La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Stavri]

Real Madrid defense keep making errors last season and you think the defense does not need addition. We all know Mourinho to be defensively minded. I always knew the defense will be the first thing Mourinho will make changes to. The Real Madrid attack is already brilliant, the team only need defense to lock goals out while the attack score more goals. Barcelona is afraid of Mourinho coming back to Real Madrid. Barcelona understand the level of tactical brilliancy Mourinho have. The level of experience in modern day football.

Discussions about Real Madrid are never ending and always interesting. I completely agree with what you said. Last season Real Madrid was very weak in defense. The arrival of Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth didnt provide much help to Madrid defense Real Madrid defenders suffered numerous injuries, leaving their defense very fragile due to the lack of regular players. Jose Mourinho has certainly recognized this weakness, considering he faced Real Madrid in the Champions League when he was in charge of Barcelona. Mourinho transfer of Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool is very good. Barcelona will certainly struggle to beat Real Madrid next season. Morinho will make El Clasico more interesting to watch.

Barcelona has a really interesting management style...
right now the average age of their 25 man squad is 25.5. Once Lewandowski and Szczęsny leave, it drops to around 23.
Half of the squad comes from La Masia. They are generally pretty bad at making high profile transfers but they are truly exceptional when it comes to developing players.

[Hvdv]

Real Madrid defense keep making errors last season and you think the defense does not need addition. We all know Mourinho to be defensively minded. I always knew the defense will be the first thing Mourinho will make changes to. The Real Madrid attack is already brilliant, the team only need defense to lock goals out while the attack score more goals. Barcelona is afraid of Mourinho coming back to Real Madrid. Barcelona understand the level of tactical brilliancy Mourinho have. The level of experience in modern day football.

Discussions about Real Madrid are never ending and always interesting. I completely agree with what you said. Last season Real Madrid was very weak in defense. The arrival of Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth didnt provide much help to Madrid defense Real Madrid defenders suffered numerous injuries, leaving their defense very fragile due to the lack of regular players. Jose Mourinho has certainly recognized this weakness, considering he faced Real Madrid in the Champions League when he was in charge of Barcelona. Mourinho transfer of Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool is very good. Barcelona will certainly struggle to beat Real Madrid next season. Morinho will make El Clasico more interesting to watch.

Barcelona has a really interesting management style...
right now the average age of their 25 man squad is 25.5. Once Lewandowski and Szczęsny leave, it drops to around 23.
Half of the squad comes from La Masia. They are generally pretty bad at making high profile transfers but they are truly exceptional when it comes to developing players.

Their youth academies are filled with the world's best managers and coaches. Naturally, it's normal for them to achieve this result. While we see such good players emerging from Barcelona's youth academy, I think the main problem is that Real Madrid doesn't produce as many good players from their youth system. Because while Real Madrid spends hundreds of millions of Euros on transfers every year, Barcelona is gradually integrating players from their youth academy into the main squad. Barcelona currently has an incredible squad. They can continue to play at a top level for several years to come.

[hyudien]

Guys, nobody is leaving. Both players, and even Bellingham, will stay at Real Madrid. There's no need to rush into speculation.

People keep talking about possible changes to Madrid's squad, but those three players could actually become key pieces for Mourinho to make the team even stronger and more dangerous than before. If we're going to speculate about someone leaving, then Rodrygo would probably be the more realistic name to consider.

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

[Stavri]

Barcelona has a really interesting management style...
right now the average age of their 25 man squad is 25.5. Once Lewandowski and Szczęsny leave, it drops to around 23.
Half of the squad comes from La Masia. They are generally pretty bad at making high profile transfers but they are truly exceptional when it comes to developing players.

Their youth academies are filled with the world's best managers and coaches. Naturally, it's normal for them to achieve this result. While we see such good players emerging from Barcelona's youth academy, I think the main problem is that Real Madrid doesn't produce as many good players from their youth system. Because while Real Madrid spends hundreds of millions of Euros on transfers every year, Barcelona is gradually integrating players from their youth academy into the main squad. Barcelona currently has an incredible squad. They can continue to play at a top level for several years to come.

yeah. that is why Real Madrid couldn't send even a single player to the World Cup, while Barcelona sent 8 players.

[kriminall]

Guys, nobody is leaving. Both players, and even Bellingham, will stay at Real Madrid. There's no need to rush into speculation.

People keep talking about possible changes to Madrid's squad, but those three players could actually become key pieces for Mourinho to make the team even stronger and more dangerous than before. If we're going to speculate about someone leaving, then Rodrygo would probably be the more realistic name to consider.

