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Ricciardo made a big mistake by not choosing Mercedes rather than Red Bull. His career would have continued better at Mercedes after Hamilton retires. I think he would get along with Russell much better than Verstappen. In the end, Ricciardo doesn't have a very good history with Verstappen in the same team before. That was one of the reasons why he left Red Bull.
Therefore congrats to Mick on the agreement with Mercedes. He is a Schumacher and even this is enough for me to believe in his future to be much better than this. Michael Schumacher also had a career with Mercedes in the past. This is a nice coincidence because of that. I hope Mick will be able to show his real strength when he has the chance.
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This market value should not be expensive for several big clubs if they want to bring him in later, especially now that Manchester United also need a striker, he has friends from Portugal like Bruno Fernandes and Diego Dalot of course that will make it easier for him to adapt, but if it's true it looks like the red devil will be interested in him later in the transfer market.
Indeed Manchester United would make use of a solid striker now. However it is hard to predict who this player will be. Vlahovic is another striker being rumoured with the Red Devils. However I don't know how much Vlahovic would be willing to sign for them. Because Manchester United are still not having very good days. Otherwise I think Vlahovic would be an amazing transfer for them. He has such a big potential at this young age. Maybe he isn't like Haaland but his level is not too lower than Haaland at the same time. He is a great scorer already now. |
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Livakovic can still be considered as a young goalkeeper now. 27 is not an old age for a goalkeeper at all. He can still improve this performance much more than this if he plays for a bigger team in a prestigious league. The Bundesliga is one of them therefore it would be lovely to see him playing for Bayern Munich honestly.
In the absence of Neuer, they shouldn't just rely on Ulreich. He isn't that much of a credible goalkeeper especially in big games. They might be in trouble in the Champions League.
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I think Karim Benzema will stay at Real Madrid this season. He is a great striker, and has a lot of experience. He led the Real Madrid team himself and has a unique role behind the achievements of the Real Madrid team.
I also expect Benzema to stay at Real Madrid for a longer time. We might even see him retiring here actually because he seems to have such intention for now. I don't think Real Madrid would think the opposite about this after all Benzema has contributed to the team so far. He played a huge role in the successes of the team especially in the previous season. I know that Ronaldo left at some point even though his contribution level was much higher. But he left by a huge deal at the same time. I don't think Benzema would be signed for a big amount of money by another team at this point because of his age especially. |
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It is a friendly game of course but it is nice for Juventus players to gain some match fitness after a long time. Because not all of their players have been playing in the World Cup in the end. They need to play as many friendlies as possible to be ready for their upcoming league games. They have been on rise in the Serie A and they need to work hard to keep this level.
There is still a long time until the Europa League of course. Meanwhile maybe we can see some new transfers from them in January.
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I have got what I wanted from the consolation game today. I was expecting Croatia to be the winner against Morocco after a competitive game. Morocco didn't have as many goal attempts as their opponent maybe but they still managed to keep the score at the level they would like. They were really quick about an answer to Gvardiol's goal.
However Orsic's marvelous goal to the right corner sealed the deal for Croatia. I think both of these teams deserve appreciations because of their big efforts so far. Especially Morocco have become the first team reaching the semi finals in Africa continent for the first time.
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Liverpool have just made things much more difficult for themselves by starting the season very badly. Even Newcastle have a bigger probability for the league title now. Liverpool's target is not to win the league title anyway from now on. They just want to recover as soon as possible and have a decent performance in the rest of the season.
They are full of skilled and talented players now. Mane's absence was bad at first but Diaz's coming here has changed many things for the team. If it weren't for Diaz's high effort maybe their placement in the standings would have been even worse. He has been injured for a long time but he is expected to return by the end of the year.
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He is not good enough for United he may be hyped around all because of that three goals he scored
Man United need a better player than that, Martial is good United should pray and hope he shines with the new week and second round of the Premier League.
Goncalo Ramos is hyped he will not leave up to the amount and score as many goals, Ten Hag is a good Coach what I know is he will make the right introduction for sure.
