La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[shogun47]

Real Madrid should only focus on a centre-forward signing now. I don't think there is any other position which is in a more urgent need to be consolidated now. Maybe a winger can be signed also to improve the squad depth but it is isn't immediate compared to a centre-forward. Benzema has left and his place hasn't still been filled.

If Ancelotti moves on by relying on only Joselu and Rodrygo then I don't expect much thing from them especially in the Champions League. Because maybe they can still do a good work in the La Liga but the Champions League is a way different arena. You should compete there with the best version of your squad as much as possible.

La Liga is a top league, we always expects the best performance from these elite clubs. Real Madrid and Barcelona will compete for the title race, they know specifically when to hits the long run and achieved solid results. Recently, Los Blancos have suffered crucial absence of their important players, Thibaut Courtois that got an injury while Karim Benzema exits Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid have alternatives to explore after the departure of Karim Benzema. Carlo Ancelotti got good quality players to utilized for the new season. Vinicius Júnior and Rodrygo will definitely suit in the spots.

Getting a centre forward striker to replace the outgone Karim Benzema at the Santiago Bernabeu is Real Madrid's topmost issue at the moment and the earlier they try and sign a player of that position before the new season kicks off the better for them.
They've been linked to Kylian Mbappe since the end of last season but nothing serious has happened concerning the deal at this very point. Real Madrid should go for another striker that if they can't sign the Frenchman or risk having a poor season

But given how the situation is between PSG and Real Madrid and also given the amount that is at stake here, this will take until the end of the transfer window. Maybe it is going to be one of those final day deals. What could really have a lot of influence on the decision by Real Madrid is if their offensive game sucks for the next three games before the transfer window closes. If that's the case, what choice do they have other than toss their limits overboard and offer a new record high price for Mbappe. This could be part of the PSG strategy to now wait and see how Real Madrid will do without a new top striker.

[asriloni]

That's very bad news for Real Madrid but after they lost Benzema and tried to hire Mbappe from PSG which is in an unknown situation, now Courtois got injured and Real Madrid needs this goalkeeper to get recover faster but now according to what we heard from Ancelotti they are about to hire a new goalkeeper otherwise Real Madrid will get in trouble.

Where the heck is lunin right now? he has been recruited to fill curtois's space once curtois was facing injury like this. Don't rush it dude. Ancelotti will be using lunin next season. There's no need to request real madrid to get a new goal keeper.
The injury that faced by the main goal keeper can be solved easily caused by the club is still having secondary goal keeper in the club. Buying a new player is not always become a solution to fix this.
Lunin is also pretty good enough but he is still lacking in some things. Real madrid will not be in trouble. Lunin is ready to replace curtois's position at this moment.
I dunno why buying a new player is always the solution once the club is still having secondary goal keeper in the club. What's the usefulness of secondary goal keeper?

[LUCKMCFLY]

That's very bad news for Real Madrid but after they lost Benzema and tried to hire Mbappe from PSG which is in an unknown situation, now Courtois got injured and Real Madrid needs this goalkeeper to get recover faster but now according to what we heard from Ancelotti they are about to hire a new goalkeeper otherwise Real Madrid will get in trouble.





https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/38171662/real-madrid-sign-goalkeeper-thibaut-courtois-injury-carlo-ancelotti

In fact, you're absolutely right, but with respect to Mbappé it's not much, because Mbappé is a player who hasn't been very good for Madrid, in fact Ancelotti said at one point that they had a very good team and without Mbappé, so for that side are super good, now the Courtois thing is something that worries, he is a goalkeeper who has always been very good, he has saved him from many, in terms of hiring a goalkeeper I think that there they should look for a very good one and he money that they were going to give for Mbappé that they give it for a goalkeeper player who is very good, so things sometimes happen for a reason, here it became evident that it was good not to buy a player like Mbappé, there was an important loss like that of the goalkeeper current, something that no one expected, but that's football.

Now, at this time, any player played as a goalkeeper is extremely important than having Mbappé in the team, despite the fact that Madrid has a substitute goalkeeper, a goalkeeper if it is extremely necessary for Madrid, many think not, that it is easier to have to an Mbappé who scores goals, but Mbappé is a player who is not so complete, as far as I am concerned, Haaland is much better than Mbappé, why? Because he scores more goals and is more focused on the game, Mbappé, on the other hand, has another type of thinking.

