⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Fiatless]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

No player should be underestimated based solely on their current form; players have best peaks and also lose form over time. Arsenal makes a bid for the German who is currently out of favour in the Chelsea squad; he will need more game time when he arrives to the Emirates Stadium, after all, he possesses a trophy that no other Arsenal player have, the Champions League. Kai Havertz may not be the man the Gunners believe he is, but one thing I can confidently state is that he is a great striker for the Blues, and he delivered when the team needed him most, as demonstrated in the UEFA Champions League final against Manchester City. Havertz is most likely not in fantastic form this season, with his peak now a terrible disaster.

Kai Havertz has not been at his best in Chelsea. He got the winning goal in the Champions League finals against Manchester City but he has failed to replicate the same quality when Chelsea needs him most. But he is a young player that still has the potential to improve. The twenty for years old German can be a good asset in Arsenal if he is given the right assistance and condition. He is not a strong player that can muscle defenders to get goals but his speed is his strength. Every coach knows the reason for going for any player. Maybe Mikel Arteta has identified Kai as one of the strikers that will suit his strategies next season. I also don't think that Chelsea will let him leave just like that because the attacking combination of Christopher Nkunku and Kai might be a formidable force.

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Newcastle did a bid of 50m euro to Milan for Sandro Tonali, 23 years old.

We are going for 3 billion spent this summer from Premier League.

[Plaguedeath]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

Arteta always like a young player and Arsenal don't have many choices to sign a good young player, Mbappe or Osimhen looks impossible because the price is too high and there's no guarantee one of them will join Arsenal.

I think Pochettino is making too quick bold decision since he letting their good players to join other teams e.g. Kante, Kovacic, Koulibaly, Mendy and Havertz. Obviously Pochettino already pick his 11 best players and few good players in bench, but if it's not go like his expectation, Chelsea fans would be very angry.

[Lordhermes]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

No player should be underestimated based solely on their current form; players have best peaks and also lose form over time. Arsenal makes a bid for the German who is currently out of favour in the Chelsea squad; he will need more game time when he arrives to the Emirates Stadium, after all, he possesses a trophy that no other Arsenal player have, the Champions League. Kai Havertz may not be the man the Gunners believe he is, but one thing I can confidently state is that he is a great striker for the Blues, and he delivered when the team needed him most, as demonstrated in the UEFA Champions League final against Manchester City. Havertz is most likely not in fantastic form this season, with his peak now a terrible disaster.

Kai Havertz has not been at his best in Chelsea. He got the winning goal in the Champions League finals against Manchester City but he has failed to replicate the same quality when Chelsea needs him most. But he is a young player that still has the potential to improve. The twenty for years old German can be a good asset in Arsenal if he is given the right assistance and condition. He is not a strong player that can muscle defenders to get goals but his speed is his strength. Every coach knows the reason for going for any player. Maybe Mikel Arteta has identified Kai as one of the strikers that will suit his strategies next season. I also don't think that Chelsea will let him leave just like that because the attacking combination of Christopher Nkunku and Kai might be a formidable force.

Absolutely, no body will perform better under Chelsea poor management and coach switching. Show me any Chelsea players that were nominated for any award in the league for the past three years?  The club has an issue they need to put in place to allow players strive. Beside no good player will stay in Chelsea who's not in champions league this season, everyone wants to play in the champions league. Chelsea will take more work for them to return to a competitive club, for now they're an average team ,that will only attracts an average players.

Arsenal has made a good signing. Kai havertz is a potential striker and his combination with Gabriel Jesus will be tough for any defender.  Thou,he has lost form recently, even in the European qualifiers he hasn't been good. Arteta knows the reason he signed him, I believe he do well in Arsenal than in Chelsea.

[beerlover]

couldn't a player like Osimhen also influence Real Madrid's style to a certain degree and lead to more goals being scored again? The same applies to Kane. If they have a reliable striker who is fit and available 99% of the season, I think that helps big time to implement a more offensive game again.

Mbappe also is not like Ronaldo and he wouldn't score more than 40 goals in La Liga alone. He scores countless of important goals in a game though. That makes him so valuable as he often scores the decisive goal that is needed to win a game. Haaland in contract is the player who scores like a machine in every phase of a game.

When you have such a team, changing the whole team to fit into just one guys system is not a smart move. Ancelotti is the type of guy who would play the players the best they could, with the method they could, so that means if Osimhen or Kane arrived, he would find the best ways to use them without making anyone else bad, he is individualistic in that regard and that's not too bad.

