snip Barcelona have matched the £60m offer, including add-ons, put forward by Chelsea for Leeds United and Brazil attacker Raphinha. Will this offer be enough for Raphinha to choose Barcelona? Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25, has his heart set on remaining at Barcelona and will reject Manchester United. So, after all the talk of leaving, Jong is still staying at the club? Juventus are aware of negotiations between the agents of Matthijs de Ligt and Bayern Munich but the Serie A giants have yet to receive an opening bid for the 22-year-old Netherlands defender, who has also been linked to Chelsea. Lots of interested clubs. What will Matthijs de Ligt decide in the end? Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/62107934I really don't understand how Barcelona is able to offer 60 million for a player right now considering that they are not in a healthy financial situation. I really hope that the statement of Bayern Munich, and Barcelona not being a club at all in three or four years, does not come true. De Jong needs to take a pay cut, as far as I know, to stay in Barcelona but I don't think he has agreed to that term at all. So, I am still doubtful that he is willing to stay in Barcelona after all. The de Ligt situation is still quite open and anything can happen. I am hesitant to wait and see how this thing transpires. |
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I had some hope of SL pulling this off but on 5th day pitch, not 4th day.
I wasn't expecting Aussie to collapse that badly because of Marnus and Smith but everything went down the drain in 2nd inning.
This kind of series tells us that it's hard to win the away series when you are playing in alien conditions. Doesn't matter if it's No 1 team vs No 7. Having said that 2 match series doesn't tell us much about both teams, to judge completely we surely need at least 3 test match series. Pakistanis must be kicking themselves now, they could have beat Australia too if it wasn't for dead deck.
LOL.. Pakistani spinners are good for nothing and at no point during the tour did they troubled the Australian batsmen. And despite all the deterioration in quality of cricket in Sri Lanka, they do have some very good spinners such as Embuldeniya, Hasaranga and Prabath Jayasuriya. One point that we are ignoring is the failure from the Australian spinners. They allowed the Lankan batsmen to set up such a huge score, which put the Australian batsmen under immense pressure. Mitchell Swepson was OK, but Nathan Lyon was a complete failure (although he was exceptional in the first test). Pakistan is not known for the spin bowlers that they produce. Rather, the entire Pakistani team and overall Pakistan as a country is known for the fast bowlers that they produce. So, I don't see how Pakistan could have troubled Australia so much with spin bowling tracks. And I believe if Pakistan did prepare fast bowling tracks, the test series could have been a lot more interesting. This is because both teams have capable fast bowlers who could have effectively utilized the tracks. And I think that the Australian bowlers did not do too much wrong. I think that track just got a lot more bowling friendly as the test match progressed. |
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It is good to see Pogba back at Juventus. He is really at ''home'' as they are his old team. However we mustn't forget another fact that he has grown from Manchester United team too. Juventus are having him on a free transfer for the second time. Manchester United paid 105 million euros to have him back before. It must be feeling great for Juventus to benefit from this opportunity. Pogba will add a big strength to the team from now on together with Di Maria.
He also looks happy now, maybe he will be got frequently playing in Juventus if he often the injury goes away. We all know why he playing badly in MU because of injury and cause he rarely plays then decreases his performance. but for sure, Juventus got huge benefits for both, Free transfer and completed filling up the weak position on the last session, I things Juventus has been perfect for now, the big threat for the scudetto. Now, with the power that has been selected again, Juventus should be able to give a good performance, but at this time maybe Pogba will play a little, not in full performance because the injury he has experienced is completely normal when professional players return to the field, it is certain that they need a process for recovery. At least Juventus can getting good players for free is good enough for this season's game. The gameplay in Serie A and Premier League is completely different. Pogba did not play well in the Premier League. Couldn't adjust to the team. However, if Pogba is hardworking and friendly, he will be able to adapt easily to the Juventus team. Adapting to a new team is not easy. So Pogba must be hardworking and practice more. Otherwise, he will not be able to perform well with Juventus. |
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Manchester United are doing all they can to finalize the Frenkie de Jong deal for themselves. They agreed upon the transfer fee as far as I know and they were discussing the add-ons after that. They might really be close to happy ending now. Laporta said before that Frenkie de Jong was still happy to be part of the team. However he doesn't seem like he is opposing to this transfer too. Barcelona are going to have much work to do in case they sell him. On the other hand this transfer is going to help them raise funds significantly too of course.
