The fact that Modric decided to turn down an offer that size (assuming biggest ever means maybe like 200 million a year) was a stupid mistake. Think about it, Real already has a good young midfield right now, which means that Modric is less needed, and sure he is still good but he won't be getting that back again. So if he left, and played at SA league, Real would have still been fine, it is not like they need Modric to win otherwise they won't win situation. That is why if he accepted, both Real would have been fine, and he would have been rich.
I am not sure if he will get the same offer next season, there will probably some financial drop there. If it is a political reason, like cultural unfit situation, then I would understand, that's another thing than football reasons.
He might be 37 but still looks physically strong to carry on for further two years even at top competitions. This is a quality he has shown even for his national team and for Real Madrid, how he actualizes this baffles me so much because majority of the players around his age group will not be able to bear that much work burden that he carries at this stage of his career. I just don’t think he is ready yet to leave to Saudi Arabia just yet, tbh how many players do you think fancied the idea of playing for the Arab league a year ago? But after Ronaldo moved to Saudi Arabia, it suddenly became normal. |
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Last season’s performance was one Chelsea will want to forget quickly because it was really poor and because of the level of money invested in player purchase, everyone expected to see a huge change but unfortunately that wasn’t the case and they also had to employ 3 managers in attempt to end the poor run. Pochettino will be the 4th coach to manage this season hopefully to be long term next season that is if he can do better than his predecessors.
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Koulibaly’s Chelsea spell is ended quickly, it is a shame his departure from Napoli was suppose to be a successful one especially having established himself as a key figure at Napoli but failed to meet expectations. He’s now forced to make a move to Saudi Arabia this summer. It seems Saudi league is now the new deal as we are seeing many top players accepting move to Saudi Arabia for the money.
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I see it totally normal that Mudryk didn't perform very impressively this season. Because the whole squad of Chelsea were very inadequate. Their morale was so low that they even gave up on the season quite early. In this situation it wouldn't be a healthy assessment about a player. There is a new period starting for Chelsea now with Pochettino. This is going to be the most important time period to watch Mudryk's capabilities. If the team make a good start the expectation from him will also be high.
If he still can't impress people then I will also agree with the people who think he isn't good enough for Chelsea.
Most persons will blame his poor form on the overall performance of the team but even in that situation some other players managed to make good impact for the team. I really hope he finds favor with the new boss who will be taking over from the next season, because if he doesn’t get playing time, how will he prove himself?
Sadio Mané is not coming back to Liverpool in my opinion. Because first of all even if he does come back, I don’t think the chemistry that previously was in the squad of Liverpool will actually come back.
Secondly, I don’t think it is actually in the best interest for Liverpool to choose something which was in the past. Better to invest in the future. They should bring in the young players and make the attacking lineup fast paced. Thinking about him coming back is just hoping it happens. Probably some people are creating rumors nothing else.
I also don’t see a possibility of Sadio Mane returning to Liverpool, his Liverpool spell has ended for good and if there is any possibility of returning to the premier league I don’t think Liverpool is a possible destination for Sadio Mane. It is a shame that his season at Bayern Munich has not gone as planned, definitely not the kind of result we expected, I hope he can find his rhythm again. |
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Mbappe's case become even more complicated as per some news that were coming from PSG. Even it's also involving mbappe's mother as reported by marca https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2023/06/23/6495b025ca4741095b8b45ce.html It seems like that's become the main reason why there are rumors if PSG wants 250m for him. I don't even think PSG wanna give him that big amount of money. Mbappe is now threatening PSG. PSG is in a big lose if PSG was not selling mbappe right now caused by he will be leaving from the club with a free agent but at the same time PSG must have paid very big compensation for him. That makes me feel curious about what's agreements between mbappe and PSG in the past. The worse mistake PSG will be making is letting Kylian Mbappe leave the club for free next year. I am sure they know the consequences of letting him out his contract, they will be losing so much rather than making any profit. It will be highly profitable if they could get Real Madrid to sign him this summer or in January but preferably this summer with them not facing pressure to sell for a lower price. |
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Manchester City seems very serious want to looking for Gundogan replacement and Guardiola seems focusing to gets new midfielder and if i am not mistaken actually Manchester City have already gets Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea and before Manchester City joining the race to gets Declan Rice actually Arsenal almost be certain to gets his signs especially Arsenal are willing to pay according to his price tag but recently some people has been encourage Rice to choose Manchester City this because at this team his potention to gets the trophies for every seasons is wide open because we all know Manchester City always be the favourite for each years and since Guardiola train this team Manchester City always ended the season with the trophy
