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It has been reported that Manchester City have received an offer like 70 million euros from PSG for Bernardo Silva. However they have rejected this offer as well. I wonder whether their mind would change in case they get a 100+ million euro offer from a team. But I don't think so because there is a little time period left for the transfer window to end. They would struggle about finding another solid player to replace him.
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Depay is still here and maybe he can even stay for the season despite the rumours linking him with other teams. In this case even if Aubameyang leaves Barcelona would still have a nice replacement for Lewandowski in the subs. They can't sell Depay and Aubameyang both now. Because otherwise they could struggle quite a lot when Lewandowski isn't able to play due to some reasons.
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A really tough game is waiting for Inter tomorrow. They had big problems on defeating Lazio away in the recent years. It was a clear loss last season for example. This can be another time they lose points against Lazio too. But this time Inter should be able to put up a better fight with their new attacking duo. This game can end up with a draw with goals so both teams to score might be the best choice for me.
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Like it happened to most people I also think that Group C is the most difficult one. Bayern, Barcelona and Inter all can advance to upper round. But when it comes to my prediction, I think Bayern Munich can finish the group as the leader and Barcelona would follow them right behind by a close gap. Hopefully Barcelona won't fail this time. Inter are a powerful team but Barcelona can collect at least 4 points against them.
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The opening game of the week is going to be Southampton - Manchester United. After having a very important victory against Liverpool I started to believe in Manchester United more. This can be the beginning of a really nice streak in the league. Southampton are not an opponent to be underestimated of course. Manchester United will need to keep the game under control as much as possible. If they carry their latest effort to this game too then they should be able to win this.
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Mane's departure affected Liverpool and Bayern Munich both significantly. Liverpool clearly have some problems with their usual attacking pattern in the absence of Mane. They had really big difficulties in the Manchester United game.
On the other hand, Bayern Munich are doing a great job with Mane now. He is playing like he was used to play for them before. His contribution with goals is already at an important level. Mane is really a game changer for any team he goes to.
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I don't see any difference for Atletico Madrid this season. Simeone is of course not changing his game plan and their performance is very similar to the previous season as a result. Villarreal punished them really well last week. It was more than most people expected surely. However I was still feeling confident about Villarreal to steal one point at least. Because Atletico Madrid struggled too much in their game here last season as well.
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https://www.goal.com/en/news/bernardo-does-like-barcelona-guardiola-addresses-transfer/blt23eb903a47e30a60Even Guardiola said that Bernardo Silva likes Barcelona now. It looks like he is contented with the high interest by Barcelona. However this would still not change anything about Manchester City's decision about him. They don't want to sell him at all costs now. If they were able to find a better alternative to him then things would have been different of course. But as long as he continues to have a good performance Manchester City would be insistent in keeping him.
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After tearing Real Sociedad apart Barcelona have an easier game on the horizon. Valladolid wouldn't be a big deal for them. The players seemed very confident in their last game. I assume that many of us expected a competitive game there. Lewandowski has adapted very fast so this means that Barcelona won't need Aubameyang much from now on. Chelsea are still fighting for him to finish the deal quickly. I'm sure one win won't mean much because it's still possible for Barcelona not to play consistently. Barcelona is still likely to lose even though in terms of quality Barcelona is better than Real Valladolid. I would not underestimate anywhere even if they are not as good as a top team like Barcelona or Real Madrid. It is reassuring indeed when we see how Barcelona struggled to win the match against Real Sociedad last week. It was a big win for Barcelona and also for their players. Lewandowski has also adapted well to Barcelona's current strategy and his two goals at Real Sociedad are proof that Lewandowski is the player Barcelona need this season to fight for the Laliga title. So let's just see how Barcelona struggle to consistently win match, it doesn't matter if someone or you think that it is an easy match, but don't underestimate other teams. Of course there is no guarantee for any team in the league to have a wonderful season. Consistency is key for the teams fighting for the league title. For example I assume most of us expected a comfortable win from Barcelona against Vallecano. Their performance was very impressive to do so as well but Vallecano were lucky to get one point anyway. This kind of results are a part of football. However hopefully they shouldn't have the same incident against Valladolid as well. |
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Liverpool's current look reminds me of the season Manchester City made a very bad start. They had serious problems for a long time but didn't give up and became the winner of the title by a significant point gap as well.
I don't know if Liverpool can do the same. Because this isn't an easy task for any team to do. They need to get lucky on this road as well. For example Manchester City can already be far ahead as you've mentioned and this would end the hopes of being the champions for Liverpool.
They can still bounce back because if you look at the current state of the league, it would be very funny if they gave up just because the results of the 3 matches they started were pretty bad. I think it's too early to give up and this is not Liverpool. What they have to do is keep improving themselves because indeed they are already quite good in the game but their luck and their goal productivity are weak. Of course I don't mean that Liverpool would give up. It is only the beginning of the season and there are many games to be played. However Klopp should act faster about finding the root of the current problem. In the Manchester United game, something attracted my attention. After Mane's leaving the team Liverpool have been affected really badly on the front. They were struggling to find a player like Mane who liked to help the midfield and shape the attacks of the team. If Klopp doesn't create an alternative to this then Liverpool wouldn't still be comfortable about having a good form. |
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Milan were the better playing team against Atalanta but this was still not good enough to be victorious this time. Atalanta did a good job by maintaining their lead for a long time and after that they still did their best not to lose. I accept that it was one of the tough fixtures for Milan but they must continue with minimum point losses for retaining their title.
