La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[KTChampions]

Everyone is talking about Atlético need to work with the players to get back in business. But it seems to me that maybe it's time to think about how to change the team's game at the coach level? It's hardly possible without swapping Simeone for someone else, but it seems to me that he has exhausted all his ideas in this post and the team should move on without him. This viscous football is far from being as effective as it used to be.

I don't think that Atletico will try to replace Simeone with another coach, if we look at maybe Simoene current position is no different from Wenger position at Arsenal previously, the team management trust in Simeone is of course very big even though they lack achievements, Since being coached by Simeone, Atletico financial income has become stronger because of the huge profits and even according to some articles I read, when Simeone managed to lead Atletico to two Champions League finals, two semifinals, two Europa League finals and two European Super Cups,  it has actually made more  300 million euros for atletico income, so it is certain that athletics will not try to bet on replacing Simeone with another coach even though Atletico Madrid game has been quite monotonous so far.

Merit in the past does not guarantee anything, just like a strategy that has worked in the past may fail in the present. As you rightly noted, Atletico has not been a poor club for a long time (they are consistently among the top 15 clubs in Europe in terms of budget), so the results that Simeone gives should not be assessed as a feat - this is the usual result of investments and if it is bad, then the coach should be changed. Atlético are definitely bad this season and I'm sure if Atlético didn't get into the top 4 Simeone would have been sacked.

It may work, but there is also a certain risk in such an action, Semione should be replaced by a top-level coach, the best of the best. Examples when amateurs come to the team, as was the case with Juventus or Manchester United, will not lead to anything good. Athletico should bring something new to the team, it is obvious that their defensive football is no longer as effective as it was a few years ago.

There is always risk. It is both in action and inaction - if the coach is not changed in time, then he can only aggravate the crisis in which the team has fallen. The club's management knows better how to act, of course, but I see that at the beginning of the season, Atlético strengthened, but the potential of new players was completely failed and not used. As a result, the whole season was a failure.

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[lalabotax]

They missed the Mbappe and Haaland trains already. PSG extended Mbappe's contract and Haaland has joined Manchester City. For now, I see Lewandowski as a very good option for them actually. He might be a little old like Benzema but we saw what Benzema did this season. Lewandowski might even do much better and I don't think that he would have serious adaptation problems here too.

I agree with you. Lewandowski is a potential target to sign by Real Madrid right now. He already said to leave Bayern, so there is a big chance to have an agreement with him and Bayern management. I don't think Lewandowski is too old to sign and he is still in a good performance. It should be a good idea to bring him to Bernabeu as Benzema's partner in the attacking line. Ancelotti can use the formation Vinicius-Lewandowski-Benzema for Real Madrid attackers in the next season.

[TelolettOm]

It's just that everyone was expecting a much better performance from Atletico Madrid this season after the previous championship the previous season, so some degree of disappointment is understandable.

Of course, everyone expected Atletico Madrid can compete for the title and perform better because they actually have a good squad. Sadly, many Atletico players got injured for a long time, so it bothered players' performance. If they didn't experience a problem with players' injuries, I think Atletico Madrid can performance much better than what they performed this season. Not only fans, Atletico management must feel disappointed as well because they cannot do well to keep players' fitness.

[snipie]

They missed the Mbappe and Haaland trains already. PSG extended Mbappe's contract and Haaland has joined Manchester City. For now, I see Lewandowski as a very good option for them actually. He might be a little old like Benzema but we saw what Benzema did this season. Lewandowski might even do much better and I don't think that he would have serious adaptation problems here too.

I agree with you. Lewandowski is a potential target to sign by Real Madrid right now. He already said to leave Bayern, so there is a big chance to have an agreement with him and Bayern management. I don't think Lewandowski is too old to sign and he is still in a good performance. It should be a good idea to bring him to Bernabeu as Benzema's partner in the attacking line. Ancelotti can use the formation Vinicius-Lewandowski-Benzema for Real Madrid attackers in the next season.

Vinicius - Benzema - Mbappe look perfect but Lewandowski instead of Mbappe hmm not sure if that will be good for Benzema since his role will be to assist him like what he used to do with CR7.. After this excellent season for him, everyone will think that he dropped in performance.
Back to what I am aware of so far, Lewandowski is linked more to Barcelona rather than any other club, obviously if Bayern let him leave this summer

[Velvet78]

Vinicius - Benzema - Mbappe look perfect but Lewandowski instead of Mbappe hmm not sure if that will be good for Benzema since his role will be to assist him like what he used to do with CR7.. After this excellent season for him, everyone will think that he dropped in performance.
Back to what I am aware of so far, Lewandowski is linked more to Barcelona rather than any other club, obviously if Bayern let him leave this summer

It doesn't seem quite good to me too. After all people saw how capable Benzema was when the striker position was given to him, I don't think Ancelotti would even consider putting him in the winger position. Playing in a different position restricts Benzema about using his great finishing talent very often. He needs to play as a centre-forward to be very helpful for the team. Taking all of these into account, I think that Real Madrid can sign a top winger rather than a striker too if they decided to continue with Benzema in their starting eleven next season as well.

