Dortmund probably doesn't even have that kind of cash right now, but assuming that even if they do, would it really be smarter for Ronaldo to go to Dortmund just because they will be in UCL? I mean I get it, he cares about his records and he wants all the remainder of his career to be playing in UCL and not somewhere else, that is understandable.
Have rumors about Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Dortmund, but I doubt with this transfer will happening because beside have to prepare much salary for Cristiano Ronaldo, Dortmund need to pay transfer values for Manchester United. Absolutely Dortmund get many benefit if success make transfer with Cristiano Ronaldo because fans most excited with Ronaldo and his jersey will sold out awhile. Ambition playing on UEFA Champion League still make Cristiano Ronaldo not stay with Manchester United and he want continue at least of his career can play on Champion League, never success lead until final and got trophy champion league last several years with Juventus and Manchester United after leaving Real Madrid. I consider it a rumor. Dortmund is a team that is not interested in spending a lot of money to build a team. Dortmund can buy a bunch of young players for the same amount of money they will buy Ronaldo. And after a few years they can sell these players and make money. But if Ronaldo is included in the team, Dortmund will not be able to earn money by selling Ronaldo after 2 years. All in all it will be a complete loss project for Dortmund. They will not take such a big risk with Ronaldo on the team. |
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In the end, Ireland lost the match once again. We can claim that they gave a good fight to the Proteas, but I don't think that it is enough. The fact is that they have failed to win a single match against any of the test nations, ever since their tour of West Indies. And also, yesterday their top and middle order collapsed completely. Only the partnership between Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell saved them from complete humiliation. And all this against a South African side that was missing key players such as Nortje and Rabada.
If the performance of the bowlers is not more stable, Ireland will not be able to defeat any strong team. As much as Ireland's batting thrills the crowd, we are equally disappointed by their bowling. Bowlers need to be more diligent. Also, I think they need an experienced bowling coach. If the Ireland board can take the necessary steps now to strengthen the team, Ireland will be able to challenge any strong team in the T20 format within the next few years. |
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England gave their best to the tournament as well although Germany had the statistics but still the difference between both team wasn't that much. I think England where bent on winning despite struggling to keeping up to the game. Luck in football still requires attempts and attacks on the opponents post. The Lioness created nice attempts worthy of their winning
The fact that England were playing at home must have been an extra motivation. But it must also be from the countries that in the last 2 or 3 years have invested more in women's football, where practically all the big clubs already have this modality. All that work you've been doing is now paying off, with this victory in the Euro. Actually, I think Germany probably took things a little easier knowing that their track record is better compared to England. They must have thought that they were better than England. It is obvious they are the top team, but there is no point in underestimating any opponent when they have already reached the final. I do not say that underestimating any opponent is wise. However, the way Germany played in the tournament and also played in previous tournaments it did feel like England was the team that would probably lose. |
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First games are never good enough to tell a team's expected performance throughout the season, and Championship is even more of an anomaly in that regard I think, mainly because the season's a little longer in terms of games.
First matches are not showing real form and teams are still testing each other, that is the same for all leagues in the world. After first one or two months we can see the situation much better. First round of EFL Championship is finished and I saw many results I didn't expect to see, my prediction picks didn't go like I expected so I lost my bet. There was a lot of draws and only one away win for Burnley against Huddersfield, but it's still early to talk about standings and promotions. Cresswell from Millwall scored two goals in match against Stoke and he is currently best goal scorer in league. Next round is coming this weekend so get ready on time. Generally, I believe that players are a lot rusty at the start of a new season. It can take a bit of time for any player to start playing his most efficient football after the start of the season. But eventually, the players will start to play better. So no players or teams should be judged on their start of the season. As an example, we can look at Barcelona in the last season of La Liga. Even though they started badly, they eventually finished as the second team in the La Liga standings. So it is always possible to make a comeback. And there is nothing to worry about if the first few matches are not producing the most desirable results. |
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Everton has successfully bought PSG player Idrissa Gueye and seems he will be reunited with his former team because before joining at PSG Gueye has been playing for Everton for 3 years until 2019 and apparently Everton has very active to buy some players because their manager Frank Lampard said he targeted better position than last last season and so far Everton already get 4 players including Gueye and seems they hasn't stopped to buy players especially they still looking for the replacement of Richarlison which leaved to Tottenham
I think it's going to be a very good transfer for Everton to add Idrissa Gueye to the team. Idrissa Gueye performed in 26 matches in Ligue 1 last season and scored 3 goals. And its gameplay is good. He will be able to adapt himself well to a competitive platform like the Premier League. Everton was very close to the relegation zone last season. So this season they decided to strengthen the team. Hopefully we will see Everton in the top 10 next season.. |
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I think there will be a lot of good games today. I hope that Sheriff can beat Viktoria Plzen. Amazingly, they have managed to go two rounds of the Champions League without conceding a single goal, although they are not doing well in attack, they have managed to score 2 goals in four games. It will also be interesting to watch last week's Europa League finalist Glasgow Rangers. I think they should win.
