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 United's team are generally in  a mess, their players aren't cooperative and coordinating adding to the fact that they're trying to make essential a signing that had this shaky performance. Hojlund has not really imparted United as he ought to as a signed striker. He's failed in doing his job the right way maybe as a result of his poor ability to perform and as well as disagreements and discordination in the team.

 Rashford is one player that was actually doing well in previous seasons and he's had huge contributions and impacts to the United squad and he was practically fans favorite and a threat to teams too. But this season hasn't been quite good for him, his playing style changed and he's literally had the worst season. The fans are not encouraged by his performances and they've not been shy to express their disappointment and disgust at him. I don't know and can't tell the source of the problem but he's just got an extra work to do on himself.

 He's a striker but has not played as a striker. Hojlund the second striker brought in to assist me has quite had a more favourable play in the UCL than in the EPL but he's also got to improve. The UCL games were shaky for them so he's also got to keep making wave and this time he has to find a way to improve his play and convery goals for himself and the team.

 It just seems as though the entire team is in a black out situation right now and it isn't good. They'll be up against Chelsea in a few days and I hope to see the outcome of their game and see all the players out in their best. Safe to say that the both teams are in thesame category so they'd both have same playing tempo, maybe even end up in a draw too.

His age and physical condition no longer support him playing at Real Madrid because Ancelotti has been using more young players to help his team. Modric does have good skills as a midfielder, but his physical ability is no longer capable of playing fully, making Ancelotti have to try to provide opportunities for young players. Modric has helped Real Madrid a lot in winning the title and his name will always be remembered as a Real Madrid legend.

Now there is no certainty regarding his future, whether he will retire or play for another club. Still, if he has no intention of retiring then going to the Saudi Arabian league is a good decision because there are many European players who have played there before.

It's too much, his market value only 50 Million Euros, if Benfica ask for 102 Million Euros, it means they will able to earn double than the fair value. There are still many good defensive midfielders out there, age isn't the only reason to sign a player, better to sign matured players from top teams.

Both Manchester United and Liverpool can't afford to spend that much, while Chelsea already spent too much in the last season. Probably he will go to PSG lol, any player with crazy fees is mostly will be signed by PSG.

Modric is indeed a great player. His body is not as good as the players in Europe, but he has advantages in handling the ball and with accurate passes.
Modric really understands the game requested by Ancelotti. he has played for Madrid for quite a long time. and his departure will still make his name great in the eyes of fans.
Now he is 38 years old, he plays for Madrid and the Croatian national team. I think he will definitely choose to give a young player to replace him. If he retired now, Modric would also have to be proud of his achievements throughout the history of his professional career.

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1774756885851165067

Previously, Joao Neves was rumored to be close to several big EPL teams in the summer, but it seems that the competition will be much more heated after Liverpool will join in signing this player from Portugal. Manchester United, Chelsea and most recently Liverpool will be elbowing each other in order to obtain the services of this 19 year old player and his contribution to the game is clearly very good when playing for Benfica and Portugal this season.

But the transfer is likely to experience difficulties because Joao Neves has a release clause of 102 million euros and for a young player I think this is too expensive. But if it's for Chelsea, it doesn't seem like they will mind because we know they always shop for players without looking at transfer fees. On the other hand, for Manchester United or Liverpool I think they will consider taking this player from Benfica because the cost is too big. The last time Liverpool bought a player from Benfica was when they signed Darwin Nunez in 2022 at a cost of around 85 million euros.

In your opinion, is Joao Neves worth that amount of money? and who is likely to get the contract?

Well, that's right, usually a midfielder has the instinct to be able to read the game better from other positions, that doesn't mean that players in other positions are not good, but I mean when a midfielder usually they have to organize the game and that is an advantage for them, especially Modric is a box to box type midfielder, in my opinion it is worth trying.

When Ancelotti makes an offer like that, it means he also has an instinct that Modric can develop his abilities as a coach. and we also see a lot of new trainers appearing because of recommendations from trainers who have handled them. In my opinion, apart from Modric, Kross also has great potential to become a coach in the future. But now he is still actively playing and we don't know how long he will play. He also has a football academy, and I think that shows that Kross is interested in becoming a coach, but we'll see, especially now that he's still actively playing.

https://www.90min.com/posts/neymar-already-eyeing-up-exit-from-saudi-arabia-after-only-five-games-report
According to the report, if Neymar returns to his old club, he will likely play and retire in Brazil. I don't want to see the expensive players recruited by the Saudi Pro League will leave the league again but it seems like that there will none can prevent neymar to leave soon. It has proven that Saudi Arabia's strategy of purchasing so many expensive players was completely incorrect in this case.

