Simon Jordan QUESTIONS Michael Emenalo Over Saudi Arabia's MASSIVE Spending! 🔥 | talkSPORT
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- Michael Emenalo, the director of football for the Saudi Arabian Pro League locks horns with Simon Jordan as the talkSPORT presenter challenges Emenalo over the country's huge spending.
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Michael Emenalo has come a long way from the City of Aba in Nigeria to running big European clubs like Chelsea and Monaco to running the Saudi Pro league. Really proud of this fine Aba/Nigerian son.
What's to be proud of? He's just a dodgy businessman in a dodgy industry. The thousands of normal Nigerians working honest jobs everyday to support families are more deserving of your respect.
He is from Eziachi in Imo State. Proud of what he has achieved for himself as well.
@@spacecrabs28who said he never worked from the ground up ???
@@cheekoescobar1849 Working from the ground up is one thing, but look where he is now, lying on behalf of the Saudi regime for money....
@@spacecrabs28 that’s what he signed up for though
Not Simon Jordan calling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSI 😂
Yea noticed that, hilarious
@@MKLDNGR was probably thinking about boxing or the charity match earlier that day
😂😂 U r cooked
It's funny how many ppl/media are saying that L'pool should take the Saudi money for Salah because of the size of the offer...but when players do it, all hell breaks loose
It's funny how you keep posting the same comment on every video about this. And that you don't seem to understand that money from selling players can be reinvested in the club which, rather than player wages which only benefit the individual.
@@lv__426Oh really so we're just going to ignore talksport's hit piece on the latest Everton player to go to Saudi? Watching that video you'd think he was the second coming of Lucifer for deciding to leave.
Talksport have a job to generate views and part of that is to provide conflicting and sometimes hypocritical views to stimulate debate, like right now. But OP is correct there isn't consistency as a result
It's funny how people keep saying it's funny
A big factor is the age
of Mohammed Salah that is why punts have sead that
Liverpool should think hard about the offer that was on the table.
But at the end of the day
It's Liverpool F.C's prerogative to accept or decline the deal or any deal that's on the table for any player in there squad
Mohammed Salah or someone else.
@@poopnukem4079 And the money that players make can be reinvested in whatever projects they have, whether it be charitable or not. So I don't understand what your point is
If Simon was offered a job in Saudi, he would be on the first flight, quicker than a quick thing from quick land!
he literally admitted to that, you're not saying anything clever
So would you and so would I if the money made more sense that what we’re on now
Facts
100%
well he said if he got the call to run it and help them he would do it, cause it would be stupid to turn done maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity to change football
Exactly what Simon is saying is what EPL is doing to the European league. A star player in Napoli is making less than an Average player in Chelsea. A star player in Ajax or French league is making less than an average player in Crystal Palace
"And Liverpool fans felt disrupted." Is the funniest line I've heard delivered with a straight face.
😂😂
Simon is sitting quietly weighing up his options to be part of it!😂
lol exactly
He'd be ideal for a role
Emanelo kept his cool and handled the debate very well. Emanelo 1 - Simon 0 😅😅😅😅
Berbatov signed for UTD from Spurs minutes before the window closed. I can't remember the media moaning about 'disruption'.
For every last minute buy, theres a last minute sale and that club is a man down. Good point lad 👏
Fernando Torres, Ashley Cole, William Gallas, Alexei Sanchez etc
Turkey and Belgium has longer
@@wlf102 so should the whole world have the same transfer window just to please Liverpool? Or indeed yourself? If a Turkish or Belgian club came in for a "not so valuable" player last week, there wouldnt be so much crying about that.
@tso4karma We deserved to lose those players we showed a lack of ambition. Spurs fans can't admit the truth mate if you're shite expect your players to leave
Michael - our endgame is to improve the professionalism of the league
Jim - what's your endgame😂😂😂wtf
I think we've over flogged this issue...
Can i practice my christian faith in Saudi Arabia,yes in the lion enclosure
there are many christians practicing their faith freely in Saudi Arabia, what are you talking about? @@robertjsmith
@@ahmedbasem1234 Most Christians in Saudi Arabia are migrants. There are a few Muslim-born Christians, and conversion from Islam is punishable by death. Church buildings are forbidden and so Christians meet in house churches, which are frequently raided. Christians may be arrested, imprisoned, tortured and deported for their faith.
@@ahmedbasem1234 in churches ?
