According to some news sources, Tottenham are thinking of replacing Harry Kane with Alvaro Morata in case Harry Kane leaves the team next summer. As we know, Morata is playing at Juventus but he is on loan there. He is normally an Atletico Madrid player. If Juventus don't want to transfer him too, then Tottenham will have a big chance of signing him. But I have doubts about him. Because normally, he is not as capable as Kane as a forward. But we don't know how good he can play at Tottenham. He has a Premier League experience before at Chelsea.

It was an amazing race in Istanbul Park, Turkey. I enjoyed the great performance of Bottas and he made a great end by having the fastest lap in the last lap also. Verstappen didn't have even a slight chance to get very close to him. I didn't see a gap less than two minutes between them. It was a fully deserved victory. Verstappen and Perez captured the 2nd and 3rd places respectively at the end of the race. And I really liked the Perez - Hamilton rivalry in one of the laps. Perez defended him incredibly good that the spectators there also cheered a lot about it. It was a really unfortunate race for Hamilton after listening to his team and pitting. He insisted on staying on the track till the end and it turned out that he was right. Maybe he could have finished on the podium. The driver of the day was Sainz and he had a great race. Leclerc also finished at the 4th place and got a satisfying result. If he didn't struggle with his newest tyres, he might not have been overtaken by Perez and he might have been on the podium.

PSG sporting director Leonardo is still claiming that Kylian Mbappe won't leave the team in January or at the end of the season. He still believes that Mbappe will be signing a new contract with his team. And he says that Real Madrid should be punished for still chasing Mbappe to sign. This is really interesting I think. I don't know why Leonardo doesn't want to understand Mbappe's wishes and he still insists on that Mbappe will stay. One thing is for sure that Mbappe will have the last word. And then, PSG will have nothing to do about it.

We have left really nice and competitive semi-final games behind in the UEFA Nations League.

First, Italy played against Spain in Giuseppe Meazza. Having an home game would be an advantage for them but it turned out that it wasn't. Italy were struggling a lot against Spain. I expected a boring game plan from Spain but they were actually pretty good. They had the control of the game and this helped them get a 2-1 win here. Of course I know that Italy got a red card but there was still no hope for them as their performance was poor.

After that, there was a Belgium - France game. This was even more delightful because France made an unbelievable comeback and won by 3-2 after Belgium ended the first half 2-0 ahead. This is really not easy task to do for any team. After seeing this, I already see France as the favourite team to win the title also.

Tonight in Giuseppe Meazza again, Spain and France will play a huge game against each other in the final stage. Like I said, my favourite side is definitely France. But still I expect a very competitive game.

One of the most attracting teams, Rayo Vallecano are going to play a home game against Elche exactly one week later. Rayo Vallecano had a 4-game unbeaten streak until losing to Osasuna 1-0 away. But I don't think that this loss will be very affective on their form. I expect them to be fully focused against Elche also. I like to watch Radamel Falcao here also as he scored in every game he played in the La Liga so far. Elche shouldn't be a very tough opponent for them and they should be able to win this.

From now on, we will most probably see a completely different team. Newcastle will start bringing very qualified players to the team in the coming transfer window in January. There are rumours like they can sign very big players as Kylian Mbappe. But the Mbappe transfer doesn't seem realistic to me as he wants to go to Real Madrid, not to a club any different than them. But they can sign so many big players and build a brand new squad. After that, we will most probably see them fighting for the title in the Premier League maybe not this year but as of the next season.

Leverkusen - Bayern Munich game is surely the biggest one on the next week of the Bundesliga. These teams both are at the top by having the same points. Especially Leverkusen are making us surprised by their great performance so far. However, they were defeated by Dortmund by 4-3 home in a really huge game. Bayern Munich are much more capable than Dortmund and they showed it to Leverkusen in Bayern's last away games against them. And I've found Bayern's odd quite low which strengthens the probability of their winning here.

Barcelona are looking for a good midfielder to sign in the next transfer window. And their biggest candidates to sign seem like Manchester United player Donny van de Beek and Tottenham player Tanguy Ndombele. Manchester United also have been after Ndombele for some time. They were thinking of a swap between Anthony Martial and him too. These options both are good for Barcelona and signing one of them can strengthen their squad.

When it comes to the Juventus - Roma game, it should be a very hard and competitive game for each team here. Juventus have a 3-win streak now in the league and they are in a great shape. Roma are in a better condition than them in the standings but they got two losses lately. One of them was against Lazio away by one goal (3-2). Juventus are another very hard opponent for them and they can have a hard time getting even one point against an in-form Juventus. I expect each team to score at least one goal. And at the end, the winner could be Juventus.

