⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Jody.Drummer]

As reported by Transfermarkt, Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Memphis Depay from Barcelona. Of course this is not without reason after Joao Felix was loaned to Chelsea, of course Diego Simione is looking for new players to replace Joao Felix in their attack line. While Memphis Depay rarely gets minutes to play at Barcelona, this will be a serious consideration between players and teams.

I think this could be true but the problem may be in the price.
I think Barcelona is too big in setting a value, especially when we know that Depay was brought in for free, so the price of 20 million I think is too big.

But indeed in other respects Depay I don't think is bad for Atletico because if he stays at Barcelona he won't get many chances to play so being at Atletico I think will be good enough and at least he will get more opportunities especially Joao isn't exist so the position is empty.

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Al Hilal team are thinking of a move for Lionel Messi to counter their rival Al-Nassr after they signed Ronaldo on a record deal. However I don't think Messi would think of leaving Europe now.

Because the situation is not the same for Messi. He is already a PSG player and his performance level is very high. He is fighting for the Champions League title with his team for now. He is expected to extend his contract with PSG one more season also. Al Hilal are also ready to spend insane amount of money on Messi transfer. They are speculated to offer $300m a year to Messi. This is definitely huge but just as I said I don't think this is the time Messi is leaving PSG.

I dont think Messi will leave europe to go to Al hilal. I think this is just a rumour that will never happen. Ronaldo maybe moves to al nassr but messi probobly wont move here. He will either stay in europe or go back to argentina.

I also think so, Messi is still able to play well and PSG really needs Messi presence in their squad. Ronaldo's farewell to Manchester United in an inharmonious way made it difficult for him to find a club in European competition, Ronaldo had to swallow his own saliva because while playing with Real Madrid he had said he would not play in a league outside Europe.
Messi will remain in Europe for at least the next two years, PSG are trying to offer Messi a new contract and reportedly Barcelona are still interested in bringing Messi back to Camp Nou.

[rendravolt]

Felix is going to stay as Chelsea player until only the end of the season. Therefore this isn't a big deal for Atletico Madrid considering the long term. But for the rest of the season they had better fill his place in the team. The season is already going on like a nightmare for them. They can't afford some level of drop in their squad quality also. Maybe Felix could have played much better for Atletico Madrid but he was still one of the decent players. He was a regular in the starting lineup also.

Atletico Madrid seem to have long-term plans for him as they want to extend his contract to even 2027. This might mean that we won't see Simeone as of next season. Because these two haven't been getting along with each other well.

Even though he was just on loan from Chelsea, we couldn't enjoy his action until the end of January due to the red card sanction that Joao Felix got. Indeed, Joao Felix's role at Altetico Madrid is very important. It is possible that later when his loan period with Chelsea ends, he (Felix) will extend his contract with Atletico Madrid. Coach Simeone should have been replaced this season, in my opinion he will only worsen the performance of Atletico Madrid's players and for many years he has only been able to give Atletico Madrid the best places in the top 4 in La Liga.

[rahmad2nd]

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I dont think Messi will leave europe to go to Al hilal. I think this is just a rumour that will never happen. Ronaldo maybe moves to al nassr but messi probobly wont move here. He will either stay in europe or go back to argentina.

Even if Messi ends his contract with PSG, at least there is still Barcelona who want to accept him just to be the place where he ends his career. if not, he could play in the American League with David Beckham's club. or it could be, Messi will end his career at PSG. all of that can happen, but it seems I'm quite doubtful if Messi will end his career with the Arab League club. Messi has many options, at least there are many clubs that will accommodate him at the end of his career as a professional football player. Messi also has a desire to become a director at a club, yes, Messi sees Zidane as his inspiration, before becoming a coach.

Unlike Ronaldo's move, I don't want to isolate him. but since his statement with Piers Morgan, it seems as if his career ended in the European League which in the end inevitably he is willing to join the All-Nassr club, instead of his fantastic salary. and the only Striker who still exists at the age of 40+ is, King Zlatan who still plays with Milan.

[Fara Chan]

Al Hilal team are thinking of a move for Lionel Messi to counter their rival Al-Nassr after they signed Ronaldo on a record deal. However I don't think Messi would think of leaving Europe now.

Because the situation is not the same for Messi. He is already a PSG player and his performance level is very high. He is fighting for the Champions League title with his team for now. He is expected to extend his contract with PSG one more season also. Al Hilal are also ready to spend insane amount of money on Messi transfer. They are speculated to offer $300m a year to Messi. This is definitely huge but just as I said I don't think this is the time Messi is leaving PSG.

