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I don’t think you have read my post correctly. I clearly said that even before Erik Ten Hag came, the newly signed-in form players were losing their forms.

Yeah, Andre Onana has the most clean sheet so what?
He did get dropped from being the first-choice goalkeeper of his national team, didn't he?
Do you know who played instead of him? Fabrice Ondoa, who is currently playing in a club in the third tier of French Football.

They are not even the top team in that league, actually one of the bottom teams in that league. Fabrice Ondoa is not even the main goalkeeper of that team for your information. I don’t mean to demean Fabrice Ondoa, but getting benched by a player who plays in that league is quite a shame and tells a lot about the quality the player had. So there is no question about Andre Onana losing his form after joining Manchester United. And I believe the true quality of a Goalkeeper can be shown in the big matches and when defenses are weakened because that's when he is the most vulnerable.

Tell me a name of a trophy or a big achievement that Erik Ten Hag has achieved with Manchester United? 
Sure, Erik Ten Hag might get another chance next season because I believe he deserves another chance but I would not be too sure about if the owner thinks the same. And even if he gets another chance, that is not because he performed well but because he might turn things around.

Yeah, Ajax can only groom only small players but cannot keep them for long. That is the sign of a small club. They are not as big as other big clubs such as Manchester United or Real Madrid or Barcelona for example. Sure, they have a good history of being one of the biggest clubs in Europe and the world. But time has changed, and not many people count them as a big club anymore. Erik Ten Hag also has bad blood with other players as well. Many players can’t shine under him.

I think Ronaldo himself felt the pains as a result of the mistakes he made by returning to his former club Manchester United, whatever love he had for the club and whoever advised him to accept to comeback to United did not do well because the guy almost ended his football career with his return to the club. The offer was made for him at Manchester City which would have been more profitable and easier for him because the City team was balanced with lots of good players whom are willing to give him the right passes while he scores the goals because he was no longer the fast player that he was but still his goal scoring abilities were not affected because returning to United he was the highest goal scorer of the team. City coach Pep would have made good use of Ronaldo because he's job would have been to get the goals that will help the team to win matches and trophies but Ronaldo must have listened to his former manager Sir Alex Ferguson before accepting to return to United.

Obviously it doesn't make sense if a team is willing to waste a lot of money to be able to recruit Lamine Yamal. He is indeed a talented player but he will have to show greater abilities in the next few seasons and will he be able to do it. Some of Barcelona new players stole attention, but when they left for other teams they lost their best qualities. Lamine Yamal is still quite young and he needs a lot of experience and a strong mentality to maintain the quality he has, therefore I think no team will want to buy him for 200 million.

If Lamine is compared to Messi, it will definitely cause a lot of laughter because Lamine Yamal has not succeeded in showing brilliant achievements for the team he plays for. For this reason, if Lamine wants to become a striker who is respected by his opponents, he must be able to be the top scorer for the next two seasons and that has become the main point for big teams in assessing the quality he has.

That was a huge mistake for me. There was nothing to be achieved at Manchester United, the club was already shaky at that point as they were yet to recover from the departure of Alex Ferguson. A reasonable deal for Ronaldo would have been to sign for Manchester City. I bet he would still be playing in the EPL if he had moved to City. Pep is not a manager that is afraid of the greatness of a player, and would have built the team around Ronaldo just as he has done with Haaland.

AC Milan is about to make a wise decision and sell an effective and important player for money.
We know earning money from putting the players for sale is the part of the plan for every team and they try to earn some money from the players they don't actually need. But this time it seems AC Milan wants to sell Mike Maignan the goalkeeper of the team.
It seems he got good offers from some teams to make AC Milan earn some money.
AC Milan did the same thing with Sandro Tonali in the last summer and transferred this player to Newcastle.

I feel like interposing here because I think it is wrong to compare Tottenham to Real Madrid. I understand you didn't exactly intend to compare these two clubs, but you mentioned them in a certain context that implies it didn't make sense for Harry Kane to leave Tottenham because he didn't win titles there and most likely didn't win titles at Bayern Munich by the end of the season either. But I think this is not how it works and how a player makes his decisions. It is about the prospects. Playing for Tottenham means to never win a title is almost guaranteed, but playing for Bayern Munich gives a player a realistic chance to achieve something and they are still in the Champions League, so nothing's lost yet.

