They have got a chance at a second attempt again, interestingly, Dortmund may still be in that esctacy of their most recent attempt rot he champions league title last season a.d it may turn out a fuel for them to want to attempt the champions league again next season as they have a very recent experience of the champions league even up to the final levels of the game, this may be an added advantage for them in this new season.

If Dortmund is able to make it beyond the group Stage this season in the champions league, I believe the chances may turn out high that they get to the finals again, going by all the most recent experience they have and the fact that their strength and form still remains intact well enough, is another reason to get them strengthen to wanting to attempt it again for the second time and it will be the first time they are attempting the champions league two times in a row to the fina level but it's still very possible they don't get to the finals again.

Leverkusen had a very awesome performance in the Europa this season such that it has raised concerns for me to believe that there are Chances they will be able to get a good performance in the champions league aswell this season if only they will add some form of further improvement to that which they already have, because in the champions league is actually very competitive and much tougher than what they have faced last season.

Obviously if he was appropriated well enough I'm of the opinion that he will most likely not want to leave the team just like that, he would have loved to extend his contract maybe, he's been in Napoli for two seasons an a season more wouldn't do much but then it's obvious he's not appropriated well enough so he has to make a move to a place where he will be appreciated even more when he's gets to show his good performance.

Asides Napoli I believe there are other teams where osimhen can literally go to and become a very good assets to them just like he has been all these times in Napoli, PSG appears to be a prospective place where he can get to go and show his brilliance, the even have a very good champions league appearance record which could mean a chance at an attempt to the trophy in any of the seasons, the challenge he will be having at PSG will be assit, he may not be getting the perfect kind of assist that can help him deliver as a striker, even with mbappe , he did all most of the job to get a goal.

Osimhen isn't a dull player, he's very energetic and does go after r he Ball to the point he has the ability to even create chances for himself in the games but then for games like the champions league, he will not be able to do it alone, he's going to need the assist and the help of his team mates if he will be optimal but then there have been no announcement of a deal yet at PSG so let's wait till there's any then we can make speculations around it.

There no way I would want to think that kompany isn't aware of the task ahead at Bayern Munich before accepting the job offer, even if he wasn't the first choice, he's now their coach and has accepted the job with all of that which comes with it aswell. I want to believe that Kompany understands everything thing around the team to a fair extent because all of that will be made available to him before accept the offer.

Sometimes it's not even about what the expectations are because that will only amount to exerting more pressure on the coach, it may be that management are looking forward to seeing the team achieve a particular thing and if that is done, the criticism from outside bade on their own expectations may not matter a lot, with Bayern Munich, a major expectations from the management will most likely settle around the dominance of the team in the bundesliga and their abilities to get the bundesliga title again this new season of which it may not really matter if they don't win the champions league.

Winning the champions league is a dream of most European teams of which I know Bayern Munich isn't an exemption, I know that it's in their dream to win the champions league some day too but what I may not really be certain about will be their abilities to win it under the management of kompany, he's not experienced in the champions league well enough to lead Bayern Munich to winning it but he may try at the. Bundesliga.

Even before this decision of bringing in lukaku, isimhen has always wanted to leave Napoli, except if he's now of a difference opinion because of the arrival of conte , obviously it looks like with conte, a lot may get to change and will probably get to help osimhen fit in well with the teams strategy and forms, I think it's even a better and good idea if osimhen would want to leave because there isn't assurance in the fact that he will be able to work fine with conte.

Lukaku isn't a better striker when compared to osimhen, by my personal opinion, osimhen will stand as a better choice if placed side by side with lukaku but then it's really lays within the confines of the coach to choose exactly who he finds fit enough and good for him to work with as a coach that he is, I may see osimhen to be a better striker but the coach may find it easier and better to work with conte. Napoli is looking to me like a team that will experience a very good improvement by next season such that they will be able to contend to get back the title they once held.

Leaving Roma will be another challenge Lukaku will have to tackle and I don't know if there have been any official statement in that regards as to him leaving or the team willing to selling him off to any other team willing to buy him but the transfer windows are still open so let's see what happens after now, if conte will succeed in bringing lukaku from Roma to Napoli.