This news was not convincing to me. Messi is still very good. He is the star of Paris Saint-Germain FC. I think this news is like the viral of Al-Hilal football team. Of course they have the money to transfer Messi. But Messi will not go to the Saudi Arabian Pro League. We all know this very well. Because he still has credits in the European leagues. He is not like Ronaldo. Maybe two years later he will go to the Saudi Arabian Pro League to earn money. But there is no reason for him to go there today.

I think Messi will return to Barcelona at the end of the season and leave football there. He will not go to Asia or America.

These two star players have different conditions, in which Ronaldo left Europe to go to the Arab League (Al-Nassr) because so far no one has signed him in Europe, but star players like Lionel Messi are still very much in demand among Europe, Lionel Messi is one of PSG team candidate who has a high performance game, after winning the world cup match yesterday we are not sure that Messi will move to the Arab League.

Maybe the media crew made the news that Messi would go to Al-Hilal, and I think this is just news Rumors made up by the media crew.

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I dont think Messi will leave europe to go to Al hilal. I think this is just a rumour that will never happen. Ronaldo maybe moves to al nassr but messi probobly wont move here. He will either stay in europe or go back to argentina.

Even if Messi ends his contract with PSG, at least there is still Barcelona who want to accept him just to be the place where he ends his career. if not, he could play in the American League with David Beckham's club. or it could be, Messi will end his career at PSG. all of that can happen, but it seems I'm quite doubtful if Messi will end his career with the Arab League club. Messi has many options, at least there are many clubs that will accommodate him at the end of his career as a professional football player. Messi also has a desire to become a director at a club, yes, Messi sees Zidane as his inspiration, before becoming a coach.

Just like i said before Messi to Barcelona is only fans demand and i think it's hard to be realized considering his bad relationship with Barcelona owner Juan Laporta but if Messi decide to left PSG i am sure his main priority is european clubs and i think it's not difficult for Messi to looking for new clubs because some of clubs has show their interest to Messi before but indeed lately after Ronaldo moved to Al-Nassr seems this became an new trend on Arabian league that with the power of money those clubs will attempts to gets famous players signs but everything can happend in football that i mean who is not tempted by a very large salary and not impossible too for Messi to accept this offers

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Al Hilal team are thinking of a move for Lionel Messi to counter their rival Al-Nassr after they signed Ronaldo on a record deal. However I don't think Messi would think of leaving Europe now.

Because the situation is not the same for Messi. He is already a PSG player and his performance level is very high. He is fighting for the Champions League title with his team for now. He is expected to extend his contract with PSG one more season also. Al Hilal are also ready to spend insane amount of money on Messi transfer. They are speculated to offer $300m a year to Messi. This is definitely huge but just as I said I don't think this is the time Messi is leaving PSG.

Rumors about Lionel Messi being linked with Al-Hilal have existed since official news appeared that Cristiano Ronaldo had accepted Al-Nassr's offer. It's impossible for Messi to leave PSG now, he is an important figure for the club and has contributed a lot this season. So what Al-Hilal has to offer might not happen in the near future, but if in 2 more years it is possible that Messi might leave PSG.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Some rumors about Depay now seem to be starting to interest several clubs.
Since there have been rumors that several Barcelona players will be sold in order to save on current salary expenses, Depay has started to be looked at by several clubs.
Previously, there was the name Rome, now Depay was lyrics by Atletico.
This is a little fair in my opinion. Joao's position is still vacant now and inevitably Atletico must find an alternative.
Depay's condition is also a bit favorable because at least at Atletico if this is indeed an agreement then he will get several opportunities to play bigger.

Memphis Depay is still talented and experienced player, a very important characteristic that will be needed in every team. Before the world cup I would have doubted this news but after putting up a good performance at the world cup with Netherlands what would you expect. Atletico Madrid seem to be very interested in the player judging by the number of times and places I see this headlines. Depay will fill in for Joao Felix if he joins.

In fact, previously there were several names that could be options, such as Auba from Chelsea and Borja Iglesias from Betis. But Atletico still chose depay in this case because indeed there might be some affinity between Barcelona and Atletico who have previously made several agreements between players like Griezman and Suarez.
At the moment it looks like it's only a matter of time because seeing Depay's condition which is not really needed and Atletico who are serious I think this transfer will be fast.

