Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 422. (Read 667249 times)

Last season was Xabi Alonso's first full season with Bayer Leverkusen but not his first season with the club because he joined the club in October 2022 which was in the middle of the 2022/23 season. It was in his first full season that he won the German Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal Cup and also guided the club to their first ever UEFA Europa League final of which they lost the eventual winners Atalanta. The constant debate about the future of Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen and if he can be able to help the club retain the German Bundesliga come next season I don think is necessary considering his few years as a top manager.
Next season, Bayer Leverkusen will face a more difficult task because they'll be playing in the UEFA Champions League competition where they'll meet some of the best clubs in Europe so I don't think they'll be able to maintain their performance and consistency of last season. That been said, I strongly believe that they have all it takes to still win the league ahead of Bayern Munich

Manchester United are asking for €40m for Jadon Sancho and this price is quite unattractive for many clubs including Borussia Dortmund and Juventus which seems also interested in bringing him to Italy.
Manchester United don't want him to let him go on loan again but they would rather sell him or as they said sacrifice him with lower amount of money once for all. I don't know if the asked price will make Dortmund make a move or not.

To repeat the unbeaten record is very difficult, but Leverkusen chances of retaining the title next season are still very high. The change of managers carried out by Bayern and Dortmund provides greater opportunities for Xabi fleet, and I don't think Xabi will just throw away this opportunity. Xabi is certainly determined to repeat his impressive season, although it will not be an easy job.

Xabi ambitions with Leverkusen next season can be seen clearly, where almost most of their mainstay players are still at the club, I think this is a signal to Bayern and the other Bundesliga contestants. Kompany and Nuri Sahin actually have the same opportunity to bring their respective teams to success, but their struggle feels harder because they have to go through an adaptation process.

Xabi has received recognition from various circles, he has proven his tactical qualities with Leverkusen, and only a few coaches can do that. Last season many people doubted that Leverkusen would be successful in winning the trophy, but in the end they succeeded. Next season it looks like it will be the same, and maybe Leverkusen will be successful again.

Doubting some one who got a great success in his first attempt is almost a very normal thing and shouldn't be seen as a big deal because it's possible in his second attempt he may do poorly and this isn't new in football as we have seen Case as such severally even with bigger teams  and with coaches who are considered experienced , they do well in their first season, but in the subsequent, they turn out to becoming a different Coach all together such that they can't be trusted enough with their performance.

All this pit together is enough to still doubt Xabi at this point even if he has been able to put up a very brilliant performance in the last season which led to a very tremendous achievement which gave home the commendations across Europe. He will become trusted well enough by football fans especially if in the new season, he's able to produce another brilliant and fantastic results, even if he's not going to replicate the exact same results, but a very close similar yet excellent results will do and then it can be established that he's a top class coach and can be able to achieve more as he grows in his career as a coach.

Most persons including myself, hope that xabi becomes successful in the next season especially as he has decided to still stay back at Leverkusen to coach them in the new season, wishing him all the best is the least we can do from this end as football lovers but he will have to play his part technically and strategically to still attain success again this season. He's a very young and promising coach which I believe has got a very good future ahead in his career and undoubtedly will do well.

That’s quite hard to happen again but they can try and see if it can happen again since they still have their coach with them and the same most important players that made it happen for them last season. They should not look at Bayern Munich’s coach as their weakness and have a feeling or thought that  they won’t prevail with an inexperienced coach or not not too good to do well coach like Kompany. The football atmosphere changes and if they don’t play at their best, like the one that want to repeat same thing of last season and not under looking any team they come across, they can still win the league match. The undefeated run is what will be the most hard to happen if at all they can win the league again.

Conditions at Manchester United that will not be comfortable for Sancho are indeed a difficult condition if forced so it will be very good if he makes the choice to tap stay in Doortmund. But indeed Dortmund's loan for Sancho is only one season and I think it will be very difficult for Manchester United to release Sancho at this time if there is no clause in accordance with the wishes even though his relationship with the coach is still very disturbed for now but forcing him on loan again without the option to make the player permanent then it will be very difficult.

If in the end Sancho wants to stay at Signal Iduna Park then Dormtund must be prepared with an offer for Sancho because I think as long as the price is right then this will not be too difficult.

