La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[aylabadia05]

I know that having Robert Lewandowski on the team is going to help Barcelona a lot to perform better. But is it worth spending more than 40 million on a player who is already 34 years old? I really don’t think so.

I have no doubt that Robert Lewandowski is a great player and if Barcelona did not have such financial problems I would have easily said that Robert Lewandowski is worth every penny. But right now is this transfer going to be worth it for Barcelona?

I would actually love to see Barcelona get better defenders and probably get Luis Suarez instead of Robert Lewandowski. Because that is going to be a cheap transfer.

It's not worth paying 40 million for a player who is already 34 if the player is not Lewandowski. Why? because behind Lewandowski's 40 million price, there are other goals that can give Barcelona profits, in my opinion, such as selling jerseys and other merchandise.

It is impossible for Luis Suarez to return to Barcelona because the basis of Suarez's sale to Atletico Madrid is because he is no longer young and Barcelona needs younger players because of Barca's busy schedule. I think you still remember the reason why Barcelona officials let Luis Suarez off a few years ago.

[BALIK]

It is impossible for Luis Suarez to return to Barcelona because the basis of Suarez's sale to Atletico Madrid is because he is no longer young and Barcelona needs younger players because of Barca's busy schedule. I think you still remember the reason why Barcelona officials let Luis Suarez off a few years ago.

Suarez and Messi were in very good form in Barcelona. However, the Barcelona management did not extend the contract with them because they are now looking for young talent. Xavi is not interested at this moment on Messi or Suarez. He is now keen to invest on young players. However, Barcelona is now keen to sign Lewandowski, as they now need an experienced striker to win next season's title.

[Razmirraz]

It's true that Bale wanted more playing time maybe that's why he chose to leave Real Madrid and choice he accepted the LAFC offer was the right choice. The MLS league isn't too tight and it's a good step for Bale to show his abilities in the LAFC attack. we know bale is a professional player and his running speed might be one of his strengths.

Real Madrid have a large stock of strikers, especially Vinicius Jr has found his best form last season and I think his position will be difficult to replace.

Yes, for now Real Madrid's young players are showing something extraordinary, such as Vinicius who has performed so well with Benzema up front. Of course if he can deliver like that consistently then his position will be difficult to shift.
Bale has long been a substitute for heating the bench, when he can't get game time then leaving the club is the right thing.

Vinicius has developed well while playing with Benzema, this is very good for Real Madrid. Last season Vinicius' performance was far above average when compared to other young players, his goal productivity was increasing. If you want to continue to be in the Real Madrid main squad, Vinicius must maintain his performance so that it doesn't go up and down. He must learn from Bale who rarely gets the chance to play due to not being able to maintain his form, as a result he has to settle for being on the bench. Bale's situation should be used as a valuable lesson for Real Madrid young players, without showing good performances when given the trust to play, the consequences will be out of the main squad.

[DanWalker]

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His career is not ending, there are other goals that must be carved out by him, joining LAFC actually to strengthen his fitness to be ready for the world cup. If he can show all his talents at this event, possible that he will be offered by a top European club. Bale is a player also can be concluded is not too old for a career, July 16 he will be 33 years old. While we can see there are still many older players above him having a career at big clubs.

I also think that his main target is going to be the World Cup right now. He really does not seem to be interested in club football. So, this is going to prepare him for the World Cup but if he was at all interested in club football he wouldn’t have taken a decision like this.

Surely he has few years left in his career as good player, and he can regain his best in coming days with having some good performance in world up and play in LAFC for one season. If he is able to perform in good way then surely we will expect good change for him in next season, and he could be in his desired team for next season, right now going to LAFC is good and positive change for him and his career.

After having some amazing seasons he achieves some good success but sadly in new Real Madrid setup he fails to take his place and now leaving his club just for having some better time in game which is not available in current team due to some good players already having his place.

He was once a Real Madrid star. And he has given Real Madrid some really good time. It is just a little unexpected, let me rephrase, it is actually really unexpected for a lot of people that he just cannot get his place back again in Real Madrid. And now his main target is the World Cup. But I really don’t think he’s going to have very good success in the World Cup as well.

[Altryist]

Well, if so, then Ronaldo is just a spoiled player who continues to be given assists to score goals by his teammates. Therefore, I've never been too fanatical about idolizing a player because basically, football is about eleven players and not just one. If they only rely on one person, then in my view the great is the other players because they can control their ego, that is a difficult control when in a match.

Ronaldo is a great striker, but you understand that the point here is not how strong he is individually, or how good he works with team, it's all about his age. He is already 37 years old and despite the fact that he is in good shape, but everyone who considers his candidacy pays attention to this and understands that he has one or two seasons left to play, so I think that he can end his career at Manchester United if he does not go behind Bale in MLS. I have said many times that his departure from Real Madrid was a mistake, but nothing can be done about it. I'm sure Ronaldo would love to return in Real Madrid.

