La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[GigaBit]

Barcelona's finances have been a concern for FIFA for the past 5 years. The spotlight on Barcelona is due to their poor financial condition. That makes Barcelona have to do salary efficiency, new innovations to get better income. Reportedly to this day Barcelona still has a debt of €1.2 billion. Today I also read that Barcelona have asked La Liga to change the financial fair play rules, separating the expenses of the women's and junior teams from the first team budget.

During the covid-19, the club faced huge losses and some players had to be bought at very high prices, which did not improve the club's financial situation. If they inform the La Liga authority about this, I do not think it will be very effective because they will not take any decision that is for the benefit of any particular club. They can provide any benefit within a general rule. Some financial grants can be increased for those who are at the top of La Liga every year, but this does not seem very logical because only the best will get that opportunity, but there is no benefit for those who are at the bottom. That's why Barcelona's financial crisis must be solved by themselves.

[Frankolala]

Florentino Perez has not only built a strong foundation to make Real Madrid the biggest force in Europe, but he has also made Real Madrid the best team in the world. And talking about hard work, Los Blancos always try to perform well in every season, it's just a shame that the results they get this season are still far from what is expected.

Not entirely sure if he deserved to stay, but not sure if it was needed to send him away neither. I mean he did win 2 league titles and 2 UCL with them, that should be good enough to keep going, and one bad year shouldn't be an issue. So when you think of it like that, it feels as if he should have stayed.

However, reality is that he didn't look like he is going to be better on the long run, they didn't had trust in him that he would be there for another 5 years. Even if you gave him one more year, best case would be he would win again, and then lose again. What they wanted was a younger manager, who is doing a great job and they wanted to see him do a fine job of it as well. If they keep doing that, then they should be fine with Xabi, for a long long time.

Of course, Madrid knows that he is getting old and will leave the club very soon which made them not interested in keeping him. Maybe, his nature is that he loses this season and wins title the next season, but they are somehow not comfortable with him coaching the club anymore. This was why they brought a younger coach who can spend more time to work and solidify the team so that the trophies will keep on coming in.

[tottong]

Of course, Madrid knows that he is getting old and will leave the club very soon which made them not interested in keeping him. Maybe, his nature is that he loses this season and wins title the next season, but they are somehow not comfortable with him coaching the club anymore. This was why they brought a younger coach who can spend more time to work and solidify the team so that the trophies will keep on coming in.

Real Madrid are also considering Xabi Alonso as a coach for a long-term project and this is a good momentum for Real Madrid itself to make a change.
Ancelotti has given his best for Real Madrid and maybe needs a refresh as one of the methods to change the team to be better in the long term.
Real Madrid lost all the trophies last season and this is not so ideal for a big team like Real Madrid so bringing in a new coach is a must that needs to be done.
I am sure Xabi Alonso can give his best even though in his first season he fails to bring Real Madrid to win the Champions League because it does take time to change the team according to the playing pattern that he expects.

[armanda90]

Barcelona's finances have been a concern for FIFA for the past 5 years. The spotlight on Barcelona is due to their poor financial condition. That makes Barcelona have to do salary efficiency, new innovations to get better income. Reportedly to this day Barcelona still has a debt of €1.2 billion. Today I also read that Barcelona have asked La Liga to change the financial fair play rules, separating the expenses of the women's and junior teams from the first team budget.

Indeed winning La Liga tittle, Barcelona still get difficult with financial condition considering have debt around 1,2 million euro and its not small debt for the top team. Last several years ago, Barcelona spent much money for signing players and paid in installments make them difficult how to manage well financial condition until have much debt. Another bad news about their goal keeper Marc-André ter Stegen ask him leave the club for next season but the management just paid him one year later regarding his contract left two years later.

I don't sure with La Liga will change about financial fair play regulation, all teams must respect what the rule of financial fair play and Barcelona must looking for alternative way how to make their all players can registering for La Liga season 2025/26, during not participant at FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Barcelona have enough time prepare team for pre season match and perform well for next season.

[Accardo]

I am sure Xabi Alonso can give his best even though in his first season he fails to bring Real Madrid to win the Champions League because it does take time to change the team according to the playing pattern that he expects.

