Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Distraction]

My source shows that Chelsea are making a significant effort to sign Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt. I think that Goal.com is a reliable source therefore this deal can really happen soon. We already know that Chelsea's priority now is to sign a centre-back. Matthijs de Ligt is a fascinating candidate for Chelsea lineup now. Because they lost a huge player like Antonio Rudiger they must sign a solid centre-back like him. Jules Kounde has also been among the serious candidates but it seems like they are giving more importance to transfer Matthijs de Ligt now.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/chelsea-open-de-ligt-transfer-talks-juventus/blt2c4c719a908f33f9

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[cygan]

Taiwo Awoniyi has signed a five-year contract with premier league promotion rivals nottingham forerst from german bundesliga club union berlin. according to the reds, they are paying a "record fee" for the 24-year-old attacking player.

Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of Union Berlin striker Taiwo Awoniyi on a five-year deal, following the player completing a medical at the newly-promoted Premier League club and a fee being agreed between both clubs - should stand at around €20 million. Liverpool, who sold the striker to Union in 2021 for €6.5m are also set to earn 10 percent of the transfer fee.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nottingham-forest-sign-union-striker-awoniyi-on-five-year-deal-liverpool-due-10-of-fee/view/news/406659

[Masplanc]

With Haaland signing with Man City, I think they are definitely favs to win the Premier League again next season. You can't really get a better striker than him at the moment(maybe Harry Kane?). Striker was the only role that Man City were really lacking in. Even though Pep's style of play doesn't really require an out and out striker, it will he handy to have one in clutch situations where they could whip a high cross in, instead of trying to put in low through balls.

Manchester city is fighting to retain their first position in the next premier league table, with the lessons gained during the last season that made them lose out on the championship there will be needing players like Haaland will be a good asset to man city in the next season.

Man City main priority is to win UCL next season I believe that prompted the club to sign Haaland, their are some crucial matches where Guordiola played false nine in the absence of Gabriel Jesus or due to some changes in tactical formation, the arrival of Haaland will address that issue, definitely the team will continue to dominate EPL with the quality of players in the squad, however the coveted UCL trophy had remain elusive to the club despite winning the EPL trophy consistently the team is now a complete team and one of the best in Europe.

I totally agree that winning the UEFA champions league is the main priority next season for Manchester city after  coming so close to the finals but losing to Real Madrid. They are now adding reinforcement to the squad and hoping to be the champions league winners next season. With the Erlin Haaland, and hopefully Philips and Cucurela joining they will have a formidable squad and will stand a chance in the UEFA champions league next season.

It's not just Manchester City that are increasing their power. Liverpool, PSG, Barcelona and Real Madrid continue to try to make themselves more stable. So next season the Champions League looks set to be even more competitive. PSG is looking for a new coach. Liverpool are adding new players to the squad. Barcelona is getting stronger with the help of Xavi. The goal of each team is to win the Champions League.

The reason why every club are searching for good players is because every team are targeting to win the Champions League. Real Madrid was so tough and other teams would want to make their squad tough too, to not allow real madrid to have chance to go with the Champions League next season again.

[Avirunes]

Gabriel Jesus to Arsenal is very close. The deal is agreed between the clubs and now only thing remains is to discuss the personal terms and Jesus will join Arsenal. Massive break in transfer window for Spurs as with Laca and Auba leaving the club, we needed a tough striker and Jesus is a perfect striker. Can't wait to see him in red next season.

[BALIK]

My source shows that Chelsea are making a significant effort to sign Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt. I think that Goal.com is a reliable source therefore this deal can really happen soon. We already know that Chelsea's priority now is to sign a centre-back. Matthijs de Ligt is a fascinating candidate for Chelsea lineup now. Because they lost a huge player like Antonio Rudiger they must sign a solid centre-back like him. Jules Kounde has also been among the serious candidates but it seems like they are giving more importance to transfer Matthijs de Ligt now.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/chelsea-open-de-ligt-transfer-talks-juventus/blt2c4c719a908f33f9

Matthijs de Ligt is a very talented player. He will be able to easily adapt to the Chelsea team. He has been playing very well with the Juventus team last season. The most important thing is that he is still a young player. And he will be able to stay with the Chelsea team for a long time. This is going to be a lucrative signing for Chelsea. And I agree with you that the news of goal.com is not usually rumored. And that sounds like credible news.