I think it's a rather interesting topic and curious to see where the SPL goes. Either down the can in a year or two, or continues to invest huge money and becomes a league that many people watch. You know you can just move on and ignore the topic if you aren't interested, right?
Great interview. Michael is impressive
As a Chelsea fan once I found out he was in charge i knew everyone else was fucked
I'm not really impressed. I've seen used car salesmen before.
Simon called them “KSI” instead of KSA and dare to accuse them as arrogance and naivety.
“what you see in others is a mirror of yourself.”
Making a mistake like that qualifies as neither arrogant nor naive. You're reaching too hard, grasping at straws.
Very well spoken by Michael 👏🏽
Saudi have done well in getting a highly qualified and Skilled operator to spear head this project.
the project is clear: to enrich a few select families that own the entire country. nothing less nothing more
Absolutely..very impressive guy.
@@hirsifarah6530 I'm not particularly impressed. He's not that impressive. I take your comment as somewhat patronising.
Loved Michael pointing out Serie A and EPL have been overpaying for years and their doing it by the rules their meant to follow 👏 cant say the same about alot of European clubs
I don't get it. Do you like this?? The prospect of football changing. The result of this is all the good players go to Saudi and they aren't governed by fair play. Traditional European teams won't be able to compete financially because Fairplay won't allow them to give out £2 million a week salaries. The champions league nor the premier league won't be the same.
Yeah, Loved not mentioning those leagues built themselves up over hundreds of years. English football for example has 6 different European Cup/champions league winners, the record by 3. England had 4 different winners, still a record by the early 80's. That's 10 years before the Premiership and broadcaster rights and 20 years before the Billionaires came along. Maybe thats too much information for some people.
@@rsamancunian5609 they dont have to abide by UEFAs FFP rules. The same rules multiple clubs around Europe, including your traditional clubs, breach frequently or find loopholes like 8yr contracts to dodge them. Its a solid come uppence in my eyes! Its all jealousy the world doesnt revolve around the EPL and the rules put in place thanks too...EPL, Serie A and LaLiga to protect you from YOURSELVES. 👏
@weescottishguy8950 The rule book doesn't say that 8-year contracts are illegal. The world DOES, in fact, revolve around the premier league. It's the most watched league in the world, whether you like it or not. EVERYBODY wants to watch and play in the premier league. It's because these clubs have history and pedigree. They spent more than a century building up their league. They are legacy clubs.
@@weescottishguy8950Thank you!
Okay so here is my point I find very valid, The premier league and La Liga got where they are by throwing buckets of money at the best players so they could gain bigger revenue from TV deals, do well in Europe etc. My team Glasgow Rangers and our rivals Celtic are as big as any team in England, we play in front of full houses every week, we take over away grounds, when we were kicked to the bottom tier of football we were taking 50,000 to Ibrox to watch third tier football and we done that week in week out, We got to the Europa league final vs Zenit and took 200,000 fans to Manchester, Celtic got to the final and took 70,000 fans to Seville, we then get to the final in Europe again we take 100,000 fans to Seville when we lost on pens to Frankfurt and Frankfurt who are from the powerful Bundesliga only took 50k fans.
So you are all crying about the Saudis paying massive sums to build their leagues but give your head a shake, your bottom clubs can pay 20-30 million a player and Rangers and Celtic are spending big if we fork out 7 million. TV Deals have gave you what you have after initial investment from other sources like Russian oligarchs so do not become all sanctimonious now. Give us 5 years in the Premiership receiving the money your mob are and we will be top ten first season top 6 in second season and we would be fighting for the title in 5 seasons, its funny how you let 2 Welsh teams in cardiff and Swansea join but are terrified of the Old Firm joining ............... yet your all crying about the Saudis
Point well made. 100% agree with you.
Crying about Welsh teams getting in when those clubs worked through the pyramid but yous lot want a free pass. Start in the national league north and pay your dues to the other clubs. Trust me no one down here is scared of Rangers or Celtic 😂. League two teams would do you over 😂😂
Nobody cares what the Scottish think to be fair. The Premier league is English. And we shouldn't have Welsh teams in either as it's taking the place of two English teams
And by the way the premier league's success came initially due to smart strategic business decisions and strong commercial partnerships. The rich sugar daddies came later when they saw how much money they could make and the status it gave them. So you are wrong on that and there is nothing stopping you from promoting tour own league without holding out a needy hand to the English
@@fraser8990 This is exactly what it SHOULD be, it should either be a UK league or National leagues, we should not allow one country to have their 2 best teams play in England because they are small clubs whilst banning another Union nations top 2 clubs because they have massive infrastructure fan bases that all except Man Utd and Liverpool could dream about, loyal fans through thick and thin. The fact the English allowed the Welsh in but were afraid
to allow the Scotish in citing "Allowing the Old Firm into England would instantly take places away from English teams in the premier league. Even starting these clubs in the Second division we would see them within 5 years in the premiership and within 10 challenging for the title, Can we really call ourselves the English FA if we allow non English teams to be champions of England" ..... That was the reason and explanation we were refused and to be honest you cannot argue that but having the Welsh in there is a slap
The SPL has exploded onto the scene more than Micah Richards!
