I think Liverpool are getting the players they deserve for Mane's departure, although Nunez will have to adapt first. But for a young player like him who has more motivation it looks like it will go well. When he plays well and as expected, I think Liverpool will easily move on from a Mane who we know he has contributed a lot to this club.
To pay 75 Million € (it can go up to 100 Million € if all bonus targets are met) for such a young player that has not really shown if he can really deliver his performances in the best European Leagues is obviously a very big risk. I expect that Liverpool will not be as strong as they were at the end of last season when the new season starts. They have lost Mane, which is an absolute world class player that was used to play in the english premier league and he was a very important part of the team for a few years already. Even if Nunez is adapting very fast and is able to deliver everything that people are expecting from him, i don't think that he can fully replace Mane in the first matches. It will take some weeks to do that. It is a risk taken by Liverpool and I think it is a calculated risk. Now we just have to wait and see if this pays off or is it just going to be another case of an overrated player being bought by a top club for an excessive amount of money. I think this is going to pay off very well for Liverpool if he can start early and start scoring. But I also think that it is going to take a little bit of time for him to get settled in the team. After all, I just hope that he does not feel too much pressure because of all the expectations on him, I hope he plays his natural football. It is better for a player if he performs freely. If this player can start early, he will have a big impact on Liverpool winning the league title. |
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Benzema's wonderful season started to make me think like whether he will be the winner of Ballon d'Or also. I don't think that I'm exaggerating this too because Benzema was definitely one of the most impressive players in the world. In addition to his successes with Real Madrid in one season, his performance about scoring goals and making assists both was incredible. I don't think that either Messi or Ronaldo will manage to win it this time. I would put Benzema to the top and Lewandowski to the second place for Ballon d'Or considering last season.
Based on what Benzema displayed in some matches showed that he is among the best strikers in the whole world. Benzema really helped Real Madrid to performed well, because he used all his strategies to achieved many goals from many competition which Messi and Ronaldo couldn't achieve for their teams. I think, it will be difficult for Messi and Ronaldo to win it this time because Benzema is fully ready to use the same strategies to win it again to alert the world that he remain the world best striker. Benzema had one of the best seasons of his life in the last season in La Liga. his performance was really great and it is going to be a big understatement to say that he helped Real Madrid win a lot of matches. He also helped Real Madrid get out of some very sticky situations. he also got some late winners in the Champions League for Real Madrid to move forward in the competition. I believe this time neither Messi nor Ronaldo is going to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or. If there was anyone deserving of it this time it is going to be Benzema. |
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The run out by Steven Smith was entirely unnecessary. What is the point in getting run out in the test format? Apart from that, the other two wickets fell to spinner Ramesh Mendis. The strategy from Sri Lanka is very clear. They are using spinners to unsettle the Australian batsmen. The pitch is supportive towards spin bowling, and the Lankan bowlers are making the maximum use out of it. The Australian batsmen need to devise a strategy on how to counter this. Two experienced batsmen are now at the crease, and hopefully they can build a good partnership for Australia.
We don't expect such unprofessional gameplay from an experienced batsman like Steven Smith. He should have batted more responsibly and survived at the crease. He was able to collect only 6 runs. However, if Australia wants to win this match, they definitely need a big partnership. But if Usman Khawaja and Travis Head can't build a big partnership, it will be difficult for Australia to score 200 runs. |
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Robert Lewandowski won't be available in the team for long, he's keen to exit the team anytime soon. The thing is that Bayern Munich are not ready to let go of Lewandowski as they're trying to open bid with inother to peruady him to extend his contract with the team. It's an impossible run for the Bundesliga giant as Robert mind is already made up and he's ready to face new challenges elsewhere. Barcelona are the only team leading the race to to bring him over but with their financial crisis going on, I still doubt if he will definitely come to the team.
