La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[youdacapt]

I guess it is not just about skill neither, it is about liking those players and that's it, doesn't even have to be about skill. Like I would rather have Mbappe on my team than Ronaldo because Mbappe is a better player right now. Or see Salah on my team than Messi for example, but that doesn't mean that I like those players more, not at all.

I mean Ronaldo is still liked more than Mbappe, even if he isn't as good as him anymore, or Messi is liked more than Salah, even if he is not as good as him anymore. This isn't about skill alone, it is about just how much they provided for the football fans for the past decade and a half. They got more ballon do'r between them than any other duo in history I believe.

Its not just about skill or likeness, overall it is about what they bring to their teammates and team as a whole. Mbappe is all about clinicality in goals, Messi is a great creator and a prolific goalscorer. Ronaldo is a great finisher, legendary goalscoring legend when you see his goals conversion rates with his head, both feets, chest etc

Salah is great at cutting in from the right hand side with great accuracy. Football has been always about profiles, style and skill for players

[Magicalking]

absolutely true mate, No one can emulate their performance for 10+ years like these 2 legends. apart from what you mentioned above, it must be admitted that the departure of Ronaldo and Messi has greatly affected LaLiga. watching laliga on TV sometimes people just want to watch the team because there are C Ronaldo and Messi, and that makes the club's income problem also less.

Indeed for now will not feel the same anymore. Because when Ronaldo and Messi were still around, the atmosphere of the game felt so "wow" and had presented a beautiful game on the gridiron. La Liga will feel lost for a while, but I'm not sure there will be a player who can match these 2 legends. The skills, mentality, and cohesiveness showed make the aura of the match really entertaining.

The departure of Ronaldo and Messi from La Liga makes La Liga no longer have an icon that can be an attraction for football lovers today, it will be very difficult for us to find excitement like when Messi and Ronaldo were in La Liga as before, actually when Mbappe were reported going to madrid I think we will see a resurgence of la Liga, especially after that lewandowski was also rumored to be going to barcelona, ​​so that way we will see a rivalry mbappe and lewandowski that happens as before between messi and ronaldo, but unfortunately what we expected did not happen at all because of mbappe prefer to stay at PSG.

Honestly speaking the Ronaldo and Messi rivalry in the La liga was a joy to watch, the passion, the goals, the chants, the atmosphere was always estatic and would be missed but I don't see these two legends coming back to play for their former clubs anymore, even playing in the la liga is almost not possible. Xavi has indicated interest in bring Messi back to Barcelona but there has been no response from Messi or his management. Ronaldo is not looking good at Manchester United either, his future at United is still uncertain. If there is any club that will be able to manage these two players in one team, it would be Manchester City.

[Distraction]

It would have been really awesome to watch Mbappe playing at Real Madrid by this season. Unfortunately we aren't going to be able to do so yet. Mbappe chose to stay for a longer time. The money offered to him was the biggest factor undoubtedly but I think he is still believing that PSG can achieve a Champions League title too. I think this season is going to be critical for his future choices. PSG need to find a way to win that title otherwise Real Madrid might have another chance too. But still the money he is earning now is unbelievably much so it'd be hard for him to give up on his contract.  

[Shasha80]

It would have been really awesome to watch Mbappe playing at Real Madrid by this season. Unfortunately we aren't going to be able to do so yet. Mbappe chose to stay for a longer time. The money offered to him was the biggest factor undoubtedly but I think he is still believing that PSG can achieve a Champions League title too. I think this season is going to be critical for his future choices. PSG need to find a way to win that title otherwise Real Madrid might have another chance too. But still the money he is earning now is unbelievably much so it'd be hard for him to give up on his contract.  

Real Madrid fans are really disappointed that Mbappe finally chose to stay at PSG after being offered a contract that was of fantastic value.
This means that Mbappe is more concerned with money than his ambition to play in his dream team, it is only natural that all humans will be
tempted by money. Even though I can imagine if Mbappe joins Real Madrid then the chance for Mbappe to win the Champions League trophy is
very big. Because I'm not sure Mbappe can get the Champions League trophy if he's with PSG, but that's Mbappe's choice, let him do what
he chooses to do. But I believe Real Madrid will still be a great team even if they fail to get Mbappe, Real Madrid proved this season was able
to win the trophy La Liga and Champions League.  After all Real Madrid still have Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior next season, so Real Madrid's
chances of retaining the La Liga and Champions League trophies are still quite large.

[bekti3]

It would have been really awesome to watch Mbappe playing at Real Madrid by this season. Unfortunately we aren't going to be able to do so yet. Mbappe chose to stay for a longer time. The money offered to him was the biggest factor undoubtedly but I think he is still believing that PSG can achieve a Champions League title too. I think this season is going to be critical for his future choices. PSG need to find a way to win that title otherwise Real Madrid might have another chance too. But still the money he is earning now is unbelievably much so it'd be hard for him to give up on his contract.  

