UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season

[Lida93]

What happened to Osimhen is indeed quite unfortunate because no matter how Osimhen is a player who has a big role in bringing Napoli to the previous champion, but we can't blame the current Napoli who have actually loaned Osimhen to the Turkish League, previously Osimhen had a strong desire to leave and Napoli agreed to this by trying to offer Osimhen to a big club,  But precisely the expensive price set by Napoli is an obstacle for the team that wants to recruit Osimhen at this time, so it is not entirely Napoli fault in this case, besides that after Osimhen issued a statement of wanting to leave, of course Conte immediately replied to the statement by expecting Lukaku to be in the napoli squad at this time, we know that Conte is a firm coach and will only carry out projects with players who want to stay in the the squad he has coached so far,So it is natural with that is statement that Osimhen no longer has a place in Napoli main squad this season.

You are so contradicting your words about Napoli not having a fault in the predicament surrounding the transfer of Victor Osimhen and at same time you're still saying about how high the transfer fee placed on Victor Osimhen by his club Napoli to have been the reason why some interested big European teams that came for Osimhen couldn't get to sign the player.

As for Antonio Conte from what I am seeing, he is just one coach that is in love with the Belgium forward Romelo Lukaku whom he prefers over Victor Osimhen in his plans as Napoli's head coach. Osimhen's decision to leave Napoli came to light as a result of the statements credited to the Napoli management on their social media handle about the striker which didn't sit well with his efforts in the club so far and not actually that he wanted to leave because he was tired of playing in the Napoli team.

I think the loan move to Galatasaray makes much sense to me because its better than not being active any competition till the next window transfer of January 2025. And he may still have chance of having big clubs coming for him still.

[irhact]

With the current performance of Manchester united no one can tell if they will improve in performance in the long run but if it is with what they are playing now, I don't see them in the finals. Tottenham is also unpredictable. I think it is too early to conclude.

Atalanta surprised everybody last season and they were underrated but I don't think there's going to be another suprise this season. Tottenham isn't looking like they're going to win anything or they might be the surprise this season by winning a trophy through winning the Europa league but as I'm writing this, it sounds not possible to be because Tottenham aren't a serious club. They're too comfortable where they are and not try to win something for their fans. Manchester United are so unpredictable but they have a chance of winning because they get lucky always and they don't deserve that luck most times because of how badly they have use to play.

[bering]

For first match of League phase i can considers the match between Roma vs Bilbao is a big match this because the performance of both teams last season were very impressive and just like we know Bilbao has successfully to being an Copa Del Rey champion and they also can finish at 5th place on Laliga and for Roma although they still unable to in form in Serie A i think i still considers Roma as strong contender for the title in this competition

Both teams were never met in the real tournament so this is their first time to met in Europa League and this is home match for Roma and i am sure they will attempts to gets the winning result from this match but i have to says the outcomes of this match is hard to predicted because both teams is equally strong

[Lidger]

To catch up, there is as much competition in the Champions League as there is in the European League. There are some well-known teams in the Champions League who consistently perform well in this tournament, but there is no way to say that any particular team will do well in the Europa League tournament. Liverpool had the potential to do well last season but they exited the tournament long before the end of the season, unlike a team that had not lost a match in the local league tournament and had not lost a match in the Europa League tournament other than the final, they were defeated in the final match. Manchester United are considered favorites this season but it may not be the last time we see a new team win the title this season.

[Weawant]

For first match of League phase i can considers the match between Roma vs Bilbao is a big match this because the performance of both teams last season were very impressive and just like we know Bilbao has successfully to being an Copa Del Rey champion and they also can finish at 5th place on Laliga and for Roma although they still unable to in form in Serie A i think i still considers Roma as strong contender for the title in this competition

Both teams were never met in the real tournament so this is their first time to met in Europa League and this is home match for Roma and i am sure they will attempts to gets the winning result from this match but i have to says the outcomes of this match is hard to predicted because both teams is equally strong

Roma has prioritized the Europa most often then they have done with their domestic league and I believe it could for the fact that they have contenders they believe they can almost easily get ahead of in the Europa much more than they do in their domestic league where they even struggle to finish amongst top five so their opportunities mostly falls within the Europa to be a prestigious trophy they can hope to eventually win some day and hence they literally put in more efforts there to clinge to it some day meanwhile in their domestic league they literally make sure they settle around top five and get an opportunity to probably come back to the europa and hopefully someday they will go beyond that probably when they win the Europa league title.

