Ferran Torres to Barcelona was a shocking transfer to me, I didn't see it coming and until now I still wonder why Manchester city opted to sell Ferran Torres to Barcelona knowing how good he was playing for Manchester City. Too bad he is struggling for games at Barcelona, I bet he will be wishing he had stayed back and remained at Manchester city where he was getting enough game time. Good news for him, Arteta seems to be interested in Ferran Torres as a prospective replacement for Gabriel Jesus. https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/arsenal-boss-arteta-seeks-reunion-with-barcelona-striker-torres-4439949 |
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I read the news at Local Media about Belingham being interested in Chelsea, Madrid, Liverpool and Man City. We know he is currently playing with Dortmund. He performed well with Dortmund and England in the world cup. We know Dortmund have always been a Team with a Great player product. Last but not least is Haaland,Haaland's sale provides huge funds for Dortmund. At the moment Belingham is in contention, but it seems that it is difficult to realize because Dortmund still do not want to let go. They want him to stay at Dortmund and get to his best game. Because he has only played in his third year this season. Previously he also played for Brimingham for two years. Every day I get notification on news concerning Jude Bellingham and It seems Liverpool are the ones in pole position now to get the player's signature. Bellingham was a significant figure in the heart of the English midfield and undoing showed his class and confidence yet again and obviously that has earned him recognition in European top flight which is a plus and should come as an extra boost in his performance. Dortmund is still Dortmund and something tells me they will go ahead to sell him also just like they did with Haaland. |
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There are some news sources which are claiming that Ronaldo won't retire from his national football career. Even if their manager isn't changed after this failure Ronaldo is expected to continue to play for Portugal. However it doesn't seem to me like Ronaldo will continue. Because I remember a statement by him like this would be his last World Cup and he would retire from his national team after. Some people have been hoping to see him in Euro 2024 at least. I assume there would be a new statement from him in the near future to end the speculations.
Ronaldo's future in his club career is also ambiguous now. There is still no agreement with any European team or the Arabian team Al-Nassr. If he doesn't get any offer from a European team competing in the CL then he should just go for Al-Nassr's offer. I assume the details of that offer weren't just a rumour. It was hell of an offer really.
Ronaldo still has a year or two before retirement so if he wants to represent Portugal for the next one or two years it is only understandable but I don't think he can feature in the world cup again at this level of his career but whether his retires or continues it will always remain a fabulous experience. It is so sad that we are currently witnessing the Ronaldo's era coming to an end. |
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For quite some years now Chelsea have been struggling with form and lacking good attacking players. The departure of Lukaku, Timo werner, and now injured Broja have left a wide gap in Chelsea's attack that needs someone to fill in immediately for the team. I hear they are very much interested in Victor Osimhen but I doubt Napoli will be open to selling him in the January window.
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No doubt, Rashford hasn't played to the expected standard in these last few months. But it is not enough to conclude that he is no more an important player in Manchester United's squad. Rashford gave his best for the club last season, and since the beginning of this season he has been a leg in and a leg out of playing moment all because of injury. I think it's quite too early to underrate this guy because if he wasn't good, clubs like PSG won't be running after him. it will be good to see the Manchester United board make moves in retaining this guy.
