La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Leviathan.007]

It seems İlkay Gündoğan is very much near to Barcelona and they are going to hire this German player from Manchester City even when he is 32y old and getting old. It seems like Just like the Arabian team Barcelona can just ire players at their older age just like what thy are goning with İlkay Gündoğan for the next season we know he can't have the good performance we saw from him in the next season.

[youdacapt]

I can't believe that Ilkay Gündogan prefers to move to Barcelona. I'm sure Man City still expects him to stay, but he may want to have a new experience. Well, Barcelona is lucky to sign Ilkay Gündogan. He will be a great addition to Barcelona midfield line, he already contributed perfectly for Man City in the last season. I agree that he is the right player to replace Busquets. Ilkay Gündogan is an experienced midfielder, he also can function as the leader in the midfield line. Congratulations Barcelona!!

With Manchester city signing Kovacic from Chelsea; i do not think they expect Gundogan to stay. Its been over a year dragging contract terms and they have been unable to reach an agreement. I hope Barcelona are able to manage Gundogan injury crisis just like Manchester city did or it would be a wrong transfer for the club.

Right profile for barcelona? yes of course. Would he fit into the barcelona team? time will tell

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

With Manchester city signing Kovacic from Chelsea; i do not think they expect Gundogan to stay. Its been over a year dragging contract terms and they have been unable to reach an agreement.

Kovacic and Gundogan are different midfielders. Kovacic is more similar to Kante and Gundogan is more similar to Kroos or Modric. I mean Kovacic is a defensive midfielder and Gundogan is an attacking midfielder so sure they have different styles.

Manchester City has their policy to allow players to leave their clubs if those players submit a request and show that they are no longer want to contribute for the club. Gundogan is not an exception and his age is another factor to help him leaving from Manchester City.

I hope Barcelona are able to manage Gundogan injury crisis just like Manchester city did or it would be a wrong transfer for the club.

Right profile for barcelona? yes of course. Would he fit into the barcelona team? time will tell

Gundogan since his time in Dortmund and after many seasons with Pep Guardiola in Manchester City, absorbed tiki-taka and ball possession philosophy very well. He will adapt well to Barcelona tactics.

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Manchester City has their policy to allow players to leave their clubs if those players submit a request and show that they are no longer want to contribute for the club. Gundogan is not an exception and his age is another factor to help him leaving from Manchester City.

you are right that Man City might allow Gündogan to leave City because he is indeed quite old. so that Man City has the goal of releasing Gündogan and trying to find young players who have better talent to be able to bring Man City to the defending champion in the champions league.
I know maybe Guardiola has another new dream to keep winning the treble again in the new season so he sells several players who are not performing well to welcome next summer.

[Hvdv]

Oh I just noticed a tweet from Fabrizio Romano that at last Ilkay Gundogan has been confirmed to sign a 2 season contract with Barcelona. This is great news for all the fans because Barcelona really need an experienced midfielder since Busquets left, so Ilkay Gundogan looks like he's worth it. So, welcome to Ilkay Gundogan.

Valid sources: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1671558716594745345?s=20

Ilkay Gündogan to Barcelona, here we go! Final approval arrived on club side to register him as new signing, green light from the player. It’s done deal, signed few minutes ago. 🚨🔵🔴 #FCB

Gündogan has agreed a two year deal valid until June 2025 with option for further year.

I can't believe that Ilkay Gündogan prefers to move to Barcelona. I'm sure Man City still expects him to stay, but he may want to have a new experience. Well, Barcelona is lucky to sign Ilkay Gündogan. He will be a great addition to Barcelona midfield line, he already contributed perfectly for Man City in the last season. I agree that he is the right player to replace Busquets. Ilkay Gündogan is an experienced midfielder, he also can function as the leader in the midfield line. Congratulations Barcelona!!

Manchester City did him an injustice. As the team captain, he undertook important missions in many matches. He scored goals, scored and won games. They did not sign him a new contract and it was considered that Gündoğan's departure from the team was certain. Going to Barcelona is a huge win for Barcelona.

[tusandii]

Oh I just noticed a tweet from Fabrizio Romano that at last Ilkay Gundogan has been confirmed to sign a 2 season contract with Barcelona. This is great news for all the fans because Barcelona really need an experienced midfielder since Busquets left, so Ilkay Gundogan looks like he's worth it. So, welcome to Ilkay Gundogan.

