La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[condoras]

It's the unbelievable og goal from Villareal, at very last minute. Terrible mistake.

A terrible mistake which cost me a very big big BIG win... It would be a great win for Villareal but it seems that anything can happen at any time with any team. Very unlucky. Still, they played well and for sure they will be a tough team to beat for all.
Atalanta though is a very attacking team, UCL isn't LaLiga, and I really doubt that they can hold the score at low levels.

[snipie]

Real Madrid are still unable to sign Kylian Mbappe even though they offered around 200 million euros for him. I don't understand why PSG don't even say anything about it. It is really a big disgrace. I really wanted to see Mbappe at Real Madrid but it doesn't seem like this transfer will come true at least this summer. But as of January, Real Madrid will be able to sign him without paying a transfer fee. They should just be patient as Mbappe wants to go there for certain.

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

[beerlover]

I also don't think that Villarreal are a small club in the La Liga. First of all, they won the Europa League title even against Manchester United and they are in the Champions League group stage now. Yeah like you said, maybe they don't have many very impressive achievements so far. But I really appreciated their performance in the last season. They were struggling against Atletico in this game but they still benefited from their few chances perfectly. I think that they deserve the respect.

I guess there are many times in life when a smaller club ends up over achieving and doing something nobody expects. Villareal did that with europa cup last season, I didn't even expected them to be at the quarter finals but with a bit of lucky draw and also great comradery between players, we have seen them do so much better. At the end of the day it is just one achievement and let's see how they are this season, if they can keep this up then they are going to be good but rarely teams do that.

Look at Leicester, they won the league few years back and that was unexpected as hell, that was literally the best that you could ever imagine, what happened? They started to be horrible after a while and they lost so much and that is the main problem. If villareal can hold to this success and build on top of it then they will be good, otherwise they are gone.

[ShowOff]

This unfortunate fact made Atlético have this victory, but I think that Atlético fought a lot and could not, the good thing is that luck was in their favor, this makes me think that Atlético is going through a moment in which all Los Players must believe that they no longer have anything to do with winning, Real Madrid wants to sign Mbappé, and from what I have seen, the absence of Messi has hit him, without a doubt Messi has left them many holes that are difficult to overcome, now Atlético can win the Spanish League if Atlético continues as it is.

Atletico Madrid has always been one of the other 2 team "Barcelona and Real Madrid" who always have the potential to win the Laliga title every season. Atletico Madrid is currently the third team to win the most La Liga title after Real Madrid and Barcelona. I feel they will struggle to maintain consistency throughout the season and that is a problem for every team and Atletico Madrid is no exception. Last season the competition for the title was fierce between the three team, and this season I'm sure it will be the same. Meanwhile of the 29 voters who followed this thread, 13 of them voted for Barcelona to win the title. I doubt it will happen this season.

[abhiseshakana]

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

Even though PSG is rich, refusing 220 million euros is a reckless act because with that much money PSG will be able to do a lot. As a result of this action, PSG must be ready to lose Mbappe for free because his heart is not for PSG anymore, no matter how many times PSG offers a contract extension, I guess it will certainly be rejected by Mbappe.

[Iranus]

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

Even though PSG is rich, refusing 220 million euros is a reckless act because with that much money PSG will be able to do a lot. As a result of this action, PSG must be ready to lose Mbappe for free because his heart is not for PSG anymore, no matter how many times PSG offers a contract extension, I guess it will certainly be rejected by Mbappe.

I agree with you. Mbappe no longer wants to stay at PSG. No player should be forced into the team. PSG should sell him. Besides, Mbappe is a bit selfish. He does not want to adapt to Messi. Which would not be good for the team. PSG should sell Mbappe to Real Madrid. 220m is a big amount.

[kassex]

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

Even though PSG is rich, refusing 220 million euros is a reckless act because with that much money PSG will be able to do a lot. As a result of this action, PSG must be ready to lose Mbappe for free because his heart is not for PSG anymore, no matter how many times PSG offers a contract extension, I guess it will certainly be rejected by Mbappe.

I agree with you. Mbappe no longer wants to stay at PSG. No player should be forced into the team. PSG should sell him. Besides, Mbappe is a bit selfish. He does not want to adapt to Messi. Which would not be good for the team. PSG should sell Mbappe to Real Madrid. 220m is a big amount.

Psg wants 220 million, but this does not mean that Real Madrid will pay that kind of money. And it could be that PSG will raise the price even higher. They hope that they can persuade the player to renew the contract so that they can dictate terms to any club. But I think Mbappe's desire to move to Real Madrid is strong enough to achieve his goal and fulfill his dream.

