Transfer rumours: Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has again reiterated the German club's stance on Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, by ruling out a move for the Manchester United and Portugal forward. Can we trust him to tell the truth about Ronaldo?  Manchester City have no intention of selling Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva to Barcelona this summer, with manager Pep Guardiola still viewing the 27-year-old as an important part of his plans next season. So there will be no agreement between Barcelona and Manchester regarding Silva? Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has told the club's hierarchy to continue their attempts to sign 25-year-old Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona - even if he has not joined them by the start of their season on 7 August. Interesting situation. The clubs have already agreed on everything, but the player does not want to leave. How will this end in the end? Barcelona have named De Jong in their squad for a pre-season tour in the United States. Does this mean that Barcelona gave up on his transfer to Manchester? Juventus are in contact with Atletico Madrid about signing 29-year-old Spain striker Alvaro Morata, who returned to the Spanish club in the summer following the end of a two-year loan spell at the Serie A side. Juve have done a very good job this summer and have strengthened their squad for the new season. Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/62192408Whether or not Bayern Munich are interested in Christiano Ronaldo, the new manager, Erik Ten Hag has made it clear that Ronaldo is not for sale and he is part of his plans for the coming season. Even if Manchester city are willing to let Bernardo Silva leave I don't see Barcelona being able to seal that deal with the limited funds at their disposal until maybe the sale of Frankie De jong which is still not clear whether or not he will leave the club this summer cause as things stand he is listed in the squad for pre season games. |
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I also don’t understand why they are not trying to improve the midfield of the team, instead of just obsessing over increasing the attacking power. They don’t have a reliable midfield and they have a lot of problems in the defense as well. Although they did not score enough goals last season, they are still trying to increase the power of their attack. They really should understand that they were not able to score a large number of goals because the midfield was really weak. The supply of balls was not reliable at all. So when there are fewer chances created, there will be fewer chances taken. So the goal count will obviously be lower.
I think the major positions to direct their concentration to should be their defense line then their midfield. Last season Manchester United had a very shitty defense and the worse of it was Maguire's performance, he made 16 errors leading to their opponents getting a goal and this issue should also be taken seriously but they are yet to do something about Harry Maguire. Erik Ten Hag has shown his confidence in Maguire, he said Maguire will retain the captain band next season which is really surprising to me. Relying on Fred and McTominay seems very risky to me. |
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Bayern Munich must be really sad about letting Robert Lewandowski go now. He is joining the Barcelona side very soon as the agreement between the teams has been completed. It is a happy ending for Lewandowski as well because his wish has been playing for Barcelona since their interest in him started. The issues between Lewandowski and Bayern Munich caused this to happen. Bayern Munich will lose a lot of power in the attacking side for sure as Lewandowski has scored most of their goals so far.
I don't think so, because Bayern Munich have already found the replacement they had prepared long before Lewandowski left, namely Sadio Mane. A bit of loss is possible, because Lewandowski has been playing with them for a long time. But even so they will not be long to move on from Robert Lewandowski. I'm sure of that. I thought of Sadio Mane as Lewandowski's associate. I don't think he can replace Lewandowski. Lewandowski has been with Bayern Munich for a long time. And Lewandowski's understanding of the team's players was very good. It will take time for Mane to do that. Bayern Munich may now try to sign Ronaldo. The pairing of Mane and Ronaldo will make Bayern Munich's forwards stronger. You can describe Lewandowski as a monster in attack. He is that kind of player that guarantees you at least 25 goals in the league each season. Mane is good and scores goal but cannot guarantee the number of goal Lewandowski can offer each season. Lewandowski will surely be missed at Bayern Munich for his contributions and even though Mane will not be the perfect replace for Lewandowski,he will surely bring more fire power to the Bayern attack next season. |
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Actually in this case it looks like that, but if we look further when Haaland is not around, they actually play quite well but the dependence is still felt. Now Haaland is gone and indirectly this will actually be very good for Dortmund now because they inevitably have to make something new and don't make another backup for now even though Haller can also but it would be better if not too dependent on one player . With the star player of the team, Haaland not being in the team anymore, it is obviously meant to cause problems. Dortmund will also be forced to make necessary changes to the team as a result of this. I highly doubt that they are planning to make any changes that will enable them to compete against the elite teams. Because they are acting like manufacturers who produce high-quality players and sell them for money. They have not been anything more than that, at least not in the last 10 years. And I don't think the habit of depending on a certain player is going to go away. Because from now on they are going to depend on Haller. regards duke I think Dortmund are much more concerned about making profits than building a formidable team to compete at top level and win trophies. It's even difficult to win their league title talk more of winning the UEFA champions league. A lot of talent have emerged from the club and these are players that would have dominated in their league and in Europe if they stayed and played for the club but they have made a habit of selling their best players for profit so it's hard to compete against the league giant for the trophy and they have to rebuild at the end of every season. |
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Many controversies last season affected the club, first was the fallout between Lukaku and Tuchel which will definitely had a negative impact in the dressing room and among the players. Second was the issues with the club changing ownership. All these factors caused much distractions away for the season goals and objectives. The team lacked team work and unity. That chemistry playing together as a team was not there and it caused their decline in form, it’s a good to see them signing good players to the team this summer and hopefully a lot will change next season.
