In the heyday of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande ranked 19th in the world's club rankings, surpassing giant clubs like Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur. But now Guangzhou has fallen into the Central League and become a mediocre club. Our experience shows that it is not enough just to issue slogans and shout a good sounding slogan. Overly impulsive massive investment is not a long-term solution. Only by working hard in a practical and step-by-step manner can we make real progress over decades of accumulation.
So can Ronaldo's words become reality? Can Saudi Arabia become the fifth most competitive league in the world? It will be difficult, at least from now on. For it is not Ligue 1, the Portuguese Super League or the Dutch Ligue 1 that the Saudi Arabian League desperately needs to overtake, but the Chinese Super League. Despite the ups and downs that the Chinese Super League has weathered in recent years, it is still one place above the Saudi League in the world league rankings, at 65th and 66th respectively.
