La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Distraction]

It looks like Atletico Madrid don't intend to make a sensational transfer in this transfer window. They have just brought Azpilicueta to increase the number of alternatives for right-back position. In addition to that they have made the Griezmann deal permanent for 20 million euros also. The only rumour I see now is Theo Hernandez.

They are continuing to invest in their defense line mostly. I'm not surprised with that because defending has a very big share in Simeone's game plan for years. He will need to deal with having too many strikers in the squad also. 1 or 2 of them can be loaned to decent teams again maybe.

I think next season won't be so different than the last one for Atletico Madrid. They don't aim to make big changes now.

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[Falconer]

He wants to stay until his contract expires in 2024. This is a win win solution I think, apart from Ancelotti himself this is a good thing for Real Madrid.
Ancelotti is aware that if he leaves Madrid at this time then indeed he will also be quite hated especially in the approaching time for the new season, obviously Madrid will be struggling to find a new coach so he decided to leave after his contract actually ended.
Now he must enjoy his last season in Madrid and must make a difference at least to give the best impression and experience for him in Madrid before he really leaves.

With that kind of money, Madrid can actually afford 4 or 5 other players.   But PSG's release clause may have been made that way. In the end it was like ridiculous. Remember Real Madrid have had the experience of failed transfers, I'm afraid it could happen if Real Madrid buy Mbappe. Maybe if Madrid didn't want to buy, or other clubs didn't want him it could have come down in price. I prefer players who like to work hard than big players who are weak because they are too comfortable with money.

AakZaki, Mbappe will not fail like some of Real Madrid's previous expensive transfers. Kylian Mbappe can have a tremendous impact on Real Madrid's performances and he deserves his current value, so I don't think he will ever be the same as Real Madrid signing Eden Hazard from Chelsea.

I believe Kylian Mbappe can adapt quickly to Real Madrid. This team is good for him and it will support his big quest to become the best player in the world in the future. If Real Madrid don't prioritize his signing then they might miss their chance to get him.

[Asiska02]

It looks like Barcelona is making savings in recruiting new players in this transfer market. Inigo Martinez and Ikay Gundogan are proof that they are reducing the Club's spending. At least they only need to spend money on players' salaries but not to sign new players. My prediction is that next season they will still be the favorites for the championship under the cool hands of coach Xavi.

Two senior players Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba have been officially released by Barca and there are seven players who have returned from loan periods. It looks like they are trying to improve the club's finances and no longer have problems with regulations in La Liga for next season.

They had better do because this financial crisis has caused them a lot of setback in purchasing players of their choice. Despite that, Xavi was still able to make good use of the squad he has and won the La Liga title last season. I just imagine how great the team will be performing if they had all the players they want at their own disposal.

The return of the loan players should be a boost for them, having variety of choices to chose from makes the work easy for the coach to do rather been limited to some players playing some certain positions. I believe Xavi will make good use of the returned loan players to make Barcelona better than they were last season.

[rahmad2nd]

It looks like Barcelona still has not gotten any other new players besides recruiting Gundogan from Manchester City and Inigo Martinez from Bilbao. A little information, that the two players were obtained on a free transfer. In this slow way, i wonder if it means Barcelona are downsizing, so that it doesn't have a negative impact on their finances as well. Because after all, Barcelona still have to recover their finances or at least, make their management clean and healthier again. Because yes, although Barcelona did not recruit many players in this transfer market, but i think Barcelona's squad is also fairly good for next season.

It looks like Barcelona is making savings in recruiting new players in this transfer market. Inigo Martinez and Ikay Gundogan are proof that they are reducing the Club's spending. At least they only need to spend money on players' salaries but not to sign new players. My prediction is that next season they will still be the favorites for the championship under the cool hands of coach Xavi.

Two senior players Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba have been officially released by Barca and there are seven players who have returned from loan periods. It looks like they are trying to improve the club's finances and no longer have problems with regulations in La Liga for next season.