This Frankie de Jong deal has dragged on for sooo longggg and I don't this transfer will be happening, whatever happened at Manchester that such deals take this long... its either the scouts aren't doing a good job or it's the fans that keep speculating on such transfers which aren't anywhere from being signed. De Jong transfer process is very complicated, Manchester United as the party who wants to bring De Jong has not been able to reach an agreement with Barcelona. Manchester United reasoned that Barcelona's asking price was too high, in my opinion it was reasonable, because De Jong's contribution to Barcelona was very good. Another reason is because Barcelona still wants to continue his togetherness with De Jong, he also doesn't want to leave Barcelona in the near future. Manchester United must immediately look for other players as an alternative to De Jong, because their efforts with Barcelona have been deadlocked. De Jong doesn't want to leave Barcelona, and Xavi doesn't want to sell De Jong either. But now that Barcelona is in financial crisis, they must sell De Jong if they want to sign Lewandowski. Otherwise, Barcelona will not be able to manage the money. However, if Barcelona do not sign Lewandowski, they will not decide to sell De Jong. Because De Jong plays an important role in Xavi's game plan. |
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After mentioning de Ligt in the Italian League thread I'm now hearing about an offer for him. It can be just a rumour as well so I haven't confirmed it yet. But Bayern Munich might have made an offer worth €90m to sign him. This is really an unbelievable offer I think. I didn't know Bayern Munich as this much eager to sign a defender now. As they wouldn't make substantial changes in their squad I understand why they aren't seeing this amount a big problem as well.
Bayern Munich are probably looking to form a full-fledged strong and stable team. Perhaps they will focus entirely on the Champions League next season. And will try to win the Champions League title. Bayern Munich's performance in the Champions League last season was not good. So next season Bayern Munich are trying to increase their strength in all forwards, midfield and defense. |
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I'm just thinking if the dealer will still or continue accept bitcoin in our current market scenario.
I think there will be no problem here, if the dealer fears bitcoin volatility, then just accept bitcoin as payment and then convert it to fiat as soon as the transaction is confirmed. The acceptance of bitcoins will not be affected by their price, as bitcoins can be converted into another asset at the time of the transaction. I'm wondering if the dealer's owner will keep the bitcoins or convert them to fiat after receiving the bitcoins from the OP. |
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It is very important for Neymar how long he will play in Paris SG. In fact, I think that he has not been able to show the expected performance in the past years. Mbappe plays himself as the third attacker in the line of Messi and still hasn't made that big leap. I don't know what will happen next year, but I'm sure you won't want to leave Paris. Neymar should show himself more this year. He's a superstar and he should show it more.
PSG gives Neymar a lot of wages. But Neymar is not playing well with the PSG team. He has played very badly in the last few seasons. But Neymar will not want to leave PSG now. No other team will now pay high wages to Neymar like PSG. Because Neymar's performance is not good. We will probably see Neymar in PSG's jersey for a few more seasons. |
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It should be realized that the finances at Dortmund can be stable because of the sale of some great players, so it is indeed quite difficult for them to contribute and compete competitively there because they always sell and sell their players.
But on the other hand this is a pretty good move for their finances due to the fact they don't have to be champions to stabilize their finances and it seems even the higher-ups don't really mind that.
I think there is a good balance in Dortmund's department that they always see to it even though they don't become champions they can have decent funds when a season ends, and I think it is working well, their strategy is to buy low and sell high just like what we are doing with Cryptocurrency, there a sense of balance when the right time comes, What is certain there is that they are good at finding young seeds there and making their young players potential which is always brought in by other clubs at a higher price. There are so many names that they are selling for quite a high price like Haaland, Sancho, Pulisic and even Dembele being some of the players they have managed well, so even if they don't win the title they have a huge profit from the sales of their players. Dortmund's main goal is to make players. Dortmund builds on the experience of young players, and earns money by selling them. They can make players. Other teams benefit from having these experienced players on the team, while Dortmund can make money. But as a result, the Bundesliga has become completely controlled by Bayern Munich. We don't see any other team win the title except Bayern Munich. I think this will reduce the value of the Bundesliga, they will lose the audience. |
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The Galle international Stadium is surrounded by the Sri Lankan protesters. Right now entire country have risen against the government and Rajapaksa have escaped from Sri Lanka through Naval Force Ship. Mostly the match can get stopped.
