as a south american is quite funny to me seeing english people mad on twitter cause saudis are doing to european football 10% of what europeans have been doing to us for a few decades now

@ahmadzahraniAAZ

10 ай бұрын

This is for you (not really)

@havetrustissue8975

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, English are worst of the hypocrite. They poach from all over the world it's ok but other's doing it oh world is ending!

@user-op6kt8pg9y

10 ай бұрын

While I agree one of the big issues with the saudi league is that it has a tendency of not paying players

@abkbk2253

10 ай бұрын

the fact Santos was supposed to be the biggest club in the world at its time. They're acting like Spain's Royal Capitalism money didn't play a big time in their success. While Chelsea like spending 600m+ in a mid-season transfer window isn't as controversial. I still don't support Saudis, yet it's ironic, isn't it?

@jordanschlansky4093

10 ай бұрын

If you had any money and your football confederations did a good job making your leagues commercially profitable outside of South America, there would be no reason to leave. South America as it stands is for early development and retirement for the talented.

As a southamerican. I enjoy the irony of european clubs fearing the economic power of a foreing league feeding on their talent

@rottenpotato4733

10 ай бұрын

Right? 🤣

@ToddHoward3

10 ай бұрын

lmao so true

@tetokesenye397

10 ай бұрын

How the turns have tabled. Love to see it.

@MotuBiral

10 ай бұрын

Lmao also the complaints about the “oil money” like who tf is using and paying for all that oil bru?! 😂 these people are racist and so far beyond what we understand as delusional

@ToddHoward3

10 ай бұрын

@@MotuBiral the difference to be fair is that these clubs are buying players only because of their oil money. There is no heritage or real competitiveness in Saudi Arabia. So yes it sucks that top talents always get sold to Europe, but at least the quality of football in Europe is the best in the world. The difference with Saudi Arabia is that their league is 66th ranked in the world, they only have money to offer. Having young talents sold to them would be a waste. That’s why players like Vinicius Jr. have a release clause of 1 billion euros

People talk about football culture being a factor, but theyve qualified for the past 2 World Cups. For this reason I can see the league doing better than China

@cliterally1791

10 ай бұрын

plus there's honestly more money they're willing to invest and their ultimate goal seems to just be the number one retirement league whereas China was trying to make their own bundesliga somehow

@dronesclubhighjinks

10 ай бұрын

The Chinese team probably used only Chinese players whereas the Saudi and other Middle Eastern teams often bring in players from Africa and they get dual citizenship. This is really common with Olympic sports as well. Does Saudi Arabia have a youth football infrastructure built up? Does China? Efficiency, stability, and lack of corruption of such a system could definitely improve their chances of discovering and nurturing talent at home. Unfortunately, in some countries, like Mexico and Nigeria, there is so much corruption that actually hinders the cultivation of talent. There's a channel that has a video on this and I think it's HITC Sevens (seven countries that should be better at football).

@BLACKSTA361

10 ай бұрын

The reason why people try to bash Saudi is because its a legit threat. Even at China's Peak they didn't sign players as big as this. Plus we will never how the China project would have truly unfolded since Covid cut it short Plus even before signing all these players a Saudi already made it to the Final of the past 2 AFC champions leagues. Even beating South Americas team In the Klub world cup and only losing 5;3 to real Madrid. Additionally a Al Hilal/Al nassr team only lost 4:3 to PSG. Keep in mind all this is before the massive investment. If they keep this up and start develop their own talents and sign younger players this can become a legit Asian Heavyweight league

@thehumus8688

10 ай бұрын

China have non existant football culture I read that the avrg attande of Matches in stadium dont even exceed 20.000

@slmana4645

10 ай бұрын

​@@dronesclubhighjinksit's the opposite actually, china has players of brazilian origins play in their national team, and saudi arabia dosen't just give out nationalities to good players. All the players that play for saudi are homegrown and tend to only play in the local league but still the national team is pretty good and is only behind japan's national team in terms of number of asian cup wins.

As a Sporting CP fan really happy to see you wearing our amazing shirt :)

@fllp193

10 ай бұрын

SL

The reason is footballers get money as well as a retirement plan. It's like asking a software employee in an average company to manage a poor but promising company. It's just all about the money

@NPCSpotter

10 ай бұрын

All these brokies at their miserable 9-5s would gladly switch to their companies competitor if they offered them double their salary. NPCs just can’t use their brain and understand footballers are employees too😂

@CarlMarxPunk

10 ай бұрын

I don't mean no disrespect because obviously to refuse that amount of money IS VERY DIFFICULT if we are realistic about it. But Ronaldo, Benzema, Kante, etc ALL HAD ALREADY enough money to retire and secure their families. Taking a Saudia Arabia is pure greed.

