Manchester City performance has been affected by the absence of KDB in the squad as it has been in their games despite having a very solid team one of the best team in the world but their position in the EPL and their game play says it all because the impact of KDB has been lacking in the team. Manchester City has managed to get to the round of 16 in the UCL I think they can still struggle to win games in the UCL even without the presence of KDB but the team will be in better shape and there will be more distribution of passes and more chances will be created if KDB should return from injury, hopefully he's going to be in the squad soon because City performance in the EPL has dropped so much.

Regarding Mbappe, I’d love to see him join Liverpool but realistically it’s just not going to happen.

Our owners are too cheap and would never pay the huge wages and likely significant signing on fee that M appe would command. I think he will end up at Real Madrid.

How can you conclude that Girona can win La Liga, while Real Madrid and Girona's points are both 48 points. To become La Liga champions you need 90 points.
Of these five teams, Real Madrid, Girona, Barcelona, Bilbao and Atletico Madrid both have a chance of doing that. The second season has started, these five teams are already in good performance.

So it's too early to say that Girona will win La Liga, in terms of performance you might see that Girona has great potential.
But remember, Real Madrid and Barcelona have a mentality that is many times more established than Girona when it comes to winning the title.
So let's see at the end of the season, will Girona be able to get past that or vice versa.

Let's be Frank, Ten Hag is just too overhyped aside Jose Mourinho and Van Gaal I can't remember any top tier coach United has signed since Fergusen left, just overhyped coach who fails to meet team expectations though Mourinho was better than the other.
Which player did Ten Hag requested for that He didn't get or try to get for him?
Who requested for Onana, Mount, Rasmund and others.

Last season He had issues with Ronaldo, this season Sancho next season we don't know
Aside from injury crisis in which they also struggle to win even when they are fit Ten Hag has no excuse.

The fact is Ten Hag should know his place and let go of some pride so that he will be respected by team while the players needs to have their trophy winning mentality which they have lost for over a decade now, I don't really think Ten Hag can help in this area but Man United can give a shot and see how the perform next season.

Friday 5th January
Bologna 19:45 Genoa

Saturday 6th January
Inter Milan 11:30 Verona
Frosinone 14:00 Monza
Lecce 17:00 Cagliari
Sassuolo 19:45 Fiorentina

Sunday 7th January
Empoli 11:30 AC Milan
Torino 14:00 Napoli
Udinese 14:00 Lazio
Salernitana 17:00 Juventus
Roma 19:45 Atalanta
Home 11/8 11/5 Away 21/10

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

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Leverkusen is making full efforts to maintain existing interventions from various European teams who are interested in their wing-back, Jeremie Frimpong, this January. Leverkusen confirmed that they would not sell Jeremie Frimpong this January and that any European team who wanted him would have to wait until June next summer to trigger his release clause of 40 million euros.

I think this fee is still quite reasonable and the elite European teams don't seem to mind spending quite a lot of money to be able to secure the services of one of Leverkusen's key players. Jeremie Frimpong's performance since last season has been very impressive and it is not surprising that he is now being targeted by various European teams. I'm curious about where he will continue his career after closing this season with Leverkusen.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1742939275719819663

Personally, I think Sevilla will not be relegated, even though we already know the detailed statistics and reputation of their performance in the first half of the season. If Ramos and colleagues can target points from just average clubs, then they can stay in La Liga next season, in my opinion that is the easiest scenario for Sevilla.

However, we know that it is not an easy thing, because Cadiz, Granada and Almeria also want to escape the relegation zone. The financial factor of the club being in debt is the cause of Sevilla current decline in performance, so they are having difficulty building a squad and even had to be willing to let go of several key players last summer.

Since Kane moved to Bayern Munich, Son has started to become a goal machine and a mainstay for Tottenham in the front line at this time, Son absence is certainly quite painful for Tottenham considering that currently they are trying to climb to the top standing and apart from Son, Tottenham also lost Pape Sarr who They also have to play for Senegal in the 2024 African Cup, Losing two mainstays will of course make Tottenham performance quite lame especially when they have to face Manchester United later, but before that Tottenham have to face Burnley who are relatively weaker in the FA Cup and this could be an opportunity for Ange Postecoglou to formulate an effective strategy without the two main players before facing Manchester United.

Roberto Firmino is said to have an intention to leave Al-Ahli these days. Fulham are rumoured to be interested in him as well. Other than them I have heard of some Turkish teams having an interest in signing him too. I think his first choice would be to return to the English Premier League. Because he can make more money there than he can in Turkey and he is already very familiar with the league. 

I thought he shouldn't have left Liverpool in the first place but of course he must be earning much more money there. But I mean he was doing quite okay at Liverpool and performing even better than Nunez.

Im still seeing it as a bad result. barcelona is far above palmas in all of aspects. Winning with small score was not a big deal for barcelona., the club should have won with big scores against palmas. Barcelona was almost getting draw as the final result which is very bad for me as a viewers. Even though three points acquired by barcelona but the performance from the club was very bad. It's far worse than what i have expected it in the past. This is the main problem that may never be solved bu xavi. Barceona has a lot of troubles in the club.Xavi obviously needs to improve the club a lot. Barcelona may be out from UCL if the club keeps to perform like shit. Penalty was the only thing that saves barcelona in this match. Xavi has a lot of tasks need to be done by the club.

