La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Iranus]

Rashford is a great player and they didn't keep him because they don't want to be paying such a big amount for his salary. The club has went bankruptcy because they were trying to pay the players salaries of the team, it toom the grace of some people before the club finally come back to normal. So now they are trying to avoid anything that will make them go back to that bankruptcy and I respect them for that decision, better say no than accept bad deal.

Rashford's wages are very high. Rashford's wages are higher than Raphinha and Yamal. Despite paying such high wages, Rashford has not performed better than Yamal and raphinha. If Rashford was willing to reduce his  wages a little, then perhaps Barcelona would be more interested in Rashford. Gordon  has been added to the squad as rashford's replacement. Gordon's overall performance is  better than rashford's, as we have seen in the world cup matches. Gordon is undoubtedly a good choice for Barcelona.

[BlackBoss_]

Rashford's wages are very high. Rashford's wages are higher than Raphinha and Yamal. Despite paying such high wages, Rashford has not performed better than Yamal and raphinha. If Rashford was willing to reduce his  wages a little, then perhaps Barcelona would be more interested in Rashford.

Rashford wanted to stay in Barcelona but the club did not want to buy him, while they spent big fund to purchase Gordon. It's the end of Rashford's short career in Barcelona where he might potentially win more titles with them even playing as a substitution. Rashford has to return to Manchester United after World Cup 2026 and prepare for a new season if there is no surprising offer and transfer for him to another club. Marcus Rashford already hit his limit and can not grow up his skills and career more, and he is similar to many English football prodigies. In some seasons, he had amazing performances and made many people expecting that he will reach to world class level which he has never reached to.

Gordon  has been added to the squad as rashford's replacement. Gordon's overall performance is  better than rashford's, as we have seen in the world cup matches. Gordon is undoubtedly a good choice for Barcelona.

Gordon is very energetic and he is potentially a good choice for Barcelona but it's in theory only. We will have to wait for adaptation of Gordon in Barcelona and La Liga as well as his performances for Barcelona next season.

[Alex077]

Real Madrid's problem was never the coach or the lack of talent, rather the problem was the lack of discipline. There are some players in the team who do not respect the coach or do not follow the coach's strategy. I think it would be unfair to blame the manager for the failure of a team where incidents like fights are seen. The managers may have failed to build good relationships between the players, but the responsibility for this is not entirely the manager's. Giving too much importance to the players has become a great danger for Real Madrid.

What went wrong at real madrid last season was the fault of the hierarchy of real madrid, because they have a history of always supporting the players over the manager, which was what emboldened those spoilt brat at the club not to listen to their coach.
 For every team to progress, disciplinary measures needs to be in place for any defaulter, so for them to see it as a problem, it shows that they don't have any regard for xabi Alonso who was their manager then.
Jose Mourinho is a coach that have zero tolerance for spoilt brat, so I believe that he is perfectly going to put them in their place if they do not behave themselves.

Will putting all blame on players or just the coach solve their problems! For me, their biggest problem was lack of continuity in club's leadership. If a coach understand that the board may not support him in the end if he makes tough decision against big stars then his authority is weakened from start. Isn't that right? Similarly players need to understand that no matter how big his name, no one is above the team's strategy and discipline. In recent months Real Madrid has gone through change of coach, rift in dressing room and major leadership crisis. And that is why Jose Mourinho was brought back. Because club wants someone who can restore discipline.

But in my opinion, it is not enough to just bring in a tough coach. If board does not stand by the coach humbly this time then the same problem will repeat itself, be it Mourinho or someone else.

[Fiatless]

I would like to correct somethings because we are getting this Rashford dilemma all wrong, it's not about finances for Barcelona, facts remain that Barcelona did not want him, because we talk about the huge wage of Rashford, but Rashford offered to cut that his wage from 325k to 215k weekly and yet they still didn't go for him and decided to give Gordon's 300k instead, so we see finances was not the problem of Barcelona.

Even with the transfer fee, Gordon's fee was 80m will Rashfords was 40m, so overall for financial move, Rashford's own was better

They don't want him after he offered to cut down 40% of his wage for him to remain in Barcelona. In terms of the transfer fee, Barca management is not going to pay the entire 80million to Newcastle at once. The payment would be spread for many years. Meanwhile, Manchester United is expected to receive a block payment from Barcelona. Rashford has also played an important role in Barca's refusal to sign him.

