Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[rendravolt]

because they really have money and of course, they want to get star players who are expected to help the team win trophies, of course, they have to spend some money.
at this time it is very visible how the influence of wealthy owners is the Newcastle club. the transformation of the changes shown is very clear. it proves a well-funded club that will compete for the top spots. because they have the power to buy the players they want.
Further news may come from MU, who is also said to be in the process of changing hands. but somehow the results I have not followed the continuation.

They can not buy star players they want if they only have money. Some star players care about their career so they will only move to a new club if they have both, good salary and good chance to win trophies for their career. Newcastle United with a good performance and a spot in top four of Premier League, will be qualified for Champions League 2023 - 2024 and it is their more attractive factor to hook star players to Newcastle United.

They are on a right track to build a stronger club with an outstanding performance in the last season. Star players will be more impressed if they look at Newcastle  United just one season ago and feel like they can join to make the club stronger, to compete for titles and will have chance to experience Champions League air and song.

Of course for star players joining Newcastle would be at risk which would not even guarantee their further career fame or even win a title. I think that's why there are no stars in this team and the rest even if Newcastle have a lot of money but for now they are focusing those funds on buying players that the club needs more to be more consistent each season. Of course no one would have expected to be a participant in the Champions League next season, and usually Liverpool or Chelsea had previously filled Newcastle's place. I think star players will really join Newcattle if this team manages to prove their consistency over the seasons and they have to do that in all competitions including finishing in the top 4 of the EPL again next season.

[Davidvictorson]

I think Erik Ten Hag must have had some considerations when he decided to let De Gea go. What is clear is that the high salary that must be paid to De Gea is one of the reasons. Everything has already happened, so there is nothing to regret because, what is more important for Man United now is to get a tough goalkeeper to replace the position left by De Gea.

We all saw it coming. We knew his departure was inevitable it was just a matter of when, due to both the club's efforts to reduce the substantial wage bill and the fact that he doesn't fit ETH's playing style. However, he did leave on a high note, winning the golden glove, a trophy, and surpassing Schmeichel's clean sheet record. What it means is means that Manchester United have no option than to have to spend a significant amount of money on Onana.

They way I see it, they will most likely have to loan a striker instead of purchasing one, which, in my opinion, is a better choice. I also think that loaning a striker is more cost-effective and allows them to focus on resolving the potential sale of the club. My fingers are crossed to see if the new owners will then address the striker position next season. If it happens, we may see  Manchester United competing for the 3rd or 4th position this season.

[Huppercase]

Lately all transfers have become very expensive, something like inflation, I don't know how else to adequately call it, because players who are clearly not worth much money are being bought for 100, 120 million and so on, these are not isolated cases. The figure quoted is arbitrary, but nevertheless I don't think it's normal to spend 70-80 million on an average player, as current clubs do, including in the English premier league. So just because the aforementioned clubs are buying players does not mean they will strengthen well

I would not say that there is inflation. Most transfers require clubs to pay high prices. The main reason for this is that most clubs now have a lot of money close at hand. We used to consider Manchester City, United, Arsenal, and Liverpool as the richest Premier League clubs. Now a new name Newcastle has been added. Chelsea's owner has also changed. And he is also quite rich. That is why every club is ready to spend a lot of money to buy players. It is becoming difficult to recruit star players without spending huge amounts of money, as they are in high demand.

Inflation is at hand but since when did inflation did 100%, gone are those days when we used to see players signed with $100m and see them as been super expensive but today, we have realised that the transfer fees are now crazy that even small clubs cannot get to sign the good players after making one or two League trophies. If that was how Messi, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho where expensive back then, only lord knows how much this players will be worth and I don't them blame, its all about the hype and false marketing.

Look at Mbape for instance is still parading aorund because no club is ready to sign him with such a big amount, and he has spent 6 years in Paris without any Champions League and now the team are all running from how to reduce their lost and no team has that amount. I think this is a great lesson for clubs that are always in rush to push big amount on players and later will be looking for the club to discard the player to when there goals is not met, Hazard should be a big lesson to all clubs.

