I'm also hoping to see a fierce competition for the title next season also. I think it is obvious that the Serie A is much more delightful to follow now compared to the times that Juventus had an insane domination. I really don't like this in any league when it happens. For two years we have seen Inter and Milan becoming the champion team. There have been a very high level of increase in the competition level for the title among multiple teams. This is what I want to see from this league.
Oh, yes, it's not good enough when one team constantly wins the title of the winner of the championship from year to year, except for the fans of this team  Competition is always good and contributes both to the progress of the most leading teams and to the audience's interest in the tournament. Competition also encourages other clubs to become better when they see this struggle, that everything is possible and they themselves can also try to become one of these leaders. For me personally, for example, it was quite unexpected that Napoli was seriously a contender for the Scudetto until the last stage of the championship. |
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If Zidane takes over Paris SG as head coach, Mbappe's wishes will be ruled out. I never think that a name like Zidane will take instructions from a football player. He will want to see his own tactics on the field. If necessary, he can send Mbappe to the bench, after all, Zidane will be the boss. It is very wrong for a player to lead the team. I hope Paris SG doesn't let that happen.
I also think that Zinedine Zidane would be able to cope with managing such a specific team as Paris Saint-Germain like no one else and the same Mbappe would not be able to put his wishes above the team ones. Another question is that the appointment of Zidane to the post of head coach of the team, which until recently seemed to be almost a settled issue, suddenly hung in the air. Now the most likely candidate for the appointment of the head coach of the team is Christophe Galtier, who is now the head coach of Nice. Another question is that Mbappe objects to this candidacy, and it seems that the player was even given the right to vote on this issue when extending the contract. |
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I didn't know that Atletico Madrid were going to release Luis Suarez this summer. He didn't score so many goals like Benzema in the end so I don't think he would be beneficial for the team from now on. Aston Villa are rumoured to sign him but I see another team being interested in him too. It is River Plate. I'm curious about what Luis Suarez will want to do. If he still wants to play in Europe then River Plate should give up already. I would like to see him in the Premier League actually.
I am sorry that the paths of Atletico Madrid and Suarez have diverged, it was already clear from the last matches that Diego Simeone no longer connects the future of the club with Suarez and therefore constantly left the player on the bench. There are a lot of rumors around Suarez's next club and Aston Villa is just one of the options that are not the most obvious to me. In any case, Suarez had recently said in an interview that European football was a priority option for him, so the River Plate option looks unlikely in the near future. The player wants to discuss all possible options with their loved ones in the near future and only then will make a decision. |
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I would guess that age plays a big role in it as well. Dude is already 29 years old, which is young I agree with that, but he was like what 19 or something last time he was in United? Dude was so young, he was transferred to United reserves and not even United, then came back at like 23-24 or something to United. So, it is normal for a player to be sold when he is young, and rebought when he gains some more experience because there are connections between the clubs and the player. I am guessing that Pogba loved both clubs, and he just can't provide what he should to United anymore, I know 29 is young, but even his peak wasn't amazing, so his drop off would have been terrible for United.
If the player himself is not sure that he can give the maximum to Manchester United, then how can he be so sure that he will be able to give the maximum to another club, for example Juventus? If everything I've read about Pogba's return to Juventus is true, then it's more a matter of money and the fact that the player feels that Manchester United will not be able to achieve success in the near future, so the player has a desire to earn extra money by moving to another club, especially participating in the Champions League. Yes, they say that Italian clubs are not as rich now as, say, English ones, but thanks to the fact that while he comes to Juventus as a free agent, the club makes a good increase to his salary instead of paying this amount to Manchester United for a transfer. |
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Liverpool can decide to keep Mane in the club by trying to offer him a better contract in terms of salary and all, but one thing i know is that they aren't rejecting Bayern's offers for no reason or because they want to block the transfer, the offer Bayern is bringing to the table is well below the worth of the player in question, not to talk of some of the embarrassing add-ons they have included in it, there is no way Liverpool were going to accept that, and i am pretty sure Bayern very well know that. If Bayern are serious about signing Mane, they better make a much more sensible offer, i think they are doing this on purpose cause the player has already decided to leave Liverpool, and is willing to join them, so they feel the odds of getting him is in their favor, but really Bayern should add some money to their initial offer and get this transfer over the line before another team steals Mane from under their noses'.
