I dont understand the Havertz signing, he hasnt been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think hes worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz wont give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level.
The signing of Havertz by Arsenal may be to add a player with a winning mentality that Arteta has not had so far, even though there are already many Arsenal players in Havets' position like Pablo Veira. Another possibility to accompany Odegard in creating Arsenal attacks. Another reason behind signing Havertz was to anticipate Arsenal players leaving the Emirates Stadium. Havertz wasn't so bad at Chelsea. In the 2022/2023 season, almost all the players played could not perform like the previous season. £60m guaranteed fee + £5m, the price of a Havertz as stated by Romano. I don't know I still think 60 million pounds is still a huge amount for Havertz. I agree that nearly none of the players in Chelsea squad had an impressive level of performance. But I think he wasn't as good as his Leverkusen times in the 2021/2022 and 2020/2021 seasons as well. They were decent level of performances but I still don't think he is worth this much anyway. But I would really like to be wrong about him after he starts to play for Arsenal. I think finally we will be able to see him playing as attacking midfielder most of the time. Because Chelsea used him as a centre-forward so many times that he couldn't play in his natural position as much as centre-forward. |
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PSG'nin de Harry Kane'in peşine düştüğü yönünde haberler çıkmaya başladı. Bildiğiniz gibi Messi kulüpten ayrıldı ve PSG yerini doldurmak için alternatif arayışlarına başlamış olsa gerek. Aslında Asensio transferinin Messi'nin yerini doldurmaya yönelik yapıldığını düşünüyordum. Belki de PSG yönetiminin aklında bu konuda başka planlar var. Şöyle bir şey de olabilir: Neymar'ın da bu yaz kulüpten ayrılma olasılığı hiç de az değil. Dolayısıyla önümüzdeki sezon için Asensio - Mbappe - Kane gibi bir üçlü düşünülüyor da olabilir.
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Spain was just lucky. In comparison to Croatia, they are a match. Irrespective of their win, it must be said that Spain lacks wingers who can beat someone and a striker who can score goals. There are too many players who are technically gifted and have a great shot from outside the box like Olmo, Asensio, Fabian, but then it seems like they deliberately avoid playing it simple. That's why I commend Ansu during the game because he tried to dribble on the wings and looked to play it simple with his teammates on the inside. He almost scored too.
For Croatia, they missed this title again having been runners up in 2018 World Cup, third place in 2022 World Cup and now runners up again. Majority of their main players are already in their 30s someone like Modric who is already 37yr old, this looks like the last outing for him. Hopefully the younger generations who will take after them will bring the title home.
Spain must have changed their coach 4 or 5 times in the last 5 years if I'm not mistaken. But there is still not much thing changed about their playing style. Spain really like to make things harder for themselves in some matches. Although they capture the full control of such matches they still insist on playing smarter. Maybe this match was also one of that kind. They could have used their dangerous attacks much more effectively and scored a goal much earlier to make the match more entertaining to follow. Anyway Luis de la Fuente must be really happy to win a title for Spain only 6 months after he started his job here.  |
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Belgium are still unable to make a big improvement in their general performance. Their win in their first match in the qualifiers made me think about if they were better as of then. However the point loss against Austria caused all of my curiosity to be gone all of a sudden. It was a really poor performance about even shots on goal - 2 out of 17. This very unbalanced look prevents me from thinking positive about their future in such big tournaments. After having a disappointing run in the World Cup a similar thing might happen in Euro 2024 as well.
But let's evaluate the situation match by match so tonight I hope to see them getting a comfortable win against Estonia to improve their morale.