[nurilham]

Vinicius - Benzema - Mbappe look perfect but Lewandowski instead of Mbappe hmm not sure if that will be good for Benzema since his role will be to assist him like what he used to do with CR7.. After this excellent season for him, everyone will think that he dropped in performance.

We don't compare it to Mbappe since Mbappe won't come to Real Madrid.
Benzema can be a good partner with Lewandowski, why not, dude? He can play as a winger or second striker, he can be placed in some positions. He ever becomes a good winger when he played with CR7, so he must be successful as well to be paired with Lewandowski.

Back to what I am aware of so far, Lewandowski is linked more to Barcelona rather than any other club, obviously if Bayern let him leave this summer

I am not sure Barcelona can pay the transfer fees and Lewandowski's salary. Although many rumors link him to Barcelona, doesn't mean he must move to Barcelona. If Real Madrid tries to sign him with a serious offer, Lewandowski must consider moving to Real Madrid. He must know that Real Madrid is a more established club.

[Minor Miner]

it is reported that Atletico Madrid is no longer renewing Suarez contract and it gives hope that maybe later Atletico Madrid will hunt for a new striker in the transfer market, if we look at their squad this season, they have are almost 50% of the players are over the age of 30 and I think  it is time for Atletico Madrid to regenerate their squad for next season .

Suarez seems too old for Atletico. Looking for a replacement would be better. even Suarez is now starting to be rivaled by Martin Correa. In 36 games he scored 12 goals. drew with Suarez who played 37 and scored 11 goals.
if Suarez is no longer extended it might be worth it for Atletico to look for a young striker they could turn into a long term asset. Atletico will also have to consider some players who are rarely used. there are even some that have never been played.

I think he is too old but I believe that he could have given his service for at least one more season. But he surely had to get a pay cut. Honestly, the whole Atletico Madrid team didn't do so well this season but if the attackers played well it would have been better. Suarez is old but I really wanted to see him in Atletico Madrid one more season. But now he will be a free agent and I don't know if any team, any top tier team is going to be interested in him.

[Vinaa77]

They missed the Mbappe and Haaland trains already. PSG extended Mbappe's contract and Haaland has joined Manchester City. For now, I see Lewandowski as a very good option for them actually. He might be a little old like Benzema but we saw what Benzema did this season. Lewandowski might even do much better and I don't think that he would have serious adaptation problems here too. On the other hand Real Madrid might want to sign a young talent rather than aged players like Lewandowski. I think their going for Mbappe and Haaland proves this.

Yes, Real Madrid must immediately look for new ammunition to regenerate the squad in three sectors. Up front, it looks like Ancelotti will still rely on Benzema, but with his old age, Madrid must find the right replacement striker. In midfield, El Real is also obliged to add new players to regenerate the current three midfielders, Toni Kroos, Modric and Casemiro are getting old, their performance is starting to decline.

Real Madrid's defense also has to evaluate, the arrival of Rudiger is right to add strength but it's not enough. In addition, Real Madrid also released quite a number of players, so it is imperative for Madrid to add ammunition to maintain the balance of the squad.

[Furious 7]

I think he is too old but I believe that he could have given his service for at least one more season. But he surely had to get a pay cut. Honestly, the whole Atletico Madrid team didn't do so well this season but if the attackers played well it would have been better. Suarez is old but I really wanted to see him in Atletico Madrid one more season. But now he will be a free agent and I don't know if any team, any top tier team is going to be interested in him.

He has been confirmed to be leaving now and this makes a lot of fans give thanks because if I'm not mistaken in a match there are a lot of words of gratitude and thanks to Suarez.
It's interesting where he will go later but whatever it is he now has to think about this because at least this time it will be back like a new start for him

[terrorJR]

It's hard to see something like this happen again.
El Clasico is one of the most awaited matches in La Liga but in the last few seasons I feel that El Clasico here is not like a few years ago where there is always drama in every game.
Heat tension, fast tempo matches and even some of them conflict although it's not very good but I miss things like this but in the last few seasons things like this have disappeared and El Clasico feels bland

Every match in El Clasico over the last few seasons has been one-sided. Barcelona has played three matches against Real Madrid during Koeman's tenure and has lost badly in each of them. In the last match, however, Barcelona won. However, this match was also one-sided. Throughout the match, we saw the dominance of the Barcelona players. The matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid were very competitive. But now the matches are not exciting

It's quite different indeed.
in this case El Clasico feels more bland and indeed this is a fact regardless of what the score is actually I would prefer to see them play with high tension and play in their 90 minutes but for now it seems bland.
At the moment maybe El Clasico in La Liga for next season will not be as enthusiastic as before because indeed their game will not be too interesting to watch unless there are some good movements at the beginning of next season.

