La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Cryptomultiplier]

It's true that Barcelona's current financial condition makes it difficult for them to sign star players. Although they were able to sign Gundogan for nothing, signing Mbappe, who commands a large transfer fee, would be a significant challenge.

I would never expect Barcelona to try to bring Kylian Mbappe into their squad when they are really in a financially tight spot. Barcelona can't compete for the star players available on the transfer market, it really makes it difficult for them to maneuver about that.

So for conclusion, I really believe that Kylian Mbappe is not a player who will play for Barcelona next season or in the next few seasons. Barcelona must solve their financial problems gradually, but it will never be easy.

There isn't much room on Barcelona's squad for new, pricey acquisitions because the team currently has 26 players, half of whom are foreigners. Transfer fees from players like Griezmann and Trincao don't come close to covering their current expenditures. While Real Madrid is a leading candidate to sign Mbappe, the issue is far from settled. The earlier new contract offer from PSG is an example of how a sudden change of heart can affect the outcome of transfer proceedings. The likelihood of Mbappe signing with Barcelona is, therefore, not zero

Barcelona has sold several players and made several agreements with several players regarding termination of contracts. They do all this to save expenses and reduce their responsibility in paying players' salaries, that is clearly not Barcelona's desire if they are not financially in trouble.

Be it a financial situation or not, a team usually has a kind of player they want. That is, someone who can play their kind of football without much hassles of retraining.

Mbappe is much likely a Real Madrid player than Barcelona's. Fees may need to be a bit lower than what he's worth right now, if Barca intends to sign him and playing along side Lewandowsky, Pedri, Marc Ter Stegen and new signing from Borussia Dortmund, Gundogan might just be too much competition for Mbappe and his career and we might see him warm the bench all season.
This is Barcas fourth signing so far and more shuffling transfer of some players is  still ongoing.

[temple]

This fact cannot be avoided, but as long as Barcelona can allocate each portion and also do the right goals, I think it will produce something sweet. Sometimes we can't criticize a team with bad finances like the one faced by Barcelona and indeed they can't buy star players like some of Europe's top teams.

I think the transition to talented young players or players who are more mature from that experience is good enough for future development. Now barcelona may be challenged whether they can return these financial problems to a stable point so that we will also see barcelona will compete with other European teams in fighting for star players.

Finances are still an issue at Barcelona and they can't afford to buy a star player for next season. The transition since Xavi took charge of Barcelona has relied on young players, but they cannot fully expect to compete with other teams using the strengths of young players. That's why they are trying to buy players like Gundogan to complement their strengths and maximize young players for the long term.

If you look at the current condition of the Barcelona team, it seems to me that they will find it a little difficult to face other teams in the Champions League and the youth strength they have is not fully ready to face other teams under pressure. The strength of the young players they have is not fully ready to face other teams, especially in the Champions League the pressure to play will be different from that in La Liga, so the strength of the young players they have is not fully ready.

This might change quite a bit with the addition of Gundogan who brings in all the experience necessary to compete in the Champions League. He is also a few years younger although Barcelona isn't really adding strength to their squad. Busquets left, Gundogan joined. They are now considering a swap of de Jong for Silva from Manchester City. This would mean de Jong is gone, Silva is added. There is still no significant change that makes the team fundamentally better. They have a good center line from the offense with Lewandowski via Gundogan in the midfield and ter Stegen in the back. But is it quite the same as it was last season despite some names that will have changed when the new season starts.

[nurilham]

I would never expect Barcelona to try to bring Kylian Mbappe into their squad when they are really in a financially tight spot. Barcelona can't compete for the star players available on the transfer market, it really makes it difficult for them to maneuver about that.

I also think the same, Barcelona has no chance to sign Mbappe. Everyone knows that Mbappe is dreamed to join Real Madrid since a long time. He is also likely to agree with Real Madrid management to move there if he leaves PSG. Moreover, his transfer fees and his salary will make Barcelona very difficult to deal with him. Even if Barcelona isn't in a financial crisis, I'm not sure if Barcelona can sign Mbappe.

So for conclusion, I really believe that Kylian Mbappe is not a player who will play for Barcelona next season or in the next few seasons. Barcelona must solve their financial problems gradually, but it will never be easy.

