In case Lewandowski leaves the team I will be wondering about who will be brought to his position at Bayern Munich. There is no proper alternative player for Lewandowski in the team currently. They will need to make a big centre-forward signing. I'm wondering if they are already monitoring anyone. They were planning to sign Erling Haaland in case they lose Lewandowski but they can't anymore. I assume that they would like a strong forward player like Lewandowski. But they are trying to keep Lewandowski for one more season for now.

The main reason why Manchester City have brought Erling Haaland must be that they want to achieve the Champions League title easier. By saying easier I don't mean that it is going to be easy for them. But they have a much more reliable and stronger centre-forward on the front. We don't know how much time it will take him to start playing as always but hopefully it won't take long. Manchester City aren't stopping now of course and they are still continuing on their transfers. Kalvin Philips is nearly done too.

I have started seeing on some sources that Liverpool have started considering the selling option for Mohamed Salah in this summer. I mean they are thinking of doing this on the condition that they get an offer around 60 million pounds. This is really shocking to me as I wasn't expecting this to happen already now. Maybe at the end of next season this would have happened but not now. I hope this stays as a rumour only in the coming days. Otherwise Liverpool can have big struggles if they haven't thought of an alternative for Salah.

@Rruchi man  I think that this would be definitely unfair for these players. Because it is up to their choice to play for their origin country or the other one. For example we can see many players in France squad whose origin are completely different normally. But they have chosen to play for France and they must be contented with this situation. I assume that nobody forced them to choose that national team. This is the same for non-African players too. As a result I think that FIFA shouldn't force players to play for their origin country. This can lead to many problems.

First there were some rumours that Ronaldo was linked with Bayern Munich for a possible transfer depending on Lewandowski's departure. But I see now that Salihamidzic indicated those rumours as lies. Ronaldo wouldn't be a bad choice for Bayern Munich in that case though. But I assume that he is telling the truth now. Lewandowski had a much better season than Ronaldo and I understand the reason why they don't want to replace him with Ronaldo. They would like to sign a striker that is capable of scoring as many goals as Lewandowski then.

Christophe Galtier would be a really interesting choice for PSG. Because I bet that most people don't even know about him much now. I would also expect a name that is well-known too. I wonder if the reason why they are close to reaching an agreement with him is his success with Lille. He managed Lille for nearly four years and became the champions in the Ligue 1 once too. But it is PSG we are talking about in the end so they should make their choices much more carefully. Let's just hope that this becomes good for PSG in the long term.

Milan have work to do in the summer transfer window. They don't only need a striker. They need a good midfielder too because Franck Kessie is leaving the team in a few days. Milan should focus on increasing their squad quality to prevent themselves from having a poorer season. It is very important for the Champions League too as they had a very poor run in the previous season of the tournament. They couldn't even reach the next stage and the supporters will have bigger expectations this time.

Gabriel Jesus is surely more affordable for Arsenal. Besides as you also said Arsenal don't have a very serious chance to sign Sterling if Chelsea are very decisive about finishing this deal. Chelsea have a big advantage of joining the Champions League group stage directly while Arsenal aren't in the same situation. Arsenal's missing the Champions League by inches caused them to have a worrying transfer window. As long as the player himself doesn't dream of playing especially for them they won't have a bigger chance.

The weather conditions would really be tough in Qatar if they played in the summer or right after it ends. They made the right decision by carrying the tournament to November. But this has some negatives sides over the players too of course. Because its being played in November will force the leagues to have a huge break. This can cause their schedules to be much tighter after the World Cup ends. I still sometimes question whether it was necessary to have a World Cup in Qatar.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/barcelona-submit-bid-for-lewandowski-ronaldo-lined-up-to-replace-him-at-bayern-munich-/view/news/406635

There is fresh news about the possible Lewandowski transfer to Barcelona. It is said in the source that Barcelona have made their official offer for him and it is worth 40 million euros. The transfer fee is 35 million euros and there is a bonus worth 5 million euros too. I think that it is a quite favourable offer for Bayern Munich now. But they still seem decisive about not selling him until his contract expires next summer. This is making things really difficult for Lewandowski as he wants to leave now. If they block his way then this might reflect on his performance badly too.

