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Manchester City is about to give their player Claudio Echeverri to Girona.
This a good news for Girona since they are racing the top of the La Liga table and they need to have another player in their team to have more potential if they are racing with teams like Real Madrid in the table. Claudio Echeverri is a young player and he needs to get more experienced and that's why maybe moving to another team where he can have more chances to play in the games for that team is a good choice for this player.
Barcelona was also interested in Claudio Echeverri but that's now going to be the destination for Claudio Echeverri as they are giving this player on loan to Girona for six months.

 

It is still unclear whether Mbappe will move to Real Madrid or Liverpool, this will of course be a difficult choice for Mbappe. Mbappe's contract at PSG expires this year
Can go for free in the summer
But has not revealed his future. Mbappe has scored 234 goals for PSG in 283 appearances, helping them to 13 trophies during his time in the French capital. He has long been linked with a move to Madrid – as he would suit the 'Galactico' style at the Santiago Bernabeu – but there are suggestions that the challenge of playing in the Premier League with Liverpool could be an option for him this year.
Apart from that, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has invited Toni Kroos and Luka Modric to leave the club. The two senior players can decide their own future.
Kroos and Modric will run out of contracts at Real Madrid in the summer transfer market or June 2024

If not Ivan Tooney, Arteta should have another good option. Arsenal are desperately in need of that spearhead and if they intend to win trophies this season, a striker has to be brought in. Arteta and Edu have been able to make good signings to the club so far, they should be able to select one or two more players to fill in. Any choice they make concerning a player, it has to be a player who will not take time to settle into the team, because he needs to start scoring for Arsenal as soon as he starts playing.

Of course he is quite comfortable at Real Madrid, even Ancelotti contract extension the previous week is certainly one of the reasons that Ancelotti loyalty to Real Madrid is so great. In fact, He was willing not to accept the offer as Brazil coach because he was more interested in continuing the project at Real Madrid that he had built. I think as long as he is still fit enough on the edge of the pitch then Real madrid will continue to use his services. And the new contract received by Ancelotti will expire until 2026 so there is plenty of time for him to bring lots of trophies for Real madrid.

In this transfer window, It is believed that Real Madrid will re-sign several players to strengthen their squad. Ancelotti main target is a player in the striker position because Real Madrid needs a striker who is ready to score lots of goals and Joselu can't do that this season so Real madrid needs a player to replace joselu in Real madrid front line. Maybe the names of top player that are often associated are Mbappe and Osimhen. Let's see if Ancelotti will bring back high quality players like Mbappe or Martinez.

Bayern Munich using him in matches or the coach, Thomas Tuchel just dropped him on the bench for reasons best known to him. Matthijs De Ligt is a good defender that knows his job in the backlines, he's a main threat to most of the frontline opponents he faced these past years, he's a promising young player and there's still existence of value for him. He's going nowhere and he will stick on getting good improvement and development on his performance, not giving excuses for his incompetent actions rather he worked harder to run smooth stats in matches.

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Arsenal doesn't have a top notch striker, someone who can accept responsibility when the game isn't going very well and decide the game with a solo. It is mostly team effort, which is good but every team that's highly ambitious needs this one guy as you said, a spearhead. Usually they have some great names in their team like Jesus, but he isn't a player who scores 25 goals and more in a Premier League season. This is really missing there and probably costs them some of the games.

The main cause of Arsenal's decline in standings is none other than the poor performance of their current strikers, so like it or not, Arteta has to look for an alternative striker who can be the spearhead for Arsenal,  one of the strikers who has long been targeted by Arteta is Ivan Toney, but as we know If Brenford won't let go of Ivan Toney that easily, even though Ivan Toney is currently still under suspension due to a gambling case, to be honest, Ivan Toney appearance is quite promising, but it would be better for Arteta not to recruit him at all if Brenford is still holding out with a high price.

Leaving Bayern Munich is still a pretty good thing for De Ligt because he is still young and his performance is still very good. He was simply displaced for his current position and that's why he had to leave if he wanted to continue making his career shine. Maybe Bayern Munich is interested in Tomori but actually it's a bad choice and I see De Ligt still being better than him. But somehow every coach has their own assessment and players also have to determine their own future.

