La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[jakdanyel]

Lewandowski's having a good chemistry with the team is going to be the key factor for Barcelona. Honestly I don't expect him to struggle to do this. Xavi must have already prepared his strategies in the way that he can adapt quickly. Barcelona are going to be expected to fight for the title until the end this time. Real Madrid might not have a comfortable season like in the last one. This is the thing we would like to see too of course. Last season wasn't very exciting because of Real Madrid's dominating the whole season.

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[EdenHazard]

Lewandowski's having a good chemistry with the team is going to be the key factor for Barcelona. Honestly I don't expect him to struggle to do this. Xavi must have already prepared his strategies in the way that he can adapt quickly. Barcelona are going to be expected to fight for the title until the end this time. Real Madrid might not have a comfortable season like in the last one. This is the thing we would like to see too of course. Last season wasn't very exciting because of Real Madrid's dominating the whole season.

Xavi were in fifa career mode lol .

He seems spending money from a club that has unlimited fund while everyone thinks that barcelona are broke. Kessie , rapinha , lewandowski and now kounde ... all of the cost a lot of money , not a cheap one!
What a move by xavi , real madrid must be aware about this and they have not making any significant changes.

[Rengga Jati]

Of course next season will be more difficult for Real Madrid to win the La Liga trophy again, especially with the purchase of players made by Barcelona.
Now it can be said that Barcelona already has a very strong squad,

If Xavi can really manage the players and make them in solid condition, Barcelona will be exactly turning back into a very strong club like in their high tension at that time. Barcelona really has several new players that are very strong, they are also ambitious for some reasons. They have strong forward-liners Aubameyang and Lewandowski, supported by Raphinha, Dembele, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Franck Kessie, and back by Jules Kounde and other defenders, and some other great midfielders.
They really have completed the squad and its substitutions.
Real Madrid really will have a tough opponent this season. I am a fan of Real Madrid, but I admit that Barcelona this season will be very different from the previous, one and will not be easy to defeat. Let's enjoy the El Classico very much again. 

[nurilham]

Barcelona should be able to have a much better season than the previous one. There are big expectations from especially Lewandowski and Raphinha in this season. Xavi isn't refraining from spending too much money now as he is targeting to build right the team he wants to see. Kounde has also been signed by them officially for a transfer fee of 50 million euros (according to Transfermarkt).

Of course, they must have a better season because they already spent a huge amount of money to sign some top players. It will be very poor if there is no improvement in their performance this season. They now have Lewandowski, Raphinha, Kounde, Kessie and Christensen, these are experienced players who have great skills. We can start to doubt Xavi's ability in managing a club if he can't win any title this season. 

They still don't seem like they will stop as they are targeting one left back and one right back also.

They only have 1 right-back and 1 left-back, sure they will continue to target new players for these positions. They will be in trouble if they have no substitutions for these positions.

[TelolettOm]

If Xavi can really manage the players and make them in solid condition, Barcelona will be exactly turning back into a very strong club like in their high tension at that time. Barcelona really has several new players that are very strong, they are also ambitious for some reasons. They have strong forward-liners Aubameyang and Lewandowski, supported by Raphinha, Dembele, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Franck Kessie, and back by Jules Kounde and other defenders, and some other great midfielders.
They really have completed the squad and its substitutions.
Real Madrid really will have a tough opponent this season. I am a fan of Real Madrid, but I admit that Barcelona this season will be very different from the previous, one and will not be easy to defeat. Let's enjoy the El Classico very much again.  

The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff? Because after all, Barcelona is still not out of the financial crisis. Although they may use some strategies to face financial problems.
If there is no matter, exactly Barcelona will be really hard to face, additionally when all of the new squads can really join and blend in the squad properly, without any self ambition that will make them ego is to be the best player i the club, and if they are solid enough, they will be a very great team again. Love this.

[MAAManda]

NYRB - Barcelona, well I'm not good at predicting scores, maybe more than 4 goals Barcelona best chance is not to concede. But I wouldn't bet anything on the match, Barcelona will definitely test Lewandowski.

Yes, it might happen considering that previously Barcelona also beat an American team with a score of 0 - 6. However, I think Inter Miami is very different from the NYRB. NYRB is stronger than Inter Miami, maybe we will see Barcelona win this match, but with fewer goals.

Now Barcelona is having two Friendly matches one against NYRB with is going to be easy game for them with home team is not strong enough for them and they can thrash them by score of 3 - 0 or 4 - 0 after this match they are going to Mexico for their last Friendly match before start of regular season here in Spain.