Valid sources: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1671558716594745345?s=20

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Ilkay Gundogan is a very accomplished midfielder, he has even taken part in bringing Manchester City to have several trophies this season.
Manchester City could not do much when Ilkay Gundogan had to leave the club and move to Barcelona this transfer season.
He is very talented and deserves to be used by other big clubs like Barcelona.
This is a good development made by Barcelona's management considering that they will have a sharper midfield and attack line than before.

Yes congratulations to Ilkay Gundogan who has joined Barcelona.

[Sebas.tian]

Apart from the three you mentioned, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, I don't see any other team that can challenge the top and become the first in La Liga, honestly
Of course, this decreases competition but La Liga is not a very competitive championship, not like the Italian one

Predictions on clubs winning the La Liga is easy unlike other leagues. Considering they have high-quality players that can compete with the best, Spanish clubs are always the best among other league clubs. Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Athletico Madrid are the premier clubs, with the ability to win La Liga every season. It's almost as if they were born into the league, and average clubs will take a long time to beat the record. I can't see Sevilla or Villarreal finishing first in La Liga, because there are top competitive clubs that have only demonstrated fantastic performance against their players.

It will be difficult for any team to take la Liga league title from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Madrid because all those teams has potential squads that they are capable to lead the team to achieve their goal at the end of the season. Based on what is happening in this summer, showed that Barcelona will not miss the la Liga league title next season, because their coach is planning to bring more talented players that will help the team to embrace the title again next season. Sevilla and Villarreal still have a long way to go before they will be close to that position to lift la Liga league title, because Barcelona and Real Madrid will never allow such opportunity to happen now.

[rozak]

It will be difficult for any team to take la Liga league title from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Madrid because all those teams has potential squads that they are capable to lead the team to achieve their goal at the end of the season. Based on what is happening in this summer, showed that Barcelona will not miss the la Liga league title next season, because their coach is planning to bring more talented players that will help the team to embrace the title again next season. Sevilla and Villarreal still have a long way to go before they will be close to that position to lift la Liga league title, because Barcelona and Real Madrid will never allow such opportunity to happen now.

La Liga matches are quite long, and the team that is more consistent with winning points will get the trophy. Madrid lost a good moment at the start of last season. that's what makes it difficult for them to catch Barca. if there is a team that is more consistent than the two next season, it is possible that both of them will struggle next season.
in Serie A, Napoli is also not the seed to compete with Milan or Inter. but Napoli has good consistency. and they always improve every season until they finally won the Serie A title last season.
does not rule out that La Liga will also have surprising teams for the next 2 or 3 seasons. but for next season, dominance is still owned by the current strong teams.

[Jody.Drummer]

Apart from the three you mentioned, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, I don't see any other team that can challenge the top and become the first in La Liga, honestly
Of course, this decreases competition but La Liga is not a very competitive championship, not like the Italian one

Predictions on clubs winning the La Liga is easy unlike other leagues. Considering they have high-quality players that can compete with the best, Spanish clubs are always the best among other league clubs. Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Athletico Madrid are the premier clubs, with the ability to win La Liga every season. It's almost as if they were born into the league, and average clubs will take a long time to beat the record. I can't see Sevilla or Villarreal finishing first in La Liga, because there are top competitive clubs that have only demonstrated fantastic performance against their players.

It will be difficult for any team to take la Liga league title from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Madrid because all those teams has potential squads that they are capable to lead the team to achieve their goal at the end of the season. Based on what is happening in this summer, showed that Barcelona will not miss the la Liga league title next season, because their coach is planning to bring more talented players that will help the team to embrace the title again next season. Sevilla and Villarreal still have a long way to go before they will be close to that position to lift la Liga league title, because Barcelona and Real Madrid will never allow such opportunity to happen now.

Even Atletico have only been able to do it twice in this decade because their dominance is only in Madrid and Barcelona and nothing else.
It's hard to see a change from this, but on the other hand, this is La Liga, although it's not like a farm league because the champions are still different, but only certain clubs can.

There are several good clubs, it's just that it won't be enough because indeed the conditions apart from the financial condition, the condition of the players also affects.
Talking about Sevilla or several other clubs is difficult, especially with Villarreal, which is currently in a severe financial crisis.