Agree. Barcelona must focus to find a way in dealing with their current financial problem. It is not a wise decision to buy an expensive player like Mbappe who can burden more the problem in financial. This problem won't be easy to fix, Barcelona must find more sponsorships and sell some players to reduce the financial burden.

[Docnaster]

I would never expect Barcelona to try to bring Kylian Mbappe into their squad when they are really in a financially tight spot. Barcelona can't compete for the star players available on the transfer market, it really makes it difficult for them to maneuver about that.

I also think the same, Barcelona has no chance to sign Mbappe. Everyone knows that Mbappe is dreamed to join Real Madrid since a long time. He is also likely to agree with Real Madrid management to move there if he leaves PSG. Moreover, his transfer fees and his salary will make Barcelona very difficult to deal with him. Even if Barcelona isn't in a financial crisis, I'm not sure if Barcelona can sign Mbappe.

So for conclusion, I really believe that Kylian Mbappe is not a player who will play for Barcelona next season or in the next few seasons. Barcelona must solve their financial problems gradually, but it will never be easy.

Agree. Barcelona must focus to find a way in dealing with their current financial problem. It is not a wise decision to buy an expensive player like Mbappe who can burden more the problem in financial. This problem won't be easy to fix, Barcelona must find more sponsorships and sell some players to reduce the financial burden.

Barcelona's current club concern right now shouldn't be about signing a high profile players like Kylian Mbappe when the club's financial strength is on the decline.
They have a manager in Xavi Hernandez who believes so much in his young team to deliver spectacular performances just like they've been doing since his arrival as the club manager. Barcelona should critically look in to what they can do as a club to help their and recover from their financial ruins

[boltz]

My faith in LaLiga is on Valencia this year to reach at least top 5 and be back into a European Competition for next year because it has been some years when we last saw them competing into Europa League ...because UCL is a forgotten competition for them .... If somehow , they won't perform this year , I'm afraid Valencia will have to re-think their entire strategy because it's clearly that defensive style is not suiting them as last year they barely avoid the relegation.

[Die_empty]

These comparisons across different leagues are not trivial sometimes because so many factors come into play. You could also mention Atletico Madrid as a strong team even when they didn't perform as good as they did in the seasons before. But when you take Sevilla and see how they eliminated Manchester United from the Europa League, it becomes obvious that a comparison isn't easy. Should we consider the position in the table? Then it is Manchester United who were much better, but when we see how Sevilla won against them in the home game, the whole comparison should be worked out differently. I agree that the Premier League is better overall, but in matchups between teams from both leagues some of the results could be much closer than a general comparison would suggest.

One striking area of comparison should be the financial value of the league. And the English Premier League has been the most expensive in Europe. In terms of sponsorship deals and TV rights, the EPL is number one. And this also has the highest number of viewers. An example is my country where the EPL is the most watched and has the highest fan base. It has also been called the most exciting league in the world and it has attracted some of the world's best footballers. I might not be right, it has one best football organizing bodies that have fewer scandals compared to other leagues.

Barcelona's current club concern right now shouldn't be about signing a high profile players like Kylian Mbappe when the club's financial strength is on the decline.
They have a manager in Xavi Hernandez who believes so much in his young team to deliver spectacular performances just like they've been doing since his arrival as the club manager. Barcelona should critically look in to what they can do as a club to help their and recover from their financial ruins

I also don't think that Barca should consider signing Mbappe considering their financial standings. But signing players also have some benefits outside the pitch. If the club has done an extensive market analysis and discovered that the French player can attract other financial benefits like lucrative endorsements and sponsorships, then it is a risk worth taking. I know that Mbappe will bring more attention to the club which could affect their financial base positively. But if it is all about pitch performance, I suggest that the club still maintain its strategy of buying cheap players until they become healthy financially.

[Google+]

Considering his age that is not young anymore, 23 goals is a good achievement at least. But you are right, if he can only score 23 more or less yes there is a possibility other strikers can handle it. By the way, at the moment I haven't seen any good move at the Barcelona club, in my opinion they should release of their players two or three players. Because previously their funds from the advantage transfer of Antoine Griezmann and Trincão, maybe already used to sign Vitor Roque, also to improve their finances little by little Barcelona must be ready to sell their players again.