I think it's just an element of bargaining and Bayern Munich is just trying to bring down the price for the player a little bit. In any case, I believe that the current price will not be limited and Bavaria will increase its offer. As far as I understand, I have already been seriously set up for a transfer and it seems that Liverpool does not intend to prevent this. Now it remains only to discuss the price of the issue, which is acceptable to both sides. Bayern are preparing a new offer for Mane and the club's sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic should personally fly to Liverpool and hold a meeting with the Liverpool management on this issue. |
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I would also like to see Cristiano Ronaldo as the captain of Manchester United. I believe that he is one of the best players for this. He led the team in the previous season in fact as they would have been in a much more terrible situation if he hadn't performed that great. I wouldn't like to point out only his performance of course. He did his best about making the team fired up too even though the team weren't that good after. It looks like Ronaldo is staying for at least one more year so we should see him as the leader of the team.
Unless Ronaldo stays at Manchester United, and does not move to another club that participates in his favorite tournament called the Champions League I also think Ronaldo deserves the right to be the captain of Manchester United more than Maguire, but we need to look around who ten Hag is going to build the team around now. In a club like Manchester United, the team captain should be the leader of the dressing room and have the greatest authority among the players, and Ronaldo fits this role perfectly. Another question is that the team captain is also a guide between the head coach and the team itself and you need to understand how much ten Hag and Ronaldo are willing to trust each other. |
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I absolutely agree that France don't even care about the Nations League now. I don't even give a chance to Croatia normally in a game like this. France wouldn't most probably manage to qualify for next stage here. Great job by Croatia of course as it was still not a very easy victory for them. I liked your logic in your parlay by the way. It was logical to bet on Croatia's goal while there is a France like this. Denmark - Austria must be really worrying for you as two goals came very early in the game.  France did not just fail to qualify for the next stage of the UEFA Nations League, and France is two steps away from relegation from Group A of the tournament. It's funny enough when the French national team, which itself won the UEFA Nations League last season, is now on the verge of relegation from the elite division. I understand that in your opinion, the prestige of the title of the current world champion and the national team itself does not matter to the French national team. Or does it still have? I personally am not so sure, it's just a combination of circumstances and I think that the French national team will make every effort in September to partially correct the situation and at least get out of last place in their group. |
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Horrible day for Ferrari... Red Bull had the same engine problems at the beginning of the season but they figured it out later on. It looks like it is time for Ferrari to struggle with these problems. And the longer time they take to solve, the worse for them. Because Red Bull drivers continue to get very important points and this causes the gap between them to be opened very highly. Leclerc is doing his best to become the champion this season but the car is not letting him do so for now.
Oh, yes, the beginning of the season has raised great hopes in the hearts of Ferrari fans and the coveted Formula 1 winner's title seems to have already loomed, but problems with the car deprive them of all this. Leclerc said after the race that it hurt a lot and that they had to make sure it didn't happen again. The most important thing is that the same reliability problems also have the Ferrari client teams that use their engines and the Alfa Romeo racer and the Haas racer have also gone off the track. The departure of Carlos Sainz from the track may finally exclude the rider from contenders for the title. And because of the descent of Leclerc, now another Red Bull driver in the person of Sergio Perez has come out in second place in the championship. |
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Barcelona need to become successful to make more money to solve their financial problems. This means that they will need to fight hard for the La Liga title and for reaching as good stage as possible in the Champions League at the same time. They are both hard to do tasks for them as they are recovering newly. But the football they played recently has made me excited about their next season performance. I hope they can maintain and improve this level more by next season.
Fighting hard next season will be difficult especially with some players who now don't want to go back to the same as in the previous season especially in terms of salary reductions. They've lost quite a lot when they gave up half their salary and now they don't want anything like this anymore obviously this will create some controversy again within Barcelona now. In the end this if it continues to be postponed will only become a ticking time bomb now. Oh, yes, many fans, because of the second place taken by the team in the championship, forget that Barcelona is still in a very difficult financial situation and not only potential transfers of new players, such as the one hotly discussed with the participation of Lewandowski, are under attack, but also transfers of new players that seem to have already taken place. Therefore, there is a situation similar to the one that has happened now, when Frankie de Jong says in an interview that he would like to play in the same club with Lewandowski, when the transfer of Lewandowski is under a big question and under the same big question whether de Jong himself remains in the team. |
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It was a really bad day for Portugal indeed. Switzerland weren't a very challenging opponent for them normally but they managed to surprise Portugal a lot by this 1-0 victory. The winning goal came in the 2nd minute already and I'm still surprised how Portugal weren't able to answer in the whole game. Ronaldo's absence also affected them badly surely but they still had very good players in the team though. Spain didn't experience a similar result against Czech Republic at least and it was an easy win by 2-0.
