Florian Wirtz is one of wonderkids in today's football you know. Top teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are rumoured to be interested in a move for him these days.  He is worth 100 million euros in the market now 100 mil? I don't think he is worth more than 60 mil, how many games has he played so far with the major team ? Like 10? Players are valued at much higher level these days. He is talented for sure but the price I see on Transfermarkt is 100 million euros for him. Would those teams like to offer that much money for him? I don't know. If Manchester United were among those interested teams I would have said yes immediately though.  By the way he has played in a lot of games with Leverkusen so far. He has been a part of the major team regularly since the 2020/2021 season actually. We have seen 30 goals and 42 assists in 119 games from him since then. This is quite impressive for currently a 20-year-old player. |
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AC Milan won the game in Udine in the final minutes, to be exact minute 93. The game was paused, there were racist insults against Maignan...in italy this happens again and again. The result was as expected, AC Milan take the 3 points.
Tonight Lecce play vs Juventus Turin and if Juventus win, they can stay on first place in the league for a few days. Inter Milan have to play vs SSC Napoli in the Supercoppa tomorrow, it is the final. Their next game in Serie A is not until January 28.
Milan were really much better in the second half but I believe that third goal was an extra.  Because they had 2.06 xG in the whole game and the winning goal came in the stoppage time as well. But if you ask me what the fair result was for this game I would say Milan deserved to win anyway. But if we didn't see improvement in the second half they might have even lost the game. When Udinese got ahead I was really worried about Milan. Because you know Udinese are one of the worst teams this season. It would be disappointing to see Milan losing points in such game. Okafor and Jovic both entered the game in the second half and scored goals to change the fate of the game. |
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A really easy game is waiting for Real Madrid tomorrow. They are going to host the worst team in the league which are Almeria. However they had better not underestimate them at the same time. I don't believe Almeria can do it against them as well though but we shouldn't forget how they played against a Girona which have been fighting for the league title so far. Real Madrid should be able to dominate the game easily on paper and get a comfortable win by at least a gap of two goals. The thing I'm curious about Real Madrid the most is what they will do in the Champions League from now on actually. Because Courtois is out for the season so Kepa has a big responsibility. |
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A pure destruction by Arsenal! We are able to see them winning a game in the league finally. Because they failed doing so for the past three weeks. This affected their position in the title competition really significantly at the same time. This huge win by 5-0 can be some help for them to get on their feet again at least. But consistency will be key from now on.  Even though Martinelli scored two goals Gabriel Jesus was still the man of the match if I'm not wrong. Gabriel Jesus couldn't score maybe but made an assist. If he improves his scoring productivity it would be really useful for Arsenal in the rest of the season. |
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I'm quite surprised to see Luis Enrique not subbing Kylian Mbappe off already. I mean the Orleans game going on in the Coupe de France right now. We are in the last minutes of the game but still he is on the pitch. He has contribution in every single game PSG have scored so far of course. But I think it is better to rest your best player as much as possible in a game like this. It is risky as well because your player can get injured and miss more important games too. Anyway PSG are just moving on. They couldn't win this cup in the past two seasons. Maybe they would like to put an end to this bad streak. |
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Florian Wirtz is one of wonderkids in today's football you know. Top teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are rumoured to be interested in a move for him these days. He is worth 100 million euros in the market now but I'm pretty sure Leverkusen would demand a much higher amount to think of letting him go. Wirtz already had a contract until 2027 so Leverkusen are comfortable in this situation. The teams I mentioned are of course rich teams. But I expect at least Bayern Munich not to make such move now as they spent a lot of money for Kane transfer. It might be the same for Real Madrid too maybe if they have a deal with Mbappe. |
