According to a news source Newcastle are interested in a loan deal for Harry Maguire. But the source looks like The Sun so I don't think this rumour would be reliable at all.  Actually there was a more serious rumour linking Tottenham with Maguire on Transfermarkt website a few days ago. But the probability of a transfer is decreasing day by day. Honestly it would be really great for Manchester United if they get rid of him as soon as possible. On loan or permanent deal they wouldn't have to pay his salary or most of it at least. Because he is really no use for Manchester United. He will stay as a rotation player and he won't be a credible player when ten Hag has no choice other than putting him in the lineup. |
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Marseille should learn their lesson from this result. They couldn't compete with Lens for the second position until the end of the season. Lens even completed the season 11 points ahead of them which is really a horrible look for Marseille. The second position was important because it is the last slot for the Champions League group stage. Lens definitely deserved that.
Marseille will have to play qualification games and I don't know if they can even reach the group stage for now. They will need to realize where they were doing wrong to not repeat it. The new season will start earlier for them so they had better prepare themselves well.
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Yeah unfortunately Italian teams couldn't win any title in a European tournament despite qualifying for the finale in all of them. But I can say that Inter fought really well against Manchester City and didn't give up easily. The final score was also not a big one. Besides this is still a very successful season for Inter of course. They won 2 titles, qualified for the Champions League finale and got a ticket for the Champions League again.
I can nearly call them even more impressive than Napoli this season. Yeah maybe Napoli finished their longing for the Serie A title after 30+ years with a really big dominance throughout the season. But they weren't that much impressive when it comes to the other tournaments they competed in.
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Agreed about focusing only on Haaland would be a wrong action. Real Madrid tried to do this but they weren't able to prevent Manchester City from scoring a lot of goals in the second leg anyway. Even in times Haaland got nice goal opportunities he also wasted them. But Manchester City have created such a strong team play that they can still destroy their opponents without Haaland's help.
But here in this finale I still expect Haaland to be much more effective. This is a very special game for him as well because of its being his first ever Champions League finale. Considering all of these things Inter's job will be very difficult here. They need to focus on extending the game to extra time or even penalty shootouts to increase their chance.
Yeah, lately everyone is saying that Haaland will destroy a team with his ambition to score goals. But I will focus more on the other two Manchester City players. The first is Bernardo Silva. We know his role is a creative midfielder, but unexpectedly he is capable of doing other things, such as being a shadow striker or a hole player. When he manages to score a goal there will be a very extraordinary game change for Manchester city. The second is Ilkay Gundogan, we know lately when Haaland is having a hard time scoring goals, that's where Gundogan will become the Master Clutch for Manchester City and as a midfielder he is able to be the winner for Manchester City through his goals in the last few matches. Ilkay Gundogan is another serious threat indeed. He has been in a great shape recently. He scored 2 goals in the FA Cup finale most recently and played the biggest role in winning the trophy. He is fired up so Inter defenders had better watch out for his shots from outside the box or effective finishing touches inside the box. He can really be very effective in many areas in the attacking line. There are so many alternatives to score in this game for Manchester City in short. I expect a 2-0 win for them in regular time. I think Haaland will finally break his silence here and score at least one goal. If he scores only one then I expect the other one from Gundogan.  |
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This might be a one time thing in a few years for Arsenal honestly. Because we aren't used to seeing them being in a title race in the Premier League you know. It is all up to Arteta and his players to maintain this performance but I still can't be sure. One thing started to seem really usual for them which is that they start to lose their full concentration while getting close to the end.
Arsenal need to work this out if they want to be a regular in top 4 and even to fight for the league title often. Maybe the way to solve this problem is to strengthen the team with a little more experienced players on one hand. Because they are a very young team and it isn't easy to stay focused on a big target like that throughout a season.
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This has really become a nightmare of big teams these days. Because they are continually losing important members of them. After Benzema's sudden departure it is normal to see people starting to talk about the probability of Lewandowski's doing the same as well this summer. However I don't feel like Barcelona will lose Lewandowski at least for now. Because I haven't seen even a single rumour about this. We are talking about Lewandowski in the end. If there was such intention by a team we would have learned about that already. But Barcelona had better create a Plan B in case of his departure. If they don't they might have big scoring problems depending on their not being able to sign a proper striker.
I also think that there is no reason for Lewandowski to leave Barcelona in search of super-profits to Saudi Arabia, following such stars of European football as Cristiano Ronaldo and now Karim Benzema. Still, I think that Lewandowski has not yet said everything he wanted in La Liga and therefore he still has to stay at least a season, especially since he seems to have a great relationship with Xavi both personally and professionally. I was much more surprised that Luka Modric decided to stay at Real Madrid, and did not leave in search of big money to the Arab sheikhs. This is completely correct , I see no reason for Robert Lewandoski to leave FC Barcelona immediately after that he signed just this season. Well, I feel like he moved to the la liga to win a trophy not that alone alone but also the Ballon d'or. Money isn't everything, although it's good idea. Luka Modric is a Real Madrid legend he knows. Real Madrid right now seems happy, at least they cannot sign everyone. Of course not all players are after making a huge deal of money right away. For example Messi could have chosen an offer from a Saudi Arabian team instead just as he stated the same thing as well. However he didn't and wanted to go on a different path instead of doing that. At least he could have joined an MLS team whose ranking is better but anyway. Modric and Kroos would have also left for such team if they wanted I assume. But they wanted to extend with Real Madrid for one more season. |
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Allegri may leave Juventus after all.
