Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2024/25

[tiCeR]

I'm not surprised by this result, it seemed to me that Bayern's coach didn't want to put all the best players at the same time to avoid injuries and as he knew that Bayern had already qualified, then saving players was the best option.



But Benfica is also to be congratulated, they started badly in this competition when they had a draw, but they improved and finished in first place in the group and without defeats. But I'm still not convinced that Benfica can be champion, as a Benfica fan I'm praying that Viktor Gyökeres is serious and doesn't go back on his words.

But Benfica suffered a lot in the second half! I think Bayer would have preferred to go through in first place. Either way, it was a good game for Benfica.
Now, they have to improve a little more to continue going further in the competition.


As for Gyökeres, I think he will leave Sporting, we just need to know at what point in the market and to which club.

I saw this coming when I saw the line up that Kompany decided to play. There were some names that I knew are not very good players and then there was a guy I have never seen before, he is called Bischof. I don't know why Kompany didn't play it safe and try to get that draw. Now they wasted the chance to win the group and supposedly have an easier opponent in the next round. I would have chosen the players who have been the best so far.

This player called Boey is bad too, but Benfica had to suffer that's true. Still they are a top team and it wasn't a secret that they can beat Bayern. That's why I am surprised that Kompany chose to let players play who have anything but proven that they deserved that chance. He gave Sane a chance to play although he already signed a contract at Galatasaray. That's an odd decision in my opinion, I wouldn't have let him played.

[Pumared]

Porto has played themselves into a very big tight Conner because al ahly also needs a win badly and so the probability of Al Ahly losing to Porto will be very hard and inter Miami too will not like to lose their game so that they can qualify for the next round, I don't think that Porto can actually qualify from this group because inter Milan and Palmiras will make it out of this group

That's what happened, after having played perhaps the best game of the tournament. Even so, he made many defensive mistakes, having always been losing and chasing the result, ending up drawing.

If they had won this game - which was almost a must - they would have made it through the group. But they weren't able to, the team is in a very bad situation. He now has two months to recover and reorganize himself so he can improve his performance next season.

And it was really close, Palmeiras conceded two goals but managed to recover what caused Porto's exit. They played well, but it wasn't enough to advance to the next stage. The championship is really proving to be much better than the expectations at the beginning of the championship. I would never have thought of Porto leaving the competition early.

Not only Porto but also Atletico Madrid were eliminated. We can say that the tournament is really bad for European teams. I was especially surprised that Porto could not advance from this group. I had put them first among the teams that would advance from the group. I think we should underestimate the teams from the American continent. The South American teams in particular are truly extraordinary.

Honestly, I don't know what's causing this. At first I thought it was the heat, then I thought it was the amount of games. But this tournament is simply one of the most incredible I've ever seen, and that's precisely because expectations are broken. The big teams aren't that big and the small teams, compared to the others, are doing much better.

This is every spectator's dream, it's pure entertainment happening.

[rdluffy]

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I have been watching Portuguese TV commentators defending Sporting and criticizing Viktor Gyökeres' agent, some of the commentators even said that without Viktor Gyökeres, Sporting's chances of winning the league again will be very low and that's why it makes sense to sell him for the highest price.

I believe it will be VERY difficult to keep Gyökeres at Sporting, and this is already quite clear, the player himself wants to play in another league and is probably thinking of a club that will be able to play in the Champions League with a better chance of winning it
The destination I'd bet on would be Manchester United, but things aren't easy there, despite reaching the Europa League final, the team is in crisis

Manchester City already have Haaland, which makes me think that Chelsea or Liverpool or Arsenal would be good teams for him to play for

Sporting will need to sign one or two good players to make up for the striker's absence, it will be very difficult without him in the squad scoring so many goals

[sokani]

I believe it will be VERY difficult to keep Gyökeres at Sporting, and this is already quite clear, the player himself wants to play in another league and is probably thinking of a club that will be able to play in the Champions League with a better chance of winning it
The destination I'd bet on would be Manchester United, but things aren't easy there, despite reaching the Europa League final, the team is in crisis