To balance their expenses of course barcelona will sell their players in this transfer window. There are even 5 players who will soon be sold by Barcelona to other teams in this transfer window. I saw Kessi before he was a key player in the Ac milan team but when he went to Barcelona he seemed to find such a big setback against his form that xavi wanted to let him go in this transfer window.

For that we are going to these five players that will be sold by Barcelona. Will barcelona sell him at a cheap price considering that not too many teams are interested enough to get players that barcelona will sell. like Dest he seems to fade away and will find it difficult to find a new club for his next career. I think Barcelona will do a lot of things and they will often terminate contracts if that is the last step for them.

[Sterbens]

It could happen, but as you say, it doesn't make sense because Barcelona are struggling financially. And also for now their squad seems better prepared with the presence of new players, especially Gundogan who was brought in for free from Manchester City.
I have a ridiculous thought about Barcelona and Mbappe, I mean Mbappe will end his contract next season, that means there will be a free transfer, well I want to see if they will be one of the teams that will compete for Mbappe or not with his free agent status. Lol, that was my wild thought.

It is obvious that Barcelona would have to sell half of the club to get him lol, there is no possible way they could ever get him, hell it's a miracle they are keeping their own players, let alone even think about Mbappe. Real and City are the only other two teams that has enough money to spend, another was PSG but that's already his club anyway.

So if Mbappe leaves, which I still think he won't and this is all a ruse to get a lot of money from PSG, then I guess that it's going to end up with something much bigger pay from PSG. I am sure that if he goes to Real though, he will be regarded as one of the best of his generation and he could win a ton of cups and a lot of leagues and probably a lot of UCL until he retires as well.

They haven't even been able to stabilize their current cash book even though they have issued Busquets
Barcelona is still in a situation that is still a bit complicated right now so this is indeed possible but there are many considerations including conditions that really require them to make big steps by selling some players lol

Talking about Mbappe, now indirectly with that big price, everything returns to Madrid, it's just that this condition won't be easy, but indeed if Mbappe and PSG's cold war continues then something like this will definitely happen sooner or later.

[Cookdata]

These comparisons across different leagues are not trivial sometimes because so many factors come into play. You could also mention Atletico Madrid as a strong team even when they didn't perform as good as they did in the seasons before. But when you take Sevilla and see how they eliminated Manchester United from the Europa League, it becomes obvious that a comparison isn't easy. Should we consider the position in the table? Then it is Manchester United who were much better, but when we see how Sevilla won against them in the home game, the whole comparison should be worked out differently. I agree that the Premier League is better overall, but in matchups between teams from both leagues some of the results could be much closer than a general comparison would suggest.

We cannot compare the two leagues in just a few factors but at least in big competitions like champions league or european league.
With this competition we can determine which club from the league is the strongest.
After all, for me in every league there are top clubs or the best clubs like the Premier League has Manchester city and LaLiga has Barcelona.
So we don't need to compare between the main league and LaLiga because these two leagues have the same strength.

Barcelona had a great season in Laliga last summer and they didn't make it to the Champions League, they were eliminated right there in the group stage, were promoted to Europa League, and were removed from there again but were all doing pretty well, Real Madrid that was at some point in Laliga even tried and reach the Semi-final before Manchester City eliminated them tried more than Barcelona, this is to tell you that because you are having a good domestic league is not a guarantee that you will do well in other leagues but sometimes, some clubs do well in both.

However, seeing how many clubs are making adjustments in their defensive positions with players, this season is going to be tight for the top four in Laliga because the teams that are usually staying in that spot are busy signing the good players while the less financial clubs are the ones selling the good ones they have, I wonder how they plan to strong their defensive system this season, it will be more fun if I wake up tomorrow and see that Mbabe is official Real Madrid guy.

[Velvet78]

Sevilla played the second half of the previous season much better than the first half. Because after Mendilibar's arrival everything started to change in the right direction for them. Honestly I wasn't expecting him to make an impact like this. Because he didn't have an experience with high level teams much in his manager career.

But he won the Europa League title with the Sevilla that weren't in a good condition before. In addition he saved the team from relegation by reaching safety in the standings. The board must be contented with his work a lot for now. But the expectation in the La Liga would be to competitive for top 4 this time for sure.

