The Rondo - Top 5 League Prediction

All eyes are on the biggest clubs in every league as the world prepares for high expectations for

another great football season. But can we predict the real winners for the 25-26 season? Let's find

out. Let's start off with the Bundesliga. Guys, we already know Bayern Munich are the perennial

winners. Who do you guys have here? It would be absolute jokes if wearing a Bayern shirt. I was

like, so how about Bayern Leverkusen? But honestly, are there any like people to watch out for this

year in the Bundesliga who potentially could win the league so so if Javi Alonso was still there

you can never count out Leverkusen because of just his quality as a manager he's able like if

he'd stuck around he would have been able to recruit rebuild and whatever now it's got to be

Bayern I mean yeah it's Bayern you know Leverkusen right now they don't have Javi Alonso like he said

they don't have Frim Pong they have Florian Verst you know so no chance for them you know to be

winner for the Bundesliga it's only Bayern Munich I love how we just count out Dortmund from the

beginning because we already know Dortmund's going to fumble. Yeah. They are? They are? The thing is about Dortmund, bro, is upside, up, down, up, down

You know, one time they're doing really good. You know, they're making it to the semifinal for a Champions League

Next season, they're not even the quarterfinal. Yeah. It's crazy, bro. And they just like, they snuck in, didn't they, to the Champions League last year

I mean, and good for them. And let's, I mean, let's be honest, bro. Like, I mean, that's where Dortmund belong

Like right now, based on the manager they have, the squad they have, the money they have

the transfer strategy, they are a fourth place team in the Bundesliga. Oh, absolutely

And that's honestly fine That's okay Until you start spending more money

That's a team at its potential And that's okay in football guys

Very okay Moving on Do we think Before we move on to Ligue 1

We already know that PSG are the perennial winners of this league But teams like Olympic Barca are around

What do you mean but I'm just saying this We have seen it in the Ligue 1 in a couple seasons

Where a team comes up and somehow beats PSG to win the title we saw it with Lille a couple years ago we saw it with um what was the other

small team that won it with Monaco one year a few years back when they had Mbappe we've seen a

couple years sprinkled in where you know I'm saying a team that's not PSG wins who could be

that team in France this year right so I mean I suppose you'd have to say it's Marseille but they

got cooked didn't they in the first game of the year they did I mean Lille are always going to be

all right here's what I'll say though this is the best PSG team ever with the best manager they've

ever had. There's nothing much to say, man. I think they just got League One wrapped up. Yeah, PSG will win

I feel like PSG's squad right now reminds you of Barcelona 2012-2013

Luis Enrique as well. So, you know, great coach, great team, young

players, you know, they have it. It will be a disappointment for PSG this year if they

don't win a treble. Do you know how crazy that is? Absolutely. They have to win everything in the French

League this year. What are some League One players that you guys are looking forward to watching, though? I know for one

I'm excited for Paul Pogba's return. He's on a three-month training plan currently

I'm excited to see what he could do after these two years being out of the game since 2023 we have

not seen Paul Pogba on the field and I'm very very curious to see if he still has that drive to be a

great player so I've got two Paul Pogba opinions for you number one is that he's unbelievably

overrated he is unbelievably overrated I don't know Farrell he is he is he is a TikTok he is a

TikTok or a merchant. Everyone who's like, I love Paul Pogba. You have not watched 90 minutes

of Paul Pogba. Listen. We know Paul Pogba's a baller. Come on, guys. Like, Juve, Pogba

Man United, Pogba. Come on. France, the World Cup, man. He was leading the team to the World Cup to win the World Cup. Come on

Pogba is not an overrated player. You know that. So, the France team

right? That was Kante, Griezmann, Mbappe. Pogba was great in that tournament. Do not get me wrong

Don't say Pogba didn't have anything to doing them winning the World Cup. I'm not saying he didn't