At least, for now Barcelona has a more competitive squad to welcome the 2023/2024 season. they have brought in two new players even though they are already 30+, but it seems that Xavi can still rely on the services of these two players. yep, Gundohan and Inigo Martinez have pretty good statistical records. after all, these two players were brought in on a free transfer. so, we agree that Barcelona is making savings in recruiting new players in the transfer market this summer.

Well, if I'm not mistaken, Barcelona also recruited a young player from Brazil, Vitor Roque, who plays as a center forward. but as Romano said, that the player will join Barcelona in January 2024- not immediately. Barca's financial problems were the cause of the delay. in fact, Mundo Deportivo claimed a loan with an obligation to buy within six months and would give Barcelona some breathing room to get their finances in order. so, it is certain that he can join Barcelona in the winter transfer market. thus, it looks like Vitor Roque will be a backup for Lewandowski. Also, considering he's still very young.
Speaking of the 2023/2024 season, yep, we agree that after all Barcelona has a high chance of defending the league title with a more competitive squad.

[Leviathan.007]

Jonathan David has started to be rumoured with Real Madrid recently. He is a really young and talented centre-forward. His performance at Lille this season was really impressive with 24 goals in 37 matches in the Ligue 1. His market value is 60 million euros though and Real Madrid might have to spend quite a big amount of money.

Because I don't think Lille would like to let go of him for a cheap price. But do Real Madrid really want him now? Because it looks like there is still a possibility for signing Mbappe this summer. They are still waiting patiently before making a transfer for the centre-forward position.

Real Madrid target is still Mbappe and they will attempts to gets this player soon and Jonathan David could be an alternative option for Real Madrid if they failed to gets Mbappe although the latest news i have read is Madrid has starting to contact Jonathan David agent to talking about this transfer but i think this is still a speculation and possibly this will remains rumour and since arrived to Lille on 2020 Jonathan David always be performing impressive and his goals records always be increase for every season so i am surprised if several big teams want him and his price also is not expensive compared to Mbappe price but in the term of quality obviously Mbappe was better than him

I'm not sure but maybe Real Madrid should start working on some other players instead of Mbappe, we know Mbappe is young talent and he can have a good performance in the team but since he is very unsure about his next team I don't think if paying this much attention can help Real Madrid, Instead they can start working on other options like:
Harry Kane, who is loyal to his team but still they have to just pay 100m for him.
Victor Osimhen, who is a young player and he can grow is Real Madrid, I'm sure he has an interest to play for Real Madrid.
There can be also some other opinions instead of Mbappe.

[BITCOIN4X]

~Snip

They had better do because this financial crisis has caused them a lot of setback in purchasing players of their choice. Despite that, Xavi was still able to make good use of the squad he has and won the La Liga title last season. I just imagine how great the team will be performing if they had all the players they want at their own disposal.

The return of the loan players should be a boost for them, having variety of choices to chose from makes the work easy for the coach to do rather been limited to some players playing some certain positions. I believe Xavi will make good use of the returned loan players to make Barcelona better than they were last season.

If Barcelona is not constrained by financial problems, then this team will be one of the best again in Europe. Barcelona could make any team fear with the players and the quality of their players, but now that era has been buried because of bad financial problems. I can imagine Barcelona can dominate Europe if they have good financial strength in their pocket.

Even with disrupted financial conditions, Barcelona still won two titles last season. So we can definitely imagine how dangerous they would be if their finances were okay. Xavi can build his team better, but he still has to be patient and make adjustments even if some of his wishes are not fulfilled.

[Swordsoffreedom]

~Snip

They had better do because this financial crisis has caused them a lot of setback in purchasing players of their choice. Despite that, Xavi was still able to make good use of the squad he has and won the La Liga title last season. I just imagine how great the team will be performing if they had all the players they want at their own disposal.
The return of the loan players should be a boost for them, having variety of choices to chose from makes the work easy for the coach to do rather been limited to some players playing some certain positions. I believe Xavi will make good use of the returned loan players to make Barcelona better than they were last season.

