Kolek planning to go pro
MLS couldn't have asked for any better start and now ball is in their court to capitalize on it and increase their presence.
So long Harry#coys
So is Neymar leaving why Mbappe returned? Also Neymar has been largely a disappointment career-wise. Granted he’s been injured…
Largely a disappointment? That’s a heater.
Largely hasn’t fulfilled the expectations people had for him when he came out of Brazil?
I mean, winning everything (except Champions League) at PSG isn't really saying a lot...
He lead them to their only appearance in the Champions League final (post Zlatan and before Mbappe become a monster) and then the next year took them to the semis in the first year without Thiago Silva or Cavani in the squad in nearly a decade.
Mbappe wasn't a monster in 2019-20?
Recruitment is going to be almost impossible for spurs. No Europe, minimal supporting cast and a proper hard manager who lacks cache/stature. Season starts early so integrating new players will be a challenge. Also levy completely butchered the Bale investment so I’m not wildly confident if I’m a spurs fan.
https://x.com/goalnews/status/1692452019435376764?s=46&t=el-XnIMOEDcxAw3lmg3L5ALol
They aren't going to make a play for Ferguson.Their focus is Gift Orban and/or Eze in this window, and perhaps Toney in January.
This is showing the spurs premium that will have to be paid for replacements. Clubs that don’t need to sell and players that have little interest in playing only domestic soccer. It’s a hard sell
Neymar is being joined at Al-Hilal by Bono from Sevilla and soon to be Mitrovic from Fulham.Sportwashing aside, Saudi Pro League has become legitimately interesting from a soccer quality perspective. Ronaldo going was a highly paid circus. Benzema and the first few were kind of interesting. But looking at rosters, the 2 primary Riyadh clubs and the 2 Jeddah clubs, plus Al-Ettifaq (where Gerrard is manager) all have brought in 5-6 legit top 5 Euro league players and at least 2 "stars" each, many in their relative primes. Its not just an aging star surrounded by middling Saudi players.Contrast this with the Chinese Super League experiment 5-6 years ago. Other than Oscar, the two biggest guys were Witsal and Hulk, who both were playing in the well compensated hinterland at Zenit. Nowhere near the level of overall quality.Whether this fizzles after a year or two like China did or if they keep building rosters remains to be seen, but well established geopolitical red flags aside, it wouldn't be bad soccer to watch.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Eh ... Spurs have landed all their top targets so far this window (Maddison, van de Ven, Solomon) without Europe.The only arguable miss was Raya, but he wanted the move and agreed to terms. Spurs understandably didn't want to pay Brentford's 40 million ask (which, as it turns out, they weren't able to get anything close to for him).
I’m more speaking to a direct replacement for kane. All of those guys came in before his departure. Richarlsion is not capable of leading the line and whomever Solomon is probably isn’t either. If they want to remotely come close toEurope, they need a true #9 and they’ll have to pay a hefty hefty fee.
Richarlison in his natural #9 spot, Son and Deki on the wings, improved midfield and attacking fullbacks will work just fine in the Ange system.I think they'll finish 6th or 7th, but it is a rebuild season.