⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Palakka]

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I think the decision to sell Alvarez is a risky decision. Manchester City get a lot of money from the sale of Alvarez and it can make City's finances healthier. But on the other hand City will lose their supersub and this will put City in a difficult position if Haaland gets injured. But I think Alvarez will get more playing minutes with Atletico. He will be Simeone's first choice.

Manchester United are trying to make some waves with their new players in defense and attack which of course is pretty good. But it would be better for next season, if Ten Hag tries to understand a little more about the players' conditions and not be too arrogant with his nature because it can have more impact on chemistry and performance improvement.

Yes, the defense has always been a problem for Manchester United every season. I hope the new defender duo can give significant performance and close the weaknesses in United's defense.

Keeping a player who no longer wants to stay in the team is clearly a bigger risk for Manchester City, so when a big offer comes of course they won't refuse it, Alvarez is not a player who has had many opportunities to play for Manchester City so far so he is forced to Guardiola to sell him to other team, Guardiola has previously said that they will not look for another player to replace Alvarez at transfer market  and is more inclined to provide opportunities for young players to replace Alvarez next season, besides that currently Manchester City game scheme which relies on both wings of course it allows them to continue scoring goals even without a center forward in their squad, the most likely possibility to fill the hole left by Alvarez next season is that Guardiola might try to play Savio as a center forward to replace Haaland if injury , because Savio ever previously played as a center forward when he played for Troyes and Girona last season.

If we talk about Manchester United last season, it seems like we can't say that it's just their defense that has a problem because all of their lines looked very bad last season, defense was probably the most prominent problem we saw last season and they are currently continuing to try to fix this by bringing in leny yoro, matthijs de light and Noussair Mazraoui, but will their arrival promise a strong defense?
Of course there are no guarantees in my opinion because so far we can say that the game schemes and tactics implemented by Ten Hag in the match are very bad and this is what Ten Hag actually needs to evaluate and improve at this time so that he can optimize and maximize the performance of Manchester United players next season.

[Baki202]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Focusing only on defense is not a good strategy because no matter how strong your defense is they will still find a way of penetrating it, and that is why you make sure you focus on other sides like defense, mide field, and attack once these three are fictional then you don't even need to worry much about the defense, every position have their own role to play and the case of Manchester United, since they feel recruiting defenders will solve their problems then it's not my contention to me because clubs like Manchester have problems but they don't have the solution to solve them.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

But they focus to much on getting defenders they did not talk about changing onana but defenders onana to us a bad keeper I could remember how that dude was literally conceding goals last season, if they are to give award for that then onana should be the one receiving such award. I hope during the training and preseason he should be making a difference already to stop conceding such amount goals. We all no the amount of pressure goal keepers go through but still their people that will always want to get better but onana was a lost course for Manchester United to have made him their number one goal keeper. Sometimes you can not tell what they actually saw when they made him their number one.  Ten Hag  Is just trying to keep is Job because any slight mistake I know the management of Manchester United will sack him that is why is doing everything possible to protect his job.

[KingsDen]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

With the body language of Manchester United it's looks as if they are prepared to contest for the English Premier League title of this season. But deep down me I understand that Manchester United is not yet fit to undo Arsenal or Manchester City to become the champions of England this time around.

Jose Mourinho, once said that what wins titles for any club is the defense and with proven records, Jose was right. Manchester United has not yet got that solid defence to enable them win the English Premier League title.

[W Jr.]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

With the body language of Manchester United it's looks as if they are prepared to contest for the English Premier League title of this season. But deep down me I understand that Manchester United is not yet fit to undo Arsenal or Manchester City to become the champions of England this time around.

Jose Mourinho, once said that what wins titles for any club is the defense and with proven records, Jose was right. Manchester United has not yet got that solid defence to enable them win the English Premier League title.

They bought important defenders. This will give them some relief but of course it will not make them fully productive. In order to be a fully productive team, they need to play together for a long time and get used to each other. The biggest problem for Manchester United is the defense area. Once they solve that, they can be a very comfortable team. They have good potential in terms of offense. They have serious problems in defense but we believe they will solve them.

[ginsan]

Keeping a player who no longer wants to stay in the team is clearly a bigger risk for Manchester City, so when a big offer comes of course they won't refuse it, Alvarez is not a player who has had many opportunities to play for Manchester City so far so he is forced to Guardiola to sell him to other team, Guardiola has previously said that they will not look for another player to replace Alvarez at transfer market  and is more inclined to provide opportunities for young players to replace Alvarez next season, besides that currently Manchester City game scheme which relies on both wings of course it allows them to continue scoring goals even without a center forward in their squad, the most likely possibility to fill the hole left by Alvarez next season is that Guardiola might try to play Savio as a center forward to replace Haaland if injury , because Savio ever previously played as a center forward when he played for Troyes and Girona last season.

If we talk about Manchester United last season, it seems like we can't say that it's just their defense that has a problem because all of their lines looked very bad last season, defense was probably the most prominent problem we saw last season and they are currently continuing to try to fix this by bringing in leny yoro, matthijs de light and Noussair Mazraoui, but will their arrival promise a strong defense?
Of course there are no guarantees in my opinion because so far we can say that the game schemes and tactics implemented by Ten Hag in the match are very bad and this is what Ten Hag actually needs to evaluate and improve at this time so that he can optimize and maximize the performance of Manchester United players next season.

