⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Franctoshi]

Arteta seems still not satisfied after successfully overhauling Arsenal squad to become one of the clubs that has the potential to win the Premier League this season. Reported by The Mirror, Arsenal plans to recruit a new winger. According to the report, Arsenal want to secure the services of Marco Asensio from Real Madrid.

Arsenal desire for Asensio is not without reason, Arsenal do not need to spend money to recruit Asensio because Asensio contract at the Bernabeu will expire in the summer, so far there has been no sign that Asensio will extend his contract at Madrid. Arsenal really want to be a new challenger in the Premier League, Arsenal evolution process will continue as Arteta capital to polish the team to be solid.

I really support Arteta on every good move that he is doing towards making sure he strengthen the Arsenal team and to keep them wining their games, in order to secure their long awaited premier league title since their last trophy, because it's better they utilize whatever means and resources available to them right now that the trophy is in their favour to keep the Arsenal on the lead, than loosing what is before them.

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[rendravolt]

It looks like Tottenham is looking for fresh air options to continue to strengthen the goal defense. Based on rumors circulating, Jan Oblak will soon become a special topic of conversation for the Tottenham side. By risking their ideal position in the Premier League, they don't want to miss the next season's Champions League ticket train. I think Tottenham are pretty strong with their defense and can be consistent with a Lloris in goal.

I don't think Jan Oblak is the right choice at the moment for Spurs, he is no different from Lloris who is currently Spurs goalkeeper. They have similarities in terms of old age and Spurs should be able to look for other goalkeeper options at a relatively young age. However, if there really is no other option, it seems that Spurs have no other choice but to bring in Jan Oblak in the transfer market this summer.

[Joca97]

It looks like Tottenham is looking for fresh air options to continue to strengthen the goal defense. Based on rumors circulating, Jan Oblak will soon become a special topic of conversation for the Tottenham side. By risking their ideal position in the Premier League, they don't want to miss the next season's Champions League ticket train. I think Tottenham are pretty strong with their defense and can be consistent with a Lloris in goal.

I dont think this will happen. Oblak is an experienced keeper but  Lloris isnt that bad of a goalkeeper and is a goalkeeper for France so i think this isnt realistic. Even if they bought him it would be a small transfer fee but i dont think that Tottenham will waste money for Oblak.

[Zaguru12]

I dont think this will happen. Oblak is an experienced keeper but  Lloris isnt that bad of a goalkeeper and is a goalkeeper for France so i think this isnt realistic. Even if they bought him it would be a small transfer fee but i dont think that Tottenham will waste money for Oblak.

Why do you think it is unrealistic, have you seen Lloris performance as at of recent? Even if he is still France number he has been conceding errors lately. Stats have shown that he has the most error leading to goals in two seasons in EPL. Oblak can provide a better competition to him and I think he will be a great signing. Tottenham have seriously been conceding a lot of goals that shouldn’t be.

I really support Arteta on every good move that he is doing towards making sure he strengthen the Arsenal team and to keep them wining their games, in order to secure their long awaited premier league title since their last trophy, because it's better they utilize whatever means and resources available to them right now that the trophy is in their favour to keep the Arsenal on the lead, than loosing what is before them.

Asensio will be a good acquisition because currently Arsenal has only one natural left footed winger which is Saka and should anything happen probably injury then the right wing will be vacant. Moreover Asensio is a very versatile player which can also be deploy as a second striker should need arises

[Jackl87]

Coutinho's career has started to fade a few seasons ago and it seems that Aston Villa may not need his services again. I think Galatasary's offer is not too bad and it could mark a new chapter for Coutinho's football career which has been fading away for so long. About the Brazilian national team, I think he should forget that because the competition for young talents there is so tight and at the age of 30, Coutinho should have had to think about his own path in life so that he will be better in the future.

For me it is actually pretty sad to see the development of Philippe Coutinho in the last few years. I still remember when Coutinho was basically the most wanted player for a while and FC Barcelona paid a huge transfer fee for him with 135 Million € which makes him one of the most expensive players of all time. Sadly he could not really show the same level of performances at Barca that he showed for FC Liverpool and since he joined Barcelona it slowly but surely went downwards. When he joined Bayern Munich for a season Coutinho also showed mixed performances. Sometimes he played absolutely world class and sometimes he did not deliver at all. It just feels like that Coutinho is an extremely sensible player that always needs to feel the full support and backing of the club.
I think he should have never left FC Liverpool.

