Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Hvdv]

I really regret it if De Gea leaves Manchester United because so far De Gea's performance has been quite impressive and if many say that Manchester United have conceded a lot of goals then it cannot fully blame De Gea it is Manchester United's defense that must be repaired, De Gea has made many brilliant saves last season and it proves that he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world today.

There is nothing wrong with many people who say Man United conceded a lot, but I guarantee that if the goalkeeper is not de Gea then Man United will experience more conceding than De Gea himself. We can see everything in the statistics at the end of last season and produce a finish in 3. Because not all goalkeepers will match the game Man United, De Gea is one of the people who know it. The following season Man United without De Gea and once again, in my opinion is a difficult task in finding the right replacement. Although the rumors of Man United are associated with David Raya, the agreement has not continued until now.

De Gea is a goalkeeper who has played successfully at Manchester United for years. He is not the only culprit in conceding many goals. Manchester United's defense is in trouble, and with players like Maguire who make mistakes often, goalkeepers have a tough time. We'd be praising De Gea so much right now if he was a Manchester City goalkeeper, I hope you'll agree with me. Still, Manchester United may have to pay a large transfer fee if they want to sign the goalkeeper.

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[Juggy777]

I really regret it if De Gea leaves Manchester United because so far De Gea's performance has been quite impressive and if many say that Manchester United have conceded a lot of goals then it cannot fully blame De Gea it is Manchester United's defense that must be repaired, De Gea has made many brilliant saves last season and it proves that he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world today.

There is nothing wrong with many people who say Man United conceded a lot, but I guarantee that if the goalkeeper is not de Gea then Man United will experience more conceding than De Gea himself. We can see everything in the statistics at the end of last season and produce a finish in 3. Because not all goalkeepers will match the game Man United, De Gea is one of the people who know it. The following season Man United without De Gea and once again, in my opinion is a difficult task in finding the right replacement. Although the rumors of Man United are associated with David Raya, the agreement has not continued until now.

De Gea is a goalkeeper who has played successfully at Manchester United for years. He is not the only culprit in conceding many goals. Manchester United's defense is in trouble, and with players like Maguire who make mistakes often, goalkeepers have a tough time. We'd be praising De Gea so much right now if he was a Manchester City goalkeeper, I hope you'll agree with me. Still, Manchester United may have to pay a large transfer fee if they want to sign the goalkeeper.

@Hvdv is De Gea one of the best goal keeper yes but is he the correct one for Manchester United simple answer is he isn’t and that’s the only reason he’s being allowed to leave which makes sense to me. Furthermore Ten Hag needs a keeper who can implement his plan’s and sadly De Gea has failed to do so thus I’m not sad he’s leaving in-fact I’m happy now we’ll have a keeper who can implement Ten Hag plan’s and this shall lead to more victories.

[CryptocurencyKing]

This is really big. Arsenal is trying to create its own record by sending a very high bid for rice.

Arsenal have submitted a fresh bid for Declan Rice, as reported by David Ornstein. The offer is said to total £100 million ($127.5m) plus £5m ($6.4m) in add-ons - making it a record for a British player.
That honour is currently held by Rice's England team-mate Jack Grealish, who completed a £100m move to Manchester City from Aston Villa in the summer of 2021. The Gunners have been fighting it out with City for the midfielder all summer and it remains to be seen if West Ham will finally accept this latest proposal.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/live/transfer-news-and-rumours-live/blt1ccfda38eda06d5a

I can't even describe how crazy arsenal is right now. Im very happy to see the competition between arsenal and manchester city is coming to the peak. I would say that if arsenal is really obsessed to get rice from westham.
I hope that this offer will not be rejecting by westham. it seems like that arteta needs rice so much.

