La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Donneski]

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.

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

[Chilwell]

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.

I don't really know how they are doing things but I also doubted it, it will not be nice leaving that player to play against them, Alvarez is a very good player which honestly Atletico will actually miss him if he left go, but going to Barcelona will be a very big regret for Atletico because we all know how Barcelona performing and how this guy will be use against them in an insane way, he will not have any pity when playing against them because he is for Barcelona and he will do anything possible to elevate his team.

I want to heard that he is going to Arsenal but it has never been authentic that is why I haven't seen anything related to that. When I first saw the news of Arsenal being interested in him, I was so much Happy that if he will be in Arsenal definitely will we expect a lot of progress in Arsenal next season's performance. Alvarez is a very good player and can perform very well in Arsenal.

[Zanab247]

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.

Even though Atletico Madrid president decide not to sell the player I don't think it will stop Barcelona not to display well next season, because they are still keeping their potential players that will not make the club regret for the players they are planning to release. One thing I know about this Barcelona coach is that he will not allow their president to sell players that will make the club to experience poor performance, which is not the wish of Barcelona in this coach regime.

Oh you think without the Player in Barcelona, Barcelona will not going to perform better in this season,I don't think so and Barcelona coach can show interest in another new players that will be more experience in football game than this Atletico Madrid player.  I don't think Barcelona is weak and they can change their mind not to sell or buy any player till next summer, because they have potential players that are still young.

[Iamgoat]

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.

Well, every player has their own price and sometimes clubs also look beyond the immediate and look at their long term plans however such decisions do also lead to waste of funds and lack of expected results. Players are the ones who bring revenues to the club majorly aside from other deals and partnerships, and just compared to the way the short term and long term investments work in businesses, it also applies to players and it’s why if a club can justify the reason why they took certain decisions, i do not blame them but decisions also need to be taken strategically else you will end up with a failed investment like we saw in Ronaldo’s appearance in Juventus which is still hitting the club hard till date.

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.

I watched Gordon’s games in the World Cup and he is this winger every player would love to have in their squad, his contribution I saw somewhere in the internet as rated 8 points following the great jobs he did at the game against DR Congo, Mexico, Norway and even Argentina in the semifinal by scoring the opening goal. Assisted an equalizer in Norway, making it possible for the England team to earn the Penalty which was scored by Kane and so many more there.

[free-bit.co.in]

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

I can't see anyone better than Alvarez as a worthy replacement for Lewandowski. He is well aware of the La Liga style of play. He can even  adapt to Flick's tactics quickly.
Alvarez's release clause is 500 million. And Atletico Madrid are the latest to demand 150 million upfront if Barcelona want to sign alvarez. This means a huge amount. More importantly, barcelona have not yet fully recovered from the financial crisis. Paying 150 million in advance is a lot of pressure for barcelona.

[Creeper0]

Even though Atletico Madrid president decide not to sell the player I don't think it will stop Barcelona not to display well next season, because they are still keeping their potential players that will not make the club regret for the players they are planning to release. One thing I know about this Barcelona coach is that he will not allow their president to sell players that will make the club to experience poor performance, which is not the wish of Barcelona in this coach regime.

Oh you think without the Player in Barcelona, Barcelona will not going to perform better in this season,I don't think so and Barcelona coach can show interest in another new players that will be more experience in football game than this Atletico Madrid player.  I don't think Barcelona is weak and they can change their mind not to sell or buy any player till next summer, because they have potential players that are still young.

It's not that Barcelona will be a weaker team without Alvarez next season, Alvarez was a good choice for their main striker, but signing him was not a must. However, Barcelona will have to plan for the upcoming season without him. I already have a good idea about Hansi Flick, he might turn Karim Adeyemi into a great goalscorer or sign a young talented goalscorer.

Robert Lewandowski has been a reliable player in Barcelona's attack for a long time, but his time is now up. He has to leave Barcelona now, Barcelona are basically looking for a worthy replacement for this Lewandowski. Julian Alvarez was a good replacement for Lewandowski, if he is not available then they must try to sign other replacement players.

[Shineup]

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.

It seems you don't really know Jose Mourinho too well, he's that one person that doesn't take any shit from whom so ever the player might think he is, make a research about him in terms of discipline, first every team he goes the first thing he gets is that respect, because there's nothing he haven't won in his coaching career, so what do that play have against him to feel too big at, so you must respect your self and low your ego, like it seems you are forgetting he literally benched Christiano Ronaldo in his prime, so if he can bench Christiano Ronaldo in his prime who is Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius and the rest of them that he can't bench.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

It's not that Barcelona will be a weaker team without Alvarez next season, Alvarez was a good choice for their main striker, but signing him was not a must. However, Barcelona will have to plan for the upcoming season without him. I already have a good idea about Hansi Flick, he might turn Karim Adeyemi into a great goalscorer or sign a young talented goalscorer.