[aylabadia05]

It is impossible for Luis Suarez to return to Barcelona because the basis of Suarez's sale to Atletico Madrid is because he is no longer young and Barcelona needs younger players because of Barca's busy schedule. I think you still remember the reason why Barcelona officials let Luis Suarez off a few years ago.

Suarez and Messi were in very good form in Barcelona. However, the Barcelona management did not extend the contract with them because they are now looking for young talent. Xavi is not interested at this moment on Messi or Suarez. He is now keen to invest on young players. However, Barcelona is now keen to sign Lewandowski, as they now need an experienced striker to win next season's title.

Lionel Messi left Barcelona in 2021 based on the admission of the president of Barcelona, Juan Laporta, because the Blaugrana suffered a Financial Fair Play collision so that Messi could not be retained. Meanwhile, Luis Suarez is considered no longer able to compete in major competitions. Isn't it like that?

Looking for an experienced striker, I think Barcelona's choice of Lewandowski was the right one.

[Minor Miner]

Karim Benzemas statistics last season are unmatched, he has being on fire for some seasons now scoring magnificent goals and showing consistency in the league and the champions league and I'm sure his performance for Real madrid last season will not be forgotten. He is so far the world's best striker and has proven everyone wrong after many years of criticism. He deserves to win the ballon D'or, if it were in my power he would have recieved it already.

I don't think, Karim Benzemas can be the world best striker because he find it difficult to achieve goals from some matches that made their team not to perform well in the last season. But he really performed well in UEFA champions league because he was the one that cause what made the Real Madrid to win the title that made the people to count he among the best strikers in the world. I believe, Karim Benzemas will improve more in next season because he will like to improve his performance to make the world to believe he has what it takes to help a team to achieve victory.

Karim Benzema has played really well and he has shown one of his best performances ever in the last season. He basically took Real Madrid away from any type of difficult situation single-handedly.

Well, if I say single-handedly it is not going to be exactly true. Because he had some great help from his teammates. Even though the Real Madrid midfielders are not very young right now they have provided some really good service to Real Madrid. He has faced a lot of criticism for a long period of time. Finally, it is really good to see him being respected and also getting the respect that he deserves. And finally, the Ballon d’Or is going to be the cherry on top.

[KTChampions]

It's not worth paying 40 million for a player who is already 34 if the player is not Lewandowski. Why? because behind Lewandowski's 40 million price, there are other goals that can give Barcelona profits, in my opinion, such as selling jerseys and other merchandise.

It is impossible for Luis Suarez to return to Barcelona because the basis of Suarez's sale to Atletico Madrid is because he is no longer young and Barcelona needs younger players because of Barca's busy schedule. I think you still remember the reason why Barcelona officials let Luis Suarez off a few years ago.

I'm already confused about the price of Lewandowski - they write that Barcelona offers 30, and Bavaria wants 40. The other day they write that Bayern wants 50 and Barcelona offers 40. But the most confusing is the position of Barcelona - on the one hand, they offer money, on the other hand, they seem to have no money and they offer to wait a couple of months until they find it   In my opinion, this is turning into some kind of farce.

[Minor Miner]

It's not worth paying 40 million for a player who is already 34 if the player is not Lewandowski. Why? because behind Lewandowski's 40 million price, there are other goals that can give Barcelona profits, in my opinion, such as selling jerseys and other merchandise.
It is impossible for Luis Suarez to return to Barcelona because the basis of Suarez's sale to Atletico Madrid is because he is no longer young and Barcelona needs younger players because of Barca's busy schedule. I think you still remember the reason why Barcelona officials let Luis Suarez off a few years ago.

I'm already confused about the price of Lewandowski - they write that Barcelona offers 30, and Bavaria wants 40. The other day they write that Bayern wants 50 and Barcelona offers 40. But the most confusing is the position of Barcelona - on the one hand, they offer money, on the other hand, they seem to have no money and they offer to wait a couple of months until they find it   In my opinion, this is turning into some kind of farce.

It is true that Barcelona is in a financial crisis. However, the Barcelona management will do their best to take Lewandowski in the team. If necessary, they will want to take Lewandowski in the team even if he takes a loan. Because Xavi's goal is to win the title next season, they definitely need a striker like Lewandowski. However, Barcelona may not be able to spend too much money now.

[marcous]

I'm already confused about the price of Lewandowski - they write that Barcelona offers 30, and Bavaria wants 40. The other day they write that Bayern wants 50 and Barcelona offers 40. But the most confusing is the position of Barcelona - on the one hand, they offer money, on the other hand, they seem to have no money and they offer to wait a couple of months until they find it   In my opinion, this is turning into some kind of farce.

