Of course it doesn't have to be Southgate. I just talked about it because of the recent rumours going around.    There are surely better options with really good careers.

I have already mentioned Conte as an example. He is familiar with the Premier League already you know. He has a nice history with Chelsea like winning a Premier League and an FA Cup titles. Maybe he would be considered as one of the candidates in case of deciding to sack Erik ten Hag. However there are new rumours like Sir Jim Ratcliffe can give another chance to Erik ten Hag for next season. If this happens they had better make their transfers properly in the summer.

Seeing Arsenal struggling to get rid of Porto in the 16th round made me doubt them and I think Arsenal's mentality is still the same as before, nothing has improved from that team.

And Bayern Munich has high confidence against Arsenal because the last meeting between these two teams was where Bayern Munich could beat Arsenal easily.
There are many factors that make Bayern Munich very favorite to be able to beat Arsenal, one of which is Bayern Munich's great motivation to be able to win a trophy this season after they failed in the Bundeliga and I think that is quite realistic and in terms of strength, Bayern Munich is quite capable.

I assume PSG would be the only team Zidane would be interested in if he becomes okay with managing a team again. His wish has been to manage France indeed but it doesn't look like he will get the opportunity in the near future for now. I would really like to see Zidane managing PSG some day. I believe they can be more successful with him.

He would only need to be free about building the team according to his own system. PSG have a lot of money so they can do the same as Manchester City have done for Guardiola. But before anything else I don't know whether Zidane would think of such agreement with them. 

Did you think Ten Hag's poor season at Manchester United is because of a few players being out due to injury? Even if the injured players are fit to play, Manchester United will continue to perform as they did. Take a look at Liverpool, they are greater than Manchester United, yet they have more injured players. Liverpool has more players absent, but they are still winning games and competing for the title with Manchester City and Arsenal, can Manchester United do the same with the players available? Manchester United are still struggling to break into the top four.

We may blame Ten Hag's, he's in control and responsible for everything. The current squad cannot do anything for Manchester United, they must sign players during the transfer window. Consider Manchester United's defense line, Varane can no longer defend and there is no one to replace him at the moment. Even in their last game against Liverpool, Manchester United could not have equalized, if Klopp had not removed his top players.

Without Harry Kane, I think it is very understandable to say that they are going to lose the attacking power that they have. They will not be as strong as they are with him. And of course, Bayern Munich named Harry Kane and on top of that, he also needs to perform. I am not saying he has to score, even though if he does score it is going to be great. But him being in important positions and situations even off the ball is going to be a great threat for the opponent. And he's a player who knows very well how to do that. Bayern Munich is definitely going to suffer in defense. So they will be really hoping that they will be able to somehow manage that with better offense

You should also notice that Man United will also be playing against tough opponents like Liverpool and Arsenal, but with their current disposition, they might trip on much easier teams.
I think Aston Villa is probably already beyond United's reach, but, luckily, if the below source is correct, they only need to get to 5th place to play in the UCL next season:

ps. why do we have 2 EPL threads?

No doubt Arteta is a good manager, he already made Arsenal be a strong team again. In the last 2 seasons, Arsenal always joined the race for the title. Even in the current season, Arsenal is leading the EPL standings, they are a great team under Arteta management. If he watched the match Real Madrid U18 vs Atletico Madrid U18, he is very likely interested in certain young players of both teams. I guess Arteta may have a plan to sign youngsters of Atletico Madrid.

Yes, Arteta has the chance to give a trophy for Arsenal. But the competition is very tight, Liverpool and Man City won't let Arteta to win the trophy. However, if Arteta can beat Guardiola in the next match, I think Arteta will have the chance to win the EPL trophy for this season.



Source: tribuna.com

It wouldn't be surprising if he went to Bayern Munich because I remember he has a history there as a football player. I don't think Xabi, who did wonders in the Bayer Leverkusen story, would go directly to Bayern so as not to disrespect them. Maybe it could be an option for Liverpool. Liverpool could be better with him in the Premier League.

I think there are still 3 matches where Mancity might fail to get full points:
Tottenham vs Mancity
Mancity vs Aston
Brighton vs Mancity

I wrote Brighton above because from their last 14 matches at home, Brighton has only lost once and it happen back in August 2023.
Even big teams such as Liverpool could only get a draw, Tottenham and Newcastle even didn't get any points from there.

Indeed, we certainly still remember how the match went, which was so fierce and we didn't want to lose. But again, Real Madrid has blood in the Champions League and it will be very difficult for any team to get rid of them. But the placement will be different when Real Madrid will face Manchester City and maybe that could be the end of their journey this season.

We know how Manchester City is the defending champion and the team that can be avoided the most in the early rounds. But Real Madrid has to face it and I think it will be a challenge for Real Madrid to be able to avenge last season's defeat. Victory will definitely belong to Manchester City but the luck factor will be completely in the hands of Real Madrid, I think so far that is the exact picture.

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1772704486126919885

Manchester United is starting to spread its wings again and this time they are interested in bringing in Crystal Palace's talented winger, Michael Olise. As is known, for the winger position, Manchester United often experience deadlock and the available options sometimes make Erik Ten Hag not very confident about his current squad, especially for next season. Michal Olise is a right winger and he seems to be left footed, so this is the perfect fit for that position.