Mbappe will leave PSG and as far as I understand this is public knowledge by now, isn't it? Correct me if I am wrong, but the news that Mbappe let PSG know he is not going to extend his contract are true. Mbappe just denies any statement regarding Real Madrid specifically, but I think it is safe to assume that he will not be playing for PSG at the beginning of next season.

But going through the options that are at least somewhat realistic for Mbappe, Real Madrid is pretty much the answer. I admit that the discussion has made me tired as well, but this time I think Mbappe made his decision and will go there. There have been several comments from people in charge of La Liga saying that Mbappe will increase the value of the league as a whole and such. There was a lot of talk and no comments from Florentino Pérez that Mbappe deceived Real Madrid or whatever was the tone back when they were close to signing a contract.

This is fuckin bullshit, my friend. Laporta did it again by creating another sensational news to get the public's attention. Laporta obviously losing his sense about how he priced Yamal more than Mbappe and Messi, who have also owned many trophies and have lots of experience. I know that if Laporta tries to introduce his player to the public as a potential one, this sounds like Laporta is the stupid old guy who often spreads fake news.

The Father of fake news. I would rather believe the news from a kid than from him. It's clear that he was lying. That is the stupidest statement from the club owner. There is no doubt that Barcelona suffers never-ending financial problems.

The club hired a clown to be the president of Barcelona. Laporta was a liar. Someone, please send him back to the high school. LOL

Life is not always that easy in football. Were were here last season when Tottenham was been dramatic with Kane performance, he had the highest goal for that club, yet not a single Premier League title for him and then people wanted him to.leabe which he did and went to Bayern Munich but what has change since he went there? They aren't even the team leading in their domestic league, so please let's take a break with this Mbape and Real Madrid unity, they will do well but it's good if we all reduce our expectations to avoid disappointment later.


Real Madrid has a string reputation, that's the trend they have been keeping and they know their way out bringing stubborn teams that keep them on that track. If having some strong feelings that even now that all eyes are on Mbape, they might be having some new players on track especially center back and possibly another full time goal keeper as Courtois has sustain another Acl injury.

some news in this boring break for the national teams.

Mbappe will not announce anything regarding his future as long as there is a possibility that Real Madrid and PSG could meet during the cup.
Juventus is interested in Mason Greenwood, who is currently on loan. the price should be low as the player only has one year left on his contract with Manchester.

Rodrygo have already established himself as a regular starter at Real Madrid and considering how impactful he's been at the team for the last two seasons, I don't think the club manager would want to bench him for another player even if the club signs more forward players. The only thing I think will make Carlo Ancelotti want to bench Rodrygo is of the Brazilian starts to underperform at the club. Real Madrid don't even need to sign more than one forward player for Rodrygo to know that his position at the club as a right winger is been contested by by few other players who are capable of unsitting him as a regular starter if he start to underperform.
Brahim Diaz have shown that he can perfectly play in that position and Arder Guler who just returned to injury and was close to scoring a goal from more than 45 yards out can also play in that position. So I think Rodrygo already knows about the competition at the club and I'm sure he's going to continue to play well for the club

Of course that's bullshit. Who is Lamine Yamal? To be honest, he's certainly not a bad footballer, but I've seen so little of him so far and someone is supposed to pay 200 million for him? That's a 100% lie, because Barca would sell him without thinking twice for 200 million. Even a Messi today wouldn't be worth that much as a newcomer at that age (assuming Messi is an unknown 16-year-old player).

Yes but I said if Real Madrid is going to add another offensive player of the highest calibre possible, I think if they get to a point where they had to make a decision against one of the three players in their offense line, it would most likely be Rodrygo. They would never look for a replacement for Vinicius Junior and they would never look for a replacement for Mbappe. But if I had to put them into an order from strongest to less strong, I think it is Mbappe > Vinicius Junior > Rodrygo. This doesn't mean they will do that and yes Rodrygo is an excellent player, but if they get the chance to sign a guy like Salah in his mid 20s, then Rodrygo would have to fear to end up on the bench. He is playing very well though at the moment, but Real Madrid is always observing alternative players.

