La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Litzki1990]

This season under Ancelotti has not gone well for Real Madrid. Real Madrid were as formidable a team as they were last season but this season Real Madrid have been seen as an ordinary team. The manager is not solely responsible for a poor season. Team players are equally responsible for the poor performance of the team along with the manager. Maybe the football world expected a lot from Real Madrid last season but Real Madrid failed to perform as expected. It may not be the right decision to change managers after a poor season. There is no guarantee that the team will do well under him if another manager is appointed instead of the current manager. I think Real Madrid should trust Ancelotti. I believe he will do great things for Real Madrid next season.

Carlo Ancelotti is a widely recognized coach for the Los Blancos. Real Madrid is every player's dream club, and demonstrating your abilities as a player at the Santiago Bernabeu is a dream come true. The players at Madrid are the most effective considering Carlo Ancelotti is always looking for the best among the best, and he has no space for excuses for underperforming or fatigued players. I can image the amount of effort that the players are putting into their actions. They are the best team in the world, winning the UEFA Champions League as if it were their domestic La Liga title. 

Carlo Ancelotti and Florentino Pérez are very experienced in getting players into the team. Perez definitely wants to include the best player in his squad. Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, knows his needs well. And the important thing is that Madrid management always plans for the long term. They are not interested in signing a player for just one season. If they sign a player, they will definitely want good performances from him for at least 3-4 seasons. And this is why Carlo Ancelotti is trying to find the most suitable player for his squad.

Real Madrid always plan for the long term and they are able to sign quality players to their team. If they were planning to buy players for a season, they would not give much priority to picking players. Real Madrid management has been targeting talented players for long term contracts. One thing that Real Madrid is very admirable about is that Real Madrid are never in a rush to sign players. They lack a main striker this season yet they are in no rush they are just waiting for a good striker to sign a long term contract with Real Madrid.

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[superman184]

Therefore Carlo Ancelotti always thinks carefully and is always wise in making decisions to choose players to buy from the transfer market as long-term players.
Because Real madrid always has the target of always being absent in the champions league and performing well in the LaLiga league.

It seems that something is not quite right with what you are saying, because what I see is that Real Madrid has never been absent in the Champions League and has always performed well in La Liga even though last season Real Madrid lagged behind its eternal rival in La Liga. But Real Madrid is still a little bit better than Barcelona even though Barcelona won La Liga and for Carlo Ancelotti I have never doubted the way he recruits players for the Real Madrid team because he is very experienced in recruiting players that are needed by the team.

[zaim7413]

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Barcelona did not sign Gandong, but they did sign Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City. I'm kidding, but can you fix the error?
Gundogan is a quality player that Barcelona are already considering signing after Busquets' contract expires. Gundogan is expected to provide Barcelona with the stability in midfield as he has done over the last few seasons with Manchester City, and I think he is a player who will still be useful for Barcelona.

LOL. That's a name that is not in the agreement by Barcelona, Gandong is a name that is not registered in the population data except when you search for the name IIkay Gundogan. Maybe there was an error in pronouncing the name and that is a normal mistake and needs to be corrected. In addition to quality players, the salary for IIkay Gundogan is also not too big so that Barcelona can adjust their finances, moving Busquets will be an alternative with the arrival of IIkay Gundogan in Barcelona's financial condition which is not so good now.

Fortunately it can still be understood even though there is a slight mistake in pronouncing the name. This small mistake can happen to anyone when they forget to double check before posting. Gundogan is one of Barcelona best signings in the transfer market this time, he can be played as a defensive midfielder, left midfielder and right midfielder.
Barcelona midfield will be even more solid for next season with a combination of quality players such as Pedri, Gavi, De Jong and Gundogan.

A replacement has been found for the position left by Busquets, while Balde can entrust the position left by Alba. Xavi needs to find the ideal duo for Lewandowski. Raphinha and Dembele did well last season, while Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres fell far short of expectations. The back and mid lines are very solid, Barcelona needs to focus on the front lines so they can score even more goals next season.

[Falconer]

LOL. That's a name that is not in the agreement by Barcelona, Gandong is a name that is not registered in the population data except when you search for the name IIkay Gundogan. Maybe there was an error in pronouncing the name and that is a normal mistake and needs to be corrected.