Zlatan's current condition about whether to continue playing for Milan is still ambiguous. And this ambiguity can cause his contract to end too as he has only one week left on it. Zlatan is 40 years old and he isn't able to play very effectively too. However I don't have big expectations from him at the same time. He is already a legend to me. He has been helpful for Milan's success in the Serie A mentally especially. Milan players seem they like his presence in this team. I think Milan should continue with him for one more season but we will see if there will be a new deal.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/chelsea-and-arsenal-want-sterling-but-is-he-the-ideal-solution-to-their-goalscoring-problems-/view/news/406597

I have seen this news on Transfermarkt today. Chelsea and Arsenal both are seriously interested in Raheem Sterling these days. We have already known about Chelsea's interest in him but Arsenal are a surprise to me now. Because Arsenal are interested in another Manchester City player who is Gabriel Jesus too. It doesn't seem very realistic to me that Arsenal would spend very high amount of money for both of these players. I think that Manchester City wouldn't let Gabriel Jesus go for a price below 50-60 million euros. Sterling's current market value is 70 million euros too.

I assume that many people including me sharing the same opinion with you about this. Zinedine Zidane is the best manager PSG can have right now but unfortunately this deal won't happen most probably at least for this season. As you also indicated he is preparing to start managing France national team after the World Cup ends. I don't know if there is any official offer for Zidane from them but I assume that he is waiting for Deschamps to quit his job after the World Cup. Deschamps has been managing France for ten years and I wonder if there will be any contract extension. But PSG can't wait until then to look for an opportunity to sign Zidane.

It must be feeling sad for Real Madrid to hear about Toni Kroos' decision to leave when his contract expires. I know that he is 32 years old now but he has still been showing a quite decent level of performance for the team. He is one of the important parts of their midfield. On the other hand Real Madrid are consolidating their midfield by new young player signings. After the Camavinga transfer this time they brought Tchouameni. These transfers will be a really big help for them in the long term.

Mane has been a very beneficial player for Liverpool during his contract. He has been one of the most crucial players in the team but he is going to a different team now. Bayern Munich have always been a very effective team in offense. And now I'm feeling confident that Mane will make a big contribution to them too and this will make them even harder to stop. Leroy Sane and Mane can have a nice rivalry with each other for the starting eleven. As long as he adapts to the team fast he can take the spot in the starting eleven.

Lakers are going to be the team that I wonder about the most before next season. Because they were really bad last season and couldn't qualify for even the playoffs. Lebron was the most impressive player of the team as always but even his high effort couldn't help the desperate condition of the team. Because he didn't have anyone to help him about making it to the playoffs at least. Westbrook and Davis were really inadequate. Westbrook isn't performing like in the old times and Davis had a serious injury. I hope that Lakers change their starting five by new trades.

I don't know if it's related to the country for Romelu Lukaku. Maybe we could see him performing much better than he has done for Chelsea so far. We'd never know without trying this. I would like to remind you Lukaku's much greater times with Manchester United and especially Everton. He had more impressive stats then. As a result it must be related to playing for Chelsea. He didn't perform good in the past too and this didn't change after he came back from Inter here.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/dortmund-set-to-sign-haller-as-haaland-replacement-summer-spending-nears-euro-90m/view/news/406498

I've just come to the thread to talk about the probable Sebastian Haller transfer for Dortmund.    It seems like this is Dortmund's master plan to give Haaland's place in the team to Haller. In my opinion Haller is a great option for Dortmund now. Dortmund are planning a deal including 31 million euros worth transfer fee + 4 million (bonuses). His current value is exactly 35 million now so Ajax might not cause much problem to Dortmund about it. Actually when we consider his incredible performance last season we can expect Ajax to try to keep him. But there is a feeling like they will reach an agreement with Dortmund sooner or later.

I think that Bayern Munich signed Sadio Mane for a very cheap transfer fee. They are paying 32 million euros + 9 million (bonuses). This isn't a big money for a player who was worth 70 million euros normally. But Liverpool didn't insist on selling him below his market value and the reason might be that Mane was decisive about leaving the team at the earliest opportunity. I think that Mane can't be considered as old now because he is still very agile. Bayern Munich needed a left winger as they didn't have multiple alternatives and it is good for them.

Conte's Tottenham started to be very effective. If he didn't become their manager I think that they wouldn't manage to qualify for the Champions League by finishing as the fourth team. He helped Harry Kane a lot also to find himself in the team again. When we take all of these into account I'm starting to think like Tottenham might do even better than Chelsea and Arsenal next season. But it is just an assumption of course as we don't even know the future transfers of these three teams. Those transfers are also going to shape their way next season.