I am talking about players not nations.May be the NTs are poor but they have some good talent in them like Bader Mutawa,Ahmed Ajab,Mahmoud Abderrahman etc etc..
Ahmed Ajab is a poor player as evidenced by his stint in Al Shabab. Sure, there are some good players but we can easily find players with their technical abilities right here in Saudi Arabia. Besides, how much money do we need for example to get a player like say Mater in Saudi Arabia? way too much!
no... its too late for saudi players to play in europe they are paid well here , and the palyers are expensive saudi arabia objective now is to make the spl just like the spanish league and english league and the italian league
Saying that Saudi players are paid too well or they cost too much is a too easy explanation for a very complex problem.
saying it will never going to happen is the reason why its not happening not because we lack mentality ... burning_phoneix : so why Saudi players don't go to Europe ?
Its just because Saudi players are not consistent in performing.You just take Yassers and Malek in past two seasons.One season they are at there par performance and other season they are nowhere to be noted. What if Saudi players moves to Europe and is justt benched for warming up the chair.
Not to mention most Saudi players till just recently were part time players. No European club would offer deals to anyone who wasn't a professional.
the truth is Europe can find the same quality in Africa and south America in much much cheaper price all the players in Africa are not consistent and not professional until they reach Europe they become consistent and professional the Saudi players are too expensive for there current skills and current professionalism and that is not the player's fault its the clubs fault for example ittihad will never sell naif hazazi for less than 10 million the same applies for noor and al qahtani and many more ... erec gerets : " all the Saudi players that i have seen can play in Europe " and i remeber that arsen wenger wanted nawaf al temyat to play for arsenal but al hila kept stalling thats what i think ...
Ittihads president in an interview to Saudi Sport "We have an international offer Saudi Kariri and we are conserdering the offer"
Why need to underestimate Saudi players..You want Saudi players to play in Europe and you say them they are old.He is still fit and the next to Abdullah Jamman in hitting long shots..
I'm not underestimating him, but surely clubs look at age as a factor. LOLZ jamman...ye zaid alhamama jamman lols
AL Ittihad have signed Edson Puca{Chilean Midfielder} and have hired Manuel Jose as the coach for the next season.. Shabab are looking for Luiz Scolari to coach them the next season
I don't think age is a factor in buying a player or not. Several clubs looks to older players for experience and because they are usually cheaper than up and coming starlets. Are you talking Saudi Riyals? If so, 10 million SR is really pretty cheap for a European club.