The changes made by several teams in the Saudi Arabian League have made the Saudi Arabian League increasingly attract more viewers throughout the world. Well, where I live, the Saudi Arabian League is becoming increasingly popular because of none other than the big influence of Ronaldo who joined Al Nassr. So it's not surprising that Ronaldo big name is what made the popularity of the Saudi League soar as the league is the most influential at the Asian level.
Same, here. People are often watching the matches of Saudi Pro League because they are curious about how the top players from Europe playing there. I assume people around the world are experiencing this, they are interested to watch SPL matches because of the factor of European top players. Ronaldo becomes the most player who attract people's interest. I think it is normal because Ronaldo is one of the best player in football history. All people still can't forget him although he is no longer playing in a top team in the world.
However, if Ronaldo no longer plays in the Saudi Arabian league, I think the popularity of the Saudi Arabian league will decrease and that must be considered as best as possible by the management of the Saudi Arabian league. They must be able to maintain the Saudi Rana League which is the best compared to other Asian leagues. If you look at Ronaldo who continues to contribute to Al Nassr, of course the fans hope that Ronaldo will stay with Al Nassr for a long time.
Sure, when Ronaldo moved from SPL, there will be a decrease on the fans of SPL. But if SPL still has another icon player, it won't decrease so much. There are still many other popular players in SPL, we don't have Ronaldo only. Benzema, Neymar, Mane, Firmino, and other top players can be the new icon of Saudi Pro League.
The only problem is how long saudi can only rely with the money to help the club gets demand by recruiting european players? we have seen that many times that if this is not fully worked. You can see that some players have been trying to exodus back again to the european competition.
That's why most of Saudi clubs singed old players. Those players have no interest anymore to return to Europe, the focus of the old players are for money or enjoying his old ages by playing football. But if Saudi clubs signed most young players, they probably return to Europa when there is an interesting offer for them.