But if I recall correctly, no decision has been made about the timing of the Saudi Arabia World Cup and while you are right that Qatar was far less prepared, I think there will be huge infrastructure projects going on in Saudi Arabia. There will at least be modernization going on. But in terms of modernization they have the synergy effects I think from the Olympic Games, winter Olympic Games I should say! That's the frist test Saudi Arabia will go through and if they can prepare for Winter Olympic games, they can build the stadiums right.
The joint hosting right for 2030 was given to Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with few matches to be played in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. After that tournament, Saudi Arabia will be the sole host of the 2034 World Cup. Saudi will host a more organized tournament than Qatar which had so many lapses during the process of preparation and hosting. The inhuman treatment of immigrant workers who worked in the construction of football facilities was a national disgrace.
But what I found a couple of days ago was how spending on players already dramatically decreased. They were close to a billion in 23/24 and now they are at less than half a billion in summer transfer window 24/5, which means the last transfer window.
I never thought their strategy could be sustainable and if they want their league to keep growing, I think they can't avoid continued high spending on essentially everything that high quality football requires. Managers, coaches, players, stadiums, infrastructure, everything. Now this supposedly still continues in some of the aforementioned areas, but in order to raise the level of their players, they will need to keep importing players from the best leagues.
Money is not the only tool that can grow a league. Their target should be building a system where the Saudi Professional League will be able to generate income for its running. The government might not be able to sustain its massive financing of some of the clubs. Chinese League had to crumble after the government decided to withdraw its massive financial support.