[LittleBitFunny]

In my opinion, hiring Mbape for a gigantic salary plus 300 million bonuses is an unhealthy hire. Signing Ronaldo or Messi (if he really repeats this path) does not carry anything terrible and in fact it is money for the brand.
It will be scary if the clubs from the oil countries start buying up the current top players not to the European clubs they own, but to the clubs of their countries. This is going to be really scary.

I believe that it is not so easy to convince most high level players to play in the Saudi league. The country is very different from the West and the league is not as desirable if the player is thinking about his national team and world cup.
I can understand the salary of Mbappé (but I don't agree) because it's a young player, can really help PSG win titles, sell merchandise all over the world, he's the face of PSG etc.
I was just reading about the Messi and Al Hilal in more sources. Government of Saudi Arabia want to attract more sponsors and want the championship games to be broadcast to more countries, that would be the real intention, and at the current moment almost nothing would be bigger than a Messi vs Ronaldo.
My bet is Messi will stay at PSG at least this season to try UCL.
And just a correction, some sources said that the salary could be as high as $350 million.
mundodeportivo.com/us/en/soccer/20230112/31161/messi-the-biggest-wish-for-hilal.html

I feel like after Lionel Messi won the world cup people have started talking about him less. Probably because there is nothing more to talk about him. You can talk about Cristiano Ronaldo and the controversy around him. Which is obviously going to give a lot of views. And you know, people also like controversy. I am also quite sure that if Lionel Messi was unable to win the world cup a lot of people would still be talking about that.

Anyway, I think Lionel Messi is going to stay in PSG. I believe he would want to win a Champions League title with PSG. He is not going to go to a club in Saudi Arabia for a lot of money at this point in his career I believe.

[rendravolt]

As reported by Transfermarkt, Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Memphis Depay from Barcelona. Of course this is not without reason after Joao Felix was loaned to Chelsea, of course Diego Simione is looking for new players to replace Joao Felix in their attack line. While Memphis Depay rarely gets minutes to play at Barcelona, this will be a serious consideration between players and teams.

I think this could be true but the problem may be in the price.
I think Barcelona is too big in setting a value, especially when we know that Depay was brought in for free, so the price of 20 million I think is too big.

But indeed in other respects Depay I don't think is bad for Atletico because if he stays at Barcelona he won't get many chances to play so being at Atletico I think will be good enough and at least he will get more opportunities especially Joao isn't exist so the position is empty.

That's right, so if Depay leaves Barcelona, he will get more playing minutes than having to be on the bench with Barcelona. Regarding the price, it is a bit exaggerated, maybe because Barcelona's finances are currently in a slump, so they give a price that is quite expensive for Depay.

[Pokapoka124]

Arsenal looking for the possibilities to bought Raphinha from Barcelona this summer and Arteta feel Arsenal still required new winger and Raphinha might be suitable for his strategy moreover during in Barcelona Raphinha didn't get a place in the starting eleven because Xavi more trust other players than Raphinha so probably Barcelona will allowed him to moved if Arsenal offering good deal for them and apparently this summer Barcelona decide will sell some of their players and besides Raphinha i saw other players such as Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati will included into Barcelona sell lists for this summer

I think Raphinha is a very talented player and if he joins Arsenal he will be a good backup on the right wing for Saka. Right now I think Arsenal are more focused on getting Murdryk who has been a priority target this January. I can't wait for this deal to be completed quickly so our focus can be shifted to getting atleast one more player before the window closes. I will love to see Raphinha join the premier league.

[Daniel91]

Saturday's transfer gossip:

Chelsea are fully behind manager Graham Potter and are planning a mass clear-out of players if results do not improve. When clubs are in crisis and not achieving good results, club managements usually replace coaches, so this is somewhat surprising news. Will this approach pay off for Chelsea?
Arsenal are confident of completing the £80m signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, 22, from Shakhtar Donetsk in time for the Ukraine winger to make his debut against Manchester United next weekend. The Ukrainians were obviously very demanding negotiators and it seems that they managed to raise the price of their player.
Chelsea could sign France forward Marcus Thuram for as little as €10m (£8.86m) this month with 25-year-old's Borussia Monchengladbach contract expiring at the end of the season. A very good price for a great player.
Manchester United have received serious takeover interest from the Middle East, Asia and America and are poised to invite formal bids from them by next month's deadline. British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is also expected to bid for the club. In the end, who will bid the most and take over the club? The Saudis again?

