Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[KTChampions]

I think Lazio played very poorly last season and if they want to buy an almost old player, it won't add to their comfort level. Marcelo is not a Ronaldo or even Ibrahimovic level player. It's not a player of that high calibre, although with the national team and Real Madrid he has achieved victories. But this time his transition looks like a relegation because of his age.

Strange reasoning. Marcelo was in the first team of Real Madrid and the Brazil national team for a long time and won a lot - this means that he was the best in his position, because neither in Real Madrid nor in the Brazilian national team you can be on the field without being the best. Now he is 34 and in the last season in important matches he practically did not appear on the field and naturally he had two options - to go to a much weaker team or immediately retire. He chose the first option.

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[Alanaz]

Lazio have officially begin to negotiate with Marcelo and Sari really wants to get him to Rome. Also the rumors are they offered him a 3 years contract as that is nuts as he is already 34 but I have a feeling that he can still play at top level even when he's turning 37. I do hope Marcelo comes to Lazio as this team will fight for Europe spots again this year of Serie A.

Even though he is old, Marcelo's power is still very high considering the way he plays and contributes to the team. Yes he still deserves to play in a team at the top level, his ability is unquestionable. He will give something to the team he is strengthening I'm sure of that. His experience will be felt for the team.

I think Lazio played very poorly last season and if they want to buy an almost old player, it won't add to their comfort level. Marcelo is not a Ronaldo or even Ibrahimovic level player. It's not a player of that high calibre, although with the national team and Real Madrid he has achieved victories. But this time his transition looks like a relegation because of his age.

What do you say? when saying Marcelo is not of the caliber of Ronaldo or Zlatan it is quite clear because in terms of his position and duties he is not a striker so it is not very logical to compare him with players in different positions.
On the other hand Marcelo was still an option for Madrid when Mendy was unable to play or was in rotation last season and he is still at the national team level. Would Madrid and Brazil really include Marcelo if he played badly? when he was trusted there it was clear he still had more advantages over other players even though he was not too young.

[Velvet78]

Andrea Belotti is still free agent now. I don't know why there is no team after him now as well. He has been offered to some Premier League teams like Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. Among these teams I feel like maybe Newcastle would make an offer for him. They are already trying to build a solid team and I think that Belotti can be a really good addition to the squad. We don't know how good he would play in the PL maybe but I hope to see him adapting in that case.

[hahay]

Andrea Belotti is still free agent now. I don't know why there is no team after him now as well. He has been offered to some Premier League teams like Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. Among these teams I feel like maybe Newcastle would make an offer for him. They are already trying to build a solid team and I think that Belotti can be a really good addition to the squad. We don't know how good he would play in the PL maybe but I hope to see him adapting in that case.

I thought before that Andrea Belotti had played in the Premier League for the WestHam team, but his record wasn't there or maybe I was wrong. Because from the existing records Belotti only played at Torino and it was as I knew before too, if it was like that then purely so far Belotti only played in Serie A. But at the age of 28 I think Belotti still deserves to get a new team with easy be it in Serie A or outside of Italy. But if a club like Torino doesn't renew his contract, then I start to doubt his quality to be able to play in the top leagues in Europe.

[Oneandpure]

I agree on that, Ronaldo's chances of returning to Serie A are very small. I think Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United, he could complain but in the end maybe he has to honor his contract.

However I don't think Ronaldo will force Manchester United to sell him this season to another team because basically Manchester United's performance under Ten Hag has improved. It's great to expect him to stay this season because the Premier League and Europa League aren't too bad to win either.

Returning back to Serie A I tjink little poaaibility for Cristiano Ronaldo because not have team want to get his sign's. Just have rumor only with AS Roman interested with Cristiano Ronaldo but his ambition keep playing on champion league have close opportunity return back to Serie A. Still do not know about Cristiano Ronaldo have joined with Manchester United pre season training or not. Ronaldo have miss on three pre season match from Manchester United and looks he still has chance with other team to get his sign.

[Minor Miner]

I agree on that, Ronaldo's chances of returning to Serie A are very small. I think Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United, he could complain but in the end maybe he has to honor his contract.

