Why The Saudi Pro League Is Already Falling Apart 

only Henderson, how is that a collapse

@@The_Goat_CR7.All The European players now want to leave 😂

​@@ashleyjackson82so Henderson an benzema are all European players? 😂

@@100apThe whole channel has had an agenda against the saudi league from day one so you really can’t take their opinion seriously

​@DejiNova I think that's because the Saudi league is sportwashing and corruption is rife. Hench why most players are quite happy to turn down a move...

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I hear heads are already rolling!

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Exactly. If you're worth 100 million an extra 50 million literally changes nothing as far as lifestyle.

​@@KNByamEspecially considering that for those 50M, they're forced to change their lifestyle in some cases

@@KNByam I mean you can always buy a bigger mansion, more cars etc...

​@trollinape2697 and ??? For you and me make sense because we don't have that much , but like everything in life after you have it ,is whatever.. the really richt one ,are more interesting in power.

@@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk I was a bit sarcastic lol

Whenever someone says "get politics out of football/sport," always assume they're idiots.

​@LoCoAde87 big difference is that dynamo dresden Millwall and lazio hellas verona etc etc have football heritage that these saudi clubs simply don't have.

They're the type of idiots fifa and uefa like and appeal to now. Them that don't care for corruption, inequality and the history of the sporf. Not real fans

That is because they fans of the sport, not social justice like the rest of you idiots

Yes they may not have the heritage like the club you mentioned but heritage doesn't get built in 7 8 9 years it take much more then that and those clubs and the leauge is just getting relevant..football is not only for Europeans@Micfri300

It's so funny watching people develop this sort of false consciousness, because as you say, this has been going on for a while. Everyone knows what's going on, yet some Ronaldo stans or the like on Twitter seem to have genuinely convinced themselves the players (or in fact the fans themselves) care about "the project". What I'm saying is, how sad do you have to be to invent excuses for someone who's infinitely richer than you to make more money at the cost of their dignity?

That this big push in Saudi Arabia for the Saudi Pro League and hosting boxing matches is how the country is going about "diversifying" it's economy shows the it's doomed economically if demand for oil keeps falling.

@@BiggieTrismegistus Demand for oil hasn't fallen, it's increased.

Da pbn, liga araba este un fel de liga chinezeasca in 2017. Se va duce de rapa in scurt timp

Radoi was an amazing player for al-hilal

Where is the implosion if i may ask?

@@DejiNovadude, it’s a joke. Why are on here getting offended on behalf of league? How much they paying you? 😂

@@wephilips6651 How much are they paying you to hate on the league?

@@wephilips6651 dude,it's just a question ..where is the implosion?

@@DejiNova There's a fucking 43 minute video here if you scroll up bud.

Jordan just wanted to grow the game he loves around the world. It had nothing to do with money 🙄

And he sorted out homophobia in Saudi Arabia. What a guy

What do you mean he made sure everyone had rights and spread football in his 6 months I am sure of it

His love for Jordan Henderson never dies LMFAOOOOOOOO 🤣🤣 Whenever I see Jordan Henderson news on Twitter or Instagram I tag him 🫣🤭

​@@ryanmurphy4748 and he did it in LESS THAN HALF A YEAR!!! What a legend.

Never bubu. The league just got bigger. Messi fans at their best 😅

This is an important issue that's been overlooked. Hendo was the League.

Wtf is a jordan henderson?😂

​@@DejiNovait's a joke

Idk why Are people so salty

all the money in the world can't buy you character, so instead you buy ten million camels and a few football stars.

It's just greed, they already make more money than they'll ever really need

Buying the best players doesn't make your league the greatest

100% correct postulation.@@Romit12

They should spend the money building the brand, fanbase, facilities,content- instead of just buying b

It's probably written in his contract that he gets a bonus every time he smiles after saying 'Saudi pro league'

Also be confident that the Saudi League cuts him a pretty check every time he says it.