[Salahmu]

I don't also see Tottenham winning this league and i don't put my interest on the odds given by the bookmakers because I think we might see another club winning Europa this season just as we saw Atalanta surprised everyone last season.

With the current performance of Manchester united no one can tell if they will improve in performance in the long run but if it is with what they are playing now, I don't see them in the finals. Tottenham is also unpredictable. I think it is too early to conclude.

You are right because Europa League is different from other leagues that is very easy to predict and besides that's how we predicted Liverpool  and some other clubs last season to win the league and they all failed to perform well and surprisingly the least club we expected emerge as the winner, so I wouldn't argue with you about other club to surprise us this time again but for now since we have not been able to figure out the exact club we would still stick around with Tottenham Hotspur because they are the right club I can think of right now even if they are not doing well on the premier League but the Europa is different from that and we also have teams like Besiktas and Olympiacos and so many more interesting clubs that can also be very promising.

[rahmad2nd]

What happened to Osimhen is indeed quite unfortunate because no matter how Osimhen is a player who has a big role in bringing Napoli to the previous champion, but we can't blame the current Napoli who have actually loaned Osimhen to the Turkish League, previously Osimhen had a strong desire to leave and Napoli agreed to this by trying to offer Osimhen to a big club,  But precisely the expensive price set by Napoli is an obstacle for the team that wants to recruit Osimhen at this time, so it is not entirely Napoli fault in this case, besides that after Osimhen issued a statement of wanting to leave, of course Conte immediately replied to the statement by expecting Lukaku to be in the napoli squad at this time, we know that Conte is a firm coach and will only carry out projects with players who want to stay in the the squad he has coached so far,So it is natural with that is statement that Osimhen no longer has a place in Napoli main squad this season.

In fact, we have been discussing the Osimhen drama since the beginning of the summer transfer window has opened, Osimhen's strong desire to leave Serie A has been expressed to the club before. It's just that as we all know, Napoli is willing to release its striker with his release clause. As a result, one by one the clubs interested in him slowly withdrew. Based on my assumption, it is clear that Napoli wants to get a large selling value for Osimhen. Unfortunately, their plans and expectations did not go according to expectations. PSG, who were expected to recruit him, thanks to Erique's participation, finally left the negotiations. Chelsea has tried to find a solution so that this Napoli striker can join Stamford Bridge, unfortunately it seems that Osimhen is not willing, that's why he complicates negotiations between all parties. Well, you have conveyed several other points, as we often discuss in many posts in other threads. What is certain is that Osimhen's current focus is on Galatasaray. He can improve his performance so that after the loan, Osimhen can join the elite Europa League team. By the way, Galatasaray should have a chance to be one of the contenders in this competition.

[swogerino]

I think that this time we will not see such a surprise and the fact that Liverpool lost against Atalanta is because they did not took the adversary that seriously and when they wanted to change things in the return leg they simply could not. Now the team of Liverpool is much different compared to last season and I think they will go far in Champions League and maybe even in final as this team is showing awesome performance so far.

If it happens that they come in Europa League I am sure they are going to win it this time.

[len01]

For first match of League phase i can considers the match between Roma vs Bilbao is a big match this because the performance of both teams last season were very impressive and just like we know Bilbao has successfully to being an Copa Del Rey champion and they also can finish at 5th place on Laliga and for Roma although they still unable to in form in Serie A i think i still considers Roma as strong contender for the title in this competition

Both teams were never met in the real tournament so this is their first time to met in Europa League and this is home match for Roma and i am sure they will attempts to gets the winning result from this match but i have to says the outcomes of this match is hard to predicted because both teams is equally strong

For now I can only speculate that Bilbao is likely to have a big chance of beating Roma. I say this only based on the appearance of both teams that look different and Bilbao is still slightly better than Roma. But I also do not doubt Roma because this team has a coach who made a good contribution last season. Actually it is still too early to say this prediction but what I said is only temporary because in this international break there are still many surprises that occur such as injured players.
Maybe the most comfortable betting option we can bet on over or under, but we also have to see again whether later these two teams have important players who are injured.

