Well, it's really time for Lionel Messi to show those results and the game for which he was invited to the club. Also, do not forget that it seems that Messi's current season is the last at the club and it is not a fact that the automatic renewal function will necessarily be activated. Still, it seems that for the squad that Paris Saint-Germain has, there should not be a dilemma to give priority to the Champions League and sacrifice their national championship. I think that there should be enough strength for at least both tournaments, especially since it is a high place in Ligue 1 that serves as a pass to participate in the Champions League next season. Moreover, not only Messi should serve as a kind of engine of the team, but also the presence of at least the same high-class players as Mbappe and Neymar.

Well, the history of the relationship between the current owners of Manchester United and the fans of the club is a separate story that has been going on for more than one year and I still have no idea what should happen to the club so that the owners still sell the club. Nevertheless, the example of Barcelona shows that the club can quite comfortably exist as long as there are people and organizations who agree to lend money. Yet Manchester United, like Barcelona, has quite a glorious and rich history. Here the whole question is how much the club management agrees to tolerate while Ten Hag will build the team's game. Still, I have more doubts about the future of the head coach of the team in the event of an unsuccessful performance of the club in the coming months than the owners in the club.

Well, about Ronaldo, in my opinion, there is a much more plausible explanation for why Manchester United head coach ten Hag did not release the player, namely, that the player did not go through pre-season with the team. Therefore, the head coach has well-founded doubts about Cristiano's ability to play a full match with full dedication. Although Ronaldo was unhappy with this situation with absenteeism on the field and his unhappy face on the bench became a kind of meme. Actually, for me personally, it was still a surprise that Manchester United lost to Brighton, with all the scandals and problems that have been accompanying MU lately.

In any case, the game will show everything, but the main problem of Real Madrid as a club is that another year, one season has passed. The club's coolest players did not get one year younger when the team was providing results, when Barcelona grew a lot as a team last season thanks to Xavi's return to his hometown club, to his native penates. This season, let's hope that there will be fierce competition between these teams thanks to the simply jewelry work of the Barcelona management this offseason, despite the obvious financial problems. It is also thought that Diego Simeone and his Atletico will bring competition back to the permanent leaders of the championship, which he did not fully succeed in last season.

The current Arsenal is just building up as a team for now. A lot of money has been poured into the current team, but a lot of money just won't work by itself. We just need constant coaching, players' sweat and blood. Arteta came out last year as a team coach who knows how to manage those players that he has available. This season he has been allowed a lot about the players. If he fails to take his chance, he may die as a coach. The Premier League is too competitive a league to provide extra chances.

I have never doubted the talents of Sergio Ramos, he is a good cleaner and a good scorer, strange as it may seem to talk about a player of this role. But don't expect him to run at breakneck speed in defense of the team.  Sergio Ramos is a great savior of the team and you should remember this perfectly well, but not a defender who, at his advanced age, to put it mildly, will clean up the flaws of his partners. Messi, in any of his current condition, should be better than all his competitors in France. I'm silent about Neymar, day and night clubs are the most important factor that do not allow this undoubtedly very talented striker to fully prove himself.

Pogba is a mood player and for some reason this mood appears only in matches for the French national team. I am generally amazed when a person receives his salary in games for his main club, but gives his all in matches for the national team of the country when pennies are paid. Manchester United, in any case, should worry when such a player came to the club for a lot of money and left for free from it. By the way, I wouldn't be too surprised if Pogba does well in Italy, because the style of football and most importantly the intensity is much higher in England than in Italy.

Barcelona made a win-win bet when they relied on such a club legend as Xavi and most importantly, he immediately brought results to the team, because I'm not sure that a bunch of Barcelona players would have agreed to extend their contract or come to the club on reduced terms if Barcelona had not participated in the Champions League. Therefore, I repeat once again that the invitation of Xavi to the post of head coach is a hit in the bullseye, but now Barcelona is waiting for the second season, when enthusiasm will diminish and just need tedious work. I am not sure that Xavi will hold on to the post of head coach of the team now if he does not take at least some title this season, because the spending of the club with all the financial problems just assumes it.