Your guess is not much different from @Doell, IMO, Barcelona will win with a score of 0 - 2 or 1 - 2.

[baeva]

If Xavi can really manage the players and make them in solid condition, Barcelona will be exactly turning back into a very strong club like in their high tension at that time. Barcelona really has several new players that are very strong, they are also ambitious for some reasons. They have strong forward-liners Aubameyang and Lewandowski, supported by Raphinha, Dembele, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Franck Kessie, and back by Jules Kounde and other defenders, and some other great midfielders.
They really have completed the squad and its substitutions.
Real Madrid really will have a tough opponent this season. I am a fan of Real Madrid, but I admit that Barcelona this season will be very different from the previous, one and will not be easy to defeat. Let's enjoy the El Classico very much again.  

The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff? Because after all, Barcelona is still not out of the financial crisis. Although they may use some strategies to face financial problems.

Cutting players' wages is not the solution to the financial problem. When they signed the contract with Barcelona the players had a clearly stated amount of money they should be paid, in this case the team is in breach of the terms. How the players tolerate this I cannot understand because it is nonsense. You could tell the players to play for free...

[makishart]

Lewandowski's having a good chemistry with the team is going to be the key factor for Barcelona. Honestly I don't expect him to struggle to do this. Xavi must have already prepared his strategies in the way that he can adapt quickly. Barcelona are going to be expected to fight for the title until the end this time. Real Madrid might not have a comfortable season like in the last one. This is the thing we would like to see too of course. Last season wasn't very exciting because of Real Madrid's dominating the whole season.

I hope so, at least it's not the same like the previous seasons. If barcelona can play better and better, im sure that there will be a very competitive season this year. Barcelona is the only club that can stop the domination that already made by real madrid. Madrid under uncelotti is so good.
Barcelona has a lot of home work for the next season.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff? Because after all, Barcelona is still not out of the financial crisis. Although they may use some strategies to face financial problems.

Cutting players' wages is not the solution to the financial problem. When they signed the contract with Barcelona the players had a clearly stated amount of money they should be paid, in this case the team is in breach of the terms. How the players tolerate this I cannot understand because it is nonsense. You could tell the players to play for free...

What I wonder is whether Barcelona will survive such a risky gamble, because in order to sign players and alleviate its financial situation, it has sold 25% of its image rights for the next 25 years to the American investment fund Sixth Street.

Barcelona's ability to raise finance is great, but it is not unlimited. I wonder what Barcelona is going to do if at some point over the next 25 years it runs into financial problems, which is likely to happen at some point, because the financing obtained now has not wiped out the club's total debt, is it going to mortgage the rights for the next 100 years? Is anyone going to pay them for it?

Proof that this desperate financing does not solve all the problems is that:

'The club needs to shave 160 million off the money spent on first team wages per season, in June estimated at 560 million (including salary deferrals, including Lionel Messi's). So, if the club does not manage to activate a new "financial lever", as they label the sale of assets - after transferring the TV rights, they believe they can sell BLM (the club's retail company) - they will have to transfer players. The one targeted by the board is Frenkie De Jong, one of the players with the highest market value, the only one for whom offers have reached the Camp Nou'.

[hyudien]

Lewandowski is one of the players with an astonishing goal productivity every year in the Bundesliga. On the other side, Benzema this season 2021/2022 won the top score in 2 big leagues, namely the Champions League and La Liga. This will definitely make El Clasico hot again.

Obviously this is what Lewandowski is hoping for, which is to know how far his quality differs from Benzema who has a nickname comparable to what Lewandowski had at Bayern Munich. When trying to keep wanting to go to Barcelona, of course, the atmosphere is quite dramatic in La Liga. We can't wait to see how euphoric this competition is.

Let's say Barcelona vs Real Madrid, because this is what we are most looking forward to at the start of the season.

[Rengga Jati]

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The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff? Because after all, Barcelona is still not out of the financial crisis. Although they may use some strategies to face financial problems.

Cutting players' wages is not the solution to the financial problem. When they signed the contract with Barcelona the players had a clearly stated amount of money they should be paid, in this case the team is in breach of the terms. How the players tolerate this I cannot understand because it is nonsense. You could tell the players to play for free...

This is like making a solution to another problem, so there is no exact solution to cutting their salary, this is only for a moment, a matter of time. No matter what, if they're still there, they may ask for an increased salary during the season, moreover if they know that they have made some winnings.
Buying so many players is risky for Barcelona, we know that one of the financial problems faced right now is also because of the high previous purchases without considering whether the purchase is exactly needed or not at that time. that is one of the problems, added with some other complicated problems inside of the management.
Now, we just can wait and see how they can face this financial problem so that all players stay in the club and strengthen the squad, and the Barcelona club itself will not suffer losses and eliminate the financial crisis it faces. Btw, they are also now considering selling some of their players, aren't they?

