La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2016/17

[LTU_btc]

Transfer:EPL transfer window is shut down yesterday, So no Pogba for Zidane but can we still expect something big? Like Neymar on Real Madrid? Laliga Santander will kick-off on 16 August so Zidane has less than a week to sort out this matter.

I think they can still be able to buy players from EPL but I don't think they are interested right now.

As for Neymar, I honestly don't see it happening this transfer window. Also if they bought him then I wonder how Neymar and Hazard would play in the same line up... Both players love loitering and dribbling from the left side... If either Hazard or Neymar were as dynamic as Ronaldo used to be in the team, then the deal would be perfect.

La Liga transfer window closes on 2nd September, so there is enough time left, but I doubt that something big will happen. I don't believe that Real will try to buy Neymar, and I'm not sure that they really needs him. But I think Bale story didn't ended yet, he still may be sold. It doesn't makes much sense to keep him and don't give to play.

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[joniboini]

La Liga transfer window closes on 2nd September, so there is enough time left, but I doubt that something big will happen. I don't believe that Real will try to buy Neymar, and I'm not sure that they really needs him. But I think Bale story didn't ended yet, he still may be sold. It doesn't makes much sense to keep him and don't give to play.

It would be very surprising to see Neymar move to Real Madrid. His interest to move to Barcelona and play there again is clear imo. I doubt Real will buy a player which has a loyalty to his rival. Hazard is already on Madrid and that's enough for them I guess, no need to bring Neymar.

[Trofo]

La Liga transfer window closes on 2nd September, so there is enough time left, but I doubt that something big will happen. I don't believe that Real will try to buy Neymar, and I'm not sure that they really needs him. But I think Bale story didn't ended yet, he still may be sold. It doesn't makes much sense to keep him and don't give to play.

It would be very surprising to see Neymar move to Real Madrid. His interest to move to Barcelona and play there again is clear imo. I doubt Real will buy a player which has a loyalty to his rival. Hazard is already on Madrid and that's enough for them I guess, no need to bring Neymar.

Problem is that Barca wants Neymar but only if they can get him for little or no money involved. They are offering PSG few players in exchange for Neymar and that is it. PSG is of course less then happy since they paid over 200M for him and want most of that money back which Barca can't and doesn't want to offer.

[LTU_btc]

It would be very surprising to see Neymar move to Real Madrid. His interest to move to Barcelona and play there again is clear imo. I doubt Real will buy a player which has a loyalty to his rival. Hazard is already on Madrid and that's enough for them I guess, no need to bring Neymar.

Problem is that Barca wants Neymar but only if they can get him for little or no money involved. They are offering PSG few players in exchange for Neymar and that is it. PSG is of course less then happy since they paid over 200M for him and want most of that money back which Barca can't and doesn't want to offer.

Yeah, Barca won't spend any € on Neymar. They only can offer few players, what makes this transfer unlikely to happen, because PSG aren't interested in it. Now Madrid press are talking a lot about Neymar transfer to Real Madrid, clubs already started active negotiations - seems that I was wrong by saying that Real won't try to buy him this summer.

[Barracuda]

It would be very surprising to see Neymar move to Real Madrid. His interest to move to Barcelona and play there again is clear imo. I doubt Real will buy a player which has a loyalty to his rival. Hazard is already on Madrid and that's enough for them I guess, no need to bring Neymar.

Problem is that Barca wants Neymar but only if they can get him for little or no money involved. They are offering PSG few players in exchange for Neymar and that is it. PSG is of course less then happy since they paid over 200M for him and want most of that money back which Barca can't and doesn't want to offer.

Yeah, Barca won't spend any € on Neymar. They only can offer few players, what makes this transfer unlikely to happen, because PSG aren't interested in it. Now Madrid press are talking a lot about Neymar transfer to Real Madrid, clubs already started active negotiations - seems that I was wrong by saying that Real won't try to buy him this summer.

PSG has also crossed out Neymar name in the squad list. It seems like Neymar really has to leave PSG, because the news about him with PSG is no longer good. And there is also news about PSG supporters ousting Neymar. For now the best option is Real Madrid, if the negotiations are already active, of course, it's just a matter of time.

[Naida_BR]

La Liga transfer window closes on 2nd September, so there is enough time left, but I doubt that something big will happen. I don't believe that Real will try to buy Neymar, and I'm not sure that they really needs him. But I think Bale story didn't ended yet, he still may be sold. It doesn't makes much sense to keep him and don't give to play.

It would be very surprising to see Neymar move to Real Madrid. His interest to move to Barcelona and play there again is clear imo. I doubt Real will buy a player which has a loyalty to his rival. Hazard is already on Madrid and that's enough for them I guess, no need to bring Neymar.

It won't be surprising at all.
Do you remember what it was said when he joined PSG? That a transfer to PSG was the only way of getting another transfer to Real Madrid. Because it would be more difficult to be transferred directly from Barcelona to Real.
It doesn't seem odd to me, that Real wants to sign him.

[logfiles]

I know people will just think it's just Pre-season games but this pretty much gives a picture of how Real Madrid's season is going to be.
They have been conceding a lot of useless goals in the last few games yet nothing much has been done to strengthen the defense and defensive Midfielder Areas.

Players seem to be disorganised in all avenues and Midfield maestros Modric and Kroos seem to be on the decline probably due to age. Other players who would have acted as good back ups like James and Bale seem to be unhappy because they already know what Zidane thinks of them. Best this would have been to just sell them and get some new players.

