La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Slow death]

In the world of football today, you have to be financially bouyant to have big stars in a team because of their huge wages and long term contracts. Barcelona have been battling through financial struggles for years now and cannot maintain big names at the moment. Last season they had to cut a lot of wages and even caused them losing Lionel Messi to PSG. They will need some strategies to get quality players that will help them to compete in the league at a high level and maintain their legacy as one of Spain's finest

in this case a long-term strategy is needed
I would like to give the example of Atalanta who for years has been up and down from Serie B to Serie A
in the meantime they built starting from the youth teams, having no money
now they arrive peacefully in UCL (not this year) where there is the money.
the only way to rise again is this, to invest in young people

Barcelona had to wait for a longer time and not spend too much money right now because their financial situation is too bad. And the way they are going about it is not going to help at all. A long-term plan is certainly the way to go for Barcelona but it feels like they are looking for a lot more short-term solutions. And I also think that Barcelona should invest in youth players right now. That will help them to really build up players for the future and they will also be loyal to the club.

if they are focusing on a long term solution something like keeping everything as it is currently not signing any more players and sticking with the players they currently have to manage their finances well, they won't be able to win the league, they won't be able to to get far in the champions league and with that they will be a club with less attraction worldwide and less attraction means that TV channels and newspapers and sponsors are not wasting their time going after barcelona, but if they invest money in good players and manage to win la league and go far in champions league then they will be able to earn more money too

[bekti3]

I think Atletico Madrid has many talented/skilled attackers who have a lot of experience. If they didn't really productive in the last season, it may be caused by the wrong strategy or tactics. Simeone needs to choose the right strategy or tactics that can fit with Atletico players, especially for those attackers. And Simeone must improve the players' mentality and motivation, so they can play more aggressively on the field. Morata, Griezmann, Cunha, and other attackers are enough, they don't need new attackers.

In fact, if you look at their performance this season, they have not played well, they have difficulty scoring goals and this is quite bad.
A storm of injuries occurred for them and after the players recovered they struggled to score goals.
Now Suarez is not there and it's a loss for them and have to find a new striker for that. Griezman's performance is also not good enough this season and their reference is only Felix there.

[AndySt]

I would say Real Madrid need to find a replacement for Benzema right now. Benzema is one of the best strikers in the world. But if Benzema is sidelined with an injury next season, Real Madrid will not be able to replace him. So if Real Madrid want to win the title next season, they must have an experienced striker.

Well, to be fair that is why they have Luka Jovic. Not that he played much, but he played in 15 La Liga games and he had even 3 UCL games as well. For a total of 550 minutes though, so not a lot of minutes. In the end he is not there for the future of Real Madrid and their "next big thing", he is just a bench player that would replace Benzema in case of an injury, or just if he is tired or something.

Luka Jovic and Mariano do not get enough play time, so I would understand why their respective forms are at an all-time low. Replacing Benzema right now will be very hard. His partnership with Vinicius is top-notch. When one of the two does not play, the other tends to struggle.

Actually, about the future of Luka Jovic in Real Madrid, not everything is clear. Journalist Fabrizio Romano has information that Jovic will continue his career in Italy and next week must undergo a medical examination to move to Fiorentina, which intends to rent a football player. On the other hand, there is information that Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti does not want the player to leave and is ready to do everything to convince Jovic to stay in the team.

[Shasha80]

I would say Real Madrid need to find a replacement for Benzema right now. Benzema is one of the best strikers in the world. But if Benzema is sidelined with an injury next season, Real Madrid will not be able to replace him. So if Real Madrid want to win the title next season, they must have an experienced striker.

Well, to be fair that is why they have Luka Jovic. Not that he played much, but he played in 15 La Liga games and he had even 3 UCL games as well. For a total of 550 minutes though, so not a lot of minutes. In the end he is not there for the future of Real Madrid and their "next big thing", he is just a bench player that would replace Benzema in case of an injury, or just if he is tired or something.

Luka Jovic and Mariano do not get enough play time, so I would understand why their respective forms are at an all-time low. Replacing Benzema right now will be very hard. His partnership with Vinicius is top-notch. When one of the two does not play, the other tends to struggle.