However I don't think Ronaldo will force Manchester United to sell him this season to another team because basically Manchester United's performance under Ten Hag has improved. It's great to expect him to stay this season because the Premier League and Europa League aren't too bad to win either.

Returning back to Serie A I tjink little poaaibility for Cristiano Ronaldo because not have team want to get his sign's. Just have rumor only with AS Roman interested with Cristiano Ronaldo but his ambition keep playing on champion league have close opportunity return back to Serie A. Still do not know about Cristiano Ronaldo have joined with Manchester United pre season training or not. Ronaldo have miss on three pre season match from Manchester United and looks he still has chance with other team to get his sign.

He has not yet decided which team Ronaldo will play for. Because he has been rejected from several renowned clubs. He wants to play in the Champions League, but the favorites to win the Champions League title are not interested in signing Ronaldo. So Ronaldo has a chance to move to Serie A. But the chances of Ronaldo winning the Champions League title with a Serie A team are slim.

[zuzie]

Juventus will have its 1st game of the season this night, they will play in Las Vegas so it will be a weird time for EU.

1st game for Di Maria and Pogback.

This is a good thing for them because indeed they should be able to make something interesting for their current premiere tour match.
It will be interesting to see what Allegri will do now whether they will use the standard 4-3-3 formation with Di maria on the wing or do something interesting at 3-5-2 with the number of midfielders he has now.

I noticed that the match a few hours ago Allegri made  a little change in the middle position by placing Di Maria between Graca and Kean, I felt the 4-3-1-2 formation used in today's match was not the main formation prepared by the coach, this looked like a trial for new power of Juventus, overall this is almost the same as the previous 4-3-3 formation. Initially I hoped that Federico Chiesa would be in the previous match, but until the match ended I didn't see it there.

[Gianluca95]

Well, it seems that Mertens in the end will leave Napoli, he hasn't choiced to get a new contract with management. I don't know what Napoli is doin this year, but as supporter I see that it has sold their best players this year

and we're going to play a league without any trusted player (Osimhen apart). Hope that managament will sell his company share to another one  

[tomos81]

Currently, the club that Cristiano Ronaldo will choose is Real Madrid. Because according to his qualifications, he can gain a lot of popularity in Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo performance is very good and he has won many matches due to which he is in demand in almost all clubs. But according to the merits of Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid The club chooses the best.

[Marvell1]

Andrea Belotti is still free agent now. I don't know why there is no team after him now as well. He has been offered to some Premier League teams like Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. Among these teams I feel like maybe Newcastle would make an offer for him. They are already trying to build a solid team and I think that Belotti can be a really good addition to the squad. We don't know how good he would play in the PL maybe but I hope to see him adapting in that case.

I thought before that Andrea Belotti had played in the Premier League for the WestHam team, but his record wasn't there or maybe I was wrong. Because from the existing records Belotti only played at Torino and it was as I knew before too, if it was like that then purely so far Belotti only played in Serie A. But at the age of 28 I think Belotti still deserves to get a new team with easy be it in Serie A or outside of Italy. But if a club like Torino doesn't renew his contract, then I start to doubt his quality to be able to play in the top leagues in Europe.

All I am hearing is that a few English Premier League teams, West Ham and Newcastle are the most interested teams in this player. He seems to be looking for a team to join. It is unlikely that he will encounter too many problems if he chooses to do so. But the teams I have mentioned are not showing too much interest in this player. They are probably unsure how he is going to perform in the English Premier League. It is my opinion that teams like West Ham, and Newcastle United, cannot get it wrong with a player such as this.

[herurist]

The news of Ronaldo in the transfer now is getting even funnier because there are so many unqualified teams being linked and the last thing I read was Arsenal so I stopped not following the news about Ronaldo.
I'm actually pretty sure he's still at Manchester United but there are still some possibilities that will happen even though the news out there is always exaggerating

We still remember the process of moving Ronaldo from Juventus to Man United so fast  so while the transfer window has not been closed there is still a possibility
Rome is one of the teams reportedly interested in Ronaldo but this news was never confirmed by Roma, let's wait how this drama ends.
Who knows the moment last season happened again.

