Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 1157. (Read 141749 times)

Real Madrid are preeminent contender for the UEFA Champions League this new season. It would be a tough fight for the trophy, because Los Blancos will not relent in their performance towards reaching crucial stages in the elite tournament. Real Madrid losing most of their important players this season, playing without Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois and the Eder Militao who got picked an injury in last night game against Athletic Bilbao. Carlo Ancelotti making plans to sign Arrizabalaga Kepa on loan deal from Chelsea, and looking to strengthening the attacking line this season.

That's why Al Khelaïfi doesn't want to give Mbappe to Real Madrid because they know a player Mbappe is a great investment for any team and he can play in the team for years while if he joins Real Madrid he can definitely make this team stronger and if we imagine Real Madrid playing against PSG in Champions League one day, this can be own goal if they let him join Real Madrid. That's one reason for them to keep this player under pressure to extend his contract.

I think so. Missing benzema was a crucial part that happened with madrid in summer. The only problem that is still remain exist for madrid was on the goalkeeper and striker positions. I saw that if everything was fine, especially for midfielder.
Madrid concentrated too much on the midfielder position. Madrid won 2-0 against bilbao and bellingham was writing his name on the board after scoring 1 goal against bilbao. The performance of the central striker is not so good till now.

Rodrygo is the only one who can build a good attack together with vini. Ancellotti prefers him rather than joselu. Since madrid does't have a good central striker and ancelotti was changing its scheme.
Madrid needs to do some improvements  on its attacking line like buy a good central striker. I was disappointed with Joselu's performance.

Trophy Ucl Most likely it will be a big dream that Harry Kane has with Bayern Munich this season. Harry Kane only needs to maintain his fitness to be able to appear more impressive with Bayern Munich in the Champions League this season. Because if he experiences something we don't want, for example, an injury will definitely hamper his career with Bayern Munich.

In this season it will be difficult to predict who will win the ucl trophy because other big teams are getting stronger this season such as Real madrid and Manchester City. So Bayern Munich must get rid of them first before we say they are the strongest candidates to win the UCL trophy this season. However, the presence of Harry Kane in the depths of the Bayern Munich squad has had a pretty good impact on them this season.

Hey there!
Which Champions league?
The one that Manchester City is the defending champions?
The one that Manchester City is contesting?
Who will lead Harry to the finals, Tuchel?
Thomas Tuchel is a big joke, Bayern will soon regret why they sack Nagelsmann.
Tuchel just got luck with Chelsea to win the Champions League.
Such lucks doesn't come every season.
Tuchel has nothing special to offer Bayern, if he had, he wouldn't have allowed Mane leave.

Sources say that PSG wrote another letter to Mbappe's address where they argue (great harm to the club if this happens) in favor of him not leaving as a free agent. To be honest, I don't understand why then PSG won't lower the price to an adequate one and sell Mbappe to Real Madrid, but it is clear that these movements show that we will see some kind of solution to the situation. And it seems to me that the most logical thing is the transfer of Mbapee to Real before September 1st.


Yes, other players can (and by the way, even more average ones can), but we all want to see epic confrontations with epic "signs" like Real with Mbappe vs City with Haaland. Was there anything epic last year? I don't think so. The title of the City was as dull as a simple trip to the store for bread (and for various reasons, other buyers either did not need bread or did not have money for it).

Man , I have a feeling that Kane might lift UCL trophy with Bayern and that would be kinda awesome for him after all the suffering he had with Spurs when it comes to trophies or international performance. Also , at the first look of new Bayern team , even if they lost today against Leipzig , they do have a strong team that can win UCL this year.  

This is not the first time Harry Kane is playing in the champions league tournament, he played there before when he was in Tottenham and there was a time they even played final against Liverpool, which gave them a chance to take the trophy after a long time. Harry Kane joining Bayern Munich now makes the team more complete and seen as a worthy contender for the champions league title this season. This now depends on the coach; Thomas Tuchel, on how he can manage the team and bring the best out from them. I hope the signing of Harry Kane will make us see a fantastic play from the whole team.


