Last season, however, United's performance was weak and disappointing. Yet I would say there is no need for them to sign any new players this season. They are very strong considering the squad. Their weakness was the lack of mutual understanding between the players. The players are not friendly. At the same time they have to change their formation. They are not able to succeed in this formation due to weak match strategy. And so Manchester United should solve the team's internal problems without buying new players.
In any case, it is not necessary to make a huge strengthening of the squad if clubs such as Arsenal and Manchester United did not get into the Champions League. Although, of course, in any case, it is necessary to strengthen, at least in order to claim titles and to participate in the Champions League next season, but still it should be taken into account the fact that top players are less willing to go to clubs that do not take part in the most prestigious European Cup tournament. And I strongly disagree that Manchester United should not sign new players, because in any case some of the players will leave and they need to be replaced effectively. |
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Yea with the new signing real Madrid will perform better next season, even though they won the championship but some of the players need to move to other club players like Benzema.
Real Madrid really had a great season. Winning both the La liga and Champion League title. Although, their squad seems quite strong. But, it will be nice if they probably strengthen it with some talented players. Because, next season will be more tougher, and they need to be well prepared. However, Benezema have been a goal machine in the team ever since Ronaldo departed from Madrid. Nevertheless, he has to play In other clubs in order to face new challenges. In any case, such big clubs as Real Madrid should strengthen every year to have a certain margin of safety. Well, specifically in the case of Real Madrid, there is a situation when such team leaders as Modric and Benzema are not getting younger and can dramatically slow down their results at any time. Therefore, in any case, the club needs to strengthen. Maybe not to arrange a complete restructuring of their squad, but still maintain the necessary level of competition between reserve and base players. The most important thing here is not to live up to the moment when the players can no longer cope with their tasks and cannot cope with their rivals, who, unlike your club, have changed and progressed. |
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Koeman wasn't great at Barcelona. His era was arguably the worst Barcelona have ever experienced in the last two decades. The fear factor opponents usually having when facing Barcelona suddenly disappeared. Thankfully, he was sacked and Xavi was made the manager, for the first time in a year and half or thereabout, Barcelona fans can relax and not be too bothered if they will lose when they play Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, and other big European teams.
Let's not forget what time Koeman came. Then Barcelona did not have such financial problems and the task of the head coach was to rejuvenate the squad, although I also did not like how he did with Luis Suarez. It was also a complete surprise for Koeman that the team was left without a player like Leo Messi, and then without Antoine Griezmann. Also, let's not forget that Koeman won the Spanish Cup for Barcelona, but Xavi has not been able to win any tournament with Barcelona yet. I have great respect for all that Xavi has achieved with Barcelona, but let's not forget what different conditions Koeman and Xavi had. |
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I wonder whether there will be a new team to make a big surprise next season and win the league title. But it doesn't happen very often while there is a very strong team like PSG in the league. Lille were a rare example indeed and they had a really bad season after that. PSG are going to be the biggest contender for the title next season too. It is like an ordinary thing for them from now on. Therefore they are focused on the Champions League rather than the Ligue 1 as it is a much more difficult tournament.
Unless there is a new investor who will invest in his team no less than people from Qatar invest in Paris Saint Germain. Unfortunately, money plays too big a role in this case, and PSG, already strong in composition, will only strengthen. Especially when the issue of extending the contract with Mbappe has been successfully resolved. In Paris, not all the players played all the matches at a high level worthy of their talent and money spent, but only Mbappe always played at a high level and saved the team with his goals scored. Let's hope that the golden shower will not spoil the player and he will continue to play at the same high level next season. |
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Barcelona's performance in the UEFA Europa League shouldn't mislead people because they weren't caring about this tournament much. They could have been eliminated by even Galatasaray in an earlier stage of the tournament. They still were eliminated early actually as they were performing way below the level they were performing in the La Liga. I don't expect them to do the same in the Champions League next season. It is the important European tournament for them.
