one of the surprise teams in the premier league at the moment is west ham united. about this great performance there is now also a funny cartoon how further plans are being made  I still recall how tough it was for them in 2019-20 season with all the relegation scare throughout the PL race and that season I think Antonio was injured almost throughout the season and they had to work out with Sebastian Haller but they have come a long way now. Series of good transfers and good strategies , team coordination is what have brought them here. Moyes is really running that team perfectly and build that team strong now. |
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According to Todofichajes, Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beck is targeted by Real Madrid officials. According to the source, the Royal Club expects to receive a discount on the player, since he is not included in the plans of the coach of the Red Devils Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Earlier in the media it was reported that Donnie will leave Manchester United in the next transfer window. Under the current campaign, the Dutchman took part in just five matches. Its current market value is estimated at 25 million euros. https://www.readfootball.com/van-de-bek-mozhet-prodolzhit-kareru-v-top-klube-ispanii-245406.htmlThat would be a good buy for Real Madrid with the current market value and the playing minutes he is getting at Manchester United. With poor Manchester United performance I hardly think he would be getting chances anytime soon. Real Madrid will find a decent buy in midfield to use in future and good chance for Van De Beek to get out of the team where he is unsettled. Also I am sure Real Madrid are not the only one after him, lot of other teams will be also keeping an eye on the situation. |
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Arsenal has Saka who is a player of great potential. Bringing Kulusevski would really be a bizarre move, Arsenal needs to strengthen in multiple positions and bringing a player to a position where you already have a strong starter in their situation would be a waste of money.
Pepe is not playing because Saka is better, Kulusevski would not be playing even if they bought him - because Saka is better. Switching them around and playing one of them on the left side could be a solution, but not something that can be taken as granted.
It's unnecessary in my opinion, Arsenal have lot of players in midfield and wingers now and I think they should right now focus on getting on a young potential striker. Both Laca and Auba are getting old and we need someone for the future. Vlahovic was the target but seems like his agent is not interested in picking calls from Arsenal. Still there are lot of young potential forwards in the market with a decent price tag. Kulusevski to Arsenal would be really awkward one. Even if he performs, it would mean less play time for other players and we honestly have lot of players in midfield. Right now Arsenal should focus on maybe sending them on loan or sell them instead of buying more. |
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But it is possible for Man United to get points again this week and then with Arsenal it will be so hard for him again.
Given the performance they are putting up, the only game easiest for them right now is the one coming up against Watford. Still Watford isn't that easy opponents and can turn the game towards them at any point but still out of all the games in November this is the perfect opportunity for United to get three points after a long time. Rest of the games this month against Chelsea and Arsenal are tough but if United were to perform at their best then they could give these teams a tough time as well but sadly they aren't right now. |
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Lampard's talks with the club broke down yesterday for an unknown reason, but it was clear that he was not interested in or convinced by the club's project. It's possible that Norwich's relegation is unavoidable at this point, and Lampard wouldn't want to manage a relegation team given his high profile. This was an excellent decision. They're now in talks with Dean Smith, and things are going nicely.
Dean Smith managing Norwich wouldn't change anything in my opinion. Still yeah he can do better than their previous manager Daniel Farke and right now board will be happy if they get someone who can get Norwich out of relegation zone and keep it safe till the end. However next season it will be different and likely that Dean Smith will be out again then. |
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they have a relationship between one with a strong bond of friendship.
on the other hand it would be very good if they paired up again at United but when you hear Marcelo's statement about this maybe it can be understood because he is not young anymore even though there is no clause on contract extension at this time I think Real Madrid will definitely keep this player because his contribution is still needed at madrid.
On the other hand, when he really wants to go to Brazil, I think this is understandable because Brazil is the first place that made his name.
maybe if he doesn't renew his contract he will come back to Fluminense because marcelo I think is a very loyal player and he has only played for madrid and Fluminense at club level.
Marcelo's contract ends in Jun 2022 and this season he hasn't played much for Madrid. Seems to me he is likely gonna make switch to Brazil if contract extension is not offered by Madrid. It also depends upon player and there were some reports that actually Marcelo want to make the switch to Brazil Serie A. |
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^^ Honestly Fnatic should win this one. They have some really new good players and old players are also playing kinda decent so I am gonna pick Fnatic here. Big has been sloppy with their performance and yeah Fnatic has been too but I think Fnatic are now making good impression more than BIG right now.
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Real Madrid have confirmed that three of their players, Gareth Bale, Isco and Marcelo will leave the club this season and it is possible that the January transfer window will see these three players looking for new clubs. Isco should be able to get a position in midfield but rarely gets playing time so he has to find an alternative club that can provide a regular position for him in midfield, so far there are no rumors which club will be his next port.