Now something like this would not be possible, the Hype he has run out and sometimes for some fanatics now the love for Mbappe is replaced with hatred at the moment
PSG for the Champions league will not be as simple as imagined because of course there are strong EPL clubs and most importantly now Madrid is in control of this title so there is still no guarantee for that.

[Rockstarguy]

It is undeniable that LaLiga is one of the biggest leagues and one of the leagues that has brought in new stars in the world of football. No wonder if see some talented young players want to play there, like mbappe. Because I think Laliga is the right place to start a career in football

Talking about ronaldo and messi, both are still part of the history of Laliga's journey, because these two stars still hold the record for the highest goalscorer in Laliga history.

Ronaldo and Messi are the two great players in Laliga despite their exits from the League. They will always be remember by fans at large in Spain for their incredible and high level of competition which both of them sets in Spain, not just in Laliga but in football at large. I miss the world class El Classico game which I always love to see both players as rivals. That's the world best game in football, who wouldn't want to watch Real Madrid vs Barcelona, it's sad how time flies.

For sure this two lengend can't be forgotten not just in Laliga but in every team they have assisted with their talented skill . Despite how age is telling on this this professional players they still play football like under 17, it very rear to see players like Ronaldo and messi. I think history will never forget them for their incredible performance.

[Google+]

It would have been really awesome to watch Mbappe playing at Real Madrid by this season. Unfortunately we aren't going to be able to do so yet. Mbappe chose to stay for a longer time. The money offered to him was the biggest factor undoubtedly but I think he is still believing that PSG can achieve a Champions League title too. I think this season is going to be critical for his future choices. PSG need to find a way to win that title otherwise Real Madrid might have another chance too. But still the money he is earning now is unbelievably much so it'd be hard for him to give up on his contract.  

lol you will have to wait in 2025 to see mbappe join Real madrid. Mbappe got everything he wanted at PSG and he is happy to be there. Maybe real madrid have failed twice in this transfer market, the first one may have failed to get Mbappe and the second one was Erling Haaland.

On the barcelona side i think xavi will try hard to bring in Lewandowski this summer especially when there are news that Barcelona have prepared a new offer for bayern munich. we will continue to see the progress.

[kawetsriyanto]

I haven't been hearing about Barcelona's effort to sign Robert Lewandowski these days. They were seriously interested in this signing but now I don't see it among rumours. However I still think that they won't give up on this transfer. Maybe they aren't in a good financial condition now but they can find a way to raise funds. Selling players would be the biggest help but they had better make another effort to keep their important players at the team too. They wouldn't like to lose power while trying to sign Lewandowski.

Barcelona probably realizes that they won't have a chance to sign Lewandowski. To sign him, Barcelona not only must have enough money for his transfer fees, but Barcelona also needs to have money for his big salary. Negotiation for Lewandowski's salary probably won't be as easy as the negotiation for Aubameyang's salary, he may not agree to get a cut on salary. Moreover, Lewandowski has another option to be his destination, Real Madrid is also interested. So, even Barcelona can sell some players, no guarantee that they will succeed to sign Lewandowski. In my opinion, Barcelona should forget Lewandowski because they don't really need a new CF. They are better to save money as they are still in financial crisis. Signing Lewandowski probably even makes their financial situation worse.

[D-law]

Good one Mbappe mad the stay decision at PSG.
Else he would have gone chasing Ronaldo goals which he cannot.
Ronaldo had a lot of records at Chelsea and you expect him again?

[herurist]

Even though his performance was superior in the past at Barcelona, it is true that age is now a barrier and we already know that Dani Alves' performance has decreased quite a bit now.
Retirement may not be long for this player. As for Barcelona, they seem to be starting again with a younger team, apart from maturing their players, this is also good enough for long-term progress.

I have to say that it is clear Dani still provided something they lacked. He is not the best player, but they are lacking so much that they "needed" him. Hopefully, they could get someone better there and younger as well and that would be a much better situation for them, but for the time being, they do not have the luxury to do anything.

This means they will have to spend some money, and when you look at it, they do not have any money because of all the debt as well. So, I do not know what they are going to do, like if they wanted to buy a player there, they won't have enough money, if they do not get anyone, they have a player that should have retired.

He gave something less? for the current season it may be true but if we talk about the previous few seasons especially in the heyday of Barcelona he was one of the most dedicated players there.

The new news is now that he has decided to part with Barcelona for the second time now.
This is the right choice because he already has golden ink in his heyday at Barcelona.

[Lordhermes]

I don't have any doubt that Real Madrid's chance to become the champions in the Champions League is higher than PSG now too. The previous season was a proof for that.