Okay, bro. I'm not saying he didn't. Do not say that. I just saying he is overrated That is my that is my footballing opinion Paul Pogba is immensely overrated Shout out Eamon We love you You on this podcast sometimes The other thing is I think he done bro

I think he's done. How are you going to take two years out of the game at the highest level? He didn't really take two years out because he wanted to

Okay, well, true. It doesn't matter. But you've not played at that high level of competition

And shout out Monaco for giving him three months to train. Yeah, right

A lot of clubs wouldn't do that. That makes sense. But doesn't that suggest that something's not right

and that he wasn't ready? Because if he was ready and at that level, throw him in

Yeah, it's kind of interesting to me because, bro, Paul Pogba's been out for two years. So you would think that he would be, you know

ready to go in free season. But as a former player, I will say this

There's a big difference between being individually ready to be with the squad for first team training, bro

Because if your body's not ready to cope with that level, everything you've missed, think about it

two years, you haven't played a game. You probably haven't been doing the right drills as much you're training by yourself

So a lot of the traits that Pogba is used to, you know, playing with a teammate, passing the ball one

You know, he's not really a guy that's going to be taking shots. One V one taking on a mannequin and shooting the ball

He's going to be paying the ball. He's going to be distributing. He's going to be tackling and you cannot replicate that by yourself

So I will say that Monaco putting him on a plan is to for him to get back up to speed for his type of game

Time will tell if he's going to be ready for this level. But I will say this Paul Pogba had a conversation with some of my friends

Paul Pugbo, looking back, bro, one of the best creative number eights that we've had in football in a very long time

And you cannot disagree with that. I can't. He's won the World Cup

Okay. He's shown his class in major tournaments and major games. And we'll see if he can compete with League One level

I'm not too sure. But for me, in my opinion, if he does, that's going to bring light to League One for sure

Hopefully, hopefully, get back into it. Because, you know, last couple months, he was just hanging out with Speed on stream

Yeah. Having fun. To be honest, if you get in a contract with a big team

from tomorrow, I'll be up training at 8 in the morning. You got to be physically ready, mentally ready, eating healthy, sleeping early

If you want to be a pro footballer, that's what you need to do. That's why a lot of people don't make it to be a pro footballer

because a lot of people are like, oh, let me stay up late. Oh, let me eat this, eat that. But if you want to, you got to see Cristiano Ronaldo

I was like, you know, you're idle. This guy is perfect. Eat healthy, train hard

You know how old is him right now? Almost like 40-something. you know and he's still scoring he's going to the thousand goal you know i think that would just

shows us though like guys like ronaldo and messier machines bro you ain't seeing ronaldo well ronaldo

did hug speed using a video but you don't see him streaming with him for 24 hours yeah pop was

streaming was like dude no just no you should have fun to david streaming rafael leal doing

tiktok dancing okay don't even get time started let's move on let's move on moving on to the la

league a winner who do you guys have faro barcelona real madrid are not ready champion alonso is new

to the squad you know then you gotta fit the tactics and all the stuff need to get filled

in with the players so i will go with barcelona hansi flick boom i want to argue because i like

arguing and that has kind of become my thing absolutely uh but barcelona at a level madrid

aren't i mean you're right madrid aren't quite ready a year give it a year give alonso a season

if they have the nuts to give him a season. And they'll be very good, I think

But Barca just took class above. I think this. Real Madrid, if they don't win the league

they have to win the Champions League. They have to. Do you think Alonso gets sacked if they don't win something next year

No, I think they're going to give him one year of a grace period. But I think a lot of Madristas

are going to be very upset because you got to look, they didn't win anything last year. So to go two years without winning

for Real Madrid, that's a crisis, bro. Like for me as an Arsenal fan

I'm used to us not winning every year You know what I'm saying? But if I was a Real Madrid fan

And I'm not winning anything That's a problem bro You're perennial winners

You're supposed to win La Liga If you don't win La Liga You're going to win the Champions League