Honestly I don't think Manchester city will match Arsenal’s bid. Getting Rice is more important to Arsenal to reach that next level than it is to them, they already have Rodri and wouldn't want to break their transfer record for a position they don't desperately need. I have never seen Arsenal go above £100m for a player, which means that the size of the latest Arsenal bid speaks volume of how much they want Rice, if he indeed wants to join them, he should tell West ham to be flexible and allow the deal go through.

West Ham are holding out for a 100 million euro bid for Rice who has made 245 appearances for the club. It remains to be seen who will win the race for the midfielder's signature. True, I don't think Manchester City are interested in Declan Rice because they already have Rodri and I don't think Guardiola really needs two defensive midfielders. Arsenal have made two bids which are likely to be as high as 100 million euros, so Arsenal make more sense in my opinion. Not because they are better than Manchester City but they are more interested and need it more. Rice would suit Arsenal's way of playing in a defensive midfield role, protecting the back four and providing solidity. This is what Arsenal need to strengthen their squad ahead of the upcoming Premier League and I think Declan Rice will consider his departure.

Declan Rice will be an Arsenal player. With the whole transfer drama and the inability to settle the payment structures, I think West Ham are just doing all they can to fine tune Arsenal’s offer and perhaps see what Manchester City has got in store. But they believe Manchester City won’t go much higher than their 1st bid and they also know the player’s preference: Arsenal.

[Avirunes]

True, Manchester City have no eager need of Declan Rice like Arsenal do based on the availability and form of Rodri in the defensive midfield. Arsenal keen interest on West Ham £100m Declan Rice explains how serious and ready the gunners are for the next season as their highest last signing amount was £75m Pepe from Lille.  But then in my very opinion this is coming some how  late, cause if such amount was spent last summer on the needed players then Arsenal would have been able to secure the EPL title last season.

Aside from Rodri, they have Kalvin Philips as well who can play well as defensive midfield. Still I feel City needs a midfielder but right now it seems they are interested in adding a defender and are reported to be interested in getting Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig. Now that City has gotten out of the race, I think they will be going after Josko Gvardiol. I feel that signing Josko Gvardiol and both Declan Rice would have been too much and would have placed them in UEFA radar again maybe in breach of FFP rules (?) . Remember, City were recently in lot of troubles but they have gotten themselves out somehow and will for sure will take care of not making those mistakes again.

Yeah for Arsenal it seems Rice is the most expensive signing but I feel that his price is well justified (bit overpriced but it's ok). Pepe was a flop signing but I feel that Arteta will surely find his use regularly in squad as Xhaka and Partey are set to leave. I would say about last season, we had everything in our squad but it's slight injuries and something just went down that just dragged us down, otherwise we were very strong last season. And now about the signings we are currently making, it is obvious that with CL also this season we have to make signings as we need density to play our best in both PL and CL in a week. It's hard to keep up for a club when they are in CL and PL as well. Arsenal needed reinforcements and here they are:

[1] Havertz (Attacking midfielder) ✅
[2] Declan Rice (Defensive midfielder) ⏳
[3] Jurrien Timber (Right Back) ⏳

Aside from them^^, we have players coming back from loan who had a very good season at their loan spell for example Florian Balogun. I think this season there will be lot of expectation from Arteta and his men.

Come to think of it, the price at which West Ham has placed on Declan Rice is way too high. I hope this is not one of another English media hype like they did with the likes of Harry Maguire few seasons ago from Leicester to UTD.

I would say, it's ok in my opinion given his age and how well he plays in his role. Also don't forget the competition between the clubs for Declan Rice. Some backed off from proceeding given his price but there were big clubs after him which were: United(last season transfer windows) and this transfer window- Bayern, City and Arsenal. Let's see how it goes, but I think he will do fine.

[makishart]

Maddison already agreed with totenham to leave from leicester city. Since leicester city has been relegated and maddison has no choice other than leaving from leicester city as soon as possible before the upcoming season.
Newcastle has been also interesting to sign him but totenham was able securing him first compared with newcastle. He has been bought from leicester city with expensive price.

