Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 3225. (Read 774913 times)

Manchester City have strengthened their team by signing midfielder Kovacic from Chelsea. The player has a 29 million euros transfer fee and his market value is 38 million euros.
Kovacic managed to play 37 games for Chelsea last season, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists in total.
I think they bought him to replace Ilkay Gundogan because Ilkay left City and transferred to Barcelona.Kovacic, who is a younger player, is a better choice than Ilkay in terms of age, but it is not known whether he will be able to adapt to City.

We all know that every coach has a different strategy and regardless of Pochettino's experience as Spurs coach, maybe he wants to do a major overhaul and has a desire to bring in new players who want to be added to the Chelsea first team as well as to let players who are not needed out of the main squad. , It's clear that Pochettino has a tough task to fix Chelsea, which slumped last season, so he really has to completely overhaul the main squad at Chelsea.

Of course it is difficult to target Chelsea to win the league next season because of a position that does not allow for that and it takes time to adapt to Chelsea players in the main squad, at least Pochettino can raise Chelsea from a slump and bring Chelsea to qualify for the top 4 next season. already good enough, I will be happy to see Chelsea's development in the next season.

What I think is that the best of all the coaches should be happy, because Chelsea is a team to be at the top and not have been as bad as they did right now in all competitions, and it is also to be assumed that when you have a squad so expensive, that a coach has made the team great is something that cannot be understood, I don't know if now the coaches are used to not having players with such quality in a team, or if so they should ask advice from big teams like Madrid, which has always been one of the best teams to choose its coaches well, what if it's Pochetino? Well I hope Chelsea doesn't look too big for him.


Well yes, I am not detracting from what Pochetino can do, and what he can contribute to a team like Chelsea, but with respect to the amount of money that this team manages, he should have a large amount just so that he can have it as a team willing to be spent on another coach with more hierarchy, why not a Zidane? If they have such good players, why not go for him? knocking on the door is not entering, Zidane is one of the technical directors who has given the most good results, he was at Real Madrid and won the League, UCL, what more could you ask for? so why not aim there? Chelsea have the money for it.

A well-made investment in a team is not only its players, here we have a clear example of having a tremendous team and they can't do much, so what's the use of having great players if no coach has been able to direct them properly? You have to look for the best.

Mauricio Pochettino starts life at Chelsea swept up in winds of change




Source: https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mauricio-pochettino-starts-life-at-chelsea-swept-up-in-winds-of-change/a869773087.html

I do not know to what extent it is good that things turn out like this with Pochetino, there have been many bad spells for this team and the truth is that it is not known why, for me it is leadership, that a technical director has not had to put this team together give your 100% to everything, as far as I'm Concerned , I would not hesitate to make the most important investment that I know will bear fruit, I would go look for Zidane, to look for Mou , to look for Pep Guardiola , whoever he is from that style offering him a lot of money so that he can direct and make Chelsea win.

A lot of things happen in the football world, and we learn new things on a daily basis. Perhaps it wasn't Pochettino's fault all along; ever since he was fired, no coach who followed after him has been unable to win a title for Tottenham Hotspur. We shouldn't jump to conclusions just yet, but Mauricio Pochettino's tenure at Tottenham Hotspur is good news for Spurs fans, despite the club failing to win a single trophy. Winning trophies was a major issue for Spurs, so I never blamed Pochettino; rather, looking at the brighter new side, Chelsea will develop into one of the most potent clubs in the English Premier League, it's all just a matter of time.

MU has been spending almost a half from its total budger for mount. The rest may be for onana. The problem is if manchester united still needs more player especially in attacking line. MU will not have proper striker next season if money will be used to buy onana from intermilan as onana has very expensive release clause at this moment.
Remember how bad the performance from weghorst last season. MU can't rely on him again.


Yeah i knew that too. The only problem de gea has been making so many blunders. that can also become one of main reason why MU has been cutting his salary in the new contract. It's making de gea feel dissatisfied with it.
Let's see what Manchester United will do soon. MU needs GK and a new striker.