And if Real Madrid go into this season Not winning either bro That a big issue bro You know what crazy about Barcelona this year Under Flick and like with the players they have

right now they have a chance to, like, twist the knife on Madrid

like you never have. Because you know how sometimes you see teams, like, they win the league and then next year they might go a bit on autopilot

and we can talk a little bit about... Bayern never closing. We saw them do it. We're going to talk about another club that I think might end up doing that

unfortunately, from my point of view. But like Barca have the chance to not only beat Madrid and win the league, but like set them back

Like, and just like, because it's all about just one-upping. It's for Madrid and Barca, it's almost as much about beating one another as it is actually winning a trophy

I mean, obviously in La Liga, if you beat La Liga, you win the first thing. I want to give you a hot take. I feel like whoever wins that Classico always, they end up winning the league

Yeah. Simple as that. So that's what you think it's coming down to, Classico

Classico is always like, okay, I'm him or I'm him, you know? I'm winning it or you're winning it

Top of that, bro. If you beat me, that's it. You're winning the league. If I beat you, last year, that's why Real Madrid didn't win anything

Literally, that game in May. Was it May or March? The friendly game? March

No, the game where they played at Camp Nou, where they beat Real Madrid at, not Camp Nou

Olympic Stadium. Olympic Stadium. Even from the Mad Life game here in this last summer, you know, when Barcelona beat Real Madrid

That was the beginning of like, oh, we coming for you guys. Like, we done, you know

For sure. Moving on, we got the Italian league, Serie A, a.k.a. the most patient league in the world to watch

Who do you guys think is going to win this year? It's always tough with Serie A because, like

and this brings me on to my point. So, Napoli win it last year with Antonio Conte, right, as their manager

Lukaku out for half a season. Right, so here's the thing. The Conte implosion is coming

That's what happens, right? That's what happens. He has a season where he's, like, unbelievable

Figures it out. Best coach in the league. And then halfway through next. Done

And I think Romelu Lukaku getting injured for half a year is the type of thing where, yo, Antonio Conte is going to be getting mad

He's like, bro, where are my goals coming from? You know how much of their play is based on that striker, that physicality for Lukaku to get him behind or hold the center back up

They brought De Bruyne in specifically to play through balls to Lukaku from their chemistry with the Belgian national team

It's going to be tough for them. I think this year, I think Inter Milan has it. I think the only thing with Inter Milan that I worry about is their team chemistry

I don't know going into the season if the vibes are that positive But I just don't trust Juventus or even AC Milan really to go to distance

Do you guys? I feel like for me, I'll take AC Milan Inter Milan after Inzaki left and went to Saudi

It's going to be hard for them, you know, as you see in the club or a cup They didn't do nothing, you know

So it's hard for them, you know, to keep going in the league Inter Milan, it's a hard choice to win the league

So for me, I think I've got Juve just because that team is more settled Yeah, they do have Joe David

They're just more settled Igor Trudeau I think is a really good manager

And once I give him a full season he'll figure it out And I think he's going to benefit from the fact

That like it's going to be a total mid-off From everyone, do you know what I mean I feel like honestly off the top of my head

Like 75 points might be enough to win Serie A Yeah bro I'm not going to lie, Serie A's looking a little

Slow this year bro In regards to just like transfers coming in

Transfers going out Specific players that they're buying You know what I'm saying, Kevin De Bruyne, I'm excited to see him

But am I going to really Stop my whole evening and day to watch Napoli

Do you know what might be quite interesting though Is that like so you have like your

Main kind of usual contenders All like not quite being there Like is this a chance

For like Bologna Or like Atalanta Like some of those other guys to maybe be like

Oh my god it's wide open this year They might I think Serie A

If we're gonna have like a Leicester-esque year Where a team randomly comes and wins it

It has to be this year because every top four team in the Serie A league is a little weak, bro