No signs of a stoppage at this point. Sri Lanka is trailing by more than 300 runs, with Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis at crease. And I don't think that the protests will take place near the stadium. What do cricket has to do with the current crisis? There is not much information about the president (Gotabaya Rajapaksa). Officials are just saying that he has been moved to a safer location. Are you sure that he has left the country? If so, the Prime Minister (Ranil Wickremesinghe) may now assume the power of the president. The people of Sri Lanka are not so stupid that they will attack the stadium. They have good reason to attack the Prime Minister's building. As far as I know the stupidity and corruption of their Prime Minister is responsible for the current situation in Sri Lanka. However, he refused to resign. That is why the common people of Sri Lanka have attacked the Prime Minister's residence. The Sri Lankan players are playing great. After losing the first wicket for 12 runs, now they have collected 123 runs. Sri Lanka is behind by only 241 runs. If you can continue like this, collecting 400 runs is not a difficult task. |
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For De Ligt, Bayern seems to be the closer one to sign him. Chelsea almost abandoned that idea and are turning towards De Jong which will cost them a lot unless they agree to a swap deal to reduce the cost. Of course, Chelsea still have to fix their defence line. There is Kimpembe that might be available since PSG agreed on his departure if they find a good deal ~€60m..
Yes, it looks like FC Bayern is going to get there 2 center defenders some support. Lucas Hernandez and Upamecano are young and good players, on the outside right / left Bayern is well positioned, there I think they need no new player. I think the deal makes sense and Bayern gets him now for the defense. One Goalgetter, one in midfield and one as a right defender is already there. And now one for the center defense. They actually need a center back. They parted ways with Sule after the expiration of his contract last month. They only have Upamecano as a center back and Lucas Hernandez to pair up sometimes. It is for sure that they will be eager to sign a defender to replace Sule. I think they can pull this deal regardless of Juventus asking fee. If they could pay €80M for Lucas Hernandez back in 2019, then meeting Juventus fee for De Ligt's deal won’t be an issue. If Bayern do pull off this signing, it would be another excellent coup in a window that has already brought them Sadio Mane and Ryan Gravenberch. The defensive line of Bayern Munich is in shambles. They seriously need a defender very quickly. Otherwise, it is going to be a big problem for them in the next season. I don’t think money is going to be too much of a problem for Bayern Munich because they are winning the league title almost every time And I think they have enough money to get a defender that they want. And right now with Chelsea eying another player, it is going to be better for Bayern Munich to get the player. I think de Ligt is going to be insane in Bayern Munich. And honestly, I think it is just a matter of time before Bayern Munich finalizes the transfer. |
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They are handing over captaincy and vice captaincy like candies nowadays. After Virat we have seen at least 6 captain in all 3 formats Rohit, Bumrah, KL Rahul, Pant, Hardik, Dhawan, this is hilarious tbh. Don't know how revolutionary WIPL is gonna be but one thing is sure, fitness level of Women's team is going to improve a lot. As of now majority of em are in bad shape, when compare to SENA women's teams. Probably because after Virat no captain has been able to show a good level of captaincy. I believe among them all Rohit is the better choice. Hardik Pandya showed commendable performances in the IPL as a captain, but I doubt he will be able to repeat the same for India. For WIPL, cricket will attract more viewers for sure. The Indian women will also improve their fitness and improve their skills if they see how much better the SENA team women are playing. Sri Lanka is going through a lot of internal turmoil and that definitely is having a negative impact on the players. But still, the matches are being hosted by Sri Lanka and therefore I expected them to perform better. Just hope that their women's team won't go the same way as the men's team. At this point, they are heavily dependent on Chamari Athapaththu. BTW, Renuka Singh Thakur is emerging as a good find for India in this series. She got a really nice bowling action and troubled the Sri Lankan batters quite frequently.
