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Every season a couple of teams end up being real nightmares for punters, but this can be avoided with caution and research. Only a few weeks into the 2013-2014 football season, Rostick talks about the top clubs that should be avoided by bettors. The list is focused on top teams from the strongest football leagues, as, of course, that is where the money mostly goes.
5. Valencia
Traditionally a top 4 club in Spain, Valencia will be in for tough times without Soldado (sold to Tottenham), who was by far the best player in the team, his goals keeping Valencia at a top level. It seems financial trouble will finally send Valencia outside the European cups places, but bookies are still treating the “Los Che” as a first rate team.
4. Bayern Munchen
Yes, Bayern Munchen. It`s not that they are not very good, but the prices on them are absolutely rubbish (1.20 to win the league!), and the reality is that the team is struggling to get back to last years` level. Guardiola is yet to have successfully implemented his system, and at the top stage Bayern is still an unknown this season. With bettors jumping on 1.10 odds or 5 goal handicaps, the bavarians are set to bring the bookies some profit, at least in the first part of the season. Bayern did not cover the even money spread (1.91-1.91) in any of their first four league games.
3. Liverpool
Year after year Liverpool keeps on disappointing, and this season things are not about to change, especially with top scorer Suarez looking to leave the club. `Pool does not have offensive strength and will often be frustrated up-front by well organized defensive teams. In the best league in the world, you have to be absolutely top class to get the odds that Liverpool is getting, and unfortunately for the Reds, they lack the quality to challenge for a top 4 spot. Again.
2. Inter
Inter has the weakest squad in a long, long time, and the best they can hope for is an Europa League finish. Walter Mazzari could reinvent this team, but he needs more than one season to do so. Expect Inter to be upset by lesser opposition a lot of times this season while they look for cohesion and maybe some new signings.
1. AS Monaco
With huge financial power, AS Monaco made some incredible signings in the off-season, including Radamel Falcao or James Rodriguez, and punters are all over this team at some ridiculous odds offered by the bookies. Two convincing wins in the first two rounds only made Monaco more overrated, and their home draw against Toulouse was one of the biggest hits for bookmakers at this early stage of the season. The fact is that Monaco needs time (a lot of time) to jell, and they are still not a top-class team, with some big stars but also some weak spots in the starting eleven. In a tough and rugged league like the French one, Monaco is set to be the biggest nightmare of the 2013 – 2014 season for punters.
Honorable mentions have to be given to Arsenal, Everton, PSG, AC Milan, Anzhi or Braga – other highly rated teams that can frustrate bettors this season.
Bonus team: Dinamo Bucharest
The romanians will surely not be the first betting option for punters worldwide, coming from a poor league, but the ones who fancy backing Dinamo at low odds should think twice. A huge club in Romania, Dinamo will always be low priced by the bookies, but the fact is that the team is going through a rebuilding process, with many young players. Their inconsistency is already obvious after just 6 rounds. Dinamo achieved the biggest win of the season in the league (6-0) and beat strong Vaslui (2-0), but at the same time only gained 2 draws against the two weakest teams in the league and lost against a newly promoted club.