If Galatasaray had eliminated Barcelona in an earlier stage of the tournament, probably Galatasaray could win title. They could made a big surprise. It would have been a fairy tale for Galatasaray, but it didn't happen. Frankfurt eliminated Barcelona and they win title. It became a fairy tale for Frankfurt. In any case, a title is a title and I think Barcelona did not want to finish this season without a trophy at all and sweeten the pill by winning the second most important European club tournament. Therefore, it is also not necessary to mislead anyone and accept defeats with dignity. It's just one thing when it comes to such an extended tournament as La Liga, where there is an opportunity to improve, which Barcelona can be said to have brilliantly demonstrated, and a completely different thing when it comes to a cup tournament, when a couple of not quite successful matches leave you with nothing at the playoff stage. |
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I would like to congratulate Rafael Nadal with a brilliant record 14 wins at Roland Garros and 22 titles at Grand Slam tournaments! To be honest, I had some doubts about his victory this year, given his health problems in recent weeks, but after Nadal dealt with Djokovic in the quarterfinals, it became clear that Rafael is capable of winning the entire tournament. There were certain rumors before the final that Nadal might announce his retirement after this match, but Rafa clearly showed after the match that he would still try to continue to please the audience with his performances.
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I do agree that they have missed two amazing names that they could have get, but that happens there is nothing wrong with that. I believe that they are already good, and they just need 3 players that is it the rest is okay. They need one defender which they will probably get with Rudiger, and one midfield which I am sure they will find, and one striker to replace Benzema when the time comes, so just like sub Benzema out time to time to rest him and put that player in, so a young player would do. That three will be enough, maybe like get a second midfield if you can but they do not have to, and all of this combined could cost under 100 million as well.
Actually with trio midfielder right now from Modric, Kroos and Casemiro are position really need back up and Real Madrid should looking for who will replace on midfielder position. Almost several years ago this trio midfielder have working with Real Madrid and always become regular player. I think need to find who will replace third player above, actually with Modric have over age and I think need to find new midfielder can play well replace Modric position. Except Real Madrid still need to find new forward will be competitor for Karim Benzema if he got injury or missing on important match. Oh, yes, the matches in the Champions League and in the domestic championship showed that Real Madrid with Benzema and Real Madrid without Benzema are completely different teams and he can be considered the main culprit of the club's victories. The failed deal with Mbappe obviously added headaches to the management and coaching staff of the club, because it was on him that the bet was placed as a striker who is also able to make a result. It is no secret to anyone that the club's management was confident in the transfer of the player and therefore did not resort to active actions in the transfer market to find a new striker. |
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Haaland is a young player I'm sure he can adapt quickly and the Premier League is a challenge for the world's top players they will be more recognized if they manage to make some good records such as top score and others.
That's right, from any angle, Haaland is a pretty good young player at the moment, you could even say he is the most prominent player after Mbappe. The EPL is the league with the best level of competition at the moment and it is clear that this will be one of the challenges for Haaland. he has to adjust the EPL fast play for now because many people fail to adjust this and if he also fails it will be hard for him to shine He is definitely the next superstar after Mbappe, there is no denying that. Plus he was in a position that City direly needed as well. They need a superstar striker and they got one, if Haaland was the next superstar defender for example, it wouldn't really mean this much, but since he is a striker, and one that is so strong and fast that he would definitely adjust to EPL very well, and I believe that he could score enough to even challenge top scorer of the league next season with such a great team as well. So, this transfer was the one that they did very well, the best one they had for a long time, it is going to change so much of the clubs future for sure. And this isn't like Newcastle we are talking about, they are already amazing. I also think that Haaland should not have any special problems with adapting to the requirements of the English Premier League. But there is one rather significant "but", namely the player's health, about which Real Madrid had some doubts. Still, I think that the English Premier League is more intense in terms of play and loads than the Bundesliga, and no matter how it turns out to be even more traumatic for the player. As for Newcastle, I would like to say the following: Manchester City has already laid a certain foundation, and Newcastle is now practically being built in a new way. |
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When Sadio Mane leaves Liverpool, they will find it hard to replace Mane. Liverpool have a wage bill they want to keep. Mane deserves an upgrade with his salary, Mane's salary is £100k and Salah is earning £200 that's not fair, Mane and Salah case is similar to Ronaldo and Benzema in Real Madrid. Madrid only found the value of Benzema when Ronaldo left the club. Liverpool owner should upgrade the salaries of his players. I know clubs are very reluctant to change their wage structure.
