La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Antotena]

I don't agree with the opinion that Mourinho doesn't want new players. Why wouldn't he just because his main objective is to make sure of discipline in the locker room?

He would like to reshape the squad according to his system and he is doing it already. He hasn't signed any young players yet. He is only going for experienced and decent players. So far I can't say his choices are generally bad.

I think you wanted to say young players because I can't even look at any old player as forward or midfielders. The oldest among the players are the defenders which I think Carvajal is announced to leave the club already, I'm bit sure about David Alaba but his coming back is uncertain. The recent players that he signed, only Bernardo Silva is 31 and his contract is a short one, so he is going to leave the club before he comes a liability to them or have nothing to offer.

Mourinho has said it that is signing of new players doesn't stop his planned with the rest of the players, the plan is to use every player in the club. It will make no sense for him to say he is not going to use Mbape and Bellingham not when he is watching and seeing what they are doing in the world cup. I think Perez will rather see him sit down on the bench than watch him let Mbape to be kept on bench for no reason. Even if there is a reason, he must use them to be able to win matches.

[tiCeR]

Real Madrid might be different under Mourinho next season. It’s not because they have appoint an experienced manager, but they have also signed more defensive players to strengthen their squad. Barcelona on the other hand have been very busy in the transfer market signing more players, maybe they wants to go for the Champions League next season.

Well, this is the identity of great coach like Jose Morhino brought those players which the team genuinely needed. When Jose Morhino arrives soon he observe that Real Madrid previous season failure was cause because of poor defensive approach. So that's why he decided to sign few good players which can regain the defensive strength....

Thus far he also looking for few attacking players to make it more previous for next season. Besides that Barcelona is also working on team sheet to modify the team strength especially in attacking sense.

So next season is going to be more interesting.....

I don't know if anyone actually pays attention to the facts and the real numbers, but Real Madrid had the best defense in La Liga last season. It is their offense that is far worse than that of other teams like PSG or Barcelona.

However, Real Madrid's defense was bad in the Champions League, but seeing that PSG can concede five goals in two matches and still beat Bayern, it can't be all about the defense. Real Madrid was once a team that scored three goals on average, now they barely reach two goals and this is not about Mbappe. He is scoring the goals he is supposed to score, but Real Madrid once was full of midfielders and even defenders who scored a least number of goals per season. Now it's like nothing and I think in the biggest competition like the Champions League you either have midfielders or defenders or who can make the difference or you have players like PSG.

Real Madrid got knocked out by Arsenal because of Declan Rice free kicks back then. 

[hyudien]

Maybe he can fill the void left by Luka Modric. Last season we saw Real Madrid's midfield being very weak due to the absence of Luka Modric, I think Bernardo Silva would be a good option in that position. Last season their weak points were midfield and defense, signing Bernardo Silva has solved the midfield problem to some extent, now Mourinho has to focus on defense. I don't think there is a need for a player in the attack line with Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham. Increasing the strength in defense and midfield might be enough.

There were 3 weak points of Madrid last season, first the midfield, as you said, in that area Madrid was quite weak, there was no attack creator who always performed consistently like Modric and the arrival of Silva can cover that, second the defense, due to the many injuries they had, and now they have brought in several defenders to fix it, and lastly the right wing, Arbeloa and Xabi have tried several players there, no good results, Rodryo, Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Arda Guler were not always able to perform consistently when placed on the wing. They have fixed two areas, now they just need to find a right winger with good quality, so they can appear more confident in the next season.

[Bobrox]

Mourinho has never been a manager like that already. He isn't manager who is focused on the development of youngsters the most or bringing talented young players as many as possible...

He likes to work with ready players instead. This is why all of the names he has signed for Real Madrid in the summer are just like that.

But I don't doubt Arda Güler about finding the minutes he deserves. He is young and but we all saw that he was one of the best performing players of last season.

I'm not really surprised about those signings, that is actually the situation of the team in as much as he needed young talents he also needs some experience old one to put things in place in the pitch, it's not just Jose Mourinho that doesn't fancy a player he will build, I think Real Madrid are also like that, Real Madrid don't always go for a player that they need to tell what to do on the pitch, that's why they are pushing so hard to sign either Julian Alvarez or Michael Olise, and if they manage to land anyone of this deal then I'm assuring every one that the Spanish La Liga and the UEFA Champions League title is theirs come next season.
[/quote]Real Madrid composition keep balance between young and senior players, regarding four recruitment before not any young players and most of them have reach senior level I don't think bad with Madrid recruitment and want to get instant achievement get back La Liga tittle. Jose Mourinho know well about the recruitment players have to signed and fully confidence after bring Cucurella, Konate, Bernando Silva and Dumfries as new players.