[jakdanyel]

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

Even though PSG is rich, refusing 220 million euros is a reckless act because with that much money PSG will be able to do a lot. As a result of this action, PSG must be ready to lose Mbappe for free because his heart is not for PSG anymore, no matter how many times PSG offers a contract extension, I guess it will certainly be rejected by Mbappe.

I agree with you. Mbappe no longer wants to stay at PSG. No player should be forced into the team. PSG should sell him. Besides, Mbappe is a bit selfish. He does not want to adapt to Messi. Which would not be good for the team. PSG should sell Mbappe to Real Madrid. 220m is a big amount.

Psg wants 220 million, but this does not mean that Real Madrid will pay that kind of money. And it could be that PSG will raise the price even higher. They hope that they can persuade the player to renew the contract so that they can dictate terms to any club. But I think Mbappe's desire to move to Real Madrid is strong enough to achieve his goal and fulfill his dream.

Real Madrid were actually ready to pay €200m. As far as I know, their last offer was it. But PSG still resisted the offer and didn't even say anything. I know that PSG are a really rich club and they won't care about his being free agent at the end of the season. But still, I don't think that it was a wise decision. If they let him go for that amount, they would pay an incredible amount of money for Erling Haaland and get him. Maybe it wouldn't be easy but I believe they would manage somehow.

[uneng]

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

Even though PSG is rich, refusing 220 million euros is a reckless act because with that much money PSG will be able to do a lot. As a result of this action, PSG must be ready to lose Mbappe for free because his heart is not for PSG anymore, no matter how many times PSG offers a contract extension, I guess it will certainly be rejected by Mbappe.

I agree with you. Mbappe no longer wants to stay at PSG. No player should be forced into the team. PSG should sell him. Besides, Mbappe is a bit selfish. He does not want to adapt to Messi. Which would not be good for the team. PSG should sell Mbappe to Real Madrid. 220m is a big amount.

Psg wants 220 million, but this does not mean that Real Madrid will pay that kind of money. And it could be that PSG will raise the price even higher. They hope that they can persuade the player to renew the contract so that they can dictate terms to any club. But I think Mbappe's desire to move to Real Madrid is strong enough to achieve his goal and fulfill his dream.

Real Madrid were actually ready to pay €200m. As far as I know, their last offer was it. But PSG still resisted the offer and didn't even say anything. I know that PSG are a really rich club and they won't care about his being free agent at the end of the season. But still, I don't think that it was a wise decision. If they let him go for that amount, they would pay an incredible amount of money for Erling Haaland and get him. Maybe it wouldn't be easy but I believe they would manage somehow.

Real Madrid was really generous to increase the offer from €180m to €200m since the last negotiation, and even after that PSG didn't accept the offer. It makes me believe PSG didn't want to sell Mbappe since the beginning. PSG wants him to play at least one season partnering with Messi and Neymar, composing a top tier 1 unbeatable trio.
Is this approach more profitable for PSG than the offer made by Real Madrid, or is the symbolic meaning of this trio for the history of soccer and PSG itself more important than financial profits for the club?

[DIA7]

Surprise of the last day of the transfer market 🔥🔥 Griezmann returns to Atletico Madrid on loan from Barcelona with the right to buy next season for 40 million.
I'm afraid that Barcelona is giving Atletico the tools again to get the Championship for the second time.
It's true that things didn't work out for him in Barcelona because like many other players signed by Barcelona before is that their have been no research or study they just had cash around and they splash it around.
I think that the future signings for Barcelona is going to be better selected because not all the players fit in another team or playing style.

[JeromeTash]

PSG is just very rich club and doesn't care. Putting a star in their shirts is the ultimate goal of the owner and he is ready to sacrifice Mbappe for free for that. PSG tried its best directly and indirectly via his father and friends to convince Mbappe to renew the contract but everything seems to fail. We will see if there is something that will happen in the last few hours.

Well they do care, because if they don't FFP will make them think again.

The president himself said that they needed more money from Mbappe sale. If they didn't want to sell him, they would have just said that he's not up for sale.

There are rumors that they tried again to offer Mbappe a staggering 45M Euros a year, but he has rejected it once more. I am not sure of the sources, but I will confirm.

[Kusman]

Surprise of the last day of the transfer market 🔥🔥 Griezmann returns to Atletico Madrid on loan from Barcelona with the right to buy next season for 40 million.
I'm afraid that Barcelona is giving Atletico the tools again to get the Championship for the second time.
It's true that things didn't work out for him in Barcelona because like many other players signed by Barcelona before is that their have been no research or study they just had cash around and they splash it around.
I think that the future signings for Barcelona is going to be better selected because not all the players fit in another team or playing style.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/griezmann-rsquo-s-return-to-atletico-agreed-barca-want-sevilla-rsquo-s-de-jong/view/news/392205

Yeah, I have seen it. And I must admit that I'm really shocked. Because after Messi's departure, their biggest player was Griezmann. But they chose to loan Griezmann also. I don't understand why they did this. I wonder whether the player insisted on going there or not. After this move, Atletico Madrid are even stronger now. Griezmann will do a great job alongside Luis Suarez. And Barcelona are weaker now.