😂😂😂
Emenalo who brought such greats like Djilobodji, Rahman, Miazga, Hector, Bakayoko,Batshuayi to Chelsea....Salah was signed because he scored 3 times against Chelsea for Basle nothing to do with Emenalo. He was there 5 months so not sure how he could become like a son. Emenalo lasted 6 months at Monaco a chancer.
What about hazard and kante?
@johnimaredon9159 Hazard was going to Tottenham Joe Cole pushed him to Chelsea they played together in France at Lille. For god sake Kante was there for all to see winning the EPL with Leicester why are you acting like Emenalo discovered him? Marina did the negotiations. Your acting like they were discovered by Emenalo from obscurity like Djilobodji and Rahman etc . Oh he discovered Lukaku who at the time was Belgium top scorer anyway. Emenalo specialised in the Belgium Jupiler league. Pete De Vissier who is Dutch and was still working for Abramovich until Roman left was a super scout. He discovered Oscar and Neymer for example but he chose Spain. A lot of players were discovered by him Piazon another. But many played against us and scored from Mata, KDB, Willian and Schurrle and Salah discovered on pitch by performance. Emenalo sold KDB and Salah Mourinho was gone and they both refused to return. De Visser set up the connection to Vitesse and brought Van Ginkel to Chelsea.
Big up to Mr Michael Emenalo 👍🏽👍🏽 He spoke smartly. Repping Nigeria 🇳🇬 at the highest level. Naija 🇳🇬to the world 🌎 in Nicki Minaj voice😇
Michael Emelano: “The Saudi League is not about capturing headlines”. 😂
Michael handled this discussion very well.
Simon mouthing ' that was you ' at Jim :D ..he's right , Jim is very taken with Saudi joining the CL
Michael Emenalo did an excellent job of elucidating the goals, strategy and approach of the Saudi Pro League. No one should be complaining about disruption. Serie A giants, La Liga giants, Premier League giants have done the same disruptive transfer business in the past. What goes around, come around. That said, the timing of the Mo Salah bid was dubious. The club was never going to sell their star player on Deadline Day. Meanwhile, Saudi-owned Newcastle United FC were not disturbed during this period rather they were aided by the generous transfer fee to take Allan Saint-Maximin to Saudi Pro League team Al Ahli
No, those leagues built themselves up over hundreds of years. English football for example has 6 different European Cup/champions league winners, the record by 3. England had 4 different winners, still a record by the early 80's. That's 10 years before the Premiership and broadcaster rights and 20 years before the Billionaires came along.
So he did a good job at fooling the likes of your poor self, but not the educated.
mellowado6184 absolutely correct, and he didn't even go as far as to mention that those giants could afford those transfers under ffp for the most part through this magical thing called revenue, that the Saudi league does not have.
He kept avoiding Simon's question about financial regulation with all that rubbish you mentioned and never answered it. The "giants" you're talking about are all legacy clubs which attract players not just by money alone. Yes, at various times the leagues you mentioned have all had financial might but money was never the sole draw for players to join. The prospect of winning European football's most prestigious trophies at historic clubs who have been doing it for many many many decades now has also always been a key part of what attracts players to big European clubs, not just money. It's as much about the tradition and history which our sport is steeped in, traditions and history which people like you seem to have a problem with and seem oddly bitter about.
Al-Ittihad and the other Saudi teams however have none of the tradition, history or prestige, literally all they have is money, that's it, there is no other real lure to join them.
People talk like Europe is the big bad evil, sorry but football has been our beloved sport for a long time, it's not our fault that historically Saudi Arabia, China, India or the United States, etc, etc, have not embraced football in the same way, they could have done, but they did not, and now they are trying to catch up. They have not been oppressed or held back in any sporting sense by Europe, NOT AT ALL. It is simply just not their indigneous sport. It's not some conspiracy.