In the last match, Viktoria Plzen won 5-0 against HJK Helsinki. Although the Sheriff team may be stronger than Plzen's Heck. But Plzen's boys are much more confident now. So winning the match will not be easy for Sheriff. I think the most competitive match of the day will be the Monaco vs PSV match. These two teams are quite strong. I am looking forward to enjoying this match. |
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PSG didn't surprise anyone by destroying Nantes in the Super Cup. This was like a preparation game for the Ligue 1 for PSG. Neymar and Messi did a wonderful job in the absence of Mbappe. It isn't hard to predict their future performance in the league also as they are still way stronger than all of their opponents in the standings. Their main target is going to be the Champions League title once again of course. Mbappe, Neymar and Messi all will need to be very consistent this time otherwise it might be another disappointing season.
There is no way PSG should have lost that match. Obviously, the PSG players are going to do very well in a match like this. And as you said they are obviously going to win the league title again. But the bigger question is, are they going to be able to win the Champions League? It was good to see Neymar performing well in that match. Messi also scored a good goal. I would really like to see Lionel Messi back in form again. The attacking of this team is absolutely unbelievable but will the midfield be able to perform well and supply good balls to the attackers? |
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Colonial mindset is having big impact on cricket and it's many subsidiaries like ECB, CA, CSA, CNZ and now BCCI so as they are in power they are not doing any positive thing for this game and it's future because they don't want to lose their power which is surely the worst case happening in gaming history.
Right now, Franchise cricket is going to have some good impact and finances to many weak boards and with this as they have some better resources and system then surely it's going to be not good for this game because after having their own system they will not accept any role set by ICC or big powers currently most of the boards are in not good shape, so they are just trying to accumulate and having some positive way, but surely it's going to be the big failure for this ICC and their powerful members.
For cricket to prosper, and for the ICC to spread the popularity of cricket further, ICC and the boards need to step out of the colonial mindset. The ICC will need to have a strong mindset in order to fix this problem. They will have to be the ones to impose authority over the big four and the ICC has also become reliant on the money of certain cricket boards. Franchise cricket is getting more and more popular. And T10 already has made an appearance. So I think that the smaller teams will also be able to generate a significant amount of revenue. So this should be a good opportunity for the smaller teams and also ICC to come out of the shell that they have been in for quite a long time. |
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Now the La Liga euphoria will improve slightly even though only 2 clubs are still stealing the attention with Madrid being passive in player transfers and Barcelona being very active in bringing in expensive players.
But as you said, there will be interesting things because when these two clubs compete against each other it will make a splash there which is quite exciting and indeed this will not be missed by football lovers.
What will make a stark difference is at Barcelona with their latest signing, surely adding to their match even more exciting. On the other hand, at Real Madrid, they are still dominated by those who feel the atmosphere of El Clasico in the past. I mumbled a bit in their game yesterday, I think the players who just came to Barcelona said "this is how El Clasico matches". In this case Madrid always struggle in some of their El Clasicos but indeed this is not a significant obstacle especially a few days ago it was just a friendly and not a match that really counts in El Clasico as for El Clasico Madrid will obviously make something wrong interesting with a formation and players who are really the best I think. It could be like that, but if you look at the friendly match some time ago with all the emotions that were spilled there, it's clear that this will revive things that have been lost for a long time now  The fact is that apart from the competition in the next season that I am waiting for, El Clasico is now one of the things that must be waited for as well because indeed this will be too bad to miss. The tense friendly match is already hot, what if it's El Clasico later. El Clasico is always exciting, and its attendance is always high. Real Madrid and Barcelona try their best to win this match. However, in the last two seasons in El Clasico, we have seen Real Madrid dominate more. But Barcelona has won their last two matches against Real. Barca had previously lost 5 matches in a row. Real Madrid will definitely want to win the next El Clasico. The match will become more competitive and enjoyable. |
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The more teams that improve the quality of their players in the Premier League, the better it will be for Premier League fans because it will definitely present a very interesting spectacle in terms of the title race like you said and I see there are some teams that have improved greatly in the match Pre-season now includes Tottenham Hotspur, although they lost slightly to As Roma yesterday.