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In fact, you're absolutely right, but with respect to Mbappé it's not much, because Mbappé is a player who hasn't been very good for Madrid, in fact Ancelotti said at one point that they had a very good team and without Mbappé, so for that side are super good, now the Courtois thing is something that worries, he is a goalkeeper who has always been very good, he has saved him from many, in terms of hiring a goalkeeper I think that there they should look for a very good one and he money that they were going to give for Mbappé that they give it for a goalkeeper player who is very good, so things sometimes happen for a reason, here it became evident that it was good not to buy a player like Mbappé, there was an important loss like that of the goalkeeper current, something that no one expected, but that's football.

Now, at this time, any player played as a goalkeeper is extremely important than having Mbappé in the team, despite the fact that Madrid has a substitute goalkeeper, a goalkeeper if it is extremely necessary for Madrid, many think not, that it is easier to have to an Mbappé who scores goals, but Mbappé is a player who is not so complete, as far as I am concerned, Haaland is much better than Mbappé, why? Because he scores more goals and is more focused on the game, Mbappé, on the other hand, has another type of thinking.

But they already have a very interesting agreement:

Real Madrid reach agreement with Sevilla goalkeeper

They have Andriy Lunin, but his recent performances have not been up to par. It would be a major risk to go into the season with him as the number one.

It does not look like Real Madrid are planning to do that either. In fact, they appear to be already taking positive steps to bring in another goalkeeper to Santiago Bernabeu.

As tweeted out by Sports Zone, Yassine Bounou and Real Madrid have reached an agreement in principle. Now everything is between the two clubs. Los Blancos do not seem inclined to pay a €20 million fee for the player. Negotiations are continuing.

Source: https://therealchamps.com/2023/08/11/real-madrid-reach-agreement-goalkeeper/

Well, things may sound good, Bounou is not the long-term solution, as they say in the article, but honestly to get out of trouble and in an emergency, usually when a goalkeeper fails, almost the entire team goes into crisis, because he is the only one who can give a team a lot of security is the goalkeeper, so for me it is a fundamental pillar that a goalkeeper of the team is well, because at the end of the day the one who can put his hand on the ball is him and the The one who saves them from any goal is the goalkeeper, so Bounou represents hope for the team, emergencies in these cases make them do things that a team would never do, let alone Madrid.

Where the heck is lunin right now? he has been recruited to fill curtois's space once curtois was facing injury like this. Don't rush it dude. Ancelotti will be using lunin next season. There's no need to request real madrid to get a new goal keeper.
The injury that faced by the main goal keeper can be solved easily caused by the club is still having secondary goal keeper in the club. Buying a new player is not always become a solution to fix this.
Lunin is also pretty good enough but he is still lacking in some things. Real madrid will not be in trouble. Lunin is ready to replace curtois's position at this moment.
I dunno why buying a new player is always the solution once the club is still having secondary goal keeper in the club. What's the usefulness of secondary goal keeper?

The only thing that occurs to me right now is that the goalkeeper is not at the level, possibly that is, because if Ancelotti is not counting on him, it is for something, or it could be that he is not at 100%, possible injury, it is not known, but if they are moving like this and are looking for a goalkeeper like Bounou it is because things are not so bad, however things can happen when they are most needed, if everyone is putting their energy into looking for this goalkeeper, who by the way He is not young as Madrid likes to hire, it is because things are difficult to find a famous goalkeeper as Madrid likes.

[Tony116]

Rayo were leading by 2 goals at half time. Not even 30 minutes into the game, they had 2 penalties, and they had 2 successful penalties from 2 different players. Almeria tried to fight back, and they were able to gain a bit of the upper hand in possession, but they couldn't break the deadlock to create a goal and narrow the gap.
They weren't lost yet, there was 45 minutes of the second half that they could have used to equalize or even turn the game around. It's hard enough to make that happen, but nothing is impossible. At the end of the first half Rayo also relaxed their attack a little.

Two penalties in the first half against the home side Almeria is something the coach have to look into because is not going to be easy to come back from a 2nil lead. Well the second half is not going to be calm but we're going to see more goals and I don't see the away team backing out neither the home team to seat back, I expect more goals in the second half.
IMO, is going to be all about the home team to come back and draw the game

Well, nothing else happened in this match after the two goals that were scored by Rayo Vallecano from the penalties. Except for a few yellow cards. There is nothing much to talk about honestly. Almeria tried to make a comeback in this match. They also had a high percentage of possession in this match. A few shots on target as well. But nothing substantial to be honest. I was also expecting goals in the second half especially from Almeria. But they have certainly disappointed a lot of people. The first match of La Liga and the end up conceding two penalties.