Also, your point does not stand up because the only people Europe "disrupted" in a footballing context is itself, European leagues holding sway over other European leagues, not disrupting non-European leagues, so your point about "what goes around comes around" literally makes zero sense in this context. What has gone around in the past has gone around Europe alone, however you seem to be suggesting that European football has developed bad karma somehow with the likes of Saudi Arabia which simply isn't true and frankly, there is no factual basis whatsoever upon which to stake such a strangely prejudiced and ignorant claim or insinuation.
No they haven't. I can't recall a time when a Real Madrid or Bayern have suddenly come in at the 11th hour with an insanely ridiculous bid to get your best player's head turned. Tell me what European club would bid 200m pounds for a 30+ year old? It's an erroneous comparison. It's basically saying "oh well European clubs have done business in the past therefore we can do what we want too".
When I knew that Michael Emenalo was behind this my thoughts changed. Nigerians get things done and tenacious.
😂
Simon Jordan: It's alright for me, but not for thee.
This was a great interview.
At least they can watch their matches unlike sometimes prem games not aired on TV
I think 99% of the county watches those games mate it's not hard 😂
Most middle east countries have more interest watching the Premier League than Saudi League.
I don't own a TV, I watch all the Premier League matches I want online and I don't pay a penny.
@@DEVRIMCI2007source ?
@DEVRIMCI2007 nah, I was a prem fan but this season I didn't watch any game it's boring City will win in the end, now I only watch SPL 😊
Well done Michael👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
They're rattling on about Saudi clubs joining the Champions League...but i wouldnt put it past the Saudis to create a new competition, winner gets a billion or something along those lines.
You've got to remember that this is all about creating influence in the world, not just a play thing.
And they need to advance their country. The youth and the people won't be happy with boring ass things, they need entertainment, developing athletes to represent in the Olympics, they out for world domination with that oil money.
The Saudis will never ever join the CL someone in the media said and everyone talks about it like it's inevitable. They basically made the new club world cup for them which European teams will treat as pre season
@@mikem8211well, they can take “israel’s” spot, it isn’t in Europe as well
@@fadyal-qaisy5213 Israeli football clubs are allowed in European competitions because of the political issues in that part of the world. If the political landscape was more cordial they wouldn't need to play elsewhere.
@fadyal-qaisy5213 Neither is Cyprus Turkey Kazakhstan Azerbaijan or Armenia. These countries play in Europe also play in Europe for political reasons like Israel mainly because they don't get on with their neighbours. At least these countries border Europe Saudi Arabia is nowhere near
Great interview. Everyone standa their ground respectfully. No one should begrudge SPL in their approach to grow their league. And every player (and those heading there to be coaches) sign contracts with their eyes open on what comes next after SPL.
Al hilal beat flamengo and Saudi beat Argentina
Saudi league get more viewers than Austrian, Portuguese, Belgian and Czech leagues COMBINED
I am proud of this guy Michael.
"Come from nowhere & exploded on it" classic Jimbo right there
😂😂
Simon is so jealous of the Saudi league
😂 Nonsense
Chelsea have spent more on players transfers fees in a year than the whole SPL has in one transfer window. They clearly want to get the best players and fast track the league to premier league status asap and have the cash to do so with none of the regulatory over hang to not do it. If players want to earn big in what is relatively a short career in a league lesser established then let them do it. Clubs can try to enforce contracts and can also say no and attempt to battle player power, But like DC tried to fast track success to compete with Marvel, it’ll most likely fail
Saudi you didn't got Mo Salah 😂
Well said Micheal. British people are so entitled and when threatened, they all panic as we see with Simon and the premiership and the whole of England. Deal with it.
The English have be dominated by Spanish and Italian league for decades. Not new!
Oh dear....Don't do history no? English football had 6 different European Cup/champions league winners, the record by 3. England had 4 different winners, still a record by the early 80's. That's 10 years before the Premiership and broadcaster rights and 20 years before the Billionaires came along. The PL is an organic British success story, Saudi is artificial
Where does this fella get off calling Salah his son, Chelski failed him, like they did KDB and so many other young talents
Emenalo. Chelsea royalty. Thank you for your service to the club. Best of luck in your new endeavour.