Manchester City do not want to lose form and will be looking to replace Gundogan when he leaves for Barcelona. Arsenal better move quickly and seal the deal to get Declan Rice before Manchester City manipulate the market with big money and take over the deal, we have seen what they can do. I think Arsenal need to act fast and close the deal as soon as possible because City just won the treble and they look more attractive than any other team in football today. |
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Today I read about the history of the worst transfers using artificial intelligence. In artificial intelligence including ex-England star and Arsenal record buy. I don't understand how their procedure works. They seem to combine the number of minutes played, performance, price and level of disappointment. But from this result, it explains that Arsenal have the worst record in transfer cases. It seems that this can be an evaluation in the team. Good performances from the original club do not guarantee adaptation to a new club, although not all are the same. Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22751383/premier-league-worst-signings-arsenal-pepe/Still wondering which Arsenal transfer you rate the worst in the history of EPL, apart from signing Nicolas Pepe for £72 million which was Arsenal all time high I doubt there have been any other tranfer of that nature that cost Arsenal too much. I think Chelsea have more of such records than the Gunners have currently. Murdryk is one and koulibaly is another. Saturday's gossip: Juventus have set a £52m asking price for Federico Chiesa, 25, with Liverpool keen on the Italy forward, who is also attracting interest from Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. So, the big football story starts again. Where will Chiesa end up? United are also looking at Porto and Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa, 23, and Brentford's Spain goalkeeper David Raya, 27, as alternatives to become their new number one. Why is United changing the goalkeeper? Or is the club just looking for a good backup solution? Manchester United are thinking of giving Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho, 18, the number seven shirt, which was last worn by Cristiano Ronaldo. A huge honor and recognition for a very young player. What did he do to deserve it? Borussia Dortmund could target Chelsea and England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 23, as a replacement for Jude Bellingham. Gallagher seems like a very good replacement for Bellingham and a great deal for the club. Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/66003618In my opinion, £52 million is not too much for a player of his calibre. I think Garnacho has proven to be a good asset and shown maturity in big games he has featured in. I also believe he has earned the chance to play in the first team next season along side Rashford after all he made more impact than Sancho coming from the bench last season. |
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Bayern Munich did not benefit from Sadio Mané. Sadio Mané's style of play does not match Munich's style of play. And so I'd say Bayern Munich better not have high expectations of Sadio Mané. We are not sure if this news means he will join Liverpool. However, the possibility of Sadio Mané joining the league in Saudi Arabia seems very unlikely to me. Because Sadio Mané is only 31 years old. Now he will definitely want to play in a competitive league. Sadio Mané would be interested in staying with a Serie A or Premier League team.
I cannot really pinpoint the cause of Sadio Mane’s inability to replicate his fine form as he had at Liverpool before joining Bayern Munich. Before moving to the Bayern Munich, Mané was the engine of the Liverpool team and they felt his absence greatly when he left the club. I must admit that I expected much more from him after hearing of his controversial move away from EPL. Things have not been easy for him in the Bundesliga, maybe he should consider returning to EPL. |
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No one will give 200 million for Mbappe, Real aims to get Mbappe as a free agent, and no one will overpay for him. For Mbappe, first of all, the issue with PSG needs to be resolved, are they ready to wait for 2024 to let him go as a free agent, I am almost sure that PSG will not agree to this, because for them it will mean losing a lot of money. And I see that Mbappe is now pursuing a purely financial interest, despite the fact that he is a very talented player.
You say no one? Well I think Real Madrid are still desperate yo have Kylian Mbappe on their team list next season and so they are capable of paying such huge amount to secure his signature. I think all they are waiting for is a go-ahead and they will go any length to get him this summer. This is a big problem for PSG that they need to resolve before the new season begins so that they can begin the season without distractions. |
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I don't know about Mount to be sold from now on. Because Chelsea have made a change in their management and brought Pochettino to the job. I wonder what he thinks about Mount now. Maybe he can win Mount back to the team and Mount can again start to play really decently like his old performances. This isn't impossible and he is still very young.
Mount was actually eager to stay at Chelsea already. He just wanted a fair contract from the team. But it looks like Chelsea still don't have such intention. If Pochettino also can't revert things here I don't know how Mount's future will be. They will need to accept Manchester United's offer somewhere reasonable.