If Barcelona is not constrained by financial problems, then this team will be one of the best again in Europe. Barcelona could make any team fear with the players and the quality of their players, but now that era has been buried because of bad financial problems. I can imagine Barcelona can dominate Europe if they have good financial strength in their pocket.
Even with disrupted financial conditions, Barcelona still won two titles last season. So we can definitely imagine how dangerous they would be if their finances were okay. Xavi can build his team better, but he still has to be patient and make adjustments even if some of his wishes are not fulfilled.

I agree with you. If Barcelona were financially sound, they would be the best club in Europe. Barcelona boss Xavi could have built a stronger squad. Even so, I would say the Barcelona team is still strong enough. While their gameplay is stable, there are several weaknesses within their squad. Xavi is unable to fully stabilize the Barcelona team due to poor financial conditions. Barcelona need another experienced striker besides Lewandowski. Although Gundogan can strengthen the midfield, Barcelona's attack is still a bit weak.

[shogun47]

~Snip

They had better do because this financial crisis has caused them a lot of setback in purchasing players of their choice. Despite that, Xavi was still able to make good use of the squad he has and won the La Liga title last season. I just imagine how great the team will be performing if they had all the players they want at their own disposal.
The return of the loan players should be a boost for them, having variety of choices to chose from makes the work easy for the coach to do rather been limited to some players playing some certain positions. I believe Xavi will make good use of the returned loan players to make Barcelona better than they were last season.

If Barcelona is not constrained by financial problems, then this team will be one of the best again in Europe. Barcelona could make any team fear with the players and the quality of their players, but now that era has been buried because of bad financial problems. I can imagine Barcelona can dominate Europe if they have good financial strength in their pocket.
Even with disrupted financial conditions, Barcelona still won two titles last season. So we can definitely imagine how dangerous they would be if their finances were okay. Xavi can build his team better, but he still has to be patient and make adjustments even if some of his wishes are not fulfilled.

I agree with you. If Barcelona were financially sound, they would be the best club in Europe. Barcelona boss Xavi could have built a stronger squad. Even so, I would say the Barcelona team is still strong enough. While their gameplay is stable, there are several weaknesses within their squad. Xavi is unable to fully stabilize the Barcelona team due to poor financial conditions. Barcelona need another experienced striker besides Lewandowski. Although Gundogan can strengthen the midfield, Barcelona's attack is still a bit weak.

Even if they were financially sound, why do you think that they would even be better than Manchester City or Bayern, which is the team that has kicked Barcelona out of the Champions League with two wins against them in the group stage. This Barcelona is a contender for the La Liga title and maybe for the Copa del Rey, although it was disappointing how Real Madrid gave them a lesson in the second leg of the Copa del Rey. Good finances good or bad finances, there is no simple conclusion whether they would be the best team as that is decided on the pitch.

[baeva]

We all know that PSG does not want him to leave. At the same time Mbappé also certainly does not want to stay. This has created a weird situation. PSG is offering him a huge amount of money to stay in the club. Mbappé does not want to stay, but we also know that Mbappé does like money a lot. And so he is still not being able to decide what to do.
In my opinion, this should not be a very hard decision. If he goes to somewhere like Real Madrid or a better club he is going to play well and that is eventually going to make his value skyrocket. And that means in the future, he will be able to earn more money compared to what he is getting in PSG now. But for some reason, he cannot decide what to do.

Kylian Mbappe is keeping his ultimate decision under wraps because he has yet to make a decision. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi stated this week that the club has presented several flexible alternatives for Mbappe, giving him a minimum of 14 days to extend his contract with the club or they will eventually trigger his sell bid to the market.  Nasser Al-Khelaifi does not want to lose Kylian Mbappe to the market as a free agent; it would be a huge loss for them, and it is a chance they are unwilling to accept; they would rather make enormous returns from Mbappe's deal.

All of a sudden PSG is showing urgency to do something about Mbappé. Probably because they have realized that they are not in the authority of the situation anymore. They will have to do something fast forward. They are certainly going to lose Mbappé as a free agent. Mbappé is the one who has the ball in his court right now. Things are going to go as he wants. Or at least that’s what it seems right now.

