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1  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 02, 2023, 01:41:48 PM
The big game of this week is Arsenal vs United. That game will be a tough one to bet on and I bet that it is going to end up with a lot of question marks without a doubt. I think it should be important to realize that you are not going to get anything easy there, the predicting of that game is very tough.

I think it is not going to be a lot of goals though, playing 2.5 under could be the way to go but I am not sure about it neither. I mean United defense looks quite weak as well, so Arsenal maybe could find some goals too. I think I am going to just skip it straight up, but betting on that game is definitely a big return, there will be plenty of people betting on it, and the odds look great right now if anyone wants to bet.
Manchester United will defeat Arsenal with high margin tomorrow, Arsenal are not organized and I don't see them being a problem to Manchester United.

Manchester United has added to their squad a good players during the transfer window and are stronger than Arsenal. Playing at home is another advantage for Manchester United.
2  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: September 02, 2023, 01:36:33 PM
There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.


It looks like it will be very difficult for a player as great as Mohamed Salah to turn down an offer from Al-Ittihad and even though he wants to stay, it is likely that he is no longer passionate about Liverpool. Coupled with Liverpool's drop in caste to the European league, Mohamed Salah's confidence in leaving for Al-Ittihad was much greater. Maybe Kloop won't be able to hold him and Liverpool will definitely be very happy if this transfer goes through because they will get so much cash injection.
Liverpool yesterday rejected a whopping 150 million pounds offer from Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad to sign their forward player Mohammed Salah which I think is because of the fact that the club will definitely not be able to find his replacement this summer since the European summer transfer window closed yesterday.
But from the reports I've read this morning, it seems the Saudi club want to make another offer since they still have an extra 1 week before the end of the Asian transfer window and from the reports so far, it seems they're gonna table up to 200 million pounds which I think would to huge to be rejected by Liverpool.
it was too late, to accept such offer after they have sold like three of their players to the Saudi Arabia pro league, No doubt Salah is keen to join the league, but the coach Kloop will not lose him this season. He has to wait till January for the move to have, but if he still insist to leave, the club has no option to let him go since the Saudi Arabia pro league transfer wisdom is still open. I would love to see Salah in the Saudi Arabia pro league.
3  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: September 01, 2023, 04:23:32 PM
Players like Neymar and Benzema were signed by Saudi clubs exactly for matches like this one. But injury woes threaten to derail their plans. Neymar is yet to make his debut for Al Hilal, and Benzema is currently out of action as a result of hamstring injury. Benzema's injury was uncovered during the match against Al Wehda, where he was substituted just before the half time. He is 35 years old and no longer young. This may result in more recovery time before he is back in action. The match BTW, will start in around 12 hours from now.

It seems to me that these players are bought mainly as a brand. This is a far-reaching strategy. Ronaldo's signing has opened up a dam of other transfers, and the league's large concentration of cool brands will keep players and fans alike interested in it. If the Saudis do not stop in their plans, then in a couple of years it will be a very interesting League. Now we see only the first wave, but then we will see qualitative changes.
Saudi has been working through a good plan since the beginning. The positive side is that they got Ronaldo otherwise they wouldn't have been so popular with the beginning. They started with branding players but changed their strategy again when they were accused of only recruiting older. Because a league can never be run by only a few senior players. If they don't change their tactics then a league like China would have ended very quickly that are assumed by many. But overall, the way the Saudi clubs are progressing, they could be one of the better leagues in the future.
Ronaldo changed everything in the League, many European stakeholders are just jealous of the Saudi Arabia pro league, the league they predicted will fail has come to stay and see no comparison to the failed China league.

Ronaldo, is the player of the month of August and still the top scorer in the league with just three games.
4  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: September 01, 2023, 04:15:56 PM
Eddie Howe's Newcastle are in Group F, definitely the Group Of Death

They will face PSG, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan. It’ll be really tough but they can definitely do it. Newcastle’s home form will be key. There aren’t many better crowds to play in front of.
Eddie Howe's first challenge was so tense being in a group with PSG, Dortmund, AC Milan.
Many people are talking about Newcastle having difficulty going far in this big European tournament because Group F is classified as the tightest group or what is called the group of death.