Regardless of how quickly the process will be if that happens, still he will not be at Roma in any case because the reason he moved is one of them the Champions League and Roma are not there. If you look at this and play in the Europa League why did he change clubs because United were also there.
I still believe in my stance which says that he will stay.

[ShowOff]

Strange reasoning. Marcelo was in the first team of Real Madrid and the Brazil national team for a long time and won a lot - this means that he was the best in his position, because neither in Real Madrid nor in the Brazilian national team you can be on the field without being the best. Now he is 34 and in the last season in important matches he practically did not appear on the field and naturally he had two options - to go to a much weaker team or immediately retire. He chose the first option.

I agree it is still possible to have 3-4 more seasons as a player but of course if he wants to play in a weaker competition. I'm not saying Serie A is weak, it's one of the most competitive leagues in Europe right now. But when compared to the Spanish League, Laliga is still the best.

There are many Brazilian players over the age of 34 who can still play in various teams. Thiago Silva, Alves, João Miranda, Marcelo are some of the defenders who are still active today. They are physically strong but for sure they have experienced a decline in performance due to age. But I believe their experience can be used by the team, especially in terms of stability and calm in defence.

[coinlocket$]

Juventus won its 1st game 2-0.

From what we can see even if the opponent was not so strong:

DiMaria is at another level, he will be devastating in Seria A.
Pogba is in a good shape.

Vlahovic and Bonucci did not play yet, they will probably do the next game vs Barcellona.

[wiss19]

Returning back to Serie A I tjink little poaaibility for Cristiano Ronaldo because not have team want to get his sign's. Just have rumor only with AS Roman interested with Cristiano Ronaldo but his ambition keep playing on champion league have close opportunity return back to Serie A. Still do not know about Cristiano Ronaldo have joined with Manchester United pre season training or not. Ronaldo have miss on three pre season match from Manchester United and looks he still has chance with other team to get his sign.

Right now, this topic is already closed as Cristiano Ronaldo is already confirmed as future player of Manchester United with no chance of going anywhere even with this decision he is not going to play Champions League but still good decision from this legendary player because with this now he can do much better than at any other club.

Definitely there were few rumors he is going to other clubs but with having no salary like Manchester United not allow him for doing this as money is now big issue for many players so now with this we will watch good change in team and his performance could be vital for his future in soccer as well.

Few Italian clubs were interested, but they were not happy with his salary package, so this was already ended now they have to wait for next season or this all is already ended.

[dezoel]

Andrea Belotti is still free agent now. I don't know why there is no team after him now as well. He has been offered to some Premier League teams like Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. Among these teams I feel like maybe Newcastle would make an offer for him. They are already trying to build a solid team and I think that Belotti can be a really good addition to the squad. We don't know how good he would play in the PL maybe but I hope to see him adapting in that case.

I already read about this Newcastle United is already in talk with him but still nothing happening because few clubs are interested in their player Allan Saint-Maximin, so they could be looking for suitable replacement.

But, suddenly now Chelsea is also in this race which is miserable but still they are looking for him even his last tenure here at Premier League was not good enough but still good interest from English clubs mean they feel good potential in this player for future hopefully we will have good update in next few days with most chances West Ham or Newcastle United both could be main candidate for this transfer and who could be winner for this race.

[Altryist]

Juventus won its 1st game 2-0.

From what we can see even if the opponent was not so strong:

DiMaria is at another level, he will be devastating in Seria A.
Pogba is in a good shape.

Vlahovic and Bonucci did not play yet, they will probably do the next game vs Barcellona.

I think that in the matches with Barcelona and Real Madrid that will be played in the coming days, Alegre will put up much better lineup, where we will see a lineup close to optimal. And in this match, Alegre wanted to look mainly at Di Maria and Pogba, I think he should be happy with the result. Vlahovic's company in attack will probably be Keane, let's see, for now Juventus no hurry to buy new strikers, will they really count on their young players.