Marcelo should just move over to Manchester United since he has a good and great understand on the pitch with Cristiano Ronaldo,I don't know why I'm having the feeling Ole Gunner Solskjaer time will be up soon at Manchester United and Zidane will be in charge soon. IIRC there are many rumours reporting that Marcelo prefers move to Brazil and I too think so that he will. Ronaldo-Marcelo paired up very well at Madrid and Marcelo to United seems to be a good one but don't think that it will happen. Would live to see a serious report reporting this but right now don't think it's gonna happen really. |
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There is no doubt you are correct about that, but for that to happen it doesn't only need a VERY strong Manchester United, but also a weak Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool. That is where I think it is not very likely. Chelsea will play a good season, I am very sure about that. And Manchester City is just such a strong team that I don't think MU will end the season in front of them. Of course, there is no guarantee and MU could theoretically make it, but everyone would be surprised if that actually happens.
Yeah it is very unlikely to happen now that you have pointed that out. Guess United closing in with them is the best thing that could happen but seriously United to improve a lot. Even with Bruno Fernandes who proved to be saviour of the team when team was having tough time last season is not performing very well and so are others as well. United have an easy fixture coming up and will hope not to drop points there too. |
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I also don't see MU finishing second. It would mean Chelsea must have a total crash from their current performances, MU would have to outperform Man City and Liverpool. I wish for an exciting season for sure, but I can't think of a scenario where MU performs better than Chelsea or Man City.
There is still lot of rounds in PL and anything can happen. It's not too late for United as well. If they do things right and avoid dropping points then they can easily climb to the top or near to top. Even Chelsea or City might perform poor if they are hit by injuries and miss some key players for a long term and that affects their performance then that would turn out as a good opportunity for United to overtake them in the table. |
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just finished watching fnatic - Mad lions map 1 (Ancient, one of ML best maps, it's also Fnatic's 0% wr perma ban) biggest choke i've seen in a while, 13-7 Mad Lions to 14-16 Fnatic, first time playing Ancient and fnatic looked really sharp, nowt hey have a 100% winrate will drop some mbtc on map 2 over25.5 rounds x1.69, it's gone down to 1.5 odds in a few minutes, looks like ppl expect something similar to map1 Didn't really saw the match but seems like Fnatic really made a great comeback coming after that scoreline. Judging by the scores of both matches, seems like was a close match but good to see Fnatic making some impression after their downfall. Fnatic moves on to finals and will wait for the winner of BIG vs Forze. BIG should win this but Forze really played great in their match against ENCE so a bit hard to pick a side here. |
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Arsenal improves so well and they are staying at good position. They are in better form than Manchester United
It's all about the opponents ... since MU has a dozen very easy matches ahead of them, which will easily allow them to overtake Arsenal on points. Only if they take points in those as well. Right now United is very weak IMO, they need to improve mentally first and try to improve their strategy. At current state, Manchester United can break before any team in PL right now despite the strong squad they have. Still there is long way to go in PL race and they can improve if they initiate now. Man United is weak not because of players but because of a coach who has not been adequate in his tactics so Man United looks weak to us We know how the MU squad currently has many great players but cannot work well in the hands of Ole Gunner. Even though Man United had a dozen easy games then Man United won't be as easy as one might think and look more difficult, but if Ole leaves then this will see a change. We shouldn't put all the blame on ole. I know ole has the major role to play in the team, both the players are to be blame too , Manchester United have experienced player but I still wonder why their performance is poor this time around. Manchester United players need to work harder on their defense. Yes exactly, there are many players who are also responsible for poor Man United performance and should try to improve themselves as well. Its not that Ole is not to blame but it's not entirely his fault as well. There are some parts of jobs that he is not performing as well or performing poorly but there are some players who are also doing the same. |
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Arsenal improves so well and they are staying at good position. They are in better form than Manchester United
It's all about the opponents ... since MU has a dozen very easy matches ahead of them, which will easily allow them to overtake Arsenal on points. Only if they take points in those as well. Right now United is very weak IMO, they need to improve mentally first and try to improve their strategy. At current state, Manchester United can break before any team in PL right now despite the strong squad they have. Still there is long way to go in PL race and they can improve if they initiate now. |
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ESPN claims that Manchester City are planning to resist any kind of offer for their left winger Raheem Sterling from Barcelona in January. He played 15 games in total so far this season and has 2 goals and 2 assists. He is valued €90m now according to Transfermarkt. He is still very young as he is 26. And his contract with Manchester City is continuing until June 30, 2023. It's interesting that Manchester City still haven't extended his contract. Maybe he doesn't want to stay for more years here or the team don't want this. As we know, Guardiola will leave Manchester City in the near future as he made a such statement before as far as I remember. Barcelona would like to benefit from the current situation. But I don't think that they will sign Sterling in January. But they might have a chance next summer.  https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/4517117/kane-to-man-city-conte-faces-fight-to-keep-spurs-striker-barcas-xavi-lays-down-the-lawI think they should sell Sterling. Yeah he has got the age but he has lost the touch like he used to and plus there are lot of new and young players with potential to play in that area and develop. Also Sterling is also looking for options to switch to and get some more playing minutes and honestly they should let him go. It's win-win for both team and the player. |
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Considering the news source, it is said that Manchester City are willing to sell Raheem Sterling for around £45m. It is equal to around €52.6m now which is far below his market value now. His market value is €90m. If this claim turns out to be true, then I'm pretty sure that there will be quite a few big clubs on the line to have him for this much cheap price. Sterling is still 26 years old and he can contribute to the team that he goes a lot for many years.
