I just hope it doesn't take long before Barcelona recover their full form, because the strength of Realmadrid this season has doubled more than the previous season and they've recruited a fine  player Jude Bellingham that's adapted past and is in a very good form this season, he's got 3 goals and 1 assist in just 2 matches this is something alot of fans didn't expect and I know that Fiorentino Pérez wouldn't regret signing him for a costly fee and would be very for his arrival in the team.
 This season Barcelona might try to perform well in the group stage but they might likely not go very far in the Champions League competition because their team doesn't currently look very solid to challenge some top European teams except they recover their form before the tournament kicks off but Realmadrid in the other hand look very ready for any competition and are not even affected by the lack of a top quality striker compared to Barcelona that's got Lewandowski and still having difficulties scoring more goals against small teams.

The team is that when you're a star player playing below expectations it would be very easy to receive backlash from fans than other average players and with Messi being the most outstanding player in the world made it easy for fans to backlash him when the team underperformed, and I don't blame the fans because a team made up of world class players like Messi, Mbappe,Neymar, Sergio Ramos, and other  veteran players should be able to beat any team to the champions league trophy, but the opposition became the case and they didn't even qualify for the semi-finals too bad.
 PSG really need  solution in winning the Champions League and alot was expected from them last season but they failed to deliver even with the very strong squad they had but it might even be worst than the previous season because they've offloaded most of their top players and even though they replaced them with some prospects they still looked tougher last season than this, their fans are desperately in need of the championship league trophy and if Enrique fails to deliver he'll definitely receive some backlash by some angry and impatient fans.

It would be very sad to see united sack another good coach again due to poor backing from the their owners as well as mismanagement by the board, a team that's playing in the Champions league Tournament should be more focused in bluster their squad to be very strong and competitive but if you watch the style of play of united you'll understand most players are finding it difficult to understand the coaches pattern and are not fit to play for Manchester united and the star players in the team are playing below expectations, the team play like they're not even qualified to compete in the English championship league they look so weak and tired.
 Erik Ten Hag have a very big decision to make to save his career this season, it might take a miracle to that do because they're imbalanced in many areas of the squad and the FFP rules makes it hard for them to sign more players without offloading some and they're currently facing difficulties offloading some players, both club andmanager needs to act fast in handling the situation before the window opens, left for me I think they need another striker, a holding midfielder and probably another centre defender.

I think Juventus played very brilliantly and deserved the win against Udinese, I expected a slow or poor start from them but their performance in the last match was superb and one player that caught my attention was Vlahovic because his form was very poor last season forcing Juventus to almost offload him in the present transfer window.

 Well they player well and some new signings adapted fast but i can't tell if it's udinese very poor performances that lead to the brilliant performance of Juventus I'll be more convinced they're fully back in form when they win their next 3-5 matches with a  brilliant performance such as they did against Udinese, but one thing I'm very sure of is that if they continue with this form they'll be very strong contenders of the league.

I think that asides from Manchester City they're the most likely to win the league, due to their performance so far, about last season they took everyone by suprise and where very close to winning the league but failed due to some errors but I think if Arteta was able to notice his mistakes and take correction, then this season would be a great one for them, Arsenal are not very competitive in European competition so I'm not expecting much from them in the Champions league, but when it comes to league matches they stand a chance of becoming the champions that's if they don't make same errors they made last season, in player selection and wrong choice of substitutions.
 Well apart from those errors, they've included several good players to their squad but one thing that could trouble them this season is injury, Jurrien Timber has already suffered from injury and now Gabrie Jesus including the suspension of Tomiyasu, now all these are set back to a teams performance and Arteta needs to think of a possible solution to avoid more injuries or replace injured players.

In my opinion I think star players have a role to play in a team  and a very needed in some key matches and most times without their involvement could affect the outcome of the match and also a bettors game, for instance like you stated Ronaldo and Messi are very influential in their current teams and their performance have led to both teams success and when they're not included in some certain matches their teams performance
Seems poor than when being involved.
 Now I think this applies mostly to clubs that build their squad around one player, for instance Debruyne is one of Mancity's star player if not their best but since he's our due to injury his team still win matches, because even though he's very important in the squad they don't really depend on him to be successful, cause the team is not built around him or too dependent on his ability.

I've not watched the young lad play before now, but judging from this performance and stats at Rennes I think he's a very young and talented prospect, which is the type of players Pep Guardiola like having in his squad, replacing the departed players is a very good idea because it would strengthen the club against lacking options in time of injuries or card penalties in some particular areas and since Doku is the preferred option chosen by Pep Guardiola it means he's got lots to offer their team, one thing I love about Pep is the ability to scout young talents that suits his squad and adapt easily to his style of player, also helps in bringing the best out them to become world class players.
 Another area I feel they should look into is bringing in a good creative midfield that could temporary replace Kelvin Debruyne until he recovers fully from injury, I noticed that they've been finding it a little hard to get more goals since Debruyne's departure and would really need a temporal creative midfield till he returns.

