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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I 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.

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.

Inter just have such a potential in this season but they can't reflect this on the standings. Otherwise they are the second most effective attacking team in the league right now. The number of goals they have scored is nearly the same with Napoli. But they haven't been doing good in defense I'm afraid. They have conceded so many goals which dragged them down.

However there is still a long season ahead. Even if they don't catch up with Napoli they can still finish the season at the second position actually. They just need to improve their defending and this will help very much.

France extended the time period they didn't score their second goal and this was just enough for Morocco players to keep their hopes up. Especially in the second half they put a bigger effort but still couldn't score the goal they were searching for. France finally punished them for that and finished the game there by 2-0. If Morocco didn't waste big chances maybe we were going to watch extra time or penalty shoot-outs.

France and Argentina are going to face each other in the final stage and every kind of a result can be seen in a match like this. This is a golden opportunity for Messi and his friends to make Argentina champions for the first time since 1986.

It is interesting to hear about Juventus' offering such deal. Because I don't think Vlahovic is worse than Felix now. He has been very beneficial for the team with his goals so far. Therefore I wonder why they are offering such swap deal. Atletico Madrid would be okay to such deal I think. Vlahovic is already a more valuable player than Felix comparing the market prices.

Manchester United were among the teams interested in Vlahovic too according to rumours. But the number of news relating Arsenal to him is much higher.

Yeah, France have scored very early in the game. They have got so close to the 2nd goal as well just now with Giroud but it came back from the post. Morocco were also really close to an equalizer before this with Ounahi. His classy shot was saved by Lloris in a great way. Things are going France's way for now in short.

But they had better bring the score to 2-0 as quick as possible to decrease the level of Morocco's hopes. Morocco have no choice other than playing more offensive as of now so France can actually find the 2nd goal easily.

I don't think either Ronaldo or Messi will get away from football completely after their retirements. These are legends who love football very much and we can understand this from their passion to play for longer years still. I think we would definitely see them both as managers or having some other roles at some big teams maybe.

These teams might even be Real Madrid and Barcelona which would be really great to see. It would be lovely to see these legends competing against each other again there. 

Joao Felix is a player who can be really helpful for Manchester United in the attacking side. He is a really talented striker but Atletico Madrid are preparing to part their ways with him anyway. Maybe he hasn't been one of the players Simeone likes to see in his lineup considering his strategies. I think Felix is great for especially teams that love to play attacking focused.

Manchester United like to play an offensive football this season and the thing they lack has been some finishing skills. They could have scored many more goals so far. I hope they can finish the Felix deal before some other teams intervene.

Morocco - France is underway now. I expect France to put on a good show in this game. France are also a team that have a really strong defense. Morocco might have really big difficulties in even possible counter-attacks against them. I expect France to dominate the game from the beginning to the end honestly. This is the only way they can get a comfortable win.

Argentina's 3-0 win over Croatia was really unexpected and let's see if we will witness a similar result from France in this game as well. It depends on if they break the deadlock early in the game.

I have seen some news like Juventus are planning to make an offer for Mason Mount. They are said to be ready to part ways with a couple of players just to sign him as well. Chelsea still haven't extended his contract. Mount is actually waiting for a reasonable contract to extend with them. Because he doesn't seem uncomfortable there at all.

But Chelsea don't seem to be rushing anything yet. I have heard about a contract offer by them before but Mount rejected it. They should review their offer and prepare a better one this time. Mount is still an important player for this team to be more productive.

It would really be a big surprise to me if Barcelona keep up this form until the end of the season. I also think they will start stumbling at some point. However I'm not sure whether they would experience a similar thing to the one Union Berlin had. Because Union Berlin's has been a really bad streak full of draws and losses.

But Barcelona might not lose points that often. We should be seeing this rivalry continuing until the end of the season whichever team get ahead. I'm just enjoying this season because it is nothing like the previous one. That one was really boring to me as Real Madrid didn't struggle at all.

Manchester United are expected to make their attempts for extending Rashford's contract. There isn't much time left until the end of this month. He is about to be available for free transfer. Some big teams might try to dissuade him to sign a contract for themselves. One of these teams could be PSG for example. They have already had an interest in him for a long time.

However Rashford must be aware of a fact that he won't be a starting eleven player if he joins PSG. He shouldn't accept rotting there. Maybe Manchester United aren't having their best season but he is still a regular here. He is competing in the biggest league in Europe as well.

The eliminations of Brazil and Portugal were really shocking to me as well. Brazil had such an amazing attacking line that they could have made it to the final only even thanks to that. But they just wasted so many opportunities against Croatia and its cost was really high for them at the end. Portugal's elimination was also unexpected. They were a really effective attacking team before facing Morocco.

However something started to go really wrong with them. They were desperate in offense in this game. It shouldn't be this easy for a team like Morocco to make them become so helpless normally.

Arsenal want to make double this season actually. They are aiming the Premier League and Europa League titles both now. Because their run in the Premier League also has been very impressive. They just need to keep this motivation level for the rest of the season as well. Their team performance has been really fascinating in both tournaments.

Jesus' injury is a big hit to them maybe but hopefully they will handle the situation well anyway. The team chemistry should stay high and this would still be enough for them to continue winning most of their games one by one.