The teams for 2015-16 Season - 1- Nasser- Holders 2- Ahli - Runners Up 3- Al - Hilal 4- Ittihad 5- Shabab 6- Tawoon 7- Fateh 8- Najran 9- Raed 10- Shoalah 11- Al Khaleej 12- Hajer 13- Wehda 14- Al Qadsiya
Lets start with transfers held so far - 1 - Riyadh Ibrahim( Hajer >Ittihad ) 2- Thiago Neves ( Al Hilal > Al Jazeera UAE ) 3 - Ahmed Nahdari ( Hajer >Ittihad ) 4- Dragan Ceran ( Simurq Azerbhaijan>Hajer ) 5- Ricardo Machado ( Dinamo Bucharest > Tawoon ) 6- Hector Omar ( A.D. Isidro Metapán Puerto Rico > Al Qadsiya ) 7- Kamel Mur ( Nasser > Tawoon ) 8- Fahad Hamad ( Tawoon > Al Ahli )
Former Ittihad and Ahli RB Ibrahim Hazzazi is close to joining Romanian club accroding to his Twitter update. Swiss coach Lucian Fei is close to seal deal with Ittihad Jeddah
And the transfer goes on Qadsiyah close in signing Alegrian defender Fareed Maloli fro ES Setif. Tawoon are chasing Hilal GK Fayez Subaie and Shabab midfielder Sayyaf Bishi. Ittihad close to sign Columbian striker Teofilo Guiterezz from River Plate
Ramadan Mubarak It seem Nayef Hazzazi is very close to join Nassr. It's a very good deal for them if that happens.
They don't need to sell anyone. He will probably take Willa's place, so they will have 3 strikers in their team (if I'm not forgetting someone), and in some matches they do play with 2 strikers. Even if they wanted 4 strikers in the team it won't be illogical considering they will go for all the competitions in next season.
I think it might be Hassan Raheb too. Saudi League is becoming a money league now. Just spend $$$$ and get the best players and win the competitions. I dont when can clubs start developing there home grown talent. Now for Shabab, who they have as marquee striker to support Mousa Shamari.
Ittihad have signed Venezualan striker Gilman Rivas ( 26years old) Nasser have signed Naif Hazazi at last ..
I forgot about their new player Mora. Yeah I can see Alraheb asking to leave since he is getting further behind in the picking order, but I won't be surprised if they convinced him to stay. This isn't very different from other leagues to be honest; the clubs who have have the best squads usually wins the league. Hilal had the best squad 4-5 years ago, Nassr is clearly ahead of everyone now. Fateh has been the exception to the rule. I don't know about them, but their president resigned. I'll check later what are the reasons behind this.
I dont agree with youon this point. Long back before Fateh won the league, the scenario was different, Shabab wnning the league on the last match day was not due to the money but coz of team, it was with Ittihad too when they defeated Hilal on the last match day. Teams before winning the league was because of coach and the players and now money is added to it.
I think the league fixtures is relatively easy to start for the big clubs. We only have Nassr vs. Ahli in match day 4 When Shabab won the league they had much better team than the current, don't forget that Albaltan was pumping millions too in his team. Nasser Alshamrani, Naief Alquadhi, Omar Alghamidi, Tavares, Ahmed Autaif, and even Mukhtar (among others) were very good players who Khaled Albaltan managed to buy/convince them to stay by paying millions of $$. So they had a very good squad which supports my point.
How about Piturca? He was officialy sacked or what? In other news, Marquinho will play in the Gulf as well for Al Nasr, but in the UAE.
@Aimar 21 The capacity is 40k now . I agree with you, but again money was not the only factor for winning the titles before.
He is sacked officially. Lots of things came out after his sacking like how players did not like him and the some from managment too. Ittihad is in talks with Eduardo Baptista Brazilian coach to lead the team.
Yes, he is not made to train in the Gulf. He wants to more discipline. In the Gulf you should be more permissive with the players.
There are some rumors circulating here that he had some mental breakdown in Romania and he's been hospitalized, is it true?
There are some rumors circulating here that he had some mental breakdown in Romania and he's been hospitalized, is it true?
No man are just rumours. He is well know for playing at casino and he has 666 at his number of his car, maybe this is the reason.
Haha, I was expecting it to be nothing but a rumor, and considering some people at Ittihad were uneasy with his presence I know once he leave these talks will be spread everywhere. It's unfortunate he didn't succeed with Ittihad, but I still want to see him with another club here, maybe with a more supporting players/staff in his club. I don't think his time at Ittihad is enough to judge his qualities as a manager.