It seems I am just making a case for the Spanish side, but the truth is that they just don't want Rashford.

[Localhostspeed]

Rashford is a great player and they didn't keep him because they don't want to be paying such a big amount for his salary. The club has went bankruptcy because they were trying to pay the players salaries of the team, it toom the grace of some people before the club finally come back to normal. So now they are trying to avoid anything that will make them go back to that bankruptcy and I respect them for that decision, better say no than accept bad deal.

Rashford's wages are very high. Rashford's wages are higher than Raphinha and Yamal. Despite paying such high wages, Rashford has not performed better than Yamal and raphinha. If Rashford was willing to reduce his  wages a little, then perhaps Barcelona would be more interested in Rashford. Gordon  has been added to the squad as rashford's replacement. Gordon's overall performance is  better than rashford's, as we have seen in the world cup matches. Gordon is undoubtedly a good choice for Barcelona.
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High but it's nothing as compare to Raphina and Lewandowski? It's something they could do you know, they don't have problems with finance like that, they can pay up. They only use Raphina for some games and he didn't disappoint all those period, imagine if he was given that time they gave other players, he is going to give them absolute game that none of them will see coming, but they use the wages as excuse to deny him and the public.

What I know about club position and players is that sometimes it's not even about the wages of a player, it's how they we him. Assuming Rashford was a free agent after the last season, they would have love to keep him but I'm sure Manchester united will not even want to give Rashford to Barcelona as loan, they will try and sell him out immediately than leave him as free to Barcelona without any benefit to the club.

[Different patterns]

Real Madrid's problem was never the coach or the lack of talent, rather the problem was the lack of discipline. There are some players in the team who do not respect the coach or do not follow the coach's strategy. I think it would be unfair to blame the manager for the failure of a team where incidents like fights are seen. The managers may have failed to build good relationships between the players, but the responsibility for this is not entirely the manager's. Giving too much importance to the players has become a great danger for Real Madrid.

What went wrong at real madrid last season was the fault of the hierarchy of real madrid, because they have a history of always supporting the players over the manager, which was what emboldened those spoilt brat at the club not to listen to their coach.
 For every team to progress, disciplinary measures needs to be in place for any defaulter, so for them to see it as a problem, it shows that they don't have any regard for xabi Alonso who was their manager then.
Jose Mourinho is a coach that have zero tolerance for spoilt brat, so I believe that he is perfectly going to put them in their place if they do not behave themselves.

He may not have the tolerance for the spoilt brats as players but I believe he will still need the teams management support because the more he will not want to tolerate them, which is good, is the more they will also not want to respect him the more because they have gotten the ego already and the only thing that will help a manager like Mourinho is the support of the team management, And also the players will need to respect him, not until they are forced to respect their manager. At the end of the day the success of the team next season will depend on the team's management and the players, if they will be able to change and respect the coach.

[Sarah Azhari]

Barcelona must sign a center forward because they currently have no player whose natural position is center forward. It’s impossible for Barcelona to sign Alvarez because Atlético Madrid won’t sell him. Therefore, Barcelona will certainly look for other options. And so far, there have been no rumors about any top strikers Barcelona is pursuing. Could it be that Barcelona is waiting until after the World Cup to sign a striker? Maybe.

We last heard about Julian Alvarez, but that was not possible because Atletico Madrid didn't want to sell the talented young player. That doesn't mean Barcelona lacks other options, if we look more closely at the rumors, the club has also been linked to Hoffenheim forward Fisnik Asllani. Well, we'll likely see further information after the WC.

After his offer was rejected by Atlético Madrid, and compounded by the club president’s firm statement that Álvarez is not for sale, the rumors linking Álvarez to Barcelona have naturally died down. Of course, Barcelona has several other options, but based on the rumors circulating, I don’t think any of them are top-tier strikers. But you never know, maybe after the World Cup, Barcelona will surprise us by signing a top striker.