[Fakhrulenclix]

I think he is too old but I believe that he could have given his service for at least one more season. But he surely had to get a pay cut. Honestly, the whole Atletico Madrid team didn't do so well this season but if the attackers played well it would have been better. Suarez is old but I really wanted to see him in Atletico Madrid one more season. But now he will be a free agent and I don't know if any team, any top tier team is going to be interested in him.

He has been confirmed to be leaving now and this makes a lot of fans give thanks because if I'm not mistaken in a match there are a lot of words of gratitude and thanks to Suarez.
It's interesting where he will go later but whatever it is he now has to think about this because at least this time it will be back like a new start for him

he is already 35 years old, it is appropriate for Atletico Madrid to find a replacement. throughout the 2021-2022 season he was only able to score 12 goals in 44 matches in all competitions, that is not a good statistic for a striker like Suarez, his era has ended to compete with other top players.
it has been confirmed that he will leave Atletico and there are still no rumors about the new team that Suarez will be in next season. I hope he can go to a less competitive league so that AI can contribute to his new club.

[Sebas.tian]

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona in this season was very interesting. When Barcelona had Ronald Koeman, they were struggling a lot because of his system mostly. This was a big opportunity for Real Madrid to win an El Clasico in Camp Nou and they didn't turn it down by winning 2-1. However Barcelona's revenge was really hard.    Thanks to Xavi, they started to play completely different and way stronger than before. As a result, they destroyed Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu as well by 4-0. It was a shocking result to me frankly. I believe the rivalry will continue to get fiercer by next season.

I think, next season will be a surprise to many people because Barcelona are coming to demonstrate well to prove to the whole world that they are fully prepared to win next season title. Now that many teams has discovered the tactics Real Madrid used to eliminated many teams from this season, I believe it will be difficult for them to perform well in next season because Barcelona will be taking over the position in next season. Barcelona coach is fully ready to use all the tactics to help the team to achieve la Liga league title next season.

[Razmirraz]

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona in this season was very interesting. When Barcelona had Ronald Koeman, they were struggling a lot because of his system mostly. This was a big opportunity for Real Madrid to win an El Clasico in Camp Nou and they didn't turn it down by winning 2-1. However Barcelona's revenge was really hard.    Thanks to Xavi, they started to play completely different and way stronger than before. As a result, they destroyed Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu as well by 4-0. It was a shocking result to me frankly. I believe the rivalry will continue to get fiercer by next season.

I think, next season will be a surprise to many people because Barcelona are coming to demonstrate well to prove to the whole world that they are fully prepared to win next season title. Now that many teams has discovered the tactics Real Madrid used to eliminated many teams from this season, I believe it will be difficult for them to perform well in next season because Barcelona will be taking over the position in next season. Barcelona coach is fully ready to use all the tactics to help the team to achieve la Liga league title next season.

Barcelona became one of the very busy clubs when the transfer market opened, even before the transfer market opened Barcelona had completed several transfer activities. Barcelona have got new players for next season, two names have agreed to join Barcelona, ​​Franck Kessie from AC Milan and Christensen from Chelsea, these two players were brought in by Barcelona on free transfers.
Christensen may not be the only Chelsea player to wear the Barcelona shirt next season, because there are still two other Chelsea players who are being targeted by Barcelona. Xavi is very interested in Azpilicueta, moreover Azpilicueta wants to play in Spain.  Xavi needs competition at left back, Alonso is one of the options. Barcelona are also interested in Raphinha, Xavi can establish communication with Deco who is Raphinha agent because Deco has a very good relationship with Barcelona.

[izsara]

It may work, but there is also a certain risk in such an action, Semione should be replaced by a top-level coach, the best of the best. Examples when amateurs come to the team, as was the case with Juventus or Manchester United, will not lead to anything good. Athletico should bring something new to the team, it is obvious that their defensive football is no longer as effective as it was a few years ago.

There is always risk. It is both in action and inaction - if the coach is not changed in time, then he can only aggravate the crisis in which the team has fallen. The club's management knows better how to act, of course, but I see that at the beginning of the season, Atlético strengthened, but the potential of new players was completely failed and not used. As a result, the whole season was a failure.

A lot of teams have experienced the fierce competition here and as you said there are consequences to be had in terms of pace or slack considering in this case we are not just talking about a game or two but a season.
Simeone's performance this season didn't show a good sign there and indeed if you look at this Atlético should indeed be able to find something better than him but they were late for last season which resulted in them being a complete failure.