For Eddie Howe's first experience, being in a group like Group F can have a positive impact on Eddie's personality. He can test his coaching strategy against big name teams (PSG, Milan and Dortmund) and if he can get Newcastle past the group stage, it will be easy when facing other teams who have qualified from other groups.

I feel that Eddie Howe was able to make Newcastle compete well in Group F in securing a ticket to the next round. Supporting factors in St. James' Park could be a positive influence for the Magpies.
I have a believe that Newcastle will scale through to the round of 16, from the group stage. No doubt they don't have Champions league winner in their squad or has any champions league experience. But if you compare Their recent strength they are ahead of  Dortmund and Psg. Psg is not as strong as they used to three years ago, they have lost good players. So never undermine Newcastle.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 01, 2023, 04:08:57 PM
In the previous two matches, West Ham had defeated quite strong opponents, namely Brighton and Chelsea, and will today be West Ham's third consecutive win against Luton Town? Of course I can't wait to see the progress of David Moyes' players, especially since the arrival of several new ammunition has made a very significant difference for the club. It looks like West Ham will still use the same starter as last week and James Ward-Prowse's role will still be awaited from goals to assists. Meanwhile, Luton Town still have to fall and fall and are in the red zone for now and as one of the EPL promotion teams this season, it seems they are not lucky enough. My prediction is that a 0-2 win will be enough for West Ham to continue to stick to Manchester City at the top.
Luton will get only a goal in this game today, the Westham under Coach Moyes are playing very good
 attacking football with their new signing. Westham is already ahead in this game. Luton has not won any of their premier games. Let's see how they will play today.
6  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 31, 2023, 01:07:23 PM
Lukaku has always been better for the Serie A rather than the Premier League. We have proof for that considering his past statistics.  Smiley  Therefore Chelsea just signed him back for nothing. They were just fascinated with his performance at Inter and forgot about their past with him. It should be due to acting amateurish otherwise there is no way you do this.

Anyway he has returned to Italy but this time to Roma. It is a one-year loan deal though so I can't say good riddance for Chelsea. They will still have 2 more years with him in case he returns.

But let's say Roma didn't want to extend his loan and he didn't get any other reasonable offer in Europe then Chelsea can go for Saudi Arabia option for him.

I think Lukaku should go to Saudi Arabia and end his career there because I don't think any teams will want to sign him in the premier league, laliga, or serie A because every team doesn't see him as a good person. Lukaku's performance looks very good when he performs in serie A because even his performance was one of the things that led inter Milan to the final stage of the champion league last season. The fact that he contacted other teams to offer them a sizable sum of money in exchange for playing for them is not a bad thing in my opinion, however. He is a player and deserves the best for himself, and even though they perceived him as a traitor, they did not treat him that way.

In my opinion, Inter Milan is also a traitor because he used every means possible to support the squad last season and wanted to sign with them despite not having said that he would play for them again. Because I don't think inter Milan have an attacking player who can compete with Lukaku, I believe inter Milan will be aware of what Lukaku did for them last season. As Roma sign him on a loan from Chelsea, I believe he will perform well, and even if Roma don't want to sign him permanently, Saudi Arabia will sign him next season.
The good feelings is that Lukaku is now in Roman for the rest of the season on loan, he never wanted to leave Inter Milan, he always love the club but they disappointed him and made him look stupid. In football things like this happens but the happiness of footballer matters that's why the Saudi Arabia pro league is Excel now. They give players good comfort.
7  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: August 31, 2023, 01:03:16 PM
I checked the transfer mark, yes they have 5 goalkeepers which is quite a lot in my opinion because usually a club will only have 3-4 goalkeepers, and Al Hilal has more players than other clubs such as Ittihad FC and Al Nassr which have around 30-31 players but Al Hilal has 34 players, which is like a waste because there will be many players who will only be on the bench.
It's a lot. Usually in a tournament like World Cup, Euro or Coppa America, teams only have three goalkeepers. In a long season, three goalkeepers are enough as mostly a club will use only one main goalkeeper and if he performs well as well as no injuries, very little chance for a second goalkeeper and almost no chance for a third goalkeeper.