[MAAManda]

I watched Kalvin Phillips performance when playing on EURO 2020 for England country and he has good typical as defensive midfielder for Manchester City and will replace position leaving by Fernandiho. I think good transfer made by Manchester City to get Kalvin Philips from Leeds United and  looks all England player have expensive values, Manchester City need to pay above £45m for Kalvin Philips transfer and become second new player arrived on Manchester City after Erling Haaland from Dortmund. Will Manchester City stop for making new transfer again or they have next target for new player.

Not only in the England national team, he also played very well at Leeds last season, so far he has played 214 appearances for Leeds and managed to score 13 goals there. FYI, Leeds is the first senior team for Calvin Phillips, he made his debut in 2014 and lasted until 2022 (almost 10 years) before he finally moved to Manchester City. Talking about transfer fees, what is the valid transfer fee for this Calvin transfer? is it really £45m? because I have not seen the official information.

[Alanaz]

Hopefully this will happen and Haaland can adapt well and I also still hope this season Haaland is free from some problems with his feet. Because this season at Dortmund he is very susceptible to injury and this hampers his productivity and action on the pitch.
Hopefully when he is in the league fast enough he doesn't become an injury prone player like this season. Obviously this will be something to watch out for because indeed he is a good support and most people's expectations seem quite high for him so this must be minimized so that things don't happen that are not desirable.

I believe Haaland will quickly adapt to Man City, and help Man City win a lot of trophies next season. Regarding the injury problem, hopefully Haaland
can maintain his body fitness well, so it's not easy to get injured. Maybe what worries me a little is that Haaland is still relatively young, and Man City
are a big team. So I'm a little worried Haaland will have a hard time dealing with the pressure when he plays for Man City. Because many people
expect Haaland to immediately make a big contribution, moreover Man City also bought Haaland at a fairly expensive price. Hopefully my worries
don't come true and Haaland is ready with a lot of pressure, I'm even more curious about Haaland's debut with Man City. Haaland should be able
to play much better at Man City than when he played for Dortmund, because Man City has many good players who are ready to support Haaland
to be able to score many goals. So Haaland will most likely get a lot of ball supply, so it should be easier for Haaland to score a lot of goals for Man City.

He has to be good at keeping fit now because as you say, City are a big club, indirectly their schedule is also quite busy every season so if he is not good at keeping fit then it will be very difficult for Haaland.
Last season didn't go well for him due to frequent problems with his legs and now the schedule is getting tougher this has to be anticipated well for Haaland and City as he is the focus now so there shouldn't be a single mistake there.

[Jody.Drummer]

Manchester City will soon get a new player from Leeds, Kalvin Philips. Reportedly they have a personal agreement between the two. He is rumored to be replacing Fernandinho, who was released by Manchester City, who did not offer a contract extension. This will be a new force for Manchester City to navigate next season.

Manchester City have a great management and I love it. They are signing top players like Haaland and Philips because they want to win the titles next season unlike Chelsea and Manchester united that are busy making noise on which player to sign. Everyday they are busy showing interest in, checking, monitoring potential new players, progressing, vying to buy, eyeing, pushing, believed to be interested in but to sign the player is the problem.

By looking at City's current line-up, which looks luxurious, they really seem to want to maximize next season to win as many trophies as possible and one of them is defending the title for the third season and preparing for the UCL.
Judging by City's readiness ahead of the start of the season, they are doing quite well now and Fernandinho's void in midfield will be completely replaced by this player.

[aylabadia05]

Gabriel Jesus to Arsenal is very close. The deal is agreed between the clubs and now only thing remains is to discuss the personal terms and Jesus will join Arsenal. Massive break in transfer window for Spurs as with Laca and Auba leaving the club, we needed a tough striker and Jesus is a perfect striker. Can't wait to see him in red next season.

There are almost no problems with Gabriel Jesus switching home from the Etihad to the Emirates in a €45 million deal, according to the Mirror.
The process of moving Gabriel Jesus to Arsenal will benefit both parties. The first party owner of G. Jesus is Manchester City and the second party is Gabriel Jesus.

Together with Manchester City, G. Jesus is not Pep Guardiola's first choice, especially since Manchester City have got Haaland who will make G. Jesus spend more and more time off the field. Of course with Arsenal he will get enough playing minutes because Arsenal have released Auba and Lacazette.

[topman21]

Prediction of the Champions League I think it was very necessary to raise the name of PSG because at present PSG is in a much better position. PSG is currently holding French star Killian Mbappe. M Bappi is in very good form so it can be said that Killian Mbappe will win the Champions Trophy this time with the help of Neymar and Messi.