[nurilham]

Barcelona became one of the very busy clubs when the transfer market opened, even before the transfer market opened Barcelona had completed several transfer activities. Barcelona have got new players for next season, two names have agreed to join Barcelona, ​​Franck Kessie from AC Milan and Christensen from Chelsea, these two players were brought in by Barcelona on free transfers.
Christensen may not be the only Chelsea player to wear the Barcelona shirt next season, because there are still two other Chelsea players who are being targeted by Barcelona. Xavi is very interested in Azpilicueta, moreover Azpilicueta wants to play in Spain.  Xavi needs competition at left back, Alonso is one of the options. Barcelona are also interested in Raphinha, Xavi can establish communication with Deco who is Raphinha agent because Deco has a very good relationship with Barcelona.

Barcelona probably is the most active club in the next transfer season. Almost all top players who want to leave their current club are linked with Barcelona, I wonder how much money Barcelona have, or they only target free transfer players. However, those new players must ask for their expected salary which won't be easy to fulfill by Barcelona. As far as I know, Barcelona still has a problem with its finances. Don't they think many new players may impact a worse situation for their finance?

I appreciate that Barcelona signed Kessie and Christensen, these players are quality players. But the free transfer status doesn't guarantee that Barcelona won't have a problem with their finance. Players' salaries may be a possible problem to happen in the future.

[Luzin]

Yes, Real Madrid must immediately look for new ammunition to regenerate the squad in three sectors.  Up front, it looks like Ancelotti will still rely on Benzema, but with his old age, Madrid must find the right replacement striker.  In midfield, El Real is also obliged to add new players to regenerate the current three midfielders, Toni Kroos, Modric and Casemiro are getting old, their performance is starting to decline.  Real Madrid's defense also has to evaluate, the arrival of Rudiger is right to add strength but it's not enough.  In addition, Real Madrid also released quite a number of players, so it is imperative for Madrid to add ammunition to maintain the balance of the squad.

True, they're not young maybe 1 or 2 more years away they're leaving soon like Marcelo. If they are not active in the transfer market, I feel unsure of next season's performance. Raising the players from the Academy is unlikely to be enough to make them strong and able to compete. But so far there has been no news of the allocation of funds for spending, do they have a lot of funds? or Anceloti is restricted to buying new players?  I'm afraid, their regeneration is going like Barcelona, it's sad.

[jakdanyel]

I think that Real Madrid are going to aim to make the team younger in the near future. It would have been a big step forward for them to bring Mbappe here. They couldn't do anything after he extended his contract with PSG. They would have gone for Haaland as well but Manchester City acted quicker than them. There are still many young and promising players in the transfer market of course but not the majority of them deserve to play for Real Madrid. They will need to pick the right players among them to invest in the future.

[bekti3]

I think that Real Madrid are going to aim to make the team younger in the near future. It would have been a big step forward for them to bring Mbappe here. They couldn't do anything after he extended his contract with PSG. They would have gone for Haaland as well but Manchester City acted quicker than them. There are still many young and promising players in the transfer market of course but not the majority of them deserve to play for Real Madrid. They will need to pick the right players among them to invest in the future.

There are several other young players who are rumored to be targeting Madrid right now and one that has come to the fore is the approach they had with Rafael Leao and there has been some news as well about them wanting Darwin Nunez now.
These are young players who are indeed in terms of appearance in my opinion they are above average now but until now there has been no official statement there but the good thing is Rudiger is now officially a Madrid defender

[Falconer]

he is already 35 years old, it is appropriate for Atletico Madrid to find a replacement. throughout the 2021-2022 season he was only able to score 12 goals in 44 matches in all competitions, that is not a good statistic for a striker like Suarez, his era has ended to compete with other top players.
it has been confirmed that he will leave Atletico and there are still no rumors about the new team that Suarez will be in next season. I hope he can go to a less competitive league so that AI can contribute to his new club.

As a great striker of his era, I think Suarez will have no trouble finding his new club after deciding to leave Atletico Madrid. There are several Premier League and Laliga teams who may still be interested in him, but of course he has to consider the achievements of the team that will be his new place. As one of the top players, Suarez might prefer to be non-club than playing in other non-competitive leagues over Laliga, Premier League, Serie A or Ligue 1 in my opinion.

So far I haven't heard any rumors from any team that seriously wants to get his signature, but maybe we'll find out soon because there's still time to wait for the new season to start.

[Pandu Geddon]

So far I haven't heard any rumors from any team that seriously wants to get his signature, but maybe we'll find out soon because there's still time to wait for the new season to start.

Indeed, there has been no news regarding the club that is interested in Suarez. but I think there is a high possibility that he will return to the Premier League. just my feeling, but maybe.
Suarez is a good player. he said goodbye to Atletico respectfully. made a thank-you note to the fans and became part of Atletico's history. Despite his advanced age, I don't think Suarez has finished competing in Europe's top leagues.