The salary cap that Liverpool place on their players is good for the club but obviously it has started to backfire. I never expected it to get to this extent without back firing. No club plays or works in isolation. How will you expect a player like Mane, arguably African best to sit down and enjoy £100k while he watches in internet where small boy like Mbappe will be earning almost 8x his salary. Who does that? Even Arsenal is offering Jesus Gabriel close to £200k per week and we want Mane to still do all the technical, muscler and dirty jobs and still go home with £100k. Freedom is free, Mane should find his path Well, not all clubs can pay their players the same high wages as Mbappe, and that's why everyone is talking about his sky-high incomes, precisely because they stand out from the general row. Although I also think that Mane's income, given his contribution to the Liverpool game, should be more. It's funny that Bayern Munich does not want to raise Lewandowski's salary, but is able to pay the amount that Mane wants to receive. I understand that the requests and the age of the players are different, but still. |
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Portugal won Switzerland by four goals to nothing and even before I checked the score line it was about how many goals did Cristiano Ronaldo score and I wasn’t disappointed he scored two goals the man keep increasing his goal tally in international football, Portugal are really under rated people don’t see how star packed this team is and it surprises people win the win trophies and games, I personally see them as a strong favorite to win the Uefa Nations League and even the World Cup.
The win against Switzerland did not come as a surprise to me after watching Portugal's game against Spain I believed that they will go far in the competition, it's amazing Portugal scored four goals without conceding any goal this says a lot about how the team has improved. Talking about Ronaldo, he is one player that you will always want to watch both in club and country and his scoring ability and performance in the nation team is second to none, I doubt if he will ever get tired of scoring goals. Well, as for winning the World Cup, I still think that the team's potential is still not enough, but I wouldn't be surprised if Portugal is quite capable of winning the League of Nations again. Ronaldo really commands great respect for his irrepressible energy and thirst for goals, and two goals from Switzerland's not the weakest team only confirm this. Because having already achieved a lot in my career, to continue to deny myself many pleasures at this age for the sake of continuing a sports career is very cool. |
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Lewandowski's condition is still not clear and this is still giving the other teams a chance to sign him in this summer. I have loved to watch him at Bayern Munich so far but I started to feel like I would like to see him at some other teams too. I mean another very big team of course. Barcelona have been the most interested team for some time and I've heard Chelsea starting to be interested as well. Who knows maybe even Real Madrid would like to try their luck to sign him too after losing the chance to sign Mbappe. I would love to watch him espeicially in the La Liga as I think it fits his style.
It's just that Lewandowski wanted a salary increase for his goalscoring results, and Bayern didn't want to do it. Of course, there are other factors such as the desire to change the situation, but still I think that the financial issue plays the most important role here. Therefore, it is in the interests of Bayern Munich to release the player for normal compensation, rather than forcing him to finalize the contract. In any case, the departure of such a player will weaken the club, but I think Bayern knows what it is doing, not wanting to agree with the appetites of the player. |
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It looks like Juventus are making a significant effort to make their squad even stronger before next season starts. They are targeting Pogba now as he is leaving Manchester United very soon. Juventus seem like the most serious team to sign him for now even though there are rumours about PSG and Real Madrid as well. I think Pogba would think of joining the Juventus side seriously as they are his old team. Juventus started to improve their game and their biggest weakness is their midfield now. They can make it very strong if they reach an agreement with Pogba.
Well, there are few people who will refuse the arrival of a player of such class as Pogba as a free agent. Another question is that his game for Manchester United has not been so impressive lately and he has not brought so much benefit and the current low place of United and the absence from the Champions League is also his fault. And so, if Massimiliano Allegri can cope with his, to put it mildly, difficult character and pick up the right strings in his soul, then it would be a good reinforcement for Juventus, because the player's potential is huge. |
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Xavi left a good impression last season. He has achieved the maximum possible, higher than a 2nd place was not conceivable. It is actually a miracle that he came in 2nd, because when Koeman was at the helm it had become a big mess, we can compete. Maybe there will be some purchases in the summer to see an even better Barcelona next season. They have a good chance of getting the title.
There are always chances, especially considering that this is not some ordinary club, but Barcelona. Still, the magic of the name is still alive and many players will be happy to join such a club. In principle, so far we can only applaud the management of the club, how it copes with the difficult financial situation and personnel issues. Xavi is also worthy of great praise for his work as a coach and how he was able to improve the team's game and results. Another question is that this was only his first season in office and the shake-up effect will no longer work next season, and the first roles will be how he will prepare the team for the next season. |
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Atletico Madrid will always be in the shadow of Barcelona and Real Madrid. All the more clever was that they became champions 2 seasons ago, which no one had thought. If Atletico have a good year, they can compete for the championship. They basically have a better team now than in the year they won the championship. But Real Madrid is much more consistent and has fewer problems with the lesser teams. Last season was a bad season for Atletico.