Barcelona will fly to good position, their  performance was declined this season. Xavi Hernandez and his squad is gradually picking up to be topping the table but there's essential threat for them, that's where Real Madrid comes in the picture. Los Blancos will not surrender because they're also aiming for the title. Carlo Ancelotti will not ruined his formidable strategies already set this season, alot of things will go run if Real Madrid doesn't sit at the top until end of the season.

Barcelona will always bring their best players to the front line; they are potential replacements for these elderly players, and we are aware of the team's new development. The president and head coach are determined to transform the team into a young squad. Yamal Lamine was offered a hefty amount, but Barcelona turned it down. Why? Lamine is a very skilled player for Barcelona, and the club's president, Joan Laporta, has prevented every conceivable move for the Spaniard, so he's staying at Barcelona and completing his aspirations of becoming a professional footballer.

When talking about Madrid all these possibilities can still happen because after all, with the power of money they have and wanting better results in every season they run its not a difficult thing to make them change or overhaul in Madrid, including for players and coaches.
In terms of contracts Ancelotti is still quite comfortable but when Perez wants to make a breakthrough by looking for a new coach when the worst possibility of Madrid losing the Champions League and it is considered a failure then all possibilities including replacing Ancelotti are still very possible to happen.

I actually hope they are still in the current condition even though it is currently uncertain whether they will qualify or not in the Champions League but Ancelotti's performance is still quite striking and he still deserves to be in Madrid.

Why Rodrygo must be on the bench? It will be a serious mistake to put him on the bench, he is an important player for Real Madrid. I only see 2 wingers that can be put as the main attackers, they are Vinicious and Rodrygo. If Real Madrid succeeds to sign Mbappe, it will be complete with Mbappe as the Center Forward. In the formation of 4-3-3, we will have Vinicius-Mbappe-Rodrygo. I think this will be a great combination of Real Madrid attackers.

Dude, Rodrygo isn't functioned as a striker (center forward). His main position is a right winger. If Mbappe joins Real Madrid, Ancelotti will use the main formation of Real Madrid with 2 wingers and 1 striker in the attacking line. Vinicius will be the left winger, Rodrygo is in the right winger, and Mbappe is in the striker position (CF).

The possibility of Jose Mourinho returning to AS Roma is very small, because De Rossi has made the club develop for the better now. AS Roma management looks like they will make De Rossi status permanent next season, this opportunity is very open. Jose Muorinho can continue his managerial career at another club, I think he will get a new club next season. Returning to the Premier League might be an option, it is not impossible that he will return to Stamford Bridge again.

I call this as a bull

If a club offered a youngster 200m, there is no reason to not even take it. Any club would say yes and thats a fact that no other could would deny. Why would a club even reject this offer though, this is going to be a huge transfer record and everyone knows that Barcelona need all the money that they could get their hands on so this is pretty much bullshit for sure

Maybe the Rome adventure was the wrong thing, but Jose Mourinho is still a coach who has a lot of experience and strategies to transfer to Football, I mean, think about it, we are talking about a coach who has won three major European cups. It is said that Jose Mourinho will return to Rome again. I don't know if it will happen, maybe if they can to agree along again.

Jose Mourinho himself stated that he would continue his career even if he was not in Rome, and that is how it should be.

That's the point I was trying to make and you understood correctly, yes. They are pursuing excellence and they have no other choice but to do so. If they were to allow a coach falling behind in the La Liga table with a dozen losses in a season, it would damage their reputation and their overall standing in the business.

When Zinedine Zidane left the club last time, I can't remember whether they sacked him internally and didn't make it public news or whether he decided to leave the club. Anyway, there was some beef going on afterwards and you can see that nobody is untouchable. It doesn't matter whether you are Zidane or somebody else, once the results go south you are going to get into trouble there. 

I agree, it makes no sense for them to change the coach, especially Anceloti is unlikely to want to leave, I think he likes coaching Real Madrid, he has achieved a lot with them, the players are developing under his leadership. In fact, the management at the time would not change Zidane as well, he wanted it himself, because he felt insecurity on the part of the management, although it is strange. As we can see, Real Madrid leave only at will, leaving behind a lot of trophies