It is very difficult for Manchester United to sign Kane as long as there are stronger candidates in the race to sign him. Even Real Madrid were interested in him in the past and I don't know if they still have such interest deep down. Manchester City won't be in this race anymore for sure which is good news for the Red Devils.

However Bayern Munich might be very likely to enter such race because of not signing a top striker yet after selling Lewandowski. Unless Kane wants to stay in England there is no way Manchester United are convincing him against Bayern Munich.

The Bundesliga is starting again quite late actually. The other big leagues aren't like that as it seems. I wonder what the reason behind is. This will be very helpful for Bayern Munich actually in terms of their injuries. Thanks to this, Mane will miss less games in the league. There is nothing to do about Neuer though but they can use this time period to find an alternative to him as well.

Bayern Munich should be able to take advantage of this space and get ready for the rest of the season strongly. They need to stay strong until their Champions League games.

It doesn't feel like Ronaldo will be able to find a team for himself which is already in the Champions League now. Because there is no such team having serious interest in signing him these days. There is still time for even the start of the transfer window of course but I'm not very hopeful about that. The only team I've heard of in Europe is Newcastle for now. If Ronaldo is ready to be patient he should sign a deal with them. They are already doing great in the EPL and they have a potential for the CL.

Otherwise Ronaldo seems really likely to go outside Europe, especially that Saudi Arabia team Al-Nassr.

Honestly I don't think Griezmann is playing that much bad at Atletico Madrid now. He has had quite nice amount of assists and goals so far. He can do better than this of course but I still find it enough considering his playing style. He likes to be helpful for his teammates at the same time. He isn't a striker who is fully focused on only scoring goals.

Manchester United would make use of a beneficial player like him honestly. However I wonder how much he would cost them. Because if he doesn't adapt well to the team they might have difficulties in selling him. He isn't young anymore so there wouldn't be many teams willing to pay a lot of money for his wage. Maybe a loan deal might be thought of for Manchester United.

Giroud is a really special striker. He is still able to show a really great performance despite being 36 years old now. He is very productive and we have seen another example of it in the World Cup. He was very helpful with his goals in the absence of Benzema. I think he has already satisfied the expectations from him.

Maybe they lost in the finale but I still expect to see Giroud returning strongly. Milan will need his services in the attacking line despite having alternatives there. He still plays a critical role in Milan's games. The fans are also happy with his effort so far.

Manchester United are trying to solve their issues with new players as it seems. Their priority must be the midfield and attacking line for sure. de Jong addition would be very helpful for the team in not only defense but also offense. However this might be an easy deal for them at all. They tried to make this transfer happen before but they couldn't meet the price Barcelona demanded.

Now maybe they might add him to the squad easier than before. Because his market value has dropped significantly since last summer. Honestly I wouldn't leave Barcelona if I were him.    He will need to be patient to see Manchester United reaching a high level of performance.

Barcelona should be continuing from where they left by the returnal of the World Cup. Espanyol isn't a very serious opponent for them considering their results in the league so far. Atletico Madrid is going to be a bigger test for them of course. Atletico Madrid are technically not much impressive now. They still have weaknesses due to bad management I think. They just can't use their potential efficiently.

If Simeone adopts the same usual strategies then I see Barcelona a few steps ahead despite its being an away game. Real Madrid already beat Atletico Madrid here so it should be the same for Barcelona.

Despite the recent injuries like Mane and Neuer, I don't doubt Bayern Munich's performance in the Bundesliga even a bit. Because they still have a far stronger squad than all of the rest of the teams now. They can easily maintain this great form by getting comfortable wins. There are many players who can score goals as they aren't only dependent on Mane.

It might just be a bit of a problem in the Champions League but we will see. Bayern Munich can still find a way to prevent this from becoming a big issue actually. They are a very disciplined team.

I wonder about this as well. Because we clearly saw what Messi did against Mbappe after Argentina scored a goal. Mbappe had revenge on that later on by doing the same to Messi. I don't know maybe it was due to adrenaline because of playing in maybe the most critical game of their lives. But it still made me have some doubts about the relationship between them.

If we really see conflict at PSG as well then they might be in trouble in the Champions League. Because the trio need to play coherently with each other to have a bigger chance for the title. Otherwise they would be more selfish which would make things more difficult for the team.

I will always remember this finale as being among one of the bests. If we didn't see that comeback by France it was going to be a really boring ending for a World Cup. Because Argentina were literally in full control of the game unlike the expectations. France were like they weren't aware of playing in a final game in the biggest tournament in the world.

However it feels like Argentina will miss these times a lot from now on. Maybe they will need to wait another 30+ years to achieve another title who knows. Because after Messi's retiring from the national team we never know how they will react to this.