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it seems Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti is really happy with his present squad and looks like he's not going to sign any other player in this summer as he's confident with his signings. Rudiger and Tochouaméni will look to impress the Los Blancos boss next season. Even Hazard who just recover from injury still have big duties tag to him in the team and Ancelotti will give him a chance in the upcoming season. Let's see what Eden have to offer for the team especially now that Madrid have good new players.
Carlos Ancelotti looks satisfied with the current squad at his disposal at Real Madrid. The Real Madrid squad have good and talented players, this current team is so good that they can compete at any level in Europe even compete for the World cup if possible. Most of their players seem to be stepping into the peak of their careers and are doing so good. I can confidently bet on them and say they will conquer the La liga next season and go as far as the semi final in the Champions League next season. |
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I had to go and confirm this news immediately I saw your comment and as shocking as it is, its true! WTF is Thomas Tuchel really thinking?
Rumors has it that Thomas Tuchel is afraid of the media or he tries to stay away from it as possible and with Star players that's very difficult to do which didn't favour him at PSG before the taking the Chelsea job. If you notice previous two season, Thomas Tuchel boys performed very well unlike when the star player (with all the media attention) came into the picture, in the person of Lukaku. Maybe he's trying to avoid that as with players like Rinaldo, the media will be looking for the slightly things in training to use to cook up a story which might make the player lose focused. Also Thomas Tuchel football doesn't revolved around a target man, which was why Lukaku struggled at Chelsea last season. Tuchel enjoys playing his football as a team effort instead of a targeted striker efforts. All this could be contributing to his decline decision and lets not forget, we still have Timo Werner, Kia Havertz and Armando Broja for the strikers position. Romelu Lukaku complained about Tuchel’s team tactics and mentioned he was not comfortable with Tuchel's style of play. Before signing a player it is only wise to know if the player will fit into your style of play. Lukaku has always played and performed better being the targeted striker and if you go ahead to bring him to join your team and play him to fit in a different style of play you should be patient enough and give him enough time to adapt, not every player have the ability to adjust to every condition. |
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Anthony Martial's performance has been quite good in his last 2 matches and also in terms of the quality of this player I think he is also quite good, only that he had decreased his performance due to injury and rarely played minutes, if Ten Hag entrusts him next season I think he will be able to meet many people's expectations because he is a quality striker.
in this pre-season match, the Manchester United game began to show significant changes. I hope that in the future Manchester United's game can be even better when the Premier League competition is running.
Yes, Anthony Martial is a fantastic player who has proven his worth over the years for Manchester United from his early career years, it was surprising to see him decline in his performance which resulted to him going on loan last season to Sevilla. It will be a thing of joy to the coach and the fans to see him pick up from where he left off and being useful and efficient striker in the team this season. |
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According to rumors CR7 is now talking with Atletico for a potential deal.
Manchester already said they do not want to sell the player, it will be an interesting month.