I think that in addition to the factor of the quick goal scored by the Swiss national team at 55 seconds, I also think that the time and number of matches played a big role in the relatively sensational results in this League of Nations draw, when the head coaches of the teams are forced to apply the principles of rotation of the squad. Also, do not forget that many of the leading players of the national teams are already tired after the last season and their thoughts are already on a long-awaited vacation. Specifically about these matches, that Switzerland, that Spain unsuccessfully held the first matches and are now trying their best to catch up and fix the situation. Spain, for example, has already come out on top in the group. |
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Lewandowski is currently under the radar of many big clubs for sure. The clubs I have seen so far are Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United and PSG. It may be a really difficult choice for him because of this. One thing is going to play a very important role in his decision and it is what league he would like to play in next time. In my opinion, the La Liga would be the best option for him and the second best one would be the Premier League. I wouldn't go to the Ligue 1.
I know he prefers Barcelona, I don't know if is because of their history but he is doing everything to go there even don't mind cutting his wages, I think he is a simple man that don't put money ahead because if he does the premier League is the wise place to be, and I think Manchester United should do all they can to get him, because for me he will be the one that changes their fortunes, he will be bring goals and winning mentality to the team,and he will be that focal point the team lack. I don't think Lewandowski has such a difficult choice and in many ways he has already decided. In any case, the number one priority for Lewandowski remains Barcelona. If this option still fails, then the option with Manchester United will be the very last on the list, largely due to the fact that the club will not take part in the Champions League next season. As far as I understand, the footballer himself and his entourage consider a move to Chelsea as a backup option in case the move to Barcelona encounters insurmountable obstacles and ends in failure. Also, for me personally, the option of Paris Saint-Germain and the game of Lewandowski and Messi in the same team would be interesting, but this option is very unlikely. |
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I said that Real Madrid are going to be a threat again but I started feeling like they won't achieve the Champions League title next season. I think that it will be a different team than them and it will even be one of two alternatives in my mind now: PSG or Manchester City. I really wish one of these teams can finally achieve this and in my opinion Manchester City are more likely to do it. I see it like Erling Haaland was the last piece of the puzzle to complete it and now they can do this.
I also think that the Champions League will have a new winner next season. It is too early to draw far-reaching conclusions, because the contours of the teams of the leading clubs in Europe have not yet been fully formed, so we can only speculate on this topic hypothetically and so far just empirically transferring the old teams to new ground.More or less, some conclusions about the contenders for the Champions League can be made only during the group stage, after which some of the favorites may be eliminated. By the way, let's see what will happen with Paris Saint-Germain if Zinedine Zidane finally comes there. It seems that the issue of Pochettino's departure has almost been resolved. |
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Chelsea did give the green light to let Lukaku go, because as you said, Lukaku is not contributing to Chelsea. Even Kai Havertz's performance is much better than Lukaku, even though Havertz is not a pure striker. Lukaku should not have returned to the Premier League after his previous failure with Man United. Even though many people around Lukaku reminded him to stay at Inter, but Lukaku was still determined to move back to Chelsea
and it turned out that Lukaku's performance was very disappointing. Fortunately, currently Inter are still willing to accept Lukaku back, even though Inter will sign Lukaku on a loan scheme. At least Lukaku's future is getting clearer, because Lukaku will most likely play again next season with Inter.
Don't you know if Lukaku has a problem there? He didn't get enough time to play and he seems uncomfortable with his situation in Chelsea. This problem leads to a lack of contribution for Chelsea. Lukaku is an experienced, skilled, and quality center forward, no one doubts his capability. He proves it in Inter Milan and in his national team. If he can play regularly in Chelsea and everyone supports him, he must contribute much to Chelsea. So, please don't blame Lukaku. Anyway, I agree if it is the time to leave Chelsea, Lukaku needs to move to a club that wants to respect him. Inter Milan, AC Milan, or maybe other top clubs will try to sign him. The club has a head coach who decides whether he needs a football player or not. Tuchel has already proved his worth with his results and it is not the business of a football player to indulge in arguments about the tactics of his club and his playing time. A football player should go out and prove his worth on the field, and not with his arguments on this topic to journalists. By the way, former Inter footballer Antonio Cassano said on this occasion that Inter should not take the player back, because when leaving Lukaku said that he was leaving for the team of his dreams. Cassano is also worried that he will have to sell Lautaro Martinez because of this. |
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Consistency is key of course, but they had a very confusing season with how the team was setup. They had Ronaldo at the start of the season, and I know they played many games without him, but if they knew that Ronaldo would leave on June, they would have replaced him with another player, they didn't and it rushed their hands to get better. This is why I believe that they are going to be getting players that would stay for a longer term this time around. This will in return result with them getting a good team for the season. Inconsistent results came from the fact that the team wasn't set and ready for such a transfer, now they would be a lot more ready and the squad will be decided beforehand.