For awhile, Madrid squad team still have many young players and several players on the golden age and I think Madrid is most completed composition team for next season. Must give chance for Jose Mourinho to see his tactical possibility will get back dominance for La Liga competition from Barcelona have won two season in a row?

[LUCKMCFLY]

You are probably overconfident about Mourinho. But do not forget that he didn't win any titles with Roma, Fenerbahce and Benfica. Roma and Fenerbahce management fired mourinho because of his failures. So should we be so  confident about Mourinho ? I respect Mourinho for being an experienced manager. But he hasn't been successful  with any club recently. So next season with Mourinho's help Real Madrid will be very strong and will win the title. Things are not that easy. Hansi flick won't want to lose his reign so early.

What you say makes perfect sense, in fact it's very simple to think about because based on Mou's results, that's how it is. But there's something Mou has that many don't, not even Klopp: his incredible ability to instill discipline. And if you think about it, Real Madrid is the club I love, but I know when something is rotten because of players who think they're better than everyone else or who humiliate others just because they score a few goals. Vinicius orchestrated the biggest mess of all: he took Xabi out, they put Arbeloa in charge, he caused problems for Mbappé. Do you think the Special One will eat Vini alive? Not at all. Tough discipline, hard work, that's what Special One is.

[Callido]

Vinicius, oh Vinicius. He’s always stirring up controversy among the fans. I don’t know what Vinicius meant by his Instagram bio after he deleted several photos related to Real Madrid. I’m starting to get fed up with Vinicius’s behavior. He acts as if he’s bigger than the club. Perez would be better off selling him rather than letting him constantly create controversies that could disrupt the locker room.

What's difficult to understand, Real Madrid are taking it long to decide if they want to keep the player or let him go, if the club are serious to conclude with the renewal of his contract, they should have made the move. Vinicius also wants to adjust the contract, and i do support him for wanting more wages, Vinicius has been the best player for Real Madrid and he deserves what he is asking.

If they were quick to act, this drama wouldn't have unfolded, there is no need waiting for a deadline.

[Cyber_warrior]

Maybe he can fill the void left by Luka Modric. Last season we saw Real Madrid's midfield being very weak due to the absence of Luka Modric, I think Bernardo Silva would be a good option in that position. Last season their weak points were midfield and defense, signing Bernardo Silva has solved the midfield problem to some extent, now Mourinho has to focus on defense. I don't think there is a need for a player in the attack line with Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham. Increasing the strength in defense and midfield might be enough.

There were 3 weak points of Madrid last season, first the midfield, as you said, in that area Madrid was quite weak, there was no attack creator who always performed consistently like Modric and the arrival of Silva can cover that, second the defense, due to the many injuries they had, and now they have brought in several defenders to fix it, and lastly the right wing, Arbeloa and Xabi have tried several players there, no good results, Rodryo, Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Arda Guler were not always able to perform consistently when placed on the wing. They have fixed two areas, now they just need to find a right winger with good quality, so they can appear more confident in the next season.

Exactly and for me they have fixed the most important part of the team. That midfield and the defense were giving them a lot of issues, I can remember so many match that they struggled because of those areas. I still believe their is a plan to fix that right wing, maybe they are just waiting for the World Cup to be over before thinking on the best possible player to sign their.

I really like the new players that Real Madrid have signed, these are players that are really good at their club and can bring a huge difference in the team.

[red4slash]

There were 3 weak points of Madrid last season, first the midfield, as you said, in that area Madrid was quite weak, there was no attack creator who always performed consistently like Modric and the arrival of Silva can cover that, second the defense, due to the many injuries they had, and now they have brought in several defenders to fix it, and lastly the right wing, Arbeloa and Xabi have tried several players there, no good results, Rodryo, Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Arda Guler were not always able to perform consistently when placed on the wing. They have fixed two areas, now they just need to find a right winger with good quality, so they can appear more confident in the next season.

What I appreciate from Madrid now is that they also want to return to the same conditions where they will balance young players and old players at the same time different from before who always focused on developing young players.

On the other hand, it seems that now they need to eliminate or replace some defensive players. Rudi is still very good but he will have a little difficulty with injuries that are always experienced including for Alaba who is not too young anymore.