France top player joining the Madrid team have become the highlight of the strength of the team in recent times, obviously the quality of the player is such that it's enough to give such aura around the team and the fact that he's going to be playing in a very key position that will be of great importance to the team is another reason why it has gotten the much attention he's getting on his arrival as a player in the team.

I'm also optimistic about the possible improvement Barcelona may get to experience in the forth coming session but I'm not sure if they will be able to improve to the point they will match up with Madrid who's going to be their top rival by next session, they may manage to get ahead off Girona but I see them struggling with Madrid because Madrid ofcourse is a strong team who is not stopping at their strength attained already but has continue to increase even further in their strength for next season which is such that can be compared to that which Barcelona or others have got.

Girona still appear to me like an under dog who was just privileged in the just concluded season, but I want to believe they will be able to sustain the form the had this season by next season but it wouldn't be enough for the to be seen as a contender to Madrid or even Barcelona but they may be able to still maintain a top four position and still get some more champions league privilege and experience in the times they are able to be at the top.

Personal ambitions is almost like a normal thing for almost every player because in a way it has got a lot to do with their career success so it's almost not possible that there will be a career without story, and it's either a successful story or a failed career, making your career have a successful story around it means you will have to make your personal ambition priority which obviously is one of the reasons mbappe moved to Madrid.

It has always been mbappes dream to win the champions league and an opportunity in Madrid is such that he cannot over look because it's definitely going to be pivotal to getting him through to his dream. It's normal for almost every player to find opportunities as this and aswell make sure to utilizing it well enough to their advantage for the advancement of their careers too aswell. The strength at Madrid currently is such that can get the players to, be sure of them been able to at least win a trophy by the end of the season and aswell personal awards too.

Most likely there will be more trophies to be lifted by the Madrid team by the end of the season looking at their performance and strength in recent times, like you rightly adviced, looking at the situation at Madrid which seem to guarantee the fact that they are going to be able to get a trophy by the end of next season they shouldn't allow ego set in so much that it turns out to becoming a problem to them .

The FA cup trophy's was the only rescue for Manchester united except for which they wouldn't have gone beyond the premier league by next season, in a very long while Manchester united have not been in a position where they literally find it so difficult getting to qualify for other league games except for the premier league and such almost became their fate this season and  their coach didn't seem really bordered about it.

Manchester united reputation is even gradually fading away because currently they can't even be classified a s a top European team especially in the premier league, they can be seen mostly as an average team in recent times, they have been  below their great status and that is why they need a different man to handle the team and see how well he can build them back again and get them back to their Glory days when they were still the top players in the premier league and other leagues aswell, when they were always amongst top four in the premier league.

Conclusion have not been reached yet about the gate of ten hag at old Trafford and I still don't know what exactly has been the reason it's taking so long to get to decide his fate already so the search for a new person if need be wi begin, a  quick decision on that will be helpful to the team so they start getting along with whosever will be appointed thereafter before the season begins again as all this delay may affect that.

A bulk of the discussion you find here at this moment are just speculative and I don't find anything really wrong with it because the team are already making moves to strength their teams for the next season ahead and by the quality they present by virtue of what they are soughting after in the market it can be clear what we can anticipate to expect their strength to be by the start of the season, this further influences our decision to making some of these team our favorite.

The top teams in the Spanish la Liga and the English premier league appears to be the most picked as the favourite to winning the champions league next season because of their obvious strength which can be seen through last season and even now just before the beginning of the new season, Manchester city, and Real Madrid appears to the most picked choice as favourite for most teams and this is very much understood because they have got a very good depth aswell as the team quality is sound, all of which have put together to making these two teams stand out.

Arsenal has shown much strength last season but it was very obvious in the premier league a d not the champions league but then people still believe they can do better this season in the champions league than they did last season, currently there isn't much news around transfer within Arsenal but we hope to see their strength after the transfer windows are closed then we can tell for sure if they will still be considered as favourite to winning the champions league trophy this season.

The most threat inter Milan will be having next season may not be any of Juventus and Roma, Roma have the Europa which they will be very engrossed with so it has got the high probability to distract them form the title chase in the domestic league and than Roma doesn't seem like a team to multi task well enough to having the ability to double chase trophies where they will simultaneously give equal quality in both leagues.