[eightdots]

Coutinho's career has started to fade a few seasons ago and it seems that Aston Villa may not need his services again. I think Galatasary's offer is not too bad and it could mark a new chapter for Coutinho's football career which has been fading away for so long. About the Brazilian national team, I think he should forget that because the competition for young talents there is so tight and at the age of 30, Coutinho should have had to think about his own path in life so that he will be better in the future.

For me it is actually pretty sad to see the development of Philippe Coutinho in the last few years. I still remember when Coutinho was basically the most wanted player for a while and FC Barcelona paid a huge transfer fee for him with 135 Million € which makes him one of the most expensive players of all time. Sadly he could not really show the same level of performances at Barca that he showed for FC Liverpool and since he joined Barcelona it slowly but surely went downwards. When he joined Bayern Munich for a season Coutinho also showed mixed performances. Sometimes he played absolutely world class and sometimes he did not deliver at all. It just feels like that Coutinho is an extremely sensible player that always needs to feel the full support and backing of the club.
I think he should have never left FC Liverpool.

I will evaluate Philippe Coutinho's performance at Bayern in terms of stability. There was too much difference between the highs and lows of his performance. It was far from stable. It might have been better for him not to leave Liverpool. But there is always a possibility that your performance will decrease in the team you go to in football.

Galatasaray's offer may be a big step for both Philippe Coutinho and Galatasaray to gain strength in the race they continue as leaders. I think it's a good offer for Philippe Coutinho.

[RealMalatesta]

Already aware of the speculations that Chelsea intends to make an open offer to AC Milan for Rafael Leao. Stefano Pioli wants to keep the Portuguese international since he is a major project for the club and is one of Milan's top frontlines. He will perform best for the team if the Blues are successful in getting him over. Victor Osimhen, though, is certainly a terrific player, but one thing we all overlooked was that this season is his prime season to shine, and Napoli is currently atop the table, so there's every chance the Nigerian will perform better in league matches.

That's seriously going at an insane price at this point. I mean they are looking to buy more players? I get that they have a new owner and the new owner wants to show the fan base that he is not afraid of spending money to make the team better and he is not the one to judge for these bad results.

They are doing terribly and owner is just making sure he is spending a ton of money so he could say "I did all I could", but this is just getting too much. He could already say that, they spent over half a billion pounds on players and if they get Leao somehow, which would be insane itself, then they would be getting near the 600+ million levels and that's just not normal, unheard of by any team ever.

[rendravolt]

Coutinho's career has started to fade a few seasons ago and it seems that Aston Villa may not need his services again. I think Galatasary's offer is not too bad and it could mark a new chapter for Coutinho's football career which has been fading away for so long. About the Brazilian national team, I think he should forget that because the competition for young talents there is so tight and at the age of 30, Coutinho should have had to think about his own path in life so that he will be better in the future.

For me it is actually pretty sad to see the development of Philippe Coutinho in the last few years. I still remember when Coutinho was basically the most wanted player for a while and FC Barcelona paid a huge transfer fee for him with 135 Million € which makes him one of the most expensive players of all time. Sadly he could not really show the same level of performances at Barca that he showed for FC Liverpool and since he joined Barcelona it slowly but surely went downwards. When he joined Bayern Munich for a season Coutinho also showed mixed performances. Sometimes he played absolutely world class and sometimes he did not deliver at all. It just feels like that Coutinho is an extremely sensible player that always needs to feel the full support and backing of the club.
I think he should have never left FC Liverpool.

But every player always wants to play at a big club, maybe Coutinho feels satisfied with Liverpool, therefore when he was offered by Barcelona, of course he was very interested, especially since Barcelona is also one of the European giants. But indeed his performance was quite different when he was still in Liverpool uniform and it seemed that the coach at that time was not satisfied.

In the end he went to Bayern Munich, but from there his career began to fade and he finally returned to Barcelona before he finally felt a mix of life because he had to go back and forth from Barcelona to Aston Villa because he was only previously on loan with Aston Villa. But in the end he got a permanent deal and a purchase option by Aston Villa for a transfer fee of 20 million euros in the transfer market last summer.

[Distraction]

Asensio has played in many matches maybe but most of them were for a short period of time. He was preferred by Ancelotti in their last two matches for a long time this time. He impressed people by a solid effort in one of them. But the other match was a nightmare for him. Because he missed a penalty.

The reason why I've told you this is to show that he isn't a consistent player. At least it is like this while he is a Real Madrid player. Because of that maybe Arsenal might be a good choice for Asensio. He is already an unwanted player here as it seems. Because his contract is nearly expiring. Arsenal like to bring this kind of players to help them rise again. Odegaard has been impressive for example.