In clubs, usually a third goalkeeper would be very young or old one because as said, they are very last resort of a club for that position and that player is comfortable with very limited chance to play.

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Al Ahli managed to maintain their performance by winning the fourth match, so they along with Ittihad FC were the ones who managed to win the 4 matches, but Ittihad FC was more productive in the number of goals and was the only team that so far had not conceded a goal, a quite impressive performance. Two new players, Al Ahli, Roberto Firmino, and Riyadh Mahrez, have been quite prolific in scoring goals for their club.
These clubs get perfect results so far and they are creating more pressure on Al Nassr. They are racing for Saudi Professional League title and Al Nassr just lost two first matches that make them 6 points away from Ittihad and Ahli on the table.

Al Ahli will be more dangerous when Neymar is ready to play for them. In Al Nassr, they are improving and ready to reduce gaps with top clubs in coming weeks.
The fight for the title will be tight, because Alnassr,Al Ahli and Al-hilal are favorite for the title, Alnassr will win they have everything to make it. Ronaldo and Mane are doing wonders in the league. The partnership is very impressive. I would like to See Ronaldo  lift the title.
8  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 31, 2023, 12:13:58 PM
But hey this is Chelsea and don't get too weird about it because we've also seen absurd transfers from Mudryk before so why feel weird when they dare to pay a high price for Cole Palmer Cheesy
He is indeed still one of the pretty good young players for Manchester City especially when he became the winner in the European Super Cup which made his name a little glimpsed.
The deal happened very quickly and it seems that Chelsea did not want to waste time in the remaining time they have at this time especially since the transfer season will be closed in a few days so that even this big offer was immediately agreed by Chelsea.
Chelsea are known for their hugh spending on young players who ate yet to deliver in their perspective clubs. Spending £45million on Cole Palmer is a ridiculous price for a young player who's still developing and gaining experience in football. I guessed Todd Boehly knows what he needs and he's ready to function good moves for the blues, he's ultimate aim is to strengthened the squad, make Stamford Bridge a home for streak winnings and lifting of significant titles, all this doesn't come by a twinkle of an eye, energy should be settled and mapping out crucial plans should be executed.
We get it, Chelsea is like the Hugh Hefner of football. They spend a lot of money on young players like it's a VIP party. But who can really blame them? Spending £45 million on Cole Palmer seems crazy to me, but I'm sure Todd Boehly thinks it's a great idea. He wants Stamford Bridge to be full of wins and prizes

On the other hand, let's be real. You can't just give the team money and expect them to get along. Don't you remember how bad it hurt to lose to West Ham? This shows that spending money doesn't mean you'll win, at least not right away. I have to say, though, that it's very unfair of us to criticize Boehly's plan while some of us salivate over Brighton's loan deal with Barcelona for Ansu Fati. No, they aren't the same, but I think you understand what I mean

Lol, if I had a merit to give you would have received one for your Hugh Hefner analogy! Cheesy