@fivestarman5130

10 ай бұрын

Ronaldo has a net worth of $500 million. Players like Benzema, Kante and Firmino were earning more far more money in a week than most of us earn in a year. They were hardly on starvation wages in Europe Hell, even the lowest earners at Nottingham Forest are rich as shit compared to the average person. All these players could've hired a semi decent accountant/financial advisor and they're families would've been set for life Not to mention even after retirement, they could've made plenty of money through management, coaching, punditry and sponsorship deals. Moving to the Saudi League is selling out there's no two ways about it

@RodrigoOliveira-uo3sl

10 ай бұрын

I understand, and you are right, but... if you want to make your league big? That is it, old class players, and them you grown your talents, but you need start somewhere...

@fgsaramago

10 ай бұрын

@@fivestarman5130 so it is when players go to England from other European countries

Love the Sporting Portugal shirt mate! Great video as always

10:35 One key difference between Chinese and Saudi clubs. Saudi clubs are actually good at football. Al Hilal is the most successful club in AFC-CL and that was before the influx of European players.

@Misterioso0250

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, south americans fear african and arab clubs ever since Mazembe X Inter in 2010, we don't fear Concacaf and asian clubs, but Afcon? Yes.

@Arabiangigachad

10 ай бұрын

and we have fans lol

Imo, there’s a huge difference between the csl and saudi. The csl were essentially the government pushing businessmen to pursue football, and it was going well until they decided that football wasn’t worth it. We saw the effects of that across europe and not just for the csl where chinese backed clubs suddenly faced alot of financial trouble, ie, wolves, inter etc.. Saudi on the other hand is the government itself investing in these clubs, not them asking or incentivising their businessmen to invest in the saudi league. If it fails, it would be a slap in the face for the country itself and not just towards the league so i don’t see the gov pulling out in the next few years. And perhaps more importantly is that saudi clubs and the league itself is actually one of the most established leagues outside of europe. Heck they have the most asian champions league trophies (afc) and the most clubs winning said trophies. They don’t need any help establishing their league in asia or in their own country unlike the csl

@t8kabr8km85

10 ай бұрын

I mean sure... we'll see how this season goes but the games Sky has thrown on KZread have been shit the standard of football makes the MLS look like La Liga... the main issue right now with saudi football is the football itself... i dont see 35+ year old players fixing that.

@mohammedalrashed1132

10 ай бұрын

Plus, 100% of all the Saudi International players players play in the Saudi league and are a product of the league.

@salecousin5470

10 ай бұрын

@@mohammedalrashed1132 they are 3rd league level at the best

@mohammedalrashed1132

10 ай бұрын

@@salecousin5470 Yeah I know. But these guys beat Japan and were the top of their cualificacion group and won Argentina game. So this should downgrade them to even level of 4th of immature league.

@salecousin5470

10 ай бұрын

@@mohammedalrashed1132 the reason for the third rate in all ball sports and everything that concerns coordination or athletics is further promoted by a small geenpool. Marrying your cousin has huge repercussions

Been waiting for someone to cover this, thank you 🙏

As a Liverpool fan , I’m so amazed at the hypocrisy by our own media 😂 We did the same thing for years and now when a big dog comes in we have a problem? Lol Man City owns its success to Arab money . Newcastle only qualified because of Arab money

That's a nice Sporting Clube de Portugal jersey you have there:)

Again and again I am happy about new videos from you and have never been disappointed so far. Keep it up👍

I think that this could be a chance to reclaim European football. As the popularity will either fade or move to Arabia, it will give the fans here a chance to forget money and get back to our European football roots and traditions.

@solaimanalaboodi6140

10 ай бұрын

This is bullshit with all due respect

@yaki5176

10 ай бұрын

do you really think that any of these legends and future stars want to leave their home country for some european tradition? All those great players mostly came from struggling lifehoods, thats why England Germany and Spain are not competing well anymore in International Tournaments

@ddarkon1223

10 ай бұрын

Time is over for Europe, New giants rise

@kingofracism

10 ай бұрын

I support this. Hopefully it will help a lot of black and browns move away from white nations. We must make racism in football MASSIVE all over Europe.

@ddarkon1223

10 ай бұрын

@@kingofracism can't tell if this is satire or not

love the sporting shirt my guy!! 💚💚

I’ve been looking for a football channel with a chill person running the show… keep the good work this stuff is really good 🙌🙌

Been waiting so long for this vid!!!!

