‘Saudi Pro League On Same Level With Premier League’

England striker Ivan Toney has claimed that the Saudi Pro League is connected the aforesaid level with the English Premier League, insisting that Al-Ahli would vie for a apical 4 decorativeness if they competed successful the English apical flight.

Toney near the Premier League past summertime erstwhile joining Al-Ahli from Brentford and has already won 2 titles successful his archetypal twelvemonth successful the Middle East.

The Saudi Pro League’s biggest star, Cristiano Ronaldo, has repeatedly claimed that the contention should beryllium considered among the apical 5 leagues successful the world.

He adjacent aimed a excavation astatine his eternal rival, Lionel Messi, by saying that the Saudi league is already amended than Major League Soccer successful the United States and France’s Ligue 1.

Toney has present gone 1 measurement further than Ronaldo, claiming that the Saudi Pro League is “on par” with the Premier League.

Speaking to The Guardian (via goal.com), helium said: “Ronaldo has been astir the satellite and astir apt knows a batch much than me, arsenic I person lone played successful the Premier League, the Championship and Leagues One and Two. For me, [the Pro League] is connected a par with the Premier League.

“If [Al-Ahli] were successful the Premier League, we’d springiness it a bully spell and we’d beryllium adjacent to the apical four. It is simply a prime league and radical should not crook their noses up. We saw Al-Hilal play against Man City [at the Club World Cup] and bushed them.”

Toney enjoyed a palmy archetypal play successful Saudi Arabia arsenic helium scored 23 league goals successful 30 appearances, 2 abbreviated of Ronaldo’s tally.

Pairing up with the likes of Roberto Firmino – who near Al-Ahli this summertime – and Riyad Mahrez successful the attack, Toney besides helped the nine triumph the AFC Champions League rubric past season. At the commencement of the 2025-26 campaign, Al-Ahli lifted the Saudi Super Cup.