If AC Milan already rejected the offer and they stated they don't want to sell Tomori, it is clear that Tomori will stay in AC Milan until his contract expires. You can't say Tomori is very close to join Bayern Munich if he has no chance to leave AC Milan. Tomori is still needed in AC Milan, he is the main player in AC Milan. So, it doesn't make sense if Tomori will go to Bayern Munich. Moreover, he still has contract with AC Milan until June, 2027.

Well, I don't think AC Milan has lack of center backs, they have 7 center backs. But there are many injured defenders. Also, AC Milan must be aware that it is not easy to get the replacement of Tomori. That's why they don't want to sell Tomori although Bayern Munich sent an offer.

Brentford are currently in a bad shape, they're simply being wicked and not considerate right now if the player wants the move to Arsenal then they should grant him that, why force a player who doesn't want to stay to stay?
He remains as a vital talent for them but they have to respect his decisions if he is really opened towards the move outta the club.

Exactly, I think I said something about it, how they increase such a fee, he's good but not worth the valuation. Arsenal will have to go on loan for the Englishman since Brentford wants him around.

As far as we know this was even the reason for Ronaldo's departure. It is clear that the contract he was offered was too attractive, but he could have refused it and stayed to play in Europe, but alas. He started having problems with the coach as soon as he arrived, and the players in general complained about him repeatedly. And yet he is still in charge of the team for now, which is strange if he has a lot of disagreements with the players. Apparently the leadership is sticking to the principle of winning at all costs. Although there are not as many victories as we would like....

There are two possibilities that can happen if indeed Arsenal want De Ligt from Bayern because after all, by looking at the current situation of De Ligt, he is not too used at Bayern because he cannot adapt well so that indeed rather than filling player slots for Bayern and reducing the salary burden, De Ligt can be released but on the other hand there must be further consideration about this because the article some time ago De Ligt was brought in from Juventus it was not at a cheap price.

There are at least 80 million spent by Bayern when bringing De Ligt at the same time making him one of the most expensive defenders today so that when Arsenal want his services at the Emirates later, they must be willing to spend a lot for the release of De Ligt's clause.

Ten Hag's huge ego level that thinks the coach must be respected regardless of what he orders makes this a trait that should be avoided for himself because after all, with what he is doing now of course we realize that he is like an antagonist for his own club.

Indeed, in this case a coach must still be prioritized in terms of attitude because after all he must be given the authority to train but that does not mean that when there is a problem that occurs due to disagreement it is resolved by throwing away and considering the player insubordinate because in the end things like this only harm the club itself.
The case of Ten Hag having problems with players occurred not only once or twice but many players are currently victims of his overly large ego.

As far as I know, Arsenal was interested in De Ligt.
If he had joined Arsenal, Bayern probably would have pressed further for Tomori, ok.

Another thing is, you know, Bayern Munich's main Center Backs are Upamecano and Kim.
And De Ligt is not one of their main defenders. So it is understandable that he wants to leave.

Tomori might not also want to join due to this. So it is very highly unlikely that it is going to happen.
AC Milan are also not interested so it is not happening I believe.

Regards

Duke

Well coaches who’ve been soccer players still perform poorly and it’s quite worrisome but that’s a story for another day. I think our focus today’s on a coach’s philosophy and how he tries to manage his players and make sure he’s carrying everyone along knowing that we can only have 11 players on the field of play. This factor is what makes Ten Haag seems like a failed coAch because he’s had issues with most of his players and most times those rift result in them losing some matches. A big case is that of Ronaldo, I think after the whole criticism on his age and all, we can see Ronaldo flourishing in Saudi and leading on the list of go scorers and yet Manchester United struggle to get points to remain valid in the league.

 The likes of Ancelotti and Zidane are clear examples of coaches with the right philosophy and another sweet example of a good coach with right teachings is Xabi and his Leverkusen side. The fluidity in the team is top notched, he’s managed the full team for a season and half and yet no rift with a player to affect team’s performance.