Maddison is always wanna playing in EPL. The relegation of leicester city has been making him lose confidence to play in the club even longer.
that's the reason why he was agree leaving from leicester city to go to the totenham.

[Negotiation]

Arsenal are serious about getting Declan Rice’s signature and have had two of their bids rejected already, I’m also shocked how much West Ham United are requesting for Declan Rice’s signature and it also reminded me Harry Maguire was signed for a whopping £80m plus and he is not even performing half the expectations for an 80million Euros worth player. Declan Rice is a good player but £100million is just too much to be demanding for a player from West Ham United.

Manchester City made a big bid for Rice, but West Ham turned it down, requesting an increase in the price to match the £100 million. Declan Rice is overhyped, and investing a high sum of money on the Englishman is absurd. I know he's an important player for the Hammers and it would be a huge loss if he left, which is why they're making every effort to profit massively from his deal. Furthermore, David Moyes hunts for a potential replacement for the departing star, it will undoubtedly take time before they find someone who can match Declan Rice's remarkable performance.

I think now is the time for West Ham to sell him and make a huge sum of money but while not having the financial power of Manchester City, or Chelsea, West Ham United is one of the most traditional and richest clubs in England. And, they have proved it time and again over the last four years by buying various famous players for huge sums of money. West Ham have been preparing for a long transfer season to actually reject offers for Rhys. So they have made it clear to the clubs that are interested in Rhys that they are not willing to let him go for even a penny less than his market value of 150 million.

[Furious 7]

True, Manchester City have no eager need of Declan Rice like Arsenal do based on the availability and form of Rodri in the defensive midfield. Arsenal keen interest on West Ham £100m Declan Rice explains how serious and ready the gunners are for the next season as their highest last signing amount was £75m Pepe from Lille.  But then in my very opinion this is coming some how  late, cause if such amount was spent last summer on the needed players then Arsenal would have been able to secure the EPL title last season.

Now they also have Kovacic to complicate their midfield for Manchester City as indeed it looks like they are avoiding a 100m move for Rice a bit as it looks like West Ham are still not budging either.
With the conditions in their squad that are still a little better at the moment, there really is no reason for Manchester City to impose their will by pouring big money for Rice.
Now Manchester City is officially out of the race and only Arsenal are left, who still don't seem to want to give up. The previous offer of 90 million was still not eyed by West ham. Now it's just a matter of waiting whether Arsenal will also give up or will continue to force West Ham but indeed if you look at the conditions I think sooner or later it will be West ham who will give up on Rice because if a big offer is rejected again then they will lose Rice very miserably next season.

[uswa56]

Declan Rice will be an Arsenal player. With the whole transfer drama and the inability to settle the payment structures, I think West Ham are just doing all they can to fine tune Arsenal’s offer and perhaps see what Manchester City has got in store. But they believe Manchester City won’t go much higher than their 1st bid and they also know the player’s preference: Arsenal.

Arsenal's interest is huge and this is used by West Ham to set a high price and in my opinion that is reasonable because Declan Rice is a player who has good abilities and is also very young so this player is a suitable team investment for the future.
Arteta is targeting Rice as their main recruit this season, I don't understand why Arteta likes this player so much even though Arsenal's midfield is currently occupied by several players who have very good quality.

[rendravolt]

Maddison already agreed with totenham to leave from leicester city. Since leicester city has been relegated and maddison has no choice other than leaving from leicester city as soon as possible before the upcoming season.
Newcastle has been also interesting to sign him but totenham was able securing him first compared with newcastle. He has been bought from leicester city with expensive price.

Maddison is always wanna playing in EPL. The relegation of leicester city has been making him lose confidence to play in the club even longer.
that's the reason why he was agree leaving from leicester city to go to the totenham.

