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Manchester City will be the strongest team if they manage to get Mbappe because the quality that Mbappe has will encourage them to become a team that has goal-hungry front players. However, Manchester City efforts to get Mbappe are certainly not easy because Real Madrid will be at the forefront of getting Mbappe. But everything could change if Mbappe is more interested in playing in the Premier League then Manchester City or Liverpool will be his goal.

Seeing Haaland and Mbappe playing on the same team will definitely be a big surprise that we will see. Especially in this transfer, the decision is definitely in Mbappe hands and where he will join is of course a choice he has planned long ago. We'll see if Real Madrid succeeds in getting Mbappe or they will fail again. Well, the Premier League will be quite good for Mbappe because the Premier League is full of tougher challenges to become champion compared to LaLiga.
Manchester City not linked yet they will sign Kylian Mbappe and seems difficult to see both of them will play on the same team,
I think Mbappe had final decision for playing with Real Madrid next season and Liverpool is the only one premier league teams linked want to sign Mbappe and Manchester City seems not interested for him. Actually very difficult to see Mbappe and Haaland playing in the same team because Mbappe won't loss popular under Haaland if playing with Manchester City next season.

Its have been clearly with Kylian Mbapep future will join with Real Madrid next season and both side have reach verbal agreement, just waiting the official announcement and Real Madrid have close with payment salary negotiation where Mbappe will receive payment salary the same amount with Vinicius Jr.
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Chelsea's management and scouting teams aren't as good as they once were and it has been changing a lot since todd sack so many people from the old management. I recall that Chelsea was constantly making effective transfers during the Abramovich era compared to the todd boehly era. That's similar to the city's era this time, but I'd like to remind you that the city violated FFP rules hundreds of times.
It makes no sense to claim that you did not spend a lot of money. I would rather refer to it as efficiency.

This is so, it was clear that at first Boehly did not spare money on new transfers, but Chelsea bought dubious players for huge sums of money. Good teamwork at all levels is important to achieve results. It is obvious that Pochettino will not be able to achieve great results with the players that he has now, he needs reinforcement, and it seems that Todd is ready to buy, and perhaps if Pochettino chooses the players to buy, it will have a better result.
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Well, I don't see Erik Ten Hag knowing how to manage; I just see him making a mess of things and spending money on the players he chooses. Did he spend a lot of money in the transfer window and what are the team's current results? Erik ten Hag should still give up hope of reaching the Top 4 this season because MU is far behind Aston Villa and Tottenham. With only 1 point against Brentford, MU is 8 and 11 points behind Spurs and Aston Villa, respectively. Obviously, MU played very badly. This is a common image of the Red Devils throughout this season. They played erratically, lacked stability and often let their opponents pressure them.

I feel like MU is no different from a mid-range team. Summer 2024, MU needs a strong reform. At that time, it was unlikely that Erik ten Hag could keep his position as head coach.
Erik Ten Hag has spent a lot of money in the transfer window at the beginning of the season, he brought in players according to his wishes but the performance of the Manchester United team is not better than last season, that already indicates that Erik Ten Hag has failed miserably so I think Manchester United management does not need to entrust him Erik Ten Hag again spends money to buy new players, the results will probably be the same.

Manchester United will have to make a major overhaul of their squad if they want to be a top team again competing for the title and I think Erik Ten Hag should be sacked.
In the current context, MU will almost have nothing in this 2023/24 season, with a place in the Top 5 Premier League too far away. In the FA Cup, both Chelsea and Man City have appeared in the semi-finals. It will not be easy for Ten Hag and his students to think about that title with their current performances. Currently, Ten Hag will only have a contract with MU until 2025. Ten Hag's position will be threatened if MU cannot win tickets to attend the Champions League next season. I believe that new Owner Jim Ratcliffe does not believe Erik Ten Hag is the right person to lead MU into a new era. The reason for a season of nothing would be too reasonable to fire Ten Hag. Who will be a suitable replacement?
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Newcastle still needs to improve the squad instead of letting some of its best players leave at the end of the season. Alexander Isak is one of the important players in Newcastle's squad this season, so they need to keep him instead of selling him. It is true that it is difficult for Newcastle players to hope for a title, but it is not impossible for this team to follow in the footsteps of Manchester City because of its good financial strength.

This season Newcastle's performance is very different compared to last season, even though they have improved their squad. Of course player injuries have had a significant impact on the team's performance, but that should not be the main reason why they have dropped so much so far.

