La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Doell]

I'm thinking about who the future manager can be for Real Madrid also. Because Ancelotti has agreed to stay in his last year which is until the end of his contract. But after that it seems like he is going to manage Brazil national team. Brazil are really lucky to sign a manager like Ancelotti though.    This deal can be the start of new successes in the World Cup for them also.

However Real Madrid will need to be prepared for this until then. As long as Zidane is free I think that Florentino Perez would like to see him back. As you know Real Madrid won the Champions League title 3 times in a row under his management. He is just one of the greatest candidates for this team.

However it wouldn't be easy to convince him. But since Deschamps' contract with France is until 2026 it doesn't seem like Zidane can manage France in the next World Cup. Therefore he might lean towards managing another team until then maybe.

I also think Zidane is a suitable candidate to be a manager for Real Madrid he's a genius, also as you said Real Madrid won the Champions League 3 times in a row under his management. He's also been at Real Madrid for a long time that makes him a candidate strongest to replace Ancellotti position, and if Zidane becomes a manager in the 2024 then Real Madrid has a higher chance of winning all the big titles again.

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[Falconer]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

[rahmad2nd]

It has been reported that if qatari investors were offering barcelona to create the same busines model like what already done by manchester city with its city football group. Qatari investors were sending proposal for barcelona to create a new team under barcelona.
I think that it's possible for barcelona to accept it as it will be helping the parent club to get more funding. This busines model has been used by manchester city with its city football group which is having some clubs under it (girona, mumbai fc, NYC FC and melbourne city). There is also another team that is starting to use the same busines model like city. Chelsea is also doing it by acquiring big stake from strasbourg.

I think barcelona shall accept such proposal. It will make barcelona has middle east team who played under barcelona's name.

We also read about this news, as in the title reported by Goal: Barcelona will imitate Manchester City, La Liga clubs receive offers from Qatari businessmen to have their own team in the Middle East. well, amidst the trend Saudi clubs are in a race to bring in some of Europe's top players. Qatar is trying to offer Barcelona to have its own team in the Middle East like City did. So, that's obvious.
IMO, there is a prestige competition between Saudi and Qatar. after Qatar successfully hosted the 2022 world cup, Saudi offered to host 2030. After that, Newcastle was acquired by the PIF company, which is under the auspices of the prince from Saudi Arabia. After that, we were shocked by the news that Qatar would acquire MU even at a fantastic nominal price. wow, it seems very interesting to me from a political point of view, as well as the prestige battle between these Middle Eastern countries.

Back on topic.
I read this news, but we cannot confirm its validity regarding the truth. however, it seems that what Qatar has to offer is quite attractive to Barcelona. that's why, in the same report Barca is considering the proposal because it needs to fund lucrative contracts for the Spanish parent squad. Unfortunately, there are no details on how other details of this rumor are related. but if it is profitable, there is a great chance that Barcelona will accept the proposal offer in the midst of the financial crisis that has hit them.

[Renampun]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

this term is often referred to by people as the curse of injury to Madrid players (besides bale and hazard, kaka also experiences the same thing). I'm not very clear about what actually happened to these players (who are affected by the injury curse). Hopefully new players will play in Madrid, don't experience the same thing, there are rumors that mbappe will play for Madrid, hopefully if he officially plays in Madrid, he wasn't hit by the injury curse (turned into one of them), because so far mbappe is fine at PSG.

[Tony116]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

Obviously, Hazard was a failed purchase or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid but for Bale, I don't agree if you say Bale was a failed purchase either or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid. Because in my view Bale still manages to make a good contribution to Real Madrid, at least you can also consider the amount of time given to Bale to play compared to Hazard. What's more, Bale also scored beautiful goals as well as winning goals quite often and as such, surely Bale is a successful buy to have a big contribution to Real Madrid.

Bale was a decent value for money. I wouldn’t say that he was a very successful buy. I also am not going to say that he was disappointing. He was decent and his performance for Real Madrid was often match-winning. I absolutely agree that his goals were very beautiful and incredible. Just like the goal that he scored by sprinting from midfield against Barcelona. The problem that he had was injuries.

If it was not because of injuries, I think he could have actually performed a lot better and also for a longer period of time. But if we compare him against Eden Hazard, I think we have to conclude that he was much more successful. Hazard is basically winning trophies without even playing.