Finally we can see Maddison appear to defend the EPL club again and he is indeed a talented player who should not be allowed to play in the English 2nd division league, moreover his consistency will also be assessed later for his future with the England national team squad. Luckily when Spurs tried to contact Leicester and they immediately gave the green light for Maddison to join Spurs. The transfer fee also doesn't look too expensive at around £40 million and within the next 24 hours Maddison will start carrying out medical tests in preparation for becoming a Spurs player.

[Stepstowealth]

Arsenal needed reinforcements and here they are:

[1] Havertz (Attacking midfielder) ✅
[2] Declan Rice (Defensive midfielder) ⏳
[3] Jurrien Timber (Right Back) ⏳

Aside from them^^, we have players coming back from loan who had a very good season at their loan spell for example Florian Balogun. I think this season there will be lot of expectation from Arteta and his men.

Folarin Balogun scored more than 20 goals while on loan and did well as a player on loan. Some other clubs will also be interested in signing him as a first team player, and he will have to choose between that or going back to Arsenal to struggle for a position to play in every game. Marseille is rumoured to have an interest in him.

Maddison already agreed with totenham to leave from leicester city. Since leicester city has been relegated and maddison has no choice other than leaving from leicester city as soon as possible before the upcoming season.

It is a very good decision for his career not to go and play relegation football, he will be good in Tottenham, but Tottenham will need more players to really show an improvement.

[Lida93]

Now Manchester City is officially out of the race and only Arsenal are left, who still don't seem to want to give up. The previous offer of 90 million was still not eyed by West ham. Now it's just a matter of waiting whether Arsenal will also give up or will continue to force West Ham but indeed if you look at the conditions I think sooner or later it will be West ham who will give up on Rice because if a big offer is rejected again then they will lose Rice very miserably next season.

Manchester City is one of many teams that were in the race for Rice that have backed down and it won't take Arsenal much days to also follow same path by looking for an equal or better alternative to Rice if west Ham  still stuck to their guns on keeping him at £100m. For a club like Arsenal they won't go beyond the £90m they have placed for Rice and the clock is ticking.  Despite I continuous stand on how way too high the price, but looking at his stats hitherto, am convince he's going to perform more outstandingly well next season at Arsenal under artetha if only West Ham would let him lose at the £90m.

[Fesatmas]

@Hvdv is De Gea one of the best goal keeper yes but is he the correct one for Manchester United simple answer is he isn’t and that’s the only reason he’s being allowed to leave which makes sense to me. Furthermore Ten Hag needs a keeper who can implement his plan’s and sadly De Gea has failed to do so thus I’m not sad he’s leaving in-fact I’m happy now we’ll have a keeper who can implement Ten Hag plan’s and this shall lead to more victories.

Since the end of the Premier League last season, it has been rumored that Manchester United will be looking for a new goalkeeper to replace De Gea, Ten Hag was disappointed with De Gea's appearance, especially after making a blunder in the FA Cup final. Manchester United is reported to have made an approach with several top goalkeepers, there are even several names who are a little closer to joining the Red Devils. Recently I heard the news that now the situation has changed, it is reported that Manchester United will not bring in a new goalkeeper this season, which means that De Gea will still stay. I'm not sure why Ten Hag canceled plans to bring in a new goalkeeper when on the other hand he really needed one, but I heard a little news that this failure was due to a price dispute. The manager already has a number of names he wants to bring in, but the price for these goalkeepers is still quite expensive for him. Manchester United's transfer funds are quite pressing while Ten Hag still has other more important priorities, so he decided to postpone the purchase of the new goalkeeper.

[hahay]

Declan Rice will be an Arsenal player. With the whole transfer drama and the inability to settle the payment structures, I think West Ham are just doing all they can to fine tune Arsenal’s offer and perhaps see what Manchester City has got in store. But they believe Manchester City won’t go much higher than their 1st bid and they also know the player’s preference: Arsenal.