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 Dejan Kulusevski is a done deal for Tottenham. I think this is a pretty good start for Tottenham to the transfer window. It is a five-year deal and they have paid 30 million euros for his transfer fee. For a skilled winger like Kulusevski this isn't much different than a free transfer. His market value has gone up to 50 million euros right after the transfer. Honestly I must admit that I have liked his performance so far. Tottenham has looked like the best place for him after seeing that high effort. He missed 10 games due to thigh injury but this still didn't overshadow his effort. They have signed their new coach, Ange Postecoglou as well so I hope we see the right kind of transfers for the team from now on. |
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Letonya karşısında binbir güçlükle de olsa kazanmak çok önemliydi. Şimdi ise Galler'e karşı iyi bir iş ortaya koymamız lazım. Son zamanlarda Galler zayıf bir görüntü veriyor ve bu maçın kontrolünü odaklanırsak rahatça elimizde tutabiliriz. Bunu yaptığımız takdirde en önemli nokta fırsatları en iyi şekilde değerlendirmek olacak. Letonya maçına dönerse iş o zaman bana yine son dakikalarda gelen bir golle falan anca yeneriz gibi geliyor.
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I don't think npl is the main problem, but of course a better player can be transferred to replace npl.There are obviously some mismatches in the team and I give it to the ego war between them.S1mple is a really good player, but I think he sometimes reflects it badly on his teammates. Of course we don't know exactly what's going on behind the scenes, but that's my opinion.NaVi's roster is still top notch, but they don't have the igl to provide enough frag contribution.I'm in favor of transferring hobb1t from C9.It will definitely be a plus for them.
Going for an international player can be really interesting for NaVi. Because they have had a really strict policy about signing only Ukrainian or Russian players into their roster. It looks like they really can't find the one for in-game leader role in these countries. It is hard to predict if this would be good for the team. As long as there isn't any problem on communication with the player to be brought then it is okay. If I were in their shoes I would have looked for the best in-game leaders in Europe. They really need a solid teamwork to bring back their dominant times. Even s1mple can't be very consistent regularly these days. This isn't the NaVi team we have known. |
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It is confirmed now that Joselu returns to Madrid on loan until 2024 and there is no obligatory purchase option for Madrid in this regard. but indeed I think this is just another backup for them because indeed the presence of Joselu also doesn't make Madrid feel more confident. Sure he did quite well at Espanyol the season before but it's not a reference for a real Benzema replacement and they have to try to get better than Joselu. I also think the same. Joselu is 33 years old now and he isn't even close to Benzema's quality. He must have just been signed to increase the alternatives in the offense area. I was also impressed with the work he has done with Espanyol - 16 goals in 34 La Liga matches. Because of that he might be useful in the times he is needed. But this just can't be a signing to fill Benzema's place. If we don't see any other much better striker signing then I won't have much hope about Real Madrid's next season. Especially to become champion in the Champions League they need a qualified striker transfer. If Mbappe doesn't come now then they can just look for sensible moves. Maybe Juventus might be willing to let Vlahovic go for example. |
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Netherlands were really a hopeless case today. One shouldn't be misled by the score's being 3-2 at the end. Italy totally deserved to win by even a bigger goal gap. They were nearly scoring their 4th goal in the stoppage time. Netherlands had better learn their lesson from this year's Nations League. Because they couldn't even reach the finale although the tournament is held in their own country.
There is a huge problem on defending before anything else. I don't know how this can still happen while they have great defenders especially like van Dijk, Ake and Dumfries. Apart from that I don't like the relationship going on with Koeman either. I feel like he isn't the right one for this team. I started to think like this especially after his hard-to-understand choices against Croatia in extra time.
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Wow, De Gea is really leaving at the end of the month? It has been a 12-year journey here and he must have become a legendary goalkeeper for his team already. To tell the truth I have always admired De Gea and put him among the best goalkeepers of his time. But he is still 32 years old now so I wasn't expecting him to leave already. I thought there would be an agreement and he would play for at least the age of 35 or so. But as far as I have read it is due to the dead-end in the contract negotiations. Because he doesn't want to earn less than 375,000 pounds a week while his team has plans in the opposite direction. In this case I also hope to see Onana there. He must have the most number of saves in the Champions League this season. This guy is just a machine these days and at least he can be a wonderful replacement for de Gea. |
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I agree about Morata. 2 goals in 6 matches is not good statistics at all. This was the semi finals so I would have expected him to be more concentrated on his finishing. Especially the one time he missed the target by a slight margin must be really sad for him. Morata is just an unpredictable player in his whole career actually. Sometimes he has a really solid tournament with national team or in a domestic league but sometimes he is just becoming not useful in the attacking area at all. For example I liked his effort in the last World Cup - 3 goals in 4 matches.
