They are 3-4 windows away from being a top 5 league.
I'm not working with that bearded twat!!Never underestimate what a **** from Malaysia and a beardet twat can achieve if they work together
Eh? I thought there was only one hour shift between Italy and Saudi Arabia!? :)Destined to fail. Will never be able to support itself, because no matter who they buy no one wants to watch Al-Shassim v Al-Abdul. Time zones also represent an issue, when its day time in Saudi Arabia, its the early hours of the morning in Europe. No mass market western country is going to watch Saudi football.
Destined to fail. Will never be able to support itself, because no matter who they buy no one wants to watch Al-Shassim v Al-Abdul. Time zones also represent an issue, when its day time in Saudi Arabia, its the early hours of the morning in Europe. No mass market western country is going to watch Saudi football. The Saudi League will also need to pay, double, triple, quadruple, the salaries the European clubs play. Add the two together and there is a massive black financial hole that needs to be filled, likely by the state.
Its such a fallacy and only a lunatic drunk on power would think it will be a major success. Reminds of the story were the old North Korean Kim wanted to host a kind of Olympic games in 1988 to 'draw attention away from the Seoul Olympics in 1988 to embarrass South Korea'. Of course no one gave a toss about some North Korean athletes competing enough to not watch the Seoul Olympics. Bin Salman is a wally for thinking this will have a happy ending. This is why governments and states that dont have a meritocracy are forever in the bin.
All this does is represent a time for European clubs to milk some naive Saudi's and hustle them for their money.
My thoughts exactly. It might be good for the country's image if it continues for a few years but it will never rival the longer established leagues.Didn't the Chinese league do something similar a few years ago? Chinese clubs bought Oscar from Chelsea, a few decent players from Atletico Madrid. Looking at the stats of these players when they played in China it's obvious they went there for a big payday. I reckon the same will happen with the Saudi league. No one will take it seriously and no one ultimately gives a fuck about any of the teams, other than cringey 'CR7' fan boys
Reminds me of all the knackered players going to the US to end their careers in the 80's. 'Sportswashing' mustn't have been invented back then.Highly doubt they’ll be any interest in Europe, outside of a bit of curiosity in the first week or two.
Watching a bunch of semi pros, with a couple of over the hill recognisable faces, strolling around in the desert sun, is hardly going to be box office.
The average crowd in their league was 9,000 last season. One match had a crowd of 284.
Nobody is interested in it in their own country. Let alone anywhere else.
If you think they are going to be transformed into a “top” league within 1 1/2 to 2 seasons, on the strength of a bunch of European has-beens popping over for a bumper pension, I think you’re going to be in for a bit of a disappointment mate.