Usually that would be exciting but because Serie A is so boring I not going to see it At the end of the day who are your guys winners After all of that Juventus You going with Juventus

I'll go AC Milan. I'm going to still go with Inter. You know what I'm saying? I'll go with the net at Suri

But at the end of the day, we're going to have to see. Serie A is going to be very interesting because it's going to be like everybody's kind of on the same page

I would love, personally, to just see Christian Pulisic have a great year before the World Cup

I think that's what I want. I want Weston McKinney. I want the Americans to have a great year. But me, I'm not really too fussed about who's going to win that league, if that makes sense

I'd agree with you on AC Milan if they didn't lose Rinders

Yeah, man. Because he's a baller. We saw him against Wolves. Jesus Christ

Hey, and we need to talk about that. Yeah, we do. We need to talk about that. Moving on to leagues

We got the main league here now. Premier League, man. Who's your guys' winner? Man City

Man City. And I think, honestly, they'll do it by, like, some distance

And tell the camera again, for the fans who don't know again, who's your team? I'm a Liverpool fan

You're a Liverpool fan, but why do you think it's City this year? Because I think the pet revenge year is going to go crazy

Oof. I think the pet revenge year is going to go crazy. I think he has bought a bunch of attacking talent

I think Tiani Reinders will end up being the best signing of the Premier League season. I think he is an unbelievable footballer who has just never sort of gotten that time because he plays for Milan

Right? And you talk to Milan fans and they will tell you... Class

Yeah, class. the best passer in Serie A, one of the best players in the league

probably one of the best players in our squad for recent years, but because people focus on Leal, Pulisic

the rest of that side, he never got the love he deserved. I'll go with a hot take

Oh, go on. Man United. No, I'm playing. I was like, I was like

Liverpool, Liverpool. I'm playing, I'm playing. Liverpool. OK. Yeah, Liverpool, I would say, you know, they have good transfers

They're going to get the chemistry together in the game, you know, and they're going to win their second year for Premier League again this year

They're going to go back to back, my boy. Back to back. Trust me. And Salah. Salah going to do a good year

You know, he's going to be one of the top three Premier League scorers of all time

You know, he's going to get there. I don't think he's going to be to Alan Shearer, number one

260 goals, you know, is a bit far. But, you know, we'll see how it goes. But Liverpool

And by the way, tell the fan base where you're from. I'm Egyptian, guys. So, Salah, we together, you know

Let's put them together in an edit. So the thing for me

And I want to agree with you I want to agree with you so much But I don't think the players know their names

Each other's names yet bro That's gonna take time Liverpool are gonna take time

And I worry about them defensively And I just think with the Premier League It's such an arms race to the top

That if City get going If Arsenal get going Well Liverpool might just fall behind a little bit

And I'm not sure that it'll be one of those years Where other teams are gonna drop off

Who's gonna win the Premier League? Oof You guys already know, man

Listen, I'm telling Arsenal, bro. Arsenal, please win the league for me this year

I need to see Emirates win a Premier League trophy. I think Arsenal, to be honest, I don't think we should put that much

My hot take, Arsenal, don't put that much pressure on the Champions League this year. I think the Champions League cost us the Premier League last year

Interesting. I think us putting too much emphasis on winning the Champions League

we got really excited after beating Real Madrid. And I think those guys were like, yeah, like we on cloud nine

We could win it. We could go on. But you saw against PSG, bro. PSG were definitely better squad than this. Remember

Definitely. Like Arsenal, when they beat Real Madrid, it was free kicks

You know what I'm saying? I like the signings you guys have made. And I think it might be a sort of City and then Arsenal, Liverpool just off the pace

I think it's going to be an interesting year for sure. We're seeing a lot of incredible squads this year. Premier League is going to be exciting

La Liga is going to be exciting. We have a couple more guaranteed winners when it comes to Ligue 1, Bundesliga

and Serie A is really just up for grabs. It's really going to be a great year of football for sure