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Who are the best players in the Saudi league: The star ranking | Sports New Spain

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Who are the best players in the Saudi league: The star ranking | Sports New Spain

The Saudi Arabia Championship It was one of the most impressive moves in the football market in 2023, removing all European competition from the axis and although it failed to get Lionel Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo He was the first big star to come to Saudi Arabian football and now several more outstanding footballers – even much younger ones – have done so, such as neymarthe last big signing they hired.

It’s all part of the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund’s plan to pump money into the league’s top four clubs: Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr.

The ranking of the best players of the Arab League 2023

10) Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal)

At the age of 28, Sergei Milinkovich-Savic he is one of the youngest figures in European football to choose to move to Saudi football. The Serb, who had spent eight seasons as a Lazio figure in the Italian Serie A (341 matches, 69 goals) and was even selected twice in the ideal eleven of the championship of this country, he was bought by Al Hilal for 40 million euros.

He is one of the most versatile midfielders out there, both for his technique and his physicality and goal-scoring ability, and he has already been noticed in the Middle East: he was named the best player in the Arab Club Championship, a tournament in where his team was a finalist.

9) Fabinho (Al-Ittihad)

Al Ittihad

World Cup with Brazil in Qatar 2022, Fabinho also left Liverpool to learn about the Saudi Arabian league and its great financial power: the 29-year-old Brazilian who can operate as a defensive midfielder as well as a defender or full-back moved to Al-Ittihad after five seasons at Liverpool in which he won seven titles, including They are the most important in the world.

8) Roberto Firmino (Al-Ahli)

Al Ahly

Al-Ahli look to dominate the Saudi Arabian league with an impressive attacking trident consisting of Riyad Mahrez and Allan-Saint Maximimtwo of the best wingers the Premier League has had, standing out for the wings and the Brazilian Roberto Firminoanother striker who has marked an era in the Premier League in recent years by scoring goals from the centre.

Firmino arrived in Saudi Arabia at the age of 31 after scoring 111 goals for Liverpool and his debut with Al-Ahli was “packed”: he scored a hat-trick.

More | League of Saudi Arabia 2023-2024 Standings and Standings: Matches, Results and Top Scorers

7) N’Golo Kante (Al-Ittihad)

Al Ittihad

The wounds were struck N’Golo Kante last season and that’s why he couldn’t play with France in Qatar World Cup 2022. Chelsea also missed him a lot in Premier League where he barely played 7 games. Now, Al-Ittihad exploit him in midfield – still 32 – as a tireless midfielder who provides excellent defensive cover and has won the Premier League twice as a figurehead, as well as the World Cup, Champions League and many other tournaments.

6) Marcelo Brozovic (Al-Nasr)

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Several groups are required Marcelo Brozovic after how he stood out last season, in which he contributed from midfield to bring Croatia in third place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and to between in the 2023 Champions League final.

The 30-year-old Croatian who captained the Italian side in that grand final against Manchester City is now in charge of Al-Nasr and has already won his first title with that club.

5) Sadio Mane (Al-Nasr)

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Since it is the Premier League top scorer, win it all with Liverpool and being one of the main figures in English football for several seasons, Sadio Mane went to Bayern Munich where he failed to fully fit in despite scoring 12 goals. So after just one year in the Bavarian lands, he has now arrived at Al-Nasr at the age of 31 and still has a long way to go, one of the best African footballers today.

More | Arabian League 2023 signings and transfers: the different stars arriving in the Middle East

4) Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahli)

Al Ahly

Straight from the Premier League he also joined Riyad Mahrezwhich was made by a very important part of Manchester City champion of all in the 2022-2023 season to be a leading figure of Al-Ahly at the age of 32.

The Algerian had already established himself as one of the best wingers in European football with the ball at his feet and now it will be the Saudi Arabian league that will be surprised by his performances.

3) Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nasr

Cristiano Ronaldo plays for Al Nasr against Abha in the King Cup

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In the 38 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo He is no longer the player who not so long ago was fighting for the moniker of the best in the world, but he still has a formidable ability in goal: he has scored eight goals for the Portuguese team in the last year and a half for a reason. and has already scored 20 goals for Al-Nasr, the club he led to glory in the Arab Club Championship.

2) Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad)

Al Ittihad

He Golden ball in the best footballer of the season 2021-2022 came to Saudi football at the age of 35 with more than 450 goals in his career and as a superstar from Real Madrid.

There are few centre-forwards in the world with Benzema’s technical ability and Al-Ittihad is the club enjoying it right now.

1) Neymar (Al Hilal)

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The latest big transfer in Saudi football is that of Neymar, who arrives with all his talent at the age of 31 from PSG. The Brazilian crack showed off his dropper potential in the last half, between injuries that have affected you and you dissatisfaction at the Parisian club, but there’s no doubting what he can do when healthy and he showed it at the World Cup a few months ago.

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The former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation is wanted in Ukraine

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December 25, 2025

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The former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation is wanted in Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has placed the former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation (UAF) on the wanted list. Andrei Pavelko. This comes from Ukrainian data Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the database, Pavelko is accused of two criminal articles: embezzlement, misappropriation of property or misappropriation of property through abuse of office, committed on a large scale or by an organized group, as well as official forgery.

On October 9, it became known that the former UAF president had been indicted on new charges. As clarified by the Strana publication, the investigation believes that Pavelko and a group of other Ukrainian football officials took possession of 9.32 million euros, which UAF received from the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) in 2015-2016.

Pavelko had previously been accused of carrying out bribery schemes during the construction of a plant to produce artificial turf for football pitches. In this case, the president of the association was arrested in November 2022, but managed to get bail. In June 2023 he was arrested again; only in February 2024 did he win the appeal and was released. In the same year, according to Ukrainian AveragePavelko traveled abroad, submitting a certificate of disability. Then “Strana” associated the persecution of Pavelko with the fact that Vladimir Zelensky was pressuring him to force him to hand over the position of president of the association to Ukrainian footballer Andrei Shevchenko, who eventually led the UAF in January 2024.

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The RFU does not rule out Karpin merging the posts again

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December 25, 2025

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The RFU does not rule out Karpin merging the posts again

Russian Football Federation (RFU) does not rule out an agreement with the coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin reconciling work in the national team and the club. The Secretary General spoke about it in an interview RFU Maxim Mitrofanov.

In November Karpin announced his departure from Dinamo Moscow; he had been working at the club since June. Later, in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, he ruled out a future combination.

“Never say ‘never’, everything happens in life,” Mitrofanov said in response to the question of whether he agreed RFU once again combining Karpin. — Basic RFU against the combination of the work of the national team and club coaches. But during the period of exclusion from official competitions this combination is in some cases possible; several coaches, even at the helm of the national teams, combine their work with that of the club”.

“If we talk about the normal competitive period in which the federation and its team should exist, the combination is impossible, the coach and his staff must be completely focused on the team and solving the assigned tasks. We do not know whether Valery Georgievich will ever contact us again with the question of the combination. I don’t think he knows it either. But it seems to me that he himself has drawn important conclusions and expressed them. The combination places a greater burden on the football team. There, too, they must correctly evaluate their capabilities. When a coach is in the national team, objectively he cannot deal with club matters,” Mitrofanov added.

Previously, Karpin also combined work in the national team and Rostov, but left the club in February this year.

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 20 television channels were blocked for illegally broadcasting matches

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December 25, 2025

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 20 television channels were blocked for illegally broadcasting matches

The media market regulator of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suspended the work of about two dozen television channels that were broadcasting matches of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football tournament in Morocco without a license. This was reported by the Okapi radio station.

By decision of the Supreme Council of Audiovisual Media of the DRC, the broadcast ban on these television channels will last 45 days. The Council noted that these Average guilty of signal piracy and illegal transmission of legally protected content, including CAN matches. Therefore, the rules regulating the functioning of audiovisual communications, as well as copyright, have been seriously violated.

The temporarily banned TV channels are recorded in the largest Congolese cities, including the capital Kinshasa.

The Africa Cup of Nations football matches started on December 21st and will end on January 18th. Teams from 24 African countries are participating in the tournament. The matches take place in six cities in Morocco.

The first CAS championship took place in 1957. Since 1968 the tournament has been held every two years. It is considered the main African football championship among national teams.

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I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.