Newcastle are currently one of the richest European teams but they still can't build a strong squad. This is due to not being a successful team of course. It isn't easy to convince the best players to sign for you just because of you are rich. Maybe Newcastle would stand more chance about such transfers if they have one of the best managers in the world.

However it doesn't seem likely to happen either.  Sad  They can still make this squad stronger than now to play bigger though. Besides their main problem this season has been injuries. They have had so many injured players for a long time which pulled them down a lot in the league.
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Newcastle still needs to improve the squad instead of letting some of its best players leave at the end of the season. Alexander Isak is one of the important players in Newcastle's squad this season, so they need to keep him instead of selling him. It is true that it is difficult for Newcastle players to hope for a title, but it is not impossible for this team to follow in the footsteps of Manchester City because of its good financial strength.

This season Newcastle's performance is very different compared to last season, even though they have improved their squad. Of course player injuries have had a significant impact on the team's performance, but that should not be the main reason why they have dropped so much so far.
Newcastle United decline in performance, their strength have reduced to minimum, they're settling for lesser results and having zero voltage to withstand the stats of elite teams. The magpies boss, Eddie Howe was the promised change for Newcastle but more ugly incident have happen. This season is entirely different for Newcastle United, they've been struggling to win matches from day one and they didn't horribly in the UEFA Champions League this season. Newcastle United is an average team despite the uprising stars they're in possession of.
This season Newcastle performed much worse than last season and they were really very disappointing in the Premier League and UCL matches, last season Newcastle were still able to finish the competition in the top 4 and get UCL ticket.
But this season, Newcastle is only in the top 8 in the remaining matches, which only has few matches remaining, in fact Newcastle can perform well again, but they have to focus on the UCL matches and that makes their performance decline.
If look at all the players they have, it is clear that Newcastle does not have star who can truly perform dominantly, this is one mistake they must correct next season.

There are reports that several names are being linked with Newcastle and this is an option that might bring change if it can actually be brought in in the next transfer market.
Newcastle will get new performance with several players being brought in, Newcastle next season must be able to show their best performance again to get the place they deserve.
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When teams get better, they end up usually trying to buy their success, and that seems to be the trouble that both Newcastle and Chelsea are both having at the moment. I believe that they shouldn't have done this and they should be considering the fact that they are not going to get success by throwing money at players.
It's difficult to accept the reality that happened to the chelsea, but Chelsea's performance has deteriorated since last season after the new owner was acquiring chelsea, despite spending half a billion dollars. Chelsea appears to have serious problems in comparison to Newcastle caused by newcaslte was able performing better than before. Chelsea was not making the best use of its money and it can be seen from how so many 100m players being flops. The stupid Boehly expected to make tons of money by investing in Youngstar, but things aren't going as planned. Chelsea's a flop, my friend and it will never back like what it used to be. It cannot even purchase the players properly, just like when Chelsea bought so many garbage players who could not even properly do finishing. There was no player with a good shot, and the majority of these players performed poorly. Throwing money is good, and I can tell you that the majority of the most successful teams were throwing a lot of money and if you are comparing it with the teams who spent less money, im sure you will see very big gap.
The only thing to consider is whether or not the team used this money properly. It means that Chelsea is unable to manage its own finances.

The best way to go on right now would be just focusing on what they could do with what they have and not really go any further. I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just trying to build a team infrastructure that would be better. Look at City, while they did buy many players, they did not spend as much as some of the other teams and did so much better, that's how you should be.
Chelsea's management and scouting teams aren't as good as they once were and it has been changing a lot since todd sack so many people from the old management. I recall that Chelsea was constantly making effective transfers during the Abramovich era compared to the todd boehly era. That's similar to the city's era this time, but I'd like to remind you that the city violated FFP rules hundreds of times.
It makes no sense to claim that you did not spend a lot of money. I would rather refer to it as efficiency.
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I believe that this will be Luka Modric's final season with Real Madrid. I haven't seen Real Madrid allow many older players to stay longer than Modric, and part of the reason for this is his physical makeup and longevity. I also think that Real Madrid will want him to leave if mbape decides to join the team. Despite Vinicius's refusal to give Mbappe a number 7 shirt when he wants to join Real Madrid, they should have given him the number 10 clothes to wear in order to resolve the issue rather than selecting a different number that might cause confusion.
Modric is a hero of Real Madrid, so the privilege given to him is understandable. Besides, Real's force is quite thin, and having Modrid in the squad helps them have more backup plans. The number 7 shirt definitely still belongs to Vinicius, the number 10 is already waiting for Mbappe. Modric will leave this summer, coinciding with Mbappe's arrival if this deal is successful.