PSG sacked Mauricio Pochettino for hoping to win the UCL next season. I don't know who his successor is. All still have a chance because the player's stats cannot be the basis for the champion favorite. Madrid have a mentality so they've been great this season.
As for next season I don't know, next season there are many clubs with new players. There are so many new forces that it is still difficult to predict. Maybe if the game has entered the round of the top sixteen it will be easier to determine.

There are so many big players in the PSG team,and the team needs to be trimmed down and the coach should look for a way and sign players who are ready to improve the team,players that are ready to work with the coach,because what I'm seeing at the club might be a clash of Titans because of the big names that are there.
They are all good players,but that aggressiveness is not really in them because most of them want to really be the center of attraction in the team.A good coach should come and simply change the mentality of the players before they will be able to win the champions league tittle.

[nurilham]

There are so many big players in the PSG team,and the team needs to be trimmed down and the coach should look for a way and sign players who are ready to improve the team,players that are ready to work with the coach,because what I'm seeing at the club might be a clash of Titans because of the big names that are there.
They are all good players,but that aggressiveness is not really in them because most of them want to really be the center of attraction in the team.A good coach should come and simply change the mentality of the players before they will be able to win the champions league tittle.

Indeed. PSG has many big players, which becomes an obstacle to playing as a team. Most of them play individually, every top player wants to show his skills up. PSG actually has very sharp strikers but Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe look hard to cooperate. Each of them wants to show their goalscoring productivity, so their movements are easy to analyze by opposing defenders because they rarely want to share scoring opportunities. Because of this problem, PSG needs a charismatic coach who can make those big players want to comply with every coach's instructions. Zidane or Conte is the example of a coach who probably fits with PSG squad.

[Jody.Drummer]

There are so many big players in the PSG team,and the team needs to be trimmed down and the coach should look for a way and sign players who are ready to improve the team,players that are ready to work with the coach,because what I'm seeing at the club might be a clash of Titans because of the big names that are there.
They are all good players,but that aggressiveness is not really in them because most of them want to really be the center of attraction in the team.A good coach should come and simply change the mentality of the players before they will be able to win the champions league tittle.

Indeed. PSG has many big players, which becomes an obstacle to playing as a team. Most of them play individually, every top player wants to show his skills up. PSG actually has very sharp strikers but Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe look hard to cooperate. Each of them wants to show their goalscoring productivity, so their movements are easy to analyze by opposing defenders because they rarely want to share scoring opportunities. Because of this problem, PSG needs a charismatic coach who can make those big players want to comply with every coach's instructions. Zidane or Conte is the example of a coach who probably fits with PSG squad.

Ego is very natural, especially for a team with players like this, but on the other hand, for now, especially if we look at the end of last season, the ego began to be controlled, unlike at the beginning, there were even divisions and there was a dispute between Neymar and Mbappe because of ego. .
As for the coaches I quite agree with what you said but the problem is that for now nothing is absolutely certain for PSG with these two coaches.

[zuzie]

Each one of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is going to be remembered as one of the legends that played in the La Liga before.

Lionel Messi : 474 goals (2004–2021)
Cristiano Ronaldo : 311 (2009–2018)

That is one of the reasons the two soccer stars are always linked with La Liga. competition, even though they no longer play in LaLiga, their achievements remain unbeatable. I predict their name will start to go down when there is a new star who can surpass Messi and Ronaldo's record in La Liga.

So far, based on active players in the La Liga., the record for most goals score in the league is held by Karim Benzema (219 goals) and Luis Suárez (179 goals)
Can these two players surpass the achievements of Messi and Ronaldo?

[superman184]

I heard the news that Goncalo Inacio became a target of Barcelona following reports that Gerard Pique will leave this summer, Inacio is on the rise at a relatively young age, he is the mainstay of the club S.Lisbon. The talented defender who has the potential is currently also being targeted by Manchester United, will Barcelona get him in the midst of the current financial crisis difficulties?

I think this should really happen, because Gerard Pique is old enough to get his replacement, I think by looking at Inaco's performance in Lisbon, it is worthy of being the target of the top teams on the European continent. With the addition of the back line to the Barcelona squad, I believe Barcelona will be a strong candidate for the Spanish La Liga title next season

[wmaurik]

I think this should really happen, because Gerard Pique is old enough to get his replacement, I think by looking at Inaco's performance in Lisbon, it is worthy of being the target of the top teams on the European continent. With the addition of the back line to the Barcelona squad, I believe Barcelona will be a strong candidate for the Spanish La Liga title next season

Actually it looks very simple for Barcelona at the moment because only by buying some great players for some lines including the back line like you said, then Barcelona will become even stronger next season, but the question is whether Barcelona can get some great players at this point to start next season in terms of the race for the La Liga title ?