Robert Lewandowski has been a reliable player in Barcelona's attack for a long time, but his time is now up. He has to leave Barcelona now, Barcelona are basically looking for a worthy replacement for this Lewandowski. Julian Alvarez was a good replacement for Lewandowski, if he is not available then they must try to sign other replacement players.

It is true that this season Barcelona will be a weaker team without Julian Alvarez, but we think that if Atletico Madrid could have secured the player, Barcelona would have been a complete team. There has been a lot of speculation about Alvarez because it seems that Atletico Madrid do not want to sell this player to any club in the Spanish league, which is why we see that they are not accepting offers of a lot of money and if Alvarez wants to leave the club, Atletico Madrid still wants to keep him in the team.

In fact, it seems to us that if this young Argentine rising star cannot join his beloved club Barcelona, then his performance for Atletico Madrid next season will automatically suffer, so it is clear that Barcelona will have to plan without him for the upcoming season, but it is true that this player could have been a good alternative to Robert Lewandowski and could even have performed well.

[puloweh555]

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

I can't see anyone better than Alvarez as a worthy replacement for Lewandowski. He is well aware of the La Liga style of play. He can even  adapt to Flick's tactics quickly.
Alvarez's release clause is 500 million. And Atletico Madrid are the latest to demand 150 million upfront if Barcelona want to sign alvarez. This means a huge amount. More importantly, barcelona have not yet fully recovered from the financial crisis. Paying 150 million in advance is a lot of pressure for barcelona.

Atletico Madrid deliberately set such a high price tag because they don't want to sell players to rivals. On the other hand, Barcelona certainly can't recruit players at such a high price, especially since Barcelona's finances haven't fully recovered from the crisis.

Julian Alvarez is currently in a dilemma. On the one hand he wants to move because he wants to chase trophies. That's also why he's rumored to have stated that he would refuse to attend Atletico Madrid training until the club agrees to sell him. He feels disrespected by the way the situation has been handled. Naturally, Alvarez relationship with Atlético has worsened after the club publicly discussed the situation just days before the World Cup final.

On the other hand, this is bad for Atletico Madrid because the situation is similar to Lookman's at Atalanta who refused to sell to a rival club. Ultimately, this resulted in his subpar performance the following season and was sold abroad for a lower price. In my opinion, Barcelona shouldn't focus solely on Alvarez they should explore other options to replace Lewandowski. Alvarez is indeed a very potential player and he is even very suitable for Barcelona, ​​but if things continue like this, even though Atletico has clearly rejected him many times and if he continues to force it it is very likely that the same thing will happen again as what happened to Griezmann in the past.

[jaberwock]

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.

From what I gathered, it was not that they didn't want him, but more about the fact that they didn2t think he was worth 40 million. Salary wasn't the issue if you ask me, it was the 40 million, because we have seen them offer 30 million for him, and if that was accepted, then they would have Rashford, not really that complicated to think about.

I think the best case in this situation would be the fact that Rashford was seen too valuable to give cheap for United, and Barcelona rather get someone even better and pay more than haggle for a small number for a worse player. Rashford was seen as worse than Gordon, but it would have still happened if United said yes to 30.

[Alpha Marine]

Rashford is heading back to United right now with both his buyout clause AND his release clause expired. Nobody triggered either one. That's all you need to know about the difference in market value and internet value. Meanwhile, Gordon is soon to be walking into Camp Nou and be playing in a formation that's essentially built aroud

People have this idea of Rashford, and that is the idea of when he was at his peak. The period where he scored 30 goals. People don't want to accept that Rashford is no longer that guy. He misses a lot of chances and doesn't do much for the team without the ball. he doesn't press and he doesn't drop back to help the team.
All these wouldn't have mattered, if he was a player that can get the ball and create chances or be a play maker and score goals, but he is not that.
Gordon will perform way better than Rashford did, He will score more goals and be involved in the play even more. Flick asked for him specifically, which means he knows how to use him.

[SOKO-DEKE]

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.

It seems you don't really know Jose Mourinho too well, he's that one person that doesn't take any shit from whom so ever the player might think he is, make a research about him in terms of discipline, first every team he goes the first thing he gets is that respect, because there's nothing he haven't won in his coaching career, so what do that play have against him to feel too big at, so you must respect your self and low your ego, like it seems you are forgetting he literally benched Christiano Ronaldo in his prime, so if he can bench Christiano Ronaldo in his prime who is Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius and the rest of them that he can't bench.

Mourinho is known for discipline, but that doesn't mean he has to treat his players disrespectfully. He has to give his players the respect they also deserve, and that is what will make them cooperate with him. However, if Mourinho tries to treat them badly, he may be the one who ends up regretting it.If he starts having problems with two or more top players, it could lead to more problems with other players as well. Also, if he continues to bench important players, it could lead to poor performances, which may eventually result in him being sacked.