Manchester City already have Haaland, which makes me think that Chelsea or Liverpool or Arsenal would be good teams for him to play for

Sporting will need to sign one or two good players to make up for the striker's absence, it will be very difficult without him in the squad scoring so many goals

Most of the clubs you mentioned do not have interest in signing Gyokeres. Chelsea has signed Delap, and Liverpool is going for Alexander Isak as a possible replacement for Darwin Nunez. It's only Arsenal and Manchester United that have shown interest in Gyokeres, and from indication, it looks like Arsenal is beginning to turn their attention to Sesko. Gyokeres has a huge price tag on his head, and his contract expires in 2028, which makes his situation really difficult. Sporting is the one holding all the cards; he's got no leverage. If Sporting does not lower his release clause, he's going to be at the club next season.

[Adiljutt156]

I'm not surprised by this result, it seemed to me that Bayern's coach didn't want to put all the best players at the same time to avoid injuries and as he knew that Bayern had already qualified, then saving players was the best option.



But Benfica is also to be congratulated, they started badly in this competition when they had a draw, but they improved and finished in first place in the group and without defeats. But I'm still not convinced that Benfica can be champion, as a Benfica fan I'm praying that Viktor Gyökeres is serious and doesn't go back on his words.

We are watching tournament of FIFA Club World Cup as many teams are performing well in this tournament. No player was dominant in this match and only one player did goal in this match. That was Schjelderup and he did this goal at 13 minutes of the match and I mean that was in the start of match but after that we saw no goal by any team. The stats of that match was in the favour of Bayern Munich football team because their shots were more in number and possession percentage of that team was also brilliant in this match.  The passes were brilliant by that team but that team was unlucky because that team could not do any goal in this match.Opponent team did goal but their stats was not good.

[rdluffy]

It looks like Gyokeres' future will be at Arsenal
It's almost impossible for the striker to stay at Sporting next season

I saw it here: https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/negocio-iminente-prazo-para-transferir-gyokeres-esta-definido-2025070722300246422?srsltid=AfmBOorDH3l-Vxg55XjAudnsPVSKePIH9eFs1lO9KMzh9nlbHoL7L-wM

Arsenal will probably make the final offer to Sporting that should be accepted as Gyokeres himself no longer wants to stay in Portugal
Sporting are asking for €70 million, while Arsenal have made some offers below that amount

Sporting are reportedly looking to sign Almeria striker Luis Suárez to replace Gyokeres

[Slow death]

It looks like Gyokeres' future will be at Arsenal
It's almost impossible for the striker to stay at Sporting next season

I saw it here: https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/negocio-iminente-prazo-para-transferir-gyokeres-esta-definido-2025070722300246422?srsltid=AfmBOorDH3l-Vxg55XjAudnsPVSKePIH9eFs1lO9KMzh9nlbHoL7L-wM

Arsenal will probably make the final offer to Sporting that should be accepted as Gyokeres himself no longer wants to stay in Portugal
Sporting are asking for €70 million, while Arsenal have made some offers below that amount

Sporting are reportedly looking to sign Almeria striker Luis Suárez to replace Gyokeres

When I read this news I was wondering what Sporting's next season will be like without Gyokeres. It seems to me that this Almeria striker, Luis Suárez, is not at the same level of performance that Gyokeres has had since he arrived at Sporting. It is true that he was the top scorer in La Liga 2, but asking for 25 million euros for him knowing that he is 27 years old is an exaggeration.

He is valued at 8 million and the Spanish club wants to ask for 25 million, even knowing that the guy is 27 years old, has played 41 games and scored 27 goals. In my opinion, these numbers are not attractive, because we are talking about the second division and being the top scorer in a league with these data is not motivating.

