Players tend to select teams based on the money they will earn, the achievement that could be done and the position of the league among the european ones.
Based on money, I mean the salary they will perceive, for example Neymar moved to PSG since he has a big offer. Achievements for PSG are Ligue 1 title which is obvious and potentially a big chance to play in Champions League and eventually try earning it which is the only interesting thing selecting that team specifically. For the position, Ligue 1 comes to the 5th place after EPL, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga. Less competitive than the others even though Marseille and Lens made some actions last season but far from influencing the ranking of PSG.

Although Lukaku isn't playing as he used to play previously, yet we find teams fighting to recruit him. Juventus, Ac Milan rumours about getting him was correct but quite random since the player claimed he wants to stay with Inter.
There is a second attempt by Inter to seduce Chelsea which seems to get maximum profits from this.

Classically Manchester City is a contender for the Champions League and EPL titles by default. What makes this easy to happen is the fact that the other teams are playing poorly. Let's start with Manchester United bad debut, Liverpool out of its normal shape, Bayern Munich and PSG aren't that competitive, Real Madrid wasn't playing as they used to do, Barcelona failed bad in European competitions altogether... That was like a direct road to the titles. Even the Italian clubs weren't successful in stopping City.

Saudi League is getting more popular otherwise we wouldn't see people around the world talking about it that much, even in our forums I feel the topic is more active than some European leagues.
The main point is how much this bubble or tendance will remain. I mean Chinese at some point were popular among Europeans then suddenly faded. I don't know if Saudis will keep their league attractive or will stop running behind players after few seasons..

If we talk about positions then all of these players have at least one substitute, if not several ones apart from Mahrez. We know also that Mahrez didn't participate a lot in the previous season and was less effective comparing to two or three years ago.
Obviously having many players leaving the club will destabilise it but Manchester City know already that a transition phase will occur especially after they won everything especially Champions League title

EPL level is way better than the others, for me it is the equal of La Liga and Serie A together. A player joining EPL has to know that the challenge there is intense and risk of failure is considerable.
Ac Milan didn't impress in the previous season, they dropped badly and kept hovering between playing good and sometimes doing really bad. Until now they didn't sign big names, they bought two players from Chelsea and sold Tonali to Newcastle.

Since Mbappe refused to extend his contract with PSG and since the club president Al Khalifi said it clearly that Mbappe has to renew the contract or leave the club in two weeks then I assume Mbappe will join Real Madrid by the end of the transfer window. At worst he will be sanctioned and will be in the benches the next season so he might accept to leave in the winter transfer window.
Real Madrid has to find a temporary solution only concerning that spot.

I am not from Armenia, I maybe should specified what I meant by knowing a little about these teams and barely nothing about the others
Puynik generally advance to a later stage and they won their game with 2 goals to 0 vs Trans which is expected.
Aleshkert avoided a defeat after being 1 goal down. Barely half of the matches played yesterday ended with a draw..

In yesterday's matches, Sheriff lost their game vs Farul from Romania with 1 goal to 0. That was quite unexpected for me. The draw between Bratislava and FC Swift Hesperange, a team from Luxembourg, was upsetting too.
This stage is quite random and we are witnessing weird results. Next week we will see how it will end this first qualifying round after the 2nd leg games.

What makes an academy better than the other is the selectivity and the professionalism of the recruiters. I mean you can accept many players, select the best and see how things are going with them or actively search for these future players and talents everywhere to include them with the team. It is the role of the management to improve the academy.

I read about AC Milan trying to find a good substitute for Giroud since he is getting old and they are trying to pick Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid or else Mehdi Taremi from Porto. I don't know at which step they are now but it is fondamental to bring a player that like the club and want to see it improving

Conference League will resume later this day and I see few known names mainly Puynik that will play tomorrow, Alashkert too. The other teams are less known and some of them never heard about them. Second qualifying round will be held in a week and hopefully these games will be a bit challenging although I don't think they will be.

It is quite disturbing to read such attitude that separates between regions and others racial ones and so on.. It is like the player is forced to prove himself in order to get some respect. Quite pathetic these fans are.. A part from them only for sure.
Otherwise it is hard to limit the number of participants or impose sanctions since it will backfire on the team.

I don't know how several of these teams are doing in their domestic leagues so I can't tell precisely which one is better in this first qualifying round of Champions League. There is known names like Qarabag and Zalgiris that I used to see in a later stage, both teams won, at the opposite Ludogorets are a known team, yet they lost vs Ballkani with 2 goals to 0! Ferencvaros weren't able to win vs a team named Ki and the final result was 0 - 0..
HJK, Sheriff, Bratislava will play tomorrow and I think they will win.

Nasser Al khalifi will not let Mbappe move to Real Madrid for free. He had spoken and wasn't happy about the decision of the player to not extend his contract and activate the 1 year renewal option. This put PSG administration in an awkward position and all of them will be convinced that his departure this season is essential for the team since they are the only one losing in this whole story.
Mbappe have a good salary. Real Madrid will get the player for free next season. PSG will lose him once for all for free and this isn't good for them. They will make him move for a good price by the end of this transfer window!

Bernardo Silva won everything with Manchester City so he is trying to play elsewhere and compete in other challenges with a new team and league.
As far from what I read and heard, the player will not extend his contract with Manchester City which will accept to let him go if he refuse to continue playing with them. Once this done, PSG will move and will buy him from City with €80m reportedly. There is Barcelona that seemed interested at a point but apparently they abandoned the race.

Vlahovic is being considered by PSG along with Victor Osimhen, Harry Kane and Kolo-Muani. He might be the less expensive among these players but nothing seems to be decided yet. There is Chelsea and Bayern Munich that was reported to be interested on signing Vlahovic but according to Fabrizio Romano, there isn't any negotiations between Chelsea and Juve or the player. It is all rumours as always.

Steven Gerrard joined the club in Saudi Arabia like every one else these days and signed a contract with Ettifaq. Things will not be easy for him there.
Another news related to the league is Cuadrado being rejected by Cristiano Ronaldo which refused to see him playing with Al Nassr. They played together in Juventus and I assume they didn't get along with each other? Otherwise why refuse him with them..

I don't remember reading this news at all and I find it a bit weird for a team to allow another one in a completely different league to take its player. I highly doubt about a written agreement which was confirmed to be fake but I will not be surprised if there is talks about that at a point.
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo is doing his business with a new mineral water issued by him in Spain

PSG had many departures in fact. Let's start with the whole attack line, starting with Messi place, going to Mbappe which seems to quit the team so they don't lose him for free, Neymar which is absent and might go as well. Sergio Ramos also.
In the other hand, PSG have a lot of players and some positions have like 5 or more options. The problem isn't the quality of these players but how they could play together and win together as a team.
For example, Ekiteke was bought from Reims permanently, Hernandez joined the team from Bayern, Ugarte, Skriniar, Asensio are now available options to count on.
The other problem for PSG is to reduce the number of players by letting them go whether by selling them or by loaning them back.