[uswa56]

My source shows that Chelsea are making a significant effort to sign Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt. I think that Goal.com is a reliable source therefore this deal can really happen soon. We already know that Chelsea's priority now is to sign a centre-back. Matthijs de Ligt is a fascinating candidate for Chelsea lineup now. Because they lost a huge player like Antonio Rudiger they must sign a solid centre-back like him. Jules Kounde has also been among the serious candidates but it seems like they are giving more importance to transfer Matthijs de Ligt now.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/chelsea-open-de-ligt-transfer-talks-juventus/blt2c4c719a908f33f9

Matthijs de Ligt is a very talented player. He will be able to easily adapt to the Chelsea team. He has been playing very well with the Juventus team last season. The most important thing is that he is still a young player. And he will be able to stay with the Chelsea team for a long time. This is going to be a lucrative signing for Chelsea. And I agree with you that the news of goal.com is not usually rumored. And that sounds like credible news.

yes it's true, Matthijs de Ligt's age is still 22 years old, of course it will be very profitable for Chelsea and also Matthijs de Ligt is a core player from Juventus which he has quite experienced even though at a young age, Matthijs de Ligt is a player who is very talented, he has shown that from a young age and if Chelsea realize this transfer it will be very profitable for them in the future to use his services longer or be able to resell at a higher price.

[lulumiya]

Chelsea's biggest needs are at least one defender and striker each. de Ligt is definitely a first class defender now and it would make Chelsea solid in defense again. However they lost Rudiger and Christensen both at the same time so I wonder whether there will be one more transfer to this position too. Signing a striker will be very important for them also as Lukaku is almost leaving the team to join Inter now. Havertz and Werner are decent players but their performances haven't been enough.

[zaki12]

Manchester City have a great management and I love it. They are signing top players like Haaland and Philips because they want to win the titles next season unlike Chelsea and Manchester united that are busy making noise on which player to sign. Everyday they are busy showing interest in, checking, monitoring potential new players, progressing, vying to buy, eyeing, pushing, believed to be interested in but to sign the player is the problem.

Haaland's arrival will definitely make Man City stronger. The last few years Man City have proven to be one of the best teams, Haaland will perfect that.
In fact I'm sure that most of the Premier League teams were immediately worried as soon as Man City got Haaland. However, I don't think the other teams need to raise the flag of giving up so quickly, because it will be interesting to see how the new Man City players adjust to the team.

[Avirunes]

Chelsea's biggest needs are at least one defender and striker each. de Ligt is definitely a first class defender now and it would make Chelsea solid in defense again. However they lost Rudiger and Christensen both at the same time so I wonder whether there will be one more transfer to this position too. Signing a striker will be very important for them also as Lukaku is almost leaving the team to join Inter now. Havertz and Werner are decent players but their performances haven't been enough.

I think they have Sarr there and there is Chalobah who did well last season so I think they are gonna stick to only one buy at Central defence. As for striker, yes they do need a reliable and experienced striker. It will be a tough one for them to find one who will fill exactly what they are looking for.

Havertz is not a goalscorer and well he is trying. Werner is also having difficulty but he has great pace but not a good finisher. They can still use Ziyech but unfortunately Tuchel doesn't favours him a lot. I think it's time to use some of the options properly. Also there are lot of young players filled with potential like Gallagher, Broja who can really contribute well if given chances.

[youdacapt]

Chelsea's biggest needs are at least one defender and striker each. de Ligt is definitely a first class defender now and it would make Chelsea solid in defense again. However they lost Rudiger and Christensen both at the same time so I wonder whether there will be one more transfer to this position too. Signing a striker will be very important for them also as Lukaku is almost leaving the team to join Inter now. Havertz and Werner are decent players but their performances haven't been enough.

Chelsea biggest problem is recruitment, since Marina got sacked the transfer transactions going on at the stamford bridge has been ridiculous. Ofcourse Marina has made bad deals, yet not of these calibre. Chelsea risk loaning a 110m lukaku for 10m, using werner (worth 60m) as a player + 65m swap to sign De Ligt. Poor poor decisions. it promises to be a bad season for Tuchel boys

[AakZaki]

The main reason why Manchester City have brought Erling Haaland must be that they want to achieve the Champions League title easier. By saying easier I don't mean that it is going to be easy for them. But they have a much more reliable and stronger centre-forward on the front. We don't know how much time it will take him to start playing as always but hopefully it won't take long. Manchester City aren't stopping now of course and they are still continuing on their transfers. Kalvin Philips is nearly done too.