It is normal if many people doubt another big surprise from Xabi Alonso and Leverkusen because it won't be easy to repeat the same success. If they could be undefeated in Bundesliga last season, it seems hard to happen in the next season. Every team in Bundesliga must already learn the weakness of Leverkusen, they will try to defeat Leverkusen with harder efforts. Even if Leverkusen may still can handle them, but the chance for a lose is higher. However, I still favor Leverkusen to win Bundesliga title because Xabi still stays in Leverkusen and the squad is not so much different from the last season. Let's see if Xabi Alonso can repeat the success in Bundesliga.

Honestly, I personally don't doubt Xabi Alonso's capacity. As we know, Alonso has managed Leverkusen for two seasons. even though he started his career with Leverkusen, Alonso entered in the middle of the season. but he was able to prove it, at that time Leverkusen was in the red zone but Alonso was able to bring his team to finish in sixth place in the Bundesliga. in his second season, Alonso proved his capacity to bring Leverkusen to the top by breaking Bayern Munich's dominance so far. what's unique is that Leverkusen didn't even experience defeat, although sometimes in some matches they actually won because they were lucky. however, this is normal, but overall Leverkusen played very well.

Next season, Alonso will definitely target defending the League title they won previously. with the player material they have, plus maybe some newcomers brought to the BayArena, Leverkusen seems ready to face new competition. apart from that, Alonso will also use the Champions League as a benchmark for his current squad. what is certain is that the Leverkusen players and Xabi Alonso as manager will do their job to the best of their ability. so, the question is, can Alonso and his squad remain consistent like the previous season. this is not a capacity issue, but rather performance consistency. Moreover, both Bayern Munich and their new coach. or several other teams with potential, will be an obstacle for Leverkusen because they both want to be the best in this competition. so, to be sure, there is no other choice but to wait for the Bundesliga to roll out.

Losing only one last match in a final does not mean that he lost his quality as a good coach and good record which he created in Bundesliga. Xabi Alonso is still a good coach and Leverkusen is expecting more from him because he is having more experience in the field from season to season. Leverkusen might still win Bundesliga next season because the team is in a strong form.

I don't see Bayern Munich as winners of the title next season because they have a lot to put together in order to achieve a good result. Kompany needs to study his players and understand their potential before he can make them fit into his game pattern and that will take time. What if Kompany is not capable of adding impact amd improve the club. When you look at it from this side, you will see that it is not an easy task for Kompany.

Most people who keeps doubting the success of Xabi Alonso next season are yet to consider wha he has achieved in his first year as the Bayer Leverkusen manager. One thing he did that is good is that despite playing an unbeaten run in the league none of his players are seriously injured and the team is yet to sell any of the star players which should have affected the performance of the team next season, during the transfer market I believe Xabi Alonso will want to add more good players to his team which will make them stronger.

For sure Bayern Munich will be their biggest rivals next season but just as you said the team experienced some poor performance last season as a result of poor management but now that they have a new manager who will be tasked on reviving the team, I doubt if the team will get back to their best performance so fast so I still think Xabi Alonso and his team Bayer Leverkusen still has the advantage to be ahead of Bayern Munich next season if they should maintain their good form.

@iBaba, You need to know, that the manager of Bayer Leverkusen is Xabi Alonso and not Xavi Alonso.
But indeed, it seems that Bayer Leverkusen failure in the Europa League may be a factor in them doubting Xabi Alonso capacity for next  season. Although indeed, basically I will remain confident that Xabi Alonso is still able to provide the best results for Bayer Leverkusen in the nextseason in the Bundesliga. After all,Bayern Munich also has a coach or manager who is very doubtful about Vincent Kompany and with still needing time to adapt,  then I personally will doubt the quality and chance of Bayern Munich next season. With these factors, then I believe Xabi Alonso will be able to maximize the moment ofcourse to still be able to dominate the Bundesliga next season.

I wonder why it looks like people are doubting the capacity of Xavi Alonso when he has proven that he will make a successful manager in the long run with the way he confidently led the Bayer guys to success. I like men with steeze,  a stlye that Alonso has been able to prove lately. All I can send him is my prayers and Goodwill over a successful outcome by the next season but not to doubt his capacity or see him as an opportunist. He actually worked for the success he got and deserves the accolades.