On the one hand, I agree that Ronaldo does not quite fit into the philosophy of the team and such a project as Borussia Dortmund itself. On the other hand, it seems that Ronaldo himself has slightly stung his financial appetites just for the very opportunity to play in the Uefa Champions League, so to a certain extent it would be a win-win option for Borussia Dortmund as a marketing ploy that would ensure the arrival of a bunch of sponsors and a bunch of subscribers on social networks. No matter what anyone says, but Ronaldo and Messi are two modern icons of football and I am very surprised that Bayern Munich refused such a tasty piece of pie, because with all due respect to Mane, he is not such a media personality, even compared to Salah, so I am not surprised that Liverpool extended the contract with Salah, not Mane.

In any case, it is not worth comparing the current Chelsea and the Chelsea of the Abramovich era. For Abramovich, Chelsea was a favorite toy for which he spared no money.  If anyone knows, Abramovich played an important role in the Russian CSKA, who won the UEFA Cup at the time. The main sponsor of that CSKA was Sibneft, which was controlled by Abramovich. No matter what anyone says about this businessman, he set up a mechanism that, thanks to certain qualified people, brought results. Yes, we can say that money was sometimes spent beyond measure there, but still the result in the form of championships and the status of the winner of the Champions League was still obtained. Whether the current American owner will be able to keep Chelsea at least at the current level, I'm not sure. The only thing is that the head coach of the team, Tuchel, remained at the helm, so there is some hope for continuity, but he has also been slipping notes of discontent lately.

Of course, I would like to continue to believe in a miracle, but in my opinion Mercedes lost too much in the first half of the championship to even mathematically try to claim the personal title of the winner of Formula 1. It's also hard to believe, but I would still like Ferrari to be able to impose at least some kind of struggle on Verstappen, but the team, having a car that is not only not inferior, but also surpasses the Red Bull car in some ways, still manages to lose points where it is quite difficult to do. However, if Mercedes had become totally dominant in the second half of the season, then maybe it would have been able to confuse the cards of Red Bull to some extent and maybe thanks to this Leclerc would have been able to return to the fight for the title. But for this, Verstappen's descent from the track in several races is needed, or at least a finish outside the points zone and at the same time a set of maximum points by Leclerc. It sounds fantastic enough, but Leclerc has had similar "feats" this season. Why wouldn't something like this happen now with Verstappen?

How Real Madrid is ready for the season will be judged only after the official matches begin and the first rounds of the championship are held. Friendly matches are still more a way to play new combinations and look at the players of the nearest reserve, rather than trying to show the real level of the team, because in such matches usually no one will take much risk, especially the leaders, risking losing them due to injuries, so it's still worth making allowances for the exhibition nature of this match. Although, of course, any victory is pleasant and cheers up the players of the winning team, but I don't think that Juventus, for example, will be very worried about their defeat.

Remembering how the situation developed quickly at the time and Cristiano left Juventus, I would still not rush to conclusions about the immediate future of the player. In my opinion, no one will be very surprised if Ronaldo extends his contract with Manchester United in the near future and immediately goes on loan for one season to some club that participates in the Champions League, especially since it seems that the leadership of the MU itself is not much against such a prospect. Yes, it can be said that the conversations have subsided and now the probability of a player leaving is much less, but still the probability of such a transfer should not be completely excluded, especially since it seems that the player has significantly reduced his requests. No matter what has been said recently about Ronaldo, but the level of his game is still high and there may well be a willing club that could not afford a football player on financial terms before, and now wants to take advantage of such an incredible chance in the changed conditions.

