Saudi Pro League increases foreign player quota, Cristiano Ronaldo has a confusing action

Cristiano Ronaldo is the star who has helped the Saudi Pro League (Saudi Arabia) become as famous as it is today, attracting a series of the world's top players to compete from the 2023 - 2024 season. Thereby, it also changed the foreign player quota to increase from the current 8 people to 10 people from the 2024 - 2025 season.

Cristiano Ronaldo has helped make the Saudi Pro League famous

"Clubs in the Saudi Pro League from the 2024-2025 season will be allowed to register a roster of 25 players, including 10 foreign players compared to the current 8. But of these 10 foreign players, only 8 will be allowed to play on the field," said American football commentator Ben Jacobs.

The Saudi Pro League's increase in foreign player quotas also signals that in the upcoming transfer windows, especially in the summer transfer window of 2024 right before the new season, there will be a series of massive shopping deals.

Among them, stars from Premier League clubs will be the shopping targets of football teams from Saudi Arabia, especially those teams owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) such as Al Nassr, Al Hilal, Al Ahli or Al Ittihad.

"Casemiro (MU), Kevin de Bruyne (Man City), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) are all stars that clubs in the Saudi Pro League are currently targeting. They will spend heavily in the summer transfer window of 2024, after spending nearly 1 billion euros in the same transfer window in 2023. Therefore, in the upcoming winter transfer window, clubs in Saudi Arabia will be more cautious, maybe only a few insignificant contracts," journalist Ben Jacobs assessed.

Cristiano Ronaldo also wants Al Nassr to strengthen its squad to compete for the Saudi Pro League championship in the 2023-2024 season, when it is currently ranked 2nd behind Al Hilal. The Portuguese star has also recently had an unhappy action, when the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) removed him from the list of the top 10 best players in 2023.

Cristiano Ronaldo's comments on IFFHS announcement

Cristiano Ronaldo commented on the emojis of his disappointment, in the announcement of the IFFHS's top 10 players of the year 2023, with striker Erling Haaland leading the way. Kylian Mbappe, Messi were followed by Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kevin de Bruyne, Harry Kane, Silva, Vinicius and Lautaro Martinez.

In 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 53 goals for both club and country, surpassing Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe (52 goals) and Erling Haaland (50 goals). Meanwhile, Messi ended 2023 with only 28 goals. Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo's disappointment with the IFFHS vote is completely reasonable.

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