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/64266988

[asriloni]

As reported by Transfermarkt, Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Memphis Depay from Barcelona. Of course this is not without reason after Joao Felix was loaned to Chelsea, of course Diego Simione is looking for new players to replace Joao Felix in their attack line. While Memphis Depay rarely gets minutes to play at Barcelona, this will be a serious consideration between players and teams.

It seems like that atletico madrid prefers to use memphis depay rather than felix. Felix has been loaned to the chelsea but he has the worst time in his new club. It seems like that the main target by atletico madrid was depay. The money that already got by loaned felix to the chelsea will be used to buy depay. Barcelona itself rarely played him in the starting line up. Lewandowski has always become the main choice by the club now. Depay has not included in the xavi's plan. I guess that if that will far better for depay to leave from barcelona and then move to the atletico madrid.
I heard that depay wanna leave from barcelona as long as he will be going back again to the united.

[RaltcoinsB]

Arsenal looking for the possibilities to bought Raphinha from Barcelona this summer and Arteta feel Arsenal still required new winger and Raphinha might be suitable for his strategy moreover during in Barcelona Raphinha didn't get a place in the starting eleven because Xavi more trust other players than Raphinha so probably Barcelona will allowed him to moved if Arsenal offering good deal for them and apparently this summer Barcelona decide will sell some of their players and besides Raphinha i saw other players such as Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati will included into Barcelona sell lists for this summer

I think Raphinha is a very talented player and if he joins Arsenal he will be a good backup on the right wing for Saka. Right now I think Arsenal are more focused on getting Murdryk who has been a priority target this January. I can't wait for this deal to be completed quickly so our focus can be shifted to getting atleast one more player before the window closes. I will love to see Raphinha join the premier league.

Murdyrk would be an important transfer.  22 stone and would be a promising transfer.  if not, Raphinha transfer could be a successful transfer.  Arsenal had a very successful year this year and I am sure they will scrutinize the transfers as well.

[Minecache]

At least there are several players, one of which is Depay, who is expected to be included in the sales list.
This could be a good thing because Atletico need a striker now that Joao has left but on the other hand there are still a few possibilities.
Lewandowski's replacement if he can't play is only Depay now so I still feel this can be reconsidered by Xavi.

Barcelona are tying to sell Depay and get Aubameyang back to be Lewandoski' s replacement. Depay to Atletico is a good deal for all concerned. If Depay is used as a winger in Atletico he'll play well but as a top 9 he will struggle. He doesn't see much playing time in Barcelona so he has to leave.

As for Aubameyang, he will be welcomed back to Barca but I really don't see the need. He will be brought in to be Lewandoski's replacement and Lewandoski hardly gets injured or hardly not fit. He will only miss the two remaining league matches and before Aubameyag will join the team those matches must have been played.

Right now Barcelona does not need any striker in the team. I believe that Robert Lewandowski is going to be enough for Barcelona. And for Barcelona, it will also be better if they do not bring in any new players right now. Because Barcelona needs to get rid of the players that they do not need. It is going to have a good effect on the financial situation of Barcelona.

But Barcelona will have to be careful as well because if for some reason Robert Lewandowski does get injured Barcelona will find it very hard to score goals. So, I also agree that Barcelona does not need a striker right now but you never know.

[maju69]

Arsenal looking for the possibilities to bought Raphinha from Barcelona this summer and Arteta feel Arsenal still required new winger and Raphinha might be suitable for his strategy moreover during in Barcelona Raphinha didn't get a place in the starting eleven because Xavi more trust other players than Raphinha so probably Barcelona will allowed him to moved if Arsenal offering good deal for them and apparently this summer Barcelona decide will sell some of their players and besides Raphinha i saw other players such as Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati will included into Barcelona sell lists for this summer

I think Raphinha is a very talented player and if he joins Arsenal he will be a good backup on the right wing for Saka. Right now I think Arsenal are more focused on getting Murdryk who has been a priority target this January. I can't wait for this deal to be completed quickly so our focus can be shifted to getting atleast one more player before the window closes. I will love to see Raphinha join the premier league.

I think they have to first focus on getting the players they are after one by one. I mean after they get a formal agreement with 1 player and then they focus on other players. They also have to see how important the position of the players they are currently looking for is, because if you look at the depth of Arsenal's squad now they only need a few more players, don't let the transfer they are doing fail.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

It seems like that atletico madrid prefers to use memphis depay rather than felix. Felix has been loaned to the chelsea but he has the worst time in his new club. It seems like that the main target by atletico madrid was depay. The money that already got by loaned felix to the chelsea will be used to buy depay.

