Football news 2022: 23 football predictions for 2023, Women’s World Cup, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, Sam Kerr, Champions League, latest, updates
Foxsports.com.au has made 23 football predictions for 2023. The year 2022 was full of exciting moments in football. Women’s World Cup, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, Sam Kerr, Champions League and more are on offer. United execute an exciting corner move.
Ange Postecoglou will take up a role at a Premier League club. Celtic boss was heavily linked with the Brighton vacancy after Chelsea poached Graham Potter from the Amex Stadium.
Lionel Messi will win his eighth Ballon d'Or. Cristiano Ronaldo will be the most expensive player.
Manchester City will win the Champions League. The team came close to winning the trophy in 2021, but lost to Chelsea in the final. Pep Guardiola will not have to overthink his tactics anymore.
Jude Bellingham is a 19-year-old English midfielder. He played for England at the World Cup. Borussia Dortmund are keen on signing him. Liverpool are interested in him, but Real Madrid are more interested.
Arsenal are currently top of the Premier League. The journalist predicted the Gunners to come fifth in the pre-season predictions.
Mikel Arteta's team will continue to win and they will win the title.
Cristiano Ronaldo is set for a medical at Al-Nassr. He could earn up to $308 million per year there.
Cristiano Ronaldo is considering a move to Saudi Arabia. It would be a lot of money to walk away from, but Ronaldo believes he can still play at the highest level.
Nick Montgomery is the next A-League coach to be poached for an overseas gig. He has led the Mariners to their first-ever FFA Cup final and a fifth-place finish.
Everton came close to relegation last season. Frank Lampard has a big job on his hands to turn around the Toffees' fortunes.
Tottenham Hotspur are going to win the FA Cup. They need to beat Portsmouth in the fourth round or lose to them.
Harry Souttar is the next Australian to play in the Premier League. He tore his ACL while on Socceroos duty in November last year.
The Matildas make it to the semi-final stage of the World Cup.
The Aussies have won four of their last four games. The Tillies will be playing at a home World Cup. They will reach the semi-finals.
2023 will be the year Sam Kerr wins the Ballon d'Or Feminin. She finished third in 2021 and 2022.
Plans for the National Second Division in Australian football are being finalized. The league will be formed in 2023. The list of competing teams, the format of the league and how all clubs will get funded are still to be decided.
Erling Haaland has scored 18 goals in the Premier League this season. He has now overtaken Alan Shearer's record of 34 goals scored in a single season in Premier league.
The A-League All Stars lost 3-2 to Barcelona. It's the second time they've lost by that scoreline. The previous one was a 5-1 loss to Manchester United.
There are 23 football predictions for 2023.
Kevin Muscat is considering a move to Europe. Ange Postecoglou won the J1 League with Yokohama F. Marinos in 2019 and the Celtic job two years later.
Tony Gustavsson produced a picture on a whiteboard in his 2021 press conference. It was a unique way of getting his point across. He will probably use a marker in future press conferences.
Garang Kuol makes his Premier League debut in the 84th minute. Miguel Almiron was substituted in favour of him.
The 23 football predictions for 2023 include the Women’s World Cup, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, Sam Kerr and Champions League.
Belgium failed to qualify for Euro 2024. Roberto Martinez is no longer in charge. Belgium have Austria and Sweden in their Euro 2016 qualifying group.
Newcastle United finished in the top three last season. They will finish in top four for the first time in 20 years. Eddie Howe's role in their turnaround cannot be overstated.
San Marino won their first international match since 2004. They are ranked 211th in the world by FIFA. San Marino are in a Euro 2024 qualification group with Denmark, Finland and Slovenia.
A League One team makes it to the quarterfinal of the FA Cup.
The last time a League One team made it to the FA Cup quarterfinals was in the 2017/18 season. Wigan Athletic made the quarterfinal after a stunning upset over Manchester City.
There is always an upset in the Champions League every year.
The Socceroos are ranked No. 27 in the FIFA rankings. The team is fully fit after their run to the Round of 16 at the World Cup. There are no fixtures for next year.
