Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1951. (Read 525651 times)

Indeed.
Benzema is Real Madrid's last strength, I mean, after Benzema left Real Madrid, this club really hasn't found a player at least of his class who can strengthen the team and perform brilliantly in various matches. Because Real Madrid's target is not only in La Liga but also the Champions League (UCL) ). Mbappe is his hope now to restore Real Madrid to glory.

Indeed, it's not Real Madrid's type to stick around, but they definitely want more, more than last season so they can win the title. And the UCL is the ultimate goal.

Barcelona has proven that their strength is still strong enough when they face Real Madrid, even the presence of new players certainly makes Barcelona stronger for next season. There are many rumors circulating on social media where it is predicted that Xavi will be able to become a coach who will follow in the footsteps of Pep Guardiola success in building Barcelona triumph in his coaching era. Xavi can prove that praise if he succeeds in bringing Barcelona to win the UCL trophy.

So, if you see the gap left by Dembele, of course it will be a new job for Xavi to find new players to fill that gap. Bernardo Silva and several other players were targeted by Xavi to strengthen the gap left by Dembele. I think barcelona will again sign a star player for that position.

I think this could be a good option actually.
Cancelo is a player who has enough potential, it's just that at Manchester City and Bayern he doesn't seem to be used too much even though his performance when given the opportunity is quite good.
On the other hand this could be a very good option especially when Alba leaves then Cancelo could be a decent cover for Balde and could even compete for the main place in the squad.
Cancelo's advantage over Balde is speed as Cancelo can be a good runner on the flanks so I don't think it's for nothing that Xavi wanted to bring Cancelo to Camp Nou.

I really don’t understand how Barcelona can actually go for Cancello. I had heard the news before. But the only thing I was thinking when I heard about this was, what might Barcelona be selling this time to get him! I remember Barcelona selling TV rights only a few months ago to get new players. I think if Barcelona can sell a player for good money, they should be saving a little. But at the same time, there comes a question of them being able to successfully defend the title as well. They are the La Liga champions after all. So they cannot adjust behave cheaply and not spend anything. But they should spend if they can afford to spend.

I agree, after this player is gone, they need to fill his void. As far as I know, they will have a budget of 50 million after this sale. I know that they did not say how much of this budget they will use with the transfer they will make. But we are sure that Barcelona must make a transfer. Otherwise they will have a hard time next year

No, it shouldn't be theoretically but objectively.
Why is that, of course you can look at the list of players they have next season and find their statistics and performance. We know that not all Barcelona players have good performance, but they have a great main squad and are also ready to compete with other La Liga teams next season.

Xavi may soon lose one of his best wingers if PSG manage to reach an agreement with Dembele. But Barcelona still has Raphinha who was also one of Xavi's mainstay wingers last season, but next season I think Ansu Fati or Ferran Torres will get more minutes to play. Dembele has talk his desire to leave for Xavi, but I don't think Xavi will mind too much of that even though Dembele is still expected to stay. Barcelona is basically ready to compete next season even though this team has financial constraints.

With the presence of dangerous frontlines, Vinicius Júnior, Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz, they're 100% ready for the new season. Real Madrid is an elite club that functions mostly on the basis of its ratings and spectacular performance. The players have prior expertise and are capable of managing challenging circumstances under pressure. The 4-3-3 formation will undoubtedly assist players improve their game; after all, the club pattern is versatile, permitting them to play in any position. Carlo Ancelotti may utilize whatever formation he wants as long as it results in solid winning results.

Yes, it is possible, but something that we are question this time is his performance that some people think is not optimal. And regarding options, it's not a big problem if Ancelotti apply a 4-3-3 formation in the future. Because in some matches coach Ancelotti has seen use Rodrygo as a center forward when playing with a 4-3-3 while the wing positions are occupied by Vinícius and Federico Valverde (he is trusted as a wing in certain situations)

Barcelona are reported to be going for Joao Cancelo transfer after Dembele joins PSG officially. But I wonder whether they will only sign Cancelo in this case. Because Cancelo's asking price will most probably around Dembele's transfer fee. After that I don't know how much more they can spend to make another signing.

Because I guess that Xavi wouldn't just make do with Dembele's departure. They should be signing another decent winger into his place. Maybe not a permanent option but loan option could be preferred. They can bring a winger without spending too much money but let's see how much Xavi is keen on about this.

As long as Florentino Perez remains President of Real Madrid, the seemingly impossible can happen. I have no doubts about Perez strategy in lobbying his target players to join Los Blancos, even if it's Mbappae. But what's interesting right now is that his ambition to recruit Mbappe will backfire for the Madrid squad. My point is that it is possible that the PSG management will tempt Madrid players to leave with them as a form of revenge for Perez strategy.

Various rumors surfaced, most recently it was reported that Perez would resign from the post of President of Madrid. However, this issue was immediately denied by Real Madrid, is this part of PSG resistance? I don't know exactly either.