But, the reality is that we are talking about a situation where Osimhen and Kane is not the level they need right now, they are worlds most competitive team, and in order to stay like that Mbappe is a must. Because, he would be the best talent, not just best fit, but he would fit too, however best talent. When you are that big, you need to get the very best.

[makishart]

I don't think Real Madrid have ended the summer transfer. Madrid have signed Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund, Fran Garcia from Vallecano, Brahim Diaz from AC Milan and Joselu on loan from Espanyol.

Perez already confirmed it and that statements were coming from him directly.



It means if madrid already ended its transfer for this season. There's nothing that makes me feel doubt about him. Afaik, perez is always consistent with his words. Joselu is enough to replace benzema next season. His performance was amazing last season even though his team (espanyol) already relegated. There's no need to sign a new player anymore. Madrid has been doing all the things needed by the club to sign some important players.

Real madrid will keep use the same squad as like season. The only problem to find best replacement for benzema and real madrid got it from espanyol.

[Fesatmas]

Newcastle did a bid of 50m euro to Milan for Sandro Tonali, 23 years old.

We are going for 3 billion spent this summer from Premier League.

Eddie Howe's team has a fairly competitive squad, but they still need depth in terms of players and reportedly Newcastle are ready to enliven the transfer market early next season to further strengthen their team. True, so far I have heard that Newcastle has indeed made an offer worth 50 million euros to Milan to be able to get the services of Sandro Tonali, this is one of Eddie Howe's big plans to add strength to the midfield. But on the other hand, it seems that Newcastle has a small chance of being able to sign him because we can see that Tonali is a player who has an important role for Milan, he is still under contract with Milan until 2027, and this is still quite a long time and on the other hand, he is a big fan of Milan and admits love to play with Milan. I think Eddie Howe's desire to be able to sign him will fail because he will most likely choose to stay longer with AC Milan.

[Igebotz]

I think Pochettino is making too quick bold decision since he letting their good players to join other teams e.g. Kante, Kovacic, Koulibaly, Mendy and Havertz. Obviously Pochettino already pick his 11 best players and few good players in bench, but if it's not go like his expectation, Chelsea fans would be very angry.

We've already let some of the deadwoods and injury-prone players go so as to build a competitive team for next season, and some of these players were already out of contract, so letting them go for a decent price is good business.  Mount is the one player worth keeping and who would cause a lot of fuss if we let him leave, but if we can receive anything close to £70m, it's an excellent deal.

[CryptoPanda]

Arsenal are doing something that they have never done and spending this amount of money on a player because they have seen that to win trophies, heavy investment in the team has to be made. Declan must be very important to Arteta's strategy next season maybe that is why he has made him a top priority. 90 million is okay for him, and West Ham needs to consider it. If they refuse this, Arsenal may be forced to seek another alternative. West Ham may turn down this deal if they think that they will be able to get more from other clubs that are interested in Declan Rice too.

Arsenal are still in the process of hitting their transfer high with the Declan Rice deal, a second bid has been said to be rejected by Westham United, a deal worth £90m but it is not over yet as a third bid is expected soon. Arsenal seem very serious and ambitious this time, they are ready to splash cash to boost their squad for the coming season. I think Declan Rice and Lavia remain their top priority.

[Oneandpure]

Perez already confirmed it and that statements were coming from him directly.



It means if madrid already ended its transfer for this season. There's nothing that makes me feel doubt about him. Afaik, perez is always consistent with his words. Joselu is enough to replace benzema next season. His performance was amazing last season even though his team (espanyol) already relegated. There's no need to sign a new player anymore. Madrid has been doing all the things needed by the club to sign some important players.

Real madrid will keep use the same squad as like season. The only problem to find best replacement for benzema and real madrid got it from espanyol.

Seems good for Real Madrid fans because Florentino Perez decision not ended with transfer for this season, I think Madrid still need with new center forward although success signing Joselu from Espanyol. I think Real Madrid need more attractive and experienced center forward like Harry Kane or Mmbappe. Joselu scored 16 goals last season with Espanyol and he can't helped that team relegated to La Liga 2 for next season but seems Joselu is compete for back up with center forward position.

Madrid should brave highest bid for signing Mbappe or Harry Kane, if lower bid seems difficult for signing their target and looks not realistic depend with other team interest want to give higher bid.

[rahmad2nd]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

Arteta always like a young player and Arsenal don't have many choices to sign a good young player, Mbappe or Osimhen looks impossible because the price is too high and there's no guarantee one of them will join Arsenal.