I think this speculation is false, Christiano Ronaldo just turned down a deal that will see him earn a very huge sum of money in Saudi Arabia to remain at Manchester United. If he had planned on leaving United this summer I feel the Arabian deal was the best way to retire but he opted out. In my opinion, Ronaldo will prefer staying at Manchester United if the club sit up in their transfer deals and bring in new signings to give them a strong fighting chance at the EPL title. The whole rumour about Ronaldo wanting to leave is looking like media started the rumour to make sales. . |
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 Maybe it isn't completely official on Transfermarkt currently but it looks like the Kalidou Koulibaly deal has been completed for Chelsea. Napoli have lost one of their most important players by this transfer. However 40 million euros is a really nice amount of money. They can sign a new decent defender by using this money too. Napoli had a good season last but I expect them to improve themselves more. Because we have started to see different teams being the champions so they should also take advantage of this situation. It was said last week that Koulibaly was not for sale by Napoli but news has it that a deal with Chelsea for the center-back is already completed. Napoli has lost their top defender for an amount of about £40m which is comparatively a fair price for the center-back. Napoli will have to look for a center-back to replace their star player. This is definitely a good deal for Chelsea, Koulibaly will bring balance and experience to the Chelsea defense. Tuchel pieces are finally coming together. |
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Although sources close to Manchester City claim that there is no arrangement in place to sell Bernardo Silva to Barcelona this summer, City has dismissed this as rumor and is understood to have no plans to release Silva.
Manchester city has released several players in the transfer market this season and brought in several players who are considered to be able to contribute to them next season, some star players have brought in manchester city to strengthen their squad next season, the desire of guardiola to fulfill his dream and also manchester fans City to get the Champions League trophy, of course, forced Guardiola to fix the existing squad, besides that it looks like Manchester City will try to keep some players like Bernardo Silva who do have a big contribution to every game and Manchester City victory so far. Manchester City have a very good team with squad depth. One could argue they have one of the best squad in the premier league and in Europe. Their squad is so good that they have some players who are surplus to requirements, they have to sell some and replace them with better talented players for the next season as they hope to conquer Europe by winning the champions league next season. It will be Pep Guardiola's dream to win the champions league next season. I believe Yaya Toure has revoked the uefa trophy curse on Guardiola lol |
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I really don't understand what their plan with Eriksen is. Where will he play?
They have 10 players fighting for 4 offensive positions and not a single midfielder that can control the game. Even if they complete the De Jong deal, their midfield will still be really imbalanced.
I don't know what plans Erik Ten Hag has for the team but I can see some changes already from the way they play and they look composed too. I don't want to be too quick to say Erik Ten Hag is the right man for Manchester United, other brilliant successful managers have come to the club and everyone believe they were the right person for the job and flopped in the end. Eriksen is not a young man and I think he is not fit enough to play for a top team like Manchester United especially at this stage when they need to regain their place in the EPL. They made a gamble signing Christian Eriksen |
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Of course because he is still under contract with Man United for at least the next two to three seasons, besides that I am not sure Man United will agree to his departure, after the departure of Edinson Cavani the Red Devils put their full hopes on Ronaldo, Martial is still not convinced to lead Man United in front of.
By the way, ex Man United attacking midfielder Jesse Lingard is getting closer to a deal with Premier League club West Ham United
Keeping Cristiano Ronaldo by Manchester United has no value in my opinion, because I believe he no longer has a passion for the club, so keeping him will be a waste of time, and they will have to continue paying him as usual. Allowing him to leave is the best option because he has demonstrated that his own personal success is more important to him than the success of the entire team. I said this because if Manchester United has qualified for the Champions League, he would have been the one to give the players more hope of doing better for the team. It isn’t right at all to criticize a player for being ambitious, every player in their career have achievements, targets and the height they want to attain with their career. Christiano Ronaldo made it clear when joining the team that he was coming to help, improve the team in terms of quality and to win trophies so if he decides to leave because the team is declining and unable to compete for trophies Manchester United shouldn't blame him for that. |
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These EPL teams are increasingly becoming a team that continues to grow, not to mention in one or two more seasons there will be Newcastle as well who will become a strong team in the EPL. Therefore, although Conte has made changes for the better for Tottenham but the competition in the EPL is a tough competition, so it is difficult to predict about achieving an achievement like winning the title. Because the teams above have already built a team first and they will also have a great squad next season, but even so that doesn't mean Tottenham have lost the chance to win the title. Chances will always be there, however, the competition to achieve it is already very difficult now.