Harry Kane has done a lot for Tottenham over the years. I don't think he owes the team anything, and I don't think the team has any reason not to let him go. This Kane issue is comparable to Mason Mount's at Chelsea. It will be impossible for any team to pay $100 million for Kane, especially when they are aware that his contract is due to expire and he will be available as a free agent next season, so why don't Tottenham accept the price of any team interested? Tottenham should just agree to any price and not take the chance of making money off of Harry Kane, since I'm confident they will get more than $50 million for him.

I think it could happen if he really wants to leave Europe. Moreover, related to salary issues that made him reluctant to accept the offer of a contract extension at Manchester United. I think the offer from Al Nassr is still not official and the news is still confusing on social media. De gea still hasn't thought about the team in the future because next week he will get married and that's what made him not think about the team first for his next career.

But if he joins Al Nassr then he will be reunited with Ronaldo again and as we know the finances of the Suadi Arab League team are very large for sure they will offer a fantastic salary for De Gea so want accept their offer.

The De Gea conundrum at Manchester United is a bit funny lol. MUFC Cannot afford a GK and a Striker (they will break FFP rules) without selling couple of players. Also, the MUFC owners and the coach Ten Hag are at a standstill. De Gea is not in the squad because his contract has not been renewed (it expired yesterday.)

Pochettino has only coached one English side prior to now, and that is Spurs, and i don't know if Spurs are in the category of a 'top club', they don't wn trophies, neither did they win when Pochettino was manager. Having said that, i am a huge fan of Pochettino's style of football, and that's because he plays an offensive and attracting game, under him Chelsea will definitely play better than they did last season, but i don't think he stands any chance to win a trophy next season.

It's better for him to go to the al nassr. Axel tuanzeba was also leaving manchester united as his contract already expired. MU has no good goal keeper right now.
Buying onana seems a bit difficult for manchester united caused by MU has no time anymore to talk with intermilan. Intermilan wants MU to send its bid as soon as possible.


That's good to reunite with ronaldo. Even though ronal was not so long played in united for second time but he has been able giving a lot of tropies for MU in the past.
I really support him to go to the al nassr instead of being jobless. He will able to receive huge salary without being taxed.

Simply De Gea didn't want to accept any cut in his salary and there was a disagreement between him and the team. Otherwise there was no reason for De Gea not to extend for a couple of more years. Because his performance was still at an impressive level. Manchester United must also be confident to replace him with a solid goalkeeper that they don't seem very sad.

Onana is indeed their priority now. He still has 4 more years on his contract though. His market value isn't much but I assume Inter wouldn't be very keen on selling him right away for a cheap price. But Manchester United are a rich team so they would be ready to sign him by paying some more money.

I think Onana deal will be sealed in few days to come obviously the chances of DeGea retaining his first position at Man Utd is slim if Man Utd eventually signed Onana because one of his attribute is in his ability to use both feet with the ball as well as pressing the ball with the defenders which DeGea lack, experience goalkeepers are expected to use the ball very well and start their attack right from goalkeeping area, though DeGea had so far proven to be a very brilliant goalkeeper, however with the   high standard and quality in the league Man Utd is trying to improve on that area on their squad which their arch rival Man City had an edge over them with regards to Ederson who is a all round brilliant goalkeeper.

I believe I some news about David De Gea being offered a new contract with wages reduction and he has supposedly signed it before leaving for the summer holidays, I can't remember the source of the news, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case, I don't think any big club in Europe would be making any move on getting De Gea even as a free agent and offer him anywhere near what he was earning at Man Utd 375k per week, as a 32 year old GK, especially now that coaches are prioritizing goalkeepers that are good with their feet and can help the team player out from the back conveniently.