He's getting acquainted with the players gradually and also has little time to train against their next debut on Wednesday playing AI Hilal. After the match it'll be easier to speculate what the future holds for the new Coach. You can't be sure if he'd not lift the champions league at first glance. Arne slot won the EPL in his first season with Liverpool, so anything can happen if Alonso's strategy proves effective he'd come out a champion.

[Adbitco]

Barcelona have very good La Massia that productively provide many talented youth players for their main squad. Consequently, Barcelona have continuous good player resources as home-grown players who can help their club to maintain quality and competitiveness over years.

However, they have bad financial management strategies and it has been lasting in many years. Signing with Lewandowski years ago as a free player is good in cost and benefit but Barcelona barely make such transfer decision. They will need to replace Lewandowski in near future and it might be time for their bad transfer deals again.

Barcelona have very good future with many young players who have already proven their capability of playing at highest level, but to succeed sustainably in long term, Barcelona must do better financial management starts from this summer transf er season.

I would say Barcelona had a good La Massia team that produced one of the young talents. Then it was many but now only just few which made me say they 'had'. Barcelona wouldn't have been in this financial mess if not for gross mismanagement of funds by the past administrations. Bribery and over payments of certain players salaries was one of the things that ruined them financially. These were almost renewing Messi's salary almost every 2 years.

[Gallar]

Barcelona's finances have been a concern for FIFA for the past 5 years. The spotlight on Barcelona is due to their poor financial condition. That makes Barcelona have to do salary efficiency, new innovations to get better income. Reportedly to this day Barcelona still has a debt of €1.2 billion. Today I also read that Barcelona have asked La Liga to change the financial fair play rules, separating the expenses of the women's and junior teams from the first team budget.

In the midst of the happiness that Barcelona is currently experiencing, because they have succeeded in winning all domestic competitions in La Liga, but they are still worried about their financial situation. Because it cannot be denied that Barcelona still has quite a large debt and this is certainly not a good thing for Barcelona. Because with this debt, Barcelona certainly will not be free when it comes to bringing in new players. Because having a debt of 1.2 billion euros is certainly not a small amount, so it certainly has a significant impact on Barcelona.

But fortunately Barcelona has a very good management team and analysis team at this time. So even though they are currently in a less than good financial condition, they can still make the Barcelona squad filled with great players. So with this, for people who don't know about Barcelona's financial situation, I think they will think that Barcelona has no debt. Because the proof is that Barcelona can currently be said to be a fairly successful team in La Liga.

In fact, Barcelona is currently still wallowing in debt. In addition, I hope that Barcelona can immediately pay off its debt and not make the same mistake again. Because in essence the debt that Barcelona currently has is caused by Barcelona's previous financial management. So hopefully Barcelona can be better.

[bastisisca]

Yes, under the coaching of Xabi Alonso, it is certain that young players who have great talent like Franco will immediately get a place in the starting XI at Real Madrid. Because Xabi is indeed a typical coach who can be said not to see the quality of players only from their age, but from the skills and abilities possessed by the player. So in essence under Xabi's coaching, all players at Real Madrid will compete very tightly to be the best in order to be made the main player. That's why even though Franco is still 17 years old, if he is able to prove himself to Xabi that he deserves to be a main player, I don't think it will be necessary to wait years for Franco to be able to get a place at Real Madrid. Although in reality Franco will also definitely have enough competitors in the wing sector, because there are already several great and experienced players there. But with hard work I am sure Franco can make himself the main choice at Real Madrid.

In addition, Real Madrid also seems to have brought in 2 other players who play as defenders, I think this proves that Real Madrid's seriousness in building its squad for next season is increasingly clear. Because in essence they may not want to continue to be the target of their rival Barcelona. That is why they are currently strengthening the defense sector and also the wing sector. Because in essence both sectors are quite crucial for Real Madrid. So hopefully all of Real Madrid's plans will go smoothly, because I want to see their match with Barcelona be on par again like before.