Actually he isn't all about that hat-trick at Portugal. It has helped him to be realized by more teams indeed. However he was already a good performing player before the World Cup as well. He has scored 14 goals and made 6 assists in 21 games so far at Benfica. He is the current top scorer in the Liga Portugal. I think he is a promising striker now. His market value is only 24 million euros for now. This might be seen as an opportunity for some teams including the Red Devils to make a move for him soon. But I don't know how eager Benfica would be to sell him. |
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Deschamps said that they had plans for Messi in the final game. It isn't surprising to hear about of course because they really need to create a solution to the big Messi threat now. van Gaal was also very confident about stopping Messi but we saw what happened at the end. Messi's attitude against him after the game was really firm.
However France are nothing alike Netherlands of course. They are a much stronger team so Messi should be ready for his biggest challenge in the World Cup.
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There is no need to compare Mbappe to a legend like Messi. They are both amazing players above all else. But I'm putting each one of them in different places rather than comparing them. Both of them are very significant players for PSG at the moment. Maybe Mbappe has a much bigger ego than Messi and Neymar both. But as long as this ego doesn't get ahead of his performance quality there is still no problem for the team.
Mbappe has long years ahead of him in his career as he is very young now. His character would get better while he is getting more experienced day by day. I don't expect to watch him only at PSG as well by the way. Real Madrid might be his next team in the future.
For those comparing Mbappe and Messi, I think they are making cooked-up stories out of nothing because looking at the age, achievements, and quality of the players, Mbappe is nowhere to get closer to Messi who has been in the system for decades, and still doing great at his old age. At a young age, Mbappe proved that he is the new Messi and Ronaldo with his good performance but until the era of Messi and Ronaldo is gone, Messi will always come out as the best when compared to Mbappe. As for the character of the young Mbappe, the ego will be reduced when he understands that pride and ego don't get the work done on the field but hard work and good relationship with teammates and coaches get the job done then he will moved to get the maturity he needs to become a successful player. I wasn't finding a comparison between Messi and Ronaldo logical either. Because these players haven't even been playing in the same positions. But people have been comparing them because of being the biggest legends of their time. I think it is better to compare the performances of players who are playing in the same position. I just see Messi and Ronaldo as one of the best players in football history. Both of these players deserve a big respect due to having amazing careers so far. |
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I wonder how Lukaku will be returning to the Serie A by the next games. Inter are starting this half of the season by a really tough game as you have indicated. Napoli are like the most difficult team they can face in the league currently. Lukaku didn't reassure anyone in the World Cup. Especially his performance in a critical game for his team was horrible.
There is still a long time for the Napoli game of course. I hope he gathers himself up until then. He wasn't a this much problematic player while he was playing for Inter again in the past. Of course he has faced serious injuries lately but he must recover his usual performance.
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I wonder when we will be able to see some other team breaking Real Madrid's domination in the Champions League and winning even more titles than them later on. Real Madrid have won this title for 14 times so far. This is a record that is really hard to be broken. The closest team to them is Milan now which has 7 titles. Just look at this gap I mean.
Even if Manchester City - PSG duo finally get their first titles in the near future it will be a long road for them to capture this record. Real Madrid wouldn't weaken here easily as well because they are always keeping the squad strong and making the right choices for their manager position.
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Messi and Mbappe have been the most impressive players of the World Cup so far in terms of their goal and assist statistics. Messi is ahead of Mbappe by only one assist. However if we compare the performances in the last games I can say that Messi has been much more in the spotlight. He has made a big impact on Argentina's reaching the finale.
Messi will have another big responsibility against France as well. Because it won't be easy for them to break France defense at all. Messi is one of their biggest cards they can use to do this here.
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Manchester United are rumoured to be making an effort to sign Gonçalo Ramos these days. There is still not clear statement from Manchester United side about bringing a striker in January though. But maybe they might be thinking of Ramos for next season. Besides Benfica might not be close to a deal in the middle of the season while he has been very useful for the team until now.
