La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Falconer]

Both clubs - United and Barcelona have made their stand clear to the player. United wants him and Barcelona can let De Jong stay only if he takes cut in his wages which De Jong is unwilling to take at the moment. So its all on player now, if he wants to stay at Barcelona which is one thing that he wants then he have to take the cut which he doesn't wants. Bit of complex situation out there so its kinda hanging in the grey area at the moment.

I find De Jong leaving to be the best option as it will improve the club situations but not sure if player will be happy then.

Although the final decision lies with De Jong, but I think he should look for another club if he wants to get a bigger salary. Barcelona cannot afford to pay dearly for their players due to their financial condition, and De Jong is rumored to have considered a pay cut but may not this season again. An agreement must be reached soon because otherwise Chelsea might try to get close to De Jong as well. I just think Manchester United have to move fast for De Jong, so it shouldn't take much time.

[zuzie]

It made more sense to me when Barcelona made the decision to keep de Jong with them. Because if they let go of this player will they get the same substitute?

The latest information I saw, they are preparing to negotiate with Wolverhampton midfielder, Rúben Neves, although we know the qualities of the two are clearly different, and it is also rumor that Barcelona are interested in bring Bernardo Silva, would be a better fit to replace de Jong, although I doubt Barcelona can get him from Manchester City. Xavi has worked hard this season, he was required to make changes in less favorable circumstances

[Minor Miner]

Both clubs - United and Barcelona have made their stand clear to the player. United wants him and Barcelona can let De Jong stay only if he takes cut in his wages which De Jong is unwilling to take at the moment. So its all on player now, if he wants to stay at Barcelona which is one thing that he wants then he have to take the cut which he doesn't wants. Bit of complex situation out there so its kinda hanging in the grey area at the moment.

I find De Jong leaving to be the best option as it will improve the club situations but not sure if player will be happy then.

Although the final decision lies with De Jong, but I think he should look for another club if he wants to get a bigger salary. Barcelona cannot afford to pay dearly for their players due to their financial condition, and De Jong is rumored to have considered a pay cut but may not this season again. An agreement must be reached soon because otherwise Chelsea might try to get close to De Jong as well. I just think Manchester United have to move fast for De Jong, so it shouldn't take much time.

So, the situation is De Jong does not want to leave Barcelona. And he also does not want to take a pay cut. But Barcelona can only afford him if he does take a pay cut. You know, there are a lot of other clubs which are willing to give him a lot more money if he does decide to move.

So, this is a complex situation and I think it is better if the player just moves. Obviously, it is not going to be helpful for Barcelona. However, if this player stays, I do not believe he will be able to produce his 100% because he will always be thinking about his salary.

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Although the final decision lies with De Jong, but I think he should look for another club if he wants to get a bigger salary. Barcelona cannot afford to pay dearly for their players due to their financial condition, and De Jong is rumored to have considered a pay cut but may not this season again. An agreement must be reached soon because otherwise Chelsea might try to get close to De Jong as well. I just think Manchester United have to move fast for De Jong, so it shouldn't take much time.

He will leave after Barcelona have paid off his salary arrears. De Jong actually wants to stay with Barcelona but seeing the financial crisis experienced by Barcelona, ​​I think he will choose to leave in this transfer window. Manchester United has moved quickly in the hunt for De Jong because they have sent proposals to Barcelona twice but their offer has been rejected by Barcelona.

If De Jong officially leaves in this transfer window I think he is more interested in joining Manchester United than Chelsea because I think he will reunion return Erik at Manchester United. But if de Jong wants to play in the Champions League next season I think he will choose Chelsea.

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Anything is still possible and now it's just a matter of time because the transfer window hasn't closed yet and therefore anything is possible. I personally am not so sure that De Jong will stay at Barcelona because at the moment Barcelona seems to have a lot of problems, none other than the problems that continue to arise because of unhealthy finances. If there is a good offer then of course they will be better off leaving because they are also not Barcelona's golden child, even my Messi who is an icon can still leave.

Both clubs - United and Barcelona have made their stand clear to the player. United wants him and Barcelona can let De Jong stay only if he takes cut in his wages which De Jong is unwilling to take at the moment. So its all on player now, if he wants to stay at Barcelona which is one thing that he wants then he have to take the cut which he doesn't wants. Bit of complex situation out there so its kinda hanging in the grey area at the moment.

I find De Jong leaving to be the best option as it will improve the club situations but not sure if player will be happy then.

If he is willing to survive, of course he must accept a salary cut, but will he perform optimally if there is a salary cut? I think this is a complex situation on the other hand maybe De Jong really likes Barcelona so he wants to stay but in other words it is better to find another club and that is indeed the best choice, currently Barcelona are still waiting for another decision between Dembele and Rapinha even when Barcelona has not yet decided on a second contract, perhaps because of financial problems, so they think more about moving quickly in their transfers.

[RealMalatesta]

You all know the relationship between De Jong and Erik Hag at Ajax.
They must have been in close contact not looking at the delay in the switch.
Who knows what they have discussed, De Jong will likely be a key to the squad if he comes.
Barcelona owing part of he's salary right .