I agree with you, Xabi Alonso is a coach who knows how to enhance young talents and doesn't just look at age
However, in my opinion, it should mix young players and veterans so that the young players can benefit from the experience of the veterans who have played many games and have had more experience.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Barcelona's finances have been a concern for FIFA for the past 5 years. The spotlight on Barcelona is due to their poor financial condition. That makes Barcelona have to do salary efficiency, new innovations to get better income. Reportedly to this day Barcelona still has a debt of €1.2 billion. Today I also read that Barcelona have asked La Liga to change the financial fair play rules, separating the expenses of the women's and junior teams from the first team budget.

Recently I saw a number of posts on social media about Barcelona fans sending gifts to Barcelona's official TikTok account on the grounds of recruiting Nico Williams. Barcelona's financial condition is indeed not running smoothly and maybe they need to make a big plan to restore the condition. But what looks so extraordinary in a bad financial condition, Barcelona can actually perform better like last season and I think there needs to be a big plan that Barcelona must do so that in the future they can solve the club's financial problems. Likewise, regarding debt, Barcelona need to think more wisely so that they don't face problems.

[Just Say]

Yes, under the coaching of Xabi Alonso, it is certain that young players who have great talent like Franco will immediately get a place in the starting XI at Real Madrid. Because Xabi is indeed a typical coach who can be said not to see the quality of players only from their age, but from the skills and abilities possessed by the player. So in essence under Xabi's coaching, all players at Real Madrid will compete very tightly to be the best in order to be made the main player. That's why even though Franco is still 17 years old, if he is able to prove himself to Xabi that he deserves to be a main player, I don't think it will be necessary to wait years for Franco to be able to get a place at Real Madrid. Although in reality Franco will also definitely have enough competitors in the wing sector, because there are already several great and experienced players there. But with hard work I am sure Franco can make himself the main choice at Real Madrid.

In addition, Real Madrid also seems to have brought in 2 other players who play as defenders, I think this proves that Real Madrid's seriousness in building its squad for next season is increasingly clear. Because in essence they may not want to continue to be the target of their rival Barcelona. That is why they are currently strengthening the defense sector and also the wing sector. Because in essence both sectors are quite crucial for Real Madrid. So hopefully all of Real Madrid's plans will go smoothly, because I want to see their match with Barcelona be on par again like before.

I agree with you, Xabi Alonso is a coach who knows how to enhance young talents and doesn't just look at age
However, in my opinion, it should mix young players and veterans so that the young players can benefit from the experience of the veterans who have played many games and have had more experience.

In this regard I also agree that Real Madrid's new coach has mastered how to exploit the youth talent well, but at the moment he has a clear message for his team's players. I read in the news that he said those who don't run and don't try, they won't play. Given his statement, it is clear that he may have been referring to the attacking players on their team. It is probably known to everyone that attacking players should roam all over the field and put a lot of pressure on their opponent's defense, perhaps that's why Xabi Alonso made that statement. So at the moment it is fair to say that Xabi Alonso is working properly with the youth as well as trying to improve his team's forwards even more.

Club sources say Xabi Alonso made one message clear with the team:  

“Those who do not run and not make an effort WILL NOT PLAY.”

[DanWalker]

Recently I saw a number of posts on social media about Barcelona fans sending gifts to Barcelona's official TikTok account on the grounds of recruiting Nico Williams. Barcelona's financial condition is indeed not running smoothly and maybe they need to make a big plan to restore the condition. But what looks so extraordinary in a bad financial condition, Barcelona can actually perform better like last season and I think there needs to be a big plan that Barcelona must do so that in the future they can solve the club's financial problems. Likewise, regarding debt, Barcelona need to think more wisely so that they don't face problems.

Barcelona's financial situation is worse in the past few years. However, Barcelona Management has been able to recover a lot. However, this is not enough. Barcelona big clubs cost them too much. Barcelona have to pay high wages to each player. Barcelona President Joan Laporta has to make a long -term plan. Barcelona has a large and loyal fan base. And they are ready to support Barcelona. Although this is not a solution. Barcelona took steps to reduce the salaries of players and sell shares to eliminate the economic crisis. And as a result, the club has reached somewhat stable. However, Joan Laporta has to find a new and time -appropriate action.