If Saudi wouldn't have defeated Argentina at World Cup, Messi would have given Al Classico a thought...

@matthewsengendo6302

10 ай бұрын

Oil Classico would have banged hard

@thacrypt223

10 ай бұрын

Yep. I still remember the "where is Messi" chants from Saudi fans 😂😂.

@vignotum132

10 ай бұрын

@@matthewsengendo6302that’s already the name of City-PSG

@NekkusuAka

10 ай бұрын

Look, there is nothing surprising about messi not joining Saudi Messi had 3 options 1. Barca (less money + more family satisfaction) 2. Saudi (More money + less family satisfaction) 3. MLS (Money + Family satisfaction) And he chose 3rd... not surprising

@samplingmastersxlr8660

10 ай бұрын

@@NekkusuAkahe said he had offers from Europe as well

Such a great way with words my man. Expressing the way we all feel about this perfectly- confused, watchful, and maybe even a little nervous. Thanks for another banger🙏🏼

@hellodigitalworld8224

10 ай бұрын

Cry you don’t own the players or football

Been patiently waiting for your content ... 🤟

The idea here is, for years, Saudi clubs have been draining the Saudi ministry of sport costing them hundreds of millions in player purchases and salaries. In return, the money coming from TV deals, shirt and ticket sales is very little. The plan is simple, for 4-5 years, invest heavily in the league hoping to raise the profile and secure TV deals that will make the league self-sustainable.

As a South American I really don't see the difference between Saudi Arabia and the EPL. Like, don't get me wrong, there are differences, obviously, but they are small ones in the grand scheme of things. They are both just very rich leagues pilfering talent from elsewhere. We don't really care if our talent is being taken from Al Hilal or Chelsea, they are leaving just the same, and both have suspicious owners as well lol

@airwipe1639

10 ай бұрын

i think most the concern isnt that of the league but that of the head state...saudi arabia...human rights issues being the predominant issue

@you6795

10 ай бұрын

​@@airwipe1639because UK human rights record Is outstanding right?

@Historia_Paralela

10 ай бұрын

​@@airwipe1639Europe money comes from exploring Americas and Africa

@graysheep47

10 ай бұрын

⁠@@Historia_ParalelaAll the dictators in Africa and South America must love you😂

@lucanasillo2052

10 ай бұрын

are you dumb? state ownership is completely different

Great video mate

Good informative video bro, love your jersey, greetings from a Sporting CP fan.

I think this strategy will succeed for, for a while at least. The main problem is when the money stops coming, will the players stay there for the quality of the league as well as quality of life in Saudi? In the current scenario, I don't think so. Money will run out at some point.

@leometz7287

10 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia isn't that bad if you're muslim and don't drink alcohol. No taxes, warm weather and the sea nearby. I for sure wouldn't want to live in a Islamic dictatorship, but there are enough players who would

@santiagotello6091

10 ай бұрын

i think its hard to beat hundreds of years of football culture by just pumping money, but im not an experted so i guess we'll just have to wait and see

@merlinkruse5357

10 ай бұрын

I think the Saudi League won't be attractive without overpaying players, because there is no Champions League there. Beyond money, I think the prospect to win the Champions League, or in some cases playing for some famous clubs, is the biggest pulling factor for top class players to move to foreign clubs. And I don't see the second happen in the relatively short term. Though the league might get more attractive in the long term for players with closer cultural ties to Arabia than Europe, who might value that more than the Champions League.

@azizanputra

10 ай бұрын

there is the ASIAN Champions league. I'm still mad proud that my local team won the 2nd or 3rd (Asian Federation Cup)tier equivalent to Europa and Europe conference. in 05 and the other in 08. So yeah. For the retirees it's the same as going to MLS. They are earning the bucks. At some point players think about money and let go of their dream. And most have won the big time. Mendy,Kante, Ronaldo.

@merlinkruse5357

10 ай бұрын

@@azizanputra I mean that as no disrespect to the asian champions league and your team winning no matter what title is a great achievement, but obviously the asian champions league won't pull any top players as long as other leagues there don't experience a similar increase in quality. Neither do I blame players for choosing to earn a lot of money, but for the reasons listed I don't think it will hold once teams stop paying these obscene wages.

Honeatly, I'd compare the Saudi League to the Russian premier league. I remember a lot of global shock when clubs like Anzhi and Zenit spent massively buying some of Europes biggest prospects, and proven talent as well. The league has grown and they still buy big players, obviously not much since the war.