Actually, about the future of Luka Jovic in Real Madrid, not everything is clear. Journalist Fabrizio Romano has information that Jovic will continue his career in Italy and next week must undergo a medical examination to move to Fiorentina, which intends to rent a football player. On the other hand, there is information that Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti does not want the player to leave and is ready to do everything to convince Jovic to stay in the team.

Since being signed from Benfica in 2019 Luka Jovic has failed to become a goal machine for Real Madrid. It looks like Luka Jovic is having
a hard time adapting to the Real Madrid game, and also Luka Jovic is getting less playing time. Moreover, with Karim Benzema's
performance on fire, it is increasingly difficult for Jovic to get playing time at Real Madrid. In fact, last season Jovic only played 19 times in
all competitions and only become started 3 times. If so, it is very difficult for Jovic to develop his game. I think it's the right decision
if Luka Jovic finally moves  to Fiorentina, because at Fiorentina Jovic's chance to get playing time is bigger. Moreover, Luka Jovic is already
24 years old, so for his career advancement, moving to another team is a good decision.

[TelolettOm]

Actually, about the future of Luka Jovic in Real Madrid, not everything is clear. Journalist Fabrizio Romano has information that Jovic will continue his career in Italy and next week must undergo a medical examination to move to Fiorentina, which intends to rent a football player. On the other hand, there is information that Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti does not want the player to leave and is ready to do everything to convince Jovic to stay in the team.

Jovic has no future in Real Madrid now, Benzema is irreplaceable. He must leave it and go to a new club. Ancelotti must loan him to Fiorentina to have the opportunity to play since he only spends almost his time on the bench if he stays in Real Madrid. I don't know why Ancelotti tries to convince him to stay, is it caused by Real Madrid failed gets a new striker? There is still time to get a new striker, Ancelotti better lets Jovic go to Fiorentina and get a new striker. I think Real Madrid has enough money to sign a single striker in this transfer window.

[Jody.Drummer]

The risk of Lewandowski playing below expectations in my opinion is small, yes there is a possibility, I can't deny that. But if a player has very high ambitions for one club, he definitely gives everything he can. Because if you see Lewandowski's desire to join Barcelona, it is very passionate. That's a plus for him in my opinion.

Exactly, there is actually no compulsion for Lewandowski to join Barcelona, because the ambitious is Lewandowski himself who really wants to play for Barcelona before retiring. With such reasons, then of course Lewandowski will quickly adapt himself and his style of play at Barcelona. Also, even though Barcelona are in a difficult situation financially but the fact that they are still trying to get Lewandowski to the Camp Nou, I personally have no doubts about it.

Maybe after they start agreeing (if Barcelona's offer is successful) Will Lewa be willing to take a pay cut too? because for the current season conditions like this are mandatory for Barcelona in order to secure their finances so they don't fall for too long.
It's still two possibilities considering Lewa doesn't want to be at Bayern one of the reasons is asking for an extra salary there and when he wants to be at Barcelona this obviously has to be discussed. Don't let them have a deal but are still hampered in terms of salary.
Schematically I wouldn't really worry too much about him, he's the spearhead up front and Tiki-taka prefers midfield and wingers so he just needs to adapt a little bit up attack.

[hd49728]

Maybe after they start agreeing (if Barcelona's offer is successful) Will Lewa be willing to take a pay cut too? because for the current season conditions like this are mandatory for Barcelona in order to secure their finances so they don't fall for too long.
It's still two possibilities considering Lewa doesn't want to be at Bayern one of the reasons is asking for an extra salary there and when he wants to be at Barcelona this obviously has to be discussed. Don't let them have a deal but are still hampered in terms of salary.
Schematically I wouldn't really worry too much about him, he's the spearhead up front and Tiki-taka prefers midfield and wingers so he just needs to adapt a little bit up attack.

This is rumor only, we have to wait for final deal and announcememt of the transfer. Lewandowski is not happy in Bayern but will he agree to sign a contract with Barcelona is different. There are more big clubs in Europe can give him a striker position and with better salary than Barcelona.

In other clubs, he won't have to change his playing style and struggle with tiki taka. We know old people, old players are more difficult to adapt to new things, new tactics.

If he agrees with Barcelona, moves there, he will have to face with one of biggest challenge in his career, adapting to a tactic he has never played with, tiki taka.

For Barcelona, it seems another failed transfer from the idea and maybe they will get failed result from their bet.

