Al-Nassr coach Luis Castro has no doubts about the standing the Saudi Pro League now has in the game.

Castro took charge of Al-Nassr before the start of the season.

He said, "I felt that I had played the role in Brazil that had taken me there, lifting a Botafogo team that had come from the second division and that needed something done for it, giving it visibility, which was done.

I took advantage of the opportunity in the emerging League that wants to position itself in world football. A League that has Cristiano Ronaldo, Mendy, Mahrez, Milinkovic-Savic, Mitrovic, Otávio, Rúben Neves, Fábio Martins... It cannot continue to go unnoticed."

Castro believes that the difference in quality of the Saudi player is notable, given the presence of world football references, and that European signings do not see the championship as a pre-retirement competition and maintain a high pace.

"I want to grow to equal in terms of knowledge those who are above, that's human nature. Those who come from Europe have to be the references. I notice a big increase in Saudi players and I don't see a big decrease in those who come from Europe, Brozovic is doing the 13.5 kilometers per game he did in 40º or 45º Celsius."