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

Rodrygo didn't really get the opportunities he was looking for last year. This is because the managers didn't utilize him much in the team. However, I have faith in his abilities. If he doesn't mind being a substitute, I think he could be a valuable player in Real Madrid's strong rotation squad. Of course, he's a player who could be a regular starter in any team, including many Premier League clubs, so he might have a problem with being a substitute at Real Madrid. If that happens, he'll transfer, and that should be considered perfectly normal.

[Stormisover]

After Mourinho said that he didn't want to make a big signing this summer, probably many Real Madrid fans got disappointed. You may say "Do they need to do so?".

Normally they already have a stronger squad than Barcelona on paper. However Mourinho is thinking of parting ways with some names including Camavinga.

After that I wonder what his plans will be... Besides I thought maybe he would sign a solid CF and use Mbappe as a LW. I was considering the possibility of Vinicius Junior to leave.

Real Madrid does not need to add new players  to their squad. Their squad is already very strong. Mourinho does not need to waste money by  buying new players. Mourinho is an experienced manager. He will  first try to solve the internal problems of the  squad. To stabilize the squad. And to improve the relationship  between the players and make the players more confident. If the relationship  between the players improves and they are confident, then this real madrid squad has the ability to dominate  on any platform.

Real Madrid defense keep making errors last season and you think the defense does not need addition. We all know Mourinho to be defensively minded. I always knew the defense will be the first thing Mourinho will make changes to. The Real Madrid attack is already brilliant, the team only need defense to lock goals out while the attack score more goals. Barcelona is afraid of Mourinho coming back to Real Madrid. Barcelona understand the level of tactical brilliancy Mourinho have. The level of experience in modern day football.

Exactly the reason Hansi Flick is spending this much on this summer transfer market, we've all know Barcelona to have claimed they have gone bankrupt, but start spending huge at the mention of Jose Mourinho to Real Madrid team, that's a clear sign that Jose Mourinho is coming to give them nightmares, and I trust Jose Mourinho on that one, and in terms of defense Real Madrid is really lacking on that area, since they've got a good midfielders and a good attack, he's attention will be more of the defense, and he's the kind of coach that likes defensive football.

[DiMarxist]

I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is due to the arrival of Mourinho in Madrid as Madrid. For the records Barcelona has won the laliga title back to back in the past two seasons, in that period Madrid has been handled by about three mangers and Barcelona still went ahead to winning the league. So I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is because of Mourinho or the Laliga title. Because Barcelona is likely going to win the Laliga come next season, Barcelona target is in the champions League they have come close in the past two seasons but has not been able to make it to the finals so their target is looking to aim for the champions League.

[Adams0001]

I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is due to the arrival of Mourinho in Madrid as Madrid. For the records Barcelona has won the laliga title back to back in the past two seasons, in that period Madrid has been handled by about three mangers and Barcelona still went ahead to winning the league. So I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is because of Mourinho or the Laliga title. Because Barcelona is likely going to win the Laliga come next season, Barcelona target is in the champions League they have come close in the past two seasons but has not been able to make it to the finals so their target is looking to aim for the champions League.

Barcelona are not spending money just because of Mourinho that is coming to Madrid, they have plan this target so some while ago and they have won the Laliga title back to back,and there goal now is the champions league and if they didn’t spend a lot to buy quality players they have experience they will always struggle to win the champions league and hansi flick is doing everything possible to get the trophy next season. And after the word cup am sure they are still sighing new players in the club. But am just surprised the way Barcelona are spending because many people talk about the club that they don’t have enough money to buy key players.

[Callido]

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

There was no way Real Madrid are going to sell these three players, Vinicius, Mbappe and Bellingham are all future of the club, selling any of them will be losing a big part of the club. Vinicius is currently the best left winger currently, teams will be also scared to pay transfer fee for the player, and the plans for Real Madrid to win trophies lies on the qualities of these players as well.

[Baki202]

I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is due to the arrival of Mourinho in Madrid as Madrid. For the records Barcelona has won the laliga title back to back in the past two seasons, in that period Madrid has been handled by about three mangers and Barcelona still went ahead to winning the league. So I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is because of Mourinho or the Laliga title. Because Barcelona is likely going to win the Laliga come next season, Barcelona target is in the champions League they have come close in the past two seasons but has not been able to make it to the finals so their target is looking to aim for the champions League.

Barcelona will always find their way, and they know that for Mourinho to come to Real Madrid, then things are going to become very tough in the title race, and that is why they try and also manage their own energy towards how they can be equals with real madri because that guy will be in serious trouble when it comes to their games next season because they are seeing Mourinho as a threat, and it has already awakened them already.