[bering]

Atletico Madrid might face some problems with the striker quality in the team right now. Actually they have quite many strikers but I don't know how many of them would be really productive. Matheus Cunha is a promising striker actually and I wonder if Simeone is planning to start with him from now on after Luis Suarez's departure. He has preferred a formation in which there have been two strikers. Suarez's place needs to be filled in the end. There are Morata and Griezmann too of course but I don't trust them in the starting eleven too much anymore.

I think Atletico Madrid has many talented/skilled attackers who have a lot of experience. If they didn't really productive in the last season, it may be caused by the wrong strategy or tactics. Simeone needs to choose the right strategy or tactics that can fit with Atletico players, especially for those attackers. And Simeone must improve the players' mentality and motivation, so they can play more aggressively on the field. Morata, Griezmann, Cunha, and other attackers are enough, they don't need new attackers.

Atletico still need new players on that position because Morata had uncertain situations because seems there is new attempt to Juventus buy him permanently and admitted or not lost high class striker such as Suarez will have an effect for the team especially other players didn't showed satisfied performance and compare to other forward players last season only Suarez can score goals more than 10 goals especially Griezmann that he had 3 goals in LaLiga and this statistics aren't good for the player who played on France national team but this summer Atletico weren't very active to buy new players

[maju69]

I think Atletico Madrid has many talented/skilled attackers who have a lot of experience. If they didn't really productive in the last season, it may be caused by the wrong strategy or tactics. Simeone needs to choose the right strategy or tactics that can fit with Atletico players, especially for those attackers. And Simeone must improve the players' mentality and motivation, so they can play more aggressively on the field. Morata, Griezmann, Cunha, and other attackers are enough, they don't need new attackers.

Atletico still need new players on that position because Morata had uncertain situations because seems there is new attempt to Juventus buy him permanently and admitted or not lost high class striker such as Suarez will have an effect for the team especially other players didn't showed satisfied performance and compare to other forward players last season only Suarez can score goals more than 10 goals especially Griezmann that he had 3 goals in LaLiga and this statistics aren't good for the player who played on France national team but this summer Atletico weren't very active to buy new players

Honestly, the achievements of the Atletico Madrid strikers last season were a little unsatisfactory. I don't know why that happened, whether it was because the ball supply they got was lacking or maybe they had lost their sharpness. So I think Atletico Madrid should see this as their weak point. That can be overcome by bringing in new players or at least they analyze what went wrong there.

[Lordhermes]

Barcelona will be so strong this season when they will add Lewandowski to their team.They are currently very strong and complete,but they still want to add a player that will add spices to their game,and make them win most of their game through his individual performance,and it is only Lewandowski who can do that with his goal scoring ability.He has been been phenomenal for Bayern Munich's success so far, being their highest goal scorer every season.He is a consistent player and a consistent goal scorer who knows how to play the game and score goals. Lets wait to see what the season will look like for Barcelona.

[Jody.Drummer]

Barcelona will be so strong this season when they will add Lewandowski to their team.They are currently very strong and complete,but they still want to add a player that will add spices to their game,and make them win most of their game through his individual performance,and it is only Lewandowski who can do that with his goal scoring ability.He has been been phenomenal for Bayern Munich's success so far, being their highest goal scorer every season.He is a consistent player and a consistent goal scorer who knows how to play the game and score goals. Lets wait to see what the season will look like for Barcelona.

I can't think like that when they don't strengthen their defense and midfield. Because what I saw last season, their biggest weakness was in their defence. Now there are no players they have contracted to deal with that. In addition, their midfield has not been fully running well, coupled with rumors of the departure of Frenkie De Jong. They have to realize that before the transfer market closes.

[MCobian]

I think Atletico Madrid has many talented/skilled attackers who have a lot of experience. If they didn't really productive in the last season, it may be caused by the wrong strategy or tactics. Simeone needs to choose the right strategy or tactics that can fit with Atletico players, especially for those attackers. And Simeone must improve the players' mentality and motivation, so they can play more aggressively on the field. Morata, Griezmann, Cunha, and other attackers are enough, they don't need new attackers.