​@@UnbiasedBayernFanOf course, you dont get paid 200 million a year without being a media dog for the regime

@@UnbiasedBayernFan😂😂😂

ronaldo is horny about his stats and if he would tell the league he pumps ups his numbers is crap he would take a dump in his own pockets and legacy so ofcourse he inflates his own ego by hyping that bad league. There is a reason why he can score goals again when he failed in his last months in the premier league being stiff as fk

Europe doesn’t have the monopoly of football. Stop hating, most of the people playing in Saudi represent their countries. The highest pride in football is being able to represent your country. 350k a week in Europe, and apparently, they’re not playing for money 😂

​@@abetoperez3969I like how you're all over random comments defending the Saudis constantly. 😂

@@LoCoAde87 and doing a pretty lousy job of it too. 🤣

​​@abetoperez3969 Why didn't you respond to anything at all in the comment you were replying to? Do you not know what a reply is? Saudi players having pride in playing for their dictatorship has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the comment.

@@Ceaseless_Watcher if he replies and says the wrong thing he might just go the way of Jamal Khashoggi 🤷‍♂️

Well Said

You can't buy class either. The treatment of Beckenbauer shows that. Disrespect a Legend, disrespect every fan.

You can rent one though by signing Ronaldo. All his cuckolds come as part of the deal.

You kinda can buy a fan base , look at man city for example. Fans all over the world .. EPL have bought a world fan base

@@artsy38 140 years of organic growth

And he got no money from it

10 bucks says he'll try and spin it that he "left on ethical grounds" and it was totally all about changing people's minds on social issues. "If it was just about money he'd still be over there" is a line I'd be running if I was in his PR team.

He ended homophobia and joined his dream club, what are you smoking ?

destroyed his rep with the LGBT community you mean, a group that he owed nothing to in the first place.

@@somethinglikethat2176”I have done everything I could to help the culture, but as a man of virtues, I will never sell out if it means I must break my morals. My goal has always been to help the game of football and money has never been as important as the game has to me. Except for the time I got offered that golden pay check by the Saudis” Henderson probably

Rejected in 2010 because of Qatari bribery to FIFA officials.

We are getting the 28 euros to be fair

@@livwakethe poster is right. Go to most countries on this planet and they all support an English teams. Throughout Africa, Asia, North America, and every country I’ve ever visited, anyone that watches football, most of them support one of the big English clubs, Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and now Man City. We have one of the best (and most exciting) leagues on the planet, we have great infrastructure and lots of incredible iconic stadiums, we have huge iconic national stadiums if you take in wales and Scotland (but we don’t even need those). Old Trafford, Anfield, Emirates, Stamford bridge, white heart lane, villa park, city of Manchester, st James park, Olympic stadium and Wembley, to name a very small number. We also have lots and lots and lots of fans, guaranteed to sell out every single game over and over even if you price tickets at ridiculous prices. Everyone will want to go to see the games. Cost will be immaterial. To have not seen 1 World Cup in England, whilst Mexico have hosted 3 and many other countries have hosted it twice frankly stinks to high hell. What the hell is FIFA doing? And the euros isn’t the WORLD CUP. The World Cup is the ultimate sport tournament on the planet. It is sad that I probably won’t see a World Cup in England either. Never to see old Trafford or Anfield or Wembley hosting a World Cup game. FIFA must really hate England.

You forgot that RUSSIA hosted it in 2018, 4 years after marching into and annexing Ukraine illegally killing thousands. It really is a complete joke. Can we expect North Korea to host it next maybe?

@@sarangistudent8614 The fact a swiss ran FIFA and now another does says it all. Neautral in the war cos they are cowardly

the J League is much more sustainable than camel league, you can watch their games for free too on youtube

I've not even seen any players in that league trending on twitter for something they've done in a game other than CR7

@@battlep0t It’s sad really. You can buy talent but you can’t buy views. The people want good football!

I honestly don't even know what platform it's on or how to watch it lol (and I watch games from most of the big leagues)

@@NF12222 same!

that decisison was worth it

Wtf is an Aboubakar and who cares about his opinion? Get that sh*t of the road bruh

​@@Sanjiv-kn8uswhat decision ? they kicked him 😂😂

​@@alberto6769Thats what happens when you openly ask questions about an authoritarian monarchy.