Bayern Munich have confidence for preparing team to next season after signing some top players, but its can't make Bayern Leverkusen under pressure and loss opportunity for defending their Bundesliga trophy.
Almost 100% current composition keep hold on for next season and Xabi Alonso doesn't take much time to adapt to the composition of still old players. Bayern Leverkusen still favorite team for winning Bundesliga next season indeed Bayern Munich has good progress after some success signing top players.

Dortmund make good progress for next season after success signing Stuttgart top scorer in this season Serhou Guirassy, interested to see will adopt well and scoring many goals for Dortmund next season because have good partner with Niclas Füllkrug as Dortmund top scorer in Bundesliga this season by scoring 12 goals.

Well that's the same feeling I think about this whole Leverkusen shine, I know that it's going to be very hard for them to replicate the same feat they did last season because all the teams will be ready for them and since they have already known the tactics of Leverkusen and they will do everything in their power to stop them achieving the same success.

 I see a lot of doubts about Alonso's success next season, but they kept the team together, didn't let any important players leave, and are also working on new transfers. And don’t forget that Bayer is a well-played team, and Bayern, who obviously could be their main rival for the championship, still have to adapt to a new coach, and maybe this period of adaptation will be enough for Alonso to try to achieve a starting advantage.

I don't think so though, ye has been linked with clubs like Juventus and Barcelona in the last few weeks/days. The problem with his move to Barcelona is that they're not ready to match up with the valuation placed on him by Manchester United. I would love his move to Juventus anyways, because right now, a move to Barcelona wouldn't be possible. They have too many players in that role, so a move to Juventus is more likely to happen than that to Catalians.

Borrussia Dortmund also have not made no formal move for him yet. If they really wanted him, they shouldn't hesitated pushing hard for him.
I don't think the arrival of Serhou Guirassy will stop them from making moves for him. He is too stubborn, all that Erik Ten Hag needs is an apology to be tendered towards him.

All these achievements happened to Leverkusen last season, but it is very unlikely that Leverkusen will repeat this again next season, although it is not impossible for Leverkusen to achieve it again with Xabi Alonso. Moreover, next season Bayer Munich itself will be handled by a new coach who generally will definitely need a little time in terms of adaptation and other things. So Leverkusen could put this to good use again in order to repeat what they achieved last season in the Bundesliga by never losing until the end of the season.

He has proven himself to be a good player at Dortmund, and if United doesn't want him then that's their own problem. However, United is not going to let him go for cheap, they are going to ask for a good amount of money without a doubt. Not saying that it would be impossible for Dortmund to pay up, they may end up buying him anyway because they made so much money from previous transfers so they should have some money.

But at the same time, I feel like we are going to end up with something much bigger and better if they get Sancho back, because they can sell him again in the future if he keeps playing well. All in all, it would be a good decision for Dortmund, they would get someone they can actually use very well in the end.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Football team played very well against FC Kaiserslautern
Football team and we saw that Leverkusen won the match in the end. The match was ended with 1-0 result and Xhaka was top performer of the match and he did goal for the team and he is excellent player and he is youngster in the team and he is good future. He did goal in the 17 minutes of the match.Leverkusen shots were very more in the comparison of 7 shots of FCK football team . The shots on target of team of  Leverkusen was also more and we saw good match . I enjoyed this match and at the club level these teams are good but should polish yourself and if they will not polish we will see the both teams in trouble because there is more competition between teams.

Surprise is the most interesting factor in football so far, as happened in the Bundesliga this season, I think when the Bundesliga starts, of course 99% of football fans will favorite Munich as the favorite team in winning the championship trophy, but the fact is that we actually see how Leverkusen managed to break Bayern Munich dominance so far, the toughness and consistency possessed by Leverkusen was able to destroy the star squad owned by Munich this season, this season we saw a lot of surprises happening in the Bundesliga and of course we hope that these surprises will continue to be present in the Bundesliga next seasons.

Like Leverkusen this season, of course Stuttgart also surprised us with their revival in the Bundesliga and made them able to end the season in the 2nd rank, previously Stuttgart was just a team that was indeed in the bottom flight and even had to fight hard enough to survive the relegation zone but it was quite surprising if they were actually able to compete with Munich and Dortmund which are big teams this season,  Stuttgart slick performance this season cannot be separated from the role of Guirassy who is their top scorer, but next season we will see Guirassy playing for Dortmund, so it is difficult to say if Stuttgart will be able to compete again in the top flight of the Bundesliga next season.