Now that's the effect of a very good coach, he's set a standard for the team to the extent that even without his presence in the team, they'll still look very dominant and perform beyond expectation, winning the next 5 match won't be a difficult task because he might not be present in the training ground but could still pass some informations to his assistant Juanma lillo to help him with decision making on and off the training ground.
 Thank goodness the surgery was a success and Pep is left with the option of contacting his assistant manager and I think that is someone he can 100% rely on the deliver the remaining matches till he returns after the International break, Juanma lillo and Pep have been very close associates for about 30 years and share similar ideologies which makes it easy for him to oversea the success of the remaining matches before Pep return, the whole team and fans are wishing him a speedy recovery and hope he returns sooner.

Those two clubs have been the most dominant in the league of the years and their el clasico viraly match have been very interesting and one of the things that's attracted viewers to the league, they've both produced the world best players in old and recent times and the league even made the rivalry of the famous G.O.A.T.S Messi and Ronaldo very interesting for fans to talk about, these two clubs are the strongest in the league and it might take a while before other clubs attain dominance in the league, according to their past record in the el clasico Barcelona have won more times with 124 wins and Realmadrid 106  with 64 draws for both.
 About last season Barcelona dominated the league leaving Realmadrid to challenge better in the Champions League though Realmadrid lost in the finals against Manchester City, but I think they look different this season and with a better squad and more enhanced midfield therefore would be very dominant in both league and champions league this season.

Lol it's amazing that fans have started commenting about Kane beating Lewandowski  record, I mean it's not impossible but come one Kane just got into the squad and needs to adapt very well into they system and maybe score a hat-trick in like 3-4 matches and several braces to meet up Lewandowski's record of 46goals in a season, well he's proven himself in Premier league when he almost broke the Alan Shearer all time goal scoring record in England and he's a player that could get up to 30 or more goals in a season and doing same in Bayern Munich might not be a difficult task for him that's if he remains in good form.
 Musiala has been a very good player a  prospect even while in the academy and has performed well for both Club and Country so I won't be surprised if he has a very good performance this season because that's what's expected of young prospects, to get better as they grow older, Bayern Munich would be more interested in the Champions league this season and I believe that's why they've bought some champions league experienced players like Kim for example to help challenge better this season.

Exactly @rendravolt it's only a matter of time before PSG starts dominating the league again, and since they're building a new team it would take a while before they adapt into the system and become very dominant again, what fans needs to the worried about is their performance in the Champions league, because that's what they need mostly and they've been chasing the trophy for years and had even recruited the best players around the world in previous season but to no avail.
 It think you're right and they would face difficulties winning lens, bit I expect them to win the match, lens are yet to win a match in their last 5 previous matches including the pre-season matches, and even started the season with a draw against Rennes and that's one thing PSG should capitalise on, the PSG squad looks great and they've introduced talented players though they still need time to understand themselves and start winning matches again therefore I think they'll play better than the previous match and score more goals against Lens hopefully Mbappe would get  brace.

Acmilan are the favourites to win but it's not going to come easy because if you check their last stats in previous 5 league matches you'll see that both had won twice and  had a draw, it shows that winning Torino have not been really easy for then if not they would had dominated in their last 5 league matches how the winning probability for Acmilan in their next match against Torino is 60%.
 A good number of people would not totally be convinced of Acmilan winning comfortably and would rather bet them to win or draw the match but I think I'm going for a straight win, because of the composure the team this season, they've bluster their squad to a more decent and stronger side than the previous season there, winning their first 5 matches in the beginning of the season shouldn't be a difficult task for them, moreover the new signings seems to be in good form and that's one thing that would boost them this season.

  I think that Manchester united are a confused club and don't know where they're heading any longer, what surprises me most about the team is the way they handled the Mason Greenwood situation, of course I'm not in support of any form of abuse on the female gender, but this is someone that his charges was dropped and the victim even got pregnant for him and there was claims that the evidence wasn't clear, therefore I felt he's paid enough by away from the club for over a long time and needed a second chance.
 Well it's a good thing they've finally made a decision regarding the players future in the club, but if they're giving out information to their fans they should give a transparent and effective information for us to understand, the board gave a statement that the investigation is concluded and that the material posted online and videos posted is not clear enough and that Mason Greenwood is not guilty and still decided to get rid of him, I still shocked about that statement, because why put a public statement to the fans saying he's innocent and still want to rid of such quality player when the lack good creativity from the position he plays, that's so unfair to Mason Greenwood the club treated him bad, now they've have another accusation on another player Antony playing in same position let's see how they'll handle the situation.