I believe that if they keep that relationship going, then it would make sense, but it is also a lot of money. I mean Barcelona certainly needs that money and if they can sell him then they could do a lot more, it would open up so much more for them. Every year (until the debt is paid) they will need to sell some players to make some cap for themselves and then they could do whatever they want after that, not unlimited of course but better.

This is why I understand why they want to get rid of him. But United shouldn't just take him because Erik wanted him, they should negotiate on the price a lot more down, De Jong looks like max 50 million type of player to me.

[Smack That Ace]

Ronaldo's desire to play in the Champions is all that's matters to him now. I currently doubt talks about Ronaldo having personal and family issues which I consider not true.
Good players have come and gone Ronaldo won't be first, Eric Cantona was one of Manchester United biggest players when they lost him to Ban.
So Manchester United fans should wish him Good luck ( Not for him to play in the premier league, NOT CHELSEA!!  ) and expect a season without Ronaldo+ Eric Ten Hag union.

Ronaldo not attending training under the pretense of settling family matters is an old trick - he used it before when he left Juventus. But I think this is normal, given the fact that he does not link his future with United, it is much more correct than, for example, the behavior of Lewandowski.
Today on Twitter I saw a cut of episodes (from Juventus) where Ronaldo acted as an assistant and partners ruined great moments - what a pain!  Now I want him even more to get into a decent club where he could prove himself being surrounded by the same qualified masters.

If Ronaldo has already decided that he is going to move from Manchester United and is looking to play for other clubs, I believe he is looking for a team that is going to play in the Champions League. Otherwise moving out from Manchester United is not going to make any sense. If he is going to Chelsea, it is going to be a very good transfer for him. Chelsea also needs a really good Striker because they did not score as much as they should have in the last season. And Chelsea will also be able to play well in the Champions League and the performance of Chelsea is also going to upgrade because of Cristiano Ronaldo if this deal actually ends up happening.


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[FlamingFingers]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

[JeromeTash]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

Their attack was never so badly off. The problem is defense. Think about so many of such forwards makes me think a majority of them are going to get wasted on the bench.

I also wonder why Barcelona keeps stacking such many forwards with probably higher wages than average ones but continue to complain about financial difficulties on the other side.

[kawetsriyanto]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

So what is your conclusion, mate? Barcelona should keep Dembele or not?
As far as I know, Barcelona has no good right-winger now. They actually only have Dembele in that position, now Dembele is a free agent. Raphinha is a good right-winger, he is young and very talented/skilled. But there are some top teams interested to sign him as well. If Barcelona doesn't want to pay his transfer fees at big amount of money, they can't sign Raphinha. Anyway, Barcelona is very urgent to sign a new right-winger now.

[lalabotax]

I think in this case Ten Hag actually wants to minimize something because Ronaldo has become the center of the news and this clearly disturbs him in preparing his squad.
I see him actually in the first two possibilities it is very good if Ronaldo stays but if he decides to leave then let time hurry so that he can prepare a move and of course a substitute.

I don't think that Ronaldo will be better to stay, he needs a team that is solid enough to be able to make his performance much better. Btw, Ronaldo uncertainty in Man United also becomes the main reason why he really wants to leave this club. Yes, sure, hopefully there will be clearer transfer soon, I am also wondering which club will exactly be the choice

[baeva]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

I think their defence is all right, don't you? It may not be as strong as their attacking line, let's just say out of proportion, but it's not weak nonetheless. The main thing is for the Lewandowski deal to happen and then it will be the perfect squad for Barcelona, I think what happens next will depend on Xavi and his tactics

[Slow death]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

I think their defence is all right, don't you? It may not be as strong as their attacking line, let's just say out of proportion, but it's not weak nonetheless. The main thing is for the Lewandowski deal to happen and then it will be the perfect squad for Barcelona, I think what happens next will depend on Xavi and his tactics

in my opinion barcelona's attack is very bad, they couldn't score many goals constantly and that's what hurt them a lot, of course their defense was bad but if they had a very strong attack then they could easily win many games in a good way easy. I read that PSG are also interested in Robert Lewandowski... I hope barcelona hurry up and make a better offer if they want to have Robert Lewandowski in barcelona because we all know that PSG is a team that has so much money that it looks like has unlimited money and if PSG want Robert Lewandowski they can easily have

[Ratash]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

I think their defence is all right, don't you? It may not be as strong as their attacking line, let's just say out of proportion, but it's not weak nonetheless. The main thing is for the Lewandowski deal to happen and then it will be the perfect squad for Barcelona, I think what happens next will depend on Xavi and his tactics

I disagree in my opinion their defense is weak except for araujo and maybe garcia the others makes lot of mistakes especially lenglet even pique is not the same as he used to be i think they need improvements asap, we are talking about barcelona here who used to compete in the champions league and win laliga i think there is a limit to what xavi can do with the current squad.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona are in a dilemma now when it comes to a winger transfer. They are having problems on making a choice between Raphinha and Dembele now. They might think of re-signing Dembele after he has become a free agent. I don't think that they would be the only team that would like to sign him though but as far as I know Dembele was okay to continue playing for Barcelona. I'm not sure about Dembele honestly. Maybe Raphinha might be a better choice for them.