I think the possible withdrawal of Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea is not because they can't afford 130 million euros, but I think it's too risky to buy a young player at such a high price and even when he has only been two seasons in the Premier League, even when we look at his current market value which does not exceed 75 million euros so indeed the price pegged by Newcastle is really beyond logic at the moment,  With 130 million euros of course Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea will be able to get 2 other players who may be better than Isaak at the moment, besides that reportedly Arsenal and Chelsea are fighting for one more Swedish talent namely Viktor Gyokeres who is still better than Isak, I think even the price pegged by Sporting is not higher than Newcastle for their talented young attacker.
I also think like you, it is not wise to spend a large amount of money just to own a young player who is still in the stage of asserting his talent. The salary fund as well as financial fairness laws will cause them to consider a lot. Newcastle is too confident in their players, while they are forced to sell to balance their budget. Obviously Newcastle is in a passive position, and I'm sure Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea are not foolish enough to negotiate at this sky-high price.
The team that wants Isak the most is probably Arsenal when their fans recently flocked to the Emirates Stadium gate to express their desire for Arsenal to recruit Isak this summer. Besides, Arsenal once wanted to recruit Isak when he was still playing for Sociedad. And recently, Arsenal still put Isak on their potential transfer list.
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When teams get better, they end up usually trying to buy their success, and that seems to be the trouble that both Newcastle and Chelsea are both having at the moment. I believe that they shouldn't have done this and they should be considering the fact that they are not going to get success by throwing money at players.

The best way to go on right now would be just focusing on what they could do with what they have and not really go any further. I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just trying to build a team infrastructure that would be better. Look at City, while they did buy many players, they did not spend as much as some of the other teams and did so much better, that's how you should be.
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Newcastle still needs to improve the squad instead of letting some of its best players leave at the end of the season. Alexander Isak is one of the important players in Newcastle's squad this season, so they need to keep him instead of selling him. It is true that it is difficult for Newcastle players to hope for a title, but it is not impossible for this team to follow in the footsteps of Manchester City because of its good financial strength.

This season Newcastle's performance is very different compared to last season, even though they have improved their squad. Of course player injuries have had a significant impact on the team's performance, but that should not be the main reason why they have dropped so much so far.
Newcastle United decline in performance, their strength have reduced to minimum, they're settling for lesser results and having zero voltage to withstand the stats of elite teams. The magpies boss, Eddie Howe was the promised change for Newcastle but more ugly incident have happen. This season is entirely different for Newcastle United, they've been struggling to win matches from day one and they didn't horribly in the UEFA Champions League this season. Newcastle United is an average team despite the uprising stars they're in possession of.
It is time for Newcastle to fire its coach. He is no longer capable of handling the club and howe is not having a very good vision to make the club becomes even bigger. Howe's lack of experience makes him unsuitable to continue managing this club and anyone can see what's his achievement with newcastle, that's only qualified for UCL then failed at the group stage. Newcastle requires someone who is fully experienced in football and won so many trophies especially this coach must have ability to build the club from the bottom. Someone like Jose Mourinho can help a club build a very good squad with an unlimited budget like this time. We have seen how good when he was managing roma, he gave it trophy as well as when he was also coaching manchester united. It proves mourinho is really worth to be a new coach for newcastle. 

I'm getting frustrated with how howe as a coach's actions haven't improved the clubs' performance. It's very frustrating AF to see how Howe did nothing in a club that paid him a lot. I would prefer that Newcastle be led by a world-class coach.
There have been several names available in the market, including Mourinho. I would like to see Mourinho join Newcastle, which will tighten the competition for the upcoming season. What the hell is wrong with Newcastle? This club made a mistake by hiring a terrible coach.
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AC Milan has a nice squad so it wouldn't be a bad decision if Antonio Conte decides to move to the club and mere watching at the play nature of AC Milan, I believe that Antonio Conte can do very well over there. Rumors or no rumors, it is believed that even if Antonio Conte didn't succeed to move to AC Milan, clubs like Arsenal, Bayern Munich are still very important teams he can move into so there is no doubt that Antonio Conte can perform very well wherever he finds himself.