[Oluwa-btc]

They don't want him after he offered to cut down 40% of his wage for him to remain in Barcelona. In terms of the transfer fee, Barca management is not going to pay the entire 80million to Newcastle at once. The payment would be spread for many years. Meanwhile, Manchester United is expected to receive a block payment from Barcelona. Rashford has also played an important role in Barca's refusal to sign him.

It seems I am just making a case for the Spanish side, but the truth is that they just don't want Rashford.

This is so spot on because if they did, they'd have grabbed him before attempting to bring in both Gordon and Adeyemi. He is not  the type of hungry player and person we use to know.
He literally took a paycut to play for them, he could literally go ahead to do the same if they wanted him, but I'm sure Hansi Flick has to such plans to involve him next season. I really can't wait to hear the Sporting Director ( Deco ), talk about it.

[jakdanyel]

After his offer was rejected by Atlético Madrid, and compounded by the club president’s firm statement that Álvarez is not for sale, the rumors linking Álvarez to Barcelona have naturally died down. Of course, Barcelona has several other options, but based on the rumors circulating, I don’t think any of them are top-tier strikers. But you never know, maybe after the World Cup, Barcelona will surprise us by signing a top striker.

Barcelona will still wait for a formal response to their offer. But according to the recent news yes, it looks like Atletico Madrid president doesn't have any intention to sell him.

It's sad to see a that skilled forward to waste his time there though. In the end the number of trophies he can achieve with his current team is limited. Rarely a La Liga title and that's it. 

[JeffBrad12]

You can't keep any player by force. If Alvarez doesn't want to stay at Atletico Madrid anymore then they should make things easier for him. How do you expect him to perform the same next time if you don't let him go? 

Anyways, Barcelona chairman Laporta already says they can look for other strikers if their offer isn't answered until the end of July. But I really hope they manage to get Alvarez as I think of him like a superb candidate for Hansi Flick's game.

No, Atletico won't be stupid enough to let him go to their rival. They have contract, which is gating him. So any approach by Barcelona is useless. Even if he doesn't perform as good as he did last season. So they can just bench him.
They has money as one of biggest club in La Liga. So they can simply sign a new striker to play while Alvarez has no power to break his contract. It's because he has to buy out his own clause worth £426 million if he wants to break the contract with atletico. If he's doing it, he's also potentiall get the ban from La Liga too.

Alvarez to barcelona will never happen.

[len01]

Alvarez to barcelona will never happen.

Why not? Barcelona can always sign Alvarez, at least in their dreams. 

I honestly don't understand why Barcelona keep pushing Atletico to let him go. The more they pressure them, the less likely Atletico will be willing to sell. And even if his contract eventually expires, I still don't think Alvarez would join Barcelona. He knows the club's history with player salary issues. So he'd probably choose another club that can compete for the same trophies without all the uncertainty surrounding wages.

[Shineup]

Rashford is a great player and they didn't keep him because they don't want to be paying such a big amount for his salary. The club has went bankruptcy because they were trying to pay the players salaries of the team, it toom the grace of some people before the club finally come back to normal. So now they are trying to avoid anything that will make them go back to that bankruptcy and I respect them for that decision, better say no than accept bad deal.

Rashford's wages are very high. Rashford's wages are higher than Raphinha and Yamal. Despite paying such high wages, Rashford has not performed better than Yamal and raphinha. If Rashford was willing to reduce his  wages a little, then perhaps Barcelona would be more interested in Rashford. Gordon  has been added to the squad as rashford's replacement. Gordon's overall performance is  better than rashford's, as we have seen in the world cup matches. Gordon is undoubtedly a good choice for Barcelona.

But did it occur to you that he was ready to lower his wages just to remain in Barcelona but the management was not really ready to grant him that request instead chose to play a mind game with Manchester United, and again despite the fact that he was earning high you can't tell me he didn't play to the expectations of that high payment, the least I knew as at last season statistically aside Lamine Yamal you can't point a player in that Barcelona team that outperform Marcus Rashford, he had 28 G/A across all competition, second to Lamine Yamal, so earning that much is never a waste of found for that short period.

[reagansimms]

We last heard about Julian Alvarez, but that was not possible because Atletico Madrid didn't want to sell the talented young player. That doesn't mean Barcelona lacks other options, if we look more closely at the rumors, the club has also been linked to Hoffenheim forward Fisnik Asllani. Well, we'll likely see further information after the WC.