Since Sri Lankan women were playing at home, I expected them to perform better than they did. I expected them to win at least one match in the series. But we all know that India is far better than Sri Lanka when it comes to women’s cricket. But I have to say Sri Lanka did try really hard to win the last match but they couldn’t in the end. India has won the series 3-0. A flawless win for the Indian women. |
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Today, the performance of the Bangladesh team seems to be quite good. In 18 overs they lost 3 wickets and managed to collect 129 runs. Afifa is still unbeaten on 44 runs. Also opener Liton Das managed to score 49 runs. If Bangladesh can give a target of 180 then maybe they will be able to win the match. It is difficult to win with a target below 180. West Indies batsmen are good enough.
Bangladesh had scored 129 runs in 16 overs. I think you have made a typing mistake  . However, Bangladesh has given a target of 164 runs. West Indies players have the ability to chase this target easily. Minimum 180 runs target would make the match competitive. Everything will depend on Bangladeshi bowlers. West Indies has lost their first wicket in 9 runs. Sorry, that was a typing mistake. Bangladesh scored 129 runs in 16 overs. I thought they would be able to score at least 50 runs in the remaining 4 overs as the match lost three wickets. But I forgot that Bangladeshi batsmen do not know how to bat in T20 format. Bangladesh scored only 163 runs. It is difficult to win with such a low target. But not impossible. Bangladesh will win only if Bangladeshi bowlers can bowl well. |
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Today, the performance of the Bangladesh team seems to be quite good. In 18 overs they lost 3 wickets and managed to collect 129 runs. Afifa is still unbeaten on 44 runs. Also opener Liton Das managed to score 49 runs. If Bangladesh can give a target of 180 then maybe they will be able to win the match. It is difficult to win with a target below 180. West Indies batsmen are good enough.
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India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Indian women are batting now but they are playing a great game. India women scored 60 runs in 13 overs. They lost 1 wicket. I hope the Indian women will win this match today but we have to see what happens till the end of the game.
If Sri Lankan Women's team make some effort it could win this match. In 20 overs India women have scored 98 runs losing 4 wickets. Maybe fall of two more wickets could restrict the team's score within 200. Even 200 looks a big score for Sri Lanka Women taking into account their previous match scores of 171 & 173 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur she has duly fulfilled her duties as the captain of the team. Shafali Verma on the other hand has a good score. In the end she did not complete her half century for just 1 run. However, India's run count has been comparatively much less. In this case, I think Sri Lanka has done well enough. They limited India to 182 runs. Provably Sri Lanka win today's match. India Women vs Sri Lanka Women They both played very well. But the winner of today's game is India Women. I thought from the beginning that India Women will win today. I could not enjoy the game live due to busy schedule. However, I am very happy that India Women has won today. The performance of the Sri Lankan players in today's match was better than the previous two matches. The bowlers bowled well enough. In the previous two matches, they scored 171 and 173 runs respectively. In today's match, they were able to collect 216 runs. Throughout the series we have seen the reign of Indian players. The Sri Lankan women's team is very weak. They need to practice more. |
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As for Erik ten Hag, he is definitely a great manager for Manchester United. He has had a successful time with Ajax so far and he wants to maintain this success with Manchester United also. I don't have any doubt that he will find the right tactic and strategies for the team here. However they need to focus on the transfers first. If they make the team solid before the beginning of the season then I will be looking forward to seeing their performance. I hope we watch a better Manchester United this time.
Erik Ten Hag is a good coach and will all know he has proven himself at Ajax but this is a different league and a different team. It will be a whole different experience here in England and Manchester United is in a state where they need a savior to change the situation of the club and get them back to winning days. The big question now is can Erik Ten Hag fit in that shoe for Manchester United? We have seen some managers tried to change the situation and failed, we hope his case will be different this time, lets wait and see when the season kicks off. Erik ten Hag is trying to do very well and recover Manchester United from what they have been suffering recently. he is making big changes in the team and I think good results are on the way for Manchester United. Even though I have not heard anything about him having special plans for Cristiano Ronaldo, I think he would also like to have this player on the team because Cristiano Ronaldo is the player who has played very well and better than any other there in the team and also scored the most amount of goals from anyone in the team as well. I have no doubt that we are going to see better Manchester United results. |
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Yeah, Ibra has a ambitions to be able to bring Milan defend champion next season, even in the next 6-7 months, he must rest due to injury. For some people this is maybe like a joke because he is old and not strong anymore. However, age is not a problem for some players. One thing to know, in order to maintain his ambition with Milan next season, he is willing to accept a lower salary.