[shinratensei_]

That's very bad news for Real Madrid but after they lost Benzema and tried to hire Mbappe from PSG which is in an unknown situation, now Courtois got injured and Real Madrid needs this goalkeeper to get recover faster but now according to what we heard from Ancelotti they are about to hire a new goalkeeper otherwise Real Madrid will get in trouble.
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/38171662/real-madrid-sign-goalkeeper-thibaut-courtois-injury-carlo-ancelotti

I can hope this will be true. Curtois will absent for more than a half of year. It will be so difficult for real madrid to rely with lunin. In fact, luni is not as good as curtois. Real madrid may be forced to find a replacement for him as soon as possible.
Lunin can still become an option for ancelotti but i think that if he gonna think even harder before try to recruit a new goal keeper. Lunin was very often in making mistakes.

He is not comparable with curtois. I can't imagine how many goals will be conceded by real madrid if lunin gonna be a main keeper. I knew he was not so bad, but he is still far from helping its club to compete in UCL.
We do know that how so many great goal keeps are playing in UCL soon. Im feeling skeptical with the performance from real madrid if lunin gonna be a goal keeper.

Bono may become a good candidate to fill the goal keeper of real madrid.

[bering]

Sociedad vs Girona

According to the meetings statistics it showed Sociedad had good records from Girona that in the last 5 matches Sociedad was unbeatable with get 2 wins and 3 draws and these records were make them very confident that they will be able to overcomes Girona today and gets their first 3 points this season
Last season at home Sociedad were quite strong even at that time Sociedad can able to beat strong teams such as Real Madrid and Villarreal and maybe this also causes why the bookie placed Sociedad as the favourite with the odds @1.62 but Sociedad have to be careful to Girona because in the last 6 matches Girona was unbeatable and they even can able to beat Lazio and draw from Napoli so compared to Sociedad obviously Girona is better than them so Girona had a potention to make Sociedad to slipped today

[Swordsoffreedom]

Real Madrid should only focus on a centre-forward signing now. I don't think there is any other position which is in a more urgent need to be consolidated now. Maybe a winger can be signed also to improve the squad depth but it is isn't immediate compared to a centre-forward. Benzema has left and his place hasn't still been filled.
If Ancelotti moves on by relying on only Joselu and Rodrygo then I don't expect much thing from them especially in the Champions League. Because maybe they can still do a good work in the La Liga but the Champions League is a way different arena. You should compete there with the best version of your squad as much as possible.

La Liga is a top league, we always expects the best performance from these elite clubs. Real Madrid and Barcelona will compete for the title race, they know specifically when to hits the long run and achieved solid results. Recently, Los Blancos have suffered crucial absence of their important players, Thibaut Courtois that got an injury while Karim Benzema exits Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid have alternatives to explore after the departure of Karim Benzema. Carlo Ancelotti got good quality players to utilized for the new season. Vinicius Júnior and Rodrygo will definitely suit in the spots.

Getting a centre forward striker to replace the outgone Karim Benzema at the Santiago Bernabeu is Real Madrid's topmost issue at the moment and the earlier they try and sign a player of that position before the new season kicks off the better for them.
They've been linked to Kylian Mbappe since the end of last season but nothing serious has happened concerning the deal at this very point. Real Madrid should go for another striker that if they can't sign the Frenchman or risk having a poor season

But given how the situation is between PSG and Real Madrid and also given the amount that is at stake here, this will take until the end of the transfer window. Maybe it is going to be one of those final day deals. What could really have a lot of influence on the decision by Real Madrid is if their offensive game sucks for the next three games before the transfer window closes. If that's the case, what choice do they have other than toss their limits overboard and offer a new record high price for Mbappe. This could be part of the PSG strategy to now wait and see how Real Madrid will do without a new top striker.

Without a striker like Mbappe, PSG can certainly play better if the team gets good performances from Vini and Rodry. These two players are very talented but miss a lot of easy chances. Because of this, Madrid's performance will be somewhat erratic. Madrid's performance is likely to be stable if the trio of Vini, Joselu and Rodry play well. Joselu is nothing to ignore. Last season he became the third highest scorer in La Liga. He has the ability to score goals. Also, Bellingham is a good pplayer. However, we are still not sure how Real Madrid will perform this season. Hopefully we will see a better performance from madrid. Ancelotti is a very good coach. He knows very well where his squad's weaknesses are. Even if the team does not do well in the Champions League, it will perform well in the La Liga.