For Militao I do not know if he will be able to return to good form or not like before. He already felt the ACL and could return to perform in Madrid before but the ACL 2 times was different and I would say he is super power if he can return to perform after 2 times the ACL experienced.

[Dzwaafu11]

Vinicius, oh Vinicius. He’s always stirring up controversy among the fans. I don’t know what Vinicius meant by his Instagram bio after he deleted several photos related to Real Madrid. I’m starting to get fed up with Vinicius’s behavior. He acts as if he’s bigger than the club. Perez would be better off selling him rather than letting him constantly create controversies that could disrupt the locker room.

What's difficult to understand, Real Madrid are taking it long to decide if they want to keep the player or let him go, if the club are serious to conclude with the renewal of his contract, they should have made the move. Vinicius also wants to adjust the contract, and i do support him for wanting more wages, Vinicius has been the best player for Real Madrid and he deserves what he is asking.

If they were quick to act, this drama wouldn't have unfolded, there is no need waiting for a deadline.

Vinicious is one of the key player in Real madrid, and they will not let him go just like that they may later consider to do what he want, if they wish because he is big and everyone know. He's been putting in effort to see that the club succeed, so just because he asked for mpre wages he deserve it, and they need to consider that because he have been good to the club.

[Tamaperdana]

There were 3 weak points of Madrid last season, first the midfield, as you said, in that area Madrid was quite weak, there was no attack creator who always performed consistently like Modric and the arrival of Silva can cover that, second the defense, due to the many injuries they had, and now they have brought in several defenders to fix it, and lastly the right wing, Arbeloa and Xabi have tried several players there, no good results, Rodryo, Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Arda Guler were not always able to perform consistently when placed on the wing. They have fixed two areas, now they just need to find a right winger with good quality, so they can appear more confident in the next season.

Yes, perhaps what you said is true, because basically the defense, midfield, and right wing were weaknesses that Real Madrid had in the past seasons. Because after the departure of their important players like Tony Kroos, Modric, and other defenders made Real Madrid very difficult to find good replacements for the positions vacated by those players. But now it seems that Real Madrid is starting to try to fix all of its weaknesses, but even so, I don't think there is a very strong guarantee that with the arrival of new players Real Madrid's performance will be good.

Because basically besides that, there is an important element that Real Madrid must improve, namely teamwork. Because it cannot be denied that teamwork is really Real Madrid's biggest problem right now. Because if it is not fixed, whoever players Real Madrid brings in, I think the results could not be much different. So, for that reason, Mourinho, as the new coach at Real Madrid, must be able to solve this problem well, so that their performance will be good next season.

[dezoel]

Definitely real Madrid will be different under Mourinho because if you can recall back when he was here, you can see how great the team was and also the El Clasico was also interesting to watch. His presents here will be an advantage for the entire La Liga not even real Madrid alone because even the El Clasico which is one of the biggest match in La Liga, which also generate a lot of controversy, and I see that it actually give la Liga more popularity when it comes to playing this particular match.

Barcelona have beaten real Madrid for almost two consecutive Seasons which was a very bad record for a club like Real Madrid, i believe it may be the reason why Mourinho is brought to fix all those problems, it actually so embarrassing to see a team like Real Madrid performing as a bottom team.

Really? The dude that failed to win a single league title for the past 10 years, should excite Real Madrid fans because he did it with them in... 11-12 season? You got to be kidding me to think that Mourinho is still good after 15 years has passed, and I am sorry but he is not, he will not be as good.

If Real Madrid ever does great, that is because Perez realized he was having trouble keeping his seat on the last election, and only got to keep it because Riquelme is a moron, so he made some great moves.

Real Madrid squad, is by far the best team in the world right now, and only reason they will succeed would be that squad, and if they fail, it would be all because of Mourinho. How could anyone fail with a team like this?

[Gallar]

What's difficult to understand, Real Madrid are taking it long to decide if they want to keep the player or let him go, if the club are serious to conclude with the renewal of his contract, they should have made the move. Vinicius also wants to adjust the contract, and i do support him for wanting more wages, Vinicius has been the best player for Real Madrid and he deserves what he is asking.

If they were quick to act, this drama wouldn't have unfolded, there is no need waiting for a deadline.

Yes, I'm also not sure why Real Madrid hasn't responded quickly to this. Basically, if Real Madrid still needs Vini, I also feel they should be able to provide clarity on this matter immediately. Because although it is true that Vini is currently asking for a salary increase, and perhaps Real Madrid objects to this. I think it's not difficult for Real Madrid to find a middle ground and negotiate with Vini at this time. But currently there is no news about this, and I also don't understand why this could happen now.