It is also destroying the reputation of the Saudi Professional League. IMO, Neymar would never consider the Saudi Pro League as a good place to play. He was unable to adapt to Saudi culture, and it was finally time for Saudi to face the consequences of spending so much money without even conducting an audit to determine whether its plan had a good chance of success or would become another flop. Neymar will go to Brazil, and no one can stop him. It is only a matter of time before Saudi Arabia's plans to buy a large number of expensive players are reversed. The primary goal is to be one of the candidates for the World Cup.

There is no reason for the Saudi Professional League to extend its contract again. SPL once fought against losing its dream. Neymar will leave the SPL, leaving only Ronaldo and a few European players. They may return to the European competition in the future.

Modric leaving wont hurt Real Madrid. Their team is too strong. He's a great player. Though faint, it will leave a mark. Talent loss always has repercussions.

Those Ancelotti rumors may be true. Its possible Modric has a natural coaching instinct. Many top midfielders do. He reads the game like no one else, which is invaluable for a coach.

See what happens. Retirement? Another team? Folks, Im unaware. I know that until his contract expires, he's Real Madrid, and they'll want to keep him. Wait and see what they decide.

Anthony Martial need not more playing time at United anymore because considering his impact to the club since his signing in 2015 is nothing to show for rather than always being benched due to series of injury and even in the matches he was featured, he doesn't put in more efforts for his team.

How can he get more playing time when he is always involved in injury most of the time and nothing kills a players career to always having injuries and doesn't appear in most matches.

Talking about joining a club where he can get more playing time is still the same way at United, because this is literally a player that falls to injury easily or isn't it a player that is fit that would be given more playing time? To the best of my knowledge, Martial has already killed his career at united so whether he stays or move in to try at other clubs wouldn't change anything.

Obviously, there is no point in renewing the contract with a 38-year-old football player, perhaps it will be posible if he wants to play another season in the team, but you are right, the competition in such a team is too high, and it will be more difficult for him in the next years. Any decision will be good for him, if he goes to Saudi Arabia, he will be able to earn very good money, if he stays to work in Real Madrid, he will stay with his favorite club, which is perhaps even better.

Continuing his career in the Saudi pro league if he does get an offer and still wants to play is a good choice not because the salary is bigger but he might still get a place in the starting XI at the club even though he is no longer young.
But of course it is not easy to move to SPL because there are many things that have to be adjusted, including the weather because the weather in Europe and Saudi Arabia is very different which might make him not very comfortable.

But for some reason I see him as a player who really loves Real Madrid, so if there really isn't a contract extension, maybe there will be, considering that Real Madrid has extended Toni Kroos' contract for another season, so there's an opportunity for Modric to become the coaching staff it could be his decision later.

Well, this is also what I think, compared to thinking about the front line, I think they should pay more attention to the back line, yes, although looking at both is definitely better. However, for now, the position that they have to really pay attention to, in my opinion, is that the back line is still far from consistent. They just need to make some small changes in the front line I think the results will be better, but when looking at the back line, they have more work than other positions.
Erik Ten Hag will most likely stay with Manchester United next season, because until now I have not heard anything that threatens Erik Ten Hag's position by management, although not all Manchester United supporters expect Erik Ten Hag to be their coach.

They don't need to change their striker. You got me wrong. Hojlund will stay of course. I'm talking about Martial. I believe it is the best for Manchester United to part ways with him while he can't make a good level of contribution to the team due to various seasons. If he was a more consistent player he would be really useful now.

If Erik ten Hag stays as the manager for the Red Devils next season as well then I hope he can make the needed transfers for specific positions to get stronger before new season. They need to improve in defense and offense lines both considering the statistics. 

Rasmus Højlund is the best striker that Manchester United has but in my opinion this player is just ordinary and not very active in scoring goals. I think recruiting a new striker to replace Rasmus Højlund is not a problem because in my opinion this player is just ordinary, maybe injury is a factor. affecting him so that he has not been able to perform optimally. Replacing him with a more productive striker could make Manchester United stronger in attack, unlike this season.

In my opinion, Joshua Zirkzee is a better striker than Rasmus Højlund if Manchester United wants to buy him from Bologna. I'm also happy because Manchester United is making a change in players so that next season they can perform better. Relying on the current players doesn't seem to be completely expected because of their performance Manchester United this season has not been completely consistent so Manchester United must do something for next season.