@ikhlashasib8256

10 ай бұрын

very bad comparison lol

@footballhipstertv

10 ай бұрын

@@ikhlashasib8256 why? Both oil rich countries and clubs owned by oil billionaires.. Gazprom owns Zenit.. and Zenit is owned by the Russian state. Its almost literally the same.. Anzhi is also owned by an Oligarch. I remember when the Russian league had players like Hulk, Witsel, Malcom, Eto'o, Willian, etc. The biggest difference is Saudi clubs cant compete in Europe, but they had similar spending power because in those days there was no FFP so players got massive wages in Russia.

@ikhlashasib8256

10 ай бұрын

@@footballhipstertv Hulk, Witsel, Malcom, Eto'o, Willian now compare those players to what saudi has.

@letsgorandom1380

10 ай бұрын

Europe has bin plundering South American leagues for decades. The English, Spanish, Italian, French, German leagues have also bin plundering the smaller European leagues. Simply take a look at teams like Ajax or Anderlecht. But they all had watch there best players leave. Something that really became a problem from the 90's. Now those teams are at the point that English and Spanish clubs start giving big contracts to 14 year old boys. Causing them to lose talents before they ever made the first team. There are several international youth tournaments and in general Ajax or Anderlecht perform very well against teams like PSG, Real Madrid, Chelsea,... But they often don't have the financial power to retain those young players and lose them at an age were there value is not yet that great. So don't really feel sorry for the Premier League or the Primera Division teams. In the end this just might give more chance for local players to brake through in there own league. in the longer run this might be a win.

@carljcmjk8609

10 ай бұрын

I hope they loose the war and loose everything

Thanks for that informative video. You just earned yourself another subscriber.

Passing by to share major love to you for using Sporting C.P. jersey!

How is it a problem when the epl have been doing this for more than a decade after starting to get billionaire ownerships ?

@LegendNinja41

10 ай бұрын

Because it's non-western country/not aligned to the West. They are hipocrites.

@davidevans916

10 ай бұрын

Well we don’t fund terrorism, so there’s that 🤷🏼‍♂️

@funnyvid1277

10 ай бұрын

@@davidevans916 NATO left the chat🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sarimansari1

10 ай бұрын

​@@davidevans916yeah, you just go on and invade countries 🙂🙂

@saif-qw6fn

10 ай бұрын

@@davidevans916 you fund israel, thats terrorism.

Sporting CP shirt 🐐🐐🐐

Great video as always lad

Iconic video, as always 👍⚽🥇

That's the greatest football shirt ever ! Sporting Clube de Portugal :) Well done!

Watching the Saudis making ludicrous hyper-inflated offers to players of the oil clubs in europe has been peak irony for me

@oszw

10 ай бұрын

No one cares

@evandipasquale9255

10 ай бұрын

Seems like peak fraud to me, these clubs are basically moving assets around to balance their books. So the Saudi league has been turned into a shell company.

@juanramirez5898

10 ай бұрын

​@@oszwyou care

@oszw

10 ай бұрын

@@juanramirez5898 no

Awesome shirt man!

One of the best football channels! Keep it up, mate! 👍🏻

As a Saudi I can tell you these four teams have history both domistic and continental and alshabab used to be a big team but then Al baltan ruined it

@abu-omaral-bakr392

10 ай бұрын

As an Saudi i can tell you there is clearly no history 😂🤲🏼🏳️‍🌈

@LukeKoop

10 ай бұрын

@@abu-omaral-bakr392they have asian football history

@malek2335

10 ай бұрын

@@abu-omaral-bakr392you wish to be Saudi, you obviously lowly Arabized typical hater. You feel shame of your country and ethnicity as all your people claims to be Arabs.

@theranger7708

8 ай бұрын

@@abu-omaral-bakr392 what do you mean no history Al itthad and Al hillal have 6 AFC champions leagues between them

Loved the sporting CP kit !

Can't wait for Newcastle to announce they're playing home games in Saudi Arabia😂

Here after Al hilal massive offer to Mbappe😅

It was a nice surprise seeing a SPORTING shirt . Tks

nice shirt! 🦁 💚

Non Premier League fans be like "first time?"

Football icon. You are an iconic reviewer

bro how do you even have the new sporting kit already you legend you

Premier League started to kill european football with insane money spending during transfer windows, Saudi Arabia is just giving the final hit to a sport that completely lost its soul.

never thought going to Miami would be the more ethical, humble option

@Arena18

10 ай бұрын

It's a hippocracy of world an media

@BLACKSTA361

10 ай бұрын

Cause its not But hey since the Media tells you so it is I guess

@kap9619

10 ай бұрын

It is compared to Saudi

@fysl305

10 ай бұрын

Ah yes, going to a country's league where colonizers massacred the indigenous population is very ethical.