Whether Real Madrid no longer needs Vini at this time or what, I also don't really understand right now. But I hope Vini is not sold by Real Madrid, because he has been quite good playing for Real Madrid. So that's why I hope there will be clarity soon on this matter, because if this is not processed, it will certainly cause problems at Real Madrid. Because Vini's performance will undoubtedly be less than optimal again, as he feels his wishes haven't been met properly by the team. Therefore, Real Madrid must act quickly and resolve this issue.

[Alex077]

For me Mourinho doesnt want young players, he knows they are troublefull they dont follow the directives of the coach and if you have a lot of them in the team they are gonna start to make jokes and stupid things in the dressroom, so for that Mou is buying only oldest players and having a few young stars he need this old guys to form the young before is too late.

I do not think he is avoiding young player simply because they are difficult to handle. Throughout his career I have seen him only rely on young player who have the right mentality and tactical discipline.

The problem is, when Mourinho takes over a club, the club want to win titles instantly. They do not want to give Mourinho any time to work with young players. So to win instant titles he naturally has to prioritize experienced player who can adapt to his system quickly.

If he spend years developing young talent then the club won't be able to sit on him patiently. So Fenerbahçe's current transfer strategy fits perfectly with Mourinho's approach of winning trophies in a hurry. This means that Fenerbahce is targeting famous and established players to strengthen its squad for another title fight.

[Sammye3]

There were 3 weak points of Madrid last season, first the midfield, as you said, in that area Madrid was quite weak, there was no attack creator who always performed consistently like Modric and the arrival of Silva can cover that, second the defense, due to the many injuries they had, and now they have brought in several defenders to fix it, and lastly the right wing, Arbeloa and Xabi have tried several players there, no good results, Rodryo, Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Arda Guler were not always able to perform consistently when placed on the wing. They have fixed two areas, now they just need to find a right winger with good quality, so they can appear more confident in the next season.

This is a more tactical approach to analyze the situation and it's not entirely a sham. The Madrid president is working hard to secure the best players for the team as we have seen with the recent players signed after his appointment which is commendable and would create great impact in the team but more players to the team should be in mind nevertheless.

Madrid would still need more creativity in the midfield even after signing Vitinha, a defensive midfielder that could do the dirty work while Vitinha advances with the attack, the "Casemiro" kind of player that controls the tempo of the game. After that could come a right winger which is the most important position that needs replacement in Madrid right now, a player that has that influence as Vinicius would make Madrid unstoppable in this coming season.

[SuperBitMan]

Vinicius, oh Vinicius. He’s always stirring up controversy among the fans. I don’t know what Vinicius meant by his Instagram bio after he deleted several photos related to Real Madrid. I’m starting to get fed up with Vinicius’s behavior. He acts as if he’s bigger than the club. Perez would be better off selling him rather than letting him constantly create controversies that could disrupt the locker room.

What's difficult to understand, Real Madrid are taking it long to decide if they want to keep the player or let him go, if the club are serious to conclude with the renewal of his contract, they should have made the move. Vinicius also wants to adjust the contract, and i do support him for wanting more wages, Vinicius has been the best player for Real Madrid and he deserves what he is asking.

If they were quick to act, this drama wouldn't have unfolded, there is no need waiting for a deadline.

Vinicious is one of the key player in Real madrid, and they will not let him go just like that they may later consider to do what he want, if they wish because he is big and everyone know. He's been putting in effort to see that the club succeed, so just because he asked for mpre wages he deserve it, and they need to consider that because he have been good to the club.

He has done very well in Real Madrid and if Real Madrid should let him go they are going to be affected because right now getting someone to replace him will be very difficult, so they will have to agree to what ever his conditions are, I love how vini jr has been playing and you can see that he loves Real Madrid so much and he does everything possible to make sure that Real Madrid succeed in every competition.
If Real Madrid refuses to his conditions and he decides to leave the club a lot of club will go for him and they are going to give him anything he wants so he can agree to come to their club for example Arsenal, they will be so happy to have him in the club because his going to help them so much.

[Chilwell]

Vinicius, oh Vinicius. He’s always stirring up controversy among the fans. I don’t know what Vinicius meant by his Instagram bio after he deleted several photos related to Real Madrid. I’m starting to get fed up with Vinicius’s behavior. He acts as if he’s bigger than the club. Perez would be better off selling him rather than letting him constantly create controversies that could disrupt the locker room.