[Marvell1]

If rumors are to be believed, Dembele is willing to stay at Barcelona and he will agree to a pay cut, if this is true, then we can assume that they may be able to negotiate with de Jong too. Perhaps in the negotiations there is an emphasis on the fact that the club has big plans, now we will invite Lewandowski and we will be champions. Who knows, we'll see, but it seems to me that Barça will be able to keep him in the team. They might even be able to buy Lewandowski, although I don't understand why it's so important for them to see him in their squad.

Trough financial problem faced by Barcelona not have option for Dembele cut off his salary if want keep stay with Barcelona, still not announcement from Dembele will agree or not about cut off his salary. I little sure will reach agreement between Dembele and Barcelona agreement cut off his salary, but not reach agreement with Frankie de Jong he want getting cut off his salary. Better leave Barcelona than have losing more than 30% with salary cut off offering by Barcelona. I think have chance with Barcelona losing several senior player next season if try adopt with salary cut off.

Barcelona should try to keep Dembele in the team. He is a talented player and he can offer a lot to the team. The financial problem which Barcelona is facing right now is obviously really troubling. But I don't understand how they can look for a player who will cost them 50 million. This is because they are not going to be able to pay even the full salary of the players that they currently have. Barcelona don't have a particularly weak squad as of now. And I think it is going to be better if they concentrate on how to keep the players that they have instead of trying to buy a 34 year old player for 50 million. I really hope that Dembele agrees to take a pay cut for Barcelona's sake.

[FlamingFingers]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

So what is your conclusion, mate? Barcelona should keep Dembele or not?
As far as I know, Barcelona has no good right-winger now. They actually only have Dembele in that position, now Dembele is a free agent. Raphinha is a good right-winger, he is young and very talented/skilled. But there are some top teams interested to sign him as well. If Barcelona doesn't want to pay his transfer fees at big amount of money, they can't sign Raphinha. Anyway, Barcelona is very urgent to sign a new right-winger now.

Yes they should keep Dembele, if you watch Barcelona match very well last season you would see that his contributions to the team was top notch, he understood Aubameyang very well, they connected so well because they have been together before, if eventually Raphinha comes to Barcelona he will take time to adapt and he will want to prove himself by scoring and in such processes he will be stingy in releasing pass as to when due, Dembele made lots of assist rather than scoring because there is no pressure on him, this I see Raphinha might not be able to do because there will be pressure on him to deliver

[zuzie]

Ousmane Dembele is close to sign an agreement with Barcelona, Barça literally going to have Fati, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha as wing options with Lewandowski, Auba and Depay as strikers, wow that's gonna be a pretty good attacking squad, but I doubt if Rafinha will be joining if eventually Dembele sign a new contract, but Xavi needs to do something about the defence, if the attack is good and the defence is nothing to write home about, it does not worth it

Ousmane Dembele, didn't Barcelona officially let him go? Or I found the wrong information
For Lewandowski there has been no news lately, the rumors seem endless because Munich are also adamant about defending him. While Raphinha, recently Chelsea have made an offer and messed up Barcelona's deal with Raphinha. The highest bid will get him, so will Barcelona stick to their plans and spend money back to bring in players?


Source : https://www.transfermarkt.us/fc-barcelona/transfers/verein/131

[Swordsoffreedom]

Barcelona needs a lot of players now. But Barcelona does not have enough money. In this case, they have to raise funds by selling their players. They need a decent fund. Barcelona could raise money by selling De Jong. Can sell players like Braithwaite and Umititi at the same time. On the other hand, Barcelona is still trying to get Lewandowski on the team. How Xavi will raise this money is not yet certain.

Yes barcelona must do everything possible to get additional funds in this summer window because otherwise it will hinder their movement in the transfer window. Manchester United know very well that Barcelona is going through a financial crisis, so they don't want to increase their bid for Barcelona. if it continues like this I think the point of agreement between manchester united and barcelona will not be reached at all because these two teams need the same thing, meaning that manchester united needs de jong and barcelona needs money.

If Manchester United do not raise the bid, they will not be able to sign De Jong. Barcelona certainly needs a lot of money now. Because they need to strengthen their defence. At the same time, de Jong is an essential player for Barcelona to strengthen the midfield. If Barcelona had not been in a financial crisis, they would never have decided to sell de Jong. However, Manchester United will have to spend more money to get de Jong to the team.

[Jody.Drummer]

If Manchester United do not raise the bid, they will not be able to sign De Jong. Barcelona certainly needs a lot of money now. Because they need to strengthen their defence. At the same time, de Jong is an essential player for Barcelona to strengthen the midfield. If Barcelona had not been in a financial crisis, they would never have decided to sell de Jong. However, Manchester United will have to spend more money to get de Jong to the team.

Barcelona this time is too much in my opinion because indeed they also expect Manchester United to pay the arrears for De Jong but on the other hand they also expect a high price there.
I think if they continue like this then the deal will not happen and in fact this is actually detrimental to Barcelona themselves, especially because they are still having problems with their finances.