If BIG are anywhere near what the performed in the Roobet Cup, I'll definitely put them in the conversation for potential winners too, and If the odds are worth it, I might as well put a little on that. NaVi for me would be the biggest favorites with s1mple seemingly having a good time.

The only down part of the tournament imo might be how teams would adjust to the event being an offline one and without live audience, I really don't know the details but from the commentary after the Roobet cup finals, the hosts were talking about the technical differences between the online and offline CS:GO and it effects on the players.

It definitely wouldn't go down well with Man Utd fan, he's only joined last season and gave them quite a bit of hope that if they can provide a great squad with him, he'd duly deliver and he's frustration with Man Utd performance were very evident during games close to the end of the season with Man Utd failing to book the Uefa Champions League spot.

Ronaldo love to compete at very highest of level, and participating in the UCL would be a stain on his ego, we can all agree, however, I think he might still stay on for another year, except of course if he chooses to go to Bayern Munich should Lewandowski leave for Barcelona.

Man United have finally got their first signing with Tyrell Malacia, and it's indeed a deal that was hijacked from Lyon earlier this week, I've actually never heard of the guy until the Man United is said to have joined the race, and the player himself just having an official Twitter account as of just two days ago shows he's been literally off radars and just coming into the limelight.

Lyon are now looking elsewhere for another wing back in Tagliafico who's said to be on the verge of leaving Ajax.
Source: https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1543237018989346817

A dumb deal imo, but they probably reading way too much into how young a squad they currently have, I mean 20 years old Anthony Edwards is 20, Jaden McDaniels, 21, D’Angelo and KAT are both 26, they feel they could afford to let their next few years of draft go for Rudy, but I'm just keen to see how they tend to go about having both bigs on the floor work.

I was quite surprised to have made the winners list too, the tournament was highly unpredictable but it was highly fun to watch all through.

Thanks to Hhampuz and Roobet for these comps!

I doubt Man City will be dominating too, but that will be up to how competitive the others too, it would have been a runaway since ending of march or thereabout if Liverpool weren't in the picture, it might be a case similar come the new season if Chelsea aren't able to keep up with the pace too, I've already ruled out Man United, Tottenham and Arsenal.

If you can do it once, then you really can do it twice... BIG defeated FaZe not just once, but twice in the competition. The first group decider match between both sides that BIG won should have been enough indication that it could happen all over again, and it sure did.

Let's see what Cologne would have in store for us in coming weeks.




Taking NaVi now to win after losing the first map seems more valuable than the -1.5 Handicap pre-game, but just like ArrDee said; Who Woulda Thought ?

I think Barcelona and the player would eventually find a common ground, things seemed to have settled way better than it was between both parties some month back and since there aren't too many club willing to take the risk with him, he might need to prove himself a bit more at Barcelona, and given that he's still just 25, provided he can stay fit for the long term, he's still got a whole career ahead of him.

Faze have just forced overtime after BIG having four chances to close it out, I really don't think BIG still don't stand a chance, they've put up a bigger fight than anyone could have expected or given them credit for, the momentum have swung in FaZe's favour going into OT, but it's all doable for BIG and it wouldn't be much of an upset if they do imo.

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I'm not even sure that Raphinha is done deal already although Leeds have reject the bid for Barcelona since it was pretty much lower that 60M from Chelsea, their easiest deal would have been with Richarlison and there's been no news as to why it didn't happen any longer, I don't think it's Tottenham paid better or serves the players best interest from all possible angles.

Neymar isn't going to happen, at the very least most definitely not this season, you've already since first hand how aggressive PSG can be when it comes to keep their players, it happened when Barcelona came calling for Verratti years ago and most recently Real Madrid coming for Mbappe, Neymar doesn't have a release clause with PSG and he's still under a contract, there's definitely no way Chelsea can force PSG hand on this.

I wasn't entirely surprised with BIG winning, the sweep is what I was surprised about, I expected a much close game with both teams getting a map, but BIG were the better sides and deserve  the win, speaking of BIG we've got the tournament final upon us today, can BIG really go all the way and provide another stunner against the almighty FaZe ?

The odds remains in favour of FaZe and BIG are valued @ 1.55 to win at least a map, is that worth a shot ? Imo, I say yes given how BIG have fared so far in this competition, I really don't think they're just going to crumble totally today, so FaZe should get a run for their money.

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I was expecting Richarlison to end at a bigger club, perhaps Chelsea, but I'd assume Chelsea pulled out of the deal, since advances were being made already and Richarlison might have had a better chance at Chelsea with Lukaku out for least the entirety of the season. It might have been a step forward for the Brazilian but he definitely would face a more stiff competition than he did at Everton and would need to prove himself.

Tottenham are really having a go in the transfer window, talks are also said to be in place for Lenglet of Barcelona especially the possibility of a loan, but I fully suspect that might have something to do with Barcelona deal with Man Utd concerning De Jong and the potential player (Maguire) that could be addon to the deal, that'd be such a real bummer!

I would rather have Frenkie De Jong retained than going all out for Lewandowski to be honest, Barcelona didn't just pay as much as they just last season for Ferran Torres just have him probably become the second option upfront, Maybe not as effective as Lewandowski would be but Barcelona have multiple players that can fill up the centre forward position, while not too many options that are as dynamic as De Jong that can play in several position in the midfield, and is still pretty much a very young player, regardless of what they get in profit as difference from what they paid for him initially it's still going to be a loss for Barcelona imho.

Pogba going back to Juventus for almost free is definitely Man Utd's fault and a bit of coincidence to the change of the coach, I'm sure Ten Haag would have been consulted by the club before deciding not to renew Pogba's contract, and why it's much more Man Utd's fault or the nature of the relationship between both parties, If Pogba was considered a vital part of their team, they definitely wouldn't have waited for his contract to fully expire before discussing a renewal, it should have been done last summer or at most during the winter earlier this year, but it seems both parties were comfortable with parting ways after the end of the season.

And it's happened! another sweep from the underdogs, I thought slotting in k1to might disrupt their chemistry but I was wrong, the first map was a complete annihilation, and Cloud9 had no answers whatsoever to BIG aggression, the final score of the map doesn't even do justice to how the game started to be fair.

Given how the tournament have mostly turned out, I think the odds for BIG and Astralis are somewhat generous and could be worth a punt, however, I settled for both teams to pick up at least one map each + Fnatic to win ML in the Republeague vs ex-MAD Lions for a combined over 3.7+ Odds.

BIG vs Cloud 9 is about to get underway already.

It's been a really unpredictable tournament, the knockouts look it was supposed to be a one sided events, but the underdogs were highly competitive and some even went through to the next round, now the quarter final is feeling less competitive, but hopefully the semi-finals will provide better sense of excitements, because today wasn't it.

Speaking of the semi-finals I don't have any teams in mind to root for, it's going to be a 50/50 chance for me, betting on the Map Overs might just be a waste of money too, since it's kinda more of going to be a coinflip.

I really don't think most of the deal will eventually workout to be honest, I mean they've already been on Frenkie De Jong's case forever and it wouldn't be a surprise if they're able to snatch him up, but for the other deals, I guess it's just trying to staying in the news and all, they've been pretty much quite all along.


As per Fabrizio Romano, A deal have been finalize already and Chelsea are also reaching out to Man City to submit offer for Raheem Sterling as Tuchel is said to be interested in getting two wing players.
Man City strengthening Chelsea, I wouldn't be too sure with Guardiola in charge.