Especially his hat-trick in the World Cup was enough to get the attention of some big teams. Manchester United might want to act faster than the others. He is valued at only 24 million euros for now. Who knows maybe the Red Devils can have a deal with them at around 40-50 million euros the most. But this World Cup performance will surely make an addition to his value.
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Meanwhile, Real Madrid bought 16-year-old Endrick from Palmeiras, but he will be able to sign a contract once he turns 18. Now, player transfers at a young age are starting to happen very early. It's debatable how reasonable it's to give 60 million Euro and 12 million Euro bonus to a 16-year-old player.
I also think that this transfer is open to discussion now. A deal worth 72 milion euros in total is really huge for a 16-year-old player. Real Madrid scouts must be thinking like Endrick is one of the probable future legends or something like that. Otherwise this deal would be like madness for them. Because they could have used this money to strengthen the team in January as well. There are so many talents waiting to be discovered in Brazil actually. I hope Endrick becomes one of them and makes us watch great performances. I would be glad to see him being very successful at young age just as Haaland is now. |
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We are only a week away from the next league games now. There is going to be a really great game between Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce on the same week. This would be the best way to welcome the other half of this season indeed. I see Fenerbahce as the clearly favourite side in this game. Because they have been much better than before thanks to Jorge Jesus.
Trabzonspor are far away from their last season performance these days. Of course this kind of derby-like games are still different for both teams. But I still expect Fenerbahce to put a bigger effort into this game. I don't think they will lose here.
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There is no need to compare Mbappe to a legend like Messi. They are both amazing players above all else. But I'm putting each one of them to different places rather than comparing them. Both of them are very significant players for PSG at the moment. Maybe Mbappe has a much bigger ego than Messi and Neymar both. But as long as this ego doesn't get ahead of his performance quality there is still no problem for the team.
Mbappe has long years ahead of him in his career as he is very young now. His character would get better while he is getting more experienced day by day. I don't expect to watch him only at PSG as well by the way. Real Madrid might be his next team in the future.
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It is really hard to tell a side to be favoured in the final game. Their championship chances are like the same now. But I think it is fair for these teams both. Because both of them showed really solid performances until reaching this stage. Argentina had some weaknesses in defense though but they still were able to close that gap with their power in offense.
Their attacking power is going to be crucial against France as well. They need to be ready to answer France in case France get ahead first. I expect this game to end by extra time at least. Penalty shoot-outs would be lovely to watch as well. I'm favouring Argentina to win this challenging game.
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Erik ten Hag said that Manchester United were trying to extend the contracts of not only Rashford but also Dalot these days. It would be the best for Manchester United. These are both decent players and especially Rashford is a really valuable player for this team. Maybe there is some drop in his effort lately but he would make up for it later on.
It is official that Man United will extend 5 players, including Rashford. There are 5 players to have contract extensions. They are Rashford, Dallot, De Gea, Shaw, and Fred. I'm actually quite surprised that Man United wants to extend De Gea and Fred's contracts. I assume these players didn't show impressive performance. But Ten Hag may think they sill can contribute well in Man United squad. Check: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-utd-contract-ten-hag-28714744I disagree about De Gea actually. He is still a very important part of the team right now. He has made very critical saves for his team so far. Things would have been even worse for them if it weren't for him. Of course they are still not good at defending which is understandable from the number of goals they have conceded so far. But as long as they don't find a better alternative to De Gea, I don't expect them to give up on him yet. Considering their current situation it wouldn't be easy for them to convince another top goalkeeper to come here as well. |
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I agree that Ronaldo doesn't have that luxury of choosing the team he wants anymore. Because he wasn't even able to play properly for Manchester United from the beginning of the season to the date he left the team. He couldn't impress teams by showing a high level of performance in the World Cup either. In this case he can just hope to get an offer from the kind of a team he wants.
But that kind of teams don't seem very likely to make a contract offer to him these days. Of course we have been in the World Cup break so maybe they wanted to wait for the World Cup to end. We will see if he will be able to get an offer from a good team in Europe.
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