It would be interesting to know if the rest of Europe feel the Saudi league is just doing the same as the premier league does
See this comment quite alot but there's no comparison. The PL has been built up over 130 years, it has numerous massive clubs, massive crowds, world wide interest which brings in a massive income and this is spent accordingly. Where as the Saudi League has tiny crowds, small athletics stadiums with terrible atmosphere, no tradition or football culture. So it's a false business. It reminds of me of a country giving all their athletes anabolic steroids and people defending it citing that it's wrong that the big countries with an athletics tradition win so many olympic gold medals so smaller countries should be given a chance to win, naturally yes but not be taking steroids. Surely financial responsibly is the way forward otherwise it turns into an arms race and the business goes bust, which can only damage the sport.
@@sheffsteel7 there is some comparison here as before the PL came in and it used to be the old first div the amount of mobey English clubs could spend was not as excessive compared to European clubs. That being said my question was about the European viewpoint and what it is on this and your comment doesn't answer that and I'm guessing your not from accross the channel so can't answer that question
@@wlf102 that's not the point to the question. The question is how do european fans see this and do they see it as any different to the PLs spending
@@wlf102 That isn't how it started though. The PL started by letting teams use their new TV revenue to raid the German, Italian, and French leagues. The regulations came much after once enough players went ovet to England making the PL viable
@@sheffsteel7agree with some of what your saying but the English clubs have been bending rules mate don't kid yerself ..and yeah, no atmosphere at these Saudi grounds but the atmosphere in epl grounds are like graveyards ..thats what happens when you have half an half scarves and fans support 2-3 teams from the same league lol personally, I hope the saudis take all the best players from the epl, it's gna happen anyways 😂
Very good intelligent interview by Michael and Simon….
Well said Michael and wish you best of luck!
What did he say well? He just avoided the important questions like a politician. All he speaks is Saudi propaganda BS.
@@FreshAlchemy he has a job to do which is promote the Saudi league and he did well in standing up for it. Everyone has “propaganda “ they are selling so I wish him well in his job
@@FreshAlchemyBeefing😂
I watched a game and I totally enjoyed it 4 3 was the final score fair play to them
Michael seems a top lad. Unfortunately he’s talking out of his rear.
indeed, but that's what the Saudis are paying him for...
U must be listening out of your rear too, to notice 😅
They're not about grabbing headlines. AH ok...thank you for the clarification.
“Enjoy the sport they love” 😂
Can’t fill a stadium with all the stars they have.
I see you're in Saudi Arabia, you seem to know more about their league than the locals!
@@doubleeph8920 Must I be in Manchester to watch a city Game. Your point?.
Watched highlights of a match and you hear more at Stamford bridge. Stadium was empty!
If there wasn’t money, would all these players playing there. What’s the real ambition for players, win the elusive champions league?
Same happened in China and see how that ended up. In 18 months, all the ones that haven’t retired will leave and take a huge pay cut and go to a less than average team. Nothing wrong in going there but it’s about money.
I’d go there for silly money but let’s be real, it’s never going to rival PL, La liga, Italy & Germany.
Maybe France as it’s a one man league.
This is so funny. PL freaking out because the Saudi league is doing exactly what that league has been doing for over a decade. This is especially funny as Toddy B. is out there setting money on fire.
Oh dear....Don't do history no? English football had 6 different European Cup/champions league winners, the record by 3. England had 4 different winners, still a record by the early 80's. That's 10 years before the Premiership and broadcaster rights and 20 years before the Billionaires came along. The PL is an organic British success story, Saudi is artificial.
What are we left with if the Saudi Pro League, mls or China leagues take all the best players, paying them quadrillions?
Answer: We're left with players and managers who WANT to be at our clubs for the badge and the support. We're left with the people's game coming back to the people.
Great point; if all the arrogant, mid-20s players who think they're above the rest sod off to the middle east, we might get rid of the cocky show-ponies and have the proper players who care about the game
People really talking about badges and all that nonsense it’s a job that’s why they are payed millions 🤣.go and watch Sunday leave football if you care so much
I'm curious as to why you included the MLS in that group, given that they have salary caps and (to my knowledge) most European leagues don't.
Grow up you melt 😂
@@rc9719you could not have said it any better mate.
Mr deadline day himself Jim White talking about disruption over Salah, what about some of the transfers he broke? Where some big clubs signed the best asset from smaller club on the last day etc.
dear jordan the same happens in europe since more then a decade ... season 2021/22 last place pl norwich 116.4 mil euro (tv rights) inter 2021/22 first place serie a 87.1 mil euro (tv rights) and that's without sponsors etc.