Atletico still need new players on that position because Morata had uncertain situations because seems there is new attempt to Juventus buy him permanently and admitted or not lost high class striker such as Suarez will have an effect for the team especially other players didn't showed satisfied performance and compare to other forward players last season only Suarez can score goals more than 10 goals especially Griezmann that he had 3 goals in LaLiga and this statistics aren't good for the player who played on France national team but this summer Atletico weren't very active to buy new players

Honestly, the achievements of the Atletico Madrid strikers last season were a little unsatisfactory. I don't know why that happened, whether it was because the ball supply they got was lacking or maybe they had lost their sharpness. So I think Atletico Madrid should see this as their weak point. That can be overcome by bringing in new players or at least they analyze what went wrong there.

In my opinion, Atletico's failure to defend the La Liga trophy is not because their goal productivity has decreased. Even if we compare when Atletico
won the La Liga trophy in the 2020/2021 season, Atletico managed to score 67 goals. While the 2021/2022 season Atlético scored 65 goals from
38 matches, meaning that there was only a difference of 2 goals. Which means the difference in goals scored by Atletico is not much different,
what Atletico's problem is actually is their defense. In the 2020/2021 season, Atletico only conceded 25 goals, while in the 2021/2022 season,
Atletico conceded 43 goals. The difference is quite far, so I think Atletico should bring in new quality defenders, to improve their defensive performance.

For the strikers position, it is better if Atletico buy one more player too, because Atletico have certainly lost Luis Suarez, so they really need to find
a replacement. Although it is reported that Antoine Griezmann will be extended by Atletico for one more season, but we know Griezmann's form
so far has been unsatisfactory, and also Alvaro Morata's future is unclear, whether Juventus will make him permanent or will return to Atletico.
This means that to be more secure, Atlético must indeed buy at least one new striker.

[xzone]

Benzema's performance in the 20/21 season was good also but it wasn't even close to the previous season though. He scored 44 goals and got 15 assists in 46 matches. This is really huge statistics for a player who is 34 years old now. I also am curious about his performance next season. I won't blame him if he doesn't perform close to this one as he did his best for the team last season without a doubt. But if Real Madrid don't sign a striker that can replace Benzema with his performance then they would rely on Benzema's goals again.

I think Benzema has given an incredible performance despite his age. Of course, as he ages, his value will decrease a little more each season and his performance will not be the same as before. But I still think it can be successful for a few more years.
Of course they have to make a few useful transfers to the team, that way they can't be the best team in the world

[tulusikhlas]

Benzema's performance in the 20/21 season was good also but it wasn't even close to the previous season though. He scored 44 goals and got 15 assists in 46 matches. This is really huge statistics for a player who is 34 years old now. I also am curious about his performance next season. I won't blame him if he doesn't perform close to this one as he did his best for the team last season without a doubt. But if Real Madrid don't sign a striker that can replace Benzema with his performance then they would rely on Benzema's goals again.

I think Benzema has given an incredible performance despite his age. Of course, as he ages, his value will decrease a little more each season and his performance will not be the same as before. But I still think it can be successful for a few more years.
Of course they have to make a few useful transfers to the team, that way they can't be the best team in the world

Yes I will not be surprised when his performance next season declines. However, Benzema will help a lot, when he doesn't hit the maximum he will at least share his experience with his juniors, it's good to train the mentality of young players. Last season he also gave a lot of advice to his junior, Vini, so that Vinicius could impress in the team.

[Sirait]

Benzema's performance in the 20/21 season was good also but it wasn't even close to the previous season though. He scored 44 goals and got 15 assists in 46 matches. This is really huge statistics for a player who is 34 years old now. I also am curious about his performance next season. I won't blame him if he doesn't perform close to this one as he did his best for the team last season without a doubt. But if Real Madrid don't sign a striker that can replace Benzema with his performance then they would rely on Benzema's goals again.

I think Benzema has given an incredible performance despite his age. Of course, as he ages, his value will decrease a little more each season and his performance will not be the same as before. But I still think it can be successful for a few more years.
Of course they have to make a few useful transfers to the team, that way they can't be the best team in the world

Seeing from the age of Benzema who is 34 years old, plus Benzema will play for Francis in the World Cup, Ancelotti decided to reactivate "False 9" and Hazard who will become False 9 in Madrid to help Benzema's role. age is something that cannot be denied by everyone, but I agree with you that benzema can still shine for the next few years.

