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.
Saudi sports pundit Saud Al-Sarami has proposed increasing the foreign player quota in the Roshn Saudi League to 25, as well as reducing the number of participating teams to 14. He believes these changes would improve the league's technical standards and decrease the cost associated with local players. During a recent appearance on the Malaeb program with Faisal Al-Jafn on Al Arabiya FM, Al-Sarami referenced Spain's successful World Cup campaign, which featured only one Real Madrid player on its roster, and contrasted it with the English Premier League's heavy reliance on foreign talent.
He emphasized that "Nationality is football," and expressed strong disapproval of the current quality of local players, suggesting that they "lack talent" and are primarily motivated by financial gain. Al-Sarami further argued that increasing the number of foreign players would also help bring down the prices of local players.
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