The forward position is a much-discussed job for Real Madrid at the moment. And it's like we're doubting their current signings, but that's not what we mean, but when we haven't seen them yet then doubts are understandable.
The transfer window is still open, and it's not impossible that they'll surprise us and bring in a player they've been eyeing. The transfer tussle is still going on, and there's always a final move that kicks the table and maybe a record is broken, we'll see.
It's things like this that I actually always look forward to, because it's like a party at the end of the transfer window.

I genuinely have no idea if there are some behind-the-scenes discussions going on about the main striker of Real Madrid or not. Because Real Madrid seriously need a genuine striker. I still have no idea if the Mbappé situation has actually progressed for Real Madrid. They are not even going after Harry Kane. I genuinely thought that they might go for Victor Osimhen. But that did not happen as well.

Joselu is not going to be enough. I don’t know what they are thinking. Of course, if they are just aiming for the La Liga title, they probably do not need a new and improved striker. But if they are aiming for the Champions League title, they really should get a very good striker.

It is true that Real Madrid really needs the right figure to replace Benzema, but for now there is no sign whatsoever regarding the striker who will be recruited in the remaining time of the transfer market. So far there has been no official offer from Real Madrid management to any club to get a striker, if you expect Mbappe with a free transfer status it is very unlikely.

Even if Mbappe goes to Madrid on a free transfer, it will happen in the 2024-2025 season. This means that for the 2023-2034 season, Madrid must be prepared for all possibilities. It could be that Madrid will end the season without any trophies because they don't have the right striker to replace Benzema role next season.

When talking about chances, we actually still don't know Real Madrid performance in new season. Maybe they have small chances as you say but maybe not, because Real Madrid can make surprise anyway. But yeah Real Madrid lacks a centre forward at there now is only Joselu, reportedly if Mbappe can't join with Real Madrid then they will sign Dusan Vlahovic, if this rumours are true so then there are two players in that position of centre forward. And maybe their chance to win La Liga will open up.

Real Madrid will definitely need a suitable replacement for Benzema if they want to be La Liga champions next season. Without a suitable replacement for Benzema, Real Madrid's chances of winning La Liga are very low. Because Barcelona are in very good form. Xavi is trying to strengthen his team this season. On the other hand, the Real Madrid team has become weaker after losing Benzema. Despite having talented players like Vini, Rodrygo and Joselu in the squad, Real Madrid need a stronger attack if they want to stay in the title race with Barcelona. Barcelona will probably dominate La Liga next season if Mbappe is not included in the squad.

Depends on the situation really, where you are looking at the player changes. If you look at it as a fan you may say "he is a good striker he should stay" but if you look at it from owners perspective that's a lot of money to reject to and as a team owner you have to think about the teams future as well.

I believe that they are going to do just that and I think they are going to end up with a lot of money to replace him and also get some other players as well. This is why I believe that we should be considering this as a good deal. I hope that we could end up with something that is better for next season if they do this deal, or maybe not but they have to keep trying this in order to grow the team and try to be better.

Theoretically Barcelona should be better than last season, now they have added to their ammo by bringing in newcomers. also, there are several players on their radar as the transfer window nears its end. most likely, if Xavi chooses to bring in Joao Cancelo to strengthen their line of defense with the money from selling Dembele. the departure of Dembele in this window, will surely cost this team the loss of one of their great players. but because Barcelona still has a replacement, so they made the decision to let him go. what Xavi needs to do is, concoct a formula for his team's squad for next season. some newcomers, they should be able to adapt quickly. because after all, they are established players. thus, Barcelona still has a chance to defend the league trophy.

While for madrid, this team has the strongest rivals in La Liga. unfortunately, their pre-season matches weren't that great even though they didn't really have much of an impact when the league competition started. at least Ancelotti knows very well what he is doing, in fact he only did experiments in pre-season matches for his squad. maybe, in the real fight, Don Carlo will start with his flagship pattern scheme. thus, the game will continue to stay on track. and hopefully, Joselu can play a role as a goal getter when the competition starts. so, you can be sure that these two teams will continue to compete for the league championship trophy.

If Real Madrid does not bring in a striker to replace Benzema this season, I think Barcelona will crush them again like last time. Real Madrid has revealed a gap when missing the number 9 striker. Joselu is just a temporary solution for the club. With this gap in attack, I believe Kane or Mbappe can fill it. Real Madrid seems to be waiting to buy a cheap star, undecided which striker to target.
As for Lewandowski, stay in shape. Next season promises titles for him when Real Madrid has not exploded any more blockbusters in attack.

Im sure barcelona made some significant improvements. Madrid was losing in the previous match against barcelona. This result is far better compared with last season. Barcelona needs to reach UCL level. some great players already bought by the club but i think that the thing that's gonna make it differ compared with last season shall be on the winger. barcelona had dembele last season which has been contributing a lot but it's gonna be different next season as barcelona has no dembele. Playing without dembele gonna make a lot of impact on the winger of barcelona.

Let's see who's gonna be a replacement for dembele. As far as i know that if barcelona is still having raphinha but i can't expect him to play as good as dembele last season.

Will barcelona have different performance to play without dembele? I wonder how xavi gonna try to solve that problem.