Yeah, I have pictured them winning the Champions League Competition already up in my head with Antonio Conte. ( Little fantasies of mine though )
With Olivier Giroud leaving, they would be exploring the market, Maybe Romelu Lukaku? Because they've both worked together and and had a huge successfull season together.

Antonio Conte has a good understanding of the Seria A Competition and I'm sure he'll do just fine as expected. Though, I feel like he's got his big eyes on the Bayern Munich job. He would definitely successfully win the next Bundesliga League Competition and also the Champions League Competition.

Coaches who have failed before in the Champions League finals always go ahead to win in another club. A good example was Thomas Tuchel who failed to win with Paris Saint Germans and went ahead to win with Chelsea. Many more falls under this case scenario though.
I honestly feel like since he took Juventus to the finals against Barcelona, he hasn't done well in the Champions League.  Let's hope for what's to come anyways.
Right now, as we are heading for the end of this season now things are taking good changes and many new updates are coming Antonio Conte which was without any job after having exit from the Tottenham is now in limelight for the job with AC Milan even this is currently not officially but still few reports are clearly saying both parties are already in talk which is surely good for the AC Milan which is now having good squad and things are clearly going for their improved performance in coming season, so this is going to be good move for the Antonio Conte because he can turn things into good for the AC Milan which is going to lose Olivier Giroud as he is leaving for the MLS after end of this season, and they will also be going for few quality players which will bring quality and consistency for the title.
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Newcastle still needs to improve the squad instead of letting some of its best players leave at the end of the season. Alexander Isak is one of the important players in Newcastle's squad this season, so they need to keep him instead of selling him. It is true that it is difficult for Newcastle players to hope for a title, but it is not impossible for this team to follow in the footsteps of Manchester City because of its good financial strength.

This season Newcastle's performance is very different compared to last season, even though they have improved their squad. Of course player injuries have had a significant impact on the team's performance, but that should not be the main reason why they have dropped so much so far.
Newcastle United decline in performance, their strength have reduced to minimum, they're settling for lesser results and having zero voltage to withstand the stats of elite teams. The magpies boss, Eddie Howe was the promised change for Newcastle but more ugly incident have happen. This season is entirely different for Newcastle United, they've been struggling to win matches from day one and they didn't horribly in the UEFA Champions League this season. Newcastle United is an average team despite the uprising stars they're in possession of.
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What's actually wrong with these Seria A top clubs this season? They're finding it challenging too win matches and this have flew beyond the capability of some of these coaches, more referring to Napoli new coach, Francesco Calzona, though he's trying but he needs improvement if he wants Napoli president. Also looking at one of the important faces in football, Antonio Conte is one of the prominent coach we have in the space and having watch how he risen elite clubs, I think he cam manage any club in the world of European football. Conte is no newbie in the system, I'm pretty sure one of these elite teams will surely need his services.
There would be no doubt we are having problems at the top of the Serie A as their mostly teams are losing consistency and things are going the worst day by day which is surely needs to be fixed as soon as possible in recent times we have too many wired results which are creating feud about their quality and performance even few are suffering due to finances after Covid-19 they are having problems which are preventing them from having better results at the top level.

Napoli and Juventus are clearly having not good time with Napoli as the defending champions are currently facing problems and Juventus which is having only one target recently they are also suffering badly and having no better results hopefully we will have improvement in near future with few teams are improving and doing good job which is positive sign even still it's going to take time, but surely we will have all on good level.
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Newcastle still needs to improve the squad instead of letting some of its best players leave at the end of the season. Alexander Isak is one of the important players in Newcastle's squad this season, so they need to keep him instead of selling him. It is true that it is difficult for Newcastle players to hope for a title, but it is not impossible for this team to follow in the footsteps of Manchester City because of its good financial strength.

This season Newcastle's performance is very different compared to last season, even though they have improved their squad. Of course player injuries have had a significant impact on the team's performance, but that should not be the main reason why they have dropped so much so far.