But I think Mbappé should not actually cause any problems for PSG. After all, PSG has given him a huge amount of money so far. Mbappé should agree that he wants to be transferred this season. Not agreeing to the new contract being presented by PSG and also not showing any interest to be transferred this season is probably not going to be the best decision for PSG. But for Mbappé I don’t think it is going to matter too much.

In my opinion PSG are being quite aggressive in this situation, they are hard on the player to choose to sign a new contract or... Or what? Are they going to pinch him for playing time? I don't think it's in PSG's own interest. They have heard the player's wishes, which are clearly finite, what they are trying to change it is not clear to me because they have a contract until the end of next season

[BITCOIN4X]

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I agree with you. If Barcelona were financially sound, they would be the best club in Europe. Barcelona boss Xavi could have built a stronger squad. Even so, I would say the Barcelona team is still strong enough. While their gameplay is stable, there are several weaknesses within their squad. Xavi is unable to fully stabilize the Barcelona team due to poor financial conditions. Barcelona need another experienced striker besides Lewandowski. Although Gundogan can strengthen the midfield, Barcelona's attack is still a bit weak.

Dembele and Raphinha can actually be improved as goal machines for Barcelona instead of just Lewandowski. Dembele has to find the net quite often instead of creating assists, and so does Raphinha. Every time they find a chance Xavi has to ask him to find the goal.

These two wingers can contribute a lot to Barcelona's goal stats, but as far as I can see Dembele and Raphinha only contribute a lot as assist makers rather than scoring goals. When Lewandowski struggles to score goals, these two players must be ready to make the difference. So that's what I expect from Xavi for Raphinha and Dembele next season.

[harapan]

I genuinely think that Barcelona will be making the right decision if they do not make anything transfer at this moment. Just play with the players that they have available right now, and sell those players who are not needed at the moment. That is going to be the best financial decision for Barcelona to take right now.

If Barcelona try to bring in a player who is going to cost a lot of money right now, they will be in financial problems again. At the same time, they will find it hard to actually find a really good place for the player. I will say that use the players who have come back from loan and also use the players that are available right now. Also, if possible, bring players on loan and try to not spend too much for a player. They should not spend if they don't have to.

There are still positions in the field that Barcelona still needs.
One of them is a defensive midfielder that will replace Sergio Busquets. Its a need. They can't go into the new season without a pivot. So they can look for a low cost midfielder that they can buy.
They also need a right back. I don't think they have the money to sign Cancelo, so they are going after Fresneda.
Barcelona is not still very convincing when it comes to their left wingers. They have Fati and Ferran in that position but I don't think those two have really shown anything that will make the club trust them.

[ajiz138]

He wants to stay until his contract expires in 2024. This is a win win solution I think, apart from Ancelotti himself this is a good thing for Real Madrid.
Ancelotti is aware that if he leaves Madrid at this time then indeed he will also be quite hated especially in the approaching time for the new season, obviously Madrid will be struggling to find a new coach so he decided to leave after his contract actually ended.
Now he must enjoy his last season in Madrid and must make a difference at least to give the best impression and experience for him in Madrid before he really leaves.

With one more season remaining I want to see Carlo Ancelotti give several titles to Real Madrid before parting ways next season, there is still a task to be completed especially if they can win the LaLiga and Champions League trophies, of course it will bring a more beautiful impression and there will be hatred for Carlo Ancelotti.

We'll see how Real Madrid will appoint another coach as a replacement for Carlo Ancelotti, but this is not a thought now because the season is still long for them to go through with Ancelotti, about the impression I think the coach will do his best plus Real Madrid's troops have a capable squad as they should it's not hard for Ancelotti.

[slapper]

It looks like Barcelona still has not gotten any other new players besides recruiting Gundogan from Manchester City and Inigo Martinez from Bilbao. A little information, that the two players were obtained on a free transfer. In this slow way, i wonder if it means Barcelona are downsizing, so that it doesn't have a negative impact on their finances as well. Because after all, Barcelona still have to recover their finances or at least, make their management clean and healthier again. Because yes, although Barcelona did not recruit many players in this transfer market, but i think Barcelona's squad is also fairly good for next season.