By the way Napoli have been the most impressive team for two weeks. Maybe Monza were an easy team to defeat but destroying Verona like that deserved the appreciation.
True. Milan played way much better but in my opinion , Atalanta had pure luck last night as even the goal they scored was with chance. Also , I didn't saw the Champion of serie A on the pitch last night because Ac.Milan performance was poor as well and if they want to keep that Serie A this year they will have to work as twice as much than last year because Juventus and Roma might be the great surprise of this season. Today I do think both Roma and Juventus will win and take 3 points. Roma did what they were expected to do and won. Maybe it wasn't the most comfortable score but I still saw very positive signs in their effort. However Juventus let everyone down by getting a 0-0 draw. Even though they have really good attackers somehow they failed to score even one goal. Considering that they had really low amount of shots it must not be related to their attackers. The midfield is still not at a satisfying level. Pogba would take his place in the starting eleven in a few weeks. |
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I assume that the reason why Manchester United are searching for a goalkeeper is that they want to have a reliable substitute. Because Henderson has been loaned to Nottingham Forest and they have only the 36-year-old Tom Heaten in the subs.
The newest alternative seems Kevin Trapp. Manchester United are getting prepared to offer a salary around 8-9m million pounds per year. He has an experience with PSG for some years as well so he can be a nice choice to rely on when De Gea is absent.
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After tearing Real Sociedad apart Barcelona have an easier game on the horizon. Valladolid wouldn't be a big deal for them. The players seemed very confident in their last game. I assume that many of us expected a competitive game there. Lewandowski has adapted very fast so this means that Barcelona won't need Aubameyang much from now on. Chelsea are still fighting for him to finish the deal quickly.
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It was a very interesting night. Most of us must have waited for Liverpool to win against Manchester United again.
Not for me anyway, i was pretty sure Manchester United weren't going to lose this game tonight, not because they were in a good shape or form, of course they weren't, they came into this game on the back of two straight losses, but that exactly is the reason why i knew they would put up a performance today, and they did, i didn't know it would be this good, neither was i sure they would win, but my prediction for this game all week long was either Manchester United wins, or they draw, losing was out of it for me. Having said that, Liverpool were pretty bad for many parts of that game, they have quite a lot of injury concerns but that isn't an excuse, they have just 2 points from a possible 9, and that is the worst start Jurgen Klopp or any Liverpool fan could have dreamt of, they will bounce back, surely they will, but there is a tendency that before they do, City might have been miles ahead of them. Liverpool's current look reminds me of the season Manchester City made a very bad start. They had serious problems for a long time but didn't give up and became the winner of the title by a significant point gap as well. I don't know if Liverpool can do the same. Because this isn't an easy task for any team to do. They need to get lucky on this road as well. For example Manchester City can already be far ahead as you've mentioned and this would end the hopes of being the champions for Liverpool. |
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After having a horrible week Dortmund's next game is an away one against Hertha Berlin. I still can't believe how they conceded three goals from Bremen in the last moments of the game. It is very clear that they still haven't figured out a solution for their defensive weaknesses. Apart from that, Dortmund lost their last game against Hertha Berlin here by 3-2. Considering their current look, I'm not thinking of betting on Dortmund.
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3 games: 17 goals scored and 3 goals conceded...
This is a magical start for PSG to the league. The unbelievable win against Lille is already among the best games PSG have had in the league. I always want to see the trio playing like this. They can be unstoppable if they do this regularly. But this is of course a piece-of-cake league for PSG. We will see their real strength in the Champions League.
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While Chelsea are in need of a good striker, Aubameyang would be a great candidate to fill the place. However I don't know if he would perform as much as he has done at Barcelona so far. He doesn't seem willing to come back to the EPL as well. On the other hand his problem was related to Arsenal rather than the league. Therefore maybe things could be different at Chelsea.
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It was a very interesting night. Most of us must have waited for Liverpool to win against Manchester United again. But they had serious problems on having the control of the game. Manchester United were very successful about keeping them at a certain level and it was a very productive day for them. Salah's goal gave hope but Liverpool still couldn't prevent a 2-1 loss. This the third game they don't get a win.
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Atletico Madrid got a surprising result this week. Villarreal were a tough opponent to beat of course but I wouldn't expect Atletico Madrid to lose in Wanda Metropolitano.Their previous game here ended up with a draw and I was expecting a similar result. This showed clearly that Atletico Madrid are still a problematic team. They can't compete for the title by playing at this level.
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N'Koudou was one of the most impressive players against Karagumruk. If he wasn't this much effective maybe this win wouldn't be this much easy for Besiktas. They needed a win like this to improve their morale also. Because they must have wanted to make up for the annoying result against Alanyaspor. Weghorst did also nice by scoring and Besiktas are going to hope him to be in-form as much as possible.
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