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There is a level of "never won the UCL title but still legend" and "won UCL and legend", because those are different things. Like Messi won it, and he is better than all the names there, but at the same time victor valdes I guess won it as well, can we say he was better than Buffon? Of course not. So it's not about winning or losing it, it's about what you did while a team won, if you were the main reason that they won it then it makes you better than all those who didn't win it, but if you were replaceable then it's not going to be all that important.

I think it's a bit of a difference for people who won it all, like there are few players who did, Messi for example did, but also Enzo did as well, are they the same? Of course not, just the cups doesn't make you great.
You are absolutely correct and I can agree with you that there are levels to being recognised as a legend, it doesn't necessarily mean you must win the champions league trophy to automatically bear the title of a legend. I think it has to do with your individual contributions and impact in the game and the competition, I think that determines you being called a legend or not.
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Mbappe is following a very obvious strategy. He has made a statement saying that he wants to fulfill his contract until 2024, but he will under no circumstances activate the option for another year. He is now playing the ball to PSG management and they have to decide what to do. Let him go for nothing next season? Or sell him and take the money. But this way Mbappe makes sure that PSG will be the ones who want to sell him, not other clubs pressing who want to buy him. That way he can lower his price tag. Real Madrid is definitely ready to join the bidding round.

Seems like the two options for PSG are now to either try to prolong the current contract to a few more years or the second and probably more likely option is that PSG will sell Mbappe in 2023. It is not a secret that Mbappe already wanted to leave Paris before the start of this season to go to Real Madrid but somehow this did not work out. Now it seems that he is definitely sure now that he wants to leave PSG no matter what. The question is, if a transfer is doable at the moment for Real Madrid. They have just bought Bellingham for over 100 M€ from Borussia Dortmund so i doubt they can do another huge transfer in this summer.
Also Mbappe is earning 72 M€ per season at PSG which is by far the biggest salary for a footballer in europe.

PSG better not sell Mbappe this season if they know what's best for them. Neymar and Messi will leave, they need Mbappe to be the main guy for at least one season. They can let him go for free after next season. PSG can do without the transfer fee of Mbappe. They had a chance to sell him for 150 million and they refused so the money is not their problem. Slow him to see out his contract then he can move to Madrid for free. They should use next season to look for replacements and get their affairs in order. They should not even try to convince Mbappe by giving him and improved contract because that would be ruining their club.  Mbappe is great, but him alone cannot win games.
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Nkuku's arrival at Chelsea is a fantastic move for the club, but hoping for too much from him may be disastrous. I don't believe he's ever played in the Premier League, and as we all know, the Premier League is very different from the Bundesliga, from whence he comes. It may take some time for him to learn and bond with the style of football played here. He's a fantastic player, and his move to Chelsea will be fantastic if the coach can put him to good use.
TBH, I'm surprised that Christopher Nkunku really wants to join Chelsea.
We know that Chelsea finished this season with a very bad result, they were out of the top 10 in EPL. In this situation, I assume not many top players want to join Chelsea because they won't play in UCL or Europa League. Top players mostly want to stay playing in the highest competition of football. But Christopher Nkunku thinks differently, he seems interested to join Chelsea because he wants to help Chelsea to be a strong team again. Sure, it won't be easy for him, he must take time to adapt to Chelsea game style and EPL atmosphere.

I'm not sure how much Spurs have set for Harry Kane, but if the price is as unreasonable as you claim, their plan is to drive away interested clubs. He's about 30 years old already, and his performance and physical fitness will deteriorate on the field very soon. He's not a long-term option for any team, but his presence will be extremely valuable for the time being. Regardless of the price tag, both teams can reach an agreement in order to sign him.
The rumor said that Tottenham wants €100m at least, but it is too expensive. Sure, Harry Kane is almost 30 years old, the price should be below €100m. Tottenham can't expect the same price as in the previous season, they must lower the price. The price issue is still a problem for some top clubs that want to sign Harry Kane, including Real Madrid and Man United. If the price makes sense, I am sure Real Madrid has signed him already.

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That will be a wise choice for PSG to cash in on Mbappe instead of losing him at the end of next season as a free agent, that will be a huge loss for them. I don't understand what is happening with PSG, why they are losing their key players first it was Sergio Ramos then Neymar linked with possible exit, Messi followed and now Mbappe also facing the exit door.
Yes, it's a bit strange what is happening at PSG at the moment where several players choose to leave PSG in this season's transfer window. For Messi, it's clear because his contract with PSG has expired this season, he has officially joined Inter Miami. However, one side of Mbappe is actually being pressured by PSG where they will make a surprising statement or urge Mbappe to renew his contract with PSG or he will be sold. I'm sure this is one way if PSG don't want to lose their star players so that PSG management will pressure Mbappe to immediately sign a new contract.