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I believe Bayern Munich are one of the luckiest teams in the draw of this round. Because their opponent is Lazio which haven't been doing well since the beginning of the season. I mean Lazio are really bad in the Serie A but better in the Champions League. But being better here wouldn't be a big help for them against Bayern Munich. Maybe Bayern Munich weren't very impressive with their game in the group stage in general. However they are still a much more qualified team than Lazio. In addition to that I expect a big improvement in their game from now on. I don't think Bayern Munich would have any issue no matter home or away. Is it the Lazio I watched against Inter Milan yesterday night? Lol, they're going nowhere even if I'm not happy with Thomas Tuchel and his decisions regarding transfer window, I know Bayern Munich are superiors to Lazio with a massive development and margin. This should not be the easiest fixture in the Champions League,but we'll still see next month exactly this date, Yes? I don't know how true is the new of Alphonso Davies accepting terms with Real Madrid already for next season? I'd love that! For Paris Saint Germans, they should be okay with letting Kylian Mbappe leave, maybe he won't be part of them that will make history for the club, they need players who wants to fight and help win trophies for the club. Players with hard and tougher decisions. They're not doing bad in between, they also have a great coach. Yeah I also watched that Inter - Lazio game and Lazio were able to do literally nothing with 0.33 xG. There is a huge difference between the Lazio from the previous season and this one. They would probably lose both games against Bayern Munich by at least a gap of two goals. Because they don't have much to offer either in defense or offense. PSG have offered a four-year contract to Mbappe by the way which is worth 100 million euros a year as well.  PSG president is ready to offer as much money as possible to Mbappe. But the only and important thing he can't offer now is the Champions League title. |
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Milan are desperately trying to keep up with Inter and Juventus but it is really difficult for them. Because they lost so many points in the first half of the season which caused the point gap to be opened very much. But at least Milan have started getting positive results in the recent times which is good. Maintaining this look would be nice for securing the third place at least. Inter and Juventus really don't look like any of them will drop down sharply from the title competition this season. I can say this especially for Inter considering the big scores they have been getting. For taking three points it doesn't matter how you win of course. But it is more reassuring to see your team being able to get big wins. |
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Dortmund finally put an end to their bad streak in the Bundesliga last week. But they will need to maintain this look for a while to continue recovering. Sancho's coming back to the team can make a really good impact on their scoring skills as well in the rest of the season. They are very close to top four even though they lost so many points recently.
If Dortmund continue getting positive results mostly I don't think they would have any problem on finishing the season in top four. It is really important for them to do this work in a season at worst. The board would have liked to see some title competition from them but it won't happen clearly.
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Manchester City have De Bruyne back and soon Haaland will recover as well. Liverpool really need Salah as soon as possible from now on as things will get much more heated about the league title competition. Klopp must be hoping Egypt not to make it to the finale of AFCON. He stated on an interview that he wanted Salah back quickly as well. If Egypt reach the finale of the tournament then Salah will miss two big games which are going to be against Chelsea and Arsenal. These are both Premier League games so it would be a huge problem for Liverpool. In this case Manchester City can benefit from their weakness. Those names mentioned for Manchester City have a great combination from last season, they should have done crazy numbers yet again this season but Injury and lack of consistency have affected them both. Pep Guardiola would be so pleased to have them both back around for the rest of the season ahead. I was wondering if Mo Salah faked that Injury! Lol! I don't know though, I might be completely wrong, but I felt so since he hand no hard tackles and impact from the opposing players. Arsenal has good chance to win the game against Crystal Palace. It's a good thing whenever people underestimate you and you finally level up. I have also heard about the injury Salah picked up in the Ghana game. He had to leave the game after playing for 45 minutes. I don't know honestly whether it was fake or not. But Klopp would only hope to see him in good condition when he comes back to the team. Having a serious injury can turn the rest of the season into a nightmare for Liverpool. I have read some people saying that Liverpool can beat Chelsea without Salah as well. I mean of course it is possible due to Chelsea's having a bad season. However Chelsea have made a serious improvement in their recent results in the league. Liverpool had better have Salah too against them to make things easier for themselves. |
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Moise Kean has a deal with Atletico Madrid.
If Correa will leave Madrid he will join the until the end of the season.