[bering]

contrary to this, it is unlikely that sevilla can afford any major signings with the clubs financial standing and yes, getting champions league football does not change that position. it is left to see if sevilla are able to get quality loan signings, else they would struggle with relegation like the just concluded season

It's difficult to fight in the Champions League when a team doesn't have high-quality players, but in the season that just finished Sevilla were still able to stay in the middle area of the final standings and it's not that close to relegation. But for next season Sevilla will have to fight even harder because they are already in a tougher competition apart from La Liga, because the Champions League is a league for the best teams from several domestic leagues.

I don't believe that Sevilla will be able to perform as well in the Champions League as they do in the Europa League. The Champions League is one of the biggest leagues and is every team's dream to win. Sevilla can only succeed by winning the Europa League, even though it is also a league that every team would like to win but not as much as the Champions League.
Because Sevilla won the Europa League, they will perform well in the Champions League; otherwise, I doubt they won't even come close to competing in the Champions League because they finished in the top 12 of the La Liga league.

Last season Sevilla almost being to relegated but luckily they sacked Jorge Sampaoli and choose Mendilibar as the replacement and it took only two month for Mendilibar to improved Sevilla performance and the result is Sevilla can able to survive on Laliga and gets europa league trophy and after seeing this achievement i am sure Sevilla will performing well next season

But i don't think Mendilibar will considers champion league as his main target because we all know champion league is the place where strong teams available and it's hard for Sevilla to compete against those team and although Sevilla status has just gets europa league trophy but Sevilla status on champion league is only mediocre team and in my opinion Mendilibar current target is bringing Sevilla to finish at the better position than last season in Laliga and if they can probably Sevilla will aiming top 4 position

[wmaurik]

With Manchester city signing Kovacic from Chelsea; i do not think they expect Gundogan to stay. Its been over a year dragging contract terms and they have been unable to reach an agreement. I hope Barcelona are able to manage Gundogan injury crisis just like Manchester city did or it would be a wrong transfer for the club.

Right profile for barcelona? yes of course. Would he fit into the barcelona team? time will tell

Without injury, Gundogan is a very good player for the team and if Barcelona are able to get this Gundogan to be placed into the team next season, I think it will be very good for Barcelona because considering Barcelona are in need of great players to support their increase in performance at Next season. After all, Manchester City also has more powerful players at the moment so Manchester City still has the best choice even though they will also bring in new players to their team for next season.

[shogun47]

I agree, this is more like a continuation of Real Madrid's game aimed at getting a striker at the right price. It makes no sense to pay huge money for Kane or Mbappe, given the age of the first and the duration of the contract of the second.

Kane made several years a big waste when all he did was holding on to a club that has one of the poorest performances in Europe. He had a chance to have signed for any team that would have paid so on him; but getting signed at this age will definitely be a loss for Madrid as he's got only a few more years to play.
On the other hand, mbappe wasn't even comfortable staying in PSG that long... I can remember when he wanted to leave as soon as possible when Messi was singed... Many things happened and I think for no just course, or maybe reasons best known to him, he wanted to leave. Having Madrid as an option isn't bad- regarding his current form too.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

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Apart from that, I think Mbappe's decision to stay at PSG was like a young guy having eternal financial security in front of his eyes while also having an offer from his dream club Real Madrid. I know that in both cases he would have been fine financially, but PSG offered him so much money that he rightfully thought he couldn't resist. I think I would have done the same. In those 6 or 7 years he has probably earned something around 500 million or maybe more than that all things combined and he knew he would still be 24 or 25 when it is about time to go elsewhere. Now he doesn't need to care about money ever again even when he is dreaming very big in terms of luxury. I get why he decided this way, but now I really want to see him play for a different club. PSG is slowly turning his career into a waste.

[Strongkored]

With Manchester city signing Kovacic from Chelsea; i do not think they expect Gundogan to stay. Its been over a year dragging contract terms and they have been unable to reach an agreement. I hope Barcelona are able to manage Gundogan injury crisis just like Manchester city did or it would be a wrong transfer for the club.