Auto-correction is usually the cause of typo, so that's perfectly normal. I asked for it to be fixed so it didn't look like something was intentional. But it is always advisable to read what you post before you go to another thread to make a post. But some people are too lazy to do it.

In addition to quality players, the salary for IIkay Gundogan is also not too big so that Barcelona can adjust their finances, moving Busquets will be an alternative with the arrival of IIkay Gundogan in Barcelona's financial condition which is not so good now.

Barcelona may have considered Ilkay Gundogan as an alternative option who doesn't have a huge salary to sign for several seasons. Barcelona know what they have to do, so I think they are smart enough to make adjustments at the moment.

Instead of signing a young star for a high price, I think Barcelona's approach to adjusting their budget is understandable. The players they signed were quality players, even if they were free transfer players from their old team. They have had success with this approach, but I believe they are only doing it because they have to because of financial difficulties.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm thinking about who the future manager can be for Real Madrid also. Because Ancelotti has agreed to stay in his last year which is until the end of his contract. But after that it seems like he is going to manage Brazil national team. Brazil are really lucky to sign a manager like Ancelotti though.    This deal can be the start of new successes in the World Cup for them also.

However Real Madrid will need to be prepared for this until then. As long as Zidane is free I think that Florentino Perez would like to see him back. As you know Real Madrid won the Champions League title 3 times in a row under his management. He is just one of the greatest candidates for this team.

However it wouldn't be easy to convince him. But since Deschamps' contract with France is until 2026 it doesn't seem like Zidane can manage France in the next World Cup. Therefore he might lean towards managing another team until then maybe.

[Docnaster]

Carlo Ancelotti and Florentino Pérez are very experienced in getting players into the team. Perez definitely wants to include the best player in his squad. Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, knows his needs well. And the important thing is that Madrid management always plans for the long term. They are not interested in signing a player for just one season. If they sign a player, they will definitely want good performances from him for at least 3-4 seasons. And this is why Carlo Ancelotti is trying to find the most suitable player for his squad.

In general you may be right, but I think Real Madrid could also consider alternative options for example if they have trouble signing the players they want. They can sign players for short terms, for example for 1-2 seasons, but when they find the player they want, they will not renew the contract again.

Real Madrid has also not always managed to sign the right players in recent seasons. Eden Hazard is one of the players I mean where he only scored 6 goals in his 4 seasons at Real Madrid. So not all the players who join them are players who can make a good contribution, some of them are also bad signers.

U are trying to say that Real Madrid has succeeded in making the wrong signing in recent seasons by mentioning Hazzard. But judging from Hazard's rate and contributions in Chelsea, as a club will u be pessimistic about the decision of signing such a player?  Will u even think that Hazzard will not contribute much to Real Madrid in3 seasons?
Hazard in chelsea was a supper star,  he showed his best and worth which attracted real Madeid and they went for him. It's just unfortunate that his career turned out that way. It can happen to any player. Real Madrid is a club that has a taste for stars, their signings were all good.

[BALIK]

Carlo Ancelotti and Florentino Pérez are very experienced in getting players into the team. Perez definitely wants to include the best player in his squad. Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, knows his needs well. And the important thing is that Madrid management always plans for the long term. They are not interested in signing a player for just one season. If they sign a player, they will definitely want good performances from him for at least 3-4 seasons. And this is why Carlo Ancelotti is trying to find the most suitable player for his squad.

In general you may be right, but I think Real Madrid could also consider alternative options for example if they have trouble signing the players they want. They can sign players for short terms, for example for 1-2 seasons, but when they find the player they want, they will not renew the contract again.
Real Madrid has also not always managed to sign the right players in recent seasons. Eden Hazard is one of the players I mean where he only scored 6 goals in his 4 seasons at Real Madrid. So not all the players who join them are players who can make a good contribution, some of them are also bad signers.