[slapper]

Europa League winner odds have been announced. Some of them are as below.



Tottenham are the biggest favourite. Manchester United follow them right behind but I don't like their game at all for now. As for Turkish teams, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe are given the same chance. But as for Beşiktaş, they have 41.00 odds. They are also doing really well in fact especially after bringing van Bronckhorst as their new coach and signing great players such as Immobile and Rafa Silva.

I think this is mainly because we could be judging from the performance of Tottenham last season and looking at the fact that except for Manchester United and a few others, most of the teams qualified for the Europa aren't coming from a very competitive domestic league. Manchester United is supposed to be the biggest rivals alongside Tottenham but their performance so far hasn't been really encouraging enough to see them in that regards,  when Manchester United started off the season with a victory in their first game, it aroused some beliefs they could get better by the season but not long after they are displaying weakness already and this is in their domestic league so it raises doubts if they are going to perform well in the Europa.

Manchester United? Favorites for the Europa League? You've got to be kidding me. They're a mess. Ten Hag's tactics are all over the place, and the players look lost. Ugarte's a decent signing, but he's not going to fix their fundamental problems

Spurs, on the other hand, have a history of showing up in Europe. Postecoglou's got them playing a new style, and it's not perfect yet. But they've got that intangible quality; they know how to grind out results when it matters. The Europa League is wide open. Any team can get hot and make a run. But if you're looking at the favorites, Spurs are the clear choice. United? They're lucky to be in this competition. They need to focus on getting their own house in order before they start dreaming of European glory

[sokani]

I felt for Osimhen when I discovered he eventually ended up in Galatasaray on loan and still didn't believe it until I saw him in the shirt. The Turkish club must have been the least of his expectations, no thanks to Napoli. That is what you pay for being the hero of a club that doesn't deserve you, the key player who helped them win the Seria A title after more than 30 years has suddenly become an abomination to the club, I can't just believe it. No matter what happened, there were ways to resolve matters but it was so obvious with the body language of Antonio Conte that he didn't want him anymore and even made sure that he punished him for not staying in the top-choice European club.

When Mbappe had a fallout with PSG, he was brought back into the team but I don't know how bad Osimhen's case was that Napoli couldn't grant him another chance and reintegrate him back into the team that they had to ship him to Galatasaray. Well, I'm glad he wasn't tempted by the big money offer from Saudi Arabia because he's still at the peak of his career and has so much to offer in europe. He just has to keep his head down, work harder and hopefully, a big club could come knocking after his loan spell at Galatasaray is over.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Baris Alper, Ziyech are the two we know from them playing for so long, and they have two players that are bench players as well, I think those will be fine as well. I believe that it is going to be not that much wing focused team though, they will probably play 3-5-2 as many of the pundits say, in which case things could change a lot more.

Galatasaray are expected to play with a 3-5-2 tactic. Many sports fans are of this opinion. You are right. But 3-5-2 is a tactic that doesn't produce good results in Turkiye. After a few bad results, the 3-5-2 tactic will be criticized the most. Because the majority of teams in the Turkish league have a tough defense. This results in the wing forwards not finding enough space. Maybe it will help us to get good results in European matches. But if we play with 3-5-2 tactics, I welcome you to the Turkish League discussion board. You will see that the 3-5-2 tactic will be criticized after every bad result.

[banana33]

I think this is mainly because we could be judging from the performance of Tottenham last season and looking at the fact that except for Manchester United and a few others, most of the teams qualified for the Europa aren't coming from a very competitive domestic league. Manchester United is supposed to be the biggest rivals alongside Tottenham but their performance so far hasn't been really encouraging enough to see them in that regards,  when Manchester United started off the season with a victory in their first game, it aroused some beliefs they could get better by the season but not long after they are displaying weakness already and this is in their domestic league so it raises doubts if they are going to perform well in the Europa.
Manchester United? Favorites for the Europa League? You've got to be kidding me. They're a mess. Ten Hag's tactics are all over the place, and the players look lost. Ugarte's a decent signing, but he's not going to fix their fundamental problems

Spurs, on the other hand, have a history of showing up in Europe. Postecoglou's got them playing a new style, and it's not perfect yet. But they've got that intangible quality; they know how to grind out results when it matters. The Europa League is wide open. Any team can get hot and make a run. But if you're looking at the favorites, Spurs are the clear choice. United? They're lucky to be in this competition. They need to focus on getting their own house in order before they start dreaming of European glory

I do think Manchester United's performances lately have been less-than-stellar which have caused concerns about their potential in the Europa League. Manager Erik ten Hag's tactics appear to be confusing to the players which is affecting the overall cohesion on the field. Facundo Ugarte, while a solid addition, can't carry the team alone.