Right profile for barcelona? yes of course. Would he fit into the barcelona team? time will tell

Without injury, Gundogan is a very good player for the team and if Barcelona are able to get this Gundogan to be placed into the team next season, I think it will be very good for Barcelona because considering Barcelona are in need of great players to support their increase in performance at Next season.

It has been confirmed that Ilkay Gündogan will go to Barcelona with a two-year contract and the possibility of an extension in the future, Barcelona seems to be very aggressive in bringing in this player because his free agent status will not make Barca spend transfer funds.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1671558716594745345
With an initial two year contract and the possibility of an extension, I think he will end his career at this club very well, he has the ability to contribute and adapt quickly to new club, so seeing him directly in the starting XI at the start of the season will be possible.

[makishart]

Without injury, Gundogan is a very good player for the team and if Barcelona are able to get this Gundogan to be placed into the team next season, I think it will be very good for Barcelona because considering Barcelona are in need of great players to support their increase in performance at Next season. After all, Manchester City also has more powerful players at the moment so Manchester City still has the best choice even though they will also bring in new players to their team for next season.

Gundogan will be city's opponent next season. Glad guardiola has been preparing kovacic as a good replacement for gundogan. In my opinion that as long as he will be going to the rival of manchester city and it's quite fine to see that.
It's better rather than he will be going to the arsenal which will make city gets more threats from EPL clubs. Gundogan knew so well about what must be done in barcelona.
Xavi was also really needs him. Barcelona is not stopped yet at this moment. The club is still targeting bernardo silva come to the club as soon as possible.

[Litzki1990]

Apart from the three you mentioned, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, I don't see any other team that can challenge the top and become the first in La Liga, honestly
Of course, this decreases competition but La Liga is not a very competitive championship, not like the Italian one

Predictions on clubs winning the La Liga is easy unlike other leagues. Considering they have high-quality players that can compete with the best, Spanish clubs are always the best among other league clubs. Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Athletico Madrid are the premier clubs, with the ability to win La Liga every season. It's almost as if they were born into the league, and average clubs will take a long time to beat the record. I can't see Sevilla or Villarreal finishing first in La Liga, because there are top competitive clubs that have only demonstrated fantastic performance against their players.

It will be difficult for any team to take la Liga league title from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Madrid because all those teams has potential squads that they are capable to lead the team to achieve their goal at the end of the season. Based on what is happening in this summer, showed that Barcelona will not miss the la Liga league title next season, because their coach is planning to bring more talented players that will help the team to embrace the title again next season. Sevilla and Villarreal still have a long way to go before they will be close to that position to lift la Liga league title, because Barcelona and Real Madrid will never allow such opportunity to happen now.

It is natural that these three teams in La Liga will be among the three strongest league title teams. Among all the teams in La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are strong, but in the Champions League, Real Madrid brings good reputation for La Liga by always representing from La Liga. Because Real Madrid is one of the most successful team, their success is in Champions League as well as in La Liga. Barcelona won the La Liga title this season and for next season I consider Real Madrid to win the league title. But Barcelona will not give up so easily, even if they win the La Liga title, Barcelona will be a tough opponent for Real Madrid.

[Davidvictorson]

It has been confirmed that Ilkay Gündogan will go to Barcelona with a two-year contract and the possibility of an extension in the future, Barcelona seems to be very aggressive in bringing in this player because his free agent status will not make Barca spend transfer funds.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1671558716594745345
With an initial two year contract and the possibility of an extension, I think he will end his career at this club very well, he has the ability to contribute and adapt quickly to new club, so seeing him directly in the starting XI at the start of the season will be possible.

Ilkay Gündogan is making a lot of sacrifice just to be at Barcelona. It is my sincere wish that it is worth it and that he won't regret the huge money he gave up to at Saudi Arabia just to be Barca. Another expectation which I have for him is that he remains in form. I also wish to see Xavi do a beautiful work with him in managing this huge insanely talented footballer. Guardiola has given positive feedback about this player - he's ability to play multiple positions and he looks to me as the perfect team player. At the end of his time at Barca. i would love to hear Xavi say the same thing too about him.

[rendravolt]

It has been confirmed that Ilkay Gündogan will go to Barcelona with a two-year contract and the possibility of an extension in the future, Barcelona seems to be very aggressive in bringing in this player because his free agent status will not make Barca spend transfer funds.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1671558716594745345
With an initial two year contract and the possibility of an extension, I think he will end his career at this club very well, he has the ability to contribute and adapt quickly to new club, so seeing him directly in the starting XI at the start of the season will be possible.

