I guess it's right that it had to happen similar to a thunderstorm when it was too hot for too long or the weather needs to cool down. Liverpool had a few seasons in a row that were unbelievable. But I thought it is not the time yet for them to crash and I think missing the Champions League does hurt a club like Liverpool a lot because that is what is driving them to improve throughout the season and to never take a break but put even more effort into achieving their goals. Now it is a different situation. They did make it into the EL as has been said here, but it is not quite what those players want to play when they already have the experience of playing CL finals. They have been a great and also important contender for Manchester City and now I am not sure who could be the next to do that or whether Liverpool can retrieve that performance level.

You are taking my quote completely out of context and that sucks quite a bit. I was talking about Messi going to the MLS and that it is good that not everyone ends up playing in the SPL. I haven't said that it would be good if everyone stayed in Europe. In fact I implied the opposite. It would be good to have even more leagues or associations that can bring out good players. The MLS is another one. The SPL, the MLS, etc. I know about the problems with the UEFA and the biggest clubs within and how they got into control. I am all for diversity around the globe although we will always have some hot spots. It would just not be good if the SPL builds a monopolistic structure purely based on money. I'd rather see some diversification among different (more than two...) associations. But I think it is known that some associations have more hidden agendas than others.

Liverpool started making more individual mistakes. Simple and avoidable mistakes that should not ever happen on that level, but when I watched Liverpool games they were also out of this craving for success that you usually could see in their faces. Sometimes even Klopp seemed to be puzzled about the mistakes that his players made. As if they were tired and drained. When they conceded a goal some years ago it almost meant nothing. Everyone knew that they will turn it around with every second that is left and so often they did it, but this has been a different Liverpool for some time now. I wish we get the old Liverpool back soon.

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There are a couple of things at work why a lot of players are leaving the club. This is not only related to the failure of the 22/23 season, but also to some of them having those offers from Saudi Arabia and also the need for a complete overhaul of the team. They have been burning money through a chimney for a whole year and have nothing the can build upon or to start from. It was predictable that they will now once again have three times the incoming and outgoing transfers of any other team in the Premier League. But seriously if they restructure the whole team again and fail again, I would love to see their reaction after another awful season

What they have done in the last season is about what they did in the seasons before as well. i mean the overall result. But when their goal is to finally overturn Bayern's dominance in the Bundesliga, the result has to be much better this time and I say much better because I don't believe that Bayern will underdeliver again like they did last season. Often times when Bayern got into danger or their titles got into danger, the response was that they became much better afterwards. And it would be nothing but a surprise if they have the same chaos again. Therefore, if Dortmund wants the top of the table, there can't be any excuses in any of the games that are a must win game on paper. They have to meet the expectations then.

Going the tit for tat route when comparing the US and Saudi Arabia is certainly possible, but I am not sure whether it makes too much sense. There are lots of indices and it is good to see that even the US gets criticized or scored lower than lots of countries when they actually deserve a lower score, but there are not even close to the disastrous overall freedom indices scores where Saudi Arabia is to be found. the comparison lacks substance in all respects and this is not because I want to say that the US is a holy country with no issues and errors. Indeed there is lots of stupid stuff going on, but again, it is not Saudi Arabia like.

I have also never said that I know why Messi chose not to go there. I said that it could possibly be a statement and apart from all that I am quite sure that he feels a little bit more free in Miami than in the cities of Saudi Arabia.That counts for his family as a whole. For the whole ecosystem I think it is good that not everyone ends up playing in the desert state.

But whom? Declan Rice has the perfect age and he has a long experience to look back on when he now were to join Arsenal. He is also playing a special position and he is in the Premier League. All of these teams like West Ham who lose their key players know that they can charge a lot of money because there is a lot of money circulating in the Premier League anyway. From that point of view they are doing it right and since we will see more transfers approaching those amounts they thought they can also try to get as much for Rice. West Ham also knows that other teams are after him as well.

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It still remains to be seen what Pep will say in two years from now. I don't what he will do when he has built this project and perhaps the best team in the world and it is still winning titles, will he then decide to leave the club for sure? He has some very strict ideas in mind and he has shown that he sticks to them although he also once said that he will leave Manchester City after a couple of years. If Haaland is at his best in two years from now and they can also get some other world stars who knows if Guardiola reconsiders his decision from today? If he sees the potential for another successful year he might extend the contract for another year. But for now it matters that they defend the titles they won.