[Frankolala]

I felt for Osimhen when I discovered he eventually ended up in Galatasaray on loan and still didn't believe it until I saw him in the shirt. The Turkish club must have been the least of his expectations, no thanks to Napoli. That is what you pay for being the hero of a club that doesn't deserve you, the key player who helped them win the Seria A title after more than 30 years has suddenly become an abomination to the club, I can't just believe it. No matter what happened, there were ways to resolve matters but it was so obvious with the body language of Antonio Conte that he didn't want him anymore and even made sure that he punished him for not staying in the top-choice European club.

When Mbappe had a fallout with PSG, he was brought back into the team but I don't know how bad Osimhen's case was that Napoli couldn't grant him another chance and reintegrate him back into the team that they had to ship him to Galatasaray. Well, I'm glad he wasn't tempted by the big money offer from Saudi Arabia because he's still at the peak of his career and has so much to offer in europe. He just has to keep his head down, work harder and hopefully, a big club could come knocking after his loan spell at Galatasaray is over.

Mbappe own was different. You should also understand that Mbappe is from France and PSG is his local league. He is also the best player in PSG which everyone knows about it, to abandon him will be like they are killing their own and Mbappe was never too eager to leave PSG then.

Osimhen own is different because he has totally lost interest playing in Napoli and wants to leave the club by all means. He is not from Italy amd that is why Napoli is taking him for granted after he has helped them win the league for the first time in history, if not they would have not made fun of him.

[Jody.Drummer]

I felt for Osimhen when I discovered he eventually ended up in Galatasaray on loan and still didn't believe it until I saw him in the shirt. The Turkish club must have been the least of his expectations, no thanks to Napoli. That is what you pay for being the hero of a club that doesn't deserve you, the key player who helped them win the Seria A title after more than 30 years has suddenly become an abomination to the club, I can't just believe it. No matter what happened, there were ways to resolve matters but it was so obvious with the body language of Antonio Conte that he didn't want him anymore and even made sure that he punished him for not staying in the top-choice European club.

When Mbappe had a fallout with PSG, he was brought back into the team but I don't know how bad Osimhen's case was that Napoli couldn't grant him another chance and reintegrate him back into the team that they had to ship him to Galatasaray. Well, I'm glad he wasn't tempted by the big money offer from Saudi Arabia because he's still at the peak of his career and has so much to offer in europe. He just has to keep his head down, work harder and hopefully, a big club could come knocking after his loan spell at Galatasaray is over.

I think the case is different from what Mbappe experienced, when Mbappe had a dispute with Paris Saint-Germain he was very "deified" by Paris Saint-Germain, so it was easy for him to make this club give in and continue to maintain Mbappe. While Osimhen, he seemed not needed by Napoli, especially after Conte was appointed by Napoli to be their coach. Conte himself prioritized Lukaku over Osimhen so roughly he was like kicked out of the squad.
On the other hand, Osimhen has a big ego about the salary he wants, because I'm sure he will get a new club if he is willing to lower his salary a little. Or if he insists on getting a high salary, he should be willing to accept an offer from a Saudi Pro League club, because only they are ready to pay a lot.

[Velvet78]

I think that this time we will not see such a surprise and the fact that Liverpool lost against Atalanta is because they did not took the adversary that seriously and when they wanted to change things in the return leg they simply could not. Now the team of Liverpool is much different compared to last season and I think they will go far in Champions League and maybe even in final as this team is showing awesome performance so far.

If it happens that they come in Europa League I am sure they are going to win it this time.

Teams like Liverpool always prioritize their domestic league titles more than the Europa League and Conference League. I can even say it for the Champions League though. Like Arsenal example in the previous season.    As they are in the Champions League this season, their concentration level should be higher. There is no such thing as dropping down to the Europa League anymore by the way.