Judging by the amount that PSG is offering (a million a week), Rashford will agree. And this causes conflicting feelings in me: firstly, the cheating PSG continues to kill football with oil money, secondly, I am happy for Rashford financially, but in terms of ambitions, moving to PSG is like moving to a talent graveyard. I would like Rashford to stay at United, but objectively he is not worth that kind of money. Wow, this is outrageous, I wonder where PSG are going with this kind of deals, first we saw a player having a part in the decision making in the club and now they are offering Rashford a million a week. This will spell serious problems for Manchester United, with PSG offering this kind of deal it will very difficult to keep Rashford at United for further years. Something tells me Rashford will want to take the huge pay and move. |
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If the world cup ends we'll know if Barcelona is good enough to win the Europa League, Barcelona is seriously interested and working harder in winning laliga league, Barcelona can't win more than a trophy this season because they are not so strong
Do not conclude that Barcelona's strength this season has only been seen in half of the season. But let's see how strong Barcelona will be after this world cup or when La Liga and Europa League restart this season. Because every team still has time this season to make changes for the better and it's still very early to conclude anything for all the teams in the two different competitions. You're right, it's too early to conclude that Barcelona won't win more than one trophy this season, and it's also too early to conclude they will. Competition is still very tight in La Liga and also in the European League, it will not be easy for them to win the championship which is still very long. Also other teams will not allow any team to win the title easily. Challenges are still waiting for them ahead. I remember that last season barcelona has been predicted to win even europa league but it was going out caused by lose from frankfurt. I think that people shall not over expectation about barcelona. Just let the team to do the best. Barcelona is not yet winning la liga. Real madrid is always following barcelona at the second position. There's no reason for barcelona to get the trophy until the end of season. The fact that it's going out from champion league. Barcelona may get the same result in europa league too. That depends on the result against mu Barcelona is more organized and stronger this season than last season. And so fans have high expectations from this team this season. However, this season's Europa League title is much more difficult to win than in previous seasons. Barcelona will face Manchester United in the next match. United is a very strong team. Barcelona is likely to be eliminated even if they lose this match. Also, strong teams like Arsenal are performing very well in Europa League. And Arsenal seems to be the favorite for this year's Europa League. Barcelona have showed a good level of improvement so far although they fell short of expectations in the champions league but they have showed a different performance level in the league which is very impressive. Good thing the Europa league gave them second chance to redeem their season in European competitions this season but can they defeat Manchester United to stay in the competition? |
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Osimhen has been a player admired by many top teams for years now, I even overhead someone saying he will go to Manchester United in January lol. Obviously this teams have undying wish of having Osimhen on their side but how open Napoli are to letting the player go seems to be the major problem and it seems until they have their minds made up it will be very difficult to see this deal realistic even with the many options they have in their attack. After performing well with Napoli and South Korea national team rumours is their defender player Kim Min jae has into Manchester United and Tottenham watchlist and apparently besides Osimhen who targetted by big clubs Napoli also should be hold this player because during this season he is one of Napoli key player and always be playing regular on Serie A or champion league so losing him will have bad impact for Napoli defense because so far his combination with Amir Rrahmani or Juan Jesus was very solid at Napoli defense however besides that yesterday Napoli has won 3-1 from Crystal Palace for friendly matches and this weekend Napoli will played one more match against Villarreal
A lot of players had exposure in the world cup and are currently being monitored in the transfer market so it is expected that players who were impressive would be scouted and clubs will enquire about their availability and that includes Kim Min Jae, I still expect to read about more names when the window opens. Like I said before, Napoli's decision seems to be the deciding factor for Victor Osimhen moving away because the club have been so adamant to letting the player leave. |
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Why people are surprised of Morocco defeatist Portugal it's because of Ronald, and base on Ronald is on bench that is what give Morocco luck to win Portugal but people don't know, because the presences of Ronal would have been a distraction to Morocco, so because of the coach of Portugal won a match without Ronal participating in early or the first time and they defeated and that's why they played without Ronald from the beginning.
Morocco benefited because the Portuguese coach did not make CR7 a starter, many people criticized the line-up choices made by Santos from the start on the Portuguese national team Morocco is very lucky, but Morocco's next opponent is France, I doubt they will be able to withstand the onslaught of French players If Ronaldo had played in the first half Morocco would have still won. Ronaldo is not active again, he plays like a regular play now. Morocco won because they played very well, they didn't win by luck Yeah I honestly do not think so, If Ronaldo was played along side Rafeal Leao it would have been a different outcome at the end of 90mins. Ronaldo would have been the major target in the game and if he is smart he would be setting confusions for the Moroccan defenders who will be worried about marking Ronaldo and Rafael Leao when they attack. I didn't expect to see Ronaldo sitting on the bench in that game. |
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I think Real found Benzema's heir in Brazil. It is rumored that they have transferred Endrick. However, since Endrick will be in the Real Madrid squad when he turns 18, they should get maximum efficiency from Benzema for 2 years. Another striker transfer is definitely needed. Benzema, who received the most prestigious award last year, is having a quieter season this year. This is what I really wonder if there will be an increase in his performance after he recovers from his injury.