I think the premier league is the most watched football league in the world and therefore it has to live up to its name and glory. It would be obviously be great for the league if clubs step up their game and acquire new and better talent to help bolster its squad. The more prepared and ready clubs in that league are, the more exciting the league would be to watch. The new season in the premier league is now anticipated by many cause of how prepared and ready the clubs are. Premier League is the most exciting and competitive league. While in other leagues we see the dominance of one or two particular teams, almost all teams in the Premier League are strong. And every season many teams like Liverpool, Manchester City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal are fighting. Clubs also spend a lot of money to strengthen themselves. This is why the popularity of the Premier League is much higher than other leagues. |
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Barcelona is going great in friendlies and they look like they are ready for the new season. Ousmane Dembele has an incredible performance. It looks like Lewandowski and Dembele will carry the team's goal load. Raphinha and Memphis will also be helpful. If Ansu Fati also has a good season, Barcelona will be the number one contender for the championship. This season will be very different from last season. They had good signals about it. I'm very excited already and can't wait to see Rayo Vallecano game.
The real proving match after La Liga started, however I have to give high appreciation to Xavi who has brought his team to good performance even though it's only a friendly match, but this is a good starting point to fight in a real match. Dembele was absolutely outstanding in the friendly, as was Raphinha whose hard shot was unstoppable by the Real Madrid goalkeeper. However, it is a pity that Lewandowski has not given his first goal for Barcelona. This summer will be a fierce battle for Real Madrid and Barcelona in the race for the La Liga title. I really don’t think that Barcelona has faced any problems yet. They don't have any problems, they have not yet been thoroughly tested. So far we have seen only friendly matches being played against Barcelona. Believe it or not, honestly, no one actually cares about friendly matches. The real test for the team will come when the league starts. I hope Barcelona will be able to play more effectively and also start more strongly than they did last season. I also hope that the players in the Barcelona team will be able to begin playing well from the start of the season. I know some players are going to be a bit rusty. But they will have to start better if they want to finish better. With a squad like this Barcelona should be able to challenge Real Madrid quite closely in the next season for the La Liga trophy. |
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The problem is ICC is looking for money and they are happy to do anything to bring in a significant amount of benefit. And to ICC it does not matter which team does well or which team does bad. If they cared about cricket, they would have actually helped the smaller teams. But instead, they are just helping their more powerful teams to get money. It is actually understandable because the bigger teams generate the most amount of revenue. Nevertheless, smaller teams cannot generate better revenue if they can't play better cricket. In fact, they won't even be able to play better cricket if they aren't helped by the ICC. ICC does not have any headaches as a result of that. And it is really sad to see the way the future of cricket is shaping up.
When India won the 1983 World Cup, BCCI did not get tickets to watch the final match and with the help of the then government and the sponsorship of Ambani, India along with Pakistan was able to bring the World Cup out of England in 1987, if not England and Australia dominated Cricket and they never bothered about other countries. BCCI especially Salve who was the BCCI president then was determined to take the power of the ICC away from England and they have done that because they were humiliated by the ICC in rejecting two tickets requested by the BCCI to watch the 1983 Finals. So anyone crying about the powers in Cricket, check out the history and then cry about it  . When Sri Lanka won the 1996 World Cup majority of the players were sponsored by Arjuna Ranatunga who i consider as one the greatest captains in World Cricket and ICC did not shower them money, from minnows to World Champions were their sole hard work and many of the players during that period was staying with Arjuna Ranatunga because they did not have a place to stay nor the money. So to cry about other nations are not developing Cricket because ICC is not helping is just bullshit. The board has to take the initiatives to find talents or you need a captain that could take that role to develop the quality of players and you cannot expect anyone to bring everything in a golden platter. Actually, I don’t understand. So you are happy that this is happening?  I know what has happened to India and Sri Lanka was not the most desirable thing but that does not justify them having control over ICC right now. It feels like you are quite happy to see India being in the driver's seat because you are an Indian. But that would not be fair to the other teams. India has enormous power over ICC and so do the other 3 in big4. But that is the only reason why cricket is not expanding worldwide. Only if the teams, the cricket board which is in power, as well as the ICC came together and thought about the game instead of making money and the big teams thinking of themselves as valuable items could this game flourish. Honestly, I don’t even blame the big four at the moment. Because everyone wants to be in power when they get the taste of it. However, ICC handled everything so poorly that it feels like they are not in charge at the moment. |
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Victory over Manchester City was a good start for Liverpool and Nunez, despite starting the match on the bench, Nunez performance was quite good in this match. He not only played a role in Liverpool second goal, Nunez also scored in injury time while ensuring Liverpool victory over Manchester City with a score of 3-1. The 2022 Community Shield is the 16th title for Liverpool and the first trophy for Nunez with his new club. Obviously this is a happy result for Liverpool, but not for Manchester City, as well as a warning to Manchester City that Liverpool is ready to compete to be the best in the Premier League.