Not really he's just not as good as Cristiano and Talisca @@LiftandCoa

Breaking: Footballers are dumb

tl'dr = Jordan Henderson is a bit dim His few weeks at the Qatar WC probably led him to believe he would gel easily with that kind of culture because he had a lovely time there. Footballers are not known for their intelligence, and due to the vast sums of money they make from a young age, they never have to really plan to far ahead for the future, so forward thinking is just not what they do. So he probably never foreseen the fact that living in that culture is a hell of a lot different then spending a few weeks there with his English team mates in a hotel

He was commuting to and from and living in Bahrain

Liverpool and Sunderland are shit holes. Saudi is just a sandy shit hole

Thought it was a joke when told you can't eat bacon, hold hands in public, drink alcohol or put a sports bet on because the laws are archaic

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Just think no World Cup in England for almost 75 years but 3, yes 3 in Mexico. Because everyone watches Mexican football every week, don’t they.

If the Europeans allow this, they aren't any less corrupt than the Middle Easterns bribing them. Corruption always involved someone paying and someone getting paid.

​@sarangistudent8614 how many years were Mexican fans banned from travelling in international football, in comparison to England fans?

​@@sarangistudent8614 what does that have to with hosting?

what support, camels don't play football.

They do compete in AFC Champions League. Next step would be to enhance that, especially amidst the Super League developments in Europe.

Unfortunately, they have kind of ruined the AFC Champions League within Asia anyway, certainly amongst most fans, by now hosting the quarter finals, semi finals and final in Saudi Arabia.@@Coach-rq6jx

@@Coach-rq6jx I don't know if the comment sent, so sorry if this appears twice, but they have already harmed any hopes of that, at least amongst fans in Asia, many of whom are annoyed at the quarter finals, semi finals and finals of the ACL being played in Saudi Arabia.

@@Coach-rq6jx no one (outside those countries) gives a fuck about the AFC champions league though let’s be honest,

@@nonofyourbuisness8373 Most people in AFC countries don't like it to the extent that the UCL is liked in Europe, and as I replied to his comment too, they decided to host all of the quarter finals, semi finals and the final of the AFC CL in saudi arabia, which isn't popular, and won't help grow the popularity if people can't even watch their team in the competition.

No one thinks that it is better than the mls though

‘Washed players’ the irony 😂

@@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh is it not true? saudi just buying 30 + year old players who had awful seasons in europe and could not do it anymore, in a couple years they will be fucked over as they don't care about youth development and are just buying foreign players.

@@anthonymartiaIi never said it was lol I said it’s ironic because the poster boy club for the mls is buying Busquetes Alaba and Suarez

Serie A is the 2nd best league right now, What u on?

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Yeah, they insulted pretty much their national pride by denying them their pre-game show, (as the video stated, due to the 100th year anniversary), which included paying homage to the national hero of WW1, the icon and architect of Republic of Turkey "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk", as well as denying them the use of their national anthem. Both teams were reportedly at their hotels, ready to go to the match and the Turkish Football Federation let them know about these developments, and as you said, in a rare show of solidarity with these two clubs, they both chose their national identity and pride over the bag after the chairmen consulted with each other.

Maybe turks shouldnt have prostitute themselves to get oil money lmao

Didn't Putin try a Super League as well?

the J League is much more sustainable than camel league, you can watch their games for free too on youtube

​@@emikomina i rather watch Ronaldo than that trash league, and not even SPOT TV stream it.

@@protocetus499 When Ronaldo leaves, will you still watch the league? That's the issue that people like you refuse to understand. No one cares about Al Nassar the team, not even the Saudis care. You can call the J League "trash" all you want, but it doesn't rely on stupidly large player salaries to be at all relevant.

Simply hate bcs you say what you hear. Come over here and see things yourself not the media hate on us. We’re using sports as a means to invite people to come over and witness the reality. 😂

@@abetoperez3969wow deluded

​@abetoperez3969 what reality is that?