It is quite unexpected that the rumors that have been circulating since last month have finally come to fruition and it seems that barcelona are very lucky that they did not pay a transfer fee for a great midfielder like Ilkay Gundogan. I think this will be a renaissance for Barcelona in European competition, especially the Champions League, which has failed in several seasons.

The experience of the treble winner recently won by Gundogan will certainly be very meaningful for the Blaugrana's football development. I can't wait to see his debut with Barcelona next season and maybe first he will try to bring Barcelona to defend the previous La Liga title.

[Docnaster]

Apart from the three you mentioned, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, I don't see any other team that can challenge the top and become the first in La Liga, honestly
Of course, this decreases competition but La Liga is not a very competitive championship, not like the Italian one

Predictions on clubs winning the La Liga is easy unlike other leagues. Considering they have high-quality players that can compete with the best, Spanish clubs are always the best among other league clubs. Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Athletico Madrid are the premier clubs, with the ability to win La Liga every season. It's almost as if they were born into the league, and average clubs will take a long time to beat the record. I can't see Sevilla or Villarreal finishing first in La Liga, because there are top competitive clubs that have only demonstrated fantastic performance against their players.

It will be difficult for any team to take la Liga league title from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Madrid because all those teams has potential squads that they are capable to lead the team to achieve their goal at the end of the season. Based on what is happening in this summer, showed that Barcelona will not miss the la Liga league title next season, because their coach is planning to bring more talented players that will help the team to embrace the title again next season. Sevilla and Villarreal still have a long way to go before they will be close to that position to lift la Liga league title, because Barcelona and Real Madrid will never allow such opportunity to happen now.

There is nothing too special about Barcelona, ATM and Madrid in Laliga.  The difference between them and other clubs is money.
Manchester city used to be an average club till money was pumped into the club. We all have seen their success.
Newcastle used to be a small club but today they are in the European champions league. Just have the money and be willing to spend it wisely

[OcTradism]

There is nothing too special about Barcelona, ATM and Madrid in Laliga.  The difference between them and other clubs is money.

Money is important in football but it is not all. Like you can see difference between Manchester City and PSG as they are both very rich clubs and spent a lot of money in the last 10 or 15 years. They have different achievements so far and Manchester City are more successful than PSG because their development strategy is better than PSG.

Big clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona and ATM have another strength, their confidence in their strength and it can help them to solve some matches when they don't play better then their oppositions.

Manchester city used to be an average club till money was pumped into the club. We all have seen their success.

They are consistent doing their good strategy and big achievement like the past season just needs time to come.

Newcastle used to be a small club but today they are in the European champions league. Just have the money and be willing to spend it wisely

Newcastle got a successful season but they must to prove more. If in this summer, they do good transfers and continue to play well in a new season, they will become a very significant competitors to traditional big clubs in Premier League like Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

[HajiBagi]

With Manchester city signing Kovacic from Chelsea; i do not think they expect Gundogan to stay. Its been over a year dragging contract terms and they have been unable to reach an agreement. I hope Barcelona are able to manage Gundogan injury crisis just like Manchester city did or it would be a wrong transfer for the club.

Right profile for barcelona? yes of course. Would he fit into the barcelona team? time will tell

Without injury, Gundogan is a very good player for the team and if Barcelona are able to get this Gundogan to be placed into the team next season, I think it will be very good for Barcelona because considering Barcelona are in need of great players to support their increase in performance at Next season. After all, Manchester City also has more powerful players at the moment so Manchester City still has the best choice even though they will also bring in new players to their team for next season.

Gundogan is one of Manchester City's best players, and I think he'll perform admirably in Barcelona next season. Barcelona will be playing in the champions league, so I think they'll meet there with Manchester city, and it'll be exciting to witness the match. In my opinion, Barcelona is about to acquire a better team that will be able to defeat anything in the upcoming season.
Barcelona has won the Champions League for some time now, therefore I believe they will do everything in their power to win LA Liga and the Champions League the next season. In my opinion, the other teams should prepare to play intelligently against Barcelona.