Once upon a time, at the peak of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande was ranked 19th in the world's club rankings, surpassing soccer giants such as Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur. Today, however, the Guangzhou team has slipped to the first division and has been reduced to an ordinary club. History has shown us that shouting slogans and investing passionately are not enough to achieve greatness. Blind large-scale investment is not a long-term solution, only down-to-earth, steady and steady, can after dozens of years of trials and tribulations, really realize the qualitative leap.
Will Ronaldo's prophecy come true? Will Saudi Arabia ever become the world's fifth-largest soccer power? The answer does not seem optimistic. At least for the time being, it seems that Saudi Arabia's soccer is going to surpass, not to challenge the French Ligue 1, the Portuguese Super League and the Dutch Ligue 1, but to point directly to the Chinese Super League. Despite the ups and downs of the Chinese Super League in recent years, its world ranking is still one place higher than that of the Saudi League, ranking 65th and 66th respectively.