[bering]

Chelsea are thinking of loaning David Datro Fofana to a team now. He has a long term contract with the team like 6 years now. It looks like he doesn't have much chance to play for them right now but it would depend on his effort in the team he will go to. If he impresses Chelsea then maybe we can start seeing him in the Premier League more often.

Besides there are so many centre-forwards in the team now and Chelsea are even thinking of making another signing to the position as well. They will need to deal with the situation well to prevent players from complaining about the number of alternatives for the position.

He has part of Potters plan when this manager comes to Chelsea that on January Chelsea has bought him from Norway team Molde FC and at that time Chelsea was very confident to his talent that's why they giving Fofana long duration contract 6 years but in fact Fofana was only played 3 times so he doesn't gets much opportunity to proven himself and now after Chelsea bought some players for forward position so the situation will be so difficult for him because Mauricio Pochettino doesn't interested to put Fofana into his plan for next season
However Union Berlin seems will be used his service so at this team Fofana must prove to Chelsea that he deserves to gets Chelsea trust moreover Union Berlin next season will playing at champion league and this is something that Chelsea cannot provide next season and this is good for his experience

[HajiBagi]

Chelsea are thinking of loaning David Datro Fofana to a team now. He has a long term contract with the team like 6 years now. It looks like he doesn't have much chance to play for them right now but it would depend on his effort in the team he will go to. If he impresses Chelsea then maybe we can start seeing him in the Premier League more often.

Besides there are so many centre-forwards in the team now and Chelsea are even thinking of making another signing to the position as well. They will need to deal with the situation well to prevent players from complaining about the number of alternatives for the position.

Chelsea is the type of team that will sign a player no matter how much it will cost in order to make the team squad look great. This season, Chelsea's performance has been appalling, but I don't believe they will continue to play that way in the upcoming season because of the way Chelsea is currently bringing in new young players, which suggests that Chelsea is making plans to do well in the upcoming campaign, Many people think of Chelsea as a team that spends a lot of money on players while the players still don't perform well, but in my opinion, spending a lot of money to sign young players is excellent since it also gives them confidence in their abilities and performances.
Chelsea should continue to give it their all to ensure that the team's performance next season looks fantastic and demonstrates the team's progress to the public.

[shinratensei_]

Im happy totenham is now trying to approach cucurela as a replacement for ivan perisic that wants leave from the club as soon as possible. Chelsea has been planning to sell him in summer. He is not so useful for the club but as an exchange chelsea has been monitoring rayan cherki from LYON.
LYON is facing financial crisis which was forcing the club to sell some of its players in summer to fix its financial problem. It has been reported that if todd agreed with the fees being asked by lying for rayan cherki.

Cherki already agreed personally to leave from the club and join i chelsea as he is seeking for a new challenge in the premier league as the best league in the world. I hope he will not always make so many blunders like what cucurella did.
Rayan is good enough, but his price seems pretty high.

Lyon asks chelsea to buy him with the price around €40m. Pochettino is doing so many tasks in chelsea.

[Issa56]

I'm sure this will be a decision that Ten Hag will regret in the future, De Gea has been very consistent in the last few seasons with his good performance but now they prefer Onana, who has only appeared recently, even in terms of age, Onana and De Gea are not much different.

We all know that De Gea have tried for Manchester United, and am sure that all Manchester United fans knows that De Gea have kept some clean shit in the past which really help Manchester United in dangerous moments, but I was just surprise the first moment that I heard that Ten hag is no longer interested in De Gea and he now wants Onana. Even the just concluded season, De Gea really performed well for Manchester United, but he made some errors which we know he shouldn’t make, I think that’s just the reason why Ten hag is no more interested in De Gea anymore, and Ten hag those not want to take any chances next season, he is really aiming for the league, but we shouldn’t blame only De Gea for some of those errors, we have to blame also the defender because they are the cause of some of those errors made by De Gea.