The rumor of today is about an offer for him in Saudi Arabia for 30+ m/€
If the rumor will be confirmed I can't see how he will refuse it.
He should just take this offer and leave in my opinion. Because this season with Juventus wasn't good for him at all. The punishment they got made things even worse for Juventus. Otherwise they were at least going to be able to qualify for the Champions League. But with punishment or not it is still not the best season for Juventus that's for certain. Juventus need to be competitive for the league title in the Serie A. It doesn't seem like Allegri can do this for now. Juventus need some additions to the squad as well but they should start their attempts for new players with a new manager. |
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Leverkusen started a really good run with Xabi Alonso's arrival as we have talked about here before. Maybe they started to mess up a bit while we were getting close to the end of the season in the Bundesliga but the position they finished at is still impressive. Because we were talking about even the probability of their relegation before Xabi Alonso. Maybe it was still early to talk about that but their look was really bad.
Now Xabi Alonso has drawn the attention of even some big teams so I wonder how successful he can be next season. I believe the board will have an expectation like to qualify for the Champions League next time. Xabi Alonso's system has worked well in general and I think it will be enough to be in top 4 fight next time as well.
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Milan will really need to make a big improvement for next season. Because they didn't play as good as the last champion should have done. They couldn't even enter a title race with Napoli properly. They made so many unnecessary point losses and barely made it to top four. I'm saying "barely" because if it weren't for Juventus' punishment Milan were going to be out of top four.
Therefore Milan will need to learn their lesson from all of this. They did a good job in the Champions League though but they were very ineffective against Inter in the semi finals at the same time. I don't know what they can do there next time but their priority must be to remain in a title race throughout a season.
Milan season was undoubtedly disappointing falling short of what was expected of a defending champion. Their inability to challenge Napoli for the championship exposed a number of flaws that need to be fixed. There is a pressing need for improvement as evidenced by the numerous unnecessary points lost and the narrow escape to a top four finish. Although their performance in the Champions League was admirable their inefficiency versus Inter in the semi finals showed flaws that must be fixed. Milan needs to internalise the knowledge gained from these failures in order to move forward. Their main goal should be to remain in the title chase for the duration of the full season. To reclaim their preeminence in Italian football this will necessitate a thorough examination of their gameplay tactical modifications and probable squad reinforcements. About reinforcing their squad I think they should start with bringing a much more productive striker to the team and a younger one if possible. Because Zlatan has announced his retirement and Giroud hasn't been that much productive at all. He scored only 13 goals in 33 league games. I don't even want to talk about Origi because he scored only 2 goals in 24 league games. Maybe in many of them Origi didn't play for 90 minutes but still this can't be an excuse. He couldn't satisfy the expectations I'm afraid. Thinking all of these Milan definitely need a much better striker to make things better in the Serie A next season. |
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It was another amazing night for Nuggets. Butler was once again not himself exactly and this helped Nuggets win even much easier. We have been saying over and over again that Butler should improve his performance in offense and play like he was doing before the final series. But it looks like his mind is still not fully concentrated on this series.
As long as Butler doesn't take extra responsibility this team don't have much potential to win a game anymore in the series. It has already become 3-1 and Jokic is getting close to carrying the team to the first championship in their history.
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This the greatest opportunity for PSG to reform their squad since some big names will be leaving the club. They shouldn't make the mistake of buying more super stars, they should just buy good players and Mbappe wil Lord over. This will bring peace and stability in thr team. And if PSG is not able to solve this problem now, they will still go next season unrewarded in the Champions League.
One exceptional leader with other good players.
Yeah Messi has left for Inter Miami already and there are speculations about Neymar to leave this summer as well. For now there is no official for Neymar but if there is it looks like it would be from the English Premier League. So far I have heard of Manchester United and Chelsea's interest in him but let's see how things will go. His cost would be quite a lot for a player at this age and in addition to that he is injury-prone as well. Let's say he was signed anyway then PSG will need to build a new trio in the attacking line in Mbappe's lead. As they have nothing more than money they can do this successfully I assume. But they had better start with changing their manager first to take the right steps after that. |
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One of the things I'm curious about the most now is whether Newcastle will be able to make the needed kind of transfers this summer. They have all the money which is much more than even they need. Qualifying for the Champions League was a pretty unexpected work by them and this must have eased to convince bigger players to sign for them.
If they manage to make all the transfers they have in their mind then next season can be even more interesting. Who knows we might even find Newcastle in a title race in the Premier League. They might do much better than the expectations in the Champions League then too. It is all about a good chemistry after making solid transfers.