Mason Mount is young and his skills helped Chelsea secure champions league victory under Thomas Tuchel. His skills and ability to move that ball in tight areas to create chances have caught the eyes of Manchester United and that is why they have chosen to make him their main priority this summer despite seeing £55million as a huge amount for their target. I’m waiting to see if Manchester United can close the deal with Chelsea. |
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He definitely came to the wrong place, there isn’t a single person here dumb enough to fall for this stupid scam. He probably done this same scam on other crypto platforms and wanted to try his luck here. What a dumb scammer, he knows nothing about the forum trust system or anything about the forum in general. I bet he won’t be posting anymore with that account. Scams are not moderated but can’t he get banned for making AI generated posts?
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I would say Erik Ten Hag has been successful this season because he has been able to strengthen the bond between Manchester United's players. He managed to fix the small problems that were there within the team. Manchester United is a very stable team now. And next season Erik Ten Hag will try to make this team even stronger. Since Manchester United has not been able to win the Premier League title for a long time, they will build a strong squad to win the title next season. Erik Ten Hag is quite an experienced coach. We may see more great gameplay from Manchester United next season.
Shockingly Erik Ten Hag has been able to do something his past predecessors struggled to do, somehow he has managed to revive a bond between the players, creating team work. Now when you watch Manchester United play, they play with team work and not like individuals trying to show their individual capabilities on the pitch and this has been instrumental to his success story. If he can maintain this and having the board’s backing in transfers he can build a more formidable team in the next two seasons. |
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Whether a win or draw, Nigeria still qualifies for the AFCON
Good news for Nigeria, but heading to the AFCON, there are strong concerns about if the current super eagles coach José Peseiro is the best option to lead the country to that competition. José Peseiro was appointed on 15 May 2022 and the contract is to end this june. During his time, Nigeria lost two international friendly games to Mexico and Ecuador, won Sierra Leone and Sao Tome & Principe in the AFCON qualifiers, lost to Algeria and Portugal in another two International friendly games, Lost to Guinea Bissau in one AFCON qualifiers game and won the other, they also won against Sierra Leone in the second leg of the AFCON qualifiers. In total, he has lost five games and won just four. Do you think he should continue? It is difficult to say at this stage because I think it is still too early, this is still early stages of his campaign and I believe he needs more time with the team probably through the AFCONS to determine if he is the right man for the job or not. As for now he’s had just few games with the squad definitely not enough to evaluate his performance and capabilities. |
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Lukaku is already spent his best in Chelsea and Inter Milan with now if he is getting any offer from the Saudis he needs to accept this and have some better things for his future because now in new Chelsea most chances he will mostly spend his time on bench and no good news is available for him in European clubs which is performance of last two years with if he is looking for the offer like Benzema then surely it's daydreaming which is having nothing good in reality.
Currently, if he is able to have something it's surely good and with his less work and good performance there is chance for him to have something again here in Europe but for this all he needs to have good time in playing instead of having mostly his time on bench which is going to happen in Chelsea.
That will be the best choice for Lukaku if you ask me, at this stage in his career he has past his prime and there isn’t much I would be expecting from Lukaku anymore. For a while m, he struggled to find his form again and luckily for him he did towards the end of last season, if he is lucky enough to catch the eyes of Saudi investors I will advice a move, competing in Europe shouldn’t be a priority for him at this time rather a new experience and huge salary. |
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Funny enough I thought Potter will do great at Chelsea. He was really good at Brighton and I felt he will replicate the same performance with Chelsea. How wrong I was. I really don't know what happened t Potter in Chelsea but he was beyond awful. His team played so badly. Chelsea should have fired him earlier.
But then again, Chelsea went ahead to hire Lampard. What exactly were they thinking? If Chelsea had gotten a better manager after sacking Potter they would have finished in a better place on the table. probably not a among the top 6, but definitely not 12th position.
We all thought the same thing, Graham Potters success stats with Brighton gave me that impression that If he could manage a team like Brighton and propel them to be one of the teams creating problems for the top teams in the league, he would as well transform Chelsea to be a formidable force but that was not the case and he was sacked just like his predecessor. Pochettino is capable of rivalry Pep Guardiola Manchester city, the Manchester city squad mightn't be as strong as they were last season because there are transfer rumours of some players especially those not getting enough playing time wanting to leave the club and when that happens, the quality of the team will drop because now they won't be having competition to play better so they can be chosen ahead of the other players. Chelsea are capable of winning the premier league next season. It just takes few right signings for that to happen and I believe Pochettino with the backing of Todd Boehly can get that to happen.