[arimamib]

Sevilla played the second half of the previous season much better than the first half. Because after Mendilibar's arrival everything started to change in the right direction for them. Honestly I wasn't expecting him to make an impact like this. Because he didn't have an experience with high level teams much in his manager career.

But he won the Europa League title with the Sevilla that weren't in a good condition before. In addition he saved the team from relegation by reaching safety in the standings. The board must be contented with his work a lot for now. But the expectation in the La Liga would be to competitive for top 4 this time for sure.

Indeed, Sevilla did not appear too good from the start and closing the season with a European league trophy was quite a surprise for us after seeing Sevilla so weak at the start of the season and so strong at the end of the season. For now, of course, the management of Sevilla will give full confidence to Mendilibar to become permanent coach for Sevilla, because previously he was under contract until the end of the season but good performance I think Mendilibar has been given a new contract to remain coach of Sevilla.

Even on the other hand, the Sevilla goalkeeper's neat appearance made the name Yassine Bounou eyed by big teams in this transfer window. Psg is one of the teams that is really interested in getting Yassine Bounou services for next season. I think Yassine Bounou was a key player for Sevilla success last season in the European league. It is most likely that if he leaves, it will definitely make Sevilla think faster to find a replacement in this transfer window.

[rendravolt]

This fact cannot be avoided, but as long as Barcelona can allocate each portion and also do the right goals, I think it will produce something sweet. Sometimes we can't criticize a team with bad finances like the one faced by Barcelona and indeed they can't buy star players like some of Europe's top teams.

I think the transition to talented young players or players who are more mature from that experience is good enough for future development. Now barcelona may be challenged whether they can return these financial problems to a stable point so that we will also see barcelona will compete with other European teams in fighting for star players.

Finances are still an issue at Barcelona and they can't afford to buy a star player for next season. The transition since Xavi took charge of Barcelona has relied on young players, but they cannot fully expect to compete with other teams using the strengths of young players. That's why they are trying to buy players like Gundogan to complement their strengths and maximize young players for the long term.

If you look at the current condition of the Barcelona team, it seems to me that they will find it a little difficult to face other teams in the Champions League and the youth strength they have is not fully ready to face other teams under pressure. The strength of the young players they have is not fully ready to face other teams, especially in the Champions League the pressure to play will be different from that in La Liga, so the strength of the young players they have is not fully ready.

From the start, Xavi preferred to include young players who had more potential to be in the Barcelona squad and that was also a good step that would have a long-term impact. Maybe sometimes these young players, if not accompanied by experienced players, will certainly become quite a serious problem. Moreover, the current La Liga competition can be considered competitive, considering that Real Sociedad, Girona and Osasuna are now starting to fight more often for a better finishing place.

I think the need to emphasize insight into young players is very important, especially when we talk about the Champions League, of course Barcelona for the past few seasons has looked worse than other teams. Readiness for all players also needs to be improved for future competitions, so that it will bring bigger opportunities later.

[mamesso]

If Lewandowski continues to score just as little, then it is very likely that some "regular" striker from the average team will be able to get around him. 23 goals is not at all the level in modern realities, not only for La Liga, but even for the Premier League, where Kane scores 30 goals in a season and he is still not in first place (because of Haaland).

Considering his age that is not young anymore, 23 goals is a good achievement at least. But you are right, if he can only score 23 more or less yes there is a possibility other strikers can handle it. By the way, at the moment I haven't seen any good move at the Barcelona club, in my opinion they should release of their players two or three players. Because previously their funds from the advantage transfer of Antoine Griezmann and Trincão, maybe already used to sign Vitor Roque, also to improve their finances little by little Barcelona must be ready to sell their players again.

Scoring 23 goals in his first season with Barcelona is a good achievement for Lewandowski, especially at his no longer young age. Lewandowski has contributed greatly to Barcelona success last season, he immediately adapted very well to the tactics used by Xavi.
Barcelona needs to streamline its squad to make room for new players. Vitor Roque is one of Barcelona good purchases this season, he is young and talented, his presence has really helped Barcelona improve their quality. Selling several players needs to be done to reduce their salary burden, apart from that Barcelona will receive income that can be used to bring in new players, recently Barcelona has also begun to be linked with Bernardo Silva.