We all know how much confidence and strength the presence of Benzema in the starting line up gives the team in every game and it is understandable how their performance drops when he is absent so I'm quite convinced his return from injury will be a major boost to the squad and the season at hand. I can't say much about Endrick we just have to wait until he comes off good age in the team. I think Real Madrid will be back stronger than before by their upcoming games. They had some problems against smaller teams recently and lost so many points during this time. Barcelona have benefited from it and taken the lead. But the gap is only two points anyway. Real Madrid should improve their effort in the La Liga to have a good form.
Winning against Barcelona won't be enough for them for the La Liga title in the end. They need to keep up a solid form in the rest of the games as well just as Barcelona do. I know that things are becoming more serious in the Champions League on one hand. But this shouldn't affect the concentration level of the Real Madrid players in the La Liga badly.
Coming back stronger would be the ultimate goal for Real Madrid after the world cup, I must confess that I have missed watching the club games and can't wait for resumption. Real Madrid have not been 100% into the game before the break. Now they need to build from the bad games take the positives going into the remaining games of the season and get the best results possible. |
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I personally believe Rashford won't left Manchester United this because he is into Ten Hag long term project even Manchester United will attempts to extended his contract even they had a plan will makes Rashford as the players with the highest salary in Manchester United because Ten Hag know his potention so he will hold Rashford not moved to other teams
And indeed PSG offering the trophies for every seasons because they are the strongest team in Ligue 1 but PSG already have Mbappe, Neymar and Mbappe at forward lines so it's almost impossible to Rashford compete to get one place in forward lines with these players so if he left Manchester United and moved to PSG i am sure Rashford only being an reserved players for PSG trio and that's not good for his career
I won't blame you for believing he cannot leave Manchester United because he was groomed under the badge and from the youth academy team but it doesn't always end as expected you know, some big money involvements and deals can change a players mind and reveal his true loyalty stance. In my opinion I think if teams like PSG and Real Madrid come calling, he will take a move away. |
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Morocco defended very well throughout the entire match. But in the second half of the match, they sometimes lost control of the game to Portugal. And Portugal could not make organized attacks in the sections where they had the opportunity. Morocco played well and deserved to win the match. The result of the match was fair in my opinion. Now they will play the semi-finals with France. This match has already been the most talked about match. And this match attracts more attention than Argentina - Croatia match in my opinion. Because Morocco managed to become the most colorful team of the tournament with the matches they won. I think they will play the France game with the same tactical understanding. They will continue to play very good defense. Their first priority will be not to concede goal again in this match. That's why I'll most likely bet on under 2.5 goals.
Portugal isn't an easy team to defend against that was why it was so difficult to hold them them and when they conceived the red card the pressure increased and Portugal became more dangerous but the resilience of the Moroccan team was surprising, how they managed to hold still was really marvelous indeed their team is so organised all round and have great tactical sense of the game. The next rounds will be even more interesting. |
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There are already some rumours circulating such as Arsenal are planning to sign a striker in January. After Jesus has got injured news sources started to write this kind of things quickly. I know that Arteta will have a nice amount of transfer budget to spend in January. But I don't think it would be enough for signing a big striker. Because people were talking about a budget like 50 million pounds.
I don't trust Nketiah much honestly. He seems like a skilled player but his finishing is not good at all. Arsenal can find a better alternative to him in January if they want.
Honestly, It will be exciting to see Arsenal bring in another striker to cover up for Gabriel Jesus in the January window. I know there is Eddie Nketiah but it wouldn't be wise to depend fully on Eddie Nketiah tp lead the lines alone. I think it is wise to have other options and backup also for Eddie, hopefully Arteta can get something done about this in the next transfer window. |
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England vs France yesterday was a very interesting match. The results proved that sometimes stats are not a reflection of what a team looks like, judging by the stats England were the favorite to win the match. But France found it more easier to win, England didn’t stand a chance against the French defense. I expected more from England because I watch the English premier league regularly and had high hopes for the English team. Is England overrated?