When a situation like this occurs, the player will automatically think wiser where he can go to another club or he will ask for a higher salary payment if he accepts an offer to renew his contract. One of these loopholes might be used by other teams to send an offer to Mbappe and Real Madrid is a club that really wants to sign him.
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Vinicius Junior's market value has been updated to 150 million euros. He is such an incredible player truthfully. He joined Real Madrid on July 2018 and his market value was 35 million euros back then. In 5 years there has been an enormous level of increase in that value. Because he is continually improving his game and being more productive for his team. Especially due to Benzema's departure his responsibility here has increased a lot more as well. He will need to lead the team well from now on.

There were some rumours regarding Vinicius Junior to leave Real Madrid due to racist actions targeting him as well. But thankfully there is no such thing happening now. He is a very crucial player for the team no matter who they sign to fill Benzema's place.
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Kylian Mbappe has just released an official statement regarding his future with PSG. Kylian Mbappe said he would not sign a new contract with PSG, he had conveyed this to the board since July 15 2022 and Kylian Mbappe just wanted to confirm this clarity. As we know Kylian Mbappe's contract will expire in 2024 and he asked PSG not to go beyond that year. Kylian Mbappe also doesn't want to be sold at the end of this season and he wants to stay until his contract expires, but it seems that PSG has another view because of course they want to make a profit in this situation by selling Kylian Mbappe.

Currently, the best PSG can do is to sell Mbappe before in contract ends and that's how they can get profit from transferring this player to other teams.
According to transfermarkt, Mbappe is worth 180m right now and I'm sure teams like Real Madrid will even pay more money to this player.
However, I see even Arsenal wants to hire Mbappe for next season.


But the problem is Mbappe doesn't want to leave in the summer and he has already said he will stay at PSG until 2024. It looks like this will be an increasingly difficult problem to find the best solution. With such a large transfer fee, the only team that can afford to buy Mbappe this summer is Real Madrid, but for 2024 we will see more and more teams competing to sign Mbappe because his contract with PSG has ended. It might already be seen that a team like Arsenal are ready to secure a seat in order to get Mbappe's services, but what I know is that Arsenal are unlikely to want to spend more than 180 million euros for one player.
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Mbappe is following a very obvious strategy. He has made a statement saying that he wants to fulfill his contract until 2024, but he will under no circumstances activate the option for another year. He is now playing the ball to PSG management and they have to decide what to do. Let him go for nothing next season? Or sell him and take the money. But this way Mbappe makes sure that PSG will be the ones who want to sell him, not other clubs pressing who want to buy him. That way he can lower his price tag. Real Madrid is definitely ready to join the bidding round.

Mbappe's game is understandable, but it seems that this time he himself is only participating in someone else's game. Most likely Real Madrid's intention to buy Kane was a bluff to get Mbappe to get active and it worked. With the Haaland treble, Mbappe has no other options but to move to a more serious club than PSG, otherwise he risks falling behind the Norwegian in a clash of giants of this generation.
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PSG is not willing to follow what already requested by him. PSG will be selling him in the summer. it doesn't even matter what's gonna be his request and PSG is willing to exchange him for money before his contract will end.
Mbappe was not willing to see PSG sell him in summer caused by PSG will put very high price for him. That's why mbappe has been requestion to be sold by PSG in the winter transfer season probably.
Im really supporting the decision by PSG to sell him as soon as possible. If PSG will be too late to sell him and his price will be decreasing a lot.
It's better to exchange him with good attacking that can give lots of contribution for the team for long term.
That will be a wise choice for PSG to cash in on Mbappe instead of losing him at the end of next season as a free agent, that will be a huge loss for them. I don't understand what is happening with PSG, why they are losing their key players first it was Sergio Ramos then Neymar linked with possible exit, Messi followed and now Mbappe also facing the exit door.
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Well, in my personal iopini'pon I don't doubt it, they have to change the coach, the coach, the technical team completely, because they are not giving good results, and if they continue like this they will continue to disappoint, or at least they should change the technical director, here The problem is not the players, here the problem is that they don't know how to direct all the stars, it is impossible that all these Chelsea players are so bad, I can't see it like that, because in reality they are not like that, here is what is wrong It's the leadership, that's why they have to do something urgent, just as they invested a lot of money in many good players, they have to make the biggest investment, which is in a better coach.