@@abetoperez3969 "Come here for work, we don't take you passport away. Trust me, bro." Ahahaha, do you need to repeat your stick in front of the mirror to believe it yourself or do they pay you?

@@abetoperez3969ahhh that’s why you’re in multiple comments hahaha defending it hahaha you’re a Saudi bot 😂😂😂. If you pay millions to come I’ll go!!

You haven’t really watched the big ones

Barca throwing homophobic insults at CR7 during Johan Cruyff remembrance. Absolutely pathetic La Liga definitely on the decline🤡🤓

⁠@@illuminate8321considering you think the Saudi league isn’t falling apart, your opinion is clearly a shit one😂I suppose Saudi can’t have a downfall if it was never good

I agree with you that was disrespectful

@@illuminate8321 SPL averages 8,000 in attendance and has abysmal viewership while simultaneously paying the highest wages. Don't even.

Beckenbauer better than any saudi national team player ever

It is not corruption, they don't know how to play football 🤣🤣🤣

​@@leo-messi61its both honestly

@@haydencollins6361 corruption is rampant in latin America and Africa, still they are playing well

Kazakhstan's case is fascinating if you understand their history and geographical perspective. This country is a former Soviet state, but geographically it lies between Europe and Asia (although only 2% belongs to Europe). But that alone fuelled their sportswashing ambitions. By joining the UEFA in 2002, it wanted to demonstrate its greed and its Europeanness. The fact that Kazakhstan is one of the largest oil and gas producers in the world further strengthens Kazakhstan's delusion, especially given it is an authoritarian state. Problem? It's tremendous. 1. It does not have a football culture. The Soviets' violent repression on Kazakhs meant they have to start from nothing. That also includes struggling for a root. By using football however, the Kazakh state wanted to fulfil its authoritarian desires. Hence the case of Kazakhstan's sportswashing campaign. 2. Its geography. Given the context of Kazakhstan's relations with totalitarian Russia and China, it can't risk antagonise the Russians and Chinese. Now Russia is banned from all European football activities, so it can only play friendlies. Russia has threatened to join the AFC several times, but it has not done so. For Kazakhstan, Russia's actions over the possible AFC move will be instrumental. If Russia still wants to stay European, it will be okay; but if Russia decides to go Asian, Kazakhstan may have to terminate their European hope. The AFC isn't known in protecting other nations or even supporting human rights, something unimaginable for Kazakhstan if Russia is due to invade the country. 3. In the former Soviet nations, football is a political matter. Considering two things above, I am surprised if Kazakhstani football is impartial. Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan have issues with political football, and Kazakhstan is not an exception. FC Astana, if I remember right, was created in 2009 by the Kazakh government to weaponise further their sportswashing aim. But since it has government's backing, it has, instead, proven too ruinous for Kazakh football lovers. So there you go. They play sportswashing, but Kazakhstan may have miscalculated the move. Sadly, Kazakhstan's attitude may have played a key role inspiring Saudi Arabia to do the same.

@@peruano-quichwa---aymara8611 This is one reason why I believe that Kazakhstan will soon do a Kazexit from the UEFA. It will be a painful Kazexit, but if it needs safety, it has no choice.

It's like if they just tried buying up NBA stars and thinking we would stop watching the Lakers, Celtics, Knicks, Golden State, etc. Or trying to compete with MLB teams that have existed since the 1800s. It just doesn't work that way. People are fans of teams, not players. Of course, players can obviously develop a following, but as you said, you can't make a league super popular when the teams are irrelevant. MLS and the J League, for example, have certainly done a lot to improve over the decades. I personally got into LAFC because I moved to LA and wanted to follow my local team. That's how followings grow imo.

Many saudi players play outside of Saudi, they just don’t get picked. The sports board only picks players from Al hilal and al nasser, I feel there’s a lot of favoritism in saudi football, genuine don’t get picked especially if they’re Shia which is a discriminated minority

Why would they leave they're countries with all the money there just to go to a whole different countries with different cultures it's like a confront zone

They have a culture. It's just backwards and misogynistic

You can open in a browser and set to play in background.