They’ve even stolen “The SPL” off Scotland 😂
SIMON saying paying over economic worth is such nonsense, the prem league think they dictate player price lol 100+ for Declan Rice 👍🏽okay
No, West Ham wouldn't let him go for less than that. You would be right if Arsenal swooped in with a 100+ bid from the get go. That's what the Saudi's are doing.
@@mellowado6184 lol So Saudi coming in with multiple bids for Salah and being rejected says what exactly lol who have they bought for a super over inflated transfer fee from the prem??? I'll wait
@@fyarlynx Are we ignoring wages? lol
@mellowado6184 Did YOU innyou statement mention wages ??? You pointed to Saudis swooping in with 100+m offers from the get go ??? Simon saying they are buying players for inflated prices, I asked simple question to you and your answering a question with a question lol typical limited response smh
@@fyarlynx No, because that's the market value, like it or not.. West Ham turned down bids only accepting 100+. Knowing someone would pay that. That's not what's happening here with the likes of Salah. I was right the first time. Wages are another way of attracting players.
As my grandmother would have said "Does this man (Emenalo) think I've just come up the river riding a bike?"
Yup! 😅He wants to sell us all a sea-front property in Birmingham City centre!
To me, the issue with the SPL becoming sustainable is the fact that only a small number of teams in the league are spending big, so it will quickly become what other leagues are, just without the passion for smaller teams from any fans outside of Saudi. If there is an instant disparity between clubs, personally I won't be interested, but if the smaller clubs can spend more and the league is legit competitive it will be interesting.
Small teams will be sold to large Saudi companies worth billions
The PL revenue is driven by only a small number of teams.
Once the league starts to gain recognition through the big teams, then the smaller teams will attract investors too.
Also think about it, what are the top European leagues?
EPL, Serie A, Laliga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga...all of those leagues outside the EPL only have maybe 4 teams max that people consider elite 😂
@@tompopusspl now have 6 strong teams not just 4 it is interesting
The anchor’s behaviour seems badly arrogant.
All European leagues have developed because of investments and pumping of money. I don't know how the European mentality seems inferior and threatened by the development of the Saudi league instead of considering competition as a positive thing for the game like anything else. Isn’t the free market economy competitive?
Some people speak racially and disdainously as if the Saudis were the only ones with money, while the European economies are much larger than the Saudi economy, which is growing at an amazing speed, as if the Saudis do not deserve to be revival and have development in various fields.
While the Saudis are happy to compete and encourage other countries to move forward and the Saudis invest heavily in the renaissance of other peoples, the Western mind feels threatened!
Doesn't it represent feelings of inferiority and recognition strength of the Saudis in the competition?
I think information is available online but people especially broadcasters don't care to look it up.
There are now 6 football teams that are funded in an amazing investment form, but all Saudi football teams are a great opportunity to invest. Saudi and foreign investors are eagerly waiting to privatise Saudi football clubs because they represent an excellent investment due to the overwhelming popularity of football among the Saudis and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa.
The Saudis did not come from nowhere, as the arrogant broadcaster mentioned, they qualified for the World Cup 6 times, and 3 Saudi teams played in the World Cup, the last one when Al-Hilal ranked second after Real Madrid, and soon Al-Ittihad to play in the next competition.
Saudi teams have achieved many Asian championships, and Saudi Arabia has a good infrastructure such as stadiums and gyms, while 4 new stadiums are now being built.
People need a little education.
6:30 in a way thats what PL clubs been doing for right? remember one of the mid table bundesliga player went to the "basement boys" norwich city not so long ago? i assumed he went there for bigger salary? or is it to grow the german influence in the british football?
Finally some tough questions on here. Shame Simon wasn't there to do this with Southgate tbh.
Can't stop laughing at the statement from Simon that Saudis are paying over odds for players and when yous going to stop it. Lol. Premier league been doing this for 20 years to Holland Scotland Portugal and rest by paying over odds for players then paying them 15 times more than they were on kn they countries. Hahaha
mentality in britain these days is almost like miami in the 80`s
Taste of their own medicine
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And they’re still only the second highest spenders this summer behind us in the PL. hypocrisy
The Prem earned their spot and money though mate it's not the same
I was at Ittihad v Hilal last friday - it was a great game and atmosphere was better than some premiership games ive been too. SPL has a real chance here.
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That was a good game. When Al-Dawsari scored the winner, it was electric!
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Premier League grounds are the most lacking in atmosphere in Europe anyway
😂 try Anfield pal
Financial fairplay is not a worldwide policy but European policy. And it’s about time this arrogance of called European or Americans as world as opposed to calling them what they trike are needs to stop.