In any case, Barcelona is clearly trying on the role of financial centre, and it looks good on them. Without incurring any transfer fees, they have bolstered their roster with Martinez and Gundogan. Don't you think this is a brilliant use of resources? Because of Guler's defection to Real Madrid, they may have missed out on him, and they are understandably wary of committing to Silva because of the high price tag. At least they hit the jackpot with Griezmann's transfer to Atletico Madrid. It's like watching a professional financial firm instead of a sports team being managed! Is it possible to anticipate a season in which football and thriftiness coexist? Is a new epoch in sports administration just around the corner?

[ginsan]

With that kind of money, Madrid can actually afford 4 or 5 other players.   But PSG's release clause may have been made that way. In the end it was like ridiculous. Remember Real Madrid have had the experience of failed transfers, I'm afraid it could happen if Real Madrid buy Mbappe. Maybe if Madrid didn't want to buy, or other clubs didn't want him it could have come down in price. I prefer players who like to work hard than big players who are weak because they are too comfortable with money.

And in fact Real Madrid will not think like that. It can even be said that Real Madrid will look for a better gap for them to make an offer to PSG regarding their interest in Mbappe. Apart from that, Mbappe, like the news circulating on social media, where the level of harmony with PSG is starting to crack and at that time, maybe Perez will take advantage of the situation to make an offer to PSG.

Mbappe with a very high release clause is unlikely to be too much for Real madrid because they have quite good finances. And in order to strengthen the squad on the more aggressive front lines, of course Perez will do everything possible to bring Mbappe to the Bernabeu stadium. For now it is unlikely that Real Madrid will expect much from Joselu for their front line, for sure Real madrid need a player with potential at a young age for the center sticker after benzema left for Al-Ittihad.

[red4slash]

All of a sudden PSG is showing urgency to do something about Mbappé. Probably because they have realized that they are not in the authority of the situation anymore. They will have to do something fast forward. They are certainly going to lose Mbappé as a free agent. Mbappé is the one who has the ball in his court right now. Things are going to go as he wants. Or at least that’s what it seems right now.

But I think Mbappé should not actually cause any problems for PSG. After all, PSG has given him a huge amount of money so far. Mbappé should agree that he wants to be transferred this season. Not agreeing to the new contract being presented by PSG and also not showing any interest to be transferred this season is probably not going to be the best decision for PSG. But for Mbappé I don’t think it is going to matter too much.

That is quite natural. Mbappe in his interview said something that is not very favourable for PSG so they will try to put pressure now because the choice now is to force Mbappe to sign a new contract or if he refuses then selling at a high price is the best option rather than seeing him leave on a free transfer.
Today I read the latest news that the possibility of him staying at PSG for 2025 means Mbappe's auto-renewal clause is agreed and this means the second time the Mbappe and Madrid drama ends with the same result.

[Sterbens]

I agree with what you said, Valverde is a very useful player for Madrid and there is no way Madrid will give up one of their best assets to bring Mbappe because they also want a very high price for Mbappe.
Now maybe we'll just wait to see how things go with Mbappe and PSG first because this also determines if in the end Mbappe still remains with his wishes then this will allow him to be released just like that with the 250 million + that was always discussed before. Everything depends on Mbappe because if he stays with his previous statement then his drama about Madrid will continue to lengthen but if he decides to extend the contract then this will be finished but on the other hand it is a loss for Mbappe because he will still be the same as before without any improvement at PSG.

PSG are still trying to keep Mbappe even though they know he has rejected the offer of a contract extension, the price PSG is asking for is really unreasonable for a player whose contract has one year left. The Mbappe transfer drama was very complicated, Real Madrid kept trying to bring Mbappe to the Bernabeu, while PSG seemed not ready to part with Mbappe.

PSG hopes that the arrival of Luis Enrique can change Mbappe's attitude, he is a much needed player on the PSG front line to start a new story with an experienced coach in the Champions League. Luis Enrique will try to convince Mbappe with a new project to make PSG a European champion, Enrique will make a big breakthrough at the beginning of his leadership at PSG. If Real Madrid withdraws from hunting for Mbappe due to a too high price and Mbappe sticks to his stance, PSG must be ready to let Mbappe go for free next season.