[RaltcoinsB]

I think Lazio played very poorly last season and if they want to buy an almost old player, it won't add to their comfort level. Marcelo is not a Ronaldo or even Ibrahimovic level player. It's not a player of that high calibre, although with the national team and Real Madrid he has achieved victories. But this time his transition looks like a relegation because of his age.

Strange reasoning. Marcelo was in the first team of Real Madrid and the Brazil national team for a long time and won a lot - this means that he was the best in his position, because neither in Real Madrid nor in the Brazilian national team you can be on the field without being the best. Now he is 34 and in the last season in important matches he practically did not appear on the field and naturally he had two options - to go to a much weaker team or immediately retire. He chose the first option.

Marcelo still wants to play.  I don't know if he can still perform at a high level at the age of 34, but one thing I do know is that he will not be able to show the performance they expect at this age with Real Madrid.  It was also a predictable move that Marcelon's next stop would be a smaller team than Real Madrid.  If they agree with Lazio on everything, it will be successful in Italy.

[Davidvictorson]

Juventus won its 1st game 2-0.

From what we can see even if the opponent was not so strong:

DiMaria is at another level, he will be devastating in Seria A.
Pogba is in a good shape.

Vlahovic and Bonucci did not play yet, they will probably do the next game vs Barcellona.

Despite the win and despite having Pogba and Di Maria, I think that Juventus still has a lot of work to do. From the game, they still need 2 full backs, a central, at least a midfielder, a winger and a center forward to be competitive. However, it seems to me that for now that window is close and that they will have to wait for another year. By the way,  between Juventus and Inter, which has the stronger squad and is more likely to win the championship?

[S A KHAIR]

I agree that he could still play for another 3 years, but I expected Roma to get him, not Lazio, Mourinho played with him before and he knows how great he could be and that would allow them to get him, because there is a connection there, so the chatter would be easier to establish.
In any case, Marcelo deserves to play for a good club for a few more years, dude is good enough to actually matter and it would be weird to let him retire at 34, or go to a terrible club, he still has a lot more to offer. At the end of the day it is going to be some player who just plays the game, he is going to be also a good leader for the team and that matters a lot if you ask me.

Marcelo in addition to successfully winning many trophies with Real Madrid, Marcelo is also a player who has high loyalty. Imagine Marcelo has been
with Real Madrid for 18 years, so any team that can get Marcelo is lucky. It looks like Lazio are ahead for Marcelo, because so far only Lazio have
started negotiations with Marcelo. But the problem is that Marcelo wants a long-term contract for 3 years and asks for a salary of 2.5 million euros
per season. Making Lazio have to consider carefully, because Marcelo's age is no longer young and is also worried about Marcelo's physical condition,
Marcelo spent most of his time on the bench and started only 5 games for Real Madrid last season. I agree with you, Marcelo is more suitable to
join Roma, because Mourinho already knew Marcelo when he was coach of Real Madrid. But unfortunately so far there have been no rumors linking
Roma with Marcelo. So it's most likely that Lazio have a big chance to get Marcelo.

Marcelo still has a good amount of time left in his career in my opinion. He is obviously someone who might not be able to play the whole 90 minutes for a team like Real Madrid anymore but he can be more than handy for a team like Roma. And I think if he can manage his stamina correctly he will be able to play the whole 90 minutes in the Italian league. And another reason why Roma is going to be a good decision for him is that he has already worked with Jose Mourinho.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Despite the win and despite having Pogba and Di Maria, I think that Juventus still has a lot of work to do. From the game, they still need 2 full backs, a central, at least a midfielder, a winger and a center forward to be competitive. However, it seems to me that for now that window is close and that they will have to wait for another year. By the way,  between Juventus and Inter, which has the stronger squad and is more likely to win the championship?

Don't worry, Juventus still has time to sign players I'm sure they're still monitoring some players especially during pre-season matches like this
When compared between Juventus and Inter I prefer Juventus this season and I see Juventus competitors are not Inter but Milan
As you said Juventus will be complete if they get a reliable defender we will find out at the end of the transfer window.