Haaland is far more than an additional striking strength. When Haaland plays the other team has to dedicate defensive capabilities to stop him, which impacts the team as a whole. Having a really strong striker within your line-up is more impactful than just having this striker. An opponent is forced to think about it and come up with a match plan that includes this striker of course.

But the discussion whether De Bruyne is more important or Haaland, I think that also depends. There will be days when Haaland scores that one goal needed for the win and there have been days when De Bruyne scored it, like against Real Madrid in the Champions League. But one thing is for sure and that is De Bruyne's injury is among the worst issues that Manchester City could now have.

I keep saying it and I will keep saying in all the time, for PSG there should be just two options, either Mbappe signs a new deal that is a lot more years and not ends this summer, or they should simply end up with benching him all year long and not make him play in a single game. If he doesn't sign the contract, then he should be sold, and if disagrees and doesn't want to talk with any team, then he should be just benched.

You can't just play him and expect the player to respect you, if he is ruining you financially, then ruin him back. Sure he would be able to get to another team anyway if you do not play him, but no player that sits out for 1+ year would be ready to play that easily, it will take a long time for him to adjust, and he would not be making as much money as he would otherwise.

Without Harry Kane, Tottenham performed as well as it did. We thought after harry kane left the team, Tottenham will be weaker. Their offensive performance will be slow. But we haven't seen that yet. Tottenham performed very well in both the matches. If Tottenham's defenders could have played well against Brentford, then Tottenham would have won this match as well.

In today's match, Tottenham's performance was better than Manchester United's. Son, Sarr, Maddison, and Kulusevski all performed very well. Besides, their goalkeeper Vicario made some excellent saves in this match. However, Richarlison's performance was not good in this match either. If Richarlison plays well, the overall performance of this team will improve.

I guess I would agree with everything you said but I would like to add one thing that I believe could come into play when you talk about the amount of money that Mbappe has.

The clubs from the SPL are entering new spheres all the time, which means that a player who says "ok, I now have 200 million in my account, I will decline any offer as I am rich enough and will only pursue my career". Then the sheikhs pass by and say "you got 200 million in your account, we'll make it a billion". So these offers are not about doubling the wealth, but they are about changing life once again even for people who couldn't supposedly have been any luckier in their lives. When he got a billion and the contract expires, the sheikh might say "I am going to turn your billion into 5 billion if you sign a life-long contract with us. No? What about 10 billion?".

It is so weird what they are doing financially that I would not be 100% certain that Mbappe would decline every offer that is catered to him.

What are your thoughts on the recent matches on the FIDE World Chess Cup 2023?

I watched the game between Ivanchuk vs Magnus and Magnus won with a score of 2-0 against the legend himself.

During their first game, Magnus was able to grind down the game during the middle game leaving that e6 pawn too strong for Vasyl to hold. On their second game yesterday, Magnus, with the black pieces, managed to get a drawing position (which he believed that he could grind it for a win) which prompted Vasyl to resign.

Fabi was also able to win against Duda and the former mentioned in an interview that the lines he played was inspired from his preparation against Magnus since their match on the 2018 WCC.

Who do you think will win for this year's FIDE World Chess Cup 2023?

A goal and an assist on Harry Kane's German Bundesliga debut was a good way for the English national team skipper to announce his presence in the league. Regarded as the the player who's finally gonna fill in Robert Lewandowski's boots over a year on from the prolific Poland strikers transfer to Barcelona, Kane expertly delivered a performance to match that belief.
With the kind of quality that comes with the signing Harry Kane, Bayern Munich is definitely gonna be huge threat to not just the rest of the German Bundesliga clubs but to the entire European football.

It is true that in important matches such as the semifinals or the Champions League final last season, Erling Haaland seemed to disappear on the field and his role as the pillar of the team at that time was immediately replaced by other Manchester City players who had freer opportunities to score goals. I don't think it's a problem as long as the team can use every player available and actually I'm quite annoyed because Pep Guardiola very rarely changes his players in the second half. So when they should have had the opportunity to score goals through supersub players, they still relied on the players who were there from the early minutes.

Yeah, it was bound for a win until new guy steps in and did the business, penalties anyway wouldn't have given good odds so we both failed on that game, KTChampions.

EPL presents a couple more opportunities. But we settle on one -- Newcastle, if they play like they did, will beat City, if City played like they did in previous matches.

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I personally don't care about Ronaldo's record, because I don't think all great strikers should be compared to Ronaldo. So, the benchmark for Haaland for me is not only about the number of goals, but how can Haaland maintain his consistency to keep playing well to make a big contribution to the success of the team.

Therefore, even though Haaland still cannot surpass Ronaldo's number of goals, but I am sure that this will not make Haaland rated badly. Also at least it's true, even though Haaland is a target man but at least, his teammates don't always rely on Haaland to be able to score goals. Thus, the team will still get good results even if Haaland doesn't score.

Pep Guardiola is still trying to hire two players for this season and he asked Manchester City to hire both players at any cost in this transfer window.
The first player is Lucas Paquetá who plays for West Ham in and this Brazilian player had important rules in his team which can make West Ham to keep their player Paquetá but I'm sure an offer from Manchester City with a good price will change everything.



The other player is Jérémy Doku who plays for Rennes in the French League and plays with both feet, high dripping skills are what's can do, also he s one of the best talents in Europe and people compare him with Dembele.

that's exactly how it looks and that's why i set the prediction on a draw to 3 points, unless you guess the draw correctly - then it's 4 points

Regardless of how Haaland performed in the Champions League semi-finals and final last season,I think it would be wise to appreciate his goalscoring record. Haaland played 11 matches last season with Manchester City in the Champions League, and he managed to score 12 goals in 11 matches. Don't you think that's great?

After all, Pep Guardiola doesn't play a game strategy around Haaland so we can see all the players who play are involved in attack. Haaland is a target man, but almost anyone can score goals because Pep Guardiola has that scheme in building attacks instead of relying on one player.

Now that Elon knows he can't beat Mark in a fight, the next up is "threads is not as good as twitter!!" as a response to it? I mean come on, where is the fight, I don't care about twitter or threads, I care about the fight, is Elon too chicken to have the fight on live TV just like any other fighter in the world?

Why is he trying to run around and find other alternatives and not just straight up goes against Mark? What's the point of having a big debate over this when you are too chicken to actually fight? Lets face it, Elon is just all talk and no action type of guy, he can't fight Mark, he can't fight even his own shadow, he was never capable of doing it and now he is trying to make up stuff and avoid it as much as he can.

Some teams really don't like playing the game for third place, as they're disappointed to have missed out on the chance for the grand final
But in the last men's World Cup, Croatia played with great determination and managed to win third place, an example of good soccer and respect for their team and fans
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Dembele has the sacred number ten, which we hope will suit his PSG career very well. With Dembele present, the PSG squad really looks amazing the depth of their squad looks strong. But what makes PSG strong is still Mbappe, reportedly he is back playing for PSG. Under Enrique leadership it seems that Mbappe will be more confident about being able to get the UCL Trophy, if this season PSG gets a Trophy then I'm sure Mbappe will extend his contract with PSG.

Based on the statistics, you should know that Man City is still ahead and cannot be said to be completely bad. The absence of Kevin De Buyne did show many shortcomings but the final result was still the end result and they came out victorious even though it was obtained through the white point. KDB role cannot be replaced by anyone and Pep Guardiola has little choice but temporary options. The absence of KDB for a long time can also have an impact on results that are not optimal. As a whole Seville is a strong club and it is undeniable that its performance is able to withstand attack after attack launched by Man City.