@animesh2217

10 ай бұрын

It is ethical in the sense that its not due to money. The income at Miami is something he could have got in europe as well.

I'm sorry, but people who have a problem with this can kick rocks. Especially EPL fans who use foreign billionaires and dirty money to fund their league. At least Saudi has the decency to use their own.

That‘s EXACTLY what the Premier League has been doing these past few years and you didn‘t want the Super League. Don‘t cry now. Hope this helps.

Your Sporting t-shirt won me immediately!

Truth is bro it is only a problem because the stars are not going to the premier league. I didn't see people complaining when Newcastle were dropping 70m for Tonali.

This is pretty much what Europe is doing right now to south America and nobody is complaining about that so why bitch about it now instead of leaving the Saudi Arabians be happy with better talents making their leauge relevant for the meanwhile and expanding the leauge with talented players

@abdirahmanbutugey2315

10 ай бұрын

He’s salty because it’s working

@user-pj2so3qv4l

10 ай бұрын

europe did it to south america by offering good facilities and quality of life, as well as fame and glory. only thing saudi arabia offers is money

@user-pj2so3qv4l

10 ай бұрын

@@abdirahmanbutugey2315 good one arab XD

When English team poach from all over the world it's there capability when Saudi does, it's insanity!

@animesh2217

10 ай бұрын

There is more talent in England when compared to Saudi currently. SO to buy players who are at there level is not the same as what they are doing. Ronaldo, Benzema are in the league of there own when compared to existing players in the league.

@Jack10016

10 ай бұрын

English teams don’t use slaves to build their stadiums to be fair

@havetrustissue8975

10 ай бұрын

@@Jack10016 They use the looted money from India and Africa

I'll follow you guy.

Nice Sporting kit btw. Im a Sporting fan.

I’m curious to see if Saudi Arabia is investing into academies to develop homegrown talent

@hamodyization

10 ай бұрын

We already invested before the TSIF takeover

The Real Upcoming Super League

My dude rocking a sporting club Portugal jersey less goooo Love from a sportinnguista 🦁💚😊

@YohananYGO

8 ай бұрын

Good luck in Europa league

Babe wake up, Tinashe dropped a new video !

Just to remind every non European that one of the reasons ww1 and ww2 happened was because some Europeans felt they didn't get thier due time in "the sun", imagine killing millions because you didn't get your share of the cake. The cake being colonization of other countries and stealing their wealth😂

While America still operates guantanamo bay, I have to listen to this guy talking about Saudi Arabia.

been watching your videos forever sorry i just now subscribed to your channel. thank you for all you do

Brilliant video, even better shirt. Sporting Clube de Portugal 💚🤍

This always happens every decade to different results, Serie A in the 80’s gets a free pass for being in Europe (the EPL is catching flack now), in the 90’s the J league almost bankrupted itself until they coarse corrected into the best emerging league outside of Europe and Latin America, in the 2000’s it was MLS to grow the popularity of the league.

Let's be honest: PL clubs do exactly the same. And some of them are owned by Saudis or Qataris. Its good for European football that the PL has financial competition now.

Great video. I hope it all fails in the football world for Saudi Arabia. Your point about what football fans care about is spot on - will global football fans care what’s going in in the desert league

Everybody was quiet when the PL was doing the exact same thing Saudi League is doing right now, the premier league bought young stars from every league in Europe. but now a new big player joined the game and he will have his share of football stars. football isn't only in Europe

I think Saudia is doing very good for Asian football, as it will help to promote not only the Saudi League but also others teams in AFC, thus promoting the sports in Asia. I think the European elitist think it is very bad and they think that this is killing the sports. Chinese investment era helped AFC alot and I think the same would happen this time around, and about prestige, there is alot of history and prestige for many clubs in Asia, its just that people do not know of the history.

@dandy6191

10 ай бұрын

It is killing the sport. Players moving to league ranked 66 just because of greed. Disgusting.

@MuhammadWaqas-bb6ss

10 ай бұрын

@@dandy6191 so Brazilian players moving to Europe for money and fame are good? The league does not have any foreign players that is why ranked it is ranked low, just because they are pursuing players to promote and make their league better, it is disgusting? Take away all the foreign players from PL and look how low it will fall.

@dandy6191

10 ай бұрын

@@MuhammadWaqas-bb6ss Europe has tradition and heritage. Saudi have Oil money 💰

@MuhammadWaqas-bb6ss

10 ай бұрын

@@dandy6191 yeah so? The Saudi are trying to make tradition in their league, is that wrong? When European leagues first started were they questioned for why they lure south american talent to their land with money? It is just saying give the league time and the heritage of football will follow.