Moise Kean's market value is nearly the same as Angel Correa's. Kean is a much younger version of Correa as well. Both player can play as centre-forwards even though Correa's natural position is right wing. I think this could be a good investment by Atletico Madrid. Kean has played in 12 games with Juventus so far in the season but 0 goal. I think he just doesn't belong with them. Maybe Atletico Madrid can be a second chance for the young player to improve his finishing skills and become a much better player in the long term. |
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I believe Bayern Munich are one of the luckiest teams in the draw of this round. Because their opponent is Lazio which haven't been doing well since the beginning of the season. I mean Lazio are really bad in the Serie A but better in the Champions League. But being better here wouldn't be a big help for them against Bayern Munich. Maybe Bayern Munich weren't very impressive with their game in the group stage in general. However they are still a much more qualified team than Lazio. In addition to that I expect a big improvement in their game from now on. I don't think Bayern Munich would have any issue no matter home or away. |
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Barcelona are going to face a tough opponent at the weekend. Betis are the team I'm talking about and they can really be an annoying team against top title contenders of the league as well. Barcelona aren't much of a title contender these days but still. There are serious weaknesses at Barcelona this season which caused them to fall behind top 2 teams a lot. Normally Barcelona are really dominant against Betis on head-to-head games. But I really can't trust Barcelona to win this away game so I won't place a bet on their win. However it feels like they will win anyway by a gap of one goal but concede as well like 2-1. |
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Manchester City have De Bruyne back and soon Haaland will recover as well. Liverpool really need Salah as soon as possible from now on as things will get much more heated about the league title competition. Klopp must be hoping Egypt not to make it to the finale of AFCON. He stated on an interview that he wanted Salah back quickly as well. If Egypt reach the finale of the tournament then Salah will miss two big games which are going to be against Chelsea and Arsenal. These are both Premier League games so it would be a huge problem for Liverpool. In this case Manchester City can benefit from their weakness. |
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Daniele De Rossi is preparing for his first game with Roma which is tomorrow evening. This can be one of the things I'm waiting for excitedly in the Serie A these days. Because Roma were managed by Mourinho for a really long time period. They were successful with him in European tournaments like the Conference League. However Mourinho couldn't fulfil the board's expectations in the Serie A which must be the main reason why they parted ways with him. If De Rossi manages to make progress here as well then his contract would probably be extended by a year. |
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The serious level of drop in Nice's form recently has caused PSG to get away from them by 8 points. We are in the middle of the season so it is quite early for that. But I understand Nice as well of course because it isn't really easy to compete with a team full of valuable players for the league title. Maybe one day another team in the league would be bought by rich people to create serious competition against PSG. By the way Brest still continue to surprise people this season. They are like the Ligue 1's Girona now and the only difference is Brest are at the third position in the standings. I'm curious about how their journey will end. For now I can say they deserve a Champions League spot. |
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There might be a chance for Bayern Munich to close the gap up with Leverkusen a little more at this weekend by the way. Because Leverkusen have a really tough away game against Leipzig on paper. The thing that might help Leverkusen stay one step ahead of Leipzig can be Leverkusen's great form and Leipzig's recent point losses in a row. There is a clearly visible downgrade in Leipzig's performance for two game weeks. But as this is a big game for them I don't know how they would prepare themselves. I hope Leverkusen win this somehow because Bayern Munich would surely destroy Werder Bremen on one hand. Damnit! Tough game for the league leaders and it's difficult to predict who wins, Bayern Leverkusen though have a good away form this season, we'll be hoping ( Those backing Bayern Leverkusen ) that they get to win Leipzig because this is not a game one can not just predict with the mouth. It should be one of them toughest fixtures this season since they Leipzig have been stubborn to clubs that leads the Bundesliga League Competition. Meanwhile, Victor Boniface them start boy has been absent due to Injury prior to the African Cup of Nations Competitions. He will take a long time before he definitely returns. Defending Champions Bayern Munich also would be mounting pressure so they could leapfrog Bayern Leverkusen from the top. Harry still on the chase to score 30+ goals?? It must be a piece of cake for Harry Kane to score over 30 goals in the Bundesliga. 22 goals in 16 games already I mean this is just spectacular work by him. This isn't the first time we see such performance from him maybe as he was still the same in the Premier League which is a more competitive league. But it is still nice to see him not having any problems in his first season in Germany. When it comes to Boniface topic unfortunately he is suffering an adductor injury and can't be a part of AFCON as well yeah. However even in his absence Leverkusen can still stay strong. Because they get quite much efficiency from so many of their players. |
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There is some drop in Aston Villa's form these days which caused them to lose quite many points. I don't expect them to be a part of the league title competition of course. However they can actually maintain their competition for top four if they improve their performance once again. It won't be an easy journey for them that's for sure. This is why they need to be more consistent. Next time they are hosting Newcastle which are having a really horrible time recently. I expect nothing different than a victory for Aston Villa here. I'm thinking of placing a bet on their win as well. |
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For once I really doubted Barcelona in the Copa del Rey game of theirs today. They played against a team named Unionistas which were a third league teams in Spain. I even heard of their name for the first time in my life. But Barcelona couldn't get ahead against them for 69 minutes and Unionistas even got ahead first during the game. On one hand Real Madrid are having a really hard time against Atletico Madrid. Because Atletico Madrid have got ahead once again and it is 2-1. There is half an hour left in the game and I'm curious about whether Real Madrid will really get eliminated.  |
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Chelsea are okay with letting Broja leave in January if they get a decent offer. There are a couple of Premier League teams after him as well. I wouldn't be surprised with this transfer move honestly because Broja hasn't been able to impress Chelsea at all. Jackson is much better than him on paper and on action as well.
There are Nkunku and Jackson already. Besides there are even rumours such as Chelsea might try to sign another striker like Guirassy. In this case it isn't very important to have Broja in the squad at all. He can be more useful for average teams in the Premier League maybe.
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