[Mate2237]

It looks like Gyokeres' future will be at Arsenal
It's almost impossible for the striker to stay at Sporting next season

I saw it here: https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/negocio-iminente-prazo-para-transferir-gyokeres-esta-definido-2025070722300246422?srsltid=AfmBOorDH3l-Vxg55XjAudnsPVSKePIH9eFs1lO9KMzh9nlbHoL7L-wM

Arsenal will probably make the final offer to Sporting that should be accepted as Gyokeres himself no longer wants to stay in Portugal
Sporting are asking for €70 million, while Arsenal have made some offers below that amount

Sporting are reportedly looking to sign Almeria striker Luis Suárez to replace Gyokeres

When I read this news I was wondering what Sporting's next season will be like without Gyokeres. It seems to me that this Almeria striker, Luis Suárez, is not at the same level of performance that Gyokeres has had since he arrived at Sporting. It is true that he was the top scorer in La Liga 2, but asking for 25 million euros for him knowing that he is 27 years old is an exaggeration.

He is valued at 8 million and the Spanish club wants to ask for 25 million, even knowing that the guy is 27 years old, has played 41 games and scored 27 goals. In my opinion, these numbers are not attractive, because we are talking about the second division and being the top scorer in a league with these data is not motivating.

Sporting needs the money that they can make from the sales of Gyokeres and they can use the cash and buy two more good strikers so the best thing to do now for sporting is to sell the player and get the cash because they need the money that arsenal is trying to give.




Sporting is one team that is a good team when it comes to the Portuguese league even though that they have not been consistent when it comes to Europe competition they will still do well come next season

[Adbitco]

It looks like Gyokeres' future will be at Arsenal
It's almost impossible for the striker to stay at Sporting next season

I saw it here: https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/negocio-iminente-prazo-para-transferir-gyokeres-esta-definido-2025070722300246422?srsltid=AfmBOorDH3l-Vxg55XjAudnsPVSKePIH9eFs1lO9KMzh9nlbHoL7L-wM

Arsenal will probably make the final offer to Sporting that should be accepted as Gyokeres himself no longer wants to stay in Portugal
Sporting are asking for €70 million, while Arsenal have made some offers below that amount

Sporting are reportedly looking to sign Almeria striker Luis Suárez to replace Gyokeres

Personally, I already think it's impossible for him to still remain at Sporting after such a wonderful performance in two different seasons for the club and because of that, his attracted the interest of some big teams across Europe. I'm not surprised, if he can replicate his performance again for any of the top teams that will sign him, then he will be making his own very history. I do hope that Arsenal should finally sign him because that team really needs a good striker in that forward line.

[CLS63]

It looks like Gyokeres' future will be at Arsenal
It's almost impossible for the striker to stay at Sporting next season

I saw it here: https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/negocio-iminente-prazo-para-transferir-gyokeres-esta-definido-2025070722300246422?srsltid=AfmBOorDH3l-Vxg55XjAudnsPVSKePIH9eFs1lO9KMzh9nlbHoL7L-wM

Arsenal will probably make the final offer to Sporting that should be accepted as Gyokeres himself no longer wants to stay in Portugal
Sporting are asking for €70 million, while Arsenal have made some offers below that amount

Sporting are reportedly looking to sign Almeria striker Luis Suárez to replace Gyokeres

Gyökeres is certain about not playing for Sporting anymore. He is angry with the team for asking too much money. Sporting chairman should set his demands accordingly otherwise he will have to leave him out of squad.

As far as I know Arsenal offered an amount around €55-60m the last time. I guess they would have an agreement soon. They really need a scorer like him.

When it comes to Luis Suárez he performed impressively only in 2nd leagues. Not good in the La Liga. But we will see what will happen in the Liga Portugal.

[rdluffy]

When I read this news I was wondering what Sporting's next season will be like without Gyokeres. It seems to me that this Almeria striker, Luis Suárez, is not at the same level of performance that Gyokeres has had since he arrived at Sporting. It is true that he was the top scorer in La Liga 2, but asking for 25 million euros for him knowing that he is 27 years old is an exaggeration.