[imamusma]

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In the midst of the happiness that Barcelona is currently experiencing, because they have succeeded in winning all domestic competitions in La Liga, but they are still worried about their financial situation. Because it cannot be denied that Barcelona still has quite a large debt and this is certainly not a good thing for Barcelona. Because with this debt, Barcelona certainly will not be free when it comes to bringing in new players. Because having a debt of 1.2 billion euros is certainly not a small amount, so it certainly has a significant impact on Barcelona.

But fortunately Barcelona has a very good management team and analysis team at this time. So even though they are currently in a less than good financial condition, they can still make the Barcelona squad filled with great players. So with this, for people who don't know about Barcelona's financial situation, I think they will think that Barcelona has no debt. Because the proof is that Barcelona can currently be said to be a fairly successful team in La Liga.

In fact, Barcelona is currently still wallowing in debt. In addition, I hope that Barcelona can immediately pay off its debt and not make the same mistake again. Because in essence the debt that Barcelona currently has is caused by Barcelona's previous financial management. So hopefully Barcelona can be better.

Barcelona is greatly helped by the La Masia academy system, amidst the financial crisis and FFP restrictions. Barcelona success this season can help their finances to some extent, and gradually the team may be able to pay off all its debts. We realize that there were quite a lot of mistakes made by the management in the past, which made them almost bankrupt and lost their dominance in various competitions.
Barcelona management must be wiser in recruiting new players, and it is only right that they prioritize promoting young academy players, they get more benefits from La Masia, Yamal is one of the best examples at the moment.

[Akbarkoe]

I am sure Xabi Alonso can give his best even though in his first season he fails to bring Real Madrid to win the Champions League because it does take time to change the team according to the playing pattern that he expects.

He's getting acquainted with the players gradually and also has little time to train against their next debut on Wednesday playing AI Hilal. After the match it'll be easier to speculate what the future holds for the new Coach. You can't be sure if he'd not lift the champions league at first glance. Arne slot won the EPL in his first season with Liverpool, so anything can happen if Alonso's strategy proves effective he'd come out a champion.

Not only Arne Slot who managed to present the EPL trophy for Liverpool, but in La Liga Hansi Flick also did the same thing and even more amazingly because in addition to successfully presenting the La Liga trophy, he also managed to present the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup trophies.

And a little back, Xabi Alonso was the coach who managed to silence Bayer Munich's dominance by successfully bringing Leverkusen to become Bundesliga champions for the first time, which coincidentally at that time Bayern Munich was still under the guidance of Hansi Flick. Therefore, I think in La Liga, with a different club, it is not impossible that Xabi Alonso will be able to silence Hansi Flick again and bring Real Madrid back to its throne.

[shinratensei_]

Barcelona's finances have been a concern for FIFA for the past 5 years. The spotlight on Barcelona is due to their poor financial condition. That makes Barcelona have to do salary efficiency, new innovations to get better income. Reportedly to this day Barcelona still has a debt of €1.2 billion. Today I also read that Barcelona have asked La Liga to change the financial fair play rules, separating the expenses of the women's and junior teams from the first team budget.

Fully direspect on how Barcelona always begging to the La liga for chance anything to support their problem caused by of their own mistake. If La Liga fulfill their wish, this league must be sanctioned by UEFA.
They're getting struggle because their own mismanagement, and begging to the La liga to get relaxation is so stupid. I'd like to call La Liga is crap if they fulfill Barcelona's wish.

Barcelona is so dumb when it comes to the football business, and it's their own consequence from doing so many stupid things in the past.
They always getting deficit instead of generating some money.

[free-bit.co.in]

Of course, Madrid knows that he is getting old and will leave the club very soon which made them not interested in keeping him. Maybe, his nature is that he loses this season and wins title the next season, but they are somehow not comfortable with him coaching the club anymore. This was why they brought a younger coach who can spend more time to work and solidify the team so that the trophies will keep on coming in.

Real Madrid does not plan only for 2/1 year, they plan for the long term. Even in the case of buying players, things are the same, they target young players like Dean Huijsen & Trent Alexander, who can support the team for a long time. Also, they do not want to keep very old players, almost every player they buy has to pay high wages. Madrid is very conscious about spending money, and hiring Alonso reflects that vision.