[Silence Scream]

I think Coutinho career with Brazil national team have been ended, not only played with mediocre team like Aston Villa but right now he has poor performance and difficult getting back his regular position.

Coutinho is playing for central attacking midfielder position, but in 18 matches he never contribute any single assist or goal, it's really proving he's really bad. Even though Aston Villa is not a strong team, but they can score few goals and not get humiliated. Douglas Luiz is the play maker in Aston Villa, there's no way for Coutinho can compete Luiz. Coutinho's prime has been passed although he's currently 30 years old, it's a prime age for many footballers.

Still, this is an age where they can play good games at any time.  No words are needed to describe the quality of the 30-year-old actor.  Although it is far from the prime period of the past for now, I believe that it will approach those periods again.  I've been seeing news about his transfer with Galatasaray these days.  If he goes to Galatasaray, I think he will be successful.

[nara1892]

I think Coutinho career with Brazil national team have been ended, not only played with mediocre team like Aston Villa but right now he has poor performance and difficult getting back his regular position.

Coutinho is playing for central attacking midfielder position, but in 18 matches he never contribute any single assist or goal, it's really proving he's really bad. Even though Aston Villa is not a strong team, but they can score few goals and not get humiliated. Douglas Luiz is the play maker in Aston Villa, there's no way for Coutinho can compete Luiz. Coutinho's prime has been passed although he's currently 30 years old, it's a prime age for many footballers.

It seems difficult for Coutinho now to repeat the glorious season he has made before.
The initial mistake was when he failed to be in the Barcelona squad at a high price but still developed enough when he was at Bayern at that time. Now, slowly his career seems to have lost its way and until now he has really struggled to be in the squad even though his team can be said to be quite ordinary.
Even seeing from his current condition he is only even as a substitute and even then it is a little difficult for him to get.

[Oluwa-btc]

I keep wondering what and who is the brain behind chelsea'a move for victor Osimhen. this signing will surely be a waste of resources. Before the next summer, there will be a proper filter of the squad, unuseful players will be figured out and then there will be room for more signings and an important one for that. For now, we have Mudryk, Joao Felix, fofana, Nkunku, make, and Kai Havert, of which three are good central 9. Why are they still making moves for Victor Osimhen when they are not sending the already existing ones away?

If Chelsea have Nkunku already signed then there is no further need for Victor Osimhen who seem to be a top target for Manchester United in the summer. Chelsea already have options in that position so if Victor Osimhen also joins then it is unlikely that Joao Felix will be signed permanently in the summer and Aubameyang already is leaving in the summer too but what then happens to Broja, Kai Havertz

I agree, I don't think that Chelsea would target Osimhen when they already have Nkunku, even Osimhen wouldn't want to be played from game to game and get replaced in the middle of the match all the time, he might want to join a club where he is the main striker and play most 90 minutes.

You just come here to write post and stuff, it's tiring to see that you don't know Nkuku is not a natural Central Attacker. It's the reason why Victor Oshime fits in well to Chelsea, with Nkuku and Mudryk on the flanks he'll sure get good assist when they create good balls for him to score. I'm sure if Victor's physicality he'll not find it difficult to adapt to the premier league and Chelsea.

Asencio to Arsenal is a good one, I can tell they'll qualify for the Champions League possibly next season, so they need those Champions League experience player's in the squad also to help share the winning mentality amongst others likewise.

[Raflesia]

Chelsea ready to sign Leao this summer transfer if Leao can't find agreement with Milan. And the more interesting is, Milan will 99% lose with Chelsea offer. Chelsea ready to double his contract if agree to join. Will see, Milan and Leao agents still negotiate about 2 major obstacle,
1. Lower release clause
2. Salary

For Salary, some media reported if Milan maybe agree to give Leao €7-7.5m, but for release clause, Milan rejected it,

This is my first time hearing about a such rumour. I meant i just see the news that chelsea is willing to pay any mounts of money as long as osimhen will be coming to stamford bridge. I don't even know why there was a rumor linked to the leao. The performance from osimhen is very consistent compared with leago. I will doubt if leao will be joining chelsea. Osimhen has become even better compared with leao. Chelsea is now putting osimhen as main target. I think that osimhen will be very suitable to become a new striker for chelsea.
Osimhen has pretty much the same play style as drogba. Osimhen can become the next drogba for chelsea. I prefer to see osimhen to go to the stamford bridge rather than leao.