U are trying to say that Real Madrid has succeeded in making the wrong signing in recent seasons by mentioning Hazzard. But judging from Hazard's rate and contributions in Chelsea, as a club will u be pessimistic about the decision of signing such a player?  Will u even think that Hazzard will not contribute much to Real Madrid in3 seasons?
Hazard in chelsea was a supper star,  he showed his best and worth which attracted real Madeid and they went for him. It's just unfortunate that his career turned out that way. It can happen to any player. Real Madrid is a club that has a taste for stars, their signings were all good.

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

[hahay]

Carlo Ancelotti and Florentino Pérez are very experienced in getting players into the team. Perez definitely wants to include the best player in his squad. Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, knows his needs well. And the important thing is that Madrid management always plans for the long term. They are not interested in signing a player for just one season. If they sign a player, they will definitely want good performances from him for at least 3-4 seasons. And this is why Carlo Ancelotti is trying to find the most suitable player for his squad.

In general you may be right, but I think Real Madrid could also consider alternative options for example if they have trouble signing the players they want. They can sign players for short terms, for example for 1-2 seasons, but when they find the player they want, they will not renew the contract again.
Real Madrid has also not always managed to sign the right players in recent seasons. Eden Hazard is one of the players I mean where he only scored 6 goals in his 4 seasons at Real Madrid. So not all the players who join them are players who can make a good contribution, some of them are also bad signers.

U are trying to say that Real Madrid has succeeded in making the wrong signing in recent seasons by mentioning Hazzard. But judging from Hazard's rate and contributions in Chelsea, as a club will u be pessimistic about the decision of signing such a player?  Will u even think that Hazzard will not contribute much to Real Madrid in3 seasons?
Hazard in chelsea was a supper star,  he showed his best and worth which attracted real Madeid and they went for him. It's just unfortunate that his career turned out that way. It can happen to any player. Real Madrid is a club that has a taste for stars, their signings were all good.

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

Obviously, Hazard was a failed purchase or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid but for Bale, I don't agree if you say Bale was a failed purchase either or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid. Because in my view Bale still manages to make a good contribution to Real Madrid, at least you can also consider the amount of time given to Bale to play compared to Hazard. What's more, Bale also scored beautiful goals as well as winning goals quite often and as such, surely Bale is a successful buy to have a big contribution to Real Madrid.

[Leviathan.007]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

[Doell]

I'm thinking about who the future manager can be for Real Madrid also. Because Ancelotti has agreed to stay in his last year which is until the end of his contract. But after that it seems like he is going to manage Brazil national team. Brazil are really lucky to sign a manager like Ancelotti though.    This deal can be the start of new successes in the World Cup for them also.

However Real Madrid will need to be prepared for this until then. As long as Zidane is free I think that Florentino Perez would like to see him back. As you know Real Madrid won the Champions League title 3 times in a row under his management. He is just one of the greatest candidates for this team.

However it wouldn't be easy to convince him. But since Deschamps' contract with France is until 2026 it doesn't seem like Zidane can manage France in the next World Cup. Therefore he might lean towards managing another team until then maybe.

I also think Zidane is a suitable candidate to be a manager for Real Madrid he's a genius, also as you said Real Madrid won the Champions League 3 times in a row under his management. He's also been at Real Madrid for a long time that makes him a candidate strongest to replace Ancellotti position, and if Zidane becomes a manager in the 2024 then Real Madrid has a higher chance of winning all the big titles again.

[Falconer]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

[rahmad2nd]

It has been reported that if qatari investors were offering barcelona to create the same busines model like what already done by manchester city with its city football group. Qatari investors were sending proposal for barcelona to create a new team under barcelona.
I think that it's possible for barcelona to accept it as it will be helping the parent club to get more funding. This busines model has been used by manchester city with its city football group which is having some clubs under it (girona, mumbai fc, NYC FC and melbourne city). There is also another team that is starting to use the same busines model like city. Chelsea is also doing it by acquiring big stake from strasbourg.

I think barcelona shall accept such proposal. It will make barcelona has middle east team who played under barcelona's name.