But isn't that too much of an easy excuse by the players when they say that the technical director is the problem?

I get the idea when we talk about the coach, but the technical director would be responsible if the squad was bad it would be his responsibility in terms of the players' quality. They have a lost a few games when I thought that they played shockingly bad and there is only so much that a technical director can do.

Now when they consider Pochettino, I don't like him that much but that is only my subjective opinion. I think he didn't do very well with PSG either. Firing Tuchel to then hire Potter, then Lampard and now Pochettino. It's probably because he is available right now. But winning Ligue 1 with PSG is quite different from competing in the EPL.

Yes, it is that each person has an opinion according to how they see the team's performance, but if they have a very strong and talented squad of players, it is not justified that they are losing and losing, there is no other way to do it, which What he implies is that he is the technical director, and maybe the coaching staff in general, including the coaches and physical trainers, but the one who bears the responsibility for everything is the technical director, now if all the players agree to make the coach look bad is something else, sometimes it happens , it's normal for most players to have Differences with their coach , but I don't think this is the case.

Guardiola according to English journals will stay in Manchester for atleast 2 more years.

I don't agree with it, you need to leave at the peak of what you have done.
This can seem like the peak of what he can do in Manchester City to you,  but to him I am sure that there is more he hopes to achieve. This is two more years for him to set records and standards in the club that no other manager will be able to break easily in the history of the club at least for a very long time. He already started with one record of being the coach that helped the club win the champions league as part of a treble in one season, he can win the champions league again next season, Maybe another treble again.

If he is comfortable in the club, there is no need leaving yet.

And there it is a matter of what he decides, if he is comfortable in Man City it is something else , we can speculate a lot about him , but what he is living there is another thing, if they treat him like a king, they give him good participation, they give him the importance he deserves, so there is nothing for him to do if he feels he still lacks, obviously he is one of the best in the world, I imagine he will be receiving offers from clubs like PSG, Chelsea, these teams that require A 'technician of his level, has already achieved the UCL and why not? he can achieve another one, everything is in the possibilities, as far as I'm concerned I think that if he stays at City he is under his decision and what he wants.

Pep Guardiola completed club football by winning his second historic treble with Manchester City, so now what?



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The mountain has been summited. All that lies ahead of Pep Guardiola is blue sky. Having reached one of the greatest peaks in all football and then done it again with Manchester City 14 years later, the 52-year-old might be entitled to conclude that there are no worlds left for him to conquer.

There is a unique spot in history afforded to Guardiola. In the history of European football only 10 teams have won this treble, their domestic league, primary domestic cup and the European Cup. Only one manager has done it twice. It might be nothing more than a statistical quirk, but in some ways the treble double is as good a reflection of Guardiola's qualities as anything else: a manager always striving for football perfection, but one who has come as close as is reasonably possible on two separate occasions. There are some, not many, who can better his 11 league titles and a case could be made that there have been greater teams than Barcelona in 2009 and Manchester City in 2023. To have built two of the greatest teams in history, however, is something only one man can lay claim to, the biggest factor in his favor in any argument over who the greatest ever coach is.

Source: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/pep-guardiola-completed-club-football-by-winning-his-second-historic-treble-with-manchester-city-so-now-what/
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There was a speculation about Kim Min-Jae future that reported he and Manchester United has been reach to personal agreement and reported Kim Min-Jae was agree with Manchester United proporsal that they are willing to pay 9 millions per year for his salary and Manchester United also don't mind to pay according to Kim Min-Jae release clause for transfer fee

Few weeks ago Napoli owner has been ensure Osimhen and Kim Min-Jae will not going to anywhere and he will give high priority to Kim Min-Jae because he doesn't want to lost any important players and if this rumour is true i think Napoli will suffering big loss because Kim Min-Jae has been performing well with Napoli and he has help this team to gets Scudetto and for Manchester United with the arrival of Kim Min-Jae i am sure they can solved defensive lines issue
Manchester United have been linked with Kim Min-Jae even before the league ended. They seem to be seriously interested in bringing the solid centre back to Old trafford next season in a bid to replace Harry Maguire and create good competition in that position. It seems Napoli will be open to selling him this summer and if that be the case Manchester United will finally get their preferred player in centre back.

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Guardiola according to English journals will stay in Manchester for atleast 2 more years.

