Several clubs in the Saudi League are now much stronger than other clubs, two notable clubs being Al-Nassr and Al Hilal. We have no doubts about these two clubs in terms of strength. Al-Nassr, Al Hilal are undoubtedly two very strong clubs but although Al Hilal has started well this season, Al-Nassr has yet to start well. Al Hilal is currently at the number one position in the points table but Al-Nassr is still at the number six position in the points table which means there are five teams above Al-Nassr so far. We always expect good performances from Al-Nassr as the team has world class stars who have conquered Europe once so it is natural that the expectations will be high from them.
this is all because there are European star players in the line up between the two teams and actually it is unfair to say that the two teams are very strong just because there are European star players but we must not forget Al Ittihad, Al Ahli and several other big teams that exist. in this SPL, even though they do not have star European players, they are able to perform consistently and can win in several matches until the last match they managed to appear strong to maintain points in the SPL standings and we should not be too ambitious in saying a team can be strong or be better. Its big because there are European players, but I would rather admit that the team is perfect when it competes consistently without European players and uses real players from Saudi Arabia.