[Razmirraz]

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What if it's the other way around? precisely when the current goalkeeper vacancy requires that Man United continue to spend as much money as possible and Erik Ten Hag is determined to keep Onana. I know Inter is not willing to lower Onana price and Man United is still making an offer. It could be that in the end Man United made the sacrifice not to buy players anymore so that the budget was allocated to pay Onana. Especially when Man United option regarding the Japanese goalkeeper was just another additional option after they were really focused on getting Onana in this season's transfer market. As long as the transfer window is open anything can happen.

Inter Milan will take advantage of the conditions currently facing Manchester United to maintain Andre Onana price. The vacancy in the position of main goalkeeper has become an unresolved problem for Manchester United since De Gea left, Ten Hag is still trying to find a goalkeeper that suits his wishes to keep Manchester United crossbar. Manchester United's strategy was a bit wrong, they should have looked for a new goalkeeper before De Gea left.

My prediction is that Manchester United are too confident that De Gea will be willing to extend his contract with them and make him the number two goalkeeper in Ten Hag squad. There is no other choice for Manchester United if they want to get Andre Onana, they have to agree to the price asked by Inter so that the position of the main goalkeeper is not vacant.

[bitLeap]

I'm sure this will be a decision that Ten Hag will regret in the future, De Gea has been very consistent in the last few seasons with his good performance but now they prefer Onana, who has only appeared recently, even in terms of age, Onana and De Gea are not much different.
As a Manchester United fan, I quite regret Ten Hag's decision, even though De Gea could become Man United's goalkeeper in the next few seasons with a fairly consistent performance, in the goalkeeper position, age doesn't have a big effect, like Van Der Sar, who was a former Manchester United goalkeeper.

I think Erik Ten Hag must have had some considerations when he decided to let De Gea go. What is clear is that the high salary that must be paid to De Gea is one of the reasons. Everything has already happened, so there is nothing to regret because, what is more important for Man United now is to get a tough goalkeeper to replace the position left by De Gea.

Every coach has players he thinks are worth keeping and players he doesn't, and David de Gea is a player he doesn't think will be kept. That also cannot be an excuse whether his game is good or otherwise, which is clear that the coach has his own considerations.
For most Manchester United fans, it must be sad when players who have been in the squad for a long time have to leave, but it is also the coach's decision, and the fans must be able to understand and trust what the coach is doing, in this case it is Erik Ten Hag.

[marcous]

Every coach has players he thinks are worth keeping and players he doesn't, and David de Gea is a player he doesn't think will be kept. That also cannot be an excuse whether his game is good or otherwise, which is clear that the coach has his own considerations.
For most Manchester United fans, it must be sad when players who have been in the squad for a long time have to leave, but it is also the coach's decision, and the fans must be able to understand and trust what the coach is doing, in this case it is Erik Ten Hag.

Ten Hag's attitude towards De Gea is almost the same as Mourinho's treatment of Iker Casilas at Real Madrid. As you said, Man United fans are certainly very disappointed with Ten Hag's attitude, considering that in the United squad only De Gea was the last person to ever taste the EPL title. Even though De Gea's position is the most senior player at the club, Ten Hag and United's management have agreed to release the goalkeeper.

Ten Hag believes that De Gea has a very basic deficiency, he cannot play the role of playing the ball to build attacks from below. His departure on a free transfer has made several clubs eyeing his signature, it is possible that he will go to Inter and Onana will replace De Gea's role at Man United. With the player transfer period still long enough to give De Gea more time to determine his attitude, I hope he can be successful at his new club.

[AakZaki]

I never thought that De Gea's performance had decreased, why can you say that De Gea's performance was bad while David De Gea was named the best goalkeeper, aka the 2022-2023 Premier League Golden Glove winner.
It's not about De Gea's performance but I think Ten Hag wants to build this team for the long term and De Gea isn't young anymore and that's why Ten Hag wants Onana to be in the team because he is younger and his quality is also good.

Indeed, De Gea is not bad, he is still capable of another 2 to 3 years. I think Ten Hag just doesn't suit De Gea's playing style. Ten Hag's tendency to build attacks from the goalkeeper made De Gea often panic in possession of the ball. This season has been complete with Maguire making frequent mistakes. With masturbation maybe he wants to minimize it, although I think there is a big difference for the style of play in the EPL and Onana at Inter Milan.