Arsenal's interest is huge and this is used by West Ham to set a high price and in my opinion that is reasonable because Declan Rice is a player who has good abilities and is also very young so this player is a suitable team investment for the future.
Arteta is targeting Rice as their main recruit this season, I don't understand why Arteta likes this player so much even though Arsenal's midfield is currently occupied by several players who have very good quality.

Declan Rice is the team captain at West Ham and of course, West Ham will set a high price for any club interested in recruiting Declan Rice. Also, even though Arsenal's midfield is currently filled with players who have good quality, that doesn't mean Arsenal are satisfied with the potential of the players they have. Because of course, with the inclusion of Declan Rice in their squad, it will be easier for Arteta to rotate players and this also makes the main players and reserves both have good quality.

[Avirunes]

Arsenal needed reinforcements and here they are:

[1] Havertz (Attacking midfielder) ✅
[2] Declan Rice (Defensive midfielder) ⏳
[3] Jurrien Timber (Right Back) ⏳

Aside from them^^, we have players coming back from loan who had a very good season at their loan spell for example Florian Balogun. I think this season there will be lot of expectation from Arteta and his men.

Folarin Balogun scored more than 20 goals while on loan and did well as a player on loan. Some other clubs will also be interested in signing him as a first team player, and he will have to choose between that or going back to Arsenal to struggle for a position to play in every game. Marseille is rumoured to have an interest in him.

Yeah he is in a great shape right now and with his exceptional performance during his loan spell can really make him useful to Arsenal. But the thing is that he wants first team chances and right now it's very hard to get that especially when we have Jesus and Nketiah on the spot for that. It is possible that Balogun might leave but I would say let's allow him to leave for another loan spell but it would be hard to convince him (in my opinion). If he wants to stay at Arsenal, I think at best he could be backup player right now under Arteta books for this season.

[nara1892]

Declan Rice will be an Arsenal player. With the whole transfer drama and the inability to settle the payment structures, I think West Ham are just doing all they can to fine tune Arsenal’s offer and perhaps see what Manchester City has got in store. But they believe Manchester City won’t go much higher than their 1st bid and they also know the player’s preference: Arsenal.

Arsenal's interest is huge and this is used by West Ham to set a high price and in my opinion that is reasonable because Declan Rice is a player who has good abilities and is also very young so this player is a suitable team investment for the future.
Arteta is targeting Rice as their main recruit this season, I don't understand why Arteta likes this player so much even though Arsenal's midfield is currently occupied by several players who have very good quality.

West Ham did not want this player to be valued at a price they did not want, so Rice's transfer process became more difficult because Arsenal had not been able to provide the price West Ham wanted.
Rice is a player who has contributed greatly to West Ham and therefore they will set the highest price to benefit from this transfer.
If the coach still wants players when they still have good players, it means the coach feels that they still have deficiencies and it is hoped that the arrival of new players will make them more solid, even if several names pile up in that position.

[Issa56]

I really regret it if De Gea leaves Manchester United because so far De Gea's performance has been quite impressive and if many say that Manchester United have conceded a lot of goals then it cannot fully blame De Gea it is Manchester United's defense that must be repaired, De Gea has made many brilliant saves last season and it proves that he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world today.

Everyone knows that De Gea have tried for Manchester united, am not saying united trying to replace him is really a bad idea, i don't see anything bad in that, but the only thing that annoys me is that when i see people complaining about the mistakes he mad in last season and they do forget about the saves he did for Manchester united that really helped them, everyone is prone to mistake and when a mistake happens, i don't only blame the coach for that, we also have to blame the defenders of the team. De Gea have really tried for Manchester united which i think the should appreciate him for that and not just criticizing him for few mistakes he made.

[HajiBagi]

Declan Rice will be an Arsenal player. With the whole transfer drama and the inability to settle the payment structures, I think West Ham are just doing all they can to fine tune Arsenal’s offer and perhaps see what Manchester City has got in store. But they believe Manchester City won’t go much higher than their 1st bid and they also know the player’s preference: Arsenal.