Saudi Team in the Champions League - Saudi League 2nd largest spenders in Europe? When did Saudi Arabia become part of Europe 🧐🤔
When was Israel part of Europe?
@@Imran.Ali786 Another annoyance - moving the goal posts to suit those with influence.
The thing what is weird is that he says his motive is to give this as a gift to the people of Saudi Arabia however there's no demand, so why do it? Checked the stats and there's only 4 clubs averaging over 10K and 1 club averages 900 (can't even break 1K). The biggest club in Saudi is Al-Hilal and last season they averaged 9,300, that's less than what non league Wrexham averaged. The current averaged attendance in the SPL is 9K, amazingly that's lower than league 1 level.
You want it to mirror English football?
As a Saudi local loving the game I know that this is predominantly an infrastructure and management issues. Very few stadiums are attractive, the timing of the games are not very well organized, transportation infrastructure are not at its best, ticket touting etc
These are all issues to be addressed by the ministry of Sports, the SPL league and other arms of the gov’t. Compared to football games I’ve attended in Europe, there’s definitely room for improvement. With Saudi hosting the Asian Nations League in 2027. We expect all of these issues to be solved. And from their on, the sky is the limit
When it comes to attendance I May agree with you due to the weather and lack of world class stadiums however the market is huge, here in Saudi everyone loves our league and it’s very competitive and it’s the best in Asia. The facilities and infrastructure are going to be better with the current plan as we move forward and this will raise the attendance, but looking at the attendance average will give you a false negative.. it’s 45 degrees I ain’t going no where outside my house with a AC blasting watching the game with my friends happily paying around 90 USD to watch our league from the comfort of my own home until we get the new stadiums up and running
simple googling showes your facts are biased, partly false,,,, all itihad has an average of 40k next is 17 then 12,10.1 and 9.8 k lowest is 3.5 k all in the thousands, its not the premier league or a european league its a growing league.... see the problem a lot of you have is supremacy you are used to being in the cemter in europe.
go look athe our transfer record here in england and compare ot ot the next highest in europe, we o england ruined football to our benefit
You think ppl want to go watch sports in 45 celsius?
Government subsidies to a nascent industry are discussed (and approved) in any Economics 101 textbook. The dialogue in this clip could have taken place in the 1980's during the emergence of the Korean car industry (i.e. Kia and Hyundai). As with the Koreans, the answer to the question, "how long will the subsidies last?" is simple....years.
The Saudi league is mince. It doesn't matter how many big names they have.
We can only disagree at the end of the day. Arguing over how much mince exists.
For years the Premier League was outspending the other top European league, because of the superior TV money. Now the Saudi Pro League is doing it to the Premier League and they're taking it personally. 😂
Difference with the premier league and Saudi league is if for example, la liga clubs could match prem clubs, players would still come to the prem over it.
Oh dear....Don't do history no? English football had 6 different European Cup/champions league winners, the record by 3. England had 4 different winners, still a record by the early 80's. That's 10 years before the Premiership and broadcaster rights and 20 years before the Billionaires came along. The PL is an organic British success story, Saudi is artificial.
Very good point
Been saying that for long
The British are just salty
@@banzzzsaidykhan7898 They know history.
Well said Emenalo. Even Simon agreed.
Please I need a answer to this how can the Saudis vision the selves in the champions league when it is European please explain
Everybody would benefit from watching the film Syriana to understand what Saudi Arabia is doing.
He's absolutely right. The EPL fans are complaning from a position of privelage and one that ignores the fact its exactly what the Premier League, and other top teams in Europe have beem doing for 30 years. I expected a more contrarian argument from Jordan.
The players will decide...
Why are you asking the director of the LEAGUE about a specific clubs transfer strategy?
Man comparing the seria a to the Saudi pro league 😆😆
😅I get what your saying but Serie A is boring AF
Serie A was already a top league in play and in money, when it started attracting foreign players on a large scale.
Exactly. Serie A and other European leagues have clubs steeped in tradition, history and sporting prestige which has always attracted players, not just huge bundles of cash which is all Al-Ittihad and the likes have to offer.
Media: The UK tax is ridiculous, UK teams get ripped off paying too much for players.
Saudi teams: We'll pay high prices for EPL players.
Media: Is the EPL going to lose it's top players to the Saudis? Playing just for the money is just wrong! The EPL is under threat!