@dandy6191

10 ай бұрын

@@MuhammadWaqas-bb6ss you think that 100+ years ago they had foreign footballers in UK? LoL.

I started a career mode with Al-Hilal and the updated Saudi league, I don’t like the mass buying, but I don’t hate it either, it’s kinda fun

Cool one

How has Man city not been punished yet

@EliasRoy

10 ай бұрын

It’s just charges. Nothing has been proven yet.

saudi arabia cant buy players but you watch the prem which has teams owned by saudi

Another BANGER here we go

Intresting👍

12:20 well city is obviously not an organic team

Well it,Saudi football would prosper rather than China.china is most unstable in terms of laws and no backup funding for clubs whereas Saudi has ability to pour loads of money and still won't get bankrupt.

Ansu fati leaves for Saudi. Calling it now

You sound critical on the topic, Like everyone else before opportunities coming to the region, you think they suppose to let go ?

When Saudi Arabia and China do it ❌ When USA do it ✅

I think people should look at the Indian Super League as an example of developing football in the country. Since 2014, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has not only developed some players well, but also created tiers of football with promotion/relegation starting next season, and also focuses on women's football. I know people will say there isn't investment etc. and will think I'm biased as an Indian, but it is worth having a look on how it plans out on expanding football with grassroots

@gletscherminze9372

10 ай бұрын

That sounds really nice! I hope it will be very successful. India is such a cool country with rich culture. I would like to see the Indian league grow and get internationally relevant.

@hamodyization

10 ай бұрын

Nah keep playing cricket

@zah1977

10 ай бұрын

Football will never grow in India. People are just mad about cricket, no pther sport can replace that.

@Freestyle80

9 ай бұрын

Indians always wants to join the conversation and make it about them, this is why people dont like you.

“Haters are my favorite. I’ve built an empire with the bricks they’ve thrown at me. Keep on hating.”

lol Mbappe just got offered 700 mil for a SINGLE season

love your works. would you mind telling me where your from? 'cause your accent is different.

@sadLeshrac

10 ай бұрын

nvm. found it.😂 Best African Football Channel it is, then.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I have to say, I am not too much into any football league, I mostly watch national matches. But I was actually shocked when I realized that not just CR7 famously made the jump but (and please don't rip my head off for not knowing that) N'Golo Kante, Karim Benzema, Roberto Fermino and Jota did too... I don't know too much about soccer, but even I know that those are pretty well known guys and people like Mane being romured to follow... I didn't know the Saudi League was actually becoming football giants. But, when you keep in mind how big of a history the Arabic countries and especially their oil money have with European soccer I guess it actually makes sense... Plus like you said: Saudi Arabia is king when it comes to sports wasching

Bro, that “talent to south beach” line…only few will get that🤣🤣🤣😭

"more than one Newcastle United"... That one hit hard

I can’t see this massive spending spree being sustainable forever. At some point it becomes too costly and the cons out way any pros.

This is very different from what chine or MLS tried to do. This is a huge long term project. Saudi has a huge football heritage, large fan bases for the teams, enough money to back up the plan and a huge following from fans in the region and other arab countries. Saudi already dominated asia both on the national and club level, saudi is also responsible for creating the continental cup and the whole world have seen how the Saudi people are passionate about the sport in the 2022WC.