Robert Lewandowski is not interested in staying at Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich, on the other hand, are not keen on leaving Lewandowski at the moment. They are trying their best to keep Lewandowski in the team. But now Robert Lewandowski wants to take on a new challenge. I think it's the right time to leave Robert Lewandowski's team. Because if he decides to leave Bayern Munich a few more seasons later, maybe the big teams will not be interested in Robert Lewandowski. Barcelona wants to sign Robert Lewandowski now, I think if Lewandowski goes to Barcelona now it will be good for his career. |
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Personally I don't think that Bangladesh will face the same fate as that of Kenya or Canada. Corruption is there, but there is a lot of talent in Bangladesh. But competing against the big-4 requires consistency in addition to talent. At this point, I can't find anyone in the Bangladeshi squad who is consistent. Litton Das is the one who comes close to being consistent. Shakib al Hasan was consistent until a few years ago, but he seems to have lost his mojo. Among the bowlers, Mustafizur Rahman is comparatively better, but again not quite there.
Tamim, Mushfiqur, Shakib and Mahmudullah, these four senior and important players of Bangladesh will retire in the next few years. Bangladesh may have a lot of talented players, but not experienced players. When these four senior players retire, Bangladesh will not be able to find 11 experienced players for their squad. However, after the next World Cup, Bangladesh will face big problems. It is true that the Bangladesh team has talented players but the lack of experienced players so they can not bring success even if they go far. No one can never control their emotions. If some player get retirement in the team like Shakib, Mushfiqur, Tamim, Mahmudullah , it will be very difficult to say where the team will reached. As they are most seniors maybe they won't be able to play for long time. So definitely at that moment Bangladesh team will be fallen in under pressure. Bangladesh management should have been responsible for the young talented players even earlier. And taking the right steps to make them experienced. But I don't think Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo is paying too much attention to young players. Several young players have been playing with the Bangladesh squad for a long time. But they are not being able to perform as well as expected. Russell Domingo is responsible for this failure. |
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I disagree with you here. The argument from the critics was that Ireland never wins against the big-4 teams. And Ireland lost the series 0-2 against India. So I don't understand what is there for Ireland to celebrate. They get such opportunities very rarely and need to make maximum use out of them. In the end, everyone will look at the points table and the outcome. It won't be of much help, even if they give a good fight and then lose the match. And let's not forget the fact that this was a home series for them.
Ireland is in the 11th position in the ranking. And doing well against big teams is a big achievement for them. It was not easy for Ireland to collect more than 220 against a team like India. If Ireland's batsmen can continue such a performance, they will become stronger. And if the Irish players are able to maintain this continuity, then the Irish team will rise even higher in the rankings. |
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That’s why I don’t think I have ever seen Liverpool financially struggling in recent times. They are not a team that makes really big transfers at all. But this time they did spend some money. They really want to do well in the champions league and also want to win the English Premier League title. But they also let a few players go. So, I think the financial situation of Liverpool is quite balanced right now.
Worst mistake of Liverpool was letting Mane go, Mo Salah won't be motivated as he usually does with Mane was around. Secretly this guys were having a competition as how they played determine who will be crowded the best player from African. Bit now there will be no competition as they're both playing in a different league, Mo Salah now automatically has the upon hand... In regards to Liverpool big signing, they needed to do that in respond to Manchester city purchase of Haaland. Imagine a team wining the league without a proper striker but now has one. Liverpool didn't have a proper striker as well so they needed one as I feel the league will be determined by who's strikers is more hungry. I think Liverpool didn’t have to let Mane go. But the player also did not want to stay in Liverpool anymore and Liverpool respected his decision. I also think Mohamed Salah is not going to be playing in the peak form as he was in the past. But it will be interesting to see how the new striker does. It is true that they earn a good enough revenue to make their business operationally profitable, or at least there about let's say, but the fact that they sold Mane for probably half of what he really worths isn't justified just because they have been decent in the recent years.
Just because you are in profit, doesn't mean you shouldn't be in even more profit. They are talking about selling Salah as well know, because let's face it they would have to rejuvenate the team eventually, and keep hoping that Mane and Salah would do wonders is not a thing they could do any longer, hence they are going another direction and Salah going could end up with them shedding a new skin.