[bestcoins1]

Yes I will not be surprised when his performance next season declines. However, Benzema will help a lot, when he doesn't hit the maximum he will at least share his experience with his juniors, it's good to train the mentality of young players. Last season he also gave a lot of advice to his junior, Vini, so that Vinicius could impress in the team.

The performance of the Real Madrid team will not decline next season and players such as Benzema, Vinicius and several other players will still be at their best (except for injuries) and Real Madrid will always try to perform well from the start of next season because they are also aware that his opponents next season have started very strong.

[Oneandpure]

I think Benzema has given an incredible performance despite his age. Of course, as he ages, his value will decrease a little more each season and his performance will not be the same as before. But I still think it can be successful for a few more years.
Of course they have to make a few useful transfers to the team, that way they can't be the best team in the world

Benzema keep priority as regular player for Real Madrid although he ages old and become senior player, I think he has incredible performance last season with top scorer not only La Liga but also on UEFA Champion League give credit points for him become priority central forward for next season. I think not only success with top scorer in La Liga but also Karim Benzema keep dominance on top assist standing were he made 12 assist. Looks not worry for Madrid fans with left chance to get Mbappe because Karim Benzema still enough I think not only for scoring goals but also he can create assist.

[Roidz]

Yes I will not be surprised when his performance next season declines. However, Benzema will help a lot, when he doesn't hit the maximum he will at least share his experience with his juniors, it's good to train the mentality of young players. Last season he also gave a lot of advice to his junior, Vini, so that Vinicius could impress in the team.

The performance of the Real Madrid team will not decline next season and players such as Benzema, Vinicius and several other players will still be at their best (except for injuries) and Real Madrid will always try to perform well from the start of next season because they are also aware that his opponents next season have started very strong.

Real madrid this season has managed to have a spectacular season but even so they are still strengthening their team this season by bringing in some great players, and with these new players I'm also sure that next season madrid will return to their best form again to be title challengers, with the players skill and strategy of ancelotti of course we can't doubt next season will probably return to  belong madrid especially the performance of their rivals who are in a declining condition at the moment.

[junmisakiro]

Yes I will not be surprised when his performance next season declines. However, Benzema will help a lot, when he doesn't hit the maximum he will at least share his experience with his juniors, it's good to train the mentality of young players. Last season he also gave a lot of advice to his junior, Vini, so that Vinicius could impress in the team.

The performance of the Real Madrid team will not decline next season and players such as Benzema, Vinicius and several other players will still be at their best (except for injuries) and Real Madrid will always try to perform well from the start of next season because they are also aware that his opponents next season have started very strong.

Real madrid this season has managed to have a spectacular season but even so they are still strengthening their team this season by bringing in some great players, and with these new players I'm also sure that next season madrid will return to their best form again to be title challengers, with the players skill and strategy of ancelotti of course we can't doubt next season will probably return to  belong madrid especially the performance of their rivals who are in a declining condition at the moment.

there are not many changes in the Real Madrid squad especially their core players for next season so I think their performance will also be very good next season now Real Madrid just add a few players to be even better. In fact, Real Madrid's rival, Barcelona, is very aggressive in recruiting new players to look to the future.
I think La Liga will be even more competitive next season with fierce competition for the title.

[hahay]

I think Benzema has given an incredible performance despite his age. Of course, as he ages, his value will decrease a little more each season and his performance will not be the same as before. But I still think it can be successful for a few more years.
Of course they have to make a few useful transfers to the team, that way they can't be the best team in the world

Benzema keep priority as regular player for Real Madrid although he ages old and become senior player, I think he has incredible performance last season with top scorer not only La Liga but also on UEFA Champion League give credit points for him become priority central forward for next season. I think not only success with top scorer in La Liga but also Karim Benzema keep dominance on top assist standing were he made 12 assist. Looks not worry for Madrid fans with left chance to get Mbappe because Karim Benzema still enough I think not only for scoring goals but also he can create assist.

But it would be better if yesterday Real Madrid succeeded in signing Mbappe, because failing to sign Haaland and Mbappe then Real Madrid will now rely on Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior as long-term players. But actually, Real Madrid have a lot of young players up front, it's just that apart from these two names they still haven't got playing time. So yes, I think with the existing squad if Real Madrid can build the team in a great way, then Real Madrid will still be fine as time goes by because they have players with good regeneration.