We also read about this news, as in the title reported by Goal: Barcelona will imitate Manchester City, La Liga clubs receive offers from Qatari businessmen to have their own team in the Middle East. well, amidst the trend Saudi clubs are in a race to bring in some of Europe's top players. Qatar is trying to offer Barcelona to have its own team in the Middle East like City did. So, that's obvious.
IMO, there is a prestige competition between Saudi and Qatar. after Qatar successfully hosted the 2022 world cup, Saudi offered to host 2030. After that, Newcastle was acquired by the PIF company, which is under the auspices of the prince from Saudi Arabia. After that, we were shocked by the news that Qatar would acquire MU even at a fantastic nominal price. wow, it seems very interesting to me from a political point of view, as well as the prestige battle between these Middle Eastern countries.

Back on topic.
I read this news, but we cannot confirm its validity regarding the truth. however, it seems that what Qatar has to offer is quite attractive to Barcelona. that's why, in the same report Barca is considering the proposal because it needs to fund lucrative contracts for the Spanish parent squad. Unfortunately, there are no details on how other details of this rumor are related. but if it is profitable, there is a great chance that Barcelona will accept the proposal offer in the midst of the financial crisis that has hit them.

[Renampun]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

this term is often referred to by people as the curse of injury to Madrid players (besides bale and hazard, kaka also experiences the same thing). I'm not very clear about what actually happened to these players (who are affected by the injury curse). Hopefully new players will play in Madrid, don't experience the same thing, there are rumors that mbappe will play for Madrid, hopefully if he officially plays in Madrid, he wasn't hit by the injury curse (turned into one of them), because so far mbappe is fine at PSG.

[Tony116]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

Obviously, Hazard was a failed purchase or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid but for Bale, I don't agree if you say Bale was a failed purchase either or didn't manage to contribute well to Real Madrid. Because in my view Bale still manages to make a good contribution to Real Madrid, at least you can also consider the amount of time given to Bale to play compared to Hazard. What's more, Bale also scored beautiful goals as well as winning goals quite often and as such, surely Bale is a successful buy to have a big contribution to Real Madrid.

Bale was a decent value for money. I wouldn’t say that he was a very successful buy. I also am not going to say that he was disappointing. He was decent and his performance for Real Madrid was often match-winning. I absolutely agree that his goals were very beautiful and incredible. Just like the goal that he scored by sprinting from midfield against Barcelona. The problem that he had was injuries.

If it was not because of injuries, I think he could have actually performed a lot better and also for a longer period of time. But if we compare him against Eden Hazard, I think we have to conclude that he was much more successful. Hazard is basically winning trophies without even playing.

[nurilham]

Yes, of course Gundogan can still play until the age of 35 and even more and judging by his character he is a pretty strong player and rarely gets injured. I think barcelona was lucky enough to get Gundogan on a free agent status after his contract ended with manchester city. With sufficient quality, I think Gundogan will be able to bring big changes to Barcelona next season.

No doubt he can play until 35 years old, he has no problem with his fitness. In the last season, Gundogan showed his best form and he should do the same in Barcelona in the next season. Since Barcelona midfielders are younger than him, I'm sure he will be the leader in Barcelona midfield line. It is very interesting to see how big his contribution for Barcelona the next season. Anyway, surely Barcelona is very lucky, again they signed a top quality player with free transfer status.

With the way he plays, and how he's technically smart and swift, he'll play and adapt speedily to the way Barcelona or Xavi Hernandez wants. Infact I see no difference from what they both play ( Manchester City and Barcelona ) it's just that Xavi Hernandez still not at the level of Pep Guardiola.

He should adapt quickly with Xavi tactics. Pep Guardiola tactics are almost the same as Xavi tactics. Both coaches use tiki-taka style, but it is a modern tiki-taka. So, there should be no serious problem for Gundogan to adapt with Barcelona game style.

[AakZaki]

in fact these two players share the same characteristics, both Busquets and Gundohan are midfielders. even before, Pep Guardiola tended to play Gundohan as a defensive midfielder. it's just that, this season the system that Pep Gurdiola has implemented is different, Pep has put Gundohan's position to play more at the fore. in essence, Gundohan can play various positions according to the system implemented by the coach. he can play DC, DM, even AM.