It is absolutely true and something that made me furious is that they let Sadio Mané go for a very little price. They could have asked almost double the money for him and still, he would have been a very demandable player. I don’t know if they are going to sell Mohamed Salah as well but I don’t think it is going to be a very good decision right now. |
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I think Gabriel Jesus is going to perform really well in Arsenal. Part of the reason being Arsenal could not do very well in the last season and they will be really keen to do better. They will at least aim for the champions league spot in the next season. And the way they are handling things I think they will be able to achieve that.
Gabriel can score goals, make key assists and create space for his team. He can do multiple tasks well enough but not excellent. With Arsenal, they can not ask for world class players now. They must to improve and come back to top 4 and after a few seasons there, they can think of something bigger. It is true that Arsenal is not in a position to ask for world-class players to be on the team. Arsenal has a lot to improve upon right now and any world-class player is not going to be interested in Arsenal. They will be interested in the teams that are going to play Champions League competition right now. They had started the last season very badly otherwise I think they could have actually ended up being the team to play the champions league instead of Tottenham. Arsenal are very active on the transfer market and they are trying to make the best combination going into that next season. I think if they are able to start the season better compared to the last season they will be able to finish at least in the top four easily.
Arsenal did have a good season even they lost the fourth position to Tottenham. It is a very bad ending for Arsenal as they hold the fourth position for very long time but did not manage to keep it until the end. The last season is good for Arsenal because they shown their strength and it is a first season after many recent years, they did play well enough to compete for a position in top 4. It is just a beginning of Arsenal to come back. They made it for a beginning but still have many things to improve and achieve top 4. A new season will be important to verify that they actually are coming back or the past season is just a suddenly shining one from them. I think Gabriel Jesus is going to give the attacking of Arsenal stability and Arsenal will be able to depend on their attacking to be able to score quite often. I know that only Gabriel Jesus is not going to be able to do everything on his own. But he should be able to make a difference. |
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I know that having Robert Lewandowski on the team is going to help Barcelona a lot to perform better. But is it worth spending more than 40 million on a player who is already 34 years old? I really don’t think so. I think the price is still too high for Barcelona or even for anyone interested in him, the main consideration is that he is 34 years old. Even though Lewandowski is a great player, I don't think Bayern Munich should sell him that much just to make a big profit. I just hope Barcelona cancle their interest in Lewandowski and wait until the end of next season because Lewandowsi will be available for free later. If Barcelona continue to pursue Lewandowski in this summer's market then I'm sure Bayern Munich will not reduce the value of his transfer. Lewandowski is not comparable to Ronaldo and Messi, so his selling price shouldn't be that high at 34 years old. The problem is Bayern Munich is not going to reduce the price of Robert Lewandowski. They are trying to get as much money as they can for Robert Lewandowski and they know very well that Barcelona is very serious about this transfer. So, even though we all know that Barcelona doesn't have too much money in the bank they are still going to want to pay as much as Bayern Munich wants for Robert Lewandowski. It's not worth paying 40 million for a player who is already 34 if the player is not Lewandowski. Why? because behind Lewandowski's 40 million price, there are other goals that can give Barcelona profits, in my opinion, such as selling jerseys and other merchandise.
It is impossible for Luis Suarez to return to Barcelona because the basis of Suarez's sale to Atletico Madrid is because he is no longer young and Barcelona needs younger players because of Barca's busy schedule. I think you still remember the reason why Barcelona officials let Luis Suarez off a few years ago.
If Barcelona needs young players why are they spending 50 million on Robert Lewandowski? At this moment anything is possible in my opinion. I just don't want to see Barcelona spend 50 million for Robert Lewandowski. Even for 40 million, this deal seems to be a bad one for Barcelona in my opinion. |
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I know that having Robert Lewandowski on the team is going to help Barcelona a lot to perform better. But is it worth spending more than 40 million on a player who is already 34 years old? I really don’t think so.
I have no doubt that Robert Lewandowski is a great player and if Barcelona did not have such financial problems I would have easily said that Robert Lewandowski is worth every penny. But right now is this transfer going to be worth it for Barcelona?