This season was a super interesting and rewarding season for inter Milan because they got the league title at a very good point difference which makes it clear how deserving they were of the title, if it were to be that the point difference were slim, it's possible people would see it like they were lucky they got to win the trophy. Juventus would have been their greatest contender like Arsenal did with Manchester city in the premier league this season,  but it turned out Juventus struggled through the later part of the season and couldn't even have a very decent finish.

AC Milan will still remain a even better contender and threat to Inter Milan next season than almost every other. Their performance in the champions league which later led them to be relegated to the Europa wasn't such a bad one and even in the Europa they didn't do to bad a d that alone gives me the mindset that they can possibly get to improve a d get back even much better this season.

With Dortmund it was a matter of priority and that's why they couldn't make it to to three yet they were in the champions league final, obviously winning the champions league would have been of a much great achievement for them than finishing top three or even winning the bundesliga, even Bayern Munich at some point prioritized the champions league and after they lost it, they went back to facing the bundesliga.

Been at their best isn't something we will say with certainty that Dortmund wasn't at this season, they were able to make it to the champions league finals and then they were able to remain in top five in their domestic league, I don't know how best they would have been in their form, it's just obviously a matter of priority. Sometimes just like the game of chess, it's okay to give up one for another which is in turn send as the priority placed on these things, hopefully we see another form of Dortmund this season then probably it will give us a better i sight into looking to see if they has a better form.

The champions league finals is literally a dream for some teams so Dortmund lived the dream of some team this season and that alone should be seen as an achievement because they would have been able to win the champions league title at some point if they were more solid than their opponent. I just understood this discussion may be in the wrong thread it's sounding more like a champions league discussion maybe next time you make replies as this in the champions league thread.

Even with mbappe the highest the have gotten most times has been the french Ligue 1, so it's no new thing, infact it's even a good achievement if they are able to keep on with the dominance and winning of the french Ligue 1 in the absence of mbappe, because that will mean that they were able to still maintain their strength a d their dependency wasn't on mbappe. Hopefully they get to achieve such height.

Going away from the french league to get a player to replace mbappe will not guarantee they will do any better in other Leagues either, it's high time PSG start looking and thinking differently in another direction because I observe they keep doing same thing over again and still remains within the Ligue 1 and almost never getting beyond. I don't and wouldn't want to undermine the chances of getting a good and Young talent around the french league who could be of a great importance to PSG, mbappe was once a young and up coming before he got to this point of his career.

Looking deep into the league ore wherever it is they would want to a d start building a team, by removing their mindset from the fact that they must buy a star player in oder for them to succeed beyond the Ligue 1 , after all they have the financial capacity, just like Leverkusen, they can look inwards and work with what they have and it's possible they can build a very strong team at all levels from there, this has always been my opinion.

Some of Madrid players have their origin in another country and I don't think there's any fifa rule that permits a player of a different nationality to play in the team of another national team like club football, the exception may be if such persons becomes a citizen by birth or naturalization and is not going to play for their country of origin but for their new country alone, this could be the explanation to why most Madrid players are not in the Spanish national team.

There's this uniqueness in the fact that no one enjoys absolutely monopoly of dependence in the Madrid team rather it's more of a team work which by extension gets to benefit the team as a whole, so you only stand out when you possess some exceptionality of which of which is beneficial to the team as well this maybe explains why no player seem to have a higher ego in the team because almost all of the players get to perform equally brilliant in their positions where they play so you can make any player less significant by your performance, it's only opportunities that gives you an advantage over others probably.

Sometimes the team even gets to equally enjoy the benefits of the brilliance of a certain player a d it still doesn't look like they were any better than the others or get to feel a show of ego in such, this is because for the Madrid team, it's always about team work and achieving it together. We know there are certain awards that are definitely going to be given to individuals of which the deserving individuals get such and it still doesn't play down on the ability and performance of the others.

You didn't seem to State clearly what you think is the problem Bayern Munich may have, this season felt like a bad one for them and it's okay to think and feel that way because they are usually known for better performance in previous seasons , even by the records they appear like they enjoy monopoly of winning the trophy in years only at intervals just like this season other teams get to experience what it feels like to lift the league title.