[DanWalker]

We all know that Barcelona is facing a financial crisis, but it doesn't seem like a problem for them to be very active in the transfer window. I don't know where the funds used to sign new players come from and how they will register all those new players, but what is clear is that Barcelona has made very good preparations for this season, and of course, that makes them one of the strong candidates for the title winner.

I agree that barcelona have tried their best to prepare their team for next season's achievements and of course it's about the title. It doesn't matter where they get their money from and how they can register their players this season so they don't get entangled in financial fair play, but for sure they deserve to be underdogs this season. I am delighted with Xavi's optimism for Barcelona, ​​and so far he has proven his capacity as an influential coach.

I just can’t imagine how Barcelona has done this under such circumstances. I thought they absolutely did not have any money but they somehow held some good transfers. They will benefit greatly from these transfers next season, or at least I hope so. In the next season, they need to put on a good show. At least this will allow them to recover some of the money they have spent on the transfer market, and they can also consider selling some players. I hope they will also be able to get some money in that way. But if they fail to perform well in the next season trouble will be waiting for them.

[savetheFORUM]

The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff? Because after all, Barcelona is still not out of the financial crisis. Although they may use some strategies to face financial problems.
If there is no matter, exactly Barcelona will be really hard to face, additionally when all of the new squads can really join and blend in the squad properly, without any self ambition that will make them ego is to be the best player i the club, and if they are solid enough, they will be a very great team again. Love this.

This question is still looking for solid reply from Barcelona officials because currently they are having few players those are not going to cut in their salary and few are already having all settlements which are important for them. If they fail to have any solid replacement for this situation then surely they are going to face few serious issues of the field and these can hurt them badly because right now they have no enough funds for giving them salaries with comfort, and they are also trying their best for offloading few players those are burden for them but sadly right now no club is interested to take them with their current salary contract and other things which are favouring Barcelona it's surely needed good effort from their management.

[justdimin]

Yes of course. High tension in El Classico not only occurs on the field but also off the field. We certainly know how the fans of both clubs will react to El Classico, to the players. And their arguments are very interesting to read, sometimes they become fun entertainment to fill spare time.
It is undeniable since the first, El Classico has become one of the most awaited moments of a football match. The winner of El Classico is often unexpected.

Indirectly, Lewandowski's presence there can evoke euphoria in El Clasico which has indeed decreased in recent years slightly when the absence of Ronaldo and the last Messi.
Lewandowski is one of the players with an astonishing goal productivity every year in the Bundesliga. On the other side, Benzema this season 2021/2022 won the top score in 2 big leagues, namely the Champions League and La Liga. This will definitely make El Clasico hot again.

Now surely after few years we are going to have some good rivalry in El Classico because this was not good without few star players and in coming season Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema both are going to have good contest as both will face each other and this heat is going to create more craze about this Spanish League and El Classico is going to be again on high tension.
 
Now we have to wait for the another positive output of this all can Robert Lewandowski do like he has done in Bundesliga for many years because this is completely different environment for him and many times things can't go in player's favor when they have change in league if he succeeded in this then surely El Classico is going to be more hot and entertaining.

[CuriousGeorge]

If Xavi can really manage the players and make them in solid condition, Barcelona will be exactly turning back into a very strong club like in their high tension at that time. Barcelona really has several new players that are very strong, they are also ambitious for some reasons. They have strong forward-liners Aubameyang and Lewandowski, supported by Raphinha, Dembele, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Franck Kessie, and back by Jules Kounde and other defenders, and some other great midfielders.
They really have completed the squad and its substitutions.
Real Madrid really will have a tough opponent this season. I am a fan of Real Madrid, but I admit that Barcelona this season will be very different from the previous, one and will not be easy to defeat. Let's enjoy the El Classico very much again.  

The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff?

Some players didn't wanna to be sold caused by barcelona still owes their salary. I think those players will survive until they will be getting what they should get. barcelona must paid their salary first. It's very important for barcelona to make it happen. We need to see how the performance of new players before we can know whether the new players gave huge impact to the club or not.

[Lordhermes]

Lewandowski's having a good chemistry with the team is going to be the key factor for Barcelona. Honestly I don't expect him to struggle to do this. Xavi must have already prepared his strategies in the way that he can adapt quickly. Barcelona are going to be expected to fight for the title until the end this time. Real Madrid might not have a comfortable season like in the last one. This is the thing we would like to see too of course. Last season wasn't very exciting because of Real Madrid's dominating the whole season.