I definitely think you are correct that more ingredients are need than just money. While I sometimes think that there is only so much a coach can do when the team sucks, I do believe that Chelsea or PSG with the money they invested or are still willing to invest, would be way better than they have been with Guardiola sitting on their bench. I really believe that. He has this little extra to keep his players pumping at full efficiency and maximum effort. It's a very rare thing that one of his teams ever fell apart during a game. And I think he has a much better understanding of how to build a squad compared to most of the other coaches. Would you agree or do you think Chelsea and PSG would have been all the same with Guardiola coaching them (all else equal)?
My happiness is that you all are seeing how Europe clubs are spending huge amount of money on players that are yet to play in a tough Europe competition none won any. Yet the media are quite and are okey by it. But if the Saudi Arabia pro league bought with same amount the Media will criticize them. Chelsea will end of not using them, wasted investment.
9  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2023/24 | Qualifiers on: August 31, 2023, 12:02:58 PM
Probably most interesting game today is Aberdeen - Hacken, first leg ended 2:2, as in most other pairs leading teams have at least 2 goals advantage. It looks like on of these 50/50 games, but I'm going with Aberdeen to qualify. Saw few their games, they're looking solid, while I don't trust Scottish club in Europe, remember Rangers performance yesterday.

The home team should be the favorite here but if we look at the betting market they are more favorite Hacken to qualify and we don't know the reason. I'm not going to take any chances in this match I mean I'm going to ignore who will qualify but I'm interested in the both teams to score option I assume they will do it again like in the first leg because this match is very decisive so both teams will do everything they can. I am attaching a screenshot regarding which team is predicted to qualify, but this is only the bookies prediction we can believe it and we can ignore it.


Don't you think playing them corner over 8.5 is not safer than any other options available? Both team to score is realistic but I want to play safe. Not just this game, all the games today are decisive games and corners will be okey for me in all the games.
10  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 30, 2023, 10:34:03 AM
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Officially‼️ Eden Hazard is set to retire from professional football.
According to the media, the Belgian captain has plans to announce his retirement from professional football at the age of 32. Many clubs have been interested in the signing of Eden Hazard this summer at 32. But he decided to call it a day on his career. It seems that Real Madrid will be his last team in his career.
Eden Hazard has spent four seasons wearing the white shirt, and until now he has been without a team. He has had several offers to continue his career with another team, but it seems that none of them have convinced the striker. At this point in the summer, Hazard would have decided not to listen to any more proposals and hang up his boots.
Hazard spent one of the best years of his career at Chelsea, where the former Madrid winger made 352 official appearances, scoring 110 goals and providing 76 assists.
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There were several offers coming from Ligue 1 and even a big offer from an Arab club but it looks like Hazard chose not to continue his career.

Indeed, if it is money-oriented and if he wants competition then he can try again at a smaller club but it seems Hazard prefers not to do so.
The decision when he went to Madrid seemed to make him a little hesitant when joining other clubs because he realized that when his decision was wrong just like when choosing Madrid then he would also definitely be criticized again so he decided not to be in football by choosing to retire.
This is indeed quite unfortunate, but it seems to be an absolute decision for Hazard and must be respected.
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Officially‼️ Eden Hazard is set to retire from professional football.
According to the media, the Belgian captain has plans to announce his retirement from professional football at the age of 32. Many clubs have been interested in the signing of Eden Hazard this summer at 32. But he decided to call it a day on his career. It seems that Real Madrid will be his last team in his career.
Eden Hazard has spent four seasons wearing the white shirt, and until now he has been without a team. He has had several offers to continue his career with another team, but it seems that none of them have convinced the striker. At this point in the summer, Hazard would have decided not to listen to any more proposals and hang up his boots.
Hazard spent one of the best years of his career at Chelsea, where the former Madrid winger made 352 official appearances, scoring 110 goals and providing 76 assists.
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There were several offers coming from Ligue 1 and even a big offer from an Arab club but it looks like Hazard chose not to continue his career.