Exactly why coaches sometimes have a very different position from their players now, it is much better for those coaches who have been soccer players, because they understand that they cannot teach technique to them, they only know the way to do it. They look after the players and they want to attract them so that they do their job according to their direction. In the case of Mou, he understands this very well, in fact he has always expressed what I am saying, because there are many who want it to be get in and play, for example a very clear one is ten Hag, he wants all his players to play as he says so even his technique, but this is not like that, but for me that is a failed coach, the fact that he also He got involved with a star and leaving it on the bank is something that only he would do, a star is for use, not to make her feel lesser, these are things that I will never understand, now the case is completely different CR7 is triumphing and Ten Hag is sinking more and more.

So it is very different from buying with technicians like Ancelotti, who is doing very well with Madrid, with Zidane, who was a great example winning many things, the current clear example of a Xabio Alonso who is doing wonderfully, for He is a player and an example coach, because what he is currently doing in Leverkusen gives a lot to talk about correctly, he is a coach who is very good, in fact he is winning and it is probable that he could win the Bundelsiga, that is something that speaks very highly of him and can always make a difference, now a technician who I see something wrong is Xavi in Barcelona, I was recently reading an article where they told him that if he didn't do something that could give him titles on a large scale Very good, but he was no longer going to work with them, and it is complicated, because despite the fact that he is in a very good position, he is losing a game that he should not lose.

Actually I think it is a rumor. I mean Newcastle had a series of injuries which was holding them back. I believe if those injuries were not happening, Eddie Howe would have done a whole lot better job. Callum Wilson, who was his one of the main players last season has been injured for a few matches. Targett, who has been their defensive backbone, was also injured. So I don't think it is justified to sack him. Either way, the Saudi owners control it. But I don't think they will be getting Girona’s manager. Even if they do, I don't think he will be coming this season.

Ivan Toney's future is finally clear and he will stay at Brentford. This was expressed by coach Thomas Frank and he feels that Ivan Toney is still an important part of the club. Previously, we knew that there were rumors that a team like Arsenal was interested in bringing in Ivan Toney and did not rule out the possibility of the transfer being successful if the fee was right.

But previously Brentford also set a very expensive fee for their striker so that no team would be able to pay it. I think Ivan Toney does have something to offer as a striker, it's just that inflation in prices for football players is currently crazy, so it doesn't make sense for this player to be priced so expensively.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1742933611932954712

Yes I mean the Bernabeu is literally where he belongs. They fit together very well, the club and him. He is a gentleman and a great coach, a great personality and Real Madrid is the most recognized club in the world. So there is no disagreement about that. I wonder what he would do in 2026 if everything is looking great and going well. I believe someone like him will have a hard time to once and for all say goodbye to soccer. it is really his life although he is one of the calmest coaches I have ever seen. The most you can see from him is when he is showing his fist out of joy. But he isn't screaming or escalating. Great coach and I hope we'll see him a few more years.

Currently, the name Xabi Alonso is a hot topic of conversation among football fans with what he is doing with Bayer Leverkusen. not only that, several top clubs are interested in his services. apart from Real Madrid before Carlo Ancelotti extended his contract, now Bayern Munich has included him on their list if Thuchel does not meet expectations or fails to win the title for Bayern Munich. just imagine, if Xabi Alonso was able to win two titles at once, namely the Bundesliga and the Europa League. automatically teams that are having problems, especially top teams, will compete to use his services.
for me, Xabi's career is still quite long in the world of coaching, he also still needs a lot of experience to become a truly competent coach. most importantly, Xabi must be able to become a leader in the dressing room of the team he coaches. because most problems occur in the players' changing room. that's why, for me, Xabi needs to re-explore his abilities, firmness and discipline. in the end, he will find the difference when coaching Leverkusen and a much top team. usually, star players will have big egos, some of which are even difficult to manage. if Xabi is unable to be a firm leader in the dressing room, then when he trains a top team various obstacles will arise that he will have to face.

For example, like Carlo Ancelotti, who is ideal as a coach who has a leadership spirit and charisma that is respected by his team. as for Klopp, the Liverpool owner will always try to keep him at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp is a coach who, unlike other coaches, always has many demands on club management. moreover, as we know, Liverpool owners are very stingy when it comes to buying players who are quite expensive. because of Klopp, he can maximize existing players and try to make cheap players into great ones. naturally, Liverpool will keep him. the question is, when will Klopp leave Liverpool. if so, it would be a big loss to lose a coach as intelligent as Jurgen Klopp.