I expect more of the same poor result through the season

[Avirunes]

I know people will just think it's just Pre-season games but this pretty much gives a picture of how Real Madrid's season is going to be.
They have been conceding a lot of useless goals in the last few games yet nothing much has been done to strengthen the defense and defensive Midfielder Areas.

Players seem to be disorganised in all avenues and Midfield maestros Modric and Kroos seem to be on the decline probably due to age. Other players who would have acted as good back ups like James and Bale seem to be unhappy because they already know what Zidane thinks of them. Best this would have been to just sell them and get some new players.

I expect more of the same poor result through the season

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

[joniboini]

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

Didn't they buy Hazard?

It would be a shame if Hazard can't score goals for them throughout the season. Some news, or maybe we'll better call it as opinion are suggesting that Real will or should buy Neymar as Hazard partner. I doubt that will happen though.

[Avirunes]

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

Didn't they buy Hazard?

It would be a shame if Hazard can't score goals for them throughout the season. Some news, or maybe we'll better call it as opinion are suggesting that Real will or should buy Neymar as Hazard partner. I doubt that will happen though.

They did but I actually meant someone as a good alternative for Benzema's place. Hazard actually doesn't likes to play as striker so him playing at Benzema's position doesn't seems like a possibility. So Real madrid can either find an alternative or hope for Benzema to come back to his original form.

I don't think Neymar will be coming to Real especially there are signs of him to be back at Barcelona after Neymar lawyers were spotted at Camp Nou.

[Naida_BR]

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

Didn't they buy Hazard?

It would be a shame if Hazard can't score goals for them throughout the season. Some news, or maybe we'll better call it as opinion are suggesting that Real will or should buy Neymar as Hazard partner. I doubt that will happen though.

Hazard is not a striker but an attacking midfielder.
Real needs Benzema to be on good form and score a lot of goals otherwise they are going to have a problem. They have Vinicious i think he is a good player that can substitute Benzema in matches that the French player seems incapable of scoring.

[DeathAngel]

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

Didn't they buy Hazard?

It would be a shame if Hazard can't score goals for them throughout the season. Some news, or maybe we'll better call it as opinion are suggesting that Real will or should buy Neymar as Hazard partner. I doubt that will happen though.

I don’t think Neymar is going anywhere in this transfer window, his transfer fee is so high. Real bought big already with Hazard & Barca signed Griezmann. I don’t think anybody else can sign Neymar, Man City are having trouble with FFP & the transfer window is shut in England now.

[iyah adrian]

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

Didn't they buy Hazard?

It would be a shame if Hazard can't score goals for them throughout the season. Some news, or maybe we'll better call it as opinion are suggesting that Real will or should buy Neymar as Hazard partner. I doubt that will happen though.

Hazard is not a striker but an attacking midfielder.
Real needs Benzema to be on good form and score a lot of goals otherwise they are going to have a problem. They have Vinicious i think he is a good player that can substitute Benzema in matches that the French player seems incapable of scoring.

Benzema can not do much for several seasons on the front lines. Indeed, Real Madrid should have a striker like a predator. Vinicious is also only as a coating of benzema, this is what makes Real Madrid sometimes difficult to score because benzema is lacking in performance.

[Barracuda]

Modric and Kroos and performing good IMO. What I think is that they need a good striker to capitalise on chances. Right now Benzema is out of form (nothing surprising tho  ) so it is getting hard for Real Madrid to score some. I hope that Real finds themselves a good striker before the transfer deadline otherwise results like in Pre-season would become regular for RM.

Many people here seem to rate bad benzema performance, so am I. Real Madrid should really need that, I have seen benzema in recent years indeed lack in scoring goals. If there are no new strikers for Madrid, I don't think Real Madrid will win the league or any other European competition.

[Avirunes]

Hazard is not a striker but an attacking midfielder.
Real needs Benzema to be on good form and score a lot of goals otherwise they are going to have a problem. They have Vinicious i think he is a good player that can substitute Benzema in matches that the French player seems incapable of scoring.

Vinicius lacks experience but at this point if he can tuck the ball in which Benzema hasn't been able to do so far when opportunities came then switching him to that position would be good.

Benzema was doing good before the injuries. After injuries he had scored in two occasions only - hat-trick against Fenerbahce and a goal against Atletico.

[tokeweed]

So...  What are the chances Zidane doesn't finish the season and leaves?  Word's going around that tension is high between Zidane and Perez again.

[Avirunes]

So...  What are the chances Zidane doesn't finish the season and leaves?  Word's going around that tension is high between Zidane and Perez again.

Didn't heard until now and after checking I can only say it is pretty much likely. Zidane came back after having assurance that his side will be taken into notice in transfer cases but seems like Perez is doing things on his own.

They still have some time left before transfer deadline is hit. Hope that Real Madrid also doesn't plans on losing a good manager like Zidane and will definitely hear him out also.

Reports say that Zidane wants to go for Pogba but I doubt that ManU will let him go? Any thoughts?

[tokeweed]

^  What do I think?  If Real gives United a brief case with 90M GBP in it, he's gone and speaking Spanish in no time. 

[Naida_BR]

So...  What are the chances Zidane doesn't finish the season and leaves?  Word's going around that tension is high between Zidane and Perez again.

I think that those are just Rumors. What would be the reason for that as we didn't even the season yet?
Real acquired some players in this transfer window so it is not a case that Zidane complains about not getting any players.
Of course, if he won't win La Liga he will possibly be sacked but there is a lot way to go till then.

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