Yes, it's hard to envy Juventus. Pogba has not even managed to appear in the team in official matches, but he has already managed to get injured and now Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri is reported to puzzle over how to do without a football player now and then, on the contrary, think about how to fit him into the game. I don't think Juventus will arrange a major transfer on this occasion, given that Pogba himself came to the club as a free agent. I also think it is quite problematic to look for a free player of this level for sane money, because many clubs have already decided on their transfers and all the tidbits of the football market have already been snapped up. Therefore, I am afraid that Juventus' tactics in this matter will so far come down to the fact that, like before, we somehow managed without Pogba, and now we will manage with our internal reserves.

Everything is simple here and the point of view on the question depends on what purposes a person wants to use bitcoin for. If a person is doing this for quick enrichment and speculation, then it is naturally in his interests that the asset is sufficiently volatile and such a player is already prepared in advance for the consequences that follow from the strong volatility of the asset. It is quite another matter when a person invests in bitcoin in order to save his savings from inflation, then naturally a strong volatility is not necessary for such a person and, on the contrary, he would like more predictability of the exchange rate and for him it is a great test when an asset instead of a stable rise on the contrary loses in price. From its very appearance and at this point in time, bitcoin is a very volatile asset and the fact that bitcoin is not secured by anything clearly suggests this, so if the investor is not ready for this, it is better to find other more reliable areas for investment that are more adapted for this. However, I still think that in the long term bitcoin will still grow in value and long-term investments will still justify themselves, just do not panic and be patient in such turbulent times of asset value decline.

I sincerely apologize that I did not formalize my thought in the right way. I know and understand perfectly well that Suarez signed a contract with the club Nacional from Uruguay, where he started his career, and if you believe the rumors, then for a period before the start of the World Cup. I just remember the statements of Suarez, who said that the priority for him is to continue his career in Europe and it seems that there were also such proposals, and therefore I was surprised that all these negotiations did not lead to anything and Suarez still went to play in his homeland.

Chelsea lost too much time because of the sanctions and restrictions that were imposed on the club before the change of ownership. In any case, such things do not go unnoticed, especially when the transfer issues at the post of sports director are handled personally by the owner of the club and a new sports director has not yet been appointed. I have nothing against it when the owner of the club is deeply involved in such issues, but still it is worth considering that this does not seem to be his profile and there is no certainty that he will be more effective than those people who have been stewing in this type of activity for years and have an idea of the nuances of the football transfer market. In any case, it takes time to understand the essence of this issue, especially when you come to a new club and the future of the team depends on your decisions.

It's still surprising that Suarez didn't sign a contract with any club now. This really suggests that Suarez did not want to act for a long time now and still hopes to prove himself well at the World Cup and sign a good contract. Another question is that if it is not possible to make this good impression on yourself at the World Cup, then the player then risks getting offers even worse than now or even ending his professional career as a football player. However, I think, as a last resort, then the option with Uruguay will no longer be for three months, but a little more

In any case, the indicator of the success and strength of the head coach of the club is the presence of titles, but it is with this that Mourinho has no shortage and, with all his desire, Mourinho cannot be called a coach of one club, as can be said about some coaches. Jose has achieved success with different clubs in different championships. Let Mourinho's business has not been as successful lately as it used to be, but let's not forget that the light has not converged on one Mourinho and there are many other talented coaches with talented players in their clubs who also claim their share of the pie and have every right to do so and are now succeeding. Therefore, with any attitude to the very character of Mourinho, there is no reason to doubt his coaching strength, because he has regularly achieved success before.

It's not just that Xavi would like Messi to return to Barcelona and the player himself would also dream about it. These are all hypothetical dreams with an eye on next year, but for now the reality is that Messi has an existing contract with Paris Saint-Germain and neither the club nor the player himself even hypothetically expressed a desire to end cooperation this season. But what will happen next year is a separate story, but even there Paris Saint-Germain has an option to extend the contract for another season, and here everything depends on how Messi himself, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona will spend this season.