[LTU_btc]

https://www.transfermarkt.com/griezmann-rsquo-s-return-to-atletico-agreed-barca-want-sevilla-rsquo-s-de-jong/view/news/392205

Yeah, I have seen it. And I must admit that I'm really shocked. Because after Messi's departure, their biggest player was Griezmann. But they chose to loan Griezmann also. I don't understand why they did this. I wonder whether the player insisted on going there or not. After this move, Atletico Madrid are even stronger now. Griezmann will do a great job alongside Luis Suarez. And Barcelona are weaker now.

Griezmann is the result of terrible previous club management. Barca now simply can't afford to keep him. But I don't really like that he is going to direct competitors. Same like Suarez, he will make a lot of problems for us.
Barca also sold Ilaix Moriba to Leipzig for €25m. He is big prospect, but Barca simply desperately need money.
Bellerin to Betis and this tweet aged... very well
https://mobile.twitter.com/RealBetis_en/status/1091429730941693952

[BuNga_cute]

https://www.transfermarkt.com/griezmann-rsquo-s-return-to-atletico-agreed-barca-want-sevilla-rsquo-s-de-jong/view/news/392205

Yeah, I have seen it. And I must admit that I'm really shocked. Because after Messi's departure, their biggest player was Griezmann. But they chose to loan Griezmann also. I don't understand why they did this. I wonder whether the player insisted on going there or not. After this move, Atletico Madrid are even stronger now. Griezmann will do a great job alongside Luis Suarez. And Barcelona are weaker now.

Griezmann is the result of terrible previous club management. Barca now simply can't afford to keep him. But I don't really like that he is going to direct competitors. Same like Suarez, he will make a lot of problems for us.
Barca also sold Ilaix Moriba to Leipzig for €25m. He is big prospect, but Barca simply desperately need money.
Bellerin to Betis and this tweet aged... very well
https://mobile.twitter.com/RealBetis_en/status/1091429730941693952

Even though Griezmann played badly for Barcelona, ​​releasing Griezmann to Atletico was not a good choice. As you said this is the same as Suarez
who will make Atletico stronger and this will of course hurt Barcelona. Barcelona should have let Suarez out of La Liga, but maybe the positive
effect of Barcelona's salary burden is decreasing. Ilaix Moriba turned down a contract extension from Barcelona, ​​so it was a good decision to sell him
to Leipzig.

Then regarding Hector Bellerin's move to Real Betis, it is quite sad, because Bellerin is one of the longest-serving players in the Arsenal squad.
His performance has indeed declined, so it was a good decision to let him go to Betis, hopefully Bellerin can find his best form again with Betis.
Arsenal's replacement for Bellerin finally got Takehiro Tomiyasu, it's a good buy in my opinion. Apart from young players, Tomiyasu also played
quite well with Bologna, so at least he could help strengthen Arsenal's defence.

[AndySt]

https://www.transfermarkt.com/griezmann-rsquo-s-return-to-atletico-agreed-barca-want-sevilla-rsquo-s-de-jong/view/news/392205
Yeah, I have seen it. And I must admit that I'm really shocked. Because after Messi's departure, their biggest player was Griezmann. But they chose to loan Griezmann also. I don't understand why they did this. I wonder whether the player insisted on going there or not. After this move, Atletico Madrid are even stronger now. Griezmann will do a great job alongside Luis Suarez. And Barcelona are weaker now.

Griezmann is the result of terrible previous club management. Barca now simply can't afford to keep him. But I don't really like that he is going to direct competitors. Same like Suarez, he will make a lot of problems for us.
Barca also sold Ilaix Moriba to Leipzig for €25m. He is big prospect, but Barca simply desperately need money.
Bellerin to Betis and this tweet aged... very well
https://mobile.twitter.com/RealBetis_en/status/1091429730941693952

I think this move is a big mistake on the part of Barcelona, because it was worth seeing how Griezmann will look in the squad after Messi leaves. The fact that Griezmann did not fully fit into the team's game under Messi is a fact, but Messi has left and the structure of the team's game is undergoing changes and maybe the French player would fit in normally now. Atletico Madrid can take advantage of such a gift from a direct competitor with pleasure, especially since Barcelona itself bought Griezmann from Atletico in the summer of 2019 for 120 million euros, and now we are talking about amounts two or three times less, so Atletico Madrid will remain in profit in any case.