I would actually love to see Barcelona get better defenders and probably get Luis Suarez instead of Robert Lewandowski. Because that is going to be a cheap transfer.
Worth it because so far Robert Lewandowski has become one of the best players in the Bundesliga. Speaking of numbers, at least it's estimated that Barcelona will get what they paid for. Barcelona did that, offering to bring Luis Suarez back to Camp Nou from Atletico Madrid but the result was rejected by Luis Suarez. And that's a natural thing in my opinion as a form of disappointment over Suarez's loan agreement to Atletico Madrid some time ago. Barcelona desperately need a striker to complete it next season, and no other name than Lewandowski is being targeted. Actually, Barcelona made all the problems and now they are suffering very bad. Luis Suarez was a very good player while playing for Barcelona. I remember it was a very sad departure for Luis Suarez for both the player and also the fans. I think people can say that he was really disappointed. So, the reason why Luis Suarez might not want to go to Barcelona right now is probably that he and Barcelona go way back. If Barcelona actually pays 50 million for Robert Lewandowski I am going to say it is not going to be worth it. |
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The tight competition to become Liverpool's first line of choice seems to be a reasonable reason why Liverpool should release their players to Monaco. But I think Liverpool are also trying to make the team's finances more balanced after Nunez was bought for a high price. The sale of Mane and Minamino will make financial conditions more stable but perhaps Liverpool will still be eyeing other players in the market.
I don't know much about the player, so I don't know how he actually performed at Liverpool. Regardless, Minamino is probably expected to be a fine signing for Monaco. There isn't much speculation and rumors about it, but it's done deal.
Nunez purchase of a record-breaking price certainly made Liverpool finances a bit drained and the sale of Mane and Minamino could at least re-balance their balance sheets, from the statistics on Transfermarkt, Minamino is actually a good player and he has scored 10 goals in 22 games this season, but indeed the competition in liverpool is quite tight because the front line of liverpool contains many great players and it is difficult for him to penetrate the main squad, I think monaco is a good choice for him and seeing the monaco front line now of course he will get more guarantees to play much if later the performance can be consistent. Without many rumors circulating now indeed Minamino has officially become the property of monaco and he is contracted for 4 seasons. Liverpool is the team that always makes good decisions regarding the finance of the club. That’s why I don’t think I have ever seen Liverpool financially struggling in recent times. They are not a team that makes really big transfers at all. But this time they did spend some money. They really want to do well in the champions league and also want to win the English Premier League title. But they also let a few players go. So, I think the financial situation of Liverpool is quite balanced right now. Minamino is going to be a player of Monaco for sure. 10 goals in 22 games is a decent record for a player in the English Premier League. And I think he will do better in Monaco. |
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Jesus is having his medical in London today ahead of his ~50 mil euro deal to Arsenal. I think it is a smart move, he showed he is a top player when he was given a chance in the 2nd half of the season.
He should gel well into fast and direct Arsenal offensive line and he will bring some experience and a winning mentality to a fairly inexperienced team.
When Arsenal took an interest in Jesus, it was his ability that was needed, namely his ability to penetrate into the opponent's defense. Besides being expected to be a differentiator, he is also definitely expected to be able to open up gaps for other players to get opportunities. He has to be quick to adapt to the game Arsenal want, because he doesn't have a lot of competition here. He is a versatile player. I think it’s something that interests Arteta. Jesus played an important role last season following Manchester city’s fruitless pursuit of Harry Kane but his chances will be limited following the arrival of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. And since he has the 2022 World Cup in sight, he has to play regular football. He is a ball playing striker and I love that about him. He has a lot of flair and can create chances for his teammates to score. Adapting to Arsenal's style of play won’t be a problem. He has been playing in a similar system in Manchester city so it’s not an issue. I think Gabriel Jesus is going to perform really well in Arsenal. Part of the reason being Arsenal could not do very well in the last season and they will be really keen to do better. They will at least aim for the champions league spot in the next season. And the way they are handling things I think they will be able to achieve that. They had started the last season very badly otherwise I think they could have actually ended up being the team to play the champions league instead of Tottenham. Arsenal are very active on the transfer market and they are trying to make the best combination going into that next season. I think if they are able to start the season better compared to the last season they will be able to finish at least in the top four easily. |
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It shouldn't take long especially with Lewandowski. Btw but before going to the adaptation issue they now need to increase the price in their proposal to attract attention from Bayern's side because indeed the transfer issue is still uncertain right now why bother about adaptation issues not necessarily he will be in Barcelona too if they don't raise the price for the clause Lewandowski.
