Checked off the part of his contract to say something nice about the Saudi Pro League ✅
FC25 career mode is gonna be interesting. “Alex moves to Saudi Arabia”
yeah, he managed to have a sly dig at Ligue 1’s best team, PSG who are Qatari owned too. Double bonus coming Kante’s way
500k in the bank for that.
Yeah it must be that, Ngolo pretty much never said anything publicly when he was still playing in the prem.
How could he know? Last time he played in Ligue 1 was almost 10 years ago.
Anyway I don’t wanna any player who play in this league in our NT. He is 32 years old it’s time to move on.
Anyway I don’t wanna any player who play in this league in our NT.
You seem to be under a mistaken impression that you get a say in who gets select into the NT. Such an unfortunate misconception to have.
K how would you know anything close to the quality of either league then if the criteria is how recently you played in the league?
he’s only 32 !? i thought he was around 35
I think at least give him till the euros before giving him the shove. Similar to Henderson, playing in Saudi league is a massive downgrade but their skills don’t dissappear overnight. It’s not like they are 38 or something. Perhaps someone in the locker room with veteran presence coming off the bench.
How could he know? Last time he played in Ligue 1 was almost 10 years ago.
One of the best midfielders of his generation probably knows a thing or two about football you’d think especially having played in the league.
Anyway I don’t wanna any player who play in this league in our NT.
Surely, Deschamps is taking notes.
Oh, I guess he’s able to make a precise ranking of all leagues in the planet, then.
Even those he didn’t play in in the last 10 years.
Being a great footballer doesn’t always translate to giving sensible opinions on football. We’ve seen this time and time again
So farmers league
Ekstraklasa teams would beat them
This feels like a dig at Lugue 1
Aye this definitely is more damning of Ligue 1 than anything
It feels like someone being paid to talk up his league
Tbh he said the top 5 matches which I don’t find to be too out of pocket overall. The Al Hilal squad would do damage in Europe if they had the right coaching and right complementary players
It would definitely do damage in Argentina
So if they had better players and coaches they would be a better team? mind blowing stuff.
You must feel privileged interacting with Michael Owen
Tbh I didn’t say “better” but “right” specially as in the right players for European football.
Right players for a squad literally means they make the squad better so in your own context better and right is the same thing
It might feel like, but that’s not his intention, quite the opposite. He (or at least his entourage) are campaigning for his return to the NT (good luck with that!) and their argument is that the Saudi League is a high level league, so N’Golo still has the goods to play with Les Bleus.
Just how shit is league 1?!
Nah he is too nice to do that
I can’t construe this any other way
Oil farmers league.
20mil bonus per week to say 1 nice thing about Saudi. Probably have a calendar reminder on his phone.
People might think you’re joking, but they do pay for positive social media posts, so wouldn’t be a stretch to pay for positive words in interviews.
Knowing Kante he probably would say it without extrapay famously nice
Crazy statement.
Well, he’s not wrong
I assume you watch full games of both L1 & Saudi League each weekend.
He only mentioned the top 5 of the saudi, and he play in ligue 1 like 10 years ago, for all we know he is talking about club like evian
Me when I lie for another paycheck
So it’s farmers league ?
Probably some tiers below that
Well, Saudi league is better than J League in the AFC Ranking, and the J League is very good at developing young talents, so the Saudi league must have at least some quality in it. Saudi players don’t go abroad, so people often discredit their league in the past
Really ? Because I’ve heard good things about the J League in terms of technicality. I’ve watched a handful of Saudi games this season and I can tell you the overall level is really really bad, especially tactically
AFC Ranking. Points are calculated from the most recent 8 seasons from 2014 to 2022 (excluding 2020)
https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/afc_ranking.htmlFrom 2014 to 2022, Saudi Arabia won 2 AFC Champions Leagues, during that time Japan had 3, South Korea had 2, China 1, Australia 1.
But Saudi teams made the final five times during that time frame. And semi final 6 times.
Those coefficients are the worst way to judge a league honestly. If you trust them, you would think the eridivise is as good as Ligue 1, but it’s absolutely not. The level of the best teams is comparable, the rest of them absolutely aren’t.
But to be fair, Lante talks about the best team and not the overall level of the league.
And just like that another Lambo is in his driveway.
Neymar was right after all
No he wasn’t
That’s completely believable
League 1 for sure enjoys its reputation more and more