[nurilham]

Yes, of course Gundogan can still play until the age of 35 and even more and judging by his character he is a pretty strong player and rarely gets injured. I think barcelona was lucky enough to get Gundogan on a free agent status after his contract ended with manchester city. With sufficient quality, I think Gundogan will be able to bring big changes to Barcelona next season.

No doubt he can play until 35 years old, he has no problem with his fitness. In the last season, Gundogan showed his best form and he should do the same in Barcelona in the next season. Since Barcelona midfielders are younger than him, I'm sure he will be the leader in Barcelona midfield line. It is very interesting to see how big his contribution for Barcelona the next season. Anyway, surely Barcelona is very lucky, again they signed a top quality player with free transfer status.

With the way he plays, and how he's technically smart and swift, he'll play and adapt speedily to the way Barcelona or Xavi Hernandez wants. Infact I see no difference from what they both play ( Manchester City and Barcelona ) it's just that Xavi Hernandez still not at the level of Pep Guardiola.

He should adapt quickly with Xavi tactics. Pep Guardiola tactics are almost the same as Xavi tactics. Both coaches use tiki-taka style, but it is a modern tiki-taka. So, there should be no serious problem for Gundogan to adapt with Barcelona game style.

[AakZaki]

in fact these two players share the same characteristics, both Busquets and Gundohan are midfielders. even before, Pep Guardiola tended to play Gundohan as a defensive midfielder. it's just that, this season the system that Pep Gurdiola has implemented is different, Pep has put Gundohan's position to play more at the fore. in essence, Gundohan can play various positions according to the system implemented by the coach. he can play DC, DM, even AM.

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It seems that Barcelona once tried to bring in a sling when coach Luis Enrique. But Enrique did not approve and chose Arda Turan from Juventus. Since with Pep from 2016 Gundongan had an extraordinary career, maybe Barcelona should be disappointed. Moins made an outstanding contribution to Man City. Today, after almost 7 years, he only joined Barcelona at the end of his football life. 32 years old is not young and maybe he can play effectively until the age of 36 only. Yes, Barcelona does not seem to have any progress to buy young players. Barcelona prefer experienced old players.

[Leviathan.007]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

I'm sorry but how they can perform better than Real Madrid when Xavi can't buy the players he needs for next season? Just check the players Real Madrid is going to buy and you can understand hiring a player like Mbappe is more than a dream for any team.
If you saw the last season Barcelona had a better performance in La Liga and they won the title this can't be the reason to say they can do the same thing in the next season. The situation for these two teams is not the same at all.

[Dump3er]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

I'm sorry but how they can perform better than Real Madrid when Xavi can't buy the players he needs for next season? Just check the players Real Madrid is going to buy and you can understand hiring a player like Mbappe is more than a dream for any team.
If you saw the last season Barcelona had a better performance in La Liga and they won the title this can't be the reason to say they can do the same thing in the next season. The situation for these two teams is not the same at all.

They have already performed much better than Real Madrid last season and if they didn't lose 3 out of their last 5 games, they could have finished the season with close to 100 points (97 to be exact). If they can play another season with close to 100 points, Real Madrid has to change and do a lot to compete with Barcelona. I doubt that Barcelona is ready yet to compete in the Champions League, but it could be enough again for La Liga.

[Asiska02]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

Bale was successful at Real Madrid than Eden Hazard but his success rate didn’t show because of the likes of Ronaldo and Benzema that were in the team together with him at that time. Eden Hazard was just too unlucky after joining Real Madrid and he was not even given enough playing time at the club due to injury and how undervalued he was that time after joining the team. Not all players joint new team to become better there, some end up been worse than before and that’s the case of Eden Hazard after leaving Chelsea to join Real Madrid several years back.

[abderrazak belkhir]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

I'm sorry but how they can perform better than Real Madrid when Xavi can't buy the players he needs for next season? Just check the players Real Madrid is going to buy and you can understand hiring a player like Mbappe is more than a dream for any team.
If you saw the last season Barcelona had a better performance in La Liga and they won the title this can't be the reason to say they can do the same thing in the next season. The situation for these two teams is not the same at all.

They have already performed much better than Real Madrid last season and if they didn't lose 3 out of their last 5 games, they could have finished the season with close to 100 points (97 to be exact). If they can play another season with close to 100 points, Real Madrid has to change and do a lot to compete with Barcelona. I doubt that Barcelona is ready yet to compete in the Champions League, but it could be enough again for La Liga.