[Litzki1990]

If Lewandowski continues to score just as little, then it is very likely that some "regular" striker from the average team will be able to get around him. 23 goals is not at all the level in modern realities, not only for La Liga, but even for the Premier League, where Kane scores 30 goals in a season and he is still not in first place (because of Haaland).

To begin with, comparing Laliga to the English Premier League is ludicrous; they are profoundly different from one another. Harry Kane and Erling Haaland remained the consistent top goal scorers in england, there energy are unmatchable. Barcelona are progressing gradually, they are getting better with winning clubs in La Liga, yet to improve to the next level. Robert Lewandowski is doing everything he can to adapt to the La Liga style of play. The Poland international has been competitive from the start, and his teammates have been equally encouraging, delivering important assists that have led to goals.

La Liga cannot be compared to the Premier League. There are several big clubs in the Premier League and all have strong squads. On the other hand, apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid, the rest of the clubs in La Liga are relatively weak. Lewandowski's performance was quite good last season. The important thing is that Lewandowski's performance was quite consistent last season so he was able to score a lot of goals. Hopefully, we will see more excellent performances from Lewa in the coming season.

These comparisons across different leagues are not trivial sometimes because so many factors come into play. You could also mention Atletico Madrid as a strong team even when they didn't perform as good as they did in the seasons before. But when you take Sevilla and see how they eliminated Manchester United from the Europa League, it becomes obvious that a comparison isn't easy. Should we consider the position in the table? Then it is Manchester United who were much better, but when we see how Sevilla won against them in the home game, the whole comparison should be worked out differently. I agree that the Premier League is better overall, but in matchups between teams from both leagues some of the results could be much closer than a general comparison would suggest.

We cannot compare the two leagues in just a few factors but at least in big competitions like champions league or european league.
With this competition we can determine which club from the league is the strongest.
After all, for me in every league there are top clubs or the best clubs like the Premier League has Manchester city and LaLiga has Barcelona.
So we don't need to compare between the main league and LaLiga because these two leagues have the same strength.

Every league has a top team as you mentioned Manchester City is the best team in English Premier League you could have added Arsenal or Liverpool to Manchester City as these teams will also be in the top team list. Barcelona is undoubtedly a better team in La Liga but Real Madrid is a more favorite team than Barcelona. Along with Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid created good chances against various big teams. You may have listed those who have done well in their respective leagues in recent seasons. But Real Madrid has won the highest number of Champions League trophies so far, so no matter what tournament you call Champions League or La Liga, Real Madrid is always the best team.

[borovichok]

Sevilla played the second half of the previous season much better than the first half. Because after Mendilibar's arrival everything started to change in the right direction for them. Honestly I wasn't expecting him to make an impact like this. Because he didn't have an experience with high level teams much in his manager career.

But he won the Europa League title with the Sevilla that weren't in a good condition before. In addition he saved the team from relegation by reaching safety in the standings. The board must be contented with his work a lot for now. But the expectation in the La Liga would be to competitive for top 4 this time for sure.

The manner in which Sevilla managed to tighten their weak positions and strengthen their performance in La Liga astonished those who supported them. We all anticipated they'd be relegated the previous season, but things were unable to transform, and the new manager changed the club's strategy for their advantage. The president of Sevilla has offered to extend the new coach's contract, which is essentially wonderful developments for the squad. Jose Luis Mendilibar will continue to enhance his performance and meet the expectations of his fans.

[marcous]

Scoring 23 goals in his first season with Barcelona is a good achievement for Lewandowski, especially at his no longer young age. Lewandowski has contributed greatly to Barcelona success last season, he immediately adapted very well to the tactics used by Xavi.
Barcelona needs to streamline its squad to make room for new players. Vitor Roque is one of Barcelona good purchases this season, he is young and talented, his presence has really helped Barcelona improve their quality. Selling several players needs to be done to reduce their salary burden, apart from that Barcelona will receive income that can be used to bring in new players, recently Barcelona has also begun to be linked with Bernardo Silva.

It is reported that Barcolana will only register Vitor Roque in July 2024, Xavi can still take advantage of Lewandowski's role for now. Supported by Gondogan's role in midfield or on the wings, it will give a new color to Barcelona's game. Yes, it's true that Bernardo Silva is reportedly going to be released to Barcelona with the option of Man City getting Frenkie de Jong, PSG is also reported to be interested in bringing in the Man City attacking midfielder and the players themselves have said they refused, Silva is more interested in joining Barcelona than PSG.