 Al-Hilal has been one of the best performing teams in the Saudi Pro League and has included Neymar and other top European players they got to enhance the depth of their club and make it more strong to challenge arch rivals like Al-Nassr and the rest, because they're also strengthing theirs in the present transfer window, also the presence of this top players would create more awareness for the club, and look tougher to weaker or even rival sides.
 Talking abour Al-Nassr, they'll be having an AFC champions league play off match today with Shebab Al-Ahli and since they defeat Al-Hilal to win the Arab Club Championship cup they've the having some tough time winning again, and two previous matches against Al-Etiffaq and Al-Taawoun, if they fail to wim today it would be the 3rd consecutive lose and fans would begin to question the competence of the coach.

I know this would force Realmadrid to go for a panick buy left for me i think should replace him with Rudiger and then get another  player on loan, to be honest they're going to miss Éder Militão presence in their squad and it would be a problem for them if they don't get the right players to replace Militão or even match his form.
 Also i think Arsenal might turn down their offer due to the recent injury of their new signing Jurrien Timber who might be out for a very long time due to the ligament injury he sustained from the opener match with Nottingham Forest and according to the news might keep him out for over 6months, therefore Arsenal would really need a back-up for that position and would likely let one of their key players for that position leave this summer.

I think there are two teams representing the name Milan in the Serie A league and you ought to be specific of whether it's Acmilan  or Intermilan because i almost thought you were referring to Intermilan when you mention Milan severally in your statement, well both Milan club Ac and Inter have had a great start in their season opener with good wins against the opposition team, in the previous season they both performed well in both the league and European tournament and even played against themselves in the semi's of the 2022/23 Champions League.
 Both teams have been impressive in the window this season especially Acmilan that got a handful of good players, that would help them to compete better than the previous one and they've all started with a 2-0 win against Bologna, with Giroud and one of the new signings Pulisic from Chelsea having score in the 11th and 28th minutes of the game respectively.

 One team i feel really sad for is Manchester united, the glaziers refusal to leave the team has really affected the club in several ways and as well as the FFP rule that doesn’t permit them to sign muvj players without clearing a good number of their squad depth,  the club looks imbalanced and lack the necessary players in diferente areas and in return has affected their two previous matches even though they managed to win Wolverhampton, Manchester United are finding it difficult to offload some players making it more hard for more new signings to come in and one area i think they really need to strengthen is the defensive midfield area, because Casimiro lacks the form and would need a competition in that role to help him pick up.
 I keep hearing people say Onana is not really playing up to their expectations and i doubt if they're really watching the game, now this is one player that's been so outstanding for them so far a boost the confidence level of the team playing comfortably from the back which was something they lacked during the time Degea was in the club and moreover Onana has had some good saves as well, the problem of united is coming from the midfield area and they lack good options to play in that area,especially in the Dm area, and that is what Erik Ten Hag needs to look into before the transfer window ends, they need to look for a way to force out unwanted players so as to make way for better ones to come in, also their new signing Rasmus Højlund needs to revover soon to free Rashford the burden of playing from the midfield of the attack and move back to his preferred wing which he's been most successful playing in over the years.
 In conclusion I think the glaziers are incompetent and need to step out the club for new owners to come in, and in my opinion I think Sheikh Jassim is the rightful person what would take the club back to glory days.

 Well the league is just starting and im not going to write off Lewandowski yet due to his inability to start getting goals at the early stages of the tournament, there are several top flight strikers that are having same difficulties currently but will definitely pick form along the line and even end up scoring braces or hat-tricks in several matches.
 Barcelona where very brilliant against Cadiz though they had a tough time in getting the goal at the 1st half of the game but they were very dominant and played like they really wanted to win the game which paid off with a 2-0 win later in the 2nd half,  Lewandowski is an experienced attacker he's very good at the goal and gets it at Crucial times i believe that's why Barcelona got him, and sooner than later he'll begin to get the ball in the net.

Well, they got the quality and funds to make their team great and fearful again but they lack composure and good team spirit, and i think some players are not really playing with confidence and in return is affecting their style of play, if you noticed against Liverpool they started well and made it difficult for Liverpool to create better chances of winning but in their recent match they failed to maintain that form and even missed alot of chances  and also a penalty that would had boost their chances of winning the match.
 Pochettino is a good coach with a better experience in the premier league so i expect him to be fully aware of the task ahead and handle awful defeats like they had against westham, they seriously need a win in their next match and that's what they should be working on in their next training session, a team with young talented players shouldn't be conceiding in such manner.

I'm impressed by the outcome of their match, they've showed that they're really serious this season,after having a tough time from deduction of points due to the FFP rules, but i think they've gone past that this season and would be very strong title contenders because they got the squad and necessary plagers capable of delivering them this season, and since they are not involved in any top European trophy it would give them more time to prepare on winning the league title.
 I know for sure that their major target would be getting the league trophy and their chances of getting it seems high because they perform better than the previous season and most of the players that performed poorly last season are suprisingly in great form, which is very beneficial to them winning the league trophy and if they maintain this perform then they'll likely win it.