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It seems that Barcelona once tried to bring in a sling when coach Luis Enrique. But Enrique did not approve and chose Arda Turan from Juventus. Since with Pep from 2016 Gundongan had an extraordinary career, maybe Barcelona should be disappointed. Moins made an outstanding contribution to Man City. Today, after almost 7 years, he only joined Barcelona at the end of his football life. 32 years old is not young and maybe he can play effectively until the age of 36 only. Yes, Barcelona does not seem to have any progress to buy young players. Barcelona prefer experienced old players.

[Leviathan.007]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

I'm sorry but how they can perform better than Real Madrid when Xavi can't buy the players he needs for next season? Just check the players Real Madrid is going to buy and you can understand hiring a player like Mbappe is more than a dream for any team.
If you saw the last season Barcelona had a better performance in La Liga and they won the title this can't be the reason to say they can do the same thing in the next season. The situation for these two teams is not the same at all.

[Dump3er]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

I'm sorry but how they can perform better than Real Madrid when Xavi can't buy the players he needs for next season? Just check the players Real Madrid is going to buy and you can understand hiring a player like Mbappe is more than a dream for any team.
If you saw the last season Barcelona had a better performance in La Liga and they won the title this can't be the reason to say they can do the same thing in the next season. The situation for these two teams is not the same at all.

They have already performed much better than Real Madrid last season and if they didn't lose 3 out of their last 5 games, they could have finished the season with close to 100 points (97 to be exact). If they can play another season with close to 100 points, Real Madrid has to change and do a lot to compete with Barcelona. I doubt that Barcelona is ready yet to compete in the Champions League, but it could be enough again for La Liga.

[Asiska02]

Real Madrid selected the best players of the time for their team. But I wouldn't say that Madrid has always been successful. I think no one would disagree that Eden Hazard is a very talented player. However, he was not successful with Madrid. If he worked hard enough, maybe he could have had a great performance with Madrid. It's not just that Madrid lost money by buying Eden Hazard. Madrid also spent a lot of money on Bale. But Bale was not successful with Madrid. However, Madrid always tries to add the best players to their squad.

Bale was successful at Real Madrid than Eden Hazard but his success rate didn’t show because of the likes of Ronaldo and Benzema that were in the team together with him at that time. Eden Hazard was just too unlucky after joining Real Madrid and he was not even given enough playing time at the club due to injury and how undervalued he was that time after joining the team. Not all players joint new team to become better there, some end up been worse than before and that’s the case of Eden Hazard after leaving Chelsea to join Real Madrid several years back.

[abderrazak belkhir]

Next season will be a hard season for Xavi and Barcelona because they couldn't have players like Real Madrid and other teams have much better performances in the transfer window, Barcelona needs to have a young alternative player for Lewandovki and they don't have a financial situation for even think about players like Kane or Osimhen.
I think unlike what we saw this season, in the next season Real Madrid will have much more chance than Barcelona.

Leviathan.007, please don't joke. Even Barcelona can perform better than Real Madrid even though it doesn't have many high-paying players. Barcelona was more successful than Real Madrid last season, even when they were going through a financial crisis. So I never underestimate Barcelona just because they can't afford expensive players like Real Madrid did recently. After all, is Real Madrid guaranteed to be better than Barcelona next season just because it spends a lot of money to buy players?

I'm sorry but how they can perform better than Real Madrid when Xavi can't buy the players he needs for next season? Just check the players Real Madrid is going to buy and you can understand hiring a player like Mbappe is more than a dream for any team.
If you saw the last season Barcelona had a better performance in La Liga and they won the title this can't be the reason to say they can do the same thing in the next season. The situation for these two teams is not the same at all.

They have already performed much better than Real Madrid last season and if they didn't lose 3 out of their last 5 games, they could have finished the season with close to 100 points (97 to be exact). If they can play another season with close to 100 points, Real Madrid has to change and do a lot to compete with Barcelona. I doubt that Barcelona is ready yet to compete in the Champions League, but it could be enough again for La Liga.

I agree, they already built a strong club and they can easily get the title again next year if they keep playing the same way as the previous season, for the champoins league the club still need some improvements because the majority of clubs that will play for the UCL title are way better than Barcelona