After his offer was rejected by Atlético Madrid, and compounded by the club president’s firm statement that Álvarez is not for sale, the rumors linking Álvarez to Barcelona have naturally died down. Of course, Barcelona has several other options, but based on the rumors circulating, I don’t think any of them are top-tier strikers. But you never know, maybe after the World Cup, Barcelona will surprise us by signing a top striker.

The transfer of Julián Álvarez has heated up after Barcelona made an official offer worth €100 million and he also openly stated his desire to move to Camp Nou. However, Atletico Madrid has been firm in rejecting all incoming proposals, closing the door to negotiations, and insisting that Alvarez is not for sale. Atletico's top brass absolutely do not want to let Alvarez go to Barcelona, ​​they have also rejected incoming offers and will not accept any proposals of any value because Alvarez is their long-term project. Atletico attitude will backfire on them because Alvarez is very disappointed and angry because he feels that Atletico has not kept the commitment given to him, if Alvarez fails to move to Barcelona, ​​maybe he will not play wholeheartedly for Atletico again.

Barcelona management and Hansi Flick really like Alvarez and have made him a top target, but regarding whether Barcelona will bring in another top striker after the 2026 World Cup if they fail to bring in Alvarez, of course they will look for other options. They might try to approach Lautaro Martinez or Osimhen, but if that fails, they'll be forced to use a makeshift striker who's still available in the squad while they wait for the winter transfer window.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Alvarez to barcelona will never happen.

Why not? Barcelona can always sign Alvarez, at least in their dreams. 

I honestly don't understand why Barcelona keep pushing Atletico to let him go. The more they pressure them, the less likely Atletico will be willing to sell. And even if his contract eventually expires, I still don't think Alvarez would join Barcelona. He knows the club's history with player salary issues. So he'd probably choose another club that can compete for the same trophies without all the uncertainty surrounding wages.

Every player has their own motivation to choose a club and from what Barcelona management has done I think there is nothing wrong, they really want Alvarez even though this team is not that good financially but Barcelona's achievements are quite promising in the last few seasons so that is what makes it possible for Alvarez to want to join Barcelona and regarding his contract with Atletico Madrid I think there must be a solution especially if Alvarez has a big desire to leave then his team will not be able to hold back too much.

[fuguebtc]

He may not have the tolerance for the spoilt brats as players but I believe he will still need the teams management support because the more he will not want to tolerate them, which is good, is the more they will also not want to respect him the more because they have gotten the ego already and the only thing that will help a manager like Mourinho is the support of the team management, And also the players will need to respect him, not until they are forced to respect their manager. At the end of the day the success of the team next season will depend on the team's management and the players, if they will be able to change and respect the coach.

Right. Alonso did not get any help from the Madrid management. The players ignored Alonso's instructions, did not follow  them properly. Even then, the madrid management gave their players more priority  and decided to fire Alonso.

Mourinho gave several conditions before  taking over at madrid. Perhaps they will not be able to do the same with Alonso as the Madrid management has done  with mourinho. Mourinho must be given the opportunity to work  independently. Otherwise , madrid will not be able to do well. There are many talented players in the squad, but their  performance is  irregular. This is  mainly because of the ego of the players. Because of ego, the relationship  between the players is  not good.

[Abbatty]

After his offer was rejected by Atlético Madrid, and compounded by the club president’s firm statement that Álvarez is not for sale, the rumors linking Álvarez to Barcelona have naturally died down. Of course, Barcelona has several other options, but based on the rumors circulating, I don’t think any of them are top-tier strikers. But you never know, maybe after the World Cup, Barcelona will surprise us by signing a top striker.

Barcelona will still wait for a formal response to their offer. But according to the recent news yes, it looks like Atletico Madrid president doesn't have any intention to sell him.

It's sad to see a that skilled forward to waste his time there though. In the end the number of trophies he can achieve with his current team is limited. Rarely a La Liga title and that's it. 