Arsenal's interest is huge and this is used by West Ham to set a high price and in my opinion that is reasonable because Declan Rice is a player who has good abilities and is also very young so this player is a suitable team investment for the future.
Arteta is targeting Rice as their main recruit this season, I don't understand why Arteta likes this player so much even though Arsenal's midfield is currently occupied by several players who have very good quality.

Declan Rice is a player that any team would be willing to pay any price to acquire because of his ability to distribute the ball in a way that would highlight Arsenal's great play. I think Arsenal currently has a midfielder, but I also think they need another one, and Rice would be a good choice.
Arsenal hasn't won a trophy for a while now, and just as they were about to win the Premier League in 2022–2023, Manchester City took it away. This happened because Arsenal's midfield players aren't strong enough to play the way the league starts, but adding another midfielder will benefit the team's performance in the upcoming season

[Docnaster]

Attetta is setting a very good system in Arsenal and I see Arsenal with a promising future. Last season they did fought a good fight but were a bit unlucky, this season will bring something different for Arsenal, especially with the joy of featuring in the UEFA champion league. According to Fabrixmzio Romano, The club is currently on a hunt for Jurien Tumber and is already close to agreeing on a deal.  Arsenal had a little defensive challenge last season and I'm sure Timber's deal will help subside that. Bringing in Declan rice, andJurien is a good preparatory measure for the gunners.

[Litzki1990]

I really regret it if De Gea leaves Manchester United because so far De Gea's performance has been quite impressive and if many say that Manchester United have conceded a lot of goals then it cannot fully blame De Gea it is Manchester United's defense that must be repaired, De Gea has made many brilliant saves last season and it proves that he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world today.

There is nothing wrong with many people who say Man United conceded a lot, but I guarantee that if the goalkeeper is not de Gea then Man United will experience more conceding than De Gea himself. We can see everything in the statistics at the end of last season and produce a finish in 3. Because not all goalkeepers will match the game Man United, De Gea is one of the people who know it. The following season Man United without De Gea and once again, in my opinion is a difficult task in finding the right replacement. Although the rumors of Man United are associated with David Raya, the agreement has not continued until now.

De Gea is a goalkeeper who has played successfully at Manchester United for years. He is not the only culprit in conceding many goals. Manchester United's defense is in trouble, and with players like Maguire who make mistakes often, goalkeepers have a tough time. We'd be praising De Gea so much right now if he was a Manchester City goalkeeper, I hope you'll agree with me. Still, Manchester United may have to pay a large transfer fee if they want to sign the goalkeeper.

De Gea has been manning the goal post for Manchester United for a long time but he has not been able to produce significant performances for the likes of Thibaut Courtois, Ederson and Alisson Becker which may be why Manchester United are looking for a quality goalkeeper. A good goalkeeper is not enough to protect their own goal post, defense plays a very important role in this case. Because some attacks cannot be stopped even by the world's best goalkeepers. If experienced and good quality defenders are in the team, the confidence of the goalkeeper is boosted. If Manchester United want to sign a quality goalkeeper at the moment, they will definitely have to spend a lot of money.

[len01]

I would say, it's ok in my opinion given his age and how well he plays in his role. Also don't forget the competition between the clubs for Declan Rice. Some backed off from proceeding given his price but there were big clubs after him which were: United(last season transfer windows) and this transfer window- Bayern, City and Arsenal. Let's see how it goes, but I think he will do fine.

If you look at some of the rumors, there are indeed several big teams eyeing Declan Rice, but I see that Arsenal and Man City don't seem to be asking too much to pay Declan Rice because there are other players they are after. but for such Bayern Munich there is little possibility.
but I was just wondering at his age and at such a high price whether any team would really want to buy him. well, I know Declan Rice has a very good performance because as I said before that a lot of experience but his current age doesn't have a guarantee to come out with a stronger performance.