He should find a way to improve his concentration level until the finale. Because all Spain players will need to do that as their opponent is Croatia. Spain should do everything they can to finish the job in regular time otherwise Croatia might end them as well in extra time or by penalty shootouts.
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Latvia v Turkey match is a candidate to be an interesting one unlike it looks now. One can just look at the odds, see the huge gap and just say that Turkey would play dominant and win. But when it comes to the matches between these two teams it hasn't been that simple so far. Because their head-to-head match history is full of draws and a win for each team - 7 matches including a friendly. The scenario might even be the same as the last match between them in the World Cup 2022 qualifiers.
Turkey would have the most ball possession but they waste countless chances while they can beat Latvia by a huge score gap. There is a tie in the match but in the last moments we see a life saving goal for Turkey to win. This is just a prediction. If this doesn't happen then I expect a big win by Turkey nothing less.
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Bellingham is joining Real Madrid by the end of this month officially. This was one of the most profitable deals for Dortmund in the recent years though. In this way they can still reach their main target for a season even if they don't make it to the Bundesliga title. This target is to make a big profit in sales of talented young players such as Bellingham. Despite doing this the ending of this season wouldn't be forgotten too easily in my opinion. Because they literally handed over the title to Bayern Munich despite having a comfortable match on paper.
Fans and the board should still be happy with Terzic's work in general. This was really one of the closest seasons to the title for them.
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Mbappe'nin olası bir PSG'den ayrılma durumu söz konusuydu son zamanlarda ve adı Real Madrid ile anılmaya başlanmıştı. Mbappe PSG ile kontratını 2025'e uzatmayacağını duyurdu ama kontratındaki son yılını da orada geçirmek istediğine değindi. PSG ise Mbappe'nin kontratında sadece 1 yıl kalmışken onu öylece serbest bırakmak niyetinde değil. Bu sebeple ortada çok ilginç bir durum var. PSG Mbappe sözleşme yenilemeye yanaşmıyor diye onu bu yaz satmayı bile değerlendirebilir. O durumda Real Madrid - Manchester United savaşı olabilir deniliyor ama Real Madrid'e gitme olasılığı çok daha yüksek.
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Spain has had most of the opportunity in this second half, controlling the ball well and winning more than 60% of the possession, what has just been lacking in their game is the goal scoring touch which their striker Morata has not been able to provide. Morata to be was holding on the ball too much when he would have either passed or shoot. Joselu replaces Morata and he scores a very important goal from Rodri's shot that got deflected to him in a few minutes of getting in.
Spain has very good control of this game since the second half, Rodri has been excellent! it will not be a difficult work for them to control the game to the end and secure their lead.
Italy looked like they would have won, had one beautiful goal ruled out for offside, but Italy have been off in this second half and have just been struggling to hang on.
Croatia will face Spain in the finals.
Yes this was the case in the second half but I was actually waiting for this to happen. Because there was a clear superiority by Spain over Italy so it was the best for Italy to be just patient and focus on their defending. It is inevitable that your opponent starts creating even more dangerous attacks in this case. Italy still did a really good work by keeping the score at 1-1 until the last minutes. But that upsetting goal by Joselu came in these minutes and it was devastating for Italy. There wasn't much time left for an answer and Spain managed to secure the win. It is good for them because if we we watched extra time then it might have been for the benefit of Italy. Joselu was like a savior of his team because he scored only 4 minutes after Morata was replaced by him.  |
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 Bayern Munich are getting really close to agreeing on personal terms with Kim Min-jae. The player is also eager to sign for them so the only thing left is to have an agreement on a transfer fee with Napoli. The release clause which Fabrizio Romano wrote about is said to be around 50 million euros. I think it would be the best for Bayern Munich to be patient until July to sign him for a much better price. Because his market price is 60 million and I don't think Napoli would drop down from that until the release clause becomes active. It feels like Kim will compete with Upamecano the most and he has a serious potential to capture his place in the starting eleven. Because Upamecano has been making some important mistakes in defense lately. de Ligt has been much better than him. |
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Juventus don't seem like they are thinking of sacking Allegri after this kind of a season. I know that points deduction decision killed their chance of making it to the Champions League group stage. But I just can't see the big picture that simple. Because Juventus couldn't play consistent as a team mostly. They periodically started a good form maybe but these times didn't last very long. If they had a consistency similar to Atletico Madrid in the La Liga earlier then even this punishment wouldn't have caused them to be out of top 4.
