But I don't think that Havertz would fill that gap that Arsenal has. They need a top striker like Mbappe or Kane, strikers who score more than 25 goals a season. Havertz is more average in my opinion and not the same level as those top strikers the teams like Liverpool, Real Madrid or Barcelona have. It is something they have not had for many seasons now and maybe that was what was missing to get them onto the level they have to be to win titles. 

Real Madrid not to lose for 1.7 is quite good. I think it would use it for a parlay bet if I had to choose. Game is on now and I am excited to see how these two games will end. Very exciting games both of them. Bayern and Inter are both able to win and I think the same counts for Arsenal and Real Madrid. Inter can be dangerous with their defensive way to play but then have these amazing attackers and can score all the time.

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Antony's impact has been quite limited to say the least. His two goals contribution doesn't change much in my opinion. His contribution could be about posing more of a threat to the other teams, but I still think that two goals is still not what Real Betis expected.

This can change and he may need some time to get to know the whole team, but I think that high quality players shouldn't need several months to finally reach their best level.

This is what it is all about.


De Bruyne has been earning a lot of money for many years now and I think he probably around 230 million in salary only from Manchester City. Sponsorships and other deals may have pushed that figure towards 400 million.

But still if you can make €150 million in two years and you get all the bonus rights you want to live a comfortable life in Saudi Arabia, it's hard to refuse it. That amount is still a lot of money even when they are multimillionaires with hundreds of millions. It is just about money per time and this is insane. Ronaldo is making more than half a million per day.

Yes and I don't think they can still close the gap enough to get a chance at winning the title, but maybe Bayern needs to give some players a pause or injuries come into effect like now when Musiala is injured. He will be missing for around eight weeks as he suffered from a severe muscular injury. For Leverkusen, although this sounds bad, it is a bit of good news because that will raise the pressure for Bayern and they would never want to risk to lose in the Champions League as the final will be in their home stadium. There is nothing more they can hope and fight for than playing a final in their own stadium.

The position for Dortmund is complicated and they have to play against Bayern with their strongest team as they need to qualify for the Champions League. There won't be much rotation and I think Kovac will go all in with his players in all the games against Barcelona and Bayern. Maybe Dortmund can steal a point from Bayern and Leverkusen gets closer.

You have to go with the bookies and then you say you go with Real Madrid, but the bookies see Arsenal as the favorite.

You think they have been a good team two seasons ago and it is true that they had more points by the same time of the season, but they stil have only lost three games this season so far in the Premier League and you should take into account that they are so far behind Liverpool, that I think they have given up on that title a while ago. Like not entirely given up, but they were being realistic about it.

But by no means would I underestimate them in the Champions League. There is no reason to do so. When the second from the Premier League is your opponent, everyone knows it is gonna be hard.

The race for 4th place in the EPL is really intense. Newcastle has been doing great.

I am with you on Nottingham Forest and Arsenal. Forest isn’t out of the woods yet, and Arsenal should be fine for a Champions League spot, but the real battle is between Chelsea and Newcastle, because manchester City failed.  Newcastle has got a tough game ahead of them, but with the way they’re playing right now, they’ve got a real chance. Let’s see who cracks first in these final weeks.

Even though PSG doesn’t have the big name players they used to, the other teams in Ligue 1 are even worse. Most of the players on other teams just aren’t on the same level as PSG’s guys. Sure, there are a few who might be better, but most aren’t. PSG’s front line may not have Mbappe or Messi anymore, but they still have Dembele and Kvaratskhelia.

Mbappe, Messi and Neymar were huge names, and we all know how much attention they brought. But even though PSG is missing those big players, it doesn’t mean they’re playing bad. They’re still winning games in the league. Honestly, I actually like the current PSG team better because they’ve been playing well and staying competitive. They just look smooth when they play.

Real Betis have really been causing problems for both Real Madrid and Barcelona lately. I remember Anthony saying before their match that Betis had already beaten Real Madrid, so they could do the same to Barcelona. And sure enough, they managed to hold Barcelona to a draw. Whether it was luck or not, Real Betis were impressive in that game. Big repect to them.

They’ve been putting in some solid performances this season, especially against the big teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona. One thing I’ve noticed though is that a lot of their matches seem to end with a red card—whether for them or the other team, sometimes both! But honestly, not bad at all; beating Real Madrid and drawing with Barcelona twice in La liga this season isn’t too bad. Maybe with a little more effort, they could be even better. Though, I don’t really think it’s all because of Anthony... the team’s just been on point lately. Let’s just hope they don’t end up like Girona next season.

Garnacho is actually one of the better young players but he still has issues with ego and his emotions, which makes sense because he’s still really young. A lot of the time his good performances get overshadowed by that, just because his emotions and ego get in the way.

But honestly this isn’t something new at United. We’ve seen it before with players like Rashford and even Bruno in the past few seasons. Bruno especially used to be like that but now he’s improved a lot.

If Amorim can help Garnacho deal with that side of his game, then keeping him and even making him a regular starter would make a lot of sense. But for me, the first thing Amorim needs to fix is the defense and get a proper striker in. Those two areas are still weak and should be the priority. The rest like player development and mentality can be worked on over time.