Pep has told his player or former player, Alvarez, that he is giving him time to think and make a decision. Yes, in the end Alvarez made the decision to leave and Pep provided a way to determine his future. So what Pep is doing is the best for his former players in the future. On the one hand, Alvarez's departure also brought big profits to Manchester City because they sold him at a fairly high price.

The depth of Manchester City squad is still quite strong even though Alvarez left because Alvarez is a reserve striker. This is where we see that Pep Guardiola skill in making decisions will not harm the team because they still have many good players, even though Alvarez has left, they are still very strong to compete this season.

[TelolettOm]

Chelsea are prepared to splash out €60m plus €3m add-ons to finally sign Pedro Neto.

Pedro Neto is one of the most versatile players I have seen recently. Even though he is mainly a RW, he can play nearly everywhere in the attacking line.  
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His previous season statistics were also impressive. Like 2 goals, 9 assists in 20 games. Considering he is still young this is a good thinking for Chelsea. The only side I can criticize is that the amount they spend seems a bit high.

Well, not bad. Last season, in other news, it states that he scored 2 goals and 11 assists in 20 matches.
Source: pedro neto
That's the point, with that kind of performance, I also think that it's a bit high enough to spend.

Well, anyway, again, Chelsea has new deal with Cole Paler for contract extension.

Source: Cole Palmer signs new deal at Chelsea

Palmer was indeed one of Chelsea's best players last season with his contribution as a midfielder. Because of his love, Chelsea immediately extended his contract for 9 years, valid until 2033. I think yesterday was the longest with Pedro Neto, now Cole Palmer is 9 years. This is Chelsea.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Chelsea again throwing money buying players here and there but if they are actually serious and building up the youngsters there, primier league could be seeing prime Chelsea in next few years.

It's unlikely to happen. Chelsea bought lots of players because they are gonna flip them for more money. If you see the club's composition, there are many inexperienced youths there. And it makes me think that if we're not going to see prime Chelsea in the coming years.

The current line-up does not show we care about the title race.  But we care about buying a young talent, developing him well, then selling him. And that's straight with Boehly's vision that sees football as a business.

[klidex]

Chelsea again throwing money buying players here and there but if they are actually serious and building up the youngsters there, primier league could be seeing prime Chelsea in next few years.

It's unlikely to happen. Chelsea bought lots of players because they are gonna flip them for more money. If you see the club's composition, there are many inexperienced youths there. And it makes me think that if we're not going to see prime Chelsea in the coming years.

The current line-up does not show we care about the title race.  But we care about buying a young talent, developing him well, then selling him. And that's straight with Boehly's vision that sees football as a business.

I think Chelsea is not like what you said they are not like Borussia Dortmund who sell their talented players to top clubs to get a lot of profit in fact they recruit many young players because they think young players have high spirits and their abilities can still be improved for the next few years and become valuable assets, if they think about business why did they extend Cole Palmer's contract for 9 years? couldn't Chelsea sell him to another club if you look at his good performance last season at Chelsea there must be many clubs interested especially at his current age which is very supportive.

And they always change coaches every season because they think the coach is not giving good results so from here it can be seen that Todd Boehly really wants to restore Chelsea's glory days in the EPL title hunt.

[Litzki1990]

Manchester United seems to be moving quickly to recruit defenders who have strong potential in maintaining their defense.

Manchester United really needs defenders because their defense was just too poor last season, which made their goalkeepers performances  worse. Even as we know that Onana made some stupid mistakes last season and conceded so many goals, if Manchester United had a strong defense, then he wouldn’t have conceded so much, some balls would be blocked by the defenders and wouldn’t get to the goalkeeper, but since their defense was weak, it also affected their goalkeeper. Ten Hag has really done well by trying to strengthen the defense of the club. I'm sure it’s really going to help the team’s performance.

Manchester United's defensive position is very good and strong now, the team just signed new defenders and I’m very confident that with those players that Manchester United signed from Bayern Munich their defensive position will be very strong, the only position that Manchester United needs to sign now is a defensive midfielder because those players that play the position for Manchester United are not good in the position again, Casemiro, and Amrabat is the only players that can hold the defensive midfield are both of them are not in good form to since last season and it put pressure on the defensive position, so from my point of view that is the only position that they need to sign now.

And about Onana, I think Manchester United needs to sign another goalkeeper or warn Onana about the way he is doing this season, he said he will try his best and give Manchester United his best performance this season and those games Manchester United has played and they end up playing penalty Onana is the cause of the team lose, let me say he is the cause of the goals because some goals that were scored can be saved by him but he chose to let the ball go in and during the penalty shootout he will still playing by opening a space for the opponent to score and he won’t be able to save the ball.

Manchester United's attention to defense has been much needed for a long time, but it is big news that they have signed a defender to their club. They have always relied on their old defenders who have never done anything good for the team. The defender, who they bought from Bayern Munich in December, will surely be a member of their club's starting XI and they will be able to save a lot of their defense with this player. 

Manchester United's midfielders are experienced enough and their performance is good enough so I have no complaints about the midfield. The team that is there now if the manager can plan properly with this team and perform on the field according to the right plan then this team will do well in the Premier League competition again. I don't expect title from this team, I am happy if this team is between one and four position in the points table.