[laurenB7742]

I would not say that there is inflation. Most transfers require clubs to pay high prices. The main reason for this is that most clubs now have a lot of money close at hand. We used to consider Manchester City, United, Arsenal, and Liverpool as the richest Premier League clubs. Now a new name Newcastle has been added. Chelsea's owner has also changed. And he is also quite rich. That is why every club is ready to spend a lot of money to buy players. It is becoming difficult to recruit star players without spending huge amounts of money, as they are in high demand.

because they really have money and of course, they want to get star players who are expected to help the team win trophies, of course, they have to spend some money.
at this time it is very visible how the influence of wealthy owners is the Newcastle club. the transformation of the changes shown is very clear. it proves a well-funded club that will compete for the top spots. because they have the power to buy the players they want.
Further news may come from MU, who is also said to be in the process of changing hands. but somehow the results I have not followed the continuation.

This season I thought the Newcastle management would surprise everyone by adding several star players to the squad. But we don't see anything like that. Newcastle management are very cost conscious. Even with a mediocre team last season, their performance was impressive. However, I would say Newcastle need to strengthen their attack if they want to stay in the top four of the points table next season. If the attack is not strong, Newcastle will not be able to maintain consistency next season. Because the renowned teams in the Premier League are trying to increase their strength. So Newcastle management should also strengthen the team.

[Unknown Op]

de Gea is currently 32 years old and he can play for the team for another good three to four years because he is a goalkeeper so until he is 35 his age should not affect his game because he does not run around the field as much as other players. André Onana is already over 27 years old, that is, he is not that young. André Onana has performed great for Inter Milan in the last season. Maybe his great performance has caught the attention of Ten Hag, so maybe Manchester United manager Ten Hag wants to make Manchester United a stronger team by taking him to the team.

Due to the high stakes involved a goalkeeper career may be brief therefore it would be unduly simplistic to believe that they are impervious to error. Goalkeepers are people too and they might experience bad days or difficult circumstances just like any other player on the pitch. Consistency and the capacity to overcome obstacles are vital though. David De Gea ten year tenure at Manchester United has not been without error but the club is considering replacing him because of his deteriorating play over time. To achieve success and to maximise the team performance a team may decide to change a custodian. Goalkeepers continue to be essential players and their value comes from their ability to constantly put up fantastic displays and serve as a dependable last line of defence for their team.

[jaberwock]

If you understand Ten Hag very well you will know that he don't want De Gea to be his first keeper, Ten Hag is not the type of coach that criticise his players openly, He know what he wants, he want a ball playing keeper and David is not one, I would have preferred Diego coasta to Onana, that does not mean Onana is not good but i doubt his consistence for many years to come

Ten hag has been aware how many faults have already made by de gea last season. No reason for de gea to be the number 1 in manchester united anymore. Mu needs a new keeper that will not be making any faults again.
Manchester united is seeking for the new goal keeper. De gea has a mission to make manchester united to be even better. So many mistakes being made by de gea last season and it's enough to make sure if ten hag gonna try to replace him as soon as possible.
MU is now in process acquiring onana from intermilan. This gonna be a very good progress caused by MU gonna get one of best keeper in this decade.

I really support such decision. It's caused by ETH was manchester united's coach. He has been signed to make MU even better. He shall try to kick some useless players that are still remain in the club.

He wasn't as bad of a goalkeeper as many people claim, sure he had some mistakes there is no denying that but he had some very important saves as well, not like he didn't save any balls neither, he is a great goalkeeper but he is not a great passer that much is true. With Onana, they will have a chance to start fresh, not only he can pass better, and his goalkeeping is close enough, he is also pretty young which means that you cna still train him on some stuff and he could get better at it.

De Gea was 30+ years old already, which means that training him makes no sense, but with Onana they can train him and get about 10 years from him at the same time which would be a lot better if you ask me. I know that it is going to be a tough situation but could work.