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Robert Lewandowski has never given people who has always believed in any reason doubt his prowess as a known prolific striker. He'll still do well wearing the Barcelona jersey come next season.
However I'm not sure if he'll be able to resist the huge financial bids that comes from Saudi Arabian clubs when they come knocking at the door gmfi his services
This has really become a nightmare of big teams these days. Because they are continually losing important members of them. After Benzema's sudden departure it is normal to see people starting to talk about the probability of Lewandowski's doing the same as well this summer. However I don't feel like Barcelona will lose Lewandowski at least for now. Because I haven't seen even a single rumour about this. We are talking about Lewandowski in the end. If there was such intention by a team we would have learned about that already. But Barcelona had better create a Plan B in case of his departure. If they don't they might have big scoring problems depending on their not being able to sign a proper striker. |
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Declan Rice has been a target for Arsenal mostly and Bayern Munich have also been monitoring him for some time. He has newly won the Europa Conference League title with West Ham and this must have made him really happy. But still I don't expect him to decide to stay instead of joining one of these teams of course.
Technically Bayern Munich is a much bigger team but it is all up to Rice's being okay with leaving England or not. If he decides not to leave then Arsenal will be able to sign him most probably. I mean I have heard about a rumour related to Manchester City as well but I don't know if they really think of making an offer.
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Milan will really need to make a big improvement for next season. Because they didn't play as good as the last champion should have done. They couldn't even enter a title race with Napoli properly. They made so many unnecessary point losses and barely made it to top four. I'm saying "barely" because if it weren't for Juventus' punishment Milan were going to be out of top four.
Therefore Milan will need to learn their lesson from all of this. They did a good job in the Champions League though but they were very ineffective against Inter in the semi finals at the same time. I don't know what they can do there next time but their priority must be to remain in a title race throughout a season.
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The performance of Chelsea by next season is somthing I cannot actually predict. I mean it is easy to say that Chelsea will perform well by next season. But also consider that almost every club wants to perform well also. If you wish to talk about the top 5. What is the possibility that Chelsea can displace;
Manchester city;
Arsenal;
Manchester United;
Liverpool
And not to talk about Newcastle and Co from the top 4. It will be difficult to Chelsea. If Poch can take Chelsea to Europa it should be considered a success.
I think that the first four teams you have mentioned have a big potential to end in top 4 next season. The first three have already done it but Liverpool have had serious problems so far. Liverpool couldn't make it to top four surprisingly and left their place to Newcastle. But hopefully Klopp will figure out a way. Mane's absence was also a serious factor in this but this isn't an issue that can't be solved of course. They already started to get more consistent results while we were getting close to the end of the season. I think Newcastle's consistency will depend on how good transfers they will make this summer. Thinking all about these Chelsea's job is really difficult but not impossible. Their main target should be top 4 before anything else. |
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Real Madrid are already focused on bringing young and talented players. Tchouameni and Camavinga have been really solid transfers to the midfield and Bellingham is joining as well by July. They have invested into the midfield mostly so far when it comes to signing youngsters. Maybe it is time to do the same for some other areas in the lineup as well.
If we don't see them reaching an agreement with Tottenham for Kane then I hope we can see a young and promising striker to be signed. I mean especially Osimhen about this because he was the most attention getting striker of the past season. He is really promising for many more years already. I can't imagine how much he can do with even a bigger team like Real Madrid.
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Agreed about focusing only on Haaland would be a wrong action. Real Madrid tried to do this but they weren't able to prevent Manchester City from scoring a lot of goals in the second leg anyway. Even in times Haaland got nice goal opportunities he also wasted them. But Manchester City have created such a strong team play that they can still destroy their opponents without Haaland's help.
But here in this finale I still expect Haaland to be much more effective. This is a very special game for him as well because of its being his first ever Champions League finale. Considering all of these things Inter's job will be very difficult here. They need to focus on extending the game to extra time or even penalty shootouts to increase their chance.
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Bellingham is about to join Real Madrid by the end of the month and Dortmund are making a lot of money in this deal. Even though they are about to lose maybe their best player in the team I still don't think this will change things deeply for them. Because Dortmund have already been used to playing like this. They still find a way to be the second biggest team in the Bundesliga. After Bellingham leaves I'm pretty sure Dortmund will make their attempts on a new young player who is a world star candidate. This is what Dortmund are really good at for many years. Of course this was the biggest chance Dortmund had for the league title recently but even this didn't end well. They really don't have any winner mentality.  |
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Mbappe is staying with PSG for at least one more season that's for sure now. However there is still a possibility for him to leave after that if PSG still fail in reaching even the Champions League finale and winning the title for the first time finally. I know that he has a huge contract in hand but it isn't like there is no other team can make him have the same conditions.
In that case Real Madrid would be his first choice undoubtedly. Because Real Madrid were even nearly signing him before if it weren't for PSG's huge contract offer to him. But I don't think Mbappe cares about only money. He must be wishing to win bigger titles like the Champions League.
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