[MAAManda]

Last season at home Sociedad were quite strong even at that time Sociedad can able to beat strong teams such as Real Madrid and Villarreal and maybe this also causes why the bookie placed Sociedad as the favourite with the odds @1.62 but Sociedad have to be careful to Girona because in the last 6 matches Girona was unbeatable and they even can able to beat Lazio and draw from Napoli so compared to Sociedad obviously Girona is better than them so Girona had a potention to make Sociedad to slipped today

You can't conclude that actually Girona is better than Real Sociedad just from their friendly match results. Girona was able to beat Lazio and was able to hold Napoli to a draw only in a friendly match which incidentally didn't have any objective there.

I don't think the bookie is that stupid to make Real Sociedad the favorite in their match today, they are more dominant in the H2H side, besides that the match will also take place at the Estadio Reale Arena, so there's no doubt for me that Real Sociedad has a bigger chance of winning.

[rozak]

Last season at home Sociedad were quite strong even at that time Sociedad can able to beat strong teams such as Real Madrid and Villarreal and maybe this also causes why the bookie placed Sociedad as the favourite with the odds @1.62 but Sociedad have to be careful to Girona because in the last 6 matches Girona was unbeatable and they even can able to beat Lazio and draw from Napoli so compared to Sociedad obviously Girona is better than them so Girona had a potention to make Sociedad to slipped today

You can't conclude that actually Girona is better than Real Sociedad just from their friendly match results. Girona was able to beat Lazio and was able to hold Napoli to a draw only in a friendly match which incidentally didn't have any objective there.

I don't think the bookie is that stupid to make Real Sociedad the favorite in their match today, they are more dominant in the H2H side, besides that the match will also take place at the Estadio Reale Arena, so there's no doubt for me that Real Sociedad has a bigger chance of winning.

even last season Sociedad had a better performance than Girona. I'm sure Sociedad can get a win in their first match.
Rayo and Valencia also want to start the season well. their first fight looks like it will give victory to both of them. the beginning of the new season has started, I hope that there are teams that are not the favorites to surprise and fight for the strong teams of La Liga.

[topbitcoin]

I have faith that Valencia will start LaLiga with a victory today and 3 important points. They really looked good in friendly games , they create a lot of chances to score compared to last year where they approached a defensive style that almost relegate them so I expect goals from them tonight.

Sevilla...they did not great in friendly games and also they are well known for not having a good start when new season starts. They also lost against Magdeburg...who is in Bundesliga 2 in a friendly game where a lot of important players played.

I'm not sure Valencia can win away to Sevilla. Sevilla looked much stronger than Valencia at the end of last season, when Valencia were pretty much in the relegation zone. Friendly games don't say much. Today will be about earning points and that's what matters.

It's time to get back to the fun after a long break for La Liga.

Actually for the first game I wanted positives for Sevilla as you would expect but it's the opening game and to be honest apart from Barcelona and Madrid I didn't notice any other clubs in their readiness for the new season.
So for once the pdds are interesting enough for me but I'll probably wait and see for the first week in terms of matches as I still can't see clearly the strength of both clubs in the new season.

But certainly there will be some buzz especially the opening match is clearly important to boost morale.

It seems that we are too busy talking about Barca and Real Madrid during this long gap, so we don't see what the future holds for other clubs like Sevilla, even though this club is one of the big clubs that has won the defending European league title and will compete with Valencia later.
If you look at it from Head to Head Sevilla is superior in this match because in the last 5 matches Valencia has never beaten Sevilla even though playing at home Valencia has always failed and today's match will take place at home to Sevilla it will be much harder for Valencia to admit defeat.
Even though this is not a guarantee, this is only my small prediction and I will bet on Sevilla this time.
I am also sure that some of the people here who know this match will definitely bet on Sevilla because it is very clear that there will be a narrow win.

We've been treated to so much speculation that we've forgotten about the first match in La Liga.

It's just that this match didn't go too well for Sevilla. Having fallen behind and having equalized in the end the red card from Bade was the destroyer of my hopes in this match.
After Bade left the field in the crucial minute everything became very different. Vallencia really made the most of it and the fact that they scored in the last 2 minutes of the second half meant that Sevilla had to drop points in their first match.
A bad start for my La Liga bet.

[borovichok]

You can't conclude that actually Girona is better than Real Sociedad just from their friendly match results. Girona was able to beat Lazio and was able to hold Napoli to a draw only in a friendly match which incidentally didn't have any objective there.