About him having to get used to his new style of play at Barcelona I'm a bit dubious. It will take a maximum of two games, especially in the first game he can show his level. More likely, if he gets signed he will understand the style of play already in pre-season training, has time to get acquainted with the team and so on. Xavi's style of play is not much different from what Robert Lewandowski learned when Pep Guardiola was at the helm of Bayern Munich, I think it didn't take him long to adapt to the style that Xavi adopted. Although Lewandowski's transfer process is quite complicated, it seems that Barcelona are very serious about signing him. Barcelona are trying to carry out final negotiations with Bayern Munich for Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona will try to raise the final offer of around €40 million. I know that having Robert Lewandowski on the team is going to help Barcelona a lot to perform better. But is it worth spending more than 40 million on a player who is already 34 years old? I really don’t think so. I have no doubt that Robert Lewandowski is a great player and if Barcelona did not have such financial problems I would have easily said that Robert Lewandowski is worth every penny. But right now is this transfer going to be worth it for Barcelona? I would actually love to see Barcelona get better defenders and probably get Luis Suarez instead of Robert Lewandowski. Because that is going to be a cheap transfer. |
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India VS Ireland
India will play the second and final T20 match against Ireland today. Although Ireland lost the first match, their performance was good. Ireland gave a target of 109 runs in 12 overs. It was not easy to score 109 runs against India's experienced bowlers. Herry Tector scored 64 off 33 balls. Ireland's team is slowly strengthening themself. Even today, the Irish players may not allow India to win easily.
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https://twitter.com/Ekremkonur/status/1541042711511310336?s=20&t=JymZ4nS6RQMGy9NDLmHfSQThe source is showing that Monaco and Milan are in a serious race to sign Torino striker Andrea Belotti. He has played for Torino for seven seasons so far and it is finally time he left the team. His contract is ending in a few days so it is going to be a free transfer for the team to sign him. I think that Belotti would be more eager to stay in Italy after playing here for long years. He is 28 years old now and maybe he isn't looking for a new experience in a different league now. If this is the case then Milan would have a big advantage to sign him. Belloti is an experienced attacker who knows how to put the goals at the back of the net.He has been in Italy for years,and it would have been good for him to try a fresh thing elsewhere,get new experience about how another league will look like.He should try a place like the English premier league,I guess he will be able to match up the level of play at England. I wish to watch him play in England in the coming season. I really don’t know if he should try going into the English Premier League because a recent record of players who had been playing in the Italian league and after that went into the English premier league has not been good. Nothing we can say that he should probably try in the Spanish league or maybe in other leagues. English Premier League might not be the right decision. Obviously, he can be an exception. But is it worth taking the risk? If Monaco and Milan are both looking for this player I think Millan can be a very viable option for him. |
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Meanwhile Chelsea and Manchester United seem to have not signed a single player. Only rumors came to them. Of course Chelsea and Manchester United fans around the world are waiting for a new signing into their team.