This is long analyse for this case wich I brought from one of the best and largest football content creators in the arab region, in case you want to see a different view on the topic. To start anything, we must first admit that with every new thing that appears in the world, skeptical voices and critical voices will inevitably appear. And if we analyze the case of Saudi Arabia in a neutral way, far from bias or hypocrisy, there are several reasons that make the Saudi project unique and very different from other projects such as China, the most important of which are: The sports culture, especially related to football, in Saudi Arabia is very strong and can be compared to the major leagues. The Saudi public’s passion for their league is very large, and this can be seen clearly in the number of evening talk shows that are shown at prime time related to the Saudi league, which reaches up to 9 programmes. In various channels, whether governmental or entertainment, and these are not dedicated sports channels, but rather have multiple contents, and therefore football made the media recognize and decide that it is the best content to attract youth and people in general in Saudi Arabia. In terms of competitiveness, the Saudi League is very good. Every year there are at least four competitors in the league, and black horses always appear at different times of the season. And whether it is large or small clubs, you will find a real and passionate fan base for these clubs. There stadiums are full and the sports shops that sell T-shirts and the like are full of life as well. Therefore, with the fan base and the great demand for football in Saudi Arabia, raising the quality of the league by bringing in big names is a real and serious investment. Saudi Arabia is also able to transform into the Premier League for the region, which attracts Arab football fans in the Middle East, and this is a good expansion path in the near future because other Gulf leagues in the region suffer in attracting fans despite the good infrastructure, which makes Saudi Arabia a unique case in the region. . On the other hand, China does not have a real passion for local football. Rather, the fans there focus on major leagues such as the English and Spanish leagues. The biggest and most famous sport there is basketball. Also, the reasons that China made the investment are different, the first of which is the political fear of the global popularity of football, which is easy to use as a platform to broadcast political messages to the Chinese people, and this is possible, and it can be seen in the Russian-Ukrainian war and the use of European football in it, as well as in the story of Mesut Ozil with Arsenal for those who wants to search. And another goal of China in bringing in players was an exhibition goal, as mentioned by many international sports magazines, to show China's economic and purchasing power and financial liquidity, as an attempt to attract investors to China in general, not the football sector specifically, and this is also different from Saudi Arabia, which sees this investment as a National and economic Long-term plan. Therefore, the question should be: What is the similarity between the Chinese and Saudi leagues instead of what is the difference? There is a complete difference in the structure of the league, its passion, its importance to the country, its popularity, and the view of football as a sport in the two countries. Therefore, the only real similarity is the presence of both leagues in Asia and their attraction to big players at higher prices than normal, and this, of course, will annoy european clubs. Investing in big players with huge media attraction should not be considered bad as well, saying that they should invest in academies first instead ( which they do in reality), because raising the popularity of the league like this is the fastest way to make it grow in market value and global fame and it is also beneficial in itself to those academies and the entire football sector around it.

@johnrecinos7595

10 ай бұрын

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@onetwo34396

10 ай бұрын

What confuses me is the long-term goal of this project. If the goal is to improve the quality of Saudi Arabian football players, then unfortunately I could see this project ending up like China for a reason that is similar which is less game experience for local players (especially forwards) which will stunt their development and the current gap in ability between foreigners and Saudi players (non national team players) are quite huge but not to the extent of when China did the same. Personally, I can't wait for the results of this project and I wish good luck to Saudi Arabia and countries outside of Europe who tries to improve their own league in order to call football the "World's Game" once again.

@vimaln6613

10 ай бұрын

@@onetwo34396 You say less game time but forget that the local prospects get to practice and interact with elite players. Getting mentored by such players and playing with them will be a massive boost. Also, playing time is meaningless if the league's standard is not high. Foreign players of such calibre are necessary to improve the league.

@anonym65520

10 ай бұрын

First of all lets not forget about the fact that saudi-arabia's league is not really that good compared to teams in europe and the countrie itself buys the players. For example in an interview toni kroos said that karim benzema didn't even knew which club he would join after saudi arabia contacted him. And if the league really wants to improve they should focus on scouting and forming young talents from their own country instead of buying expensive oldsters. Even Saudi arabia itself realised that their own league is irrelevant and thats the reason why they bought newcastle

@onetwo34396

10 ай бұрын

@@vimaln6613 forget less game time? the most important thing in a player's development is game time. things like mentoring would be useless if the players don't have the platform to play

“Deadly serious…” Truer words have never been said.

always love this guy, smart and insightful, excellent :)

honestly, I hope it goes well and that they're able to succeed and that after some years, they're able to have elite home grown players as well. There can never be too many good players and it would be exciting for the world off football to have another country worth watching In the world cup

England poach from all over the world it's ok but other's doing it - oh the world is ending!

The monster European football created, turns against European football.

Don't know how I wasn't subbed before. Thanks for putting out very quality content Tinashe

The major problem for Saudi Arabia will always be the Champions League. Winning that as a star player is probably worth even more, then what the Saudis can pay you. Not necessarily in salary, but in commercial opportunities and brand value. Cristiano Ronaldo would have never gotten all those Instagram followers, had he not won the Champions League on a somewhat regular basis. And the best players will always aspire to win this competition. So yes, some of the talented, but leaning more to the lazy side, players will go to play in the desert. But they will mostly get old and washed up players, that don't really make a difference in the Knock-Out Stage of the Champions League anyhow.

@Gos1234567

10 ай бұрын

spot on,id like to see the average age of the players theyve bought.The example of Oscar is not valid either,He went for the money alone but i still can see most players ambition is a CL cup which will then bring in the money and of course your name in history.Who will care about Oscar in 10 years?Who cares about him now?