Man Utd is keeping De Gea pending simply because they are hoping they can seal the deal on Onana from Inter. If it isn't successful, they might recall him back to the squad. De Gea has had a good run with Man Utd. I personally believe it's time for him to set sights somewhere else - probably in a different league other than Premier League and see the rest of his career there. Even Man Utd fans especially the ones I know personally wanted him gone 2-3 seasons ago.

I don't feel sorry for Kane because it doesn't seem like he really wants to leave Tottenham. If he actually wanted to leave he wouldn't have signed a new deal when Manchester City was interested in him. Even if Tottenham refused to sell, if he actually wanted to leave he could have just seen out that contract, but instead he signed another long-term contract that kept him at the club till now.

There was a time when Kane for 100 million euros would have been a perfect price but right now, not so much. Kane is still very good, among the best strikers in the world right now, and has a lot that his peers lack, but paying 100 million for a 29-year-old player that has a year left in his contract is not a very good investment.
He may come to your club and after 3 years of top form begins to depreciate. On the other hand, he might come and give you 5 years of top football. It's a gamble, a gamble I would be willing to take for a player like Kane.

The only reason Maguire lasted so long is because Erik Ten Hag likes him, despite the protests and call outs on social media by United fans for Maguire to be transferred, Ten Hag still insists on playing him. I don’t understand why Manchester United are still deliberating on what to do with De Gea, I also read that the FA rules will be a hindrance in their bid to make Onana the second signing of the summer as they claim the transfer fee is too much, I just wonder how true this news is.

Manchester United must move quickly to secure the services of a goalkeeper who is included in the list, because if not, it is possible that they will be overtake again by another club like Kim who is currently getting closer to Bayern. Indeed, Bayern worked very hard to overtake the Red Devils in transfer market, they moved quickly to secure Kim. Too bad, though Kim was already a target for Manchester United before. But I think is most likely Ten Hag can got André Onana services, because right now Inter Milan also needs money to bring in several players.

They are looking for a replacement after the departure of De Gea. I think it would be nice if Manchester United took a more harmonious approach with de Gea so that he would sign a new contract at the same time Manchester United also brought in another goalkeeper. Many regret that De Gea left Manchester United because he is the most qualified goalkeeper after Edwin van der Sar. However, this month de Gea status is no longer a Manchester United player because he is already a free transfer player. I think he will get a lot of offers from European league teams be it from the EPL or teams outside the EPL. Indeed Andre Onana is the best goalkeeper Inter Milan has and Manchester United plan to bring him in might be more appropriate if they fail to convince De Gea to return to Manchester United.

I hope the new deal that are coming to Chelsea are worth it and his decision on selling the previous men are rely worth the move he made, I don't have any observations about his ability but his record and experience is a great concern but perhaps the board director were willing to let that aspect slide for the moment. However, letting go and selling half the squad of a team is a thing to be priorize and look over again, he should have only sell when  Chelsea potential bid are coming, not like he doesn't have any budget to buy, as they coming in and selling out, balancing the sheet is wouldn't be a hard job to do but what do I know, he is the man for the job but I can see a history of any English trophy in his resume, I just hope this moves should be worth it in the end.

In this case I agree because indeed he is not suitable to be called an amateur because indeed he has been at a big club like Tottenham or PSG. but on the other hand we also know that Potter or maybe even Conte is also not an amateur but can be said to be a flop at Chelsea so in this case I'm not going to look down on Pochettino but I don't want to have too high expectations either for this coach because of course it can disappointed me even more.
All that needs to be done now is to wait and see until the end how the line-up will be a fix for him going through next season.

To get back into the top 4 must come with tough obstacles, I think because of course we know the current movement is not only Chelsea, who really want to try to be better, but several other big clubs like Liverpool who have failed this season to penetrate the top 4. They certainly want the same thing. The same.
To be honest for Chelsea it will be very good that they bounce back quickly but for me as long as they return to a decent position on the table at least below the top 8 it is very good when compared to this season we know how messy their performance is.