I don't agree with it, you need to leave at the peak of what you have done.
This can seem like the peak of what he can do in Manchester City to you,  but to him I am sure that there is more he hopes to achieve. This is two more years for him to set records and standards in the club that no other manager will be able to break easily in the history of the club at least for a very long time. He already started with one record of being the coach that helped the club win the champions league as part of a treble in one season, he can win the champions league again next season, Maybe another treble again.

If he is comfortable in the club, there is no need leaving yet.
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Guardiola according to English journals will stay in Manchester for atleast 2 more years.

I don't agree with it, you need to leave at the peak of what you have done.
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Many clubs are lining up for the services of Harry Kane, at the moment not particularly club has taken the front role in the race for his signature but as rumours have it, Manchester United are seriously interested in bringing him to Old Trafford next season as Loan striker Weghorst will not be retained for the coming season. The way I see things the race for Harry Kane's signature will end in a bidding war if Tottenham are willing to sell.
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If any team is looking to get Mbappé right now in the team, I believe it will be a very wise decision to wait right now. There is no need to pay a huge amount of money for him when he is going to be a free agent after this season if I am not wrong. So it is a better decision to wait for him and try to get him on the team with the temptation of huge celery. If they try to pay the fee for him right now, they will basically be broke and might not even afford the salary, he’s going to ask for.

On the other hand, if Mbappé has even a single brain cell left, you should leave PSG. He should think about making a legacy. Money will always be there for a player like him.

That was the most probable thing, the contract was just a little away there was no reason to make a move now and wait at least until it was finished.
As for the club, we can even predict from the start about this, even though previously Mbappe refused a big offer from Madrid but the current conditions make him think and actually regret a little with his agreement. I think in this case, now Madrid will definitely sell expensively even before Mbappe has made it clear again that he wants to go to Madrid. Even though this is only based on the opinion that I see at the moment, I still feel that this speculation will sooner or later actually happen and it is only a matter of time.

On the other hand, I also agree with what you said, because when it comes to money I don't think he will have any difficulties with his current form and with the potential he has at his relatively young age.
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Mbappe is following a very obvious strategy. He has made a statement saying that he wants to fulfill his contract until 2024, but he will under no circumstances activate the option for another year. He is now playing the ball to PSG management and they have to decide what to do. Let him go for nothing next season? Or sell him and take the money. But this way Mbappe makes sure that PSG will be the ones who want to sell him, not other clubs pressing who want to buy him. That way he can lower his price tag. Real Madrid is definitely ready to join the bidding round.

Seems like the two options for PSG are now to either try to prolong the current contract to a few more years or the second and probably more likely option is that PSG will sell Mbappe in 2023. It is not a secret that Mbappe already wanted to leave Paris before the start of this season to go to Real Madrid but somehow this did not work out. Now it seems that he is definitely sure now that he wants to leave PSG no matter what. The question is, if a transfer is doable at the moment for Real Madrid. They have just bought Bellingham for over 100 M€ from Borussia Dortmund so i doubt they can do another huge transfer in this summer.
Also Mbappe is earning 72 M€ per season at PSG which is by far the biggest salary for a footballer in europe.
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If PSG decided to stop Mbappe this season then that is very big risk because if he decides to leave next season that will be on a free transfer which would cost the club a big fortune thus losing millions of Euros, the only way forward is Mbappe to give assurance to the club that he is staying with the club for a long term basis and ready to sign a new contract, however with some recent speculations of his purported move to Real Madrid is unsettling his club,  of course Real Madrid needed a striker to replace Benzema who had left the club while the club is already on the move to bid for  and sign Harry Kane, however I think Real Madrid will  give up on signing him for Mbappe.
They already said that if he doesn't sign until 1st of august (automatic no renewal) then he is open for sale, and he is open for sale even right now because he hasn't signed it yet, the only way he would ever be off the table could be him getting that extension otherwise he is just on the market.
Not a ton of teams can afford him though, that's the issue, and not like he would go to any team neither, so there are very few teams that can both afford him and convince him at the same time. lets see what's going to happen, maybe one or two premier league teams, Madrid, and as I heard Bayern is getting ready to make an offer as well, its not official yet but seems like they probably won't be able to afford him. It will be a very very exciting summer without a doubt.

If any team is looking to get Mbappé right now in the team, I believe it will be a very wise decision to wait right now. There is no need to pay a huge amount of money for him when he is going to be a free agent after this season if I am not wrong. So it is a better decision to wait for him and try to get him on the team with the temptation of huge celery. If they try to pay the fee for him right now, they will basically be broke and might not even afford the salary, he’s going to ask for.

