I would love if youtubers would host these saudis and let them express themselves freely but I doubt anyone has a courage to do so because simply trash talking the country gets clicks and that is very upsetting

@TheReallMitch

11 ай бұрын

Also the idea of having 4 clubs that are owned by PIF and there's 3-4 teams that are now owned by companies like Aramco, so the idea behind it is to try to privatize the league and everything going on is just an expirement and over times all club would be privitized and in the upcoming months there are 4-5 clubs that will also be on sale but they need to build them their own stadium to make everything easier for the investors and people who want to buy these clubs and actually the middle - lower teams will also get players for example Al-Tawoon which is a middle team is interested in buying Icardi and a bunch of other players

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

Lol you think the Saudi’s aren’t sportswashing?

@TheReallMitch

11 ай бұрын

@@Not_Sal I'm a saudi please explain to me what does the term sportwashing mean ?

@starmanjoestar8798

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheReallMitchcleaning bad image by shoving sports into people's faces

14:44 nah fam Burnley vs Crystal Palace under the turf Moore floodlights is elite

I am open to watching the Saudi league next season. For the right price.

@theogtimeclock

11 ай бұрын

the saudi pro league unlike the premier league is FREE at least here in saudi arabia any cable box comes with SSC 1(the saudi sports company) and if you want to go to a match front row tickets are about 100 sar or 25 usd for big games like al nassr al hilal or al ittihad but at some clubs you can get vip for that price like al ahli

Look, Saudi Arabia is doing this to not only improve their league, but it is in their plans in their 2030 vision.

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Yeah not like the epl hasn't spends disgusting amounts of money in recent years. Do a video on that

@Cold.Production.

11 ай бұрын

Different also everyone knows that lol he has probably mentioned that a bunch

@Cold.Production.

11 ай бұрын

The epl is the number 1 league

Time is the key pl doesn't create this hype in a year or two

I've always wanted to say this... Al Wehda's crest looks like your average template KZread logo.

7:06 WTF is that Al Wehda E-Sports looking logo man lol

Though Saudi Arabia has bought many star players, it is yet to be seen if this will help their domestic players develop to near their level.

More and more young football fans are not supporting clubs anymore but rather certain players, so yeah, I fear that this concept might have long lasting success

This is probably just the beginning. Buying big name players is nice but they are old AF. Ruben neves is an early sign of what could become the norm. Right now But clubs compete to sign star players fromsmaller clubs. Like grealish to city or how Dortmund are picked apart every season. Now, there's a gonna be a new player in the Saudi's. I think this could provide an even larger demand for academy talent since they're less likely to leave. This could bring down the level of the top clubs in Europe and could maybe weaken one horse races in league competition or make it stronger.

I agree with a lot of things u r saying 😎

Is your video style inspired from Josh Revell/Perspective F1 ?

This guy went from mediocre fifa videos to incredible football documentaries

the prem kinda did the same thing

I think if Arabian clubs buy the correct players and draw attention to themselves they can easily be one of the best leagues

@waseemraza1866

10 ай бұрын

I need play from culb in saudi Arabia. Wahts rule m from India

All of this could have been avoided if Manchester United had a proper jacuzzi

The Times are changing for sure

Europe in the last century also started buying only 1 or 2 South Americans or Africans at a time. See how European teams are currently, real madrid has only 1 Spanish player in the team (carvajal). It takes time to assemble great teams and investments have started now, with time they will probably have great teams

As an argentinian I remember the failure of the Chinese super league because Tevez came to Boca Juniors, he became the top scorer of the league and then left to get more money and we lost the Copa Libertadores (South American champions) because of him leaving so when he came back to Boca he was hated AF and then retired so this is that all over again, Cristiano,Kante,Benzema left because of money and when the oil pool runs out they are going to retire

@wolf9945

11 ай бұрын

With all due respect to you, your country's economy is collapsing, and your government is trying to print money with Messi's image on it.

@wolf9945

11 ай бұрын

And Saudi Arabia is investing in all kinds of sports and everything in order not to depend on oil. Do you understand?

The world cup in Qatar was so great....... Men DIED to build the stadiums that spectacle was held in I didnt watch 1 minute of this one and never will watch a world cup again

Just came out that they pulled out of the hosting of 2030 World Cup

The market is supply and demand, why do we envy Saudi Arabia?

If we had signed Teixeira in 2016, then we never would’ve signed one of Mane or Salah. What a blessing the Chinese Super League was!

the al hilal trophy lift at the end is so dead😭

@theogtimeclock

11 ай бұрын

yeah as an al hilal fan without music it seems so dead but i was at the staduim and it was playing we are the champions in the staduim people were really happy it was not dead you can look it up yourself

Standard bread and circuses scheme

Thanks for putting Indian fans pic in this❤

good old saudi sportswashing

saudi league 🔥🔥🔥🔥

CSL's favourite child like:

I’d like to see the Saudi pro league become more recognized as European football has dominated for the past 100+ years so it would be nice to see a change

The prem bought players from other leagues and before them it was italy so i don’t see why saudi can’t do it and i dont see why people are being so negative about it. We have done it for years and are now we complain when someone does it to us? The game is the game. They have every right to do this.

@toxic0470

11 ай бұрын

But when the prem and serie a bought players, it wasn't directly done by the government as Saudi Arabia has, owning Al Nassr, Al Ittihad, Al Ahli and Al Hilal. Buying players from other leagues isn't a problem, it's the way those funds arose and who they are from which is the problem. No government should have such a heavy hand into the running of sport as Saudi Arabia are currently displaying, so no they don't have a right to do so.

@unknowndash

11 ай бұрын

@@toxic0470i mean its their league and they can do what they want i dont see a problem with them owning 4 clubs to help grow them. Its an investment fund after all the goal is to maximise revenue and profits

@Not_Sal

11 ай бұрын

It’s because of where the money comes from

@toxic0470

11 ай бұрын

@@unknowndash on the face sure its an investment fund, but its an investment fund backed and made by the Saudi Arabian government. especially when there are no ffp rules in place from the AFC (Asian UEFA) , they are completely free to offer ludicrous wages to players to entice them over to the Saudi league. there's a difference between helping them grow and forcing them to grow, and what the PIF and by extension the government are doing falls squarely into the latter

WE HERE!

As an Arab i rlly hope people would understand us and our culture and i dont know whtas the problem with the saudi football and investments what if they hosted the world cup or got more players we dont force these players to go and europe doesnt understand how muchh history we have here in football in middle east im from egypt and in egypt theres al ahly which is the most successful club in africa and arab world it got more trophies than massive names in europe so lastly i hope people could undertstand and get with it because i think the media will not show you the full picture always

@drkpmnair

11 ай бұрын

You are not hosting 2030 world cup. That's south america

@theogtimeclock

11 ай бұрын

@@drkpmnair yeah we pulled out but we will host 2034

They have the history and fans, this is the third part the player. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

Wait till you all found out theres a three foreign player rule for asain champions league