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European nations have been ruling the World Cup for ages, they have reputation and history as the big teams and favorites which gives them the upper hand mentally for the competition. In this tournament, Morocco has played the big teams Belgium, Spain and Portugal and won. If Morocco go into the semi final and lose, it would still be a victory for Africa as a whole because now we have the confidence that we can compete with the big dogs.
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10 bitcoins is a lot of money even at bitcoin’s current price and that much money can corrupt. It will take a lot of strength and discipline to send the bitcoins back to the sender’s wallet especially since bitcoin isn’t easily traceable like fiat. But like Neuroticfish, I wonder if that address is one from a CEX completely unrelated to the sender? How can I confirm if this was a mistake since the person who sent the bitcoins can’t contact me or know my identity and vice versa I can’t know the sender’s identity as well.
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When En-Nesyri scored his awesome goal, even CR7 didn't believe the way he did it. A nice jump and a permit to pass to the semi-finals! Then it cames the missed opportunity for Morocco at the end of the game, I laughed when Zayech run to catch him because he missed the goal. The red card was very bad for Morocco too since they were defending and lost their counter attack capabilities. The substitutions made were risky. I could not imagine what could happened if Portugal scored a goal.
When looking at Youssef En-Nesyri's jump it reminds us of Cristiano Ronaldo's jump when he was young, it is a higher jump than that of a goalkeeper. We can't deny that this match was so tough and what was frightening for Morocco was their counterattack, the Portuguese defender was often overwhelmed by it, but unfortunately several opportunities for the Marcos players failed in front of the penalty box. If earlier Portugal had scored a goal, then a draw would have led to extra time or even a penalty. Of course, the Morocco players didn't want that and hoped that the game would end in just 90 minutes. Fans are already calling him Air-Nesyri for his superb goal yesterday against Portugal. Morocco were very solid defensively and so far the best team defensively in the competition, I could smell trouble when Morocco got the first goal against Portugal, I knew it would be difficult for Portugal to come back into the game, and it happened as I predicted. Morocco are certainly making Africa proud. |
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Lukaku was fully recover from his injured and it proven recently he can play at world cup with Belgium but unfortunately Lukaku hasn't performing well on that competition even he unable to scoring goals and failed to bringing Belgium qualified to round of 16 and after his national team eliminate probably Lukaku will return to Inter in the near future and at this team Lukaku hopes he can find his shape again but i think it's hard to see he performing well again at Inter and the latest rumour i have heard from him is Inter have a plan to ended his loan duration early this January and they will attempts looking for new players instead of him this because Inter very dissapoint to see his performance this season
It’s a good feeling seeing Lukaku return from injury and back in the squad for Belgium. A lot of speculations and criticizing have been going down about the player's performance so far from Chelsea and making a move away to Inter Milan and I know the fans will be expecting to see a good come back for the Belgian star in the world cup and will be disappointed seeing how bad they performed and got eliminated in the knockout stages. We can now hope to see that come back in the league with Inter Milan. |
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If Chelsea is going to sign Cristian Ronaldo then surely it's going to be big boost for them as his presence is going to have big impact on their performance and quality but sadly right now media is playing negative role for the player and creating feud with his last statement against Manchester United coach Ten Haq but here now if Chelsea is looking for the better results in the future then surely they have to ignore these all things and bring him in their squad because Graham Potter is fail to handle few big players those were doing good in other clubs but fail to create good results for the Chelsea under this management.