Alonso is only 43 years old, if Madrid is able to perform well next season under Alonso, then Alonso will be the manager of Madrid for the long term, I guess. Alonso does not need to prove his ability once again as he did with Leverkusen last season, a slight improvement, especially in La Liga & the Club World Cup, would be enough for his long-term sustainability with Madrid.

[pusaka]

I agree with you, Xabi Alonso is a coach who knows how to enhance young talents and doesn't just look at age
However, in my opinion, it should mix young players and veterans so that the young players can benefit from the experience of the veterans who have played many games and have had more experience.

The presence of experienced players in the squad will indeed be very helpful for them, because their presence can be a lesson for young players, such as in terms of experience and calmness when facing something on the field.

Mentality is usually one of the problems for young players, because they usually go up and down quickly. Mentality will drop when they are behind, and they will underestimate their opponents when they are ahead. Well, experienced players here have the task of being able to help young players to be able to control that more, and usually in the locker room senior players also play an important role in maintaining harmony.

[Velvet78]

Franco is a promising player. However, he must get enough minutes to prove himself. He has everything to be good winger. he has discipline, technical skill, and endurance. As long as he can well trained by Xabi. He can be the next good winger.

If he gets no minutes like what happened to the Endrick and Arda this season. he will not able to prove himself.

Only hope Xabi will treat his young lads better than Ancellotti did. That's the only method to dig young lads potential.

What a pity for Endrick and Arda Güler really...    They were unlucky and needed to be very patient. But I heard Arda Güler thinking of leaving on loan or else in case Ancelotti didn't leave.

However there is no need for a departure anymore. Now they are starting off with a clean slate in Xabi Alonso's management. In this new era young talents can shine easier just as it has been happening at Barcelona for quite a while.

[fuguebtc]

I would say Barcelona had a good La Massia team that produced one of the young talents. Then it was many but now only just few which made me say they 'had'. Barcelona wouldn't have been in this financial mess if not for gross mismanagement of funds by the past administrations. Bribery and over payments of certain players salaries was one of the things that ruined them financially. These were almost renewing Messi's salary almost every 2 years.

With the help of La Masia, Barcelona has saved a lot of money. From La Masia, Barcelona has got some of the best and best players in the world like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol. These players were very loyal to Barcelona and have served Barcelona for a long time. And the latest Barcelona has got young Lamine Yamal from La Masia. Barcelona had to spend 120 million+ to buy a player like Yamal. Yamal is the most expensive player in this transfer market. Yamal has been valued at 200 million. Barcelona has saved a lot of money through La Masia.

[xzone]

Barcelona's finances have been a concern for FIFA for the past 5 years. The spotlight on Barcelona is due to their poor financial condition. That makes Barcelona have to do salary efficiency, new innovations to get better income. Reportedly to this day Barcelona still has a debt of €1.2 billion. Today I also read that Barcelona have asked La Liga to change the financial fair play rules, separating the expenses of the women's and junior teams from the first team budget.

If they are in a financial crisis as big as they say, it will be very difficult for them to get out of this situation. This is really a crisis, but despite this, the team's performance is very good, they started to play flawlessly like the old perfect days. If the financial management of the teams is separated, they can allocate more budget for the youth players. In this case, I think much better players can be trained for the future of the team, in the long run, they can both pay their debts and the team can become a very good team

[moneystery]

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Barcelona have very good future with many young players who have already proven their capability of playing at highest level, but to succeed sustainably in long term, Barcelona must do better financial management starts from this summer transf er season.

barcelona's financial management has indeed been a problem in recent years. they experienced a serious financial crisis that caused the club to have problems and made them sell broadcasting rights and release barca studios shares to be able to handle the problem. though their finances are now gradually recovering, it still cannot be said to be safe, they need to do better management of their finances... they should be able to reduce the budget in this transfer market, like utilizing their young talents from la masia, which has consistently produced world-class players at a lower cost. and also they can reduce the salaries of the main players, because that is one of the things that burdens them. with this they can reduce salary burdens and transfer spending.