Xavi is one man that I love,for the good work he has done at Barca.It is not just only to employ a coach,It is to employ a coach that has the love of the club in his heart ,and is ready to do anything for the club to grow.Xavi had the club in mind before he came to be the manager of Barcelona.He is certainly attracting players today because he has a record at Barcelona,and till years to come,no other club can be like Barca in the time of Xavi Hernandez.
and Iniesta.
Barca are pretty much prepared for the coming season with the acquisition of players.They have made some major signings that will definitely add depth to their team.

[bitkanu]

Yes of course. High tension in El Classico not only occurs on the field but also off the field. We certainly know how the fans of both clubs will react to El Classico, to the players. And their arguments are very interesting to read, sometimes they become fun entertainment to fill spare time.
It is undeniable since the first, El Classico has become one of the most awaited moments of a football match. The winner of El Classico is often unexpected.

Indirectly, Lewandowski's presence there can evoke euphoria in El Clasico which has indeed decreased in recent years slightly when the absence of Ronaldo and the last Messi.
Lewandowski is one of the players with an astonishing goal productivity every year in the Bundesliga. On the other side, Benzema this season 2021/2022 won the top score in 2 big leagues, namely the Champions League and La Liga. This will definitely make El Clasico hot again.

I hope so. The best striker in the bundesliga was coming to the la liga. There will be a very strict competition between benzema and lewandowski. The el clasico will be very good match to be seen. I think that this time barcelona is equal compared with real madrid. They have the same power.
I can't wait how interesting the tension in el classico match

[blackened515]

Barcelona are very much better without Leo Messi presently, it's been a while fans have confidence in the team but ever since the arrival of one of their legend Xavi Hernandez, this times he comes as a coach not a player. The Spaniard have set certain Essential modifications in the club. But barça president, Joan Laporta feels so indebted to Leo Messi that he will still keep open hands for the Argentine international if he have a rethink of coming back to the club. That's going to be one big memorial moment with the club especially the new and young Players present in the team.

[kro55]

Yes of course. High tension in El Classico not only occurs on the field but also off the field. We certainly know how the fans of both clubs will react to El Classico, to the players. And their arguments are very interesting to read, sometimes they become fun entertainment to fill spare time.
It is undeniable since the first, El Classico has become one of the most awaited moments of a football match. The winner of El Classico is often unexpected.

Indirectly, Lewandowski's presence there can evoke euphoria in El Clasico which has indeed decreased in recent years slightly when the absence of Ronaldo and the last Messi.
Lewandowski is one of the players with an astonishing goal productivity every year in the Bundesliga. On the other side, Benzema this season 2021/2022 won the top score in 2 big leagues, namely the Champions League and La Liga. This will definitely make El Clasico hot again.

I hope so. The best striker in the bundesliga was coming to the la liga. There will be a very strict competition between benzema and lewandowski. The el clasico will be very good match to be seen. I think that this time barcelona is equal compared with real madrid. They have the same power.
I can't wait how interesting the tension in el classico match

Comparing the players I think Barcelona is stronger than Real Madrid. However, Real Madrid as a team is more stable than Barcelona. They have been playing in the same squad for a long time, and the understanding between the players is excellent. Considering this aspect, Barcelona will be left behind. But El Clasico will be very exciting unless Carlo Ancelotti plays a completely defensive strategy. As we have seen in previous seasons, when the opposition is strong, Carlo Ancelotti plays a defensive strategy and tries to draw the match. And most of the time he managed to score points.

[rahmad2nd]

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I hope so, at least it's not the same like the previous seasons. If barcelona can play better and better, im sure that there will be a very competitive season this year. Barcelona is the only club that can stop the domination that already made by real madrid. Madrid under uncelotti is so good.
Barcelona has a lot of home work for the next season.

Barcelona went through a difficult season last season, they failed to compete with Real Madrid in the midst of the severe financial crisis that was wrapped around them.
despite that, barcelona has recovered quite a bit after getting fresh funds from the sale of broadcast rights assets and several new sponsors, even though in fact they still have problems with finances, one of which is the salary factor of the players.

Currently Barcelona is able to compete again with Real Madrid in the title of La Liga, Xavi's formula has been very effective in several pre-season matches and it must be admitted that Barcelona deserve it.
apart from the financial crisis that is still a management problem, overall Barcelona is a solid squad from all lines.