Juventus need some change about the management style in my opinion. Allegri has won the Serie A titles 5 times in a row of course and he has my big respect. But I think the same strategies aren't enough to fight for the title to the end now.
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It is halftime and there is a 1-1 tie in the Spain v Italy match now. Spain have been statistically the better side to tell the truth. They have had more dangerous attacks, had many more passes and many goal attempts whose half was shots on target. It is of course normal to see Spain having the most ball possession and control like this as we are used to seeing it in majority of their matches. But things are still going on nice for Italy side. They were able to answer Spain's early goal in a really short time. If this match goes to extra time who knows maybe Italy can also do what Croatia did last night. |
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Şu Mbappe olayını çok sabırsızlıkla bekliyorum, cidden kartların yeniden dağıtılabileceği kadar önemli bir transfer. Real Madrid ilk 11i gözümde canlanıyor, Courtois, alaba, militao, rudiger mendy falan, önlerinde modricler jude bellinghan geldi şimdi, camavingası, valverdesi, Tchouamenisi, yine muhteşem, onlarında önünde Rodrygo sağda, VINI solda, hemde yeni 7 numarasıyla alev alev, en öndede Mbappe, üfff be. Şu kadroya karşı bi de bu senenin sezonda 3 kupayı birden kaldırmayı başarmış muhteşem City'si, resmen muhteşem olur izlemek. Ben bu olursa Real alır derim ama o kadar umrumda değil ki kimin aldığı, tek isteğim şu Mbappe işi olsun ve bu finali izleyelim, öyle yarı finalde falan karşılaşmasınlar, direkt Finalde izleyelim cidden çok eğlenceli olur.
Evet Mbappe'nin Real Madrid'e gelmesini şüphesiz taraftarlar da dört gözle bekliyorlardır. Çünkü Real Madrid'i adeta uçuşa geçirebilecek sayılı oyunculardan birisi şu an. Ronaldo'nun ayrılmasından beri onun kadar doğrudan etki eden bir oyuncu göremedik henüz. Vinicius Junior ve Benzema tabi ki çok iyi işler çıkarıyorlar ama Ronaldo'nun seviyesi bir başkaydı. Yalnız öte yandan Mbappe'nin bu sezon gelme ihtimali çok yok gibi görünüyor. Çünkü Mbappe sadece mevcut kontratını uzatmak istemediğini ama şimdilik PSG'de memnun olduğunu söyledi. Önümüzdeki sezon ne olacağı belli olur. |
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I already have a list of favorite teams
- Manchester City
- Real Madrid
-Bayern
I'm curious if there's any particular reason why Barcelona isn't there? They finished La Liga in a dominant fashion. I didn't expect outrights for next season's winners to be out this early but here's what's on your list. City - 3.0 Madrid - 10.30 Bayern - 7.30 Rollbit bookie is almost with you there. PSG is currently at third with 9.90 while Barca is @11.90 Maybe it's too early to bet since there's still the transfer window but probably not bad putting some money on your favorite team if odds are over 10. It is a bit odd to see these odds already now. But anyway I'm not surprised to see Manchester City this much favourite for the title again. It isn't an easy task to get a back-to-back win in the Champions League. Real Madrid are the only team that have done it since 2000's - they won it 3 times in a row with Zidane's management. Before Real Madrid the last time this happened was in the 1988/1989 and 1989/1990 seasons - Milan. Manchester City will need to keep their mental really strong. They haven't been showing an impressive performance in the Champions League finals they have qualified for. If they make it to this stage again next season then Guardiola will need to keep his players much more concentrated on playing an effective game. |
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