If Silva really joins Barcelona, then Xavi's squad will have pretty good game depth. Because Gundogan and Silva are players who have matured under Pep Guardiola. Xavi automatically only needs to adjust his tactics for these two players, so that Lewandowski can score goals freely.

[execijutiere]

Granada have signed Jesus Vallejo on loan from Real Madrid, a player they had previously loaned out for one more year.Girona have signed Yangel Herrera from Manchester City for 5 million euros.Girona have made a move to strengthen their midfield.
Villareal, on the other hand, sold stopper Pau Torres to Aston Villa for 33 million euros.We can say that they made a good income with this transfer.I wonder who they will replace Pau Torres with.They are one of the Spanish teams that earn good income in the transfer season.

[Strongkored]

We cannot compare the two leagues in just a few factors but at least in big competitions like champions league or european league.
With this competition we can determine which club from the league is the strongest.
After all, for me in every league there are top clubs or the best clubs like the Premier League has Manchester city and LaLiga has Barcelona.
So we don't need to compare between the main league and LaLiga because these two leagues have the same strength.

If it is necessary to compare, of course I have to say Manchester city is better than Barcelona if only for the achievements they made last season. Because Manchester city managed to get three trophies last season, while Barcelona only got one, namely in La Liga. So in my opinion the comparison is very striking and even very unbalanced. But on the other hand, I also hope that both of them can do better next season, especially in the Champions League.

Maybe the right comparison is for now, but overall of course Barcelona is still above Manchester City. Barcelona faced financial difficulties for quite a long time and this really disrupted the stability of the club as a whole so that their performances at domestic and in European tournaments became quite bad and managed to get up last season even though only domestically but that was quite appreciated. If Barcelona have the same finances as Manchester City then Barcelona will always be a team to be reckoned with in European competition, because that means they will never get obstacle when it comes to bringing in players.
In the new season at Laliga, Barcelona will again get strong competition because rivals Real Madrid understand what failed last season, and of course, it will be a heating season because mistakes made by one of them will benefit their competitors, and it looks like Laliga is back will be domination for Barcelona and Real Madrid.

[dezoel]

My faith in LaLiga is on Valencia this year to reach at least top 5 and be back into a European Competition for next year because it has been some years when we last saw them competing into Europa League ...because UCL is a forgotten competition for them .... If somehow , they won't perform this year , I'm afraid Valencia will have to re-think their entire strategy because it's clearly that defensive style is not suiting them as last year they barely avoid the relegation.

In last season, there were few hopes for having better results but sadly suddenly they were down with having chance for the relegation as well which was really sad news for the supporters their performance is surely unpredictable and most of the time having REDCARD is also having another issue for them now I have feeling most chances if they will be not improved in early half of this season then most chances they could be dropped from the La Liga and can go through down in next season right now they have enough time for setting good strategy which helps them for staying in above half of the league table.

Going into European competitions are never been easy as many teams are giving their best and their quality is also much better from them, hopefully we will have positive change and improved performance which helps them for staying into better spot of league table.

[bering]

Granada have signed Jesus Vallejo on loan from Real Madrid, a player they had previously loaned out for one more year.Girona have signed Yangel Herrera from Manchester City for 5 million euros.Girona have made a move to strengthen their midfield.
Villareal, on the other hand, sold stopper Pau Torres to Aston Villa for 33 million euros.We can say that they made a good income with this transfer.I wonder who they will replace Pau Torres with.They are one of the Spanish teams that earn good income in the transfer season.

Jesus Vallejo was joined to Real Madrid since 2015 from Zaragoza but he was lost to compete with other players to get one place on starting lineup so he spend his time to playing outside Madrid usually loaned to other Laliga teams and last season too Vallejo only played 4 times in all competitions so obviously he is not Ancelotti first choice and that's why he accept the offers from Granada because Vallejo hopes at Granada he will gets more minutes to play at there and before this news appears actually Granada has been loan him on season 2020/2021 at that time he was playing 37 times so it's clearly Granada is need him more than Madrid and losing Vallejo will not affect to Madrid condition because he is not into Ancelotti next season plan