What's difficult to understand, Real Madrid are taking it long to decide if they want to keep the player or let him go, if the club are serious to conclude with the renewal of his contract, they should have made the move. Vinicius also wants to adjust the contract, and i do support him for wanting more wages, Vinicius has been the best player for Real Madrid and he deserves what he is asking.

If they were quick to act, this drama wouldn't have unfolded, there is no need waiting for a deadline.

Vinicious is one of the key player in Real madrid, and they will not let him go just like that they may later consider to do what he want, if they wish because he is big and everyone know. He's been putting in effort to see that the club succeed, so just because he asked for mpre wages he deserve it, and they need to consider that because he have been good to the club.

The new manager is planning to build a very strong Squad this time around, that is why he his still bring more players despite the world class are still there, I don't know what he is up to but I still trust him, because he is one of the greatest manager of all time which is he is called to to the job. I absolutely agree with you that Vinicius is one of key players of Real Madrid, who have contributed a lot to the club and currently he still needed that is why the management are still managing his behaviour.

With the arrival of Jose Mourinho I am expecting to real Madrid  unstoppable this season, because of the players he is putting in place, this is a clear sign that real Madrid already to come back and I hope you will see one of their best performers again after losing two consecutive season for Barcelona, it was so painful but nothing can change it.

[Oluwa-btc]

Jose Mourinho though will be so glad to see some of his players out of the tournament  ( FIFA World Cup ).

The likes of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius junior, Aurelian Tchouaméni, Konate and Dumfries should be with the squad early enough after their short vacation and holidays. The third place should be played with team so I see these players returning on time. Cucurella already in the finals though. It should take longer for him to return.

[Shussainshah]

Jose Mourinho though will be so glad to see some of his players out of the tournament  ( FIFA World Cup ).

The likes of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius junior, Aurelian Tchouaméni, Konate and Dumfries should be with the squad early enough after their short vacation and holidays. The third place should be played with team so I see these players returning on time. Cucurella already in the finals though. It should take longer for him to return.

It's a quite good campaign for Madrid player Mbappe was fantastic as well as vini was good but team didn't show him the best. But they all are out of the worldcup and now they return back to Madrid to start new chapter under the mourhino management.  Best thing is any of the player can't injured and return in good form which the good news for Mourhrino .. but one thing is concerned if Madrid player played the 3rd play off match of the worldcup because they have one match at this worldcup.  I think Mbappe can be bench in that's match but they have the opportunity to increase there goal tally.

[pewboy]

Yes, I'm also not sure why Real Madrid hasn't responded quickly to this. Basically, if Real Madrid still needs Vini, I also feel they should be able to provide clarity on this matter immediately. Because although it is true that Vini is currently asking for a salary increase, and perhaps Real Madrid objects to this. I think it's not difficult for Real Madrid to find a middle ground and negotiate with Vini at this time. But currently there is no news about this, and I also don't understand why this could happen now.

Whether Real Madrid no longer needs Vini at this time or what, I also don't really understand right now. But I hope Vini is not sold by Real Madrid, because he has been quite good playing for Real Madrid. So that's why I hope there will be clarity soon on this matter, because if this is not processed, it will certainly cause problems at Real Madrid. Because Vini's performance will undoubtedly be less than optimal again, as he feels his wishes haven't been met properly by the team. Therefore, Real Madrid must act quickly and resolve this issue.

It all depends on the special one, namely Jose Mourinho. He will have to, at least i hope for him, establish some sort of strategy and make sure that he manages to make it go forward according to what he has planned.
From there he obviously then moves on to establishing which players to play.

[blue Snow]

I don't agree with the opinion that Mourinho doesn't want new players. Why wouldn't he just because his main objective is to make sure of discipline in the locker room?

He would like to reshape the squad according to his system and he is doing it already. He hasn't signed any young players yet. He is only going for experienced and decent players. So far I can't say his choices are generally bad.

Anyone who says Mourinho doesn’t want new players, or any coach, for that matter, doesn’t know anything about soccer. Every coach naturally wants new, high-quality players so the team has strong squad depth, allowing it to remain solid and perform consistently throughout the season.

So far, I’ve seen that Mourinho and Real Madrid have made good signings that align with Real Madrid’s needs and tactical system. Mourinho has analyzed which areas have been Real Madrid’s weaknesses all this time. That’s why he moved quickly to have Perez sign players who fit his tactical system. After all, Mourinho faces a tough challenge next season, he must deliver a trophy for Real Madrid.