Honestly IMO Rashford is having a really tough time right now. He is a very good player but yeah he is struggling a lot. They need a new forward. Cavani is gonna work for short term but he is aging and he is gonna leave in 1-2 year but they need to find a long term solution. Their forward Martial has also struggled this season, Greenwood however have been doing good but things wouldn't be going on for long. Your attack needs to be productive and right now from point I see an old experienced and someone from midfield is scoring. What about the attack unit who are responsible to score?

PL is the best quality league. I don't think there are teams as surprising as there are in EPL. Leeds, West Ham, Sheff Utd. (last season), Leicester and so on and on.. Every teams has capability of surprising big teams unlike in LaLiga , or any other leagues. I think in every round we have atleast 1 or two surprises atleast in PL.

Btw anyone watched Championship Play-off final? We have Brentford as a winner and they are the last one from Championship to get promoted into PL. I am looking forward to their match and how their star Ivan Toney starts.

Archaf Hakimi who had a great season with Inter Milan is having interest from PSG. And it seems like the deal between Inter and PSG is close. So another player with good pace added to squad huh?. Smart target from PSG.

(Source: https://twitter.com/Football_TaIk/status/1398596158960795648)


Well Allegri wants Pogba to return to club and help Juventus out and I think he will do quite good there. But the thing is will Ole allow him to go. Pogba has become quite a part of the team now again. There isn't any kind of tension between him and the manager. So unless there is any kind of Pogba running out of manager's favour I don't think Pogba would return.

I am so much hoping to see Furia play Liquid on Vertigo. Small map but it is really lovely to see how crazy art goes agressively there. Always enjoyed Furia playing on Vertigo. As for G2 vs NIP, feels like NIP win and close one to me but will be packed with crazy plays for sure.

Good point, that's two good centre back gone for Leipzig. Guess lot of stars are leaving the club. Good thing for them that they will have good amount for both and can try getting some young defenders and develop them. There is some interest on Ozan Kabak. Still it's a good dent to centre back depth in Leipzig squad.


I think he will do quickly. He already has got the experience and it's not like he is a young player who needs time to adjust. He will adapt to Madrid play style quickly.

It's all confirmed now. Allegri has put down his sign on contract keeping him at Juventus until 2025 as manager. I still am having hard time believing he chose Juventus over Madrid. Well he's Italian and he had good time managing Juventus earlier so guess that's it.


I don't think they would replace De Gea. Henderson is a good goalkeeper and I can see him replacing De Gea but guess when it comes to goalkeeper De Gea is considered legend inside. I also think there is no need for them to proceed with Oblak when there is a goalkeeper like Donnarumma free on sale. Of course he is gonna demand a bit high fee but I think United won't have problem accepting his demands.

It was a bit shocking one. Real Madrid manager wanted to continue on with him if he was up for managing it. Zidane also wanted to continue then not sure what broke them apart.

Reports are that Allegri is also not up for managing Madrid. They also had talks with Raul earlier so he could be one. But there is nothing for sure as there is lot going on right now and anyone could become as a potential target as manager.

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Simone Inzaghi (Lazio) has replaced Antoni Conte at Inter as manager : https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1397964561811226628

Lazio didn't had that good season. I wonder what made them settle with him.

Both teams played great without a doubt.

Yeah, United had a great season. They even started CL group stage quite well but went out of luck in later stages. Still they have matured a lot in last 1 year. They finished 2nd in PL despite starting quite badly. They will again start in CL group stage and hopefully they will find good progress this time. Talking about Ole, I think he is a good manager. There have been lot of instances when sack blade was around his neck but he did great. Now there have been rumours about Man United taking a interest on hiring Conte as manager but I think Ole could get the job done. He is not a bad manager, he just needs time.