Indeed, if it is money-oriented and if he wants competition then he can try again at a smaller club but it seems Hazard prefers not to do so.
The decision when he went to Madrid seemed to make him a little hesitant when joining other clubs because he realized that when his decision was wrong just like when choosing Madrid then he would also definitely be criticized again so he decided not to be in football by choosing to retire.
This is indeed quite unfortunate, but it seems to be an absolute decision for Hazard and must be respected.
It's better to leave when you're still valuable then when u lost it. Eden Hazard lost form, sometimes I ask myself if it was a wrong move for him to leave Chelsea to Real Madrid. Because from his day one in the Real Madrid he flopped.And his career hasn't been same. Injury also affected his performance too. If he's not fit again then he should leave the stage. He has won Several awards and trophies,he had a successful career no doubt.
11  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Lega Serie A 🇮🇹 (Italian League) Prediction Thread 2023/2024⚽ on: August 30, 2023, 10:28:34 AM
this year the scudetto fight will be very fierce, Napoli Inter Juventus Milan they are all at the same level and I think they will fight to the end, Juventus not playing the European cups could have an advantage, we will see what happens during the direct clashes between Inter Juventus Napoli and milan. these are the matches that decide the fate of the championship
For real, it is going to be a tough battle in the scudetto this season with all the teams intent on winning. Napoli can still successfully defend their title, they were able to keep some key players in their team that were important and contributed to their win last season in the team, they did not loose players like Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to other big teams in this transfer season. They already have a good start to the season. Other clubs like AC Milan still have a very good start and should not be overlooked as possible candidates to win the league too.
Indeed, Serie A is now more competitive and the competition is very tight from other teams, but for Napoli there is still a big chance to get the Scudetto title again this season and for other teams, they are currently trying to appear consistent to continue to pursue the title even though they have to compete with Napoli. .

but there is one big team that makes me a little regretful, namely Roma, which at this time for some reason almost lost its performance and failed in a few matches earlier this season, even their fans were disappointed with the decline in performance at the start of this season and somehow Mourinho seemed to have a little trouble improving Roma performance to be like before or just because Mourinho this season can not get enough new players.
for a while I avoided betting on Roma because 2x let me down.

@len01 while Roma didn’t have the best start but their fortunes are about to change because they have signed Lukaku pending some small formalities and he’ll guarantee them lot's of goals and his experience of playing in Serie A is a bonus. Furthermore I have already said it and I’ll repeat that Roma can definitely win the league title and Mourinho will definitely want to win the title and now he has the perfect opportunity so too early too rule Roma out.
@Juggy777 No doubt the arrival of Lukaku will boost the attacking line of Roma, and high their moral, because he is an experienced striker, who has played in the league and premier league, such a top league experience is enough for him to deliver in Roma, wish I believe strongly he will deliver. But winning the league this season is hard for them, Juventus is and Napoli are favourite for the title.
12  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: August 30, 2023, 10:22:31 AM
Al Nassr had a huge 4-0 win over Al Shabab, which was truly remarkable. Cristiano Ronaldo's team attacked this Messi brilliantly which led to the victory in the match. However, Al Sabab's players tried hard enough to equalize but failed and lost the match. Al Nassr won this match and moved to the 6th position in the points table, but they should not stop here but win more matches. As Al Nassr lost their first two matches this season to go to the bottom of the points table, they must win every match to reach the top spot. As they still need a lot of points to climb to the top of the points table they are yet to reach a good position with 6 points. While Al Ittehad and Al ahil are in a good position with 12 points, they must play well for Al Nassr to reach that level, but they can reach that position.
Al Nasar is a team with potential that can go up and maybe win the league irrespective of how they start the season; they started with two defeats against Al Ettifaq and Al Taawoun who are all strong teams in the League, but they have won their last two matches with large number of goals which shows that they are bouncing back strongly and compete till the end.

Players like Cristiano Ronaldo have influence in a team and can lead the team to victory.
No one doubts the quality that Cristiano Ronaldo has, he is still very sharp at the age of 38. However, today's facts are that Al Nassr is still in sixth place in the standings, six points behind Al Ittihad in first place. They need to be consistent in their future matches, so that when Al Ittihad loses points, Ronaldo and his friends can overtake them on the standings.