If Mbappe joining Real Madrid will be the reason for Real Madrid to be strong in the champions league, I don’t think that’ll happen this season. There’s no sign till now that Mbappe will join Real Madrid this season. I’m sure by now they would have improved their squad to be able to face the big challenge that awaits them in the Champions League tournament.

I am removing PSG is one candidate teams for winning Champion League season 2023/24 because they leave by many star player, Neymar and Marco Verratti rumor will leave PSG after their names removing from PSG players list in first Ligue 1 match. I don't think enough capacities with current PSG squad if loss Marco Verratti, Neymar and Mbappe although success sign Barcelona former Ousmane Dembélé for replacing Mbappe position isn't enough for favoriting PSG is the Champion League candidate winner.

PSG attacking possibilities right now is Ousmane Dembélé, Gonçalo Ramos and Marco Asensio looks still not effective and less experienced winning mentality for Champion League, I don't sure with PSG will talk more in Champion League next season.

That's why, Barcelona let Dembele go to PSG. because after all, they have other options instead. even though Raphinha hasn't really shown his consistency, but Raphinha is the type of player who is always growing. in this season, Raphina is expected to start to reach maturity and stability in her game. thus, Barcelona will not lose Dembele who left for PSG. Apart from that, several young Barca players are starting to show their performance, such as Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. Unfortunately, there's no guarantee they'll play consistently when playing in real competitions.
Actually Barcelona have quite competitive players, at least they will be better than the previous season in this competition. also, some newcomers become different in their pattern of play. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to assess the strength map of Xavi Hernandez's squad team. but at least, Barca should be able to compete with other competitors in this competition. At a minimum, they must qualify in the Round of 16.

Speaking of Madrid, I will not comment too much with one of the giants of the Spanish league club. So far, we haven't been able to confirm the real strength map even though there are many doubts because of Joselu.
but, let's see how they do it game by game. what is certain is that not only City and Bayern are the favourites, there are still other clubs that might become dark horses in this competition.

The bigger question is, is that okay to Real Madrid transfer actually going to happen? Of course, we are going to see big teams and really big players play against each other in the Champions League. And honestly, if Mbappé does end up going to Real Madrid, it is going to be huge for Real Madrid. I will actually say that we might probably see another final between Real Madrid and Manchester City in the Champions League if that happens. About Bayern Munich, I have my doubts. But we cannot deny that they are also a very strong team going into this Champions League.

What do you guys think about Arsenal by the way? Are they only going to dominate the Premier League or are they interested in the Champions League as well?

PSG is one of the candidates to win the Champions League title in my opinion even though they keep failing every season. PSG has a good chance to look forward to every season, but unfortunately the team's performance is sometimes very disturbed due to the selfishness of the players and also a lack of mentality.

So far PSG still have reliable attackers and they can still be expected. Neymar, Mbappe and Dembele are three strikers who will have a positive impact on the team's performance, but the Champions League is still very difficult. Mbappe could have gone to Real Madrid, but I'm sure he won't come this season.

Well, I understand what can be said that they can win the UCL, but from an emotional point of view, they have won the League, but winning the League does not mean that they become the best in the world in the UCL, I am not saying anything because they have good players, in fact for me one of the best is Lewa and he is a total reference for this team, now, what they should change is the tactical scheme so that they do not suffer so much, I also understand the point of view of the managers not giving Xavi an extension, since they only won the League and no other competition, the fact that they did not do things well in the Europa League leaves much to be desired, for this reason Xavi does not earn their trust , I would also be the same

Now, regarding the team in general, things must be done very well this time, the teams in the League are also stronger, some have made good purchases, the case of Madrid, which is Barcelona's eternal rival, I wouldn't know if It is good or bad, I was not convinced how he played in the preseason, the violent ones, almost without ideas, but I know that it is a preseason, things must take a lot of calm, I do not know how guradod Ancelotti is for what So much I don't dare to say anything about them, but Barcelona with Xavi I consider that it's been a long time, there are technicians who if in a season they don't do anything at once they get fired, so I consider that they have a very privileged position for this type of thing and I think things can change at any time, and I understand that they didn't want extensions until they saw results, it seems like a smart move to me.