I really doubt Pochettino will get any where close to competing with Guardiola in terms of individual quality and brilliance in the coaching game because Guardiola has proven to be a tactical genius and the best in the league. Pochettino will have his chance and we will see how well he can compete with Chelsea for the league’s title and other domestic cups |
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Inter transfer target Kalidou Koulibaly is in advanced talks with Al-Hilal, but Romelu Lukaku is telling Chelsea he will not join anyone other than the Nerazzurri.
https://football-italia.net/lukaku-refuses-to-follow-koulibaly-only-wants-inter/Lukaku is very loyal to the intermilan right now. As per his statement above, if he is not wanna leave from chelsea to club other than intermilan. It seems like that chelsea has no choice to keep him as a player for the main squad. As far as i remember if lukaku already included in the project that was already planned by pochettino. Lukaku shall have competed with nkuku if he will be playing as a regular player in chelsea again. His contract with intermilan is still become an unanswered question now. I prefer to see pochettino to give him a spot in the club. The team can dig his potential as long as the club gives him a chance to play regularly in EPL. He has also great seasons with some EPL clubs in the past. Lukaku is a player I respect and also feared when he played in the EPL with Everton then and his first outing with Chelsea, he is huge and physical, always oppressing defenders and forcing his way through defenses. It is a pity that we don’t see those qualities from him anymore, even in the Italian league he is still not half the player he was at Everton. I think his time in the premier league is over and he should be allowed to move on. |
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Arsenal is also bidding for Romeo Lavia the Southampton youngster who will likely replace injury prone Thomas Partey at the midfield, honestly Partey made some costly error this season that cost the team losing some crucial matches of it by losing possession to his opponents easily therefore the earlier he leaves the better.
Is Romeo Lavia the player that Arsenal really need? He is good and has the signs to be a superstar player tomorrow, but is he exactly what Arsenal will want to gamble on in this next season both in the premier league and in the champions league where they have just had an opportunity after a very long time. Can Romeo Lavia play against the big teams, he is very young and just 19 years of age, he has no serious experience for what Arsenal needs in the champions league defensive midfield position. Arsenal need experienced players, even if they will get this youngster, they still need experienced players in that position to join with Jorginho. Arteta has turned his attention to Romeo Lavia since the club considers Moises Caiceido’s price value as too expensive. In my opinion I think both players are so much similar and it will be easier to get Lavia this summer than it will be to get Caicedo, I support the idea of trying to get Lavia instead. Declan Rice, Lavia and Havertz partnership will cause much problems for opponents next season if Arsenal successfully get these players on their side. |
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Messi just want to try become a Ronaldo where he joined an unknown league and it's become big, now let's see if Major League Soccer will become big or not. But those league become big during Ronaldo is still playing for them, if Ronaldo retire or leave, we will see the true number of people who's interested in Saudi Arabian Pro League.
It's a good business by Saudi Arabian to sign star players because they will not able to compete against new generations and they can still make a lot money.
Messi’s move to the MLS is not talked about so much, not as much as Ronaldo’s move was highly mentioned and discussed around the globe. It is good business for Saudi Arabian league because Ronaldo’s move has had a huge and positive impact on the league, many players are now interested in making a move to Saudi Arabia. |
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Watching African games this days is as boring as you can imagine because of the low picture and viewing quality, bad pitches and poor facilities. Africans are not investing in the game to raise our standards to try and meet up with the global world, we are still far behind. Something needs to be done, we have to start investing heavily in the sport, if our competitions become interesting people will be happy to buy tickets to watch a game.
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It's a shame but it seems that Thomas Partey is likely to leave. Romano reports that there is a good chance of Ghanaian midfielder leaving Arsenal this transfer window [1]. I really liked the guy and way he drives himself and find a long distance scoring position and also has scored some stunners for Arsenal this season too. We now just have Jorginho as a defensive midfielder. Now Arsenal can't afford to lose in Declan Rice race.
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[1] https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1670383826520948736Despite Arsenal’s interest in getting Declan Rice on their side this summer I still expect that they have someone also good enough to be coming in from the bench as a substitute for Declan Rice and I believe Thomas Partey can come be that player. One major problem Arsenal faced in title chase was not having sufficient backup for their best players, so when fatigue and injuries came, the performance of the team dropped. I hope they can fix this problem this summer. |
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