@stephenramos2824

10 ай бұрын

Exactly its unsustainable, they are signing established players who became stars playing at higher profile leagues and clubs. Even if they go out an sign young players odds of the becoming the global super stars playing in saudi arabia is nill. They are treating it as a cult of personality when in football players leave but the club remains

@Mark-uh3un

10 ай бұрын

If Israel, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan can participate in UEFA competitions then I don’t see why Saudi Arabia couldn’t buy their way in

@sivispacemparabellum5476

10 ай бұрын

Isreal can participate in the champions league but Saudi Arabia can't? mostly Europe is getting old anyways soon there will be no money in there so they'll have to include Saudi Arabia in the champions league cuz it's gonna benefit them it's a matter of time and there's your answer!

@alexandervargas79

10 ай бұрын

That not at all true. You have players in Europe leave clubs that are playing UCL, UEL, or CL for clubs that don't but can pay more. Leon Bailey for example left Leverkusen for... Aston Villa. Nkunku just left Leipzig for Chelsea, even tho Leipzig is playing UCL while Chelsea isn't even playing conference league. Majority of players main goal is to make as much money as they can in their careers.

It's only a problem cause the Saudis aren't european. European teams have been snatching players from all over the world and you lot don't complain about it. Hypocrisy

Can you cover a short video on Erik Lamela? Please?

The Chinese league was signing trash big names, Saudi signed the 2nd greatest player to have ever lived in Ronaldo, and following Kante, Benz, Bobby Firmino, kouli, and so on actual legends of the game big difference

You know what? The biggest critics come from Europe. The same continent which has taken the best talents of South America since the 90's. We fear Saudi Arabia will do the same to us. This project has better promises than China for various reasons : - Public money. This is a national company funding some of these clubs. The royal family will make sure it will work. -Passion and History. These teams are among the best in Asia. Al-Hilal is the record-winning team in the AFC Champions League. People are huge fans of football and the last WC showed it. -Culture. The average player feels, more or less, more connected to Saudi culture than Chinese culture. Even a tiny salary raise with the promise to live in the cradle of Islam can be for any Muslim person to go there. -CR7. While there were some good foreign players who were in KSA for many years, CR7 is a stepping-stone. Many will come. -Super League. This one isn't likely to happen right now. If the Super League is created and you add 2-3 KSA teams to European teams, players will have the opportunity to get a big cheque while playing high level football. Let's see where it will go.

@ManUtdfanshavetinypenises

10 ай бұрын

You just want Islam to conquer Europe. That's what you want. Your religion is not peaceful, every Islamic country is at war, your countries enslave women and children. You believe in killing all non believers, you believe in murdering all prisoners of war, you believe in raping children when they first bleed, you believe in child marriage. Don't talk as if Islam and Muslims are the great saviours 🤦‍♂️. Your religion is evil and all you want no doubt is Europe to become Islamic. Because divide and conquer is all you have been drilled to believe. This is why you hate Europe... It's because you want Europe to submit and become another third world craphole like where your from. What's so hypocritical as well is you hate Europe and yet you flee tp Europe in droves claiming to seek Asylum only to turn around and vote in favour of the same radical medieval systems which all your countries follow 😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. It's funny as well I recently went to Jurasalem and I felt safe around everyone: Israelis, Japanese, American tourists, Jews but not the Muslims I wonder why that is? Hmmm 🤔

@ManUtdfanshavetinypenises

10 ай бұрын

I forgot to mention, women can't uncover themselves, women can't get an education, you can't say anything about islam without being severely punished, all white women deserve to be punished anything else I have missed?

@onetwo34396

10 ай бұрын

sorry to kind of criticize but adding criteria such as passion, history, and culture will not cut it in this kind of discussion because it is a very subjective thing to analyze. the public money was spot on though and i feel that saudi arabia won't back down in investing like china unless there is an economic disaster there (which let;s be honest, won't happen during our lifetime at least).

@DolchOfHate

10 ай бұрын

When the Saudis or the AFC creates the real "Super League" UEFA teams will start to fall apart. I bet that Florentino is already lobbying for it with the EAU/Qatari/Saudi governments.

@barty6368

10 ай бұрын

nah, most top players in prime will never leave europe tho, retirement home and few money grabbers like Oscar back in china days is all saudi will get and that is fine

As a Canadian, I support the SPL heavily. I appreciate their attempt to shake up the norm and foundation. Let’s go Saudi habibi!

@adamh4h4

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, screw the Europeans. Theyve dominated long enough. Also helps the profile of the Asian Champions League. Honestly, i want America and Asia to rise to compete with the Europeans.