For two seasons now, Real Madrid has not won any title. The only thing they know how to do is just to play games that are not even interesting, because no way it should be repeating itself this season, because it's going to be a slap in the face of Mourinho. He knows the reason why he's there, so for them to bring him, they already know that it is their final destination, and Mourinho will come up with a solution.

[Amphenomenon]

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

Jose Mourinho is the reason the three will remain because this is among the reasons he was signed, as for Rodrygo I think he might remain in the club through the influence of Jose Mourinho but yet this is under possibility.

I think Camavinga if he is not careful then Jose Mourinho might want him out especially if he makes a costly error like that of Bayern Munich game.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Discussions about Real Madrid are never ending and always interesting. I completely agree with what you said. Last season Real Madrid was very weak in defense. The arrival of Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth didnt provide much help to Madrid defense Real Madrid defenders suffered numerous injuries, leaving their defense very fragile due to the lack of regular players. Jose Mourinho has certainly recognized this weakness, considering he faced Real Madrid in the Champions League when he was in charge of Barcelona. Mourinho transfer of Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool is very good. Barcelona will certainly struggle to beat Real Madrid next season. Morinho will make El Clasico more interesting to watch.

I used to think that, but you know where the problem lies? In the midfield. If there isn't a good midfielder, the defenders and forwards will look terrible, even ridiculous. Why has Real Madrid always been great? Because they've been known for having the best midfielders in the world. In these last two seasons, they haven't had a good midfielder. Things aren't like that anymore, and that's why they've lost so much.

[Taricoins]

Barcelona has a really interesting management style...
right now the average age of their 25 man squad is 25.5. Once Lewandowski and Szczęsny leave, it drops to around 23.
Half of the squad comes from La Masia. They are generally pretty bad at making high profile transfers but they are truly exceptional when it comes to developing players.

I just hope with this rumored signings of Alvarez and Gordon's doesn't depreciate the value of the squad but it should be an added value because I remember that time of Bartomeu where we bought players that put us in depth and overall reduced the appreciation of the time.

At this point with Real Madrid making 2 signing in just 24 hours, I feel it's time for us to get a good striker and even a backup for Yamal as I heard Roony wants to leave because of lack of game time

[Miles2006]

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

There was no way Real Madrid are going to sell these three players, Vinicius, Mbappe and Bellingham are all future of the club, selling any of them will be losing a big part of the club. Vinicius is currently the best left winger currently, teams will be also scared to pay transfer fee for the player, and the plans for Real Madrid to win trophies lies on the qualities of these players as well.

Vinicius, Mbappe and Jude will not leave Real Madrid, aside these players being the best they already played a big role in Real Madrid success especially Vinicius. Not every player is available for purchase, it will not make any sense seeing these best players among the team set on the line basically Mbappe is yet to experience Real Madrid in terms of winning major trophy. Presently the future of Real Madrid lies on some players as mentioned above, just observe every other club and you’ll notice not every club is ready to risk such players knowing fully well every new season top players still stay.

[coinlary]

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

Fair pick : Vini or Mbappe, Bellingham is a hot deal that most club will like to get. If Realmadrid  eventually narrow down to the point they have to sell a player, I think they will keep Vini over mbappe. Without Vini in the current squad, Realmadrid  attack will only become worse, I can't  say if this could possibly  change with the upcoming squad for next season.

Rodrygo is currently  injured, there's  absolutely  no way they will just sell him without recovery  first.

[Abu-Naim]

I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is due to the arrival of Mourinho in Madrid as Madrid. For the records Barcelona has won the laliga title back to back in the past two seasons, in that period Madrid has been handled by about three mangers and Barcelona still went ahead to winning the league. So I don't think that the reason why Barcelona is spending is because of Mourinho or the Laliga title. Because Barcelona is likely going to win the Laliga come next season, Barcelona target is in the champions League they have come close in the past two seasons but has not been able to make it to the finals so their target is looking to aim for the champions League.

Haven’t succeeded in the champions league despite winning two Laliga titles back to back is the reason why Barcelona is trying to reinforce their team so that they can compete hard again in all competitions next season.

Although considering how Real Madrid is trying to rebuild their team, they will also try to strengthen their squad to have depth so that when they don’t have injured players, they can still perform at their best so that they can also compete in the champions league next season.

[slapper]

Mourinho has experience, but i also think that his moment of glory is a little past where he knew how to manage all the boys who came into his hands, these boys have done a terrible job this season, they haven't done anything good, they would need someone to groom them a bit, im sure it would do them a lot of good.

