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How big will the Saudi League be?

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View Spiderman's Profile Spiderman Flag Horsham 19 Jun 23 7.16am Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by Spiderman

Neves going to Saudi in his prime is a worrying turn of events. Helps Wolves with ffp, any bets on him being loaned to Newcastle and parent club paying his wages? Helps Newcastle navigate FFP.
I also learned that PIF have interests in a company owned by Todd Boehly, who has recently visited them!, Unfortunately the football authorities have lost control and the slippery slope is getting faster

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Edited by Spiderman (19 Jun 2023 6.59am)

PIF are big investors in Clearlake, the company through which Boehly bought Chelsea

 

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View YT's Profile YT Flag Oxford 19 Jun 23 10.02am Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

How I yearn for the good old days when Man Utd had all the money.

 


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View Pete53's Profile Pete53 Flag Hassocks 21 Jun 23 3.08pm Send a Private Message to Pete53 Add Pete53 as a friend

I can see little attraction for players still in their prime to move off to Saudi to play in partly empty stadiums where the atmosphere will probably be muted and where there is no his footballing heritage.

Whilst we bemoan the fact that the modern pro seems to be a greedy money grabbing so and so, there surely must still be an appeal to them to be playing cut and thrust games in front of passionate crowds and in games that have real meaning and have a history of rivalry. Well, I would hope so anyway!

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 21 Jun 23 8.00pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Originally posted by YT

How I yearn for the good old days when Man Utd had all the money.

You can have those days back soon when they get taken over by not an Arab state.

 


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View samprior's Profile samprior Online Flag Hamburg 21 Jun 23 8.22pm Send a Private Message to samprior Add samprior as a friend

UEFA are currently taking a stance against this Saudi emergence but I give it a couple of seasons before the Saudi league begin to throw big money at UEFA to allow "guest spots" in their European competitions. The league will know this is the only way they'll be able to get any credibility and we all know UEFA will take the money.

 

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View Nicholas91's Profile Nicholas91 Flag The Democratic Republic of Kent 26 Jun 23 2.52pm Send a Private Message to Nicholas91 Add Nicholas91 as a friend

Seems like there are a host of players now being linked with a move there - Gray, Firmino, Ziyech amongst others and additionally to those already left. Saw a rumour too that Neves might be loaned back to a bigger team (Newcastle I think... and logically) which really is nefarious and disconcerting.

May be moving from a laughable sideshow to a real spanner in the works now.

 


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Originally posted by samprior

UEFA are currently taking a stance against this Saudi emergence but I give it a couple of seasons before the Saudi league begin to throw big money at UEFA to allow "guest spots" in their European competitions. The league will know this is the only way they'll be able to get any credibility and we all know UEFA will take the money.

Although that hasn't happened yet, tho won't be long, the Saudi's & Quatar's have already got themselves involved with CONCOCAF's 'Gold Cup'. UEFA next?

 


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Originally posted by eagleman13

Although that hasn't happened yet, tho won't be long, the Saudi's & Quatar's have already got themselves involved with CONCOCAF's 'Gold Cup'. UEFA next?

Jeddah has just been named to host the 2023 Club World Cup.

 


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View m/k mick's Profile m/k mick Flag milton keynes 26 Jun 23 7.13pm Send a Private Message to m/k mick Add m/k mick as a friend

Personally I think it’s being built on sand, boom boom

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 22 Jul 23 1.11pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Every player in the world being offered ludicrous money by sh1t sides. I presume there's no FFP or anything like that. Just a Subbuteo/ Fantasy league. Obviously PSG reckon Mbappe will go there, I'm not sure he will.

 


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View dreamwaverider's Profile dreamwaverider Flag London 22 Jul 23 1.28pm Send a Private Message to dreamwaverider Add dreamwaverider as a friend

If they want to play in front of a few thousand people with no atmosphere for very big bucks then hot tail it to Saudi.

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 22 Jul 23 1.30pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by samprior

UEFA are currently taking a stance against this Saudi emergence but I give it a couple of seasons before the Saudi league begin to throw big money at UEFA to allow "guest spots" in their European competitions. The league will know this is the only way they'll be able to get any credibility and we all know UEFA will take the money.

This makes sense (to UEFA) not me I can see them throwing in a couple of South American club teams as well. Eventually this will become a World Club Championship it's going to be a race between FIFA and UEFA as to who gets their first and controls the money.

 


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