Only way is gonna be paying for RU-vid prem so u can listen with the screen off.

if you use firefox there's youtube plugins that'll let you d/l the audio.

​@@oyunboldboldbaatar5519or RU-vid revanced 😂

And there is the issue of your home life: can't imagine it's a treat for significant others in your life. Look at Harry Kane: wife was a key in making the move to Munich and in deciding to stay beyond one season. She checked the schools, spent time there ahead of his arrival. In spite of not speaking German fluently yet, he likes it there. There is so much more to a mature athlete than just their hours on the pitch or training.

6-0 😂

@@yerrrmum1830 Camel Do'or

It is also MLS pre season. These games don't mean anything from a results perspective. It is about getting guys up to fitness and gel for when the real league starts in a month. This is normally accepted by supporters of all clubs so no one puts stock in them. Miami's global tour has had 1000x more attention and has people drawing all sorts of conclusions. It is all strange to us who've followed MLS for many years.

@@SJPace1776 Yup, but obviously, all the SPL fanboys will use it as proof that the SPL is a superior league. Personally, I just saw it as the end result of Miami's poor defense. I hope they can change that, but as an LAFC fan, I'm happy with our signings.

@@SirSayakaMikiThe3rdboth leagues are crap Serie A Premier League and even La Liga are clear

They are also literally circling the globe and playing games. Imagine that jet lag.

@@sdot5389 true, I imagine that doesn't help. Really though, Inter Miami just has a legit problem with its defense.

Is that how low the bar is for honour in this society? Salah could've stayed for his own happiness.

The burj isn’t 1km, can’t say how their effort is going though

They will abandon Liv Golf too, when the merger falls apart.

Just like they'll abandon the Line and Neom if they have any wits.

Millions and millions of people.

@@abdulazizalrashed3731 Yeah, keep telling yourself that.

A simple factor is Cape Verde was colonized by Portugal in times long gone, there are descendants of a Cape Verdian diaspora that live all over the place, Including most importantly - Portugal.

The same could be said for Croatia, among others. On the flip side, it'd be interesting to see why huge countries like China and India suck at football.

@@maverick5408 different levels though. Croatia has a population of 4 mil, Cape Verde has a population of 600k. That's like LA compared to Baltimore or Milwaukee

nah Alfie wont cover that because there is no angle to signal his virtue.

@@G4MER28 you're full of it... And if that's how you think then why do you watch his videos?

wow, really???

They're right.@@T.E.S.S.

For very different reasons

@@chriskinge9917 the reason doesnt matter, its objectivly true and not at all mentioned in the video

​@@NeroPiroman because it's not relevant? There have been many underwhelming transfer windows in the past, especially January ones. This one is interesting because it directly follows an insane Saudi summer transfer window.

And Messi is for the MLS yet the MLS isn’t even the best league in their continent 😂

@@yerrrmum1830Saudi league is closer to Pakistani league

​@@yerrrmum1830as bad as the MLS ,still better than anything the saoudite doing,full stadium,fan interested in sport and the local team,

@@thegoodgunner stop it 😂 quality wise they’re no where near Saudi League 😂 Liga Max has the MLS in a leash 😂

@@yerrrmum1830 lol, shut up. The MLS and especially the Liga MX, have something that the Saudi League doesn't. Good attendance/viewership, and both are actually sustainable. They both are also superior to the Suadi League, with only the most front-loaded, "Petit Prince" funded teams being good. AL Nassar wrecking one of the worst teams in MLS in a friendly is irrelevant, especially when they lacked their star player. At the end of the day, the Saudi league is unsustainable and lacks any real interest.