The opportunity for the position of the standings to shift is still very large, because the SPL has only played four matches out of thirty-four. By the way, Al Ahli looks as strong as Al Ittihad so far, the big match between the two will only be presented in the ninth week.
Ronaldo scoring two goals and an Assist to Mane is outstanding guy, this guy is not ready for retirement, he's still playing like 20 years baller, he would have scored hat trick yesterday,but gave one penalty to his team mate How hasn't score a goal for the season.

Alnassr will win the league, they are playing good football, despite their poor start. That have recover and back to winning way. The Ronaldo and Mane partnership will definitely give Alnassr a good season with trophy. Both has scored  7 goals in their three league games this season. A super results without conceding a goal, their defence issues has been settled with the Arrival of Laporte from Manchester city.
13  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 30, 2023, 10:14:37 AM
Was beginning to have a rethink about Tottenham Hotspur, was thinking that they're ready to compete for trophies not only compete but win it also.
With the way they drew against Fulham and still went on to lose in the penalty shootout, is not encouraging at all.
A team that won by two goals to nil against Bournemouth could not hit Fulham. I just hope they win their next game, thought they've started doing well but from what I saw last night, is nothing to write home about.
it's seems Tottenham Hotspur is under curse for Trophy, it's funny but how can they even struggle with Fulham and still missed out for the penalty. It's a pity to see them out of the ELF cup so early. A top team as then, Fulham played and defender well against them yesterday, it was an interesting game to watch yesterday.
14  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 29, 2023, 02:29:07 PM
Erik ten Hag is just wasting money while Manchester United's line up this season already has midfielders who are quite good like Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Bruno Fernandes, Antony, Donny van de Beek, etc., in my opinion, those names are very strong in helping power. attack Manchester United, at least Manchester United are more concerned with defending and improving in Manchester United's defense sector alone because of the lack of defensive players which makes Manchester United always a weak point and very easy to guess by the opposing team, Erik ten Hag should have thought a second time to bring in new quarterback.

Well lately I see Ten Hag is very busy with the transfer of several players who are on his radar, yes I quite agree with you that Manchester United now still has a good and strong midfielder, as you said they still have great strength and still have great balance in midfield, and Ten Hag should be thinking about what he needs more. I mean better use that money to fill the void they really need like paying attention to the Manchester United backline. That seems quite excessive and is clearly a waste if they spend money on players they don't really need. The Premier League has just started and maybe Ten Hag wants something significant for his squad by adding a lot of strength and also spending a lot of money this season. Regarding their relatively weak defense, now I hear the latest rumors that Ten Hag is eyeing a player from Barcelona, namely Marcos Alonso, to fill the back line, and it is reported that they have received the green light from Barcelona regarding the agreement. If in the end Ten Hag manages to get him then most likely his squad will be perfectly formed, various sides are filled with strong players, and it is very likely that for some time to come Manchester United will be a quite difficult competitor for Manchester City in the trophy hunt at the end season.
Ten Hag should be very careful with his choice of players, the team under his watch now is good but he needs to add more defenders, the Left back is an issue. And one centre Defender it's okay for this team.
 They're are young good defenders out there for Ten Hag to buy and not Cucurela, the Manchester United fans don't want any more players from Chelsea after Mason Mount.

I'll not be surprised if Ten Hag sign more players in the deadline day. Untill then let's keep watching.
15  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 29, 2023, 02:18:43 PM
Arsenal has no chances of winning Manchester United, after watching their games during the weekend, Manchester United has a good chance of winning Arsenal with high margin this weekend. Both team are building their team and the fans Will wait to see whose team is ready to challenge for the Title with Manchester city this season.
16  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: August 29, 2023, 01:15:22 PM
In fact, I just found out that Gerrard is in the Saudi Arabian League. It seems that the last I knew he was the coach of Aston Villa. I don't know if he went to Arabia because of Money? Or did he not get a new club?
I don’t know if Gerrard didn’t get a new club, but I think he went there because of the money that they will be paying him. The amount of money that the Saudi League is offering players and coaches is an amount that will be kind of difficult for everyone to reject. Maybe Gerrard didn’t get any club that would pay him a reasonable amount of money, and he saw Al Ettifaq's offer that they would be paying him a good amount of money, and he decided to accept it. I don’t blame any player or coach that goes to the Saudi League, everyone really needs money, and you will go for the offer that will pay you most.