What influences here is that Barcelona will be facing a very unique opportunity, because the UCL will only find the best teams in the world and obviously they will face players who are very hungry to win this title, things can get very ugly if Barcelona starts to lose in the UCL, because it would be very easy for them to leave again

Real Madrid's squad is good, but this is the Champions League discussion and thread and when I ask myself whether I think that Real Madrid can win the tournament with exactly the team they have right now, I don't believe so. They need this little extra spice on top of what they already have with Vinicius Junior. Today they have their game in La Liga against Athletic Bilbao and we can then better assess whether they are offensively strong enough. One game is not enough to tell, but it is a first basis to make some first calls, since the transfers are still possible.

The problem was Bayern Munich was trying to play him as a substitute for Robert Lewandowski. Of course, it is not the best decision to make. But they were also getting 50 million for Robert Lewandowski. So why wouldn’t they get that money?  But when they decided to sell, Robert Levendoski, they realised that they do not have a proper substitute. Sadio Mané was never able to properly adapt. He did get a good amount of money. But he was not able to give proper value in return.

Anyway, as we all know, Bayern Munich has brought in Harry Kane. This is going to fix the striker problem for them in my opinion. We can certainly expect a better performance from Bayern Munich in the next season.

And if it comes to Bayern Munich versus Barcelona, right now, I am going to say it is 60-40 in favour of Bayern Munich.

Too expected for Barcelona winning UEFA Champion League due financial crisis right now and most squad dominance by young players, since winning Champion League tittles in season 2015/16 have been seven years left for Barcelona failed to be the winner and their achievement managed to semifinal stage. Have poor performance last two season with failure in group stage qualifying where Barcelona finished on 3rd standings position placed. But its not good impact for Barcelona in Champion League, they have absent for seven years manage to Champion League final stage and drastically difference with their rival teams Real Madrid won tittles last two season and consistent lead until semifinal stage.

Have expected with season 2023/24 Barcelona lead to final stage in Champion League? they have several top players and actually Xavi Hernandez having good experienced when becoming Barcelona players and won two Champion League tittle in his football career.

It is not always money and people should realize that. Real Madrid may look like they are spending a lot of money but there were other teams who spent more than them and did not get the same results, or City looks like they are spending a lot but there were teams that spent more and still didn't get the same results.

Yes, this is still a lot of money we are talking about but look at Inter, they didn't spend anywhere even remotely same amount of money as these two teams and still went to finals as well. So all in all, even a team with less money spent could go there. People see the valuation of the team and think that they spent a lot, but some of those players were bought for cheap and value a lot more now because they did well in their teams.

Even if Dembele is not in Barcelona, Barcelona will not suffer too much. Barcelona's attack is strong without Dembele. Raphinha and Fati are not experienced enough. However, if used properly, they can also become disruptive. However, Barcelona and Real Madrid still have several weaknesses in their squads. If we think about Champions League platform, then Barcelona and Madrid will be far behind Munich and City. City and Munich are the favorites for next season's Champions League.

Mbappe himself is probably suffering from indecision. PSG are willing to sell him. But Mbappe will not leave PSG. Heard rumors that Mbappe wants to go to Real Madrid so he won't leave PSG. But Mbappe doesn't want to leave PSG even after Florentina Perez is interested in buying Mbappe. However, Real Madrid definitely needs an experienced striker. If not, Real Madrid will not be able to dominate La Liga next season.

Actually, not only Mbappe to make Real Madrid's line-up balanced, other players can do it, including Joselu, as long as he can show and prove his best game. Indeed, maybe some of us will see based on their fame, but that does not guarantee that they will be able to really display the game as expected.
It could be that the player who is always placed when Benzema doesn't play is different this season, yes it is Rodrygo. Who knows, they will be able to perform better than the players who are associated with Real Madrid now.