Mbappé, Neymar, Haaland, Lewandowski, Kimmich … It could well be a shortlist of candidates for the Ballon d'Or. In fact, the first two would be at the fore in the race right now after the elimination of Bayern and Dortmund in the Champions League. But in this case they share lines because the Super League landing at the soccer airport leaves them outside the terminal. Neither the Bundesliga nor Ligue 1, for now, align with the titanic project chaired by Florentino Pérez and this leaves a list of top-class footballers, if the new competition goes ahead, out of focus.
The PSG couple and the cyborg Norwegian who reign in Signal Iduna Park are already regular protagonists of the transfer market. But if their respective teams do not take part in the world's biggest showcase at club level, the questions about their future become gigantic. Neymar is about to seal his renewal, unlike a Mbappé who was clear this Sunday and haggled over the question about his future. “If my reflection regarding the renovation has advanced? No, the most important thing now is to win the games “. In the absence of confirmation, will you now also doubt Ney?
Change of course in Paris?
In the case of the Brazilian, his highest bidder is more than known, Barcelona. Since the Camp Nou was changed to the Park of the Princes in 2017, flirtations with a return to Barcelona have been a constant. This course, still showing happy in the PSG, also appeared that whir eternal that accompanies him. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has positioned himself on behalf of UEFA, a body to whose Executive Committee he has belonged since 2019. It remains to be seen if the danger of running out of stars would change the position of the top Qatari leader …
Comparison between Mbappé and Neymar. BeSoccer Pro
And is that if Neymar would be in danger, the Mbappé earthquake would be of much greater magnitude. As we were advancing, his contractual extension (it ends, like Neymar, in 2022) does not advance and in Madrid they rub their hands with their refusals. Florentino Pérez wants it to be the banner of the new Santiago Bernabéu and this new scenario could be a powerful asset to finish convincing Bondy's. In addition, Liverpool, the other siren that with its melody tries to attract the striker, is also part of the twelve founders of the Super League. Y We cannot forget the Verratti, Marquinhos, Di María …
Haaland shakes up the Signal Iduna Park
Thus, we already anticipated that Haaland is the other perennial name as far as rumors are concerned. Media Europa puts eyes on the battering ram borusser And interestingly, they all belong to this Big-12, for calling it somehow. Real Madrid and Manchester United are the strongest who have knocked on his door since Erling brought it down with goals. But the scoring spurt of the young Norwegian has put Chelsea and Manchester City in the race.
The pandemic has affected Dortmund and the sporting results (they are fifth) put their presence in the next Champions League in jeopardy, resulting in a difficult economic situation. 2022 was the key date to process the sale of Haaland for the agreement reached at the time of his signing, but everything could accelerate with the course of events. In addition, he would not be the only black-yellow footballer who would shake up the market, since Jadon Sancho, United's old longing, or Gio Reyna would also be difficult to retain to get down the ladder team.
A Bayern on fire
While the other giant involved, Bayern Munich, would have to face the renovations of its stars with the Super League as a backdrop. Similar case to PSG with Neymar and Mbappé. They have already lost Thiago and will do the same with Alaba and Boateng for not being successful in negotiating a contract extension. Y the list of stars whose membership expires in 2023 is flashy: Kimmich, Lewandowski, Coman, Gnabry, Müller and Neuer. Indeed, the entire backbone of the Bavarian team.
Kimmich metric analysis. BeSoccer Pro
In the case of the most veteran (Lewandowski, Müller and Neuer) the conversation would surely be easier, but retaining Kimmich, Coman or Gnabry now that their careers are skyrocketing would be a good headache. To make matters worse, everything comes with the powder keg caused by the relationship between Hansi Flick and Hasan Salihamidzic, a tension that has ended with the coach losing his hand with the sports director: he will leave the ship at the end of the course. Getting so much talent out of Allianz won't be easy or cheap, but if the Super League goes ahead, money doesn't seem like it's going to be a problem …
Outsiders
And all this without taking into account the number of enormous footballers that would remain in the rest of the teams. Camavinga, Milinkovic-Savic, Koundé, Richarlison, Declan Rice, Maddison, Grealish, Koulibaly, Aouar, Wirtz, Zaniolo, Calvert Lewin, Fabian … A very long etcetera in which we find future stars such as a Camavinga that Real Madrid dreams of or a Koundé whom Sevilla will have a difficult time retaining. Much important name that will star in the next market if the battle between Superliga and the rest does not end in an armistice.