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In professional football I believe these clashes and disappointments are temporary. Look how often a player todays says he loves the club and tomorrow he sits in a private jet going to take the medicine check with a different club. That is how the business works and who knows better than Real Madrid. Also Mbappe is only 24 years old and Real Madrid can't close the doors for him when they ever want to see him play for their club and I am sure they want that as the whole world wants that. He would be a winning transfer in many aspects and Real Madrid will now do what is necessary to convince him to go there. But everyone talks about Real Madrid I noticed. Couldn't it also be possible that Manchester City is negotiating with him and Mbappe would like to play for them and be managed by Guardiola?

It wasn't that they only lost by a 1 goal difference against Uruguay, but Uruguay was the much better team in that game and could have taken the lead several times during the game much earlier than that. Italy didn't have a single shot on target in over 90 minutes!

In reality the goalkeeper of Italy saved them from Uruguay winning by at least 3 or even more goals. I thought that Italy will play the better football and put Uruguay under pressure, but it was the other way around all the time. The win was for the right team in this match and I wasn't very impressed by the younger players that Italy has in development right now.

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Whether your words have been wisely chosen and are well-considered will remain unanswered I suppose.

Messi won't ever regret his decision because he will be a billionaire with or without a contract in the SPL. But what you said about the laws and how they only apply to rich people could be the exact reason why Messi did not go there. Ronaldo took the money from people in a country where a lot of things go wrong and are dominated by injustice. But you call it a lost opportunity when someone decides against taking the money. Let's see if he decides to go there later, but someone saying no to Saudi bloody money isn't a mistake, it can also be a statement.

Don't worry too much about Messi's financial future. I am positive that he will be able to afford his bread and butter everyday.

I wouldn't be too sure about this because Mbappe realizes that he has to change something about his career if he wants to have a career that people will remember in many years from now. Mbappe is a great player right now winning Ligue 1 and being the top scorer in one of the weaker European leagues. He did win the World Cup and performed well, but everyone still thinks that his career is still incomplete and I agree with that. He took the money twice and turned down offers from highly prestigious clubs and now he knows it's time to go somewhere else where his career gets the recognition it deserves. I can imagine that he will leave PSG.

Guardiola also has a very good understanding of whom to let go and whom to keep in the team. He has an idea in mind of the type of soccer he wants to play and the type of players he needs both in basic quality, but also in intensity and motivation and persistence. A good example was when he let Sané go to Bayern Munich. Sané was a strong player, but only 30% of the time during a season and we can see that again now at Bayern Munich where Sané sucks really hard most of the time. That is why Guardiola had no issues to let him go. Guardiola needs players who are willing to go the full distance and beyond, who are ready every single game of the season and who are willing to accept pain in exchange for success. Today he has a team that exactly fulfills these requirements. Manchester City can go a very high level for a very long time and just for a weekend.

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This is well said. A coach wouldn't say what you just mentioned when there wasn't an issue already before that. But even if a coach fires some bullets against the team, sometimes that is necessary as well. I haven't seen the game or the situation when he said those words against his team about selfishness, but Tottenham had some games that were absolutely unacceptable. First the game against Newcastle and then also the game against Liverpool when they were 0-3 down after 15 minutes again. As a coach I would lose my mind when.

Regarding Kane you nailed it, the transfer is overdue. But to what club? I think Newcastle could be an interesting option for him since they are a team on the rise, could use his experience and they are ambitious to build a strong team over the next years. He could be the perfect leader for the project that is already going in the right direction.

That is also what I read in the media so far that he does not want to go abroad to Bayern Munich and rather stay in the Premier League. I don't know whether he would make an exception for Real Madrid, but I think that Real Madrid isn't sure about him either because he is not in his 20s anymore. But one thing is for sure and that is that Tottenham won't be able to ask as much money for him as they did one or two years ago as his contract will expire last year. They would forego a lot of money if they decided to let him go as a free agent next year. It would also not be fair because everyone here is talking about loyalty and I think Kane has been a great example for that. Then a club should also appreciate that loyalty and give him a fair chance to pursue one other adventure in his career and life.

Loyalty has become a rare good in the world of professional sports, but I also understand when a player wants to win some titles. It is what sportsmen are competing for eventually. If he now decides to leave Tottenham, I think it would be right to appreciate what he has done for the club but also respect and welcome his decision to start a new chapter elsewhere and pursue his dream to win a trophy or two. Part of the truth is that Tottenham isn't the right place to win anything right now. He has to leave now or he won't leave ever for another club in Europe.