[Spack17]

https://www.transfermarkt.com/griezmann-rsquo-s-return-to-atletico-agreed-barca-want-sevilla-rsquo-s-de-jong/view/news/392205
Yeah, I have seen it. And I must admit that I'm really shocked. Because after Messi's departure, their biggest player was Griezmann. But they chose to loan Griezmann also. I don't understand why they did this. I wonder whether the player insisted on going there or not. After this move, Atletico Madrid are even stronger now. Griezmann will do a great job alongside Luis Suarez. And Barcelona are weaker now.

Griezmann is the result of terrible previous club management. Barca now simply can't afford to keep him. But I don't really like that he is going to direct competitors. Same like Suarez, he will make a lot of problems for us.
Barca also sold Ilaix Moriba to Leipzig for €25m. He is big prospect, but Barca simply desperately need money.
Bellerin to Betis and this tweet aged... very well
https://mobile.twitter.com/RealBetis_en/status/1091429730941693952

I think this move is a big mistake on the part of Barcelona, because it was worth seeing how Griezmann will look in the squad after Messi leaves. The fact that Griezmann did not fully fit into the team's game under Messi is a fact, but Messi has left and the structure of the team's game is undergoing changes and maybe the French player would fit in normally now.

If they were really having big problems on paying his salary, then Barcelona had no other choice rather than loaning or selling him to another club. I was surprised to hear about the news while the transfer window was nearly closing. I wonder why Barcelona waited for this much time. Maybe they tried to find some funds to afford his salary but they couldn't.

[ingiltere]

Sad to see Griezmann left but giving him to your biggest opposition in La Liga is quite terrible move no matter how you look. They made the same mistake as Suarez incident last season. I understand they have to give up on big salary players but was there no other alternatives than Atletico? This doesn't look like a well thought decision, instead of that it's a last minute call and they haven't realized the consequences yet. We will see how it affect the balances of La Liga but Atletico surely have a quite good leverage on their hands already.

[MAAManda]

Sad to see Griezmann left but giving him to your biggest opposition in La Liga is quite terrible move no matter how you look. They made the same mistake as Suarez incident last season. I understand they have to give up on big salary players but was there no other alternatives than Atletico? This doesn't look like a well thought decision, instead of that it's a last minute call and they haven't realized the consequences yet. We will see how it affect the balances of La Liga but Atletico surely have a quite good leverage on their hands already.

Maybe no other club has offered a good enough offer, to be honest, I'm very happy to see Atletico take their old players back, moreover Griezmann didn't play well enough at Barcelona (maybe because of the difference in playing style). With Griezmann return to Atletico Madrid, he will feel his old style of play

and I'm sure you already know who Griezmann replacement was at Barcelona, ​​do you think the Sevilla player is worth it?

[hahay]

Sad to see Griezmann left but giving him to your biggest opposition in La Liga is quite terrible move no matter how you look. They made the same mistake as Suarez incident last season. I understand they have to give up on big salary players but was there no other alternatives than Atletico? This doesn't look like a well thought decision, instead of that it's a last minute call and they haven't realized the consequences yet. We will see how it affect the balances of La Liga but Atletico surely have a quite good leverage on their hands already.

Maybe no other club has offered a good enough offer, to be honest, I'm very happy to see Atletico take their old players back, moreover Griezmann didn't play well enough at Barcelona (maybe because of the difference in playing style). With Griezmann return to Atletico Madrid, he will feel his old style of play

and I'm sure you already know who Griezmann replacement was at Barcelona, ​​do you think the Sevilla player is worth it?

Wow, I'm shocked by this info and I thought it might be false news but it is true news. How can Barcelona make a decision that might be ridiculous I think, after Messi left and Barcelona loaned Griezmann to his old team it would really be a blunder in my opinion. With Griezmann back at Atletico it looks like this season will be a season where Atletico are very dangerous, I personally believe Atletico will get the La Liga title for the second time in a row.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Maybe no other club has offered a good enough offer, to be honest, I'm very happy to see Atletico take their old players back, moreover Griezmann didn't play well enough at Barcelona (maybe because of the difference in playing style). With Griezmann return to Atletico Madrid, he will feel his old style of play

It is just a loan with one year contract from Barcelona to Atletico Madrid. Usually players can not find their best after they reunite with the clubs at which they made their names. Shevchenko, Kaka, Diego Costa, Fernado Torres and I don't think we will see the best Griezman in this season.

Furthermore, Griezman does not have many times to find his best performance back, in Atletico or Barcelona or what else club. He is getting older each year and still can not solve his trouble since the transfer to Barcelona.

I think Barcelona made this loan because they have to cut their salary budget.