With so many Manchester United and Chelsea transfer rumors, it looks like we will see some transfers coming into their team soon. They released and loaned players, for example Manchester United who did not renew Matic's contract, Chelsea who did not renew Rudiger's contract and loaned Lucas Bergstrom to Peterborough. There's no way they just sell and loan players without looking for replacements. The concerns of the supporters of both teams must be there considering that none of the players have arrived yet. There are six players leaving Manchester United with different statuses and they will also agree on one more player to Fulham, namely Andreas Pereira. Chelsea have released Rudiger to Real Madrid. Lukaku to Inter Milan. Hakim Ziyech is reported to have been to AC Milan, Werner and Cristensen are also on the list of targets for other clubs. At Chelsea I hope they can get players who fit the needs of the team in facing the Premier League competition. I really want to see both the teams doing well in the English premier league and also in the European competition. Honestly a little sad to see that Manchester United is not going to play in the champions league, but Chelsea is. I think for that reason Chelsea should get better players compared to Manchester United. And to be honest Chelsea actually needs better players to have a good result at the end of the season even in the English Premier League. Chelsea will not be able to do better in the champions league as well this season also. For Manchester United, I think they will be able to get themselves promoted to play in the champions league next season. But honestly not expecting too much from either of these teams. |
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I also don't see any future for Suarez at Barcelona. If he continued to play for Barcelona maybe the scenario would be different now and he would be an important player for the team. His performance with Atletico Madrid last season was very poor. But Barcelona sold him earlier than I expected. Now I think that we can see Suarez in the Premier League maybe. He has already been rumoured with Aston Villa recently and maybe this deal will happen soon too. Aston Villa have been doing a great job with their transfers for some time too.
Suarez is now about 36 years old. I don't think Barcelona will take on older players at the moment. Moreover, Suarez's performance in the last season was not good. Suarez is old enough now. Will he be able to play better now if he joins any team in the Premier League? I think he will get more injuries if he plays in the Premier League. |
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What Paris Saint German needs at the the present moment is a good, well experience coach who will make the Parisians lifts the Champions League trophy. It's a shame that PSG have all it takes to lift the trophy but each season, they are normally eliminated either by Real Madrid, or any inferior team. PSG were onced managed by Thomas Tuchel's who took them to the UEFEA league final and lose to Bayern Munich, the same Coach went to Chelsea were they weren't enough star players for him to use, rather he made good utilization of the available players and lifted the UEFEA league the next season. So PSG should not be fast in sacking their managers simply because they failed to win UEFEA, it's not easy to just lift the trophy were there are strong tough teams.
Looking at the performance of PSG in the last two seasons, it is easy to understand that it is not possible to perform well even if there are a lot of star players in the team. If they want to perform well, the understanding between the players must be good. At the same time their match strategy has to be good. Almost every team in the Champions League is strong enough. And the match strategy has to be fixed by identifying the weak points of the opponent. And so it is impossible to win the Champions League without an experienced coach. PSG now needs a coach like Zidane. But Zidane is probably not interested in becoming PSG's coach. |
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I think England will continue their winning streak in the last match as well as the first two. I would say England are very lucky. After losing 4 wickets for just 21 runs and 6 wickets for 55 runs, England managed to collect 360 runs. Jonny Bairstow scored 162 runs. Bairstow can assist the team when team needs him. England won the second match because of his remarkable 136-run innings.
New Zealand lost the wicket of Will Young by just 28 runs. At this moment they have been able to take the lead of 8 runs. They need a big partnership. If the target is less than 400, the chances of winning are very low.
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~snip
Usually the time of the season when there are more games in clubs is between December and January. This means that national team players will go to their clubs after the World Cup and may be more tired than usual. We can't forget that the world championship has a lot of games in a few days, which can become complicated even in the middle of the season.
yeah, but only the best ones all the other will have a time to rest in the middle of the season, Calcio would not be that affected IMO, since Italy is watching World Cup from home nevertheless, that could bring up some smaller teams, that do not have international stars into top rows, and make season more interesting in the end, since Top teams will have tired players, and need time to play-up after the World cup There are going to be a few problematic situations. We all know that a lot of players really favor playing club football instead of international football. So, it is going to be a little tough to make younger players play in the world cup and also make the players happy. They are obviously good players but the problem is everyone has a different mindset and someone can think differently compared to others and he cannot be punished for that. But in the end club football is never going to be able to bring the glory that comes with winning the world cup |
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