If you ask me, the whole game Manchester United were having trouble finding an opening. The goal Cavani scored was lucky enough to fall quite easily for Cavani rebound off the player. I think it was well deserved for Villarreal. Just think of the pressure they would have been facing De Gea. I was thinking of somebody missing within 5 penalty shots but they all scored. United did well but really sorry for them not getting the proper results.

Wow lot of shockers today  . Rumours were that Allegri is next very likely to become the next Madrid manager from quite high reliable sources. Now there are some rumours that he rejected as well- not strong though. I think Allegri is the likely one.

He already seemed unsettled to me. I am sure there are lot of clubs taking a keen eye on him. Since he will run out of contract, I could see Barca and Juve reaching him out. But it will be interesting to see if he would be demanding huge salary or not.

Also another Serie A shocker, Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan. Didn't saw that coming... 

Do Barcelona need him now? Aguero deal is almost complete and plus they are also trying for Delay who also wants to leave Lyon and join Barca. I think they got their targets and they will avoid targets with big price tags this transfer window. Kane to Madrid could be possible but haven't heard any rumours related as well.

Past stats doesn't matter much but I would say they are one side who have been hit with injuries in defense area as well. Evans, Fofana, Justin these are key players in defense. Today Fofana got inured and they had to change the whole plans. I think they played well , just went out of luck in the end. That's what happens when you don't have much depth in some positions.

I watched that game and Leicester really did played well until the second goal which totally break it all down. Guess it was all or nothing after that since CL spot was on the line. Also Spurs planned out well to bring out pacy players like Bale and Moura and take a good charge on counter at the last moment and it did paid out well.

Yeah feel sorry for Leicester but they have developed a lot in these years and to me it feels like another big club inthe making.

There you have it.. second goal for Villa and that puts Leicester into Champions League spot again. Damn, last round of football league is so fun to watch. Leicester right now are fantastic. They are going on full defensive style and only working on counters. Good managing from Rodgers there. Plus Leicester fans puts the Leicester vs Spurs to another level. I will be very glad if Leicester finishes top 4.

Yeah feels like chances of Leicester playing CL is slim now. Also  it seems they would also be able to qualify if Chelsea loses today's game and Leicester wins their game. Honestly the competition is very tight and anything could happen. PL teams have different quality than any other leagues and there could be a surprise. It will be interesting to see how managers plan out today's game.

@Coyster . TBH I want Leicester to qualify as well as they have played really excellent this season. They already got their hands on FA Cup and it would be remarkable season if they get a CL spot too.

Actually both won their respective matches but since Atletico were already in comfortable seat with two points gap, they have claimed the 1st position and are the LaLiga winners. Too close for Real Madrid but no doubt that Atletico were the better team this season.

I am waiting for Zidane and his leave rumours. As of now Real Madrid will keep him as manager if he wants to but let's see how discussion goes.

Fair point (+1)


Damn now I wonder why that^^ didn't boggled into my mind. That would be really funny. I think Pep has the mind and it's only the final last match. Given the experience and squad I am inclined towards City as favourites but yeah couldn't rule Tuch out as well and the way Chelsea squad have played after Lampard left. Tough contest...


I don't think they would value Kepa and Abraham that much to match for Harry Kane. Both players are not in first team picture due to performance. I think we have discussed it here earlier but Chelsea have been desperately trying to offload Kepa and recover the price they paid for him. His value has dropped and so is Abraham's. But yeah cash could be a good factor to trigger them and they need to include a good amount and I don't think they will include much.

As compared to Atletico's opponents, Real Madrid have tough opponents before them. Valladolid has some good players actually and can give quite a competition. So yeah looks like Atletico are the ones favourites but you never know- it's Real and they can turn things too. Question is if they are lucky enough to make a comeback and on other hand Atletico loses their match.

Haven't seen him play for sometime now but guess there are lot of players favoured before him in the team. Given his age wouldn't surprise me if he makes his move to Gremio permanent later on or maybe move to some other Brazilian team or MLS team like Higuain did. He wi find good playing minutes and spotlight there.