Atletico has some problems this season. Some players got injured for a long time, their tactics/strategy didn't work well, and they have no winning mentality anymore. Although they have many experienced and quality players, those problems ruin their performance from one match to another match. But luckily, they finished in 3rd place. For me, it is not a really bad result for Atletico Madrid. At least, they are still in the top 3 in La Liga and qualified for the UCL competition for the next season. Well, I still wouldn't throw such words around as always, but it's really worth recognizing that Atletico Madrid is only at the beginning of the path of awareness as a top team at the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona. It takes decades, because Real Madrid and Barcelona are quite far away from Atletico Madrid in terms of titles. But this does not mean that Atletico Madrid, in principle, has no chance to come to the fore in comparison with Real Madrid and Barcelona, because everything changes and there is nothing eternal. It's just that everyone was expecting a much better performance from Atletico Madrid this season after the previous championship the previous season, so some degree of disappointment is understandable. |
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Allegri is experienced enough as a coach. At least I think so. However, Juventus' current squad is not strong enough to win the title. Their gameplay has changed a lot since Ronaldo left Juventus. They had faced a lot of problems scoring. Juventus now need an experienced striker. If they want to win the title next season, they have no choice but to take on an experienced striker. Because the squads of Inter Milan and AC Milan are much stronger than them.
I think in this case maybe next season they will be a little different. Ronaldo is indeed a very good player and indeed losing this player puts Juventus at a disadvantage but on the other hand now they are good enough. Right now Dusan is there, don't forget he is the top scorer this season and for sure next season he will be able to show their productivity again on the other side at this time Allegri is trying to overhaul their squad. There are currently two midfielders for them who are quite close now namely Pogba and Di Maria. I think one or maybe even both could be there for next season. There is no football club in the world that loses a player of Ronaldo's calibre and not miss him, it is not possible. At his age, many strikers would have retired or be less effective but not Ronaldo, he's still lethal. The numbers speaks for itself- the slightest chance is a goal. Juventus definitely misses him and will continue to regardless the players they try to recruit to see if they can come back to dominating the league. Do not forget why Juventus broke up with Allegri at the time, namely that the team's management expected to put a more aggressive attacking style of play to the team, but when this did not work out, they called back the good old Massimiliano with his dry style of play. And this style assumes little effectiveness, but a good defensive game. It's just that Allegri is changing the team's style of play and probably has an impact on the formation of the squad now and in the future. The most important thing is that Juventus has won the right to participate in the Champions League next season and can now safely engage in the offseason in the selection of players for their model of the game. |
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Real Madrid's best effort in that match was to maximize the few chances they created into goals and defend well from Liverpool's attacks. Although a bit boring, but Real Madrid is the winner. But don't say Real Madrid's win was luck, maybe someone will be angry. Lol
You're right, they don't look domineering but they win. A lot of teams do that, they take advantage of counterattacks and finishing. I guessed that from the beginning, because Klop's football has the same character as Pep dominated and controlled the game. It does look very boring but they win and the champion is the main goal. In fact, this is similar to when in the knockout phase played against Chelsea and Man City. Liverpool should have been familiar with the strategy of anceloti. But it was a pity that a mistake on the left side allowed Valverde to make a shot attempt on goal that came out being smothered by Vinicius. By the way, the words of the chairman of the board of directors of Manchester City, Khaldun al Mubarak, are indicative that Peres congratulated him on his victory in the 82nd minute. That is, here it is the irony of fate and the power of the case when the opponent's president congratulates you on your victory ten minutes before the end of the match, and then the opponent compares the score and everything turns upside down. And as for luck, I would like to say the following: if you want to win the lottery, you must have a lottery ticket and I don't understand why some Real Madrid fans are ashamed of the luck of their favorite team?!  |
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Next season Manchester United will have a new coach, Ten Hag. with his work at the Invite Club, I think Manchester united will be able to compete with the team in the top 4 of the standings next season. I think Manchester United needs to refresh the players to be able to perform more consistently next season. it's been a very long time Manchester united looks so bad even though there are many top coaches who train Manchester united.