a good start for Nunez with Liverpool because he became a hero for Liverpool victory. I watched the match last night, indeed Nunez performed quite well, even he was able to adapt to the kloop formation immediately. Can't wait for Liverpool for next season because winning the Community Shield will be a pretty good race to start the early game next season. Nunez seems to be able to win the hearts of Liverpool fans immediately after fans had to be disappointed when Mane had to leave Liverpool, but Nunez presence seemed to be quite right to replace the position left by Sadio Mane. Manchester City team was considered to be the most favorite team to win the Premier League next season. But their performance against Liverpool was not as expected. Although it was a friendly match. However, both teams played with their main squads. I am not saying that Manchester City played badly. But, Liverpool's match strategy and gameplay were more organized than Manchester City's. Especially Liverpool's Darwin Nunez and Salah's performances were good. |
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Isn't it a bit surprising that Barcelona finances, which are actually considered a crisis, are actually a club with an excess of player slots. So still think that their finances are bad? Depay often sits on the bench and is not a priority by Xavi. It is questionable why did Xavi go so far as to treat Depay jima if there was nothing that Xavi really liked about his performance?
Depay is a talented player. Xavi will probably use Depay as Lewandowski's replacement. Xavi may add Depay to the squad if any important player of the team is injured. Xavi is probably targeting the Champions League title. Due to this, even if an important player of the team is absent due to injury, Xavi now has a worthy replacement. Hopefully, we will see a consistent performance from Barcelona next season. Xavi can not win the champions league so fast You can count on him to win La Liga but not so fast with Champions League Depay can be a second choice until they find a perfect second option for him How can you say for sure that Xavi won't win the Champions League? Are you an astrologer? If Xavi can strengthen his team, and bring consistency in performance, why can't they win the Champions League? If they play well, they will definitely win. Also, I have seen Xavi's match tactics in previous seasons. His match strategy is quite good. I'm not saying Xavi will win the Champions League. But they are one of the favorites for next season's Champions League. So we shouldn't say Xavi can't. |
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@logfiles I'm definitely amazed by Barca's ability to spend. I know they sold tv rights, I know they sold everything and the kitchen sink to get the money, but aren't the financial rules supposed to prevent them from getting into more debt before servicing loans, rather than just allowing them to get more debt by selling off actual revenue generation?
Oh and, are you joining the pools? Loads of good money coming in from sponsorships.
It appears that Barcelona hopes to win the La Liga title as well as the Champions League title next season. But I am not sure if they will be able to do that. I don’t know about any rules like that which prevent a club from spending more money to get in more debt. Barcelona would not have been able to afford to buy players who are this expensive if there were any rules like that. Barcelona has taken a big risk. If this does not work out, they will be very sorry. But it would have been better for Barcelona to not spend so much money and concentrate on increasing revenue. |
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Cricket was game of gentlemen by gentlemen and for gentlemen now in hands of corrupt mafia by P-4 for their own sack and have no future because of their poor management because money is working for them in good way, and they have no one who give them challenge or bring them in accountability court is surely big setback for this game and its fans because we were feeling good and healthy environment, but now it's all going to dead they are having power to control and with this all they are giving good lolly pops to fans.
With this bad management they can face dilemma because this is never been ideal for anyone to stay like this, hopefully we will have some good or bad changes which will give us positive end of this all.