He is valued at 8 million and the Spanish club wants to ask for 25 million, even knowing that the guy is 27 years old, has played 41 games and scored 27 goals. In my opinion, these numbers are not attractive, because we are talking about the second division and being the top scorer in a league with these data is not motivating.

Gyökeres is certain about not playing for Sporting anymore. He is angry with the team for asking too much money. Sporting chairman should set his demands accordingly otherwise he will have to leave him out of squad.

As far as I know Arsenal offered an amount around €55-60m the last time. I guess they would have an agreement soon. They really need a scorer like him.

When it comes to Luis Suárez he performed impressively only in 2nd leagues. Not good in the La Liga. But we will see what will happen in the Liga Portugal.

I also agree with both of you, 25 million is a very high price to pay for a player like Luis Suárez at the age of 27, for a club like Sporting
Look at the statistics



The 24/25 season was the only one in which the player scored a lot of goals, 27 goals in 41 games
Looking at the previous years, it wasn't very good

In my opinion Sporting would have to pay less for Almeria as it's a risky bet
And with Gyökeres' money at least in my opinion Sporting would need to sign about 3 younger, not too expensive players and keep the rest

[Distraction]

There is some activity at Benfica also. Orkun Kökçü is about to leave. Kerem Aktürkoğlu is also speculated to leave this summer. They are both among the most valuable players in the squad now.

I also agree with both of you, 25 million is a very high price to pay for a player like Luis Suárez at the age of 27, for a club like Sporting
Look at the statistics

Yeah, he isn't worth that much. No way... What about a player they already have, Conrad Harder?    He also looks like a good talent. He couldn't find too many chances while Gyökeres is there.

But he benefited from his limited chances very well. Look at his Taça de Portugal performance for example. 5 goals, 2 assists in 7 matches. The only issue is that he is 20. Much younger than Gyökeres.

[joker_josue]

There is some activity at Benfica also. Orkun Kökçü is about to leave. Kerem Aktürkoğlu is also speculated to leave this summer. They are both among the most valuable players in the squad now.

As a Benfica fan I think it's good for these two to leave.
They promised more than they actually did. Kokcu always had a slightly rugged attitude, for the real performance he had.

[Silence Scream]

There is some activity at Benfica also. Orkun Kökçü is about to leave. Kerem Aktürkoğlu is also speculated to leave this summer. They are both among the most valuable players in the squad now.

As a Benfica fan I think it's good for these two to leave.
They promised more than they actually did. Kokcu always had a slightly rugged attitude, for the real performance he had.

Benfica is a team that can find better replacements for these players. No player is indispensable. While Orkun Kökçü and Kerem Aktürkoğlu are playing well, they are not essential for Benfica. If they leave the team this summer transfer window, Benfica won't be upset; they will strive to acquire the best young players in that area. As one of Portugal's respected teams, Benfica has never had a player shortage.

[Slow death]

When I read this news I was wondering what Sporting's next season will be like without Gyokeres. It seems to me that this Almeria striker, Luis Suárez, is not at the same level of performance that Gyokeres has had since he arrived at Sporting. It is true that he was the top scorer in La Liga 2, but asking for 25 million euros for him knowing that he is 27 years old is an exaggeration.

He is valued at 8 million and the Spanish club wants to ask for 25 million, even knowing that the guy is 27 years old, has played 41 games and scored 27 goals. In my opinion, these numbers are not attractive, because we are talking about the second division and being the top scorer in a league with these data is not motivating.

Gyökeres is certain about not playing for Sporting anymore. He is angry with the team for asking too much money. Sporting chairman should set his demands accordingly otherwise he will have to leave him out of squad.

As far as I know Arsenal offered an amount around €55-60m the last time. I guess they would have an agreement soon. They really need a scorer like him.

When it comes to Luis Suárez he performed impressively only in 2nd leagues. Not good in the La Liga. But we will see what will happen in the Liga Portugal.