Newcastle need to let players leave not because they willingly want to but because they need the money and also clear the wage load from this quality players. Last season Newcastle Qualified for the champions league which the bonuses received from the group stage matches were used to cover for the profit that should be meet in accordance to how you spend (mostly wages impact this). But next season without something like European football, it will be hard to make same profit like this year and the amount spend on this current players wages will be higher than the net profit earn which will lead them to been sanctioned like they did to Everton. So in other to avoid such clubs usually lower down there wages and by selling quality players they get more money to also cover for the profit to be made. That’s why clubs result in selling off their important players sometimes
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Xavi's story with Barcelona may not be over, from what we understand from Spanish sources, Barcelona themselves are trying to change the coach's mind to stay another year.

For this reason there are rumors that Barcelona are trying to sign Haaland, the player should have a release clause that can be activated in the summer for around 120-130 million euros.
These mentioned players served important purposes to their various clubs. Barcelona have always been on the top trends this season, mostly for horrible news due to the imbalance of the club currently. Barcelona have been in heavy debts since day one and the president, Joan Laporta have been here to render his supports and also surf the measurable strategies to implement. Xavi Hernandez have passion for the club and he will do the basic steps to be able to hold harder for crucial positioning.
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Gossip: Toffees midfielder Onana will cost £60m
Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c7233l0l07go

Everton Midfielder Amadou Onana is actually being pursued by a lot of clubs. He is young, at 22 years of age he is creating a lot of buzz. West Ham United, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea are interested in him as far as I know.

At first, I thought people were talking about Ten Hag's Onana the goalkeeper, but then I double checked and it was not about the goalkeeper lol Cheesy
I am actually a little surprised to see clubs being interested in a defensive midfielder. Because unless the player is really good, teams are not interested in a defensive midfielder nowadays. Because it doesn't go with the fast pace of the football nowadays. I guess the player is really good to be pursued by so many clubs at one time. He has to be, right?

No! What's the difference between Scott MC Tominay and Onana? Manchester United should go for the best don't mean they will b settling for a cheaper option.

He had been great no doubts, but for a much longer term performance, Manchester United should stick to getting that lad from Benfica football club.
As much as they want to bring in new players, tjru shouldn't forget to focus has n backing the head coach Erik Ten Hag otherwise, they'd be facing same issues as Chelsea next season.
Manchester United has really been a bad side over the years, they better step up next season to get back all they have lost in the Premier League after all these years.
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Considering the style of football Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland plays, it's absolutely possible for both players to feature in one team because unlike Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe can perfectly play in the positions but Haaland is only good as a top 9 striker. Manchester City without doubt will do anything within their strength to make sure they bring Kylian Mbappe to the club if the chance ever comes but I don't think such thing is going to happen because Real Madrid have reportedly completed over 85% contract deals that'll see the French national team captain join them in the summer. Mbappe also wants to join Real Madrid in the summer and that's why I don't give too much attention to rumours that suggests that Kylian Mbappe might just join another club that's not Real Madrid when he leaves his current club Paris Saint Germaine
Manchester City will be the strongest team if they manage to get Mbappe because the quality that Mbappe has will encourage them to become a team that has goal-hungry front players. However, Manchester City efforts to get Mbappe are certainly not easy because Real Madrid will be at the forefront of getting Mbappe. But everything could change if Mbappe is more interested in playing in the Premier League then Manchester City or Liverpool will be his goal.

Seeing Haaland and Mbappe playing on the same team will definitely be a big surprise that we will see. Especially in this transfer, the decision is definitely in Mbappe hands and where he will join is of course a choice he has planned long ago. We'll see if Real Madrid succeeds in getting Mbappe or they will fail again. Well, the Premier League will be quite good for Mbappe because the Premier League is full of tougher challenges to become champion compared to LaLiga.
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Gossip: Toffees midfielder Onana will cost £60m
Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c7233l0l07go

Everton Midfielder Amadou Onana is actually being pursued by a lot of clubs. He is young, at 22 years of age he is creating a lot of buzz. West Ham United, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea are interested in him as far as I know.