Wow talksport did some proper journalism, usually they gossip 90% of the time. Well done!
It's called Talksport for a reason🤦♂️
Take a shot every time the glasses come off or on!
Seria A and La Liga was saying the same thing about the premier League and that's why they tried to start the European super league.
Way more corruption in La Liga and Serie A though. At one point in time they had the richest clubs. That tide changes in the 90’s when the EPL started.
One can just smell the hate off my phone screen
imagine if all the players that went to Saudi Arabia, went to Chelsea instead?
Ronaldo,Benzema,Mane, Neimar, ecs. Tod had the money to do it, but he opted for Caicedo, Lavia, Sanches, Desasi, Jackson and what was his name?
Nobody wanted Neymar because he's more of a problem than a solution. Mane's legs have gone, he's a shadow of his former self. Ronaldo is at the end of his career and also has a bad attitude. And I don't think Benzema has ever been interested in playing in the Premier League.
I think you're just looking at all those names and getting giddy but the reality does not match up with the fantasy.
@@FreshAlchemy Evidenced by the fact the clubs the aforementioned players play for, are not at the top of the league lol! Neves plays for that side and he played for a mid to bottom of the league team in the prem. Yawn.
If only one of them went to Chelsea, it would have made a huge difference. Look at Chelsea now. O dear. O dear. O dear.
Didn't know Saudi Arabia is in Europe, Jim.
Saudi Arabia team playing in the UCL, I wonder which journalist came up with that BS😅Looks like they don't really want to..
Don't forget Sancho is walking away with 370k a week for basically doing nothing so Fair play to the Saudi league keep it up
I wonder how much the wages are for the average saudi born player in the league prior to all these big stars on millions per week arriving?
Approximately $50-80
People will pay for the transfers via higher petrol prices. They've already cut production in cahoots with Russia to raise prices.
Salah is like a son to me that guy says. Looks like he uses that line a lot. Never trust anyone with superfluous buttons on their shirt. And uses terms like disruption to enhance. It was funny Michael saying rumours are always completely untrue and then does nothing to correct salah rumours.
It’s not his job to validate or deny transfer rumors did you not watch the interview?
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You did not address my main point about the shirt buttons.
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Simon agrees with mr Emanalo and for the most part, they speak a similar language.
Wonder how Brighton fans felt when Liverpool bid £100m for Caicedo?
What happens when a Neymar isn't pulling his weight and his manager doesn't want to play him but is told he has to for obvious reasons. And so on so forth. It can't be a sustainable model long term surely
Have a look into the Chinese league, they tried something quite similiar and when they realised the interest wasn't actually there they removed the big money and it collapsed. Getting Deja vu from this.
Asia already has a literal Champions League. What they will do is try to increase the profile of that near to the South American Copa Libertadores.
shout out Big Mike
Loads of Questions from Simon
About 5 min in Simon says KSI instead of KSA
11:15
Someone got roasted 😆
Hint:
Simon Jordan 🙈
De Gea on £350000 a week at Man Utd. to name but one.
But nobody complained the PL was destroying football.
Without a global wage cap, the whole salary point is moot
Really, and Barcelona and Real Madrid had nothing to do with this, I guess..?
SPL are lucky to have him. Wonderful interview
I concur
Well done the Scottish Premier League.
Once all the club here have enough money they will just turn down the bids for players.. and it will then make them have to pay even more to get a player its a broken model that will never work
As a fan of a club in the premier league I find myself criticising the Saudi league for their spending when in reality our league spent 2 billion and continue too do the exact same too other leagues in Europe
Now that Saudi are spending big UK in complaining 😅
When teams in UK were doing it these rats didn't seem to have a problem then !
Quite poetic , PL teams have been buying stars and top youngsters for years througout europe abd south america. Tuche
Mike is a smooth operator.
Yemen.....
Look over here FOOTBALL, GOLF etc etc.
As an LFC fan I think I have to admit Mo's gone next summer.
At least one more season! 🥰Players move on...If we get 100M plus to buy/replace him at 32, I think that will be good business. It's a shame Bellingham has moved this year, that would have been a perfect buy with the Salah money.
Agreed, dont hate him at all this season just ❤❤❤❤ because he will be gone next season
People need to stop assuming that Salah wants to go there. He’s not the only player to reject SA this summer
As a LFC fan, we have to let him go and we should be scouting his replacement
I hope u know LFC proposed 100M for Caicedo without any Salah money
Bellingham was never going to Liverpool.