But Manchester United don't just think about recruiting a striker, they also have to think about improving their back line because it's useless if they have a good front line but Manchester United's back line is still bad so Manchester United often concede goals like this season they conceded a lot of goals so they haven't creates a goal difference between the goals he creates and the goals conceded.

Kroos isn't even that old, he can still play for next 4 years if we compare to Modric's ages.

Well it's really bold statement that Real Madrid didn't allow Modric to play in his national team, I don't think Modric will accept that because he never absent to play in his national team since 2006. Even Modric was grow from Real Madrid and Real Madrid is one of biggest football team, when it comes to nationally, it's a different case...

His departure will not have a serious impact on Real Madrid, but still his loss will be felt considering he is a player who has had a big impact on Real Madrid's game, so even though it is small, I think the influence will still be there.
Regarding his future, it is possible that the rumors were true when Ancelotti made Modric an offer to be on the coaching staff because I think he also has the talent to become a coach. With his advantage in the midfield, usually players like that have a good chance of becoming a coach. And Modric also has good abilities in reading the game, that will be a big asset for him to become a coach.
But I haven't heard anything about whether he will stay, retire, or go to another team. What is clear is that before his contract actually expires he will be seen with Real Madrid and I think it is possible that he will be extended again. But let's see what Real Madrid will do with this player.

Previously we have heard Toni Kroos has received a new contract offer for 1 year from Madrid, but somehow Modric actually did not get the same offer at this time, despite their old age but still Kroos and Modric are a midfielder duo who are quite strong and creative so far in Madrid, but indeed the loyalty of the two players does not always get a good reception from the club as is the case with Modric now.

Reportedly Madrid wants to extend Modric's contract for another 1 season, but on the condition that he must retire from the Croatian national team at this time, Madrid reason is because with his current age will certainly make him vulnerable to injury and fatigue when playing for the team, besides that Modric also rejected the offer to become a coaching staff and prefers to continue playing football even in Saudi Arabia or America.
I think with Belingham, Valverde, Ceballos, Camavinga, Tchouameni in the middle of the middle maybe Modric is no longer needed by Madrid at this time as a player, besides that reportedly Madrid is also eyeing Nicolo Barella from Intermilan to be plotted as a replacement for Modric, currently there are several clubs that want to sign Modric namely Arab club AL Hillal and also MLS club Inter Miami and I think at his age who is currently playing in competitions that are not competitive is solution for him.

Well, that could happen considering that Raphinha is player with fairly high selling price and this agreement with another team could make Barcelona get big profits to improve the team finances.
I also think that in the future there will definitely be drama like the one previously experienced by de Jong, but the problem that previously occurred created lot of negative feedback from everyone including Barcelona fans and also created heated discussion among football fans.
It just that Barcelona has the right to do anything to all its players and problems that might arise later are also problems that might affect other players and the team performance.
Team administrators, coaches and others, have to consider many things when making decisions because if problem like what previously happened with de Jong happened again with Raphinha, then clearly that would not be very good.

They should sell if players like Marcus Rashford ( He's shown no passion while playing for the club lately. ) Can he go take a look at how Luiz Diaz displays for Liverpool? He seems to have forget when to pass, track back, defend and also make two touch with the ball, him hanging on the ball for too long six to seven touches makes it he'll boring.

Harry Maguire, Christian Eriksen, Scott MC Tominay, Jonny Evans,  Sancho, Pelistri and I also feel same way about Antony because they have nothing to offer Manchester United in the long run.

Erik Ten Hag is not a bad coach but he will learn the hard way for being stubborn, he should start playing Marcus Rashford from the bench so he doesn't gets or feel too important. Barcelona should make no mistakes, they should cash out big from the sale of Robert Lewandoski and Raphina.

Raphinha journey in Barcelona is not easy and last season when first time to play with Barcelona Raphinha was difficult to adapt with this team and he even have to lost to compete with Ousmane Dembele to gets 1 place on Barcelona starting lineup but after Ousmane Dembele sell to PSG Xavi too still didn't fully trust Raphinha because Xavi was more prefer to playing Lamine Yamal on his position and this makes Barcelona have been thinking to sell him this summer and that's why since last summer there was a rumour that Barcelona are going to sell Raphinha because this player hasn't too usefull moreover Barcelona probably will gets huge money from this transfer because some of Premier League teams and also Saudi Arabian teams are showing their interest to him but Raphinha was refuse to sell and he says he want to stayed for much longer in Barcelona although there is no guarantee for him to playing regularly for each matches especially Barcelona will have new manager next season so his situation in this team can became an uncertain