The expectations of the management of the team and the fans probably might have been cut short and not met aswell in that they have not been in a position where they don't get to lift a single trophy by the end of the season and so for such to have happened this season, it was enough to have raised concerns and even influence the decisions the team a d management made which led to the dismissal of their head coach and I see it as an almost normal reaction most team get especially for such teams that have got a management thats not patient enough to give a lot of time to the head coaches.

I don't see failure to be a one time thing, I feel it appears like most persons are seeing it like Bayern Munich failed this season because they were unable to lift any trophy especially their domestic league title which is such that they get to win almost every season. Bayern Munich didn't fail and if not for higher expectations and probably impatience, sacking of their head coach wasn't really necessary, this is something that could happen to any team at any time even if tuchel didn't succeed we enough this season, he could have probably next .

Depth was and probably is not the problem with Arsenal, as a matter of fact, mistake was, they made a mistake at a point which the effects thereof came later on. You would wonder what I meant by that which I just said, let me take your mind back a little, in a real life scenarios, there are mistakes we make a d don't get to feel the effects almost immediately but in the long run it turns out we get to have the effects of such mistakes playing out in the later days.

With Arsenal the failed to understand the dynamics and timing of the league a d that was guardiolas edge over them this season and probably last season too. They had their brilliance at times it did matter but not when it became crucial and that timing was guardiolas edge. There was a match Arsenal needed after which maintaining consistency in the rest of the games would just give them the trophy but they lost the game and maintained the consistency which Later turned out not profiting them enough to getting the league title in the end.

At the beginning of the season guardiola do make sure even if the team isn't optimal in the primer league probably due to other league in which they will be participating, they maintain a tempo such that by mid season they find themselves around too five teams, that way they can be able to still maintain their chances at the title race and this tactics seem to have worked for them over the years and thats why in recent times they seem to have had the most of the premier league title.

Your concept sounds very relatable to me because I don't see a way any team will not depend on a particular players and succeed, but then should they rather depend on their coach?, Or better still the management?. The players are the ones in the field of action who gets the team to glory, it's even okay to say they are actually the business in football as every other thing asides the players appears secondary with the business of football.

It can aswell be put it in a different term too, probably saying teams who solely depend on a particular player are not great teams. This way I will agree very much with you as that's very true. Madrid is now a very formidable team, and they have been even from the days of Ronaldo a s their non depends on Ronaldo totally made it such that even after his exit, the team is still striving and achieving even more than they have in the past, most of the records in his time are more of personal achievements if it were to be compared with that which the team is achieving currently.

There are teams out there who's dependency has been on a particular player and after the exit of such player, they have to start struggling to make up for the vacuum and probably see how they can be able to achieve stability even in the absence of such player, in some cases it takes them quiet some time before they get back stable enough in the absence of such player, so it turns out their strength was just fickle since it was depending on an individual.

Liverpool been the favorite to win the Europa league title in the just concluded season has to be the highlight of the season, at the beginning even up to the mid season, there were a great level of certainties in the fact that Liverpool was going to win the league title after which Leverkusen was the next in line that got a good number of considerations too of possibly turning out the champions of the Europa league but then most interestingly came the surprise of the season.

AC Milan was eliminated from the champions league and they were then relegated to the Europa league which made most persons anticipated their chances because they were doing so well at the champions league before they got relegated, they were even behind PSG in their group and got relegated at a difference of a point or thereabouts, but then they weren't able to even do so well at the Europa even with the champions league might they had coming to the Europa last season, invariably I'm saying that it's not guaranteed a team has got a better chance with the Europa league if they happen to be relegated from the champions league.

The Europa league teams too Also wants to lift the trophy by the end of the season as well so it's very possible they are going to make sure they don't get hit out by the teams that just joined in from the champions league. I will be even more pleased to see big teams from the Champions league been won by small team in the Europa, for me it will be fun and proves that the Europa team could do better but didn't have the opportunity and so shouldn't be underestimated.

The legacy of a previous Coach shouldn't matter a lot to a new coach especially is such a coach failed to get the team to victory but there are lesson to learn from the failure because from there the new coach may get to know about things that doesn't work with the team and doing them aswell, but if the coach was a successful one, he's got a legacy to protect or carry on so it becomes important to the new coach at that point.