I also agree like you. They have a target they haven't got with Pep. I'm actually very happy with Man City's style of play, but they lost in terms of effectiveness to Madrid in the UCL last season. I think their game is perfect and entertaining. Pep is experienced with Barca, the quality is very good, at Man City he has abundant funds of course player options will be easy to get. But if Pep fails next season maybe there will be an evaluation for him. He's been with City for almost 7 years, but it looks like he hasn't won the UCL yet.

[Joca97]

Chelsea's biggest needs are at least one defender and striker each. de Ligt is definitely a first class defender now and it would make Chelsea solid in defense again. However they lost Rudiger and Christensen both at the same time so I wonder whether there will be one more transfer to this position too. Signing a striker will be very important for them also as Lukaku is almost leaving the team to join Inter now. Havertz and Werner are decent players but their performances haven't been enough.

Lukaku had to leave beacuse he didnt do anything for Chelsea this season and just missed a lot of good chances. For Lukaku it is good that he returned to Inter where he plays the football of his life. While Chelsea needs to act fast and buy some good attack players

[Pokapoka124]

Chelsea's biggest needs are at least one defender and striker each. de Ligt is definitely a first class defender now and it would make Chelsea solid in defense again. However they lost Rudiger and Christensen both at the same time so I wonder whether there will be one more transfer to this position too. Signing a striker will be very important for them also as Lukaku is almost leaving the team to join Inter now. Havertz and Werner are decent players but their performances haven't been enough.

So far Chelsea have being very quiet in the transfer window, the fans have being complaining about their silence and inactivity in the transfer window and it looks like the new owner of the club is not a "splash the cash" type of boss and the fans are already growing angry with this development. Chelsea was/is not ready for life without their big spender Roman Ibrahomovic. If they could get De Ligt I think the fans will be really happy and he will be a good replacement for Rudiger too.

[sana54210]

Agree, it is not too far from the expected price but €10m isn't a little money, bro. I assume €10m is very meaningful for Barcelona, especially with their current financial situation. Because of this, I doubt if Barcelona wants to deal with the current offer made by Man United (€65m). Well, maybe if Man United makes an offer €70m, Barcelona wants to let Frenkie move to Man United. 

Yes, if you look at the current condition of Barcelona, it is really not wrong because Barcelona is in need of a lot of money, so whatever the difference is, it will obviously mean a lot to Barcelona who are in need of money. And on Man United's side, they are also saving a bit of money in terms of buying new players because Man United need some great new players for next season and not just one player.

So why is Manchester making such delays in getting a single player ?
A bit relaxed because the coach is a good one and can also help to improve players.
They should take their time and ensure they make signatures for players ready to play for Manchester United. John Mutongh is trying.

This is June, we are getting into July. They do not have to rush into building a team and Erik knows this, so he is not taking anything to extremes. Ronaldo joined this team like after a few games with Juventus last year, so the league was already started by that time, hence it shows that you do not have to rush anything at all. But at the same time, we are going to see them try to get only the best players that will help the team as much as possible.

This results with the fact that we will probably see a team that is built with absolute certainty of best players they could have gotten, instead of rushing into getting big names or something to appease the fans right away.

[Dewi Aries]

Chelsea's biggest needs are at least one defender and striker each. de Ligt is definitely a first class defender now and it would make Chelsea solid in defense again. However they lost Rudiger and Christensen both at the same time so I wonder whether there will be one more transfer to this position too. Signing a striker will be very important for them also as Lukaku is almost leaving the team to join Inter now. Havertz and Werner are decent players but their performances haven't been enough.

So far Chelsea have being very quiet in the transfer window, the fans have being complaining about their silence and inactivity in the transfer window and it looks like the new owner of the club is not a "splash the cash" type of boss and the fans are already growing angry with this development. Chelsea was/is not ready for life without their big spender Roman Ibrahomovic. If they could get De Ligt I think the fans will be really happy and he will be a good replacement for Rudiger too.

Yes indeed so far Chelsea  has not been active in the transfer market but Chelsea  already has some target players
But so far there has been no announcement about it although Chelsea  finances are very good this season
They could have bought an expensive and great player like Lewandowski or anyone.