It is true that Barcelona is in a financial crisis. However, the Barcelona management will do their best to take Lewandowski in the team. If necessary, they will want to take Lewandowski in the team even if he takes a loan. Because Xavi's goal is to win the title next season, they definitely need a striker like Lewandowski. However, Barcelona may not be able to spend too much money now.

Barcelona's financial crisis forced them to look for free transfers or aging star players. Barcelona's management is still trying to negotiate with Bayern Munich to bring in Lewandowski. The asking price of Bayern Munich is quite expensive for Barcelona who are frugal to save the club.  They also have to cut player salaries to keep their financial cash stable. The arrival of new players is needed by Barcelona, ​​Lewandowski is considered capable of being a striker who can increase the number of goals for Barcelona. Let's just wait for further news, this drama seems to be very complicated to finish.

[snipie]

It is true that Barcelona is in a financial crisis. However, the Barcelona management will do their best to take Lewandowski in the team. If necessary, they will want to take Lewandowski in the team even if he takes a loan. Because Xavi's goal is to win the title next season, they definitely need a striker like Lewandowski. However, Barcelona may not be able to spend too much money now.

Barcelona problem is related to the bad management and the choice of players and their high wages. They need to reconsider the performance of their players and improve the squad. For example, De Jong can make them get Lewandowski +/- let other players leave or be loaned to reduce the charge..
Being clogged with financial issues will make any coach unable to guarantee any title or even a stable performance of the team.

[mia_houston]

It is true that Barcelona is in a financial crisis. However, the Barcelona management will do their best to take Lewandowski in the team. If necessary, they will want to take Lewandowski in the team even if he takes a loan. Because Xavi's goal is to win the title next season, they definitely need a striker like Lewandowski. However, Barcelona may not be able to spend too much money now.

Barcelona problem is related to the bad management and the choice of players and their high wages. They need to reconsider the performance of their players and improve the squad. For example, De Jong can make them get Lewandowski +/- let other players leave or be loaned to reduce the charge..
Being clogged with financial issues will make any coach unable to guarantee any title or even a stable performance of the team.

Selling de jong in my opinion is not an accurate solution to solving barcelona current problems, maybe the money obtained from selling de jong will be used to buy lewandowski, but in my opinion, in fact Barcelona will not be able to win if they only rely on lewandowski without support other quality players, even if barcelona got lewandowski it would make their attack line dangerous but what about the midfield or defense which actually became fragile when de jong left?
I think Barcelona will only add new problems if they are desperate to sell de Jong and buy Lewandowski at a high price.

[ampere]

Barcelona problem is related to the bad management and the choice of players and their high wages.

Bad management aside, i think the Barcelona entire board are set of unserious peeps. Why do i say so, a club that is indebted and cannot pay wages has no business issuing out huge contracts or paying hefty transfer fees. The contract approach for Lewandoski is proof of everything that is wrong with Barcelona. Total Mismanagement.

[Google+]

Barcelona problem is related to the bad management and the choice of players and their high wages. They need to reconsider the performance of their players and improve the squad. For example, De Jong can make them get Lewandowski +/- let other players leave or be loaned to reduce the charge..
Being clogged with financial issues will make any coach unable to guarantee any title or even a stable performance of the team.

There are definitely two options that Barcelona must take to improve their finances, maybe the first one I think is from their management side because it is from the directors that this problem arises. they have to be really unambitious in this transfer window if they want to improve their finances by buying players with low fee clauses and selling players with high salary status in their squad. maybe Barcelona should learn from what Maldini and Massara did at AC Milan because they can win the Scudetto even though they are in a financial crisis.

[jakdanyel]

Benzema's wonderful season started to make me think like whether he will be the winner of Ballon d'Or also. I don't think that I'm exaggerating this too because Benzema was definitely one of the most impressive players in the world. In addition to his successes with Real Madrid in one season, his performance about scoring goals and making assists both was incredible. I don't think that either Messi or Ronaldo will manage to win it this time. I would put Benzema to the top and Lewandowski to the second place for Ballon d'Or considering last season.

[CryptoPanda]

Very true. Benzema was in Ronaldo’s shadow in Real Madrid and would have remained hidden if Ronaldo had not left. Karim Benzema was an underrated player in Madrid when Ronaldo was still at the club, everyone was focused on Ronaldo and rest of the players were only supposed to help Ronaldo get the goals. The same was with Messi in Barcelona, after his departure from the club, Barcelona FC struggled to adjust to the game without Messi.