[BuNga_cute]

I heard the news that Goncalo Inacio became a target of Barcelona following reports that Gerard Pique will leave this summer, Inacio is on the rise at a relatively young age, he is the mainstay of the club S.Lisbon. The talented defender who has the potential is currently also being targeted by Manchester United, will Barcelona get him in the midst of the current financial crisis difficulties?

I think this should really happen, because Gerard Pique is old enough to get his replacement, I think by looking at Inaco's performance in Lisbon, it is worthy of being the target of the top teams on the European continent. With the addition of the back line to the Barcelona squad, I believe Barcelona will be a strong candidate for the Spanish La Liga title next season

Gerard Pique's form has dropped a lot this season, and also Pique is 35 years old, so it looks like his game is not going to improve anymore.
Moreover, Gerard Pique has many problems in his personal life. This affected his game with Barcelona, ​​so it is a wise decision if Barcelona is
now focused on finding a new defender to replace Pique. Signing Goncalo Inacio could be a solution for Barcelona to strengthen Barcelona's back line,
but Goncalo Inacio is still very young, I doubt he can replace Pique's role. After all, Goncalo Inacio still has a fairly long contract with Sporting,
so it's possible that Sporting ask for a high transfer fee. Actually, Barcelona no longer needs to buy new defenders, because they have already
got Andreas Christensen from Chelsea, Barcelona just need to find a way to register Christensen and Kessie as new players. Maybe Barcelona
should focus on signing Lewandowski from Bayern to strengthen their front line, so that Barcelona can compete next season in La Liga and
also the Champions League.

[Renampun]

Gerard Pique's form has dropped a lot this season, and also Pique is 35 years old, so it looks like his game is not going to improve anymore.
Moreover, Gerard Pique has many problems in his personal life. This affected his game with Barcelona, ​​so it is a wise decision if Barcelona is
now focused on finding a new defender to replace Pique. Signing Goncalo Inacio could be a solution for Barcelona to strengthen Barcelona's back line,
but Goncalo Inacio is still very young, I doubt he can replace Pique's role. After all, Goncalo Inacio still has a fairly long contract with Sporting,
so it's possible that Sporting ask for a high transfer fee. Actually, Barcelona no longer needs to buy new defenders, because they have already
got Andreas Christensen from Chelsea, Barcelona just need to find a way to register Christensen and Kessie as new players. Maybe Barcelona
should focus on signing Lewandowski from Bayern to strengthen their front line, so that Barcelona can compete next season in La Liga and
also the Champions League.

That's true but it seems that the Barca president was touched by Pique's request that he wants to stay at Barca even though his salary was cut...

a football observer also said football is a big business not a humanitarian service, so the solution for barca at this time is to put pique in the reserve seat as often as possible until his contract runs out and field young defenders like christensen as often as possible so that barca can compete with madrid which is filled by many fit and young players.

[hahay]

I think this should really happen, because Gerard Pique is old enough to get his replacement, I think by looking at Inaco's performance in Lisbon, it is worthy of being the target of the top teams on the European continent. With the addition of the back line to the Barcelona squad, I believe Barcelona will be a strong candidate for the Spanish La Liga title next season

Actually it looks very simple for Barcelona at the moment because only by buying some great players for some lines including the back line like you said, then Barcelona will become even stronger next season, but the question is whether Barcelona can get some great players at this point to start next season in terms of the race for the La Liga title ?

It's not a problem to bring in any new players, because Barcelona's main problem at the moment is the financial crisis they are experiencing. So, whoever the current Barcelona players are basically they like the team or whoever the players have an interest in joining Barcelona, then I'm sure they love Barcelona. Because as we know, because Barcelona went through a crisis, at least some of the old players got a pay cut. So yeah, basically at this moment it's difficult to build a solid squad at Barcelona and with this incident too, I really appreciate a Xavi who has the ability to keep Barcelona on track at the top of the table.

[hd49728]

It's not a problem to bring in any new players, because Barcelona's main problem at the moment is the financial crisis they are experiencing. So, whoever the current Barcelona players are basically they like the team or whoever the players have an interest in joining Barcelona, then I'm sure they love Barcelona. Because as we know, because Barcelona went through a crisis, at least some of the old players got a pay cut. So yeah, basically at this moment it's difficult to build a solid squad at Barcelona and with this incident too, I really appreciate a Xavi who has the ability to keep Barcelona on track at the top of the table.

Because of financial crisis, Barcelona should prioritze to minimize its effects in next 2 to 3 years. Meanwhile, they must move forwards with young players from La Masia as many source of their player supplements for their squad. They have to sacrifice a few seasons without title to enhance their finance first. It is good enough if they maintain a position in top 4 of La Liga and go as far as possible in Champions League to get more income.

Later, after a few seasons, they can think of buying good players on transfer market and fight for tittles again. Good players nowadays are too expensive and they require high salary too. It is not what Barcelona can do at the moment.