La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[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.

[Oneandpure]

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

No doubt with Barcelona attacking player but most terrible what happen with defensive and midfielder position, right now Barcelona as team most active on window transfer with attacking player and have several midfielder success get. But not any new defensive player looking for by Barcelona. I think Barcelona have problem with defender were Gerrard Pique not on the top performance again and Barcelona need to find new player replace him. If Raphinha coming to Barcelona will make many option on attacking position player but Barcelona have forget what should do on defensive position.

[Sebas.tian]

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.

I think, Barcelona will prefer to sign in Raphinha in this season than Dembele because many teams are willing to have Raphinha in their team so that they will be able to perform well in next season. I believe, Barcelona president will not miss this opportunity to sign in talented player that will help the team to improve higher in next season, because many Barcelona fans are not happy about their performance in this season. No doubt, Barcelona will sign in Raphinha because many fans prefer him than Dembele because they will like to test someone that have never joined the team before to see how productive the person is in his formal team.

[Oluwa-btc]

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.

Dembele has been with Barcelona for some time now no doubts right ? Yes! To some point and an extent he showed he wants out and Xavi Hernandez talked to him ( heard from the news ) saying he wants him yet around as he would be part of he's plans for the first team next season. But still wanted the exit, then came Barcelona President, saying leave or stay we don't care, talks about he's movement immediately reduced.

Raphina has shown desire to play for Barcelona, same way Lewandoski is doing for Barcelona pushing an exit from Bayern Munich .
Raphina should have accepted Chelsea some weeks back since they already had a fair agreement and alignment with Leeds United on the transfer fee. I'll choose Raphina over Dembele, Brazilians attacking players are always great when they represent Barcelona, if I can remember precisely,  Coutinho is one of them that wasn't lucky enough.

[maju69]

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.

Actually, that's not the only thing that makes Barcelona a dilemma. There are many things that make them have to think carefully before making the final decision that will determine their game next season. They even lack center backs now, because last season they were a bit weak in that position. I hope Barcelona can make the right decision.

[Jody.Drummer]

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.

I think, Barcelona will prefer to sign in Raphinha in this season than Dembele because many teams are willing to have Raphinha in their team so that they will be able to perform well in next season. I believe, Barcelona president will not miss this opportunity to sign in talented player that will help the team to improve higher in next season, because many Barcelona fans are not happy about their performance in this season. No doubt, Barcelona will sign in Raphinha because many fans prefer him than Dembele because they will like to test someone that have never joined the team before to see how productive the person is in his formal team.

It's more acceptable because if I compare Rafinha and Dembele, I also prefer Rafinha to fill the void. Especially now that Rafinha is one of the players that many other clubs are looking for, as you said, it means that Rafinha has the ability to become a special attraction for clubs that are interested in him. But back again will Barcelona move as many want or vice versa.

[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

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

Exactly you get the point, their attack is not that strong, the likes of Lewandowski will be a very big plus to their squad and they will need to do more on their defense, they should not focus mainly on their attacking squad, imagine spending money on Adama Traore just to keep him on the bench, they could have gotten a better defender with that money and boost their defence squad. Well let's see how xavi will handle the team next season, but I don't think that this squad can win champions league or La liga

[Velvet78]

Dembele has been with Barcelona for some time now no doubts right ? Yes! To some point and an extent he showed he wants out and Xavi Hernandez talked to him ( heard from the news ) saying he wants him yet around as he would be part of he's plans for the first team next season. But still wanted the exit, then came Barcelona President, saying leave or stay we don't care, talks about he's movement immediately reduced.

Raphina has shown desire to play for Barcelona, same way Lewandoski is doing for Barcelona pushing an exit from Bayern Munich .
Raphina should have accepted Chelsea some weeks back since they already had a fair agreement and alignment with Leeds United on the transfer fee. I'll choose Raphina over Dembele, Brazilians attacking players are always great when they represent Barcelona, if I can remember precisely,  Coutinho is one of them that wasn't lucky enough.

I would like to see Raphinha not sharing the same fate with Coutinho at Barcelona. Coutinho had really bad times there and he is better now in the Premier League. Dembele didn't perform very good for a long time for Barcelona but Xavi started to think of him in the starting eleven after coming here actually. Because he started to get better by his arrival. However I still think it is better to give a chance to Raphinha as they already know about Dembele. Maybe Dembele will start playing bad again if he returns.

[Doell]

Raphina has shown desire to play for Barcelona, same way Lewandoski is doing for Barcelona pushing an exit from Bayern Munich .
Raphina should have accepted Chelsea some weeks back since they already had a fair agreement and alignment with Leeds United on the transfer fee. I'll choose Raphina over Dembele, Brazilians attacking players are always great when they represent Barcelona, if I can remember precisely,  Coutinho is one of them that wasn't lucky enough.

But Unfortunately, Barcelona are still having difficulty getting funds to bring Raphinha, reportedly Frenkie De Jong has not been sold until now. The drama that happened to this player De Jong became even more sad when Barcelona had not found a suitable replacement to replace him, Leeds United also gave an ultimatum to Barcelona to complete Raphinha transfer.

[OcTradism]

Exactly you get the point, their attack is not that strong, the likes of Lewandowski will be a very big plus to their squad and they will need to do more on their defense, they should not focus mainly on their attacking squad, imagine spending money on Adama Traore just to keep him on the bench, they could have gotten a better defender with that money and boost their defence squad. Well let's see how xavi will handle the team next season, but I don't think that this squad can win champions league or La liga

Sorry. Adama Traore on bench? In the past season, second half, Adama Traore was used a lot and contributed a lot to Barcelona's achievement at the second position (runner-up) of La Liga. That player can play and contribute very well in both defense and attacking. His body strength and speed helps him to cover defense and his young training in La Massia helps him to have good attacking ability.

It's more acceptable because if I compare Rafinha and Dembele, I also prefer Rafinha to fill the void. Especially now that Rafinha is one of the players that many other clubs are looking for, as you said, it means that Rafinha has the ability to become a special attraction for clubs that are interested in him. But back again will Barcelona move as many want or vice versa.

By any mean, Barcelona successfully to convince Dembele to stay. It is big surprise as Dembele revealed he want to leave and Barcelona did not make any enough good offer for him. In the end, they have a deal and Dembele will not move to anywhere.

If you compare between Dembele and Rafinha. Dembele is better as he has a few seasons in Barcelona so he has enough time there. In the past season, he has a first good season in Barcelona.