Sports pundit calls for 25 foreign players, fewer teams in Roshn League
Saudi sports analyst Saud Al-Sarami urges raising the foreign player quota to 25 and reducing Roshn League teams to 14 to boost quality and cut local player costs.
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AISaudi sports analyst Saud Al-Sarami has called for increasing the number of foreign players allowed in the Roshn Saudi League to 25, while also reducing the number of participating teams to 14. He argued that implementing these proposals would raise the league's technical standards and lower the cost of local players.
Speaking on the "Malaeb" program with Faisal Al-Jafn on Al Arabiya FM, Al-Sarami noted that Spain won the World Cup with only one Real Madrid player in its squad, while the English Premier League relies heavily on foreign talent. He added, "Nationality is football."
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Al-Sarami also sharply criticized the level of local players, saying, "The local player today lacks talent," and claimed that local players "play football now just to make money."
He added, "I don't want to see local players in matches because they ruin the games," stressing that increasing the number of foreign players would also help reduce the prices of local players.