Exactly. Manchester United can use their transfer budget much more effective normally. But they have spent so much money for players who don't deserve that actually. Maguire is the first example coming to my mind. They spent a lot of money to sign Antony as well but we don't know how much he will be helpful for the team in the long-term.

I think the same about ten Hag. He isn't a special manager for Manchester United in the end. If he has a similar season to the previous one than he should get ready to say goodbye to his job. The same thing happened to Solskjaer as well.

Mbappe is returning to PSG's games again by a disappointing result in the World Cup. He made a really huge effort and satisfied the expectations for sure. But they could have won the cup as well if they were able to play better as a team. I hope this result won't affect his performance at PSG badly for some time. Because this was a meaningful tournament for him as well just as it was for Messi.

France missed a big chance of winning the World Cup two times in a row and being the third team to make it in World Cup history. Messi would return with a big motivation of course which is good for PSG of course.

Real Madrid should be able to decrease the point loss amount against smaller teams to minimum from now on. They are going to continue the La Liga with a Valladolid game. This is a very comfortable game for them on paper. They lost many points in games which looked easy for them on paper again. But they struggled too much.

With the help of Benzema's return, I think the team will start a solid form again and keep up with Barcelona. In the end, Barcelona also wouldn't win all of the rest of their games I assume. Real Madrid will wish to take advantage of their mistakes to take the lead back.

Honestly I was expecting to see Messi finishing as the top scorer and getting Golden Boot. But Mbappe's extra performance was really great and it was enough to leave Messi behind. Mbappe fought with all he had in this final game as well. Maybe he wasn't seen very active until scoring the first goal. But after the awakening, he started to perform very effectively.

Mbappe was one of the best players in the World Cup in terms of effort. Maybe they aren't the winner of the cup but Mbappe deserves all the appreciation for doing his best and making a huge contribution.

It was an amazing finale for me. Maybe it wasn't very exciting while Argentina were in full control of the game. But it was still an unexpected incident at the same time. I was hoping to see them playing an offensive game honestly but France's being that much ineffective wasn't among my expectations. They still somehow managed to stay in the game though.

Mbappe was really impressive just as Messi. He made a hat-trick but even that wasn't enough to win the game. Argentina were still the much better side as a team and they totally deserved to win the World Cup. It is great to see Messi winning a World Cup title on his last try.

They are friendly games so it is difficult to assess their strength for now. We need to see their performances by the start of their La Liga games. They haven't been even near their performance in the previous season. Actually they didn't have a great season in the La Liga but they can still do better than this now.

Maybe they have wanted to concentrate on the Europa Conference League so far. But they need to focus on the La Liga immediately otherwise they might get quite away from joining a European tournament next time. There is no guarantee about their winning the ECL title this season in the end.

Let's see if there will be any good transfer made by Arsenal in January. This might be a striker or maybe a midfielder. But it would be better if they go for a striker after Jesus' lasting injury. They need to stay consistent in not only the Premier League but also the Europa League. They must be targeting both titles to make double in the end.

They can't take the risk of continuing with only Nketiah in the absence of Jesus. Signing a capable striker would help them a lot and that striker could be in the starting eleven instead of Nketiah as well.

Let's see how good Milan also return after this break. They didn't have very good results lately which caused the gap with Napoli to get bigger. But Milan's potential is much better than this. They have a really good squad in their hands and I believe they will maintain a good form from now on. Consistency is very important to keep up with Napoli.

We don't know how good Napoli will play from now on so Milan should just look for opportunities to catch up with them in the standings. It isn't impossible as the gap is only 8 points for now. There are so many games to be played.

If France didn't make that magical comeback this finale was going to be a really boring one. Because very interestingly Argentina dominated the whole game until a point. France had their first goal attempt after 70 minutes. But despite this horrible performance, that penalty brought them back to life. Mbappe's very quick second goal changed everything. Argentina could have still finished it in extra time but there was another penalty.

If Argentina didn't still defeat them by penalties, Otamendi and Montiel were going to be at fault for that result for sure. The goalkeeper Martinez also deserved to be the player of the game I think. Because he saved two penalties in the penalty shootouts.

It is pretty interesting that Manchester United are still struggling with the same problems for many seasons. The best thing they were able to do was to finish a season at the second position in the standings. But in the recent seasons they have been having issues with even qualifying for the Champions League. They have tried to change their manager to find a solution to this as well.

But we haven't seen a big impact yet. Of course there hasn't been much time since Erik ten Hag came here. But if they don't have a good result at the end of the season then he would also be criticised a lot. Manchester United have great players in their squad but they just can't achieve the success they aim yet.