Actually I still feel apart from being rushed if indeed this rumor is true it looks like one of the steps that Todd and Chelsea have made for their attack line.
I mean, when you look at their current condition with the number of attackers brought in, are they still not satisfied with that? Moreover, this is also still in the process of adapting players so why bring back players at very unreasonable prices when the end result remains the same.

[Noruka]

In my very personal opinion, I would love for Messi not to stay at PSG or Barcelona, but in Arab fútbol.

Messi is one of the star players who has had a pretty good football career and there is no need to doubt his playing ability.
If messi joins the arap football team won't it affect his career.
Because he is a star player and certainly wants to continue to join a big, well-known team and can further boost his career.
So that the skills and career he has achieved are not in vain. So it seems unlikely that Messi will join an Arab football team.

If you talk about career decline, then it's already downhill when he went to Paris Saint Germain. After all, he's no longer young either, so what's wrong if he decides to go to the Arab League.
I have no doubt that Messi is one of the best players in the world, he got what he wanted by winning the World Cup some time ago. So it's not impossible that he will leave Europe to find peace at the end of his career.

Well, I say about Messi not to make it something like the end of his career or bury it, I say it because he has achieved all kinds of titles, the ones that every player dreams of having, Messi has achieved them, so why not try a different football? eventually he would be covering almost the entire world with his continents dominating him and showing that he is the best, I think he doesn't have to show more, there are players who are satisfied just being world champions and for them it is completing their career with a great success, he has won leagues, UCL, so why not try in a team where they will pay him very impressive amounts of money and apart from that he will be highly recognized, in that aspect is what I say.


On the other hand, something or a signing that can be a complete bomb is also from Chelsea, since it is said that they are looking for the great zizu! And if he agrees to go to Chelsea, it will be one of those bigger bombs than Enzo himself, and like every fan of good football, I think he would support Chelsea much more, a Graham doesn't do badly, but Zidane is on another level That is my perception, and I think that many will become a Chelsea fan if this happens, I clarify, I saw this possible signing on one of my social networks, it is not an info that has an article or something to support the information, it could be told like a rumor.

This makes much more sense what you just said and saying Messi's career went down the hill when he went to Paris Saint Germain is at best half the truth. The entire club of Fc Barcelona was on the decline. Now when you only refer to the attractiveness of Ligue 1, I agree. But going to a club in order to play with Neymar and Mbappé isn't necessarily a decline anymore and their objective has always been clearly defined, which was to win the Champions League. I doubt that Messi really bothers about Ligue 1 that much.

Maybe Manchester City would have been a better option from a fan's perspective, but seeing PSG compete in the Champions League is quite fun as well. I doubt I would have done anything differently and as LUCKMCFLY said, cashing in impressive amounts of money while still being able to compete with the best of the best is a totally acceptable move. It would be said if he went to Saudi Arabia while he is still at this level. I wouldn't like that.

[jostorres]

I think Coutinho career with Brazil national team have been ended, not only played with mediocre team like Aston Villa but right now he has poor performance and difficult getting back his regular position.

Coutinho is playing for central attacking midfielder position, but in 18 matches he never contribute any single assist or goal, it's really proving he's really bad. Even though Aston Villa is not a strong team, but they can score few goals and not get humiliated. Douglas Luiz is the play maker in Aston Villa, there's no way for Coutinho can compete Luiz. Coutinho's prime has been passed although he's currently 30 years old, it's a prime age for many footballers.

Still, this is an age where they can play good games at any time.  No words are needed to describe the quality of the 30-year-old actor.  Although it is far from the prime period of the past for now, I believe that it will approach those periods again.  I've been seeing news about his transfer with Galatasaray these days.  If he goes to Galatasaray, I think he will be successful.

Right now, playing as substitute or having less playing time is not ideal situation with the already passed his prime time in soccer most chances if he is going to move Turkey for the Galatasaray this could be ideal situation, and he can do much better for them because currently they are at the top and having chance for the next seasons UEFA event chance which will allow him for having better time and give his best for this club which is also bringing good quality players for their development and better performance and having amazing season in Turkey with the presence of Icardi and Mata his entry will also help them for having better results in European competitions as he is already having good experience for this all.

[kawetsriyanto]

Asensio will be a good acquisition because currently Arsenal has only one natural left footed winger which is Saka and should anything happen probably injury then the right wing will be vacant. Moreover Asensio is a very versatile player which can also be deploy as a second striker should need arises

If Arsenal signs Asensio as the substitution player for Saka's position, I think Asensio will reject it. It is no different from his current role in Real Madrid, he seems better to stay because Real Madrid is much better in international competition (UCL). I am really sure that Asensio will move to another club if his next club wants to guarantee him as the main player. What Asensio needs is the time to play, he wants to play regularly.