Atletico Madrid publicly said Alvarez is not for sell and he won’t appreciate Barcelona disturbing his player because the player is in the best place he needs to be right now. It really sad to see a player of Alvarez quality to be at Atletico Madrid, he is a very good striker and it would be really Nice to see him in a team that is more attacking minded.

Well on the other hand the player knew how the club played before he signed for them, he was signed for over 70 million euros, it would take so much more for Atletico to sell him even if they finally decide to let him leave.

We saw Barcelona putting joao Pedro as second option, but Chelsea also made it clear to them that he is not for sell, and he is a huge part of Xabi Alonso project.

[Pandu Geddon]

Right. Alonso did not get any help from the Madrid management. The players ignored Alonso's instructions, did not follow  them properly. Even then, the madrid management gave their players more priority  and decided to fire Alonso.

Mourinho gave several conditions before  taking over at madrid. Perhaps they will not be able to do the same with Alonso as the Madrid management has done  with mourinho. Mourinho must be given the opportunity to work  independently. Otherwise , madrid will not be able to do well. There are many talented players in the squad, but their  performance is  irregular. This is  mainly because of the ego of the players. Because of ego, the relationship  between the players is  not good.

That will be handled by Mourinho, because he knows the problems happening with the team. He took the offer, of course, with a strategy and he will have full authority in making decisions regarding players. I guess no player will oppose him. He has the experience to deal with all of that. But hopefully, he won't run into any problems.

[Razmirraz]

Snip.

Right. Alonso did not get any help from the Madrid management. The players ignored Alonso's instructions, did not follow  them properly. Even then, the madrid management gave their players more priority  and decided to fire Alonso.

Mourinho gave several conditions before  taking over at madrid. Perhaps they will not be able to do the same with Alonso as the Madrid management has done  with mourinho. Mourinho must be given the opportunity to work  independently. Otherwise , madrid will not be able to do well. There are many talented players in the squad, but their  performance is  irregular. This is  mainly because of the ego of the players. Because of ego, the relationship  between the players is  not good.

I have said before, it is too early for Alonso to accept Real Madrid offer because the demands on coaches there are very high. My fears were completely justified, Alonso was treated like a clown at Real Madrid, the management did not give him the freedom to bring in players according to his wishes like Mourinho is currently given. Had he chosen to stay at Leverkusen, his fate might have been different, but his time at Real Madrid will be the most valuable experience of his coaching career. Now that Real Madrid is under Mourinho control, as usual, expectations are very high on him, but if he fails to win trophies, especially the Champions League, his fate will not be much different from that of Ancelotti and Alonso.

[Frankolala]

Rashford is a great player and they didn't keep him because they don't want to be paying such a big amount for his salary. The club has went bankruptcy because they were trying to pay the players salaries of the team, it toom the grace of some people before the club finally come back to normal. So now they are trying to avoid anything that will make them go back to that bankruptcy and I respect them for that decision, better say no than accept bad deal.

Rashford's wages are very high. Rashford's wages are higher than Raphinha and Yamal. Despite paying such high wages, Rashford has not performed better than Yamal and raphinha. If Rashford was willing to reduce his  wages a little, then perhaps Barcelona would be more interested in Rashford. Gordon  has been added to the squad as rashford's replacement. Gordon's overall performance is  better than rashford's, as we have seen in the world cup matches. Gordon is undoubtedly a good choice for Barcelona.

Based on last season statistics on both players performance, Rashford did better than Gordon in both goals scored and goal assist. If you talk about the high wages of Rashford, l can understand that. Rashford will be better off in Manchester United because that's where he belongs to since Barcelona have rejected him.

[JeffBrad12]

Alvarez to barcelona will never happen.

Why not? Barcelona can always sign Alvarez, at least in their dreams. 

I honestly don't understand why Barcelona keep pushing Atletico to let him go. The more they pressure them, the less likely Atletico will be willing to sell. And even if his contract eventually expires, I still don't think Alvarez would join Barcelona. He knows the club's history with player salary issues. So he'd probably choose another club that can compete for the same trophies without all the uncertainty surrounding wages.

Barcelona think he's the only one who can fit Flick's tactic. So they're being so obsessed in signing him from Atletico Madrid. Let's see what's name is gonna come to Laporta since he has no more chance to sign Alvarez. The options of striker for them is getting less and less.