On the other hand, if Mbappé has even a single brain cell left, you should leave PSG. He should think about making a legacy. Money will always be there for a player like him.
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Yeah the news about Mbappe is official. It is his own words. He doesn't have any intention to go for a contract extension hence his contract is going to expire by next summer. On the other hand PSG have no intention to just release him for free. They would start their attempts about convincing him for even a much bigger contract maybe but I don't think this would change anything. Because PSG have nothing attracting now. They can't even be competitive for a Champions League title.

Yeah maybe Mbappe is making hell of a money there but Real Madrid can easily meet his demands as well. Mbappe must be planning to sign for them already of course and he must be confident about it that he makes a statement like this. There is no doubt Real Madrid wouldn't miss a chance like this.  Grin
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They have just changed coaches, during the league competition and players do not have a fighting mentality whoever coach is brought in will be difficult to reach the UCL champion. Zidane is a good coach, he has the right to refuse. Reportedly Zidane wants to be with France, but it doesn't seem to be in the near future. In addition to Zidane, there are also reports that they are interested in Xabi Alonso, Luis Enrique, and Julian Nagelsmann.
Zidane as a national coach would make the most sense in my opinion, but Didier Deschamps will be the national coach at least until 2026. It is very possible that Zidane takes all the time in the world and refrains from accepting the stress to train a club in the meantime. Making it hard to hire him also is to his advantage because nobody would be surprised if he receives an offer from Saudi Arabia for 200 million or more as a coach. I would really like to know whether Zidane would still decline such an offer or accept it and take them money. Smiley

I believe among all the options that they have Zidane is the best one. But I also believe Zidane is not interested at this moment. He can bring in the fighting mentality among the players very quickly. I am not saying the other coaches are not going to be able to do that. But Zidane will be the best option for that. And other than him right now, Luis Enrique, could be a good option. Xabi Alonso is not very much experienced with managing big clubs. So maybe that is not going to be the right decision.
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I'm not sure if this news has been confirmed but what I know is that PSG also defended Mbappe to stay at PSG. because it will be very bad if Mbappe leaves PSG like there will be no strength anymore after several top players leave PSG.
I can't imagine PSG will be able to do well in the summer if Mbappe does leave PSG but I hope not. because PSG really needs the best players like Mbappe.
I doubt the news, Maybe he likes to leave, but as usual, he will not. Mbappe has been one of the major players in that PSG team. In important games where he does not play, we always see how PSG struggle because that his ability to make quick runs and score with just a touch will be missing in the game. With Messi now out of PSG and Neymar set to leave too, Mbappe knows there will be more responsibility for him. PSG will get new players in the transfer market, that can majorly play with him to win the champions league in PSG, he is not leaving.

I don't think Mbappe has any intention of leaving anytime soon despite all the rumours about him not happy with the club. Mbappe still has more than a year contract with PSG and being one of the most important and respected player I don't think he will just leave the team to another club unless PSG don't want him again which I think the club can do without him right now. The absence of Messi and hopefully Naymer will be felt in the team and if PSG does not replace the players and Mbappe leaves the team, it's going to be bad for them and I doubt if the management of the club will allow that to happen.

The target of PSG will be to get a solid team again next season to fight for the Champions league and Mbappe is already a pillar in the team so letting him to go will be like PSG trying to start all over again to build a new team which means they may not be a major contenders in the French ligue 1 and champions league.
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Breaking news, Mbappè will probably leave PSG this summer.  Shocked

Real Madrid opened the hunting.
It'll be a disaster for Paris Saint Germaine if for anything Kylian Mbappe leaves for the French capital this season.
They've already lost important players like Sergio Ramos, Lionel Messi and Neymar's future is still uncertain. Mbappe is currently the best player in PSG set up and if he happens to leave at the end of the season, PSG will really struggle come next season

I don't think PSG will let him go for free. as quoted by Fabrizio Romano, PSG has no plans to lose Mbappe for free. Sign a new contract now or he could be sold. Previously, Kylian Mbappe had informed PSG of his decision : he will not trigger the option of extending his current contract until 2025, meaning the deal will expire on June 24. well, in case PSG will just let him go, I don't think so. as I said in the first point, PSG has no plans to lose Mbappe for free. that means, they have other plans if Mbappe doesn't want to sign his new contract. in other words, sold. ideally, to make money PSG would do it.

Regarding the Mbappe issue, I don't think PSG will be worried even if he leaves. The thing is, PSG have the finances to sign any player they want. that means, PSG can reform with the new squad. well, it looks like Nagelsmann is suitable to be their new coach.
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