Do not hope too much from a new coach who is doing a big change in the team. Give the new coach longer time to build the new team with some new players. Next season can be harder than the last season, there are many teams that will compete to be top 4. Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, these teams are getting stronger so it wont be an easy task for Ten Hag in his 1st season. It will be a tough job for Ten Haag to make Manchester United the EPL winners next season. But if it's just to make Manchester United's position better than this season, I really believe it can happen. It is also heard that Ten Haag will reshuffle the squad, Ten Haag will take some of his players while at Ajax to be included in Manchester United's plans for next season. I personally sympathize with Erik Ten Hag already because I know sooner than expected in the incoming season, he will frustrated by this crop of players in the squad. Unless, a thorough overhauling is done, I don't see him doing anything or achieving anything significant at the club. I also think that it is not worth demanding too much from ten Hag next season, especially if he starts a large-scale reconstruction of the Manchester United squad and playing model. I don't envy Manchester United fans too much, because it may turn out that after a disastrous season, a transitional season may now follow, when the team may also not achieve any significant results. Of course, Manchester United fans would like to believe in a miracle that a new head coach will come and the team will immediately win the title of the winner of the Premier League, but it seems that the problems are too deep to be solved only by changing the team's captain's bridge. I think that if anything happens, the club will be pleased with the positive dynamics, as happened at Juventus, who left Allegri in his post. |
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Mbappe has absolutely nothing to regret in his choices, I mean nothing. He is young and still has more years to play. Even if his career alters according to you, he is already made by name, by money, by brand, by recognition and lots more. Next Balon d'or after this that Benzema deserves is Mbappe. The France people are ready for the politics now and that's why they want Mbappe. Mbappe is playing in a big team and along side two of the finest footballers in the world (Messi and Neymar). I love Mbappe for his wise choice and no fan of his will hate him for his personal choices.
When the reproaches begin in Mbappe's direction that he did not move to Real Madrid, then I repeat once again that Mbappe wants to be a pioneer in Paris Saint-Germain and help a club from his country win the Champions League for the first time. Recently, by the way, it surfaced exactly what former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said to Killian Mbappe, persuading him to stay in France. Sarkozy told Killian that you didn't win the Champions League with PSG, but Real Madrid took this trophy 13 times and let it be the main challenge for you. France should be proud that it has such a patriot who is ready to stay and make history himself. |
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And this destruction that Medvedev suffered from Cilic just now is the reason why nobody should ever place a single cent on Medvedev when playing surface is clay  Cilic is nothing more than solid clay player and he looked like top 3 in the world against Medvedev I was also waiting for Medvedev to suffer a "surprise" defeat as he is like a different player on clay, and definitely vulnerable... a situation that can only be exacerbated when he's just coming back from an injury layoff. I half expected him to just skip the clay court season entirely... But at the time he registered for the French Open, there were still ranking points available for non-Russians at Wimbledon, which would mean no chance for Medvedev to return to number one. Obviously now the situation is different, and Medvedev will be number one irrespective of what happens in France. Perhaps if the Wimbledon ranking points removal had happened a couple of weeks ago, we wouldn't even have seen Medvedev at RG. But... whilst I expected him to lose at some point, I thought he'd still have too much for Cilic. Personally, I am much more surprised by Tsitsipas' loss than Medvedev's loss. It's just that everyone has known for a long time and it's clear that the coating on Roland Garros is not the most favorite for Medvedev, plus the factor of the recently undergone surgery should have done their job and there was only a question when it would happen. Another question is Tsitsipas, who knows and knows how to play in Paris, where he reached the final last season. However, a four-hour battle with a player ranked 134th in the ranking already suggested some thoughts. By the way, Tsitsipas did not complain about his health after the match and on the contrary said that he physically felt perfect. |
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I think we did all expect Leclerc to win, until Ferrari messed up on strategy. But Perez does seem to be improving. He would have won the last race if RB hadn't ordered him to move aside to let Max win. I assume they would have done the same again here to deny Perez again, but fortunately for him he had Sainz in the way to prevent Max getting any more undeserved gifts!
Nope, we wouldn't have won previous race. Max had fresh tyres and much bigger pace, so, even without letting Max to pass, he had no chance to keep him behind. But yeah, I'm happy to see Perez win. Now Horner said that Perez is fighting for champion title too, but for me it's difficult to believe in his words. Well they were right but RBR is protected by the F1, both drivers deserved a penalty for that.
And both protests were rejected. In any case, the team will bet on Verstappen for the time being, because no one is interested in Max losing precious points due to an internal team struggle with a partner. Points that may not be enough at the finish of the season. Another thing is when Perez will constantly show better results than Verstappen, then there will be completely different priorities. But I think that this is still far away and Max can still be calm about his status in the team. And no one should be deceived by the words of the head of Red Bull, Christian Horner, that the team does not use team tactics in favor of Verstappen. |
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