There are around two weeks left for the first games in the Europa League. I'm curiously waiting to watch Osimhen at Galatasaray. Do you guys think he will be able to adapt? I think he will. It is important to show an impressive performance to draw some attention by bigger teams.

[LGD2Business]

Europa League winner odds have been announced. Some of them are as below.



Tottenham are the biggest favourite. Manchester United follow them right behind but I don't like their game at all for now. As for Turkish teams, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe are given the same chance. But as for Beşiktaş, they have 41.00 odds. They are also doing really well in fact especially after bringing van Bronckhorst as their new coach and signing great players such as Immobile and Rafa Silva.

Which betting site do these odds belong to? I would like to make a long-term bet on Beşiktaş to become champion. If the odds are really 41, that's pretty good, worth a try.
Looking at the odds Tottenham and Manchester United are the favorites but I don't think they have much chance. They give more importance to the Premier League. Porto is a strong favorite here. The league phase will be different because of the new format, but then the knockout phase will be the same as before. This is where the luck of the draw will come into play for some teams. If they reach the semi finals, teams that are currently considered underdogs can reach the cup. With the quality of their squad and the way they play, Beşiktaş is one of the teams that can win this cup as an underdog.

[JeffBrad12]

I think that this time we will not see such a surprise and the fact that Liverpool lost against Atalanta is because they did not took the adversary that seriously and when they wanted to change things in the return leg they simply could not. Now the team of Liverpool is much different compared to last season and I think they will go far in Champions League and maybe even in final as this team is showing awesome performance so far.

Liverpool showed outstanding performance in their domestic league. It raises optimism from many footballers to believe they will be going very far in the UCL. They can compete for the UCL title. They have a strong attack, defense, and midfield. And a good coach who can analyze the situation calmly.

But the thing that you must realize is that they're performing at the UCL. They have nothing to do in the Europa League. They won't come here to pay for their mistake last season cuz everything changes now. Read the new rules in the new format below.

If it happens that they come in Europa League I am sure they are going to win it this time.

They won't come to the Europa League. The better for you to read how the new format is working first. If they failed on UCL, they won't be dropped to Europa League.

[xzone]

To catch up, there is as much competition in the Champions League as there is in the European League. There are some well-known teams in the Champions League who consistently perform well in this tournament, but there is no way to say that any particular team will do well in the Europa League tournament. Liverpool had the potential to do well last season but they exited the tournament long before the end of the season, unlike a team that had not lost a match in the local league tournament and had not lost a match in the Europa League tournament other than the final, they were defeated in the final match. Manchester United are considered favorites this season but it may not be the last time we see a new team win the title this season.

I think there is no team that we can call the favorite of this tournament. Every team has high potential, every team can beat any team if they play well on a day. So it's not very important to talk about Liverpool, Manchester United or other teams. Teams that are not favorites can also become champions this year. We already saw surprising results in many team matches at the beginning of this season, we can say that the favorite teams did not play very well either

[sana54210]

To catch up, there is as much competition in the Champions League as there is in the European League. There are some well-known teams in the Champions League who consistently perform well in this tournament, but there is no way to say that any particular team will do well in the Europa League tournament. Liverpool had the potential to do well last season but they exited the tournament long before the end of the season, unlike a team that had not lost a match in the local league tournament and had not lost a match in the Europa League tournament other than the final, they were defeated in the final match. Manchester United are considered favorites this season but it may not be the last time we see a new team win the title this season.

Bigger teams in Europa usually end up doing not as well as expected, because they are not expecting that type of competition so they are usually caught off guard. Last year it was Liverpool who didn't expected Atalanta to do that well, and before that it was Barcelona who didn't expected Frankfurt to do that well. So, it's quite common to expect that we are dealing with something quite common in most cases, it is not really that weird if a great team ends up losing all together.

We cannot really consider that as something else, it's going to be a difficult situation if we ignore all of that. I think it's quite clear that we can't really consider this to be just a competition a big team will win, anyone could end up doing fine and win it. This season United and Tottenham looks great, but I can say that it will not be easy for them to win it, even if they do then they will have hard time against some teams, and they may end up losing it too, because they may face some difficult teams.