I agree, they already built a strong club and they can easily get the title again next year if they keep playing the same way as the previous season, for the champoins league the club still need some improvements because the majority of clubs that will play for the UCL title are way better than Barcelona

[Velvet78]

Some Barcelona players continue to leave the team one by one. Busquets is also leaving now. Therefore Barcelona did the right thing by signing Gundogan. Their characteristics aren't the same though. Because Gundogan is more like an attacking oriented player. Maybe Barcelona would bring a defensive midfielder as well in the coming days.

They were leaving caused by barcelona is only looking for young player to stay in the club, busquets was old enough to play in european competition.
It's the time for him to give a chance for young talented player to take his position. Barcelnoa was able getting gundogan to replace him. Busquets has become a captain in barcelona and will gundogan also become a captain in barcelona?
That's very interesting to wait.

But these departures are good ones for Barcelona actually. Because they really needed to get rid of some old players to play according to Xavi's system better. Barcelona were born again with young players and they will need time to become much more successful.

Old players are still needed. Even though busquets were leaving from the club, bug gundogan was coming to replace him. Young talented squads are good but it's still lack of experienced player.
That's why gundogan has been needed to fill busquet's position. Barcelona needs a fully experienced player like him. He can also become a captain for the club.
He will able to give more experience to the young player.

When it comes to the captain question who knows maybe Gundogan can really get it from Busquets. Because he has already been the captain at Manchester City. He is very experienced with that role but let's see. Maybe Xavi thought of someone else to give it to before this transfer. Besides Gundogan is going to be new around here as well.

Old players can still contribute well to the team with their experience yeah. Gundogan isn't even that old actually. He is younger than Busquets and his performance has still been really decent.

[harapan]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

How was Bale not successful for Madrid? He did not live up to expectation but he was not a failure. Bale had about 106 goals and 67 assist for Real Madrid. He won every trophy there is to be won. He scored in important games. 
You cant compare him to Hazard. Hazard was a total failure at Real Madrid. In fact I can say that in the worst signing of any club and the biggest flop of any club. Maybe it was the injuries, maybe it was an uncomfortable environment, maybe it was lack of confidence but all these doesn't change the fact that he was a total flop at Madrid.

[asriloni]

I also think Zidane is a suitable candidate to be a manager for Real Madrid he's a genius, also as you said Real Madrid won the Champions League 3 times in a row under his management. He's also been at Real Madrid for a long time that makes him a candidate strongest to replace Ancellotti position, and if Zidane becomes a manager in the 2024 then Real Madrid has a higher chance of winning all the big titles again.

It's true but don't you remember about how difficult in recruiting him to be the next manager of real madrid? Zidane may not become the most favorite candidate to handle real madrid next season.
I prefer for madrid to take xabi as a new coach next season. Even though it has not been long since he has become a new manager for leverkusen and he was capable enough to handle real madrid after next season.
Ancelotti will be going to the brazil and he will become the most suitable player to replace ancelotti's position. I think that we can't always try to talk about zidane.
He is not even making any statements regarding his career. I don't even know why people are still favoring him even when he was not making a clarification regarding his career.

[Google+]

Obviously, Hazard was a failed purchase or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid but for Bale, I don't agree if you say Bale was a failed purchase either or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid. Because in my view Bale still manages to make a good contribution to Real Madrid, at least you can also consider the amount of time given to Bale to play compared to Hazard. What's more, Bale also scored beautiful goals as well as winning goals quite often and as such, surely Bale is a successful buy to have a big contribution to Real Madrid.

That was the big gamble that Real Madrid did at that time they made Hazard Transfer break the Club record but in reality we see Hazard failed to make a big contribution to Real Madrid.  There were many obstacles that prevented him from showing the quality he had because of the injury he had experienced. In addition, there was strong competition to become the coach's first choice, as in last season, it could be said that Hazard was a player who often filled the bench. So this season, by agreement of both parties, they decided to split up after 4 seasons together. For the latest news about Hazard, it seems that there is no official club to use his services next season and it is possible that he will choose to retire early. Real Madrid often make many surprises in the transfer window where they often buy players at quite high prices, this is because Real Madrid is the Laliga team that has the strongest finances at the moment. Bellingham was also brought in at a high price. Now, if Real Madrid are able to bring in Mbappe in this season transfer window, there is a high probability that the record held by Hazard will be broken by Mbappe transfer.