I read rumors online that the current coach of Atletico madrid mightn't last long at his job then him and Felix aren't in good relationship and that's the reason behind the loan. Also note that there wasn't an option for Chelsea to buy Felix if the loan was to be an successful one, that means Atletico madrid are still interested in Felix. Probably they just want him to have better playing time at Chelsea and develop more. Delay isn't a long term solution at Atletico Madrid so it doesn't matter of Felix was loan out while he was bought.

Exclusive: Chelsea board arrived today in Poland to open talks with Shakhtar on €100m deal for Mudryk, CFC want to be fast in club to club negotiation. Arsenal always had player preference but no green light after €95m bid, yet.
Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1614300411527151616

What's this at this point, €100 million for an unknown players that's playing in such a farmers league. I guess Todd Boehly just want to keep wasting money. Why didn't he go for Enzo Fernandez as we initially thought the club was going to do but later backed out. I just hope he isn't trying the pull another Enzo Fernandez type of negotiations. They are both midfielders but Enzo Fernandez mind was at Chelsea while that of Mudryk is at Arsenal. While leaving someone that wants to play for you to go chase after someone that wants another club. Todd Boehly should be careful to avoid another Lukaku situation.

[Ayers]

Chelsea are fully behind manager Graham Potter and are planning a mass clear-out of players if results do not improve. When clubs are in crisis and not achieving good results, club managements usually replace coaches, so this is somewhat surprising news. Will this approach pay off for Chelsea?

I hope that Chelsea does not make a mistake. Because I do not think that it is the fault of the players that they are not being able to perform well. I personally do not think that the tactics of Graham Potter are the best suited for Chelsea. I do not understand what they are thinking. First of all, they brought this coach when they had the option for Zidane. And now they are backing him up with the money. I certainly think that this is going to be a stupid decision.

Arsenal are confident of completing the £80m signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, 22, from Shakhtar Donetsk in time for the Ukraine winger to make his debut against Manchester United next weekend. The Ukrainians were obviously very demanding negotiators and it seems that they managed to raise the price of their player.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/64266988

It is actually going to be very good for Arsenal if they can get Mykhailo Mudryk. Arsenal is already performing really well this season and he can improve the quality of the squad more. And I am also hearing that the deal is very close to being done.

[Avirunes]

Exclusive: Chelsea board arrived today in Poland to open talks with Shakhtar on €100m deal for Mudryk, CFC want to be fast in club to club negotiation. Arsenal always had player preference but no green light after €95m bid, yet.
Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1614300411527151616

What's this at this point, €100 million for an unknown players that's playing in such a farmers league. I guess Todd Boehly just want to keep wasting money. Why didn't he go for Enzo Fernandez as we initially thought the club was going to do but later backed out. I just hope he isn't trying the pull another Enzo Fernandez type of negotiations. They are both midfielders but Enzo Fernandez mind was at Chelsea while that of Mudryk is at Arsenal. While leaving someone that wants to play for you to go chase after someone that wants another club. Todd Boehly should be careful to avoid another Lukaku situation.

Mudryk is a young player and has a great potential and the club values him at 100 million euro. Sometimes you can get quite a gem from these farmer leagues though. He is a good player and right now Chelsea and Arsenal seem to be in the race. With Enzo Fernandez I believe they Benfica didn't agreed to negotiate further as they valued Fernandez at 120m but Chelsea were willing to offer below that. Ultimately Enzo to Chelsea is off now but that really would have been better for Chelsea. Now they have to work things out with Kante and extend his contract.

I am not sure what is happening right now at Chelsea but they are looking into good strong potential players. Much of the recent transfers of Chelsea are the names I haven't heard so they are picking what they think are a unique talent and will help them in future.

[Rruchi man]

It is actually going to be very good for Arsenal if they can get Mykhailo Mudryk. Arsenal is already performing really well this season and he can improve the quality of the squad more. And I am also hearing that the deal is very close to being done.

Chelsea have hijacked the deal and have reached an agreement with his club for a €100million  deal. Arsenal were very close with €95million. He is more likely to be unveiled as a Chelsea player in a few hours.  Very unfortunate for Arsenal, we were really expecting that we would be able to get him to join us on time before we face Manchester United.
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Chelsea on the other hand have really spent a lot of Money on transfer this season and are still spending.