Stable090 You're not current with things happening in Football world, Gerrard signed for Al Ettifag over two months today and you are not aware. Funny guy,  Saudi Arabia pro league offer is better than Euro and they have a good conditions for players. Let me known that not all players in the Saudi Arabia pro league are here just for the funds , some players are tried of European football and they want to be part of a new era of the Saudi Arabia pro league development. No don't money is the most reason people go into football, and when you see good offer you grab it. That's what's happening in the Saudi Arabia pro league.
17  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Lega Serie A 🇮🇹 (Italian League) Prediction Thread 2023/2024⚽ on: August 28, 2023, 01:25:53 PM
Inter are a team with a much better history than Napoli in the Serie A of course. They also became champions a couple of years ago too - 2020/21 season. The progress they made last season was really impressive. They improved their performance quite much in the league after the World Cup. They qualified for the Champions League finale too and competed really hard against Manchester City.

It is normal to see them being one of the biggest contenders of the Serie A title now as a result.

However I can agree that Napoli are still very strong now. Despite the manager change Rudi Garcia is also doing a good work for now. They are extremely dominant in their matches. I see Inter - Napoli duo having equal chance for the title now.

@jakdanyel Inter have lost Lukaku to Roma and that’ll be a big blow for them as he was a player who would score lots of goals for Inter and with him Roma will now become a genuine title contender. Also while many feel that Inter and Napoli are the two main team’s for the title I personally feel that now Mourinho’s Roma will make it a three way race and I won’t be surprised if in the end Roma win the league title too.
Inter Milan is better off without Lukaku, he disrespected the club, so they had to let him go once . It's not nice keeping player that doesn't want to play for the club anymore. He loves Inter Milan and gave his best for them, now he's in Rivalry club Roma. He would like to show case he's ability.

Inter Milan, is playing good football without Lukaku, and they will do well this season as they did last season. No player is bigger than the club.
18  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: August 28, 2023, 01:21:19 PM

I disagree with the statement that barcelona has better squad depth now because in fact Xavi often uses Gavi as a winger despite Ansu Fati and also despite Ferran Torres but Xavi prefers to use Lamine Yamal for the same position. This is clear when they have played a number of domestic league matches and in fact it has gone quite well and if Barcelona had good players for that position it would be impossible for them to risk players who are not in their proper positions or even install their academy players to be able to cover the gap. I think Xavi's rotation is very limited with the options available now and they need to have real targets to go further in the Champions League this season.
The thing I that most players at Barcelona are very versatile and can adapt comfortably to any positions they're played in and then if the preferred players for that position fails to impress  the coaches in the training ground the coach could be left with picking up players that are capable of delivering even though it means them playing out of the preferred wing, that's you'll see a Gavi deployed from the wing when they've got Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres.
 Well asides that the squad looks really balance this season and would likely perform better than they did last season even though they don't look strong enough to win it yet compared to other teams like Realmadrid, Bayern and Mancity, that's got more experienced champions league players in their team, however they've got the talent and there are still some players in the squad that are experienced in the Champions League as well.
Barcelona is playing badly statistically, they have conceded much goals the defenders looks tired and week in the back. The strength of this current squad is the midfield once the midfield is taking over by opponent,they are weak will score less. Xavi has to work on the defence line, if he will compete with Real Madrid this season, But Barcelona has a come back mentality, but won't work for them always.
19  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 28, 2023, 01:02:48 PM
I highlight the front line because they don't have a centre-forward and so far have place Marcus Rasford and Anthony Martial ineffective and even though Anthony Martial is a centre-forward however his performance was below the level required by Manchester United. On the other hand, we may also see that in the previous three matches the performance of the midfield and defenders has also been inconsistent so far, so Ten Hak must immediately find a solution to this problem.
Calm down buddy, we already have a wonder kid named Hojlund, Manchester United will able to win streaks when Hojlund recovered from injury Grin
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Rasmus Hojlund