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Leverkusen got lucky with that extra time goal, and sure, Bayern still sits comfortably six points ahead
 
Kane scores his goals, gets his titles, but he wants more than the Bundesliga in Germany... This is not what he wanted when he decided to go to Bayern.

No point in arguing without waiting, hum.

The 3.05 odds on Madrid do feel a bit off. Arsenal’s been solid in the league, but let’s be honest—they haven’t looked that convincing lately. Giving them 2.38 like they’re clear favorites feels more hype than logic. Madrid might’ve slipped against Valencia, but that doesn't erase who they are when it comes to big nights.

Bookies might be factoring in Arsenal’s home form or league position, but Madrid in Europe is a different thing. They have the experience, the mentality, and that killer instinct Arsenal is still trying to build for years now. If anything, odds could be inviting Real Madrid fans.

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Rudiger is crazy and he gets abusive during some games. It doesn't mean he is a warrior in the perfect sportsman sense, but he has been playing well in many games as well. To say he doesn't reach that at all is wrong I think, because he is one of the players who motivate their teammates and never give up. He also proves that with some late in the game goals he scored.

As a defender you can play with brain and position a lot. Speed is important though, but I don't know whether Van Dijk is the fastest.



Ok I went to the UEFA website and looked for the data. Van Dijk is quite fast as per the data provided by the UEFA. But the other stats are quite equal and I doubt this one metric decides whether Real Madrid wants him or not. Offense qualities can't be the problem as both have it.

I had to realize your post is forcing me to go through a learning curve.

There is some superficial contradiction when Trump's intention is to downsize federal control when actually he likes to have control to be centralized as much as possible in his own hands. But I get that an FBI HQ might give him too much resistance against a restructuring in support of his own interests.

Now if future asset forfeitures are not a national gov issue anymore, but will be hoarded on the state level, does hoarding go beyond just hoarding or could decisions about selling them be made at the state level, too? I understand that budgeting is state level responsibility, but currency control is a federal issue. Could Trump still get laws in place that hoarding is a state level responsibility, but any decisions being made concerning those hoarded assets (bitcoin or other crypto) have to be made on the federal level? In other words Trump would still control the framework even if states manage their own reserves, and Trump could structure the system so all policies flows through a central federal crypto strategy, or make states "opt in" to a federal crypto network, which then works like a bitcoin-based version of the Fed.

If that is not the case, could the accumulation for the national strategic reserve be undermined by sell-offs on the state level?

This downsizing process of federal control and disbanding of the FBI HQ seems to me like Trump is using decentralization as a trojan horse because that would make it easier for him to install people who support his interest on a state by state level.? So in theory this could be more of a reframing of control as freedom (decentralization for the sake of stronger centralization), which is definitely very Trump-like. 

But the very strict policy as you say doesn't apply all the time, does it? Modric is still playing there and they had other players above their 30s thatgot their contracts extended in the past. In my opinion, if a transfer like this would be made by Real Madrid, they would only give short term contracts and have some backup idea in their minds because they don't want to run into problems when they have a situation like Carvajal and Alaba being injured during the most important time of the season.

However, I doubt Van Dijk would be ok with signing a short term contract with any club now. He probably wants a two year contract at least, if not a three year contract and neither Liverpool nor any other top club would be willing to give him that contract and I understand that.

For Van Dijk being a free agent is the best that could happen to him. Any fees for signing a new contract go straight to him as Liverpool wouldn't have to be paid a penny.

This is mainly because of their home advantage I assume. I don't know what other reasons the bookmakers could take into consideration here, but this is the most plausible that comes to my mind and not to forget that Arsenal is still 2nd in the Premier League, the best league in the world and so far they lost only one game in the Premier League at home.

But you can see how quickly a result was added to Real Madrid's bad performances against Valencia. Nobody can now argue that it was La Liga and Real Madrid has a more important focus. That is not true and you could ask Ancelotti whether he is ok with giving the La Liga title to Barcelona because they lose against teams like Valencia in the Bernabeu.

The rivalry in La Liga doesn't allow that Barcelona wins the title easily. The Madrid fans will freak out about it.

3.05 seemed a bit high to me, but the performance against Valencia gave some more insight into the shape that Real Madrid is in.

They preserve their very last chance to qualify for the Champions League now. A loss against Freiburg and that dream would have been over once and for all, but now they can still hope as Freiburg in 7th position was the team they took the points from, Frankfurt lost all three points and Mainz got a draw. These results all play into the hands of Borussia Dortmund and their dream to still make it possible to qualify via the Bundesliga.

Nobody is talking about Nottingham Forest striving any higher from me, but it doesn't make anyway of course as they are in a third position that doesn't really help them regarding going forward. The goal for them will be to defend that third rank. But they still have some important goals and regardless of who their opponents are in the games, they will wan to win.

The match against Aston Villa was a sad defeat for them as they had a bad beginning into the game, but then woke up and played a hell of a game given that it was away from home. They had to become the active team and get the turnaround. Usually they prefer to score a goal and defend, but this time they had to come back from behind and almost made it.