The metro is a hotbed of rumors. I don't believe anything I read on this website; we all know how important Rahemm Sterling is to the City team, and I don't think they'll let him leave for this cheap; Rahemm is worth more than £46 million in his peak. I think this is just another rumor to seek attention and I also don't believe that Raheem Sterling is gonna be sold for 46 million. He is obviously worth more than that. But in this case, as I am hearing that Raheem Sterling wants to leave Man City for more playtime, maybe Man City will consider selling him for close to 55 or 60. At first, this news was linked with Barcelona but I wonder how was your nice going to pay for the fees. And that's what raises the question. It depends actually and right now there are lot of players in the squad and Raheem Sterling is one of the player who has been underperforming so I think he could be easily get sold here at a lower tag. He is also getting lesser no. of opportunities and City also has fresh group of players at that position and it is hard to keep your position with that. Question is who is interested in him and how much are they willing to pay for him. |
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To put it in simple terms Liverpool has better squad then arsenal. Though Liverpool is only two points ahead of arsenal the goal difference is huge, 20 to be exact. But as Liverpool is on the 4th place and arsenal is on the fifth I think if arsenal can somehow win this match they will go ahead of Liverpool and achieved the fourth point but as they are behind in goal difference they will stay behind West Ham and Man City who both have 23 points. But if Liverpool wins its whole another story as they will jump onto the second place.
It's important for both the teams. Liverpool needs to maintain their pace in the title race while Arsenal needs to maintain their consistent performance they have been showing recently. Also for Arsenal it is a good test for them to test their squad right now. Still Liverpool is not like unbreakable as we saw in the game against Arsenal.but it would take a lot for Arsenal to beat them up. |
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It will be interesting to know where Lampard will go next after withdrawing from the hunt for Norwich City.
With boards getting restless when there is bad performance nowadays I am sure he will find one very soone and at least should be a target of some of the clubs. Still I think Norwich could have been a decent start to build a good experience. It was reported that Sergio Aguero's health was worse with the disease he was suffering from, namely, the heart and the team of doctors said this was unexpected because Aguero's heart condition was more severe so it was confirmed that Aguero was forced to retire early to save him from adversity, so this is really a very serious thing. This is concerning considering Aguero is a striker who used to be sharp. Maybe since this news, Aguero will retire, right? Full news here. https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2021/11/12/618e42ba46163fba5c8b45b5.htmlThis is a surprise to me. Sorry to see Aguero held up like this with his heart condition. He is a great striker but didn't thought that it would come down to this. |
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Multiple reports are coming that Chelsea former manager Frank Lampard who is running likely for the Norwich manager job has pulled out of the job. It would have been much more interesting if he joined with Steven Gerrard, Arteta, all former football legends coming in as managers. Anyway I am sure there will be a better chance than this for him.
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Right now, Arsenal is at 5th position, right? This team was at the bottom of the league for the starting weeks. Which means that if they are capable of being at the top with the same roster, then it should not be acceptable to be at the bottom as well.
I get why they were considering firing Arteta, now we have data to prove that they were good enough to be 5th at the very start as well, during that start if they got 1-2 more wins right now they would have been around the top, literally at the top maybe? So that start was unacceptable and if they failed to do the latest weeks like this, then he would be gone for sure, there is no doubt in my mind at all.
It takes time to settle up the team and assign particular roles and how to play that role. Now the team is kinda more balanced but I still would say not perfect yet but yeah it is working for them. Right now Arteta is playing the team accordingly and he knows what's best right now so I think given the performance Arsenal has put in these few ago, I think he is gonna stay. Also at the starting of the campaign when Arsenal was showing bad results , board also backed him up so I think he is gonna stay. |
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