At first, I thought people were talking about Ten Hag's Onana the goalkeeper, but then I double checked and it was not about the goalkeeper lol Cheesy
I am actually a little surprised to see clubs being interested in a defensive midfielder. Because unless the player is really good, teams are not interested in a defensive midfielder nowadays. Because it doesn't go with the fast pace of the football nowadays. I guess the player is really good to be pursued by so many clubs at one time. He has to be, right?
Apparently Ten Hag was focusing to find young player for next season and about Amadou Onana rumour apparently Manchester United is really serious want him this because next summer they will attempts to make a bid for this player and why Manchester United is really want Amadou Onana this because they look for the replacement of Casemiro who possibly will leave Manchester United and moved to Saudi Arabia teams and Ten Hag feel Amadou Onana will be suitable as the replacement of Casemiro which Amadou Onana too can be played as holding midfielder

Moreover Amadou Onana already know the atmosphere of Premier League so Ten Hag feel if Amadou Onana moved to Manchester United then he can adapt quickly with this team and apparently this transfer will be possibly to happend because since several season ago we all know Everton has facing financial issues and next summer they will thinking to sell some players including Amadou Onana to balanced their financial and Amadou Onana is not the only player from Everton who into Manchester United radar because previously there was a rumour Manchester United will attempts to bought Jarrad Branthwaite
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It is true that when a club sets such a high price for a player, it actually says that this player is not for sale, but if a buyer is found for such a high price and they will be able to make an appropriate replacement, for this money. On the other hand, I constantly see how prices for players are constantly rising, if earlier it was a wonder to hear the amount of 100 million, now it has become the norm for almost any top club.
The price tag 100 million is not a big money nowadays in football and it all started after the transfer of Paul Pogba to Manchester United every one now started to value their players who are performing excellently well and have been in top form at such high prices and now it have even become a norms and every youngster that shows potentials with just little talent and experience are valued 100 million nowadays.

This has bring about players being bought and performing less than expectations because they were over hyped and over priced. Nowadays it is easier to see a 100 million player end up as a flop and it is even becoming the norms this days.
I am agreed about this all with now it's not problem having 100 Million price tag for any player even now I have feeling in near future things could be taken good change, and we will be having significant improve in price and new records will be also set as well as we have Saudi League things were looking good, but now they are changing their strategy which is good, but surely we will have good rise in prices for the few players because now clubs are coming out of the Covid problems, and they are having better finances which are important for them.
In coming transfer window we will be able to have the good number of high price players because few clubs are looking for the improvement in their quality, and they are also having targeted players which are currently at their high prices, and they could be approached for them.
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Personally, I think he will be redundant at Manchester City as the team is well-stocked and doesn't need another striker like Mbappe when they have Haalande. If both players are competing for the golden ball and are unlikely to stand competition with each other playing in the same team, it could have a negative impact on the team as a whole. But it's fair to say that it would be a great duo

The distribution of their roles within the team would be pretty clear though. Haaland is a center forward and nothing else. He could never play a different position and he doesn't have any special talent to play anywhere else other than in the center. But Mbappe is more versatile. He could play as a left winger for sure and he could get several degrees of freedom for his game. I would put him as a semi-winger /  semi-center forward player if I had Haaland and Mbappe available at the same time. But I agree with you that for Mbappe it would be better to go to Real Madrid and have his position in the center saved.
Considering the style of football Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland plays, it's absolutely possible for both players to feature in one team because unlike Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe can perfectly play in the positions but Haaland is only good as a top 9 striker. Manchester City without doubt will do anything within their strength to make sure they bring Kylian Mbappe to the club if the chance ever comes but I don't think such thing is going to happen because Real Madrid have reportedly completed over 85% contract deals that'll see the French national team captain join them in the summer. Mbappe also wants to join Real Madrid in the summer and that's why I don't give too much attention to rumours that suggests that Kylian Mbappe might just join another club that's not Real Madrid when he leaves his current club Paris Saint Germaine

Again, I don't know whether this can really be a goal for Manchester City to sign Mbappe, but if they want to, I think the solution would be to use Mbappe as probably the most dangerous winger next to Vinicius Junior that is out there at the moment.
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It is true that when a club sets such a high price for a player, it actually says that this player is not for sale, but if a buyer is found for such a high price and they will be able to make an appropriate replacement, for this money. On the other hand, I constantly see how prices for players are constantly rising, if earlier it was a wonder to hear the amount of 100 million, now it has become the norm for almost any top club.
The price tag 100 million is not a big money nowadays in football and it all started after the transfer of Paul Pogba to Manchester United every one now started to value their players who are performing excellently well and have been in top form at such high prices and now it have even become a norms and every youngster that shows potentials with just little talent and experience are valued 100 million nowadays.

This has bring about players being bought and performing less than expectations because they were over hyped and over priced. Nowadays it is easier to see a 100 million player end up as a flop and it is even becoming the norms this days.
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