I also agree with both of you, 25 million is a very high price to pay for a player like Luis Suárez at the age of 27, for a club like Sporting
Look at the statistics



The 24/25 season was the only one in which the player scored a lot of goals, 27 goals in 41 games
Looking at the previous years, it wasn't very good

In my opinion Sporting would have to pay less for Almeria as it's a risky bet
And with Gyökeres' money at least in my opinion Sporting would need to sign about 3 younger, not too expensive players and keep the rest

Sporting's management seems desperate to try their luck in signing another player who is equal to Gyokeres and then sell him for a very high price, but they are ignoring past data about this player and his age. Being a Benfica fan, I'll be happy if Gyokeres leaves the team and Sporting signs this player, because that way Benfica would have a good chance of winning the league, but for that to happen, Benfica also needs to make good signings. Now, without Di Maria, things will be very complicated for Benfica, and in this transfer window, I don't see Benfica and Porto being very active.

[rdluffy]

The day before yesterday Sporting played a friendly match against Celtic and lost 0x2
Gyökeres didn't play, didn't stay on the bench and didn't even train with the club, showing total dissatisfaction with the club for not having negotiated him yet
At any moment Arsenal should send the last and definitive proposal to Sporting to end this impasse

I don't think Gyökeres is in a position to remain with the club from this point onwards

With Di Maria's departure from Benfica, the Portuguese league will be without 2 great attacking players for this season

I've yet to see a move to sign big players by any of the top 3 clubs
Will they succeed or are they out of money for big signings?

[Agbe]

The day before yesterday Sporting played a friendly match against Celtic and lost 0x2
Gyökeres didn't play, didn't stay on the bench and didn't even train with the club, showing total dissatisfaction with the club for not having negotiated him yet
At any moment Arsenal should send the last and definitive proposal to Sporting to end this impasse

I don't think Gyökeres is in a position to remain with the club from this point onwards

With Di Maria's departure from Benfica, the Portuguese league will be without 2 great attacking players for this season

I've yet to see a move to sign big players by any of the top 3 clubs
Will they succeed or are they out of money for big signings?

Gyökeres deal is almost done and dusted because I know that Arsenal and sporting has been negotiating and talks are in advance level but Gyökeres is not behavior is one that is unsportsmanlike because he has to know that he is under a contract and somethings are beyond his control the way and manner that he has been going about this whole transfer saga is  not the rifht way

[Pumared]

What are the prospects for "this year's" Portuguese championship? Any news on Sporting? Or will we see similar clashes again? I don't follow it often, but I've only seen coaching negotiations. There are player negotiations, but not significant ones.

[LGD2Business]

Benfica gave number 7 to Kerem Aktürkoğlu. I hope Kerem stays there. His name has been linked with Beşiktaş but we don't want him. We shouldn't waste our resources for Kerem when there are so many wingers on the market.

Meanwhile, Benfica are determined to sign Richard Rios from Palmeiras. They are ready to pay 30 million Euro. Now Palmeiras can sell him to Benfica because Roma won't pay that money. I've seen mixed reviews about Rios. There is a lot of interest in him, he could take his career to the next level in Portugal.

[rdluffy]

What are the prospects for "this year's" Portuguese championship? Any news on Sporting? Or will we see similar clashes again? I don't follow it often, but I've only seen coaching negotiations. There are player negotiations, but not significant ones.

There haven't really been any major negotiations so far 

Benfica gave number 7 to Kerem Aktürkoğlu. I hope Kerem stays there. His name has been linked with Beşiktaş but we don't want him. We shouldn't waste our resources for Kerem when there are so many wingers on the market.

Meanwhile, Benfica are determined to sign Richard Rios from Palmeiras. They are ready to pay 30 million Euro. Now Palmeiras can sell him to Benfica because Roma won't pay that money. I've seen mixed reviews about Rios. There is a lot of interest in him, he could take his career to the next level in Portugal.

Richard Rios is a great player, he is 25 years old and in his prime, he could be a great signing for Benfica
In addition, Porto, Wolverhampton, Nottingham Forest, Everton and Zenit have also approached Palmeiras 
30 million euros is a big sum for Palmeiras


joker_josue, will you create the topic for next season?