[KTChampions]

That's seriously going at an insane price at this point. I mean they are looking to buy more players? I get that they have a new owner and the new owner wants to show the fan base that he is not afraid of spending money to make the team better and he is not the one to judge for these bad results.

They are doing terribly and owner is just making sure he is spending a ton of money so he could say "I did all I could", but this is just getting too much. He could already say that, they spent over half a billion pounds on players and if they get Leao somehow, which would be insane itself, then they would be getting near the 600+ million levels and that's just not normal, unheard of by any team ever.

Unrealistic figures, but the most interesting thing is that they do not guarantee anything as competitors spend comparable amounts (albeit not a one-time like Chelsea). I will look with great interest at the financial statements of the clubs at the end of this season. The Premier League is the richest and most profitable but it looks like it has already reached the point where spending is close to or exceeds income. I think all this "new" hype around the City has to do with these economic problems.

[alegotardo]

If Arsenal signs Asensio as the substitution player for Saka's position, I think Asensio will reject it. It is no different from his current role in Real Madrid, he seems better to stay because Real Madrid is much better in international competition (UCL). I am really sure that Asensio will move to another club if his next club wants to guarantee him as the main player. What Asensio needs is the time to play, he wants to play regularly.

After that last missed penalty, which was decisive for Liga Santander. Among other problems, the month of January has not been easy for Marco Asensio, who has yet to define his future at Real Madrid, as his contract expires at the end of this season.

Since last summer's market I've read news about his departure, however I can't understand why it hasn't materialized yet, the renewal obviously won't happen, I doubt it even though there are still critics who consider that Marco Asensio deserves it the renewal of the contract.

Who can replace him? Many, certainly.

[X-ray]

Already aware of the speculations that Chelsea intends to make an open offer to AC Milan for Rafael Leao. Stefano Pioli wants to keep the Portuguese international since he is a major project for the club and is one of Milan's top frontlines. He will perform best for the team if the Blues are successful in getting him over. Victor Osimhen, though, is certainly a terrific player, but one thing we all overlooked was that this season is his prime season to shine, and Napoli is currently atop the table, so there's every chance the Nigerian will perform better in league matches.

That's seriously going at an insane price at this point. I mean they are looking to buy more players? I get that they have a new owner and the new owner wants to show the fan base that he is not afraid of spending money to make the team better and he is not the one to judge for these bad results.

They are doing terribly and owner is just making sure he is spending a ton of money so he could say "I did all I could", but this is just getting too much. He could already say that, they spent over half a billion pounds on players and if they get Leao somehow, which would be insane itself, then they would be getting near the 600+ million levels and that's just not normal, unheard of by any team ever.

Leao is still cheap but the problem is there are rumors that are being said that if chelsea is willing to buy osimhen at any price. That means chelsea is ready to spend hundreds of millions pounds again for osimhen from napoli which is very crazy if such a thing will be real. Chelsea has signed nkuku from leipzig and so what's a point of buying another striker again? So many playerd didn't even get regular time to play. How can chelsea be thinking adding more players are the best choice to bounce the performance from the club?
I think that todd must be using his sense. He is thinking like playing the football manager game where he can buy any players like that.

There are some things that makes me feel doubt

1. Chelsea has been linked with luis enrique as a potential replacement for potter
2. Chelsea has been recruiting rugby's coach and what is this for? I guess todd was thinking bringing rugby's coach to boost the mentality of the players is the best choice. *LMAO

[Ndabagi01]

Asensio will be a good acquisition because currently Arsenal has only one natural left footed winger which is Saka and should anything happen probably injury then the right wing will be vacant. Moreover Asensio is a very versatile player which can also be deploy as a second striker should need arises

If Arsenal signs Asensio as the substitution player for Saka's position, I think Asensio will reject it. It is no different from his current role in Real Madrid, he seems better to stay because Real Madrid is much better in international competition (UCL). I am really sure that Asensio will move to another club if his next club wants to guarantee him as the main player. What Asensio needs is the time to play, he wants to play regularly.

Arsenal does not require a player like Asensio at this time, and he would prefer not to be there because the competition for a position will be fierce. But, because he's a versatile player, he might be able to play from Mertinelli's wing, but that can't be guaranteed either, as Martinelli is doing well and developing under Arteta's tutelage. Making Asensio a substitute or second choice for Saka will be detrimental to his career, as he requires more playing time than ever before.