It is impossible to attribute all the failures of Juventus to the fact that Ronaldo left the club at the beginning of the season. Juventus was just so sure that Ronaldo would go nowhere and he would agree to play another season without extending his contract, but it turned out that a player of this level has such options. In my opinion, the main problems of Juventus are not only and not so much connected with the departure of Ronaldo from the team, but the fact that Juventus during the season was rebuilt under a very specific model of Massimiliano Allegri's game, which used to bring results, but from which Juventus has been leaving all these years. And in any case, it takes a certain amount of time. |
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Erik Ten Hag would have been an excellent coach for PSG. But would they have accepted that in the squad at PSG? He is fairly inexperienced, but he knows a lot about it. I don't think Pochetino is a great coach at all. Actually there is currently only 1 man suitable to coach PSG and that is Zidane. No one has as much respect and status as him. They have very good players, with the right coach you can win all the trophies next season. The question is of course not whether they will win the competition, that will be easy. But the players and supporters are more hungry.
He really would have been one of the great choices for PSG but Manchester United have become successful about bringing him. The best candidate for PSG is Zinedine Zidane of course but I'm having my doubts about he would join them. Because he hasn't managed a team for a long time and he might want to continue like this for a longer time too. Truthfully I would love to see him managing PSG. He would adapt to the team very quickly too and it might really be the time for PSG to win the CL title then. Personally, I am not at all sure that ten Hag would be able to cope with the management of such a special club as Paris Saint-Germain, with its ambitions, composition, expended funds. I am not sure that he will be able to cope with Manchester United, but still, in my personal opinion, this is a more acceptable option for him to succeed and be closer in level to Ajax, in terms of his authority as a coach. It's just that at Manchester United, ten Hag will build a team, the composition of the team and he will be allowed to do it, and at Paris Saint-Germain they will demand the Champions League from the already available material here and now. |
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Real Madrid has achieved a good record for itself with 14 championship titles and to a great extent, if they continue with proper players' transfers, the club will still retain the trophy 🏆 in the next season. For the main time let real Madrid enjoy their winning and also preparation for next season since that is the next step forward for all clubs.
What Real Madrid do is always have the precision in choosing players who are ready for the big games. And next season will definitely be a lot of player changes which they are trying to add to the scheme to keep it stable. Benzema certainly will not last more than one season, and even then if you look at his contract at Real Madrid which has been extended by one year until 2023, it may not be as productive as it is now. Madrid will prepare a striker so that he can be a qualified alternative. Oh, yes, Real Madrid must find a new lifesaver in case of unforeseen problems with defense or attacking actions No matter what anyone says, but this season has been incomparable for Benzema and it is not at all a fact that Benzema's age and physical form next season will allow us to do those incredible things that we were lucky to see with our own eyes. On the one hand, this is a certain degree of disrespect for a great player when the need to acquire someone to replace him is openly discussed. On the other hand, this is the flip side of the coin of playing in a big club, when the club should not depend on the actions of a single player. |
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If Lewa goes, it will be a very, very big loss for Bayern. It's really hard to find such a complicated striker. In my opinion, scoring over 20 goals every season is not for every man. It's really fun to watch it. I'm sorry he's leaving Bayern. At the press conference of the national team, he made this very clear that he is leaving. I don't know where he goes but I am sure that wherever he goes, he will smash that league too. I feel like he will go to Barça. This a big loss for Bundesliga too, of course. But I don't think he will be happy in Spain. His playing style is more suitable for Bundesliga or Premier League in my opinion.