I don't think the bookie is that stupid to make Real Sociedad the favorite in their match today, they are more dominant in the H2H side, besides that the match will also take place at the Estadio Reale Arena, so there's no doubt for me that Real Sociedad has a bigger chance of winning.

Both team have 50/50 in the game, only one will turned out winner, the best team goes home with three points. I'll be placing my wagers on today's La Liga game, in favour, I would us not to follow previous meetings, this is new campaign and we expect the best results from them. Definitely a tough game, Real Sociedad are home and would do anything to record a point even though it's a draw game, they would settled for it. While Girona are sparkling in their friendly games. Concerning the friendly game, Girona was outstanding in the games, they had an unbeaten run. It's good to determine who wins in their first game of the season.

[Velvet78]

Real Sociedad had a wonderful season the last time. That great effort helped them qualify for the Champions League by finishing the season at the 4th position. Sorloth was their most scorer but he has joined Villarreal now. He was on loan at Real Sociedad of course. I thought they would like to keep him for another season.

Now I think the board will be expectant from Real Sociedad to be in a fight for top 4 again. I wonder how consistent they can be this season. But the first week fixture is technically comfortable for them on paper. They just need to be careful as they got a draw with Girona the last time they played against them home.

[MAAManda]

even last season Sociedad had a better performance than Girona. I'm sure Sociedad can get a win in their first match.
Rayo and Valencia also want to start the season well. their first fight looks like it will give victory to both of them.

That's why I have no doubts that Real Sociedad will win against Girona, there are a lot of considerations and comparisons between these two teams. Do you think Real Sociedad will win by a big score? or will they only win by 1 goal difference from Girona?

the beginning of the new season has started, I hope that there are teams that are not the favorites to surprise and fight for the strong teams of La Liga.

We'll see it happen at the beginning to the middle of the season, but all the hopes of the small team will be destroyed towards the end of the season, this is like a cycle that has happened to almost all of Europe's major leagues, a real example that we can see is Union Berlin in the Bundesliga .

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even last season Sociedad had a better performance than Girona. I'm sure Sociedad can get a win in their first match.

Last season Real Sociedad were in Europe [Champions League] while Girona were in the middle of the table but I can conclude Real Sociedad are still favored over Girona even though this team played well in friendlies, but that's not the real result.
Playing at home for Real Sociedad their victory is even bigger.

Rayo and Valencia also want to start the season well. their first fight looks like it will give victory to both of them. the beginning of the new season has started, I hope that there are teams that are not the favorites to surprise and fight for the strong teams of La Liga.

Rayo had the advantage that their second goal came from a penalty box kick.
Valencia were also a little fortunate at the end of the match, Sevilla players had to go off due to their cards after a few minutes Valencia were able to take advantage well to score the winner.

[hyudien]

even last season Sociedad had a better performance than Girona. I'm sure Sociedad can get a win in their first match.
Rayo and Valencia also want to start the season well. their first fight looks like it will give victory to both of them. the beginning of the new season has started, I hope that there are teams that are not the favorites to surprise and fight for the strong teams of La Liga.

Real Sociedad vs Girona should be an interesting match even though last season Girona could not show good results but this time maybe they will try their best and not rule out the possibility that Sociedad can be overwhelmed. But because this match will be held at Sociedad home ground, namely at the Reale Arena, of course it will be an advantage for them to be able to get full points. I hope Girona can show his best performance so he can entertain the audience.

[swogerino]

Looks like Sevilla has started this season with a completely wrong foot,the same as last year where they barely saved relegation in the last weeks of the season.I remember now another game in those last weeks which was Valencia vs Sevilla,a game that Sevilla won in the home of Valencia despite being a weak team back then and now the first week of this new season they lose at home against Valencia,this is clearly a not so good indicator regarding Sevilla performance while for Valencia it is an awesome start to the season.

[Luzin]

That's why I have no doubts that Real Sociedad will win against Girona, there are a lot of considerations and comparisons between these two teams. Do you think Real Sociedad will win by a big score? or will they only win by 1 goal difference from Girona?

I'm more sure Sociedad won, maybe 2-0. They have had excellent performances, even being able to step up to the UCL this season. Even if they are without Martin Merquelanz because of a knee injury, I think the quality of Sociedad's players is still very good to face Girona. But the first game usually has surprises, they might be a little awkward.