At least Milan already get Origi, he can be the main striker next season. I believe Ibra will become super sub, if he become starter maybe just playing for on average around 45 minutes.
it will probably do that, it will be a shoulder or a sub as you say my esteem for her rose when she proved she has a heart and cried for her child away from COVID or after you donated your San Remo cachet to charity he is not an easy person, he is tough, self-centered, arrogant, rude but deep down he has a big heart There is no way Zlatan Ibrahimovic can be a 90 minutes player after 41 years of age. He is going to be a player who might start but at the halftime break is going to be substituted. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be able to play two more seasons without too much of a problem in my opinion but I don't think he is going to be able to play at the top of the Italian club as he is doing right now. He may be a little arrogant but he is a critical thinker and he always thinks before he leaps. |
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Bayern Munich have told FC Barcelona they don't want any installments in any deal for Robert Lewandowski and that they want all the money upfront in cash because Bayern believes that FC Barcelona won't exist in "one or two years time". Very interesting thoughts from the Bayern Management. Do they know something about the club that we dont? O.o
I am not really sure that the Bayern officials really think that Barcelona won't exist anymore in a few years because i doubt that they would say such a thing about a respected competitor. That being said, it is no secre that Barcelona has debts of more than 1,3 Billion € which is an absolutely huge number. There was a club meeting a few weeks back where all the club members voted about important decisions and they decided that Barca sells his Merchandise Brand, part of it's TV rights and other stuff in order to generate around 600 Million € of income. For me it is still hard to understand they that they want to take a big part of that 600 M€ to invest into new players, that is absolutely irresponsible in my opinion. They should not even be allowed to do that in my opinion. They should bring their debts down to a normal level first (below 500 M€ or something) before they start paying a lot for new players again, but that is not the spanish way i guess. Barcelona should not go for such a big investment in any player because it is going to be very problematic for them. I also think that they should not be able to spend their money like that. First of all, they should bring down the amount of debt that they have. I think it was a bold statement by Bayern Munich to say that Barcelona is not going to exist in two or three years. It is very possible that they get in huge trouble for not being able to pay the debt that they have. But probably that will cause them to get relegated. Probably Barcelona is not going to be thrown out of existence but if Barcelona is serious about managing their money I think they should wait to make big moves in the transfer market for at least two years. |
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Now White ball cricket will take over all the attention as WC are coming up. First T-20 and then ODI. BCCI has announced ODI squad for series (22 NOV) against Windies . Some rotation and experiment is going on every format, be it captaincy, vice captaincy etc. I guess many of em might play their 1st ODI game in this series.  I don’t mind a team like India trying some things out against a team like West Indies. India is multiple levels above of West Indies in any format of cricket. So, it is not going to be a big problem for India to win against West Indies even if they don’t play with their main squad. It is obvious that they are going to try some things out before the World Cup. And the series against West Indies seems to be a good place to try things out for India right now. Cricket is going to get a boost in popularity because of these tournaments in my opinion. Especially if the WIPL takes place it is going to be a revolutionary step in cricket. |
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]This is another hot rumor because there are two big clubs ready to make fantastic offers there.
De Ligt is valued at 80m at the moment and there have been some good offers too from Chelsea who did offer 40m + Timo Werner although that was turned down and now they are adding Pulisic there. As for Bayern at the moment they are only willing to pay around 60 million there but there are some rumors that De Ligt wants to play at the Allianz Arena as a Bayern player next season.
Bayern Munich needs a boss in his defence. And they have probably found Matthijs de Ligt. He fits at Süle position perfectly and has leadership qualities to boot. But the problem is the high transfer fee. 120 million euros are being discussed. That will certainly be too much for Bayern Munich. Matthijs de Ligt is a talented enough player. And he is a good defender for a big and renowned team like Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich's defense needed to be strengthened. If de Ligt can adapt well to the Munich team, Bayern Munich's defense will be stronger next season. The important thing is that de Ligt's fitness is excellent. At the same time, this young player will be able to stay with Bayern Munich for a long time |
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