Injury: Back

Possible return date: September 3 vs Arsenal (A)

What Ten Hag has said: "Not for tomorrow. [He's] Near. Today, for the first time, he came into team training so next week we expect him to do a full week of team training, so he's near to the squad."
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-injury-news-latest-27602963

Ten haag was just giving the latest update regarding hojlund's injury. I hope he will able to play soon. Im feeling so curious about his debut.  Grin I don't put a high expectation for him at this moment. It's likely he will come back at middle or end of next month.
Many MU fans are waiting for his action in the field.

If there's no change after Hojlund is playing, then it's the time to bully him and Ten Hag need to find other striker. I feel Hojlund would be like Nunez where he's can't perform in the first season, but after then he can improve in the next season. I hope Hojlund isn't same as Mudryk lol.
The fans needs to see how good or bad his debut. Some fans may be booed him like mount once he will not able to deliver. I saw that some guys on twitter were praising him a lot as the next haaland.  Shocked
Have even forgotten that Manchester United signed a striker, so funny. I think Ten Hag is playing mind game, he doesn't want the next Coach to know his game plan, I feel Rasmus might be ready to face Arsenal This weekend, the injury wasn't serious, Manchester United shown class during the Nottingham forest game. I have never seen such a winning mentality from this Manchester United squad, every player were attacking to get the goal.

Ten has to do two more signing, probably one centre Defender and a left footer.
20  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 28, 2023, 12:42:20 PM
After Liverpool were trailing by one goal to Newcastle in the first half of their English Premier League game away at Newcastle and Vigil van Dijk  received a red car just three minutes later, a Liverpool faithful who was watching the ball with me went on live betting and staked a bet that Liverpool are gonna win the game in full time.
I advised him not to take such risk because of the quality of football that Newcastle has been putting out since the start of last season but little did I know that Darwin Nunez will come as a late substitute in the 77th to score two spectacular goals to win the game for the reds. Clinical performance from the Uruguayan yesterday to help his club claim all three points
V. van Dijk, one of Liverpool's most reliable centre-backs, was sent off in the 28th minute, undoubtedly a huge blow for Liverpool, who were a goal down again. In such an equation of the match Newcastle should have won but the result was different towards the end of the game. Núñez scored two back-to-back goals in the 81' and 90+3' minutes to pull the team back from certain defeat. Liverpool have won two and drawn one of their first three matches in the English Premier League. A win like this against Newcastle will surely give Liverpool the confidence to do well in the next matches.

With what he did put Liverpool, you will understand better that Newcastle flogged Liverpool by ball possession, the stats are there to check, they struggled to attack to neutralise their centre-back but they were able to hold onto Newcastle at the end of the minute. However, I think Van Dijk has been a menace to Liverpool, It either sleep on a defensive position or foul and get a consistent yellow card, it's the work of the defenders to be aggressive but must do so without fouling, even yesterday's card, he never thought he will foul to that extent that place them on 10 men against 11 men and now, he will miss the next 3 matches of Liverpools Premier League. There is no alternative defender that is as strong as him and if Salah is confirmed to be leaving as well, Liverpool will feel the heat in the coming weeks.
Newcastle couldn't with stand the pressure yesterday from 10 men Liverpool. I was really disassociated with the outcome of the game. With what Newcastle played in the first half, one we concluded that they will win Liverpool with high margin. But Kloop as experienced coach never stop attacking after the Van Dijk red card. Liverpool played with determination and confidence which gave them the edge over Newcastle. Darwin Nunez made the different.he was super in the second half, scoring two goals to give Liverpool a super come back.
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