Mourinho is very experienced. But he has not been able to succeed in the last few  years. The management of Roma and fenerbahce fired Mourinho. But the scenario in madrid is different. He will find a lot of talented players in madrid. If the bonding between the players can be strengthened and if the decent match strategy can be developed, it is possible for madrid to win any title. At the same  time, the Madrid management does not skimp on spending money. Although large  funds are needed to buy players, the madrid management is  ready to provide.

Mourinho’s experience as a football coach is beyond question. He has extensive experience coaching many of Europe’s top teams. He managed Real Madrid during their golden era from 2010 to 2013. He helped Real Madrid win several championships. But now Mourinho is returning to Real Madrid to manage a different faces of players. Mourinho won’t just be tasked with improving Real Madrid’s performance. He must also improve the team’s cohesion or even the harmony among Real Madrid’s players to deliver a stellar performance next season. Real Madrid desperately needs a coach who can rein in the players’ egos to rebuild the team’s solidity so they can play exceptionally well. So I personally hope Jose Mourinho will be the right coach to handle the talented players at Real Madrid. And I hope Mourinho’s return to Real Madrid will bring many trophies again. The internal issues at Real Madrid hopefully won’t arise during Mourinho’s tenure this time as they did under previous coach.

This team had two midfielders that made it to the hospital in each training session. The captain went out and intentionally hurt a teammate because of his rage over minutes. Rudiger slapped a 21-year-old kid. Six players have simply ceased speaking to their coach. Mbappe was caught laughing on camera driving away from training the same day his colleague got sent to the hospital.

Ignore the formations and the counterattacks, for a second. Perez's interest lies in the fact that he is likely the only coach of any kind that would bench a thirty-million-dollar player without breaking a sweat on day one. No one else would act so. Not Ancelotti or Zidane. They're diplomats. Mourinho is not the diplomat and diplomacy has clearly not worked here at this club.

This is where Mourinho's success flourishes. When he reached Porto, it wasn't harmonious. Inter were not a happy family. He doesn't build through unity. He builds through shared enemies. "Us against everyone". Madrid right now has an abundance of enemies.

Will he be able to fix this? He will, at least temporarily. But then what happens eighteen months from now when the novelty wears off? Mbappe's camp could leak something to the press and suddenly we're right back where we started.

But after 18 months of real structure, following what this club has just undergone? I'd take that deal. Without thinking twice.

[Dzwaafu11]

Yes, I saw it this morning, the official statement from Perez that he will not sell the three players. This is his campaign in the Real Madrid presidential election, if Perez wins again then these 3 players will remain in the squad, although I would like one of them to leave whether it's Mbappe or Vini. As for Rodrygo or any of the other players I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of players that Real Madrid will sell in this window, as there are too many players whose form has declined and Mou must have realized this.

There was no way Real Madrid are going to sell these three players, Vinicius, Mbappe and Bellingham are all future of the club, selling any of them will be losing a big part of the club. Vinicius is currently the best left winger currently, teams will be also scared to pay transfer fee for the player, and the plans for Real Madrid to win trophies lies on the qualities of these players as well.

If Real Madrid mistakely sell any of this players,I dont think they will achieve what they are planning because we all know how good this plauers are and we know how they are contributing to Real madrid, so this players are there key players and they need them to be able to win their matches.

Real madrid is not like Barcelona who dont rely on any player before they can perform great, so there is nothing like selling this players, they will keep them.

[fadhilz123]

There was no way Real Madrid are going to sell these three players, Vinicius, Mbappe and Bellingham are all future of the club, selling any of them will be losing a big part of the club. Vinicius is currently the best left winger currently, teams will be also scared to pay transfer fee for the player, and the plans for Real Madrid to win trophies lies on the qualities of these players as well.

And Real Madrid fans already know that one of them has a different ego, which is why the team has been trophyless for the past two seasons, despite having all three of them in the team. However, I'm also a little surprised that when Mbappé was injured, Real Madrid actually won more than they lost, whereas previously this wasn't the case. So, this needs to be examined more closely because the team needs players who can work together, not ones who show their egos on the pitch.

[len01]

Without Vini in the current squad, Realmadrid  attack will only become worse, I can't  say if this could possibly  change with the upcoming squad for next season.

Before Mbappe arrived, Vinícius, Bellingham, and Rodrygo had already proven that they could help Real Madrid win the UCL. So I can understand why some people think that if the club had to part ways with one of its top players, Mbappe would be the most logical choice.

However, it's not that simple. Mbappe has already delivered a huge number of goals for Madrid, and I genuinely believe that Florentino Perez and Mourinho have a bigger plan in mind. Rather than breaking up the core of the squad, they are likely looking for a way to turn those three players into an even more dangerous and effective attacking force alongside Mbappe.