Christino Ronaldo will definitely be a boost to the current strikers we have at Chelsea and with the likes of Hakim Ziyech playing as brilliantly as he is at the world cup, if he get more playing time at Chelsea then he'll definitely keep up that performance and energy meaning, we got our right wings settled as Reece James will also be returning from injury. With both Reece James and Hakim ziyech playing we can get good crosses for header and who would you want most at the end of those crosses than Ronaldo. The media can say all the bad things about this guy (Ronaldo) but the fact reminds he's one of the greatest to have ever played football. I think signing Ronaldo will totally depends on the managers approval because it will be ugly if we get similar situation that happened between Manchester united coach (Ten Hang) and Christino Ronaldo to repeat itself at Chelsea. Graham Potter has to be sure he can manage Ronaldo and the media very well before agreeing to signed the player. This move will also be beneficial to Chelsea financially considering the media is all over Ronaldo and this will increase more publicity for the club and merchandise sales. Cristiano Ronaldo to Chelsea seems unlikely to me still, I know they showed interest in Ronaldo when Tuchel was still the manager but as things stand now the club isn't so sure of still being interested in a deal for Ronaldo so until a clear statement is published to prove their interest, these are mere rumours and shouldn't be taken seriously but if they are interested I also think this is a good chance to get him as a free agent. |
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Even though Napoli will only play against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League, that doesn't mean Napoli will get to the final, because there are still quarter-finals and semifinals to go through. In this round, of course, Napoli will play against a tougher team and, in fact, Eintracht Frankfurt cannot be underestimated at all.
Because Eintracht Frankfurt is also in the Bundesliga experiencing a very good increase in performance, so even though Napoli will play against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 16th round of the Champions League it still doesn't guarantee that Napoli will win easily.
But yes, about Napoli's position in the Serie A standings, at least it can be said to be a safe position for Napoli because it has a wide enough point gap, and Napoli only needs to maintain good results in every match and not lose too often.
That way, it will be enough for Napoli to maintain its position at the top of the Serie A table this season. But if what you say about winning the Serie A title and also the Champions League can happen, then of course it will be a very extraordinary achievement but unfortunately, I personally not so sure about Napoli in the Champions League.
Napoli against Frankfurt should be an easy one for Napoli and a free pass to the quarter finals but I don't Napoli will even get to the finals because of the calibre of teams they will be meeting in the Champions league. Assuming they get matched with Real Madrid or PSG in the next Round I doubt they will be able to survive past these two champions league giants. I just can't wait for the games to resume after the world cup, i already miss the thrilling games. Roma has failed to showed their consistency so far even they cannot able to wins 3 times streak in Serie A besides that i have been noticed during this season Roma always be hard to wins against the teams with strong defense such as Juventus, Lazio or Napoli and this also could be their weaknesses why Roma performance was decline lately and seems they don't have any creative midfielder to break the defense of those teams
Besides that i can see Dybala is so important for Roma even when he got injured Roma winning percentages was very low and Nicolò Zaniolo who replace his position cannot performing well but after world cup ended Dybala can be played again because he was recover from his injured and luckly for Roma because during world cup he hasn't played by Argentina coach so if Dybala return to Roma he will be in the good shape
Roma are having a tough time this season, this is team that won the European conference cup last season so I'm a little surprised about their performance level this season, I expected better for the season probably a more confident team who won the conference, starting the season on a high note and fully confident and winning games but sadly the team is struggling to win games. |
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Manchester United has played friendly matches with Laliga team Cadiz yesterday that surprisingly they were lose from Cadiz with scores 4-2 although some of key players such as Martial, Mctominay and Van De Beek were played but Manchester United cannot able to beat Cadiz who filled with young players and Manchester United will do one more friendly match against Real Betis this Sunday before playing at Carabao cup against Burnley on round of 16
Opposite result was happened to Arsenal that playing at Dubai Super Cup against Lyon they can able to win with big scores from Lyon with scores 3-0 although Arsenal was playing only with young players but they can able to performing well on that match
The friendly games are just to help the coaches assess their team's performance and progress so far and it is not a competition that the fans should whine about a lose. Soon the world cup will be over and every player will be returning back to their clubs to resume the season. Arsenal also had a game against Lyon which ended in a 3 nil win in Arsenal's favour. The boys put up a good show and dominated the game so well. |
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