[Lordhermes]

If you understand Ten Hag very well you will know that he don't want De Gea to be his first keeper, Ten Hag is not the type of coach that criticise his players openly, He know what he wants, he want a ball playing keeper and David is not one, I would have preferred Diego coasta to Onana, that does not mean Onana is not good but i doubt his consistence for many years to come

Ten hag has been aware how many faults have already made by de gea last season. No reason for de gea to be the number 1 in manchester united anymore. Mu needs a new keeper that will not be making any faults again.
Manchester united is seeking for the new goal keeper. De gea has a mission to make manchester united to be even better. So many mistakes being made by de gea last season and it's enough to make sure if ten hag gonna try to replace him as soon as possible.
MU is now in process acquiring onana from intermilan. This gonna be a very good progress caused by MU gonna get one of best keeper in this decade.

I really support such decision. It's caused by ETH was manchester united's coach. He has been signed to make MU even better. He shall try to kick some useless players that are still remain in the club.

He wasn't as bad of a goalkeeper as many people claim, sure he had some mistakes there is no denying that but he had some very important saves as well, not like he didn't save any balls neither, he is a great goalkeeper but he is not a great passer that much is true. With Onana, they will have a chance to start fresh, not only he can pass better, and his goalkeeping is close enough, he is also pretty young which means that you cna still train him on some stuff and he could get better at it.

De Gea was 30+ years old already, which means that training him makes no sense, but with Onana they can train him and get about 10 years from him at the same time which would be a lot better if you ask me. I know that it is going to be a tough situation but could work.

letting David Degae leave on a free agent, isn't a good market and business for the club, such a world class keeper, the club should have given him a one year contract and sell him by January transfer widow. they are too focus on this Onana transfer, what if it fails ? am just talking, because anything can happen, David Dagae was treated badly by Manchester united regardless of age, he was peforming well, he had a bad time behind Maguire. I think ETH should have focus on buying a striker than the keeper interest.

[borovichok]

This season I thought the Newcastle management would surprise everyone by adding several star players to the squad. But we don't see anything like that. Newcastle management are very cost conscious. Even with a mediocre team last season, their performance was impressive. However, I would say Newcastle need to strengthen their attack if they want to stay in the top four of the points table next season. If the attack is not strong, Newcastle will not be able to maintain consistency next season. Because the renowned teams in the Premier League are trying to increase their strength. So Newcastle management should also strengthen the team.

It's still surprise to see Eddie Howe refrain from adding additional players to his roster; is he unhappy with the guys he has? He was pleased with the players; what he now requires is an increase in their performance. I doubt the club's performance are going to suffer this season; they're constantly at the top and retain winning as their primary prioritize in every game. Newcastle United is a middling club, yet they have a solid record in the English Premier League. Eddie Howe, the magpies' manager, is working hard to reassemble the team. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, and we all know what that entails.

[hahay]

This season I thought the Newcastle management would surprise everyone by adding several star players to the squad. But we don't see anything like that. Newcastle management are very cost conscious. Even with a mediocre team last season, their performance was impressive. However, I would say Newcastle need to strengthen their attack if they want to stay in the top four of the points table next season. If the attack is not strong, Newcastle will not be able to maintain consistency next season. Because the renowned teams in the Premier League are trying to increase their strength. So Newcastle management should also strengthen the team.

It's still surprise to see Eddie Howe refrain from adding additional players to his roster; is he unhappy with the guys he has? He was pleased with the players; what he now requires is an increase in their performance. I doubt the club's performance are going to suffer this season; they're constantly at the top and retain winning as their primary prioritize in every game. Newcastle United is a middling club, yet they have a solid record in the English Premier League. Eddie Howe, the magpies' manager, is working hard to reassemble the team. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, and we all know what that entails.

Actually Newcastle is no longer a middling club, because Newcastle has become one of the richest teams. Therefore, it is a bit surprising if Newcastle are not aggressive in this transfer window, because next season Newcastle must play in the Champion League. If Newcastle only maintain the composition of players like last season, then i'm sure Newcastle will not be able to get good results like last season. Because anyway, Newcastle will not be able if they continue to rely on the players in their squad from last season, learning from big clubs that have success at least they continue to overhaul and rotate players. That way, the club will have the main players and substitutes have qualities that are at least not much different.