Saudi arabia order them to watch soccer, otherwise they will get 100 lashes 🤣🤣🤣

​@leo-messi61 At this point, those that know anything about Saudi can't laugh...the 100 lashes for not attending is probably exactly true

@@haydencollins6361 sometimes it's sad and horrible 😬😬😬

He's always been insecure. He used to be good enough and didn't need to talk shit but now he isn't and has to run his mouth to stay relevant

I can’t see a division 3 team beating inter Miami 6-0 in a friendly tbh, especially with Messi busquets and others playing

Just a salty envious fella, always has been.

@@realife1542 Do you realize, a) it's a friendly and b) miami is in pre season?

@@raketensven3127 doesn’t make a difference , according to you Newport would put 6 past ( division 2.) past inter Miami then ?

Yeah Playing with “soccer” with mc Donald’s employees is better than the Saudi league👍🏾

@@DejiNova Well his sons are attending topnotch American private schools for Hispanic, his house is worth 10 mills $$$ and ofc Miami's beaches and warm weather... That is basically Barcelona on steroids without the Catalonian independence bullshit. And when he is completely done half of the club belongs to him now and Messi can get his sons into the Academy with relative ease so yes I think "Playing with “soccer” with mc Donald’s employees is better than the Saudi league"

@@gaoaibai6243Nope. I’ll take $200 mill a season everyday of the week. You play LGTBQ people. We good over here👍🏾

​@@DejiNova your country should invest in schools instead of investing in football man.

​@@gaoaibai6243 comparing Miami to Barcelona is dumb as hell

I worked for Saudi princes and princesses when they visited Germany in the Eighties. I can corroborate Alfie‘s observations from Cyprus. It is hard to recount any stories from that time without using any combination of words from hookers, booze, cocaine and heroin.

No. It's made sense for many players such as cr7, mane, mahrez, mendy & benzi to go there

@@yemi3266 Yea. For money.

@@yemi3266 because they are getting old and no european club will pay them even half of their saudi salaries.

It's really weird seeing how many people are so aggressive at defending the league or trying to push it. Look at Miami's disastrous matches in Saudi Arabia, so many comments about how "RSL is better than MLS" everywhere, acting like a friendly against one of the worst teams in the US was somehow a direct competition to validate their own league

I think people don't like the bias towards it. Others leagues have the same "pay to win" format, and no one makes videos about them. Plenty of players joined other leagues for money, and no one cares. For example, MLS is not that different, and you don't see media criticizing Messi for going for the bag. Then you have the hipocrisy, that I'm sure some fans of those lower tier leagues can actually feel, that it's fine if Europe's top 5 leagues are all about money, and rely entirely on their teams paying a lot more for players than the teams in smaller countries. If you think about it, it's the same, just at different stages. It gets pretty obvious when you see good players go from the top teams in their league, with a shot at multiple titles, to join a mid table team in the Prem that has no chance of winning anything. This is not about passion, it's also about money. You either complain about the Saudi league, while also complaining about other money-focused leagues and demanding a more leveled playing field for all leagues, or there's no point complaining at all.

@@dcarvalho6144 I completely agree to your points. The premier league fans should be the last ones to complain about this issue when their newly promoted sides can spend 50 mil on top players playing for good teams in the other big leagues. The guys defending the Saudi league in the comments don't seem to care about this though. They fall into 2 categories, CR7 fan boys or guys from Gulf. Saudi skipped a lot of steps in their approach to footballing greatness. They should have used their money on grassroots level and hired accomplished youth coaches. They own Newcastle, so they could have established some program or affiliate youth academy which lets Saudi players get experience in English football. They're literally trying to speedrun build-a-nation FM save irl with loads of money, but completely wasting it. When players go to big 5 leagues from lower tier leagues, they're switching to a tougher league. Sure they earn more money but they also play and compete with better players. It's not entirely monetary. What excuse does Saudi have? A league is as good as its locals. Saudi doesn't have a single local player who'll even start for a championship side and we have CR7 blatently claiming that this league is better than Ligue 1.

But if he didn’t go would Saudi even bother buying all these players the only reason ppl watch is because of him

@@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh Even with ronaldo tho no one watches Saudi League regardless 😂😂😂😂

@@BasedStarClipsRonaldo fans 😅 there’s a lot of them