The impact created by Lewa will be felt by Bayern, especially in those difficult moments when Bayern will be struggling to get a goal that he always shows up and scores, he will be missed but I think Bayern will get a good striker that will replace him made be a someone who scores like Lewa but truth be told you can't some one as fast as Lewa. I heard a rumor about Lewa joining the EPL team next season but am not too sure but I think he will do better in EPL if he is signed. As far as I understand from the words of Lewandowski himself, the player is seriously aiming for a move to Barcelona. At least, his recent words about the fact that there are few applicants for him, because he is considering only one option, seem to clearly indicate this. There is also information that Barcelona president Laporta called the player's agent and thanked Lewandowski for his words about wanting to leave about Bayern. I personally have no doubt about Lewandowski's ability to play in Barcelona. Another question is that I am not sure that the player will have the same huge performance as in Germany. There are also some concerns that the situation with the extension of Messi's contract may repeat, when the team could not fit into the financial requirements of La Liga. |
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It's difficult to get top players for Milan, because top players will quickly get better offers out there. Because usually Serie A teams will get good players but at the age of approaching retirement, if Giroud can still stay it's not a problem either. But after all, recruiting young players to regenerate the team is the main thing to pay attention to. In competition, of course it will never be easy and what's more, next season's Champions League must be an important match for Milan who are the winners of the Serie A title. After all, I am looking forward to Divock Origi's performance in Milan, hope Origi can really contribute as intended expected at least if the performance was good then this would be a proper recruit.
When you are not financially doing well, it is easy to lose players, but that is how you should be looking at becoming better, find players that are underpaid by you. If a player "could" get 10 million offer from another team, but plays for you for 3 million, that is the player that you want. I know there aren't that many, but unknown names could definitely be there, finding youth players from all around the world, or finding players like Hernandez which is a great player but wasn't a globally known name, all of these are great for an Italian team to win the title. I believe they could repeat this because they have been doing exactly that for many years now. Such is the football business and the club should look for players according to the financial means that are available and it's great when there are players who agree to receive several times less than they could. By the way, I am happy for such players and a little ashamed for a club that does such things, underpaying players. Still, it's better when players receive according to their efforts and talents. But this cannot continue indefinitely, because the age of the player is short and therefore, in the end, such a player will surely leave the club. And so, such cases may be when a young player earns a name for himself or an older player who has already earned a name and money for himself. |
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So it looks like Ecuador might be removed from the world cup and replaced by Chile. Apparently Ecuador's player, Byron Castillo, is actually Colombian  FIFA has been investigating this for months, and will make their official decision this Friday 10 June 2022. If Ecuador is banned from the competition, Chile will take its place. It seems that the mountain gave birth to a mouse and the Chile national team will still not be able to get to the World Cup through the back door. The national team of Ecuador can exhale and continue to prepare for the World Cup. FIFA conducted an official investigation and rejected Chile's protest against the allegedly forged documents of Ecuador national team player Byron Castillo. However, the reasoning part of the decision has not been published and the parties will still have ten days to appeal against the decision. By the way, the fact that a player was born in Colombia, in theory, should not greatly interfere with obtaining Ecuadorian citizenship, unless he has already played for the Colombian national team. |
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Lewandowski is still a target for Barcelona to bring him to play for them. But a little hampered because of other factors that are being experienced by the team nicknamed the Blaugrana. If you look at Bayern Munich's side they will actually be ready to release their star on the front lines to leave next season. Indeed, the presence of Lewandowski will be very important for Barcelona to add to their attacking power. I hope Barcelona manage to sign Lewandowski from Bayern Munich, he is a great striker to be at Barcelona next season. Barcelona's main obstacle now is money, but if they manage to sell a player who is currently interested in other teams then they will easily be able to bring Lewandowski to Camp Nou. Currently Barcelona have 3 centre-forwards, but Barcelona need a striker who is greater than just Aubameyang, Depay and also Braithwaite. Lewandowski was good enough at Bayern Munich and now Barcelona will try to get him even though he is not young anymore. As far as I remember, it will not be possible to correct the situation by selling only one player. No wonder the president of Barcelona was furious when the president of La Liga said that Barcelona could not sign Lewandowski and the club needed to sell players, to which Robert's representatives reacted with bewilderment and alarm. The most likely sale for Barcelona right now is de Jong, who would not want to leave the club. Xavi would also like to keep the player in his team, but the interests of the club are higher and you can get up to 80 million euros for him, for example from Manchester United. And only about 100 million is needed for Lewandowski, and this is not taking into account the already signed newcomers. |
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