[len01]

You can't conclude that actually Girona is better than Real Sociedad just from their friendly match results. Girona was able to beat Lazio and was able to hold Napoli to a draw only in a friendly match which incidentally didn't have any objective there.

I don't think the bookie is that stupid to make Real Sociedad the favorite in their match today, they are more dominant in the H2H side, besides that the match will also take place at the Estadio Reale Arena, so there's no doubt for me that Real Sociedad has a bigger chance of winning.

Both team have 50/50 in the game, only one will turned out winner, the best team goes home with three points. I'll be placing my wagers on today's La Liga game, in favour, I would us not to follow previous meetings, this is new campaign and we expect the best results from them. Definitely a tough game, Real Sociedad are home and would do anything to record a point even though it's a draw game, they would settled for it. While Girona are sparkling in their friendly games. Concerning the friendly game, Girona was outstanding in the games, they had an unbeaten run. It's good to determine who wins in their first game of the season.

I agree more with @MAAManda statement that it is too bad to judge a team only from friendly matches and we know that friendly matches are matches to test players who have had a long break from last season break and also friendly matches as trials for new players who have recruited for each team to see and arrange whether new players are worthy to be made starters. so that match cannot be a benchmark for predicting that Girona is stronger than Real Sociedad.
Girona chances in today match are a little small because this match will be at home to Sociedad which gives a bigger chance of winning and I bet on Sociedad today. and lets see what happens in this match whose prediction will be right.

[shogun47]

Without a striker like Mbappe, PSG can certainly play better if the team gets good performances from Vini and Rodry. These two players are very talented but miss a lot of easy chances. Because of this, Madrid's performance will be somewhat erratic. Madrid's performance is likely to be stable if the trio of Vini, Joselu and Rodry play well. Joselu is nothing to ignore. Last season he became the third highest scorer in La Liga. He has the ability to score goals. Also, Bellingham is a good pplayer. However, we are still not sure how Real Madrid will perform this season. Hopefully we will see a better performance from madrid. Ancelotti is a very good coach. He knows very well where his squad's weaknesses are. Even if the team does not do well in the Champions League, it will perform well in the La Liga.

I know you were referring to Real Madrid in your first sentence

Yes Vini is outstanding in my opinion, he is a player who can decide a game, but he is not yet one level with a player like Mbappe. He has something other players don't have and this is not meant to disrespect the fact that Vini is world class as well. I have doubts about Joselu because if he was this rockstar-like attacker, why would it take him to become 33 years old before a big club finds him? This is what makes me wonder about it. But still this also doesn't mean he can be exceptionally good and I simply underestimate him. But Mbappe is one of those players that Real Madrid wants and needs on the team.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Without a striker like Mbappe, PSG can certainly play better if the team gets good performances from Vini and Rodry. These two players are very talented but miss a lot of easy chances. Because of this, Madrid's performance will be somewhat erratic. Madrid's performance is likely to be stable if the trio of Vini, Joselu and Rodry play well. Joselu is nothing to ignore. Last season he became the third highest scorer in La Liga. He has the ability to score goals. Also, Bellingham is a good pplayer. However, we are still not sure how Real Madrid will perform this season. Hopefully we will see a better performance from madrid. Ancelotti is a very good coach. He knows very well where his squad's weaknesses are. Even if the team does not do well in the Champions League, it will perform well in the La Liga.

I know you were referring to Real Madrid in your first sentence

Yes Vini is outstanding in my opinion, he is a player who can decide a game, but he is not yet one level with a player like Mbappe. He has something other players don't have and this is not meant to disrespect the fact that Vini is world class as well. I have doubts about Joselu because if he was this rockstar-like attacker, why would it take him to become 33 years old before a big club finds him? This is what makes me wonder about it. But still this also doesn't mean he can be exceptionally good and I simply underestimate him. But Mbappe is one of those players that Real Madrid wants and needs on the team.

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Vini and Rodrygo are talented I won't argue with that. But last season I saw the performance of these two players. They also failed to score from many easy chances. Players like Mbappe and Benzema never fail to score from easy chances. This is why Madrid needs an experienced striker. But if Ancelotti can get Vinicius and Rodrygo experienced enough it will be great for Madrid. These two strikers can serve Madrid for a long time.

We are still not sure if Joselu can play well. However, since he played well with Espanyol, Joselu is more likely to do well with a more experienced squad like Madrid. Nonetheless, your observation holds validity, if Joselu truly possesses the caliber of a world-class striker, why has he not been recruited by any prominent club in the past?