In your words, Conte's philosophy is going to be a game changer for Napoli and I believe this to be true going by Conte's legacy back at other teams where he has managed before he got into a contract with Napoli. Just like every other coach, your success has got a lot to do with the quality of players in your team after which your management skills or your ability to manage these players well enough becomes important too aswell, because it's possible you have got a good number of good players yet you are not able to manage them well enough to produce results.

Napoli have got a good number of players who can be considered to be relatively good with their performance of which I want to believe that with good management wherein they get a brilliant strategy and tactical support, they are most likely going to do better than they have done previously and it appears like Conte can get it done with the Italians in the coming season as their head coach.

All this times, without a pure striker, Madrid was still able to achieve as much as they did achieved which is a show of great strength and formidability. If we start talking about strength, Madrid had a good and sound strength, the squad was in a very solid form before mbappe joined them so it's not really a thing of strength, rather i see it as an extra fortification to the team. Madrid now have a more firm strike than they did before now.

On a local media I came across over the week, I saw a news that mbappe will be wearing the number 9 jersey for next season after which he can wear a choiced number, for me I see it as a good preference to help give him that inclusive mentality that will aswell help his psychology to feel welcomed and also give out his very best for the team. Meeting Manchester city especially in the champions league which Is obviously the only opportunity they will be getting to ever meet Manchester city as a team, is going to be a really interesting game to watch.

Manchester city have a good forward and strike before now and yet they were unable to win Madrid in the two encounters they had in the champions league in the just concluded season, now that Madrid appears more complete, in that they have got all their positions sorted out, I can only imagine what it's going to look like against Manchester city, my expectations are nothing but with the thrills and actions I'm anticipating asides which Madrid again still looks most probable to win them. It's a new era for the champions league following the implementation of a new rule, it will be a Great honor to win the trophy at the beginning of this era, having this at the back of their minds, I'm optimistic about what Manchester city and Real Madrid will do in the Chase in the coming season.

Why almost everyone thinks PSG is going to do really bad because mbappe is no longer with them is something I'm not really coming in terms with, my reasons are because before now, after he announced he will be leaving PSG by the end of the season Enrique stared getting the team ready a d used to not depending on him for victory, although several attempts didn't really yield much but it did showed they could get better.

There were games PSG played without mbappe in the just concluded season and they were still very successful, they won a few and drew a few aswell, only a few losses were recorded one of which was while mbappe played. So before his exit, the team has been aware and have prepared for it aswell, they have also got a smart and brilliant coach who is tactically sound, so it may not take too long and PSG may even do good again in the Ligue 1 but may have challenges outside the french league. Replacing mbappe with osimhen wouldn't be a bad idea and PSG has got the financial strength too.

Just like mbappe, osimhen is young and talented player who's got a very promising future ahead in his football career and it's quite obvious that he's got a top notch quality, the price clause he has released is worth it because even at Napoli he was of a great importance to the team and if not for his personal decision to leave, I doubt if Napoli was ready to let go of him just yet just like mbappe, it's really funny how placing this two young talent's side by side and you will find too many similarities.

Replacing Arteta isn't even an option for Arsenal, I don't think it's ever coming into their taught to do such, not even in next season, I mean Arteta is an asset to Arsenal and it's very evident, it's a matter of time and he will get the team to winning the league title and possibly having a champions league dream too. Arteta has a very strong and sound winning mentality that can literally help him get Arsenal to achieving more in seasons to come.

Bringing in new players is something Manchester city is yet to make an official statement about currently, I understand the transfer windows are open, but it's still in their decision to utilize it well enough if they so desire. The first Eleven of Manchester city appears really perfect and in a good State, except to strengthen their substitute squad I don't think there will really be need to get new players, except if any of the players decides to move and there becomes need for replacement but then Manchester city has one of the best squad with a very brilliant depth amongst their equals in England currently.

Next season, the dominance in premiere league is most likely going to be between Manchester city and Arsenal trying to see who gets to win the dominance, this is because currently they are the two teams with the most stable squad in the premier league currently, the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester united have got a whole lot to tackle in their team which cuts across players, coach tactics and all that. It will take some time before these teams get back stable and become equal competitors to Manchester city and Arsenal.