When  Real Madrid still have Cristiano Ronaldo never have chance for Karim Benzema show his potential and always become Ronaldo's shadow, but after several years Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid not worry for Madrid fans because Benzema show as best central forward and always consistent scoring goal and created assist. Exactly true when Real Madrid still have Cristiano Ronaldo all player focused how to give assist and have destination only Cristiano Ronaldo could scored goal. But right now all player on Real Madrid have chance for scoring goals and most active Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr are player have consistent performance with Madrid.

Therefore, if there are rumors saying that Ronaldo will return to Real Madrid, it will not happen. In addition to Real Madrid now in the process of
regenerating their squad, Real Madrid are also aware that Ronaldo's presence will only be an obstacle for Benzema. Because since Real Madrid was
left by Ronaldo, it's a fact that Karim Benzema's performance continues to improve, and has now become a goal machine for Real Madrid. So for now
Real Madrid doesn't need a new striker, even if they want to sign a new striker, Real Madrid will not sign a striker to compete with Benzema.
But Real Madrid will be looking for a new striker to be prepared as a successor to Benzema, because Benzema's age is not young anymore, maybe he can
only play for two more seasons.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a very influential player, his presence in a team draws all attention to himself so for a team like Real Madrid who are now focused on building a younger team for the future with Karim benzema leading the pack it would not be advisable bringing in Ronaldo because his presence in the team will stall the growth and development of attacking players in the team. Real madrid currently has a stable team already doing so well at the moment and Ronaldo is not needed

[JeromeTash]

Benzema's wonderful season started to make me think like whether he will be the winner of Ballon d'Or also. I don't think that I'm exaggerating this too because Benzema was definitely one of the most impressive players in the world. In addition to his successes with Real Madrid in one season, his performance about scoring goals and making assists both was incredible. I don't think that either Messi or Ronaldo will manage to win it this time. I would put Benzema to the top and Lewandowski to the second place for Ballon d'Or considering last season.

He's going to win it. The UEFA Champion's league has a very big impact on the favorites in top of winning a domestic league. Mane would have a very big chance of winning it if Liverpool had won the Champion's league and Premier League.

[herurist]

Well, if so, then Ronaldo is just a spoiled player who continues to be given assists to score goals by his teammates. Therefore, I've never been too fanatical about idolizing a player because basically, football is about eleven players and not just one. If they only rely on one person, then in my view the great is the other players because they can control their ego, that is a difficult control when in a match.

Regardless of whether it's spoiled or not the fact is that he always gets it and when he doesn't get something like this he will get used to it and make it complicated.
But apart from that, he also has a pretty good figure for a player because he can lead to positive things even though there are some that cause controversy but I think his advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

[Furious 7]

Ronaldo will not leave the Europe and join MLS if he believes he can play at top level. Moving to MLS means accepting that no chance to win Champions League, no chance to win Ballon d'Or or FIFA the best. Ronaldo does not do this until he loses his capability to compete with Messi. He will try to stay in Europe to win another Ballon d'Or. PSG is good option for Ronaldo as they are strong but still need a good striker who can give them enough goals each season. Ronaldo can score more than 20 goals each season that matches with PSG demand.

That's right, because this doesn't make sense considering that there are still many European clubs who want him if he really wants to leave MU why should he choose MLS which incidentally when playing there even though the league is quite good for MLS but when European players are there they are like players which has been wasted.
Ronaldo can still be competitive now it would be very doubtful how this rumor got bigger.

[kro55]

I know that having Robert Lewandowski on the team is going to help Barcelona a lot to perform better. But is it worth spending more than 40 million on a player who is already 34 years old? I really don’t think so.
I have no doubt that Robert Lewandowski is a great player and if Barcelona did not have such financial problems I would have easily said that Robert Lewandowski is worth every penny. But right now is this transfer going to be worth it for Barcelona?
I would actually love to see Barcelona get better defenders and probably get Luis Suarez instead of Robert Lewandowski. Because that is going to be a cheap transfer.

Worth it because so far Robert Lewandowski has become one of the best players in the Bundesliga. Speaking of numbers, at least it's estimated that Barcelona will get what they paid for.
Barcelona did that, offering to bring Luis Suarez back to Camp Nou from Atletico Madrid but the result was rejected by Luis Suarez. And that's a natural thing in my opinion as a form of disappointment over Suarez's loan agreement to Atletico Madrid some time ago.
Barcelona desperately need a striker to complete it next season, and no other name than Lewandowski is being targeted.

Actually, Barcelona made all the problems and now they are suffering very bad. Luis Suarez was a very good player while playing for Barcelona. I remember it was a very sad departure for Luis Suarez for both the player and also the fans. I think people can say that he was really disappointed. So, the reason why Luis Suarez might not want to go to Barcelona right now is probably that he and Barcelona go way back. If Barcelona actually pays 50 million for Robert Lewandowski I am going to say it is not going to be worth it.