Hearing this news, Crystal Palace immediately raised the price of their players to 60 million euros and as we know, this tradition has been normal since several seasons ago when there were big EPL teams who were interested in bringing in key players from weak teams. I'm curious whether the Red Devils are willing to pay 60 million euros for his services or are looking for other options. Looking at Michael Olise's statistics so far it's not too bad with 6 goals and 3 assists.

I did not expect this season to be the same as previous season, when Manchester United performed poorly but eventually qualified for the Champions League. Manchester United's performance this season has been completely different; we cannot trust them right now because they can win or lose any of their games; it will be very difficult for Manchester United to win all of their remaining games; Manchester United may only get points against opponents in the relegation zone, but not against tough opponents. We've only seen how Manchester United performed against Liverpool in their last FA Cup game; they only become serious when they face a big opponent.

Manchester United is now in sixth place with a goal difference of zero, Tottenham and Aston Villa are not weak teams at the moment, I believe none of these clubs will lose their position to finish in the top four because they are in good form as well as capable of qualifying. Man United is nine points behind Aston Villa and six points behind Tottenham; However, I believe Aston Villa and Tottenham will continue to win their remaining games as well. They might fire Ten Hags at the end of the season.

Xabi and which team he will go to is just a pure speculation at the moment, I do not believe that they are going to be all that much aware of his decision more than us. Newspapers will just write whatever they want to write and won't care about anything. Bayern is in troubled position right now, sort of because of Xabi as well, so him wanting to go to Bayern would not make sense, but even if that's true, even Xabi doesn't know who he will pick yet as long as it is not official.

We should wait and see, until the very very official deal being public to everyone, I will not believe anyone at all. It should be important to realize that we are going to end up with some stuff that are not easy to handle, so it is not going to be easy.

I checked my usual source (BBC Sport) to read some transfer speculations today and the interesting point is there was only one related to a Serie A club.  

I'm linking this to the big debt big Serie A clubs have been in. What do you say? They are of course making transfers in summers but generally we don't see them spending a huge amount of money on a player. Inter have a quite strong level of squad though. However other big clubs would really need some good transfers to get more competitive for the league championship.

We have seen really good coaches coming here but not being able to do much because of money problems for transfers.

Assuming Manchester United can win the rest matches, there's no guarantee they will able to reach 4th position because if both Tottenham and Aston Villa are win streak, nothing will change.

I'm sure Manchester United able to reach at least 5th position, all of them will face Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City, the thing is Manchester United always has bigger chance to pull upsets than Aston Villa or Tottenham.

If you think Real Madrid will underestimate any opponent in the remainder of the season, then I guarantee you are wrong. Then from that, this season only leaves 9 matches instead of 10 matches with an 8 point advantage over Barcelona. Of course it's still not safe, but to make some rotations to focus more on the Champions League, I don't think it's a big problem.

Ancelotti knows exactly about your concerns about the potential for Real Madrid to fail to win the title without the threat of Barcelona. B​but I believe that winning 8 points is a blessing in itself for Real Madrid to remain comfortable in every remaining match this season, even for the El Clasico match against Barcelona.

How would you know that, Kobbie Mainoo is just 18 years old, so how can you predict the long future he has ahead of him. Kobbie Mainoo is a brilliant footballer and Manchester United will definitely want to keep him for as long as possible, but who knows what will happen in the future, he might develop so well and at a time in his career, he could leave the club and go somewhere else.

I have a feeling all three will play against Arsenal. Man City have a history of players pulling out of internationals, to then miraculously recover for their club shortly after.

Arsenal are doing the same though, Saka pulled out of England camp and Gabriel is supposedly not fit to play for Brazil. Let’s see if they are all really injured at the weekend.

Considering Arsenal's current impressive form this season , it's unlikely that any team participating will underestimate their capabilities. The recent performance of Arsenal suggests they are in a particularly strong position. Therefore, when Arsenal faces off against Bayern Munich, it's clear that neither team will have an easy match. As for predicting the favorite team to win in their upcoming encounter, it's difficult for me to definitively declare Bayern Munich or Arsenal as the front-runner.

Many opinions asserting Bayern's superiority over Arsenal seem to be based solely on past encounters between the two teams. However, a deeper analysis of Arsenal's performance throughout this season compared to Bayern Munich's suggests that assuming Bayern will easily defeat Arsenal may be premature. It's essential to wait and witness the outcome of their first leg before jumping to conclusions about Bayern Munich being superior to Arsenal. Only after observing their performance on the field can we make an informed judgment about which team holds the upper hand.

Honestly all of these injuries during the national break gives me a lot of headache. If it was a serious cup game, like even if it was qualifying games then I would sort of understand because it means something for the nation, and all the more important ones are at summer so they are fine, even if injured players do recover during the season itself.

However, middle of the season national friendly game is something I would never understand, not only it means nothing but also it gives people a break from the regular season game for no reason at all, makes no sense. Let them have the league games during these times and then end the season a little early. Season is usually over by June anyway, so have friendly games at June as much as you want and the cup was at July I think, so people would have a lot of time.