Gabri Veiga

[Ghost Hardware]

TBF he would be smart to go to Napoli

Yeah, I would if I was him. There is a question about how well the new manager will do but they have a great young squad and he will get a lot of game time. Be interesting to watch him develop

 

[Danny1]

Maybe, just maybe, and hear me out here, we have a lot of quality in those positions including 3 young lads named Skipp, Sarr and Devine who all need game time.

On top of that we already have the relatively young players in Bissouma (26), Bentancur (26), Lo Celso (27) and Maddison (26).

It’s happened so fast all of a sudden that our worst positions, when it comes to strength in depth, appear to be the from 3.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Good signing for them.

Close thread

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Might end up back on the market.

On a side note this sounds like a Levy move.

 

[danny32]

Blimey, someone changed the conditions of the deal.
Good luck with Levy.

 

[SambaSpurs]

Incredible really

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Incredible really

Wtf. Thats crazy. Napoli must be pissed. Maybe we will be able to pick him up for free in a month when whatever team he goes to can‘t register him.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Incredible really

I’m sure the coach of that team was the main reason absolutely nothing to do with the buckets and buckets of cash offered

 

[Joshua]

Incredible really

That’s bleak. Can rationale stars in the twilight of their careers but players with the world at their feet just starting? Grim.

 

[robotsonic]

The lack of professional ambition is astounding, and pretty sad. Bullet dodged if we never went in for him if this is the height of his ambition.

 

[Sandro30]

What a waste

 

[Albertbarich]

The new Oscar.

 

[bbunc]

….and he was never heard from again

 

[rossdapep]

Pah.

All this is gonna do is weed out the ones who are not truly driven to be the best.

Europe will keep those who are not swayed by money but by legacy

 

[Carson35]

The new Oscar.

i don't remember that the chinese league back then attracted as many stars as the saudi league now. i mean they are not just signing old stars. they are getting the young ones, too. this is crazy. really money talks.

 

[ButchCassidy]

This confidence that the Saudi league will just be an irrelevant oddity seems very misplaced to me. They’re well on their way to being the second most valuable league in terms of player values, and they have some genuine star power. I’ve just returned from a holiday in Germany and Italy and outside of Bayern shirts in Munich, I saw more Saudi league kits on kids than any league other than the EPL. More than Madrid, more than PSG, more than Barca, more than Serie A. I bet you they’re making very sure these clubs will be among the most competitive on FIFA and Football Manager as well.

I’m willing to bet in two or three years Veiga will be leading Al Ahli out in the Champions League, or whatever Super League equivalent has replaced it, and in the meantime he’ll make enough money to buy a yacht that rivals Joe Lewis’s.

 

[coy-spurs1882]

i don't remember that the chinese league back then attracted as many stars as the saudi league now. i mean they are not just signing old stars. they are getting the young ones, too. this is crazy. really money talks.

Drogba, Anelka, Paulinho, Oscar, Dembele, that's all I remember

 

[glacierSpurs]

i don't remember that the chinese league back then attracted as many stars as the saudi league now. i mean they are not just signing old stars. they are getting the young ones, too. this is crazy. really money talks.

If I'm not wrong, the Chinese League has some cap of forms in signing foreign players. The Saudi League now doesn't seem like having one and it's really frustrating so many players just say yes to going there without second thoughts.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

I don't know, there are 1B Muslims in the world, All of them are supposed to go to Mecca once in their lifetime for Hajj, France has a lot of Muslim North/Central/West African Players, Germany Has lots of Turkish Muslim players, and these are good players I could see more going to Saudi in the future. Saudi for a lot of people across the world isn't a far-flung destination in the middle of nowhere.

I know a few, not many, South Asians in England who would never go to a WC in Europe but did go to Qatar.

I mean I Would never go to Europe on Holiday, But have been a few times to Dubai/Abu Dhabi.

I think a lot of people maybe underestimating Saudi

 

[Qualsonic]

This confidence that the Saudi league will just be an irrelevant oddity seems very misplaced to me. They’re well on their way to being the second most valuable league in terms of player values, and they have some genuine star power. I’ve just returned from a holiday in Germany and Italy and outside of Bayern shirts in Munich, I saw more Saudi league kits on kids than any league other than the EPL. More than Madrid, more than PSG, more than Barca, more than Serie A. I bet you they’re making very sure these clubs will be among the most competitive on FIFA and Football Manager as well.

I’m willing to bet in two or three years Veiga will be leading Al Ahli out in the Champions League, or whatever Super League equivalent has replaced it, and in the meantime he’ll make enough money to buy a yacht that rivals Joe Lewis’s.

I found that staggering, I have never seen anyone in a Saudi team shirt (I live in Italy), never seen one on sale.
Maybe in Germany and other parts of Italy there's a bigger Arab population...?