Even Alonso, who was sacked, is not a coach who lacks discipline. The fact is that he may not have known how to discipline his players properly, and that may have contributed to the problems Real Madrid's players are facing.A good coach always knows how to manage his players and also knows when to leave them out of the team if they are causing problems. No matter how difficult Mbappemay be, Mourinho cannot keep benching him for a long time when he is not injured. Even the fans will start complaining. So, Mourinho should use his experience to manage the players wisely while also sett clear discipline rules within the team.

[hyudien]

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

You know the fact that Gordon transfer to Barcelona was a gradual fee deal, Yes, Barcelona paid him in installments, so Atletico Madrid don't want a deal like this for Alvarez, and also Alvarez release clause is very high, which is €500 million, the point is that Barcelona don't have that kind of money right now to bring Alvarez, no, for this season Alvarez won't come to Barcelona and maybe also for the next seasons.

[Slow death]

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

No club would pay 500 million for Atletico Madrid to release Julian Alvarez. I've never seen any club pay that amount for a player. I may be wrong, and correct me if I'm wrong, but which club has ever paid 500 million for a player? There isn't one, and the Atletico Madrid management knows this and deliberately set that amount as a way to make Barcelona give up on the player. Atletico Madrid needs Julian Alvarez; they aren't interested in the money. If they wanted money, they would have accepted Barcelona's offer. Now, the president of Barcelona needs to respect Atletico Madrid's decision.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Xabi was looked down upon by the players because they feel he's not old enough to handle them but Mourinho has been coaching before these players started playing football for these big teams or for the senior team. That alone will make them respect him because some of the players they were looking up to as their role models was coached by Mourinho in the past.

That's why Mou needs to be at Madrid, to get rid of those immature players. That's something that shouldn't have happened. It's also a matter of Florentino giving preference at Madrid. So these are the things that make one, as a fan, say that a firm hand is needed and that whoever needs to leave has to leave, because only in this way can the club have complete power, and not just a small group.

[Shineup]

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.

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

Smiles what do you actually think Atletico Madrid is asking for as the actual price for him, are you saying they should pay £500m? Hahaha, they should better turn their attention before it's too late because Atletico Madrid Is not really ready to let go of that player, and even if they are willing it's certainly not this season and not to Barcelona, so they should come off it, and go with another way round because they ain't getting him, Atletico Madrid management still got the issue involving Griezmann departure in mind, and that makes it even more difficult for them to get him.

[moneystery]

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 remains keen to bring Alvarez to their team, citing his desire to play for Barcelona. Despite the rejection, Laporta remains adamant about securing the player.
However, if Alvarez ultimately remains at Atletico Madrid, Barcelona will inevitably recruit another player to fill their attacking role. We don't yet know what kind of player they will recruit, but it's certain to be a player of quality and a champion's mentality. We'll have to wait and see what kind of player they recruit.

[$weetne$$]

It seems you don't really know Jose Mourinho too well, he's that one person that doesn't take any shit from whom so ever the player might think he is, make a research about him in terms of discipline, first every team he goes the first thing he gets is that respect, because there's nothing he haven't won in his coaching career, so what do that play have against him to feel too big at, so you must respect your self and low your ego, like it seems you are forgetting he literally benched Christiano Ronaldo in his prime, so if he can bench Christiano Ronaldo in his prime who is Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius and the rest of them that he can't bench.

Mourinho is one coach that does not tolerate any form of trash or rubbish from any player who is refusing to abide by his terms with which he is managing the team. A lot of players does respect him too knowing his stance with discipline, so some may even not dare want to be on his bad book, especially if he is in charge of their team because he can apply measures that will affect your career in the team.

[Hyphen(-)]

Mourinho is one coach that does not tolerate any form of trash or rubbish from any player who is refusing to abide by his terms with which he is managing the team. A lot of players does respect him too knowing his stance with discipline, so some may even not dare want to be on his bad book, especially if he is in charge of their team because he can apply measures that will affect your career in the team.

The indiscipline case in Real Madrid’s dressing room that has started to affect their performance was the main reason by Jose Mourinho was considered to come back to coach the team, he can actually control these players because he is an experienced coach with some tactics that can help the team regain peace among the players and to also help the team improve in their performance; however, it is still not yet a guarantee that he will succeed in the team despite all the players in the team, but there is a good hope that he can do the job because he have experience and the team is willing to support him by signing more players to ease his work.

[RaltcoinsB]

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.

If Barcelona think that Julian Alvarez is the only one that can perfectly fit into Hansi Flick's tactical style, what then is stopping them from paying his buyout price to Atletico Madrid. Alvarez is a quality player that can help a team like Barcelona win the biggest competitions they can think of so if they can pay £80 million for Anthony Gordon, they should pay the amount Atletico are demanding for the Argentina international

Right now, I'm actually looking at the final they played against Argentina. Julian Alvarez was substituted, but they couldn't get him to leave the field while he was on. I don't know if he'll be the right player for Barcelona. If Julián Alvarez isn't being signed, I don't think there's any point in insisting on him. Barcelona could consider alternative options.