[klidex]

I would not say that there is inflation. Most transfers require clubs to pay high prices. The main reason for this is that most clubs now have a lot of money close at hand. We used to consider Manchester City, United, Arsenal, and Liverpool as the richest Premier League clubs. Now a new name Newcastle has been added. Chelsea's owner has also changed. And he is also quite rich. That is why every club is ready to spend a lot of money to buy players. It is becoming difficult to recruit star players without spending huge amounts of money, as they are in high demand.

because they really have money and of course, they want to get star players who are expected to help the team win trophies, of course, they have to spend some money.
at this time it is very visible how the influence of wealthy owners is the Newcastle club. the transformation of the changes shown is very clear. it proves a well-funded club that will compete for the top spots. because they have the power to buy the players they want.
Further news may come from MU, who is also said to be in the process of changing hands. but somehow the results I have not followed the continuation.

This season I thought the Newcastle management would surprise everyone by adding several star players to the squad. But we don't see anything like that. Newcastle management are very cost conscious. Even with a mediocre team last season, their performance was impressive. However, I would say Newcastle need to strengthen their attack if they want to stay in the top four of the points table next season. If the attack is not strong, Newcastle will not be able to maintain consistency next season. Because the renowned teams in the Premier League are trying to increase their strength. So Newcastle management should also strengthen the team.

Newcastle have been looking for new players with good quality to be placed in attack and defense.
Newcastle's management may think a little about the money that must be used carefully to get several players who can help strengthen their own club.
I think there will be no failures in the next season because Newcastle from last season has had a very good improvement to continue to get the best position in the English league.

[shogun47]

This season I thought the Newcastle management would surprise everyone by adding several star players to the squad. But we don't see anything like that. Newcastle management are very cost conscious. Even with a mediocre team last season, their performance was impressive. However, I would say Newcastle need to strengthen their attack if they want to stay in the top four of the points table next season. If the attack is not strong, Newcastle will not be able to maintain consistency next season. Because the renowned teams in the Premier League are trying to increase their strength. So Newcastle management should also strengthen the team.

It's still surprise to see Eddie Howe refrain from adding additional players to his roster; is he unhappy with the guys he has? He was pleased with the players; what he now requires is an increase in their performance. I doubt the club's performance are going to suffer this season; they're constantly at the top and retain winning as their primary prioritize in every game. Newcastle United is a middling club, yet they have a solid record in the English Premier League. Eddie Howe, the magpies' manager, is working hard to reassemble the team. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, and we all know what that entails.

He is in a difficult situation I think because last season they had the benefit that teams were underestimating them. No big names in the team, unexpectedly strong performances and out of a sudden they also became very consistent with their game and produced good results constantly for a long time. I think when a team isn't expected to play like that, other teams have trouble adapting to the new situation and accepting them as one of the best opponents in the elague and this is what they were last season. This will change now and nobody will do the same mistake. I agree that he should get some more players on board that are known to be strong and able to provide maximum level performances throughout an entire season.

[macson]

Indeed, De Gea is not bad, he is still capable of another 2 to 3 years. I think Ten Hag just doesn't suit De Gea's playing style. Ten Hag's tendency to build attacks from the goalkeeper made De Gea often panic in possession of the ball. This season has been complete with Maguire making frequent mistakes. With masturbation maybe he wants to minimize it, although I think there is a big difference for the style of play in the EPL and Onana at Inter Milan.

de gea is actually still in a condition that is able to remain a goalkeeper for MU for the next few years but currently ten hag is the head at MU, every decision must be followed by all parties so that the club's main goals are achieved.

i don't really pay attention to Onana who is said to be a suitable replacement for De Gea for MU but Ten Hag must have good judgment so he made a controversial decision like this.  

MU has a target to dominate the EPL again, so big changes must be made to be able to achieve all of that ^{(just look at how Pep Guardiola made big changes when he became coach of Man City)}