That's why the premier league is very competitive, every team is signing and bringing in talented and top class players to strengthen their squad unlike other leagues where you see one team dominating for years and seems like no other team is worthy of been a competition. In the EPL, no team wants to go down the table. Before now we had the big four in the EPL which were Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United but currently I would say we have the big 6 teams with Manchester City and Tottenham coming top and being contenders. Newcastle are also looking to fight for the top 4 position |
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That's a whole tempting offer, I'm so speechless. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take their offer because Christiano Ronaldo already has won everything, name, fame, and a well-decorated legacy and he could still create history over there too. Maybe he should jump on this offer but we all have our different perspectives and views. Saudi Arabia club football is still developing, they need a figure like Ronaldo to improve their league. I think Ronaldo sees accepting this offer as conceding that he has reached the end of his career. We will see if he will accept or decline the offer. |
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Argentina and Portugal both have the world's best players in their squads, the ability of Messi and Ronaldo so far we certainly can't doubt but compared to Portugal, Argentina has a more complex squad depth both in defense and attack at the moment, In addition, the ability factor Argentina in winning the Copa America trophy and also the Finalissima made me even more convinced that Argentina would win if they met Portugal later.
It will be better not to compare the players. If you claim that Messi and Ronaldo are the best players in the world, then I can also counter that by saying that Neymar, Pogba and Lukaku are the best players. The problem with Argentina is that I still have some doubt about the ability of other players to give proper support to Messi. But the fact that they won Copa America this time proves that they are having the right momentum. And in the case of Portugal, the less said that better. They are basically a one-man army. Ronaldo is the centre piece of the team, it's the same result everywhere he plays but I don't think Portugal is a one-man army team. They have good and very talented players on the team, they have good teamwork and with a good coach I can compete in the world cup and have a chance of winning the world. Argentina on the other hand has been in fine form after winning the Copa American, this could also be a chance for both star players from Argentina and Portugal to win the world cup before retiring and I hope to see one of them coming out victorious in the world cup this year. |
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Raheem Sterling to Chelsea has to be one of the biggest transfers of this window. I mean, Chelsea are getting a wonderful player for the right amount and at the right time, if you put into consideration how old Sterling is, you'd understand that Chelsea now have him at his peak, even in his goodbye message to the City supporters, he said he is leaving the Etihad as a 'man', whilst he came as a 'boy'. Tuchel really went for this, and that can only mean he has got plans in his head on how he is going to deploy Raheem Sterling next season.
As a City fan it's actually sad to see Sterling go, but we just have to accept it, in the last two seasons he has not been a regular starter in the team as he used to be, and now we signed Haaland and Alvarez, i am pretty sure Sterling knew this was the right time to move elsewhere, somewhere he will play more regularly, and in a very big team as well. Goodluck to Raheem in Stamford Bridge, of course except when he is playing against City, Lol.
This is a good move for Sterling having dropped down the pecking order after new signing Alvarez join the club, he will now be the third choice below Mahrez and now Alvarez. Joining the blues at this time is a really good move for the English man as he will get more playing time at Stamford bridge and be very important for Tuchel's side next season. I wish him all the best in taking this new challenge and hopefully, he will do great for Chelsea. |
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The arrival and departure of players is not a benchmark for a team to succeed and after all, Bayern Munich always has a better chance of winning the Bundesliga title because Bayern Munich is king. Regardless, Dortmund's unchanging way to win the title I think Dortmund will still be difficult to break Bayern Munich's dominance. Instead of expecting Dortmund to be Bayern Munich's rivals in the title race, I personally would prefer another team like Bayer Leverkusen, Leipzig or maybe Eintracht Frankfurt.
Honestly, It will be difficult for Dortmund to win the league next season after selling out their players, although they brought in some fresh signings like Sébastien Haller and Karim Adeyemi from Ajax and RB Salzburg respectively, they will be able to finish in the top 3 but I doubt they can win the league next season. They will have to do better and bring in more talented players to be able to compete against Bayern Munich. But i see a real chance this coming season that they can beat Bayern Munich even Munich got also some very good players on the transfer market.
I doubt that, Bayern Munich are the most dominant team in the Bundelisga, the league is easy to predict. There are not many rivals that can compete with Bayern Munich toe-toe |
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Barcelona is beating the odds and building a strong and better team, we can see Xavi has plans for the team and for the coming season. I believe Barcelona will do better and will be a tougher opponent in the La Liga next season and even be title contenders. The El Classico will be a joy to watch again because both Barcelona and Real Madrid are stronger and better and will put up a very competitive game again.
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The German Bundesliga has always been dominated by one team which is Bayern Munich, for quite some seasons now I have been hoping to see a different team winning standing up as the title contenders against Bayern and so far only Dortmund gets close enough but they end up selling out their best players at the end of every season, instead of improving and getting better they go through rebuilding phase every season as a result of that.
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