[tbct_mt2]

That was the big gamble that Real Madrid did at that time they made Hazard Transfer break the Club record but in reality we see Hazard failed to make a big contribution to Real Madrid.  There were many obstacles that prevented him from showing the quality he had because of the injury he had experienced. In addition, there was strong competition to become the coach's first choice, as in last season, it could be said that Hazard was a player who often filled the bench.

In such big transfers, clubs have to bet that their money will result in good contributions from the player. Haazard played very well in Chelsea and before the transfer, he won Europa League with Chelsea but during few months in the summer, after the transfer to Real Madrid, Hazard shown bad signal by becoming overweight within a few months.

Even he would not get too many injuries, with such body, he could not play well. In reality, overweight contributed to his injuries during the time in Real Madrid too. Real Madrid did not know about vulnerable body of Hazard if Chelsea hid the fact before the transfer but they did not control what Hazard will do with his mouth after the transfer.

So this season, by agreement of both parties, they decided to split up after 4 seasons together. For the latest news about Hazard, it seems that there is no official club to use his services next season and it is possible that he will choose to retire early.

He is still young but already becomes a useless player. It's a big regret for Hazard and football as he can make his career better. He is not only unlucky with injuries but also be responsible for this by his unprofessionality.

[borovichok]

How was Bale not successful for Madrid? He did not live up to expectation but he was not a failure. Bale had about 106 goals and 67 assist for Real Madrid. He won every trophy there is to be won. He scored in important games. 
You cant compare him to Hazard. Hazard was a total failure at Real Madrid. In fact I can say that in the worst signing of any club and the biggest flop of any club. Maybe it was the injuries, maybe it was an uncomfortable environment, maybe it was lack of confidence but all these doesn't change the fact that he was a total flop at Madrid.

Gareth Bale was not a flop or disappointment for Los Blancos, but he probably scanned out of luck in the Madrid squad because Cristiano Ronaldo's presence was the ultimate trend and the fans gave everything to Ronaldo, despite the assistance from other teammates, the news and game focus was always on Ronaldo, so how do we rate Bale, afterall Benzema and Bale were underrated during their time playing with Ronaldo? However, Eden Hazard arrived during the Madrid the development process. Carlo Ancelotti gave him the chance to show the club that he is still valued, but Hazard fell short of expectations, due to severe injuries he got during his first season as Madrid new signing.

[Bobrox]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

You blame Gareth  Bale statistic with Real Madrid and his achievement winning Champion League, La Liga and Copa del Rey, you can remember when Real Madrid winning Champion League tittle three time in a row and Bale is trio attacking line for Madrid with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo. Not true about Gareth Bale is not successful with Real Madrid because he has important contribution for winning Champion League and La Liga tittles. For Eden Hazard is right as not successful transfer for Real Madrid, absent on many matches because Hazard got injured and difficult for scoring goals or assist before losing his position on left forward replacing by Vinicius Jr.

[W Jr.]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

You blame Gareth  Bale statistic with Real Madrid and his achievement winning Champion League, La Liga and Copa del Rey, you can remember when Real Madrid winning Champion League tittle three time in a row and Bale is trio attacking line for Madrid with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo. Not true about Gareth Bale is not successful with Real Madrid because he has important contribution for winning Champion League and La Liga tittles. For Eden Hazard is right as not successful transfer for Real Madrid, absent on many matches because Hazard got injured and difficult for scoring goals or assist before losing his position on left forward replacing by Vinicius Jr.

It's like Hazard forgot about football. He hasn't played in such a long time that I don't understand how a talent like him disappeared. He was a great player, working wonders when he played for Chelsea, but his Madrid career didn't go as he expected. Combined with injuries and poor performance in Real Madrid, he could not wear the jersey again.

[Sebas.tian]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

I don't think, next season will be hard for Barcelona to performance well because their coach believe in his players that they will dominate well next season more than this season so that the world will celebrate him for wonderful job. Not by using huge amount of money to sign players will determine their performance, it will surprise you that next season will be the worst season for Real Madrid because it will be difficult for their coach to get a good players that can handle those players that are about to leave the team. Barcelona will still dominate well in la Liga league competition and other competitions, because their coach is very ready to use this opportunity well by imparting the players some skills that will make them to be above any team in points or performance next season.