Besides that, Arsenal have always gone for very young players for a long time. They aimed to create a lineup that is full of promising players. But they didn't want to understand one thing that they should bring quality players to the team to be able to competitive for the title. I don't know if there is really a need for some rich person to buy the club to make this happen. It is very annoying to me. Arsenal should fight for the title. They shouldn't struggle this much every season. If they manage to make these transfers happen, it will be for the benefit of Arsenal. Otherwise, they will continue like always.

In the round 3, one of the interesting games seems like Lazio - Marseille.

Normally, these teams both are really good in their own leagues this season. But we can't see the same performance here in the Europa League from them. Lazio defeated Lokomotiv Moscow but were beaten by Galatasaray. Marseille got two draws against Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow. As a result, these teams are at the 2nd and 3rd place in their group. The game between them could be very competitive. And it is an important advantage that Lazio are playing home. Marseille can have a very hard time getting even one point at the end. My favourite side is Lazio in this game.

Finally it is matchday! And I see that the biggest game of the day is Turkey - Norway.

In the absence of Haaland and Sörloth, it is going to be a really tough game for Norway. Because these players are their goal sources. They can have a really hard time scoring against Turkey. Their first game ended by Turkey's 3-0 victory away. I don't see any reason for not seeing Turkey winning against them again. Turkey are only 2 points behind them in their group. If they manage to win this one, they will take the 2nd place from Norway. And I believe that they can make it.

Brentford and Brighton are the teams that I follow closely this season. Brighton are making everyone surprised by their decent performance and being at top places. I really wonder what has changed about this team now. The players started to believe in themselves much more seemingly. They were so close to defeating Arsenal too the last time  but they couldn't benefit from their goal chances. When it comes to Brentford, they have impressed us a lot by having nice results lately. They got a 3-3 draw against Liverpool and won against West Ham by 2-1 away in their last games. These teams can end the season at a decent place if they keep up their good form generally.

Game 1:  66' 1-1
Game 2:  66' 2-0 São Paulo FC

On the next match weekend, we are going to have a great game between Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce in Medical Park Stadium.

These teams both are one of the best teams in the league now. Fenerbahce are the leader and Trabzonspor are right behind them by one point. Fenerbahce lost one time but Trabzonspor still haven't got any loss. I wonder whether they would be the losing side this time. Fenerbahce are having a solid period in the league these days. Maybe they are not very good in the Europa League now but it is the opposite here. They will play against one of the toughest opponents in the league this time. Fenerbahce were the winner by 1-0 in this stadium last season. Maybe they can do it again but it seems really hard. I think that this game could end in a draw and we could see both teams scoring.

Pre-season games are going on but I'm disappointed not to see the main players of big teams in those games. But I understand of course that they don't want to cause those players to get injured right before the start of the new season. For example, we had a Lakers - Nets game a few days ago. But none of the players like Lebron, Durant, Harden and Irving played in this game. It was still a high-scoring game though. I'm just fully focused on the start of the season now.

I already can't wait for the Leicester - Manchester United game on October 16. The reason why is that Manchester United have still been having a tough time defeating their opponent. It has been going on for weeks and we saw that against Everton too. The game was like a gift for Manchester United actually as Everton didn't have their best attacking players like Richarlison and Calvert-Lewin. They still couldn't win. They will want to get a solid win against Leicester but it is an even tougher game than the last one.

It is reported that Arsenal are very interested in signing Everton forward Calvert-Lewin and Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins in the next summer transfer window. But Arsenal will surely have a tough time convincing them and their teams. Because Arsenal still aren't able to guarantee anything for them this season. They would like to guarantee finishing at one of the top places. But we don't know if Arsenal will maintain their rise in the standings.

For the Lazio - Inter game, I think that it is going to be quite competitive. There is no way that it will end one-sided while we have a this good Lazio in their home games and this solid Inter that have still no loss in the Serie A. Inter will need to work really hard and have a strong game plan to be able to defeat Lazio here. Roma were also in a good shape but they were beaten by Lazio. I think that both teams will score at least one goal and Lazio still won't be losing this one.

There is really not any hype about the tournament as I think that it is just no more than a useless tournament. I don't think that the teams care about this tournament that much while there are World Cup qualification games especially. But still, both teams would like to win a victory today and qualify for the final round. And I see Italy as one step ahead of their opponent. Spain have a really boring game plan and they might need some luck against Italy as Italy have a really strong defense.