The top cricket organization is ICC who have the responsibility to conduct all kinds of cricket with discipline. They are not just running behind the money, Showing their sympathy towards big countries and the stiffness towards the small country has become known as a major evidence of corruption. Such responsibilities of ICC will be destroyed in the future in the face of cricket. Therefore, their conditions must be changed in large interests. The problem is ICC is looking for money and they are happy to do anything to bring in a significant amount of benefit. And to ICC it does not matter which team does well or which team does bad. If they cared about cricket, they would have actually helped the smaller teams. But instead, they are just helping their more powerful teams to get money. It is actually understandable because the bigger teams generate the most amount of revenue. Nevertheless, smaller teams cannot generate better revenue if they can't play better cricket. In fact, they won't even be able to play better cricket if they aren't helped by the ICC. ICC does not have any headaches as a result of that. And it is really sad to see the way the future of cricket is shaping up. |
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According to report, Alfred Schreuder have clear all doubts and rumours that Anthony is staying despite having a possible link move to Manchester United which Erik Ten Hag wanted to bring him over. United coach, Erik had intentions to reunite with his former players as he knows how to use them on the pitch. It's quite a good idea to have one skilled and thumping winger in the team but I don't see anything wrong with united Frontlines as they have dangerous finishers. However, Ajax are not withdrawing when they said they are keeping the Brazilian.
Ajax doesn't want to lose their good players. The rumors did come from the wishes of the MU coach. this may be something difficult for MU to sign Anthony. After all, I don't think MU is lacking in that position. maybe MU better focus on improving their defense to be stronger before the season progresses. United has no shortage of strong and fast midfielders. MU coach should have considered it all. Ajax has already sold several players from their squad. Ajax will lose their dominance in the Eredivise league if they sell all the key players. At the same time they perform in the Champions League, they cannot perform well in the Champions League if they do not have experienced and talented players on the team. And so at the moment, they are not interested in selling Antony. However, Ajax may decide to sell Antony if they get a smart amount of money. |
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I was hoping that Paul Pogba would be among the squad next season for Juventus but as it looks right now seems it won't take short time for him to join the team. Paul Pogba has always been this fine player that always put much passion in every game, always trying to do thing in best way. When he was signed into Juventus that earlier time I had the assurance Juventus will make a better performance next season.
Many expect him to do well at Juventus because indeed at MU he can't do that because his performance is not too good and can't show his best performance, including last season. Now we have to be patient because with his current condition it will take 2-3 months at the most to see him back playing. Yeah, i didn't even something big from him. We do know that his performance in MU. It's not good for juve to see his player will not play for the several months. Im sure that if juve's supporters were also feeling bad to see that happened. Pogba can't even participate in the pre season match. I hope he will come back as soon as possible. Although Pogba is a talented player, he did not perform well with the Manchester United squad. He is not fit for the Premier League. He is expected to play well in Serie A with Juventus. But if he is not diligent then he will not be able to play well with Juventus. If he misses the opening games of the season due to injury, then I think it will be difficult for Pogba to adapt to the team in the middle of the season. |
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Now revival of West Indies cricket is just a dream because they are not near to have any positive fight back in near future their biggest concern is bowling department which is not bringing any quality bowler for them in last two decades after due of Walsh and Ambrose
It's not just that West Indian bowlers are facing the bad condition but their batting line-up is also fragile and becomes more vulnerable. Overall their current cricketing condition is not so good in all format. T20 World Cup cricket will be held after few months later but if they can't change the current situation they won't be able to go far in their T20 World Cup cricket. At this moment they have to perform well on both sites. West Indies players performed well against relatively weaker teams. But they cannot play well against strong teams. Even though they played well against Bangladesh in the T20 format, their batting in the ODI format was terrible. West Indies will probably be eliminated from the first round in the next World Cup. In India vs West Indies match we see Indian dominance every match. Every match is one sided. India is winning very easily. |
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We will see the best at the end of the season. It's not now! My opinion would be that Barcelona's 2022 summer transfer window are decent enough to make a serious threat next season in La Liga. Barca's new signings will ensure success in the long run, so let's wait and see what happens. We can't say anything early about FC Barcelona's side following its rivalry with Real Madrid since they haven't even played one game together yet.
We all know that Barcelona is facing a financial crisis, but it doesn't seem like a problem for them to be very active in the transfer window. I don't know where the funds used to sign new players come from and how they will register all those new players, but what is clear is that Barcelona has made very good preparations for this season, and of course, that makes them one of the strong candidates for the title winner. I saw in the news that Barcelona president Joan Laporta is raising funds by selling shares of the club. Despite being in a financial crisis, Barcelona is spending a lot of money. It's really amazing. But if the new players can play well with the club then maybe the Barcelona club will be financially stable in the next few years. Barcelona is now a stable club. I think Barcelona will be able to dominate La Liga next season if Xavi's match strategy is good. |
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