AlwaysAVFC Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I think the big concern with the Saudi league, is what is their end goal? My thinking is that it's not necessarily that they want the league to rival Europe's best. I think they want several teams to be at a standard that they would compete against the better teams in Europe. They will then go all 'Liv golf' and launch another attempt at a Super league, featuring the usual clubs from Europe and these Saudi teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 14 minutes ago, AlwaysAVFC said: I think the big concern with the Saudi league, is what is their end goal? My thinking is that it's not necessarily that they want the league to rival Europe's best. I think they want several teams to be at a standard that they would compete against the better teams in Europe. They will then go all 'Liv golf' and launch another attempt at a Super league, featuring the usual clubs from Europe and these Saudi teams. Surely their end game is that after years of enjoying their football league we all move to go live in that line thing... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2023 5 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Some sort of Carlos Kaiser type scam is surely doable here I mean, it is, but they've not got the best record of taking these sort of things well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Dont the saudis realise this is going to have a knock on effect on their national team? They are going to be absolutely hopeless because their league is going to be full of non saudis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Dont the saudis realise this is going to have a knock on effect on their national team? They are going to be absolutely hopeless because their league is going to be full of non saudis Just like England 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, bobzy said: Just like England The same england that got to a euros final you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: The same england that got to a euros final you mean Yeah exactly... The PL is flooded with foreigners yet our national team does OK, why wouldn't SA benefit from the same? Even sidestepping a suggestion that the PIF would also invest heavily in their own version of st George's there's got to be an expectation that more saudis will become fans, more saudis will play increasing the pool size, there will be a huge leap in coaching quality at all levels and then the infrastructure in terms of stadiums and training facilities will all get dragged up too And Saudi isn't that badly positioned in Asia to start with Not saying they'll start competing at the world cup but they should at least start qualifying for most world cups and do something in the group as well as their own Asian cup - which would make them trying to leap in to a UEFA competition interesting, said before I think they will play in the one after next iteration of the nations league but they haven't won the Asia cup since 96 and they host the one in 27 so that's not happening soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 They gonna have Pep as manager for their 2030 home WC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Yeah exactly... The PL is flooded with foreigners yet our national team does OK, why wouldn't SA benefit from the same? Even sidestepping a suggestion that the PIF would also invest heavily in their own version of st George's there's got to be an expectation that more saudis will become fans, more saudis will play increasing the pool size, there will be a huge leap in coaching quality at all levels and then the infrastructure in terms of stadiums and training facilities will all get dragged up too And Saudi isn't that badly positioned in Asia to start with Not saying they'll start competing at the world cup but they should at least start qualifying for most world cups and do something in the group as well as their own Asian cup - which would make them trying to leap in to a UEFA competition interesting, said before I think they will play in the one after next iteration of the nations league but they haven't won the Asia cup since 96 and they host the one in 27 so that's not happening soon Because our grass roots, we play in more competitive football. I guess if they recruit more top managers like pep klopp etc then maybe might help them But then saying that your probably right as they have recruited the incredible and highly successful managee gerrard to manage a club there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Because our grass roots, we play in more competitive football. I guess if they recruit more top managers like pep klopp etc then maybe might help them But then saying that your probably right as they have recruited the incredible and highly successful managee gerrard to manage a club there Robbie Fowler and Francis Jeffers too... their improvement to the national team will be behind the scenes, it wont be fowler or gerrard or even nuno it will be the europeans that are going over there to be assistants, youth coaches, sporting directors etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2023 The national team might be difficult - it's a very small country - the population is just over 30m but almost half of those are working foreigners, so the 'permanent' population is only around 18m - which in a country that isn't (yet) football obsessed is a fairly small pool. However, they might just do the thing they do in athletics and 'borrow' nationality for that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: The national team might be difficult - it's a very small country - the population is just over 30m but almost half of those are working foreigners, so the 'permanent' population is only around 18m - which in a country that isn't (yet) football obsessed is a fairly small pool. However, they might just do the thing they do in athletics and 'borrow' nationality for that purpose. Qatar already do the bottom point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Saudis should just go the whole hog and allow performance boosting narcotics in their league - I'd definitely watch it then. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: Saudis should just go the whole hog and allow performance boosting narcotics in their league - I'd definitely watch it then. Sure they will once Pep moves there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, sne said: Sure they will once Pep moves there. They'll all suddenly have asthma if Klopp moves there Edited July 20, 2023 by duke313 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 Just offer a bonus yacht to Mbappe to take citizenship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Just offer a bonus yacht to Mbappe to take citizenship I think his 50 caps for France might ruule him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Potentially poaching managers with massive wages now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, Zatman said: I think his 50 caps for France might ruule him out Money talks my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Taking Fulham's best player and manager lol Actually, that's pretty much what we did to Villareal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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