The fans has been also sending a lot of disappointment to the club.

I don't think it's going to happen. But remember Newcastle are a rich club when he offers a higher salary who wouldn't be tempted? Doing the job is looking at the money, but I never know what will happen.

Yes I don't think it will happen in the middle of the season now if something happens it will be at the end of the season, but we will see if Girona will keep Sanchez or not? It could be that when he is brilliant he asks for a raise and Girona are not able to then there other clubs become an opportunity to recruit him.

I think so! My hunch is that he'll stay with Girona and could even bring the LaLiga title this season, it's not impossible is it?

Ok would you be willing to take a 10:1 bet that Chelsea won't be relegated into the Championship? If you win, you get 10 mBTC. If I win, I get 1mBTC. I say they won't be relegated under any circumstances. Let me know if that is a bet you would like to accept and we will get someone reputable to quote our conversation and then we can settle it at the end of the season.

Crystal Palance vs. Everton ended in a draw, which is quite unsatisfactory for both as the game must now be repeated and both of them really don't need any additional games for nothing.

I've a question, have Erik Ten Hag aides or help kill the club performance. The league is not easy, on a second thought, the Red Devils tried and they have nothing to proof because couple with poor management, overrated players that have no significance in trooping good titles. Manchester United is different, alot of things have gone wrong in the club, and it's affecting them in performance. Comparing Manchester United form last season to the present season, we have alot to talk about. These average clubs have no regards for average clubs and that's really bad thing.

I have read a few articles which are quite interesting as they are discussing whether Xabi Alonso will become the next Pep Guardiola. I am not a friend of these person to person comparisons because at the end of the day nobody can become somebody else. I get the idea why they want to compare the two coaches, but it doesn't make that much sense as I think Alonso is a different personality to begin with. They are not the same. I am not sure how tactical Alonso is and whether he goes into such a deep detail as Guardiola does.

But one thing is for sure, if Alonso can win the Bundesliga and then adds the Europa League title to his collection as a coach at such a young age, that would by any means be a crazy head start for the Spaniard. Since I like him, I wish him the best for this ambitious goal.

I agree fully on that , and i believe he would have done the same if he had arrived even a year earlier to Bayern Munich.
His transfer was the best one the last years from Munich , and i hope he will be in Munich for a few years as i like the way he is playing.

Sancho was back in the days a very good Player in Dortmund , and i would be loving it to see him playing again for Dortmund.
With his playing style he fits into the squad to 100%. I readed on SkySport also that he will be only loaned to Dortmund.
Maybe there will be an option in the contract to get him full when the next summer transfer will be open.

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Arsenal doesn't have a top notch striker, someone who can accept responsibility when the game isn't going very well and decide the game with a solo. It is mostly team effort, which is good but every team that's highly ambitious needs this one guy as you said, a spearhead. Usually they have some great names in their team like Jesus, but he isn't a player who scores 25 goals and more in a Premier League season. This is really missing there and probably costs them some of the games.

Juventus got a big winning that helps them to move to round of 16 in Coppa Italia but this also helps them to show off their power to other competitors in the league. The big winning is like an announcement of Juventus to Inter Milan, after their winning against AS Roma in Serie A, that they are actually ready to challenge and beat Inter Milan in the Scudetto race.

In Coppa Italia, I agree that Juventus have good chance to lift the cup even it is not their priority. Juventus in theory are stronger than those clubs in Coppa Italia and if they play with their best performances, they will become a champion there.

Back to Serie A, after this match, Juventus will wait for Inter Milan's slippery performance to take over the first position in coming weeks. Especially, Champions League will return and Inter Milan will have like three to four matches in Serie A without best focus as they will be distracted by two big matches with Atletico Madrid.

Xavi Hernandez will not be sacked afterall, Barcelona was lucky enough not to end the game in a draw tie, alot of mistakes was done on Barcelona side, but any how they manage to win the match. However, Las Palmas was the team that messed up big time, a match they were leading with 1-0 have suddenly changed to a draw tie and also they couldn't hold on much longer because Barcelona keep pressing and another goal was netted injury time after Las Palmas player was issued a red card, that weakened the entire squad that was planning for atleast draw tie.

After spending a whole lot of money to sign world class players in the summer, Chelsea are surprisingly underperforming this season as the English Premier League club are no where around the top six clubs in the English Premier League table. Their consistent inconsistency has made it very difficult for people to predict their games as the Stamford Bridge club have on many occasions lost games they were expected to win convincingly.

The club manager Mauricio Pochentino is one coach that is very good in his managerial abilities but haven't lived up to expectations this season as many had thought his presence at Chelsea is gonna significantly improve the club's performance.

Congratulations to PSG, who quickly won the cup in the new year. Mbappe continues to carry the team, I wonder what PSG's situation would be this season if it wasn't for this player.

If Mbappe convinces him to stay in the team and extends his contract and build a team around him, especially quality midfielders are needed. If all the conditions are met, this team may have a chance in the Champions League in Europe. Mbappe's goal was great again, he carries goals and scores aesthetic goals in every match.