Actually, for the current conditions, the news about Mbappe is also complicated by the confusion of several media that always report but without any clarity.
Now it is rumored that apart from Madrid there are Liverpool who are ready with 200 million but on the other hand we are also still waiting for the ultimatum to be carried out whether it will indeed make Mbappe change his mind to stay at PSG or not.
Now it is said that there are 14 days to think about this for Mbappe but if in the end the possibility of him leaving then Madrid and Liverpool if the news about them being ready to spend 200 million is true then it will be the strongest candidate for Mbappe's future club.

[lalabotax]

Actually, for the current conditions, the news about Mbappe is also complicated by the confusion of several media that always report but without any clarity.

Rumors regarding Mbappe are still just rumors and have not been realized in the past. Meanwhile, suddenly Asensio has officially joined PSG. Could this be one way to get Mbappe and let PSG really let him go? ha ha ha

These two clubs seem to really like to make a lot of people feel curious and quite surprised

[ginsan]

Actually, for the current conditions, the news about Mbappe is also complicated by the confusion of several media that always report but without any clarity.
Now it is rumored that apart from Madrid there are Liverpool who are ready with 200 million but on the other hand we are also still waiting for the ultimatum to be carried out whether it will indeed make Mbappe change his mind to stay at PSG or not.
Now it is said that there are 14 days to think about this for Mbappe but if in the end the possibility of him leaving then Madrid and Liverpool if the news about them being ready to spend 200 million is true then it will be the strongest candidate for Mbappe's future club.

The news about Mbappe cannot be said to be all true because all writers seem to attract readers with some interesting titles they make. But behind that we have to see a certainty that PSG will sell Mbappe in this transfer window if Mbappe does not extend his contract. PSG have made that decision and it is likely that they will soon make an official announcement in this transfer window. I think PSG would be willing to have their star player go to another club if another team can afford him for the price they want.

Not only Real Madrid, it is possible that several big teams that have financial strength will try their luck in submitting an official offer to PSG if it is true that PSG have released Mbappe as a player ready to be sold. Well for now the team from saudi arabia has a stronger budget too most likely they will enter in the race for Mbappe.

[Docnaster]

All of a sudden PSG is showing urgency to do something about Mbappé. Probably because they have realized that they are not in the authority of the situation anymore. They will have to do something fast forward. They are certainly going to lose Mbappé as a free agent. Mbappé is the one who has the ball in his court right now. Things are going to go as he wants. Or at least that’s what it seems right now.

But I think Mbappé should not actually cause any problems for PSG. After all, PSG has given him a huge amount of money so far. Mbappé should agree that he wants to be transferred this season. Not agreeing to the new contract being presented by PSG and also not showing any interest to be transferred this season is probably not going to be the best decision for PSG. But for Mbappé I don’t think it is going to matter too much.

That is quite natural. Mbappe in his interview said something that is not very favourable for PSG so they will try to put pressure now because the choice now is to force Mbappe to sign a new contract or if he refuses then selling at a high price is the best option rather than seeing him leave on a free transfer.
Today I read the latest news that the possibility of him staying at PSG for 2025 means Mbappe's auto-renewal clause is agreed and this means the second time the Mbappe and Madrid drama ends with the same result.

The truth about Kylian Mbappe's contract with Paris Saint Germaine is that the player knows that he has nothing to lose when it comes to his future with the French club.
Mbappe is in the last year of his contract with club so if the clubs management doesn't bring juicy terms to the table he'll reject the offer and leave the club as a free agent at the end of next season. So it's left for the club. So PSG are trying to lure him extend his contract with the club but that will surely cost them a lot of money

[snipie]

Atletico Madrid are targeting Azpilicueta who left Chelsea this summer and are willing to sign him for the next two seasons. There is rumours about Inter trying to catch him too but I assume he will stay in Spain if the offers are quite similar.
There is another news about Dembele discussing with Barcelona about possible extension of the contract while there is rumours about PSG wanting him to replace Mbappe in case of the departure of the latter to Real Madrid.