It doesn't seem right to say that Arteta prefers young players, to be precise that the Arsenal club prefers young players. what Arteta did, was just continue the legacy that was inherited by the club and after the end of the Arsene Wenger era. that's why, we always call it the young Gunners squad that has lasted until now.
For Mbappe, it seems almost certain that he is not interested in Arsenal, as well as the Gunners. to bring him to the Emirtes Stadium, they have to prepare fantastic funds. In fact, the arrival of Declan Rice is still hampered due to price issues. after all, the team Mbeppe wanted was none other than Real Madrid. Previously, it was rumored that Osimhen had been linked with Arsenal before he played for Napoli, correct me if I'm wrong. after all, just like Mbappe, the market price of Oshimhen is very high. apart from that, it seems that Osimhen is not interested in playing with the Gunners.

@LFC_Bitcoin. As you think, I as a Gunners fan feel the same confusion. however, it seems Arteta has other thoughts. and that's why, they want Havertz to play for Arsenal. if, we remember Arsenal's style of play and Havertz can play as a center forward and also a playmaker. it seems, Arteta can make it shine again. he too, could be a good option I think with the typical style of the Arsenal game. but to find out, we'll just have to wait when the new season rolls back.

[ajiz138]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

Arteta will bring a different philosophy to the placement of Kai Havertz after officially becoming an Arsenal player. He will be prioritized as a striker, even if he is not a goal scorer, but if the position is very right later at Arsenal, it will take him to a better level with Arteta, because for me Kai Havertz is quite a great player although not the same class as a goalscorer in general.

There is a theory in an article that is still confused about where Arteta will place his position at Arsenal later.
Source: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/kai-havertz-to-arsenal-makes-sense/

I think Arteta has other plans to build his squad.

[Altryist]

When you have such a team, changing the whole team to fit into just one guys system is not a smart move. Ancelotti is the type of guy who would play the players the best they could, with the method they could, so that means if Osimhen or Kane arrived, he would find the best ways to use them without making anyone else bad, he is individualistic in that regard and that's not too bad.

But, the reality is that we are talking about a situation where Osimhen and Kane is not the level they need right now, they are worlds most competitive team, and in order to stay like that Mbappe is a must. Because, he would be the best talent, not just best fit, but he would fit too, however best talent. When you are that big, you need to get the very best.

Do you think Osimhen is not up to the level of Real Madrid? My guess is that he has become a player who has become too expensive on the transfer market, in which case it is better to wait until Mbappe's contract with PSG expires and maybe get him for free than to shell out a big sum for him now.

Aurelio De Laurentiis said that he and Osimhen have a verbal agreement that he will continue the contract with the club for another two years, but if a very lucrative offer follows, then everything will be discussed. So, Osimhen might leave the team, but if the appropriate price is paid for him, and as we can see so far, he does not arouse much interest from top clubs.

[gabbie2010]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

Arteta will bring a different philosophy to the placement of Kai Havertz after officially becoming an Arsenal player. He will be prioritized as a striker, even if he is not a goal scorer, but if the position is very right later at Arsenal, it will take him to a better level with Arteta, because for me Kai Havertz is quite a great player although not the same class as a goalscorer in general.

There is a theory in an article that is still confused about where Arteta will place his position at Arsenal later.
Source: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/kai-havertz-to-arsenal-makes-sense/

I think Arteta has other plans to build his squad.

It's very obvious Arteta will deploy Havertz in the midfield role in contrast with Chelsea tactical formation that usually played as a striker thus out of position that is why he hadn't been very effective for this club, though Havertz is a versatile player who can play as a main striker I think Arteta will play him as a replacement for Xhaka with Ødegaard and Declan Rice if eventually signed to form a very formidable midfield, Arteta will bring the best from him, honestly his transfer to Arsenal from Chelsea in a deal which worth £65m is a very good deal for Chelsea who signed him two seasons ago from Bayern Leverkusen  worth £70m, he will be remembered for his lone goal in the finals of UCL against Man City which won them trophy in 2021.

[temple]

When you have such a team, changing the whole team to fit into just one guys system is not a smart move. Ancelotti is the type of guy who would play the players the best they could, with the method they could, so that means if Osimhen or Kane arrived, he would find the best ways to use them without making anyone else bad, he is individualistic in that regard and that's not too bad.

But, the reality is that we are talking about a situation where Osimhen and Kane is not the level they need right now, they are worlds most competitive team, and in order to stay like that Mbappe is a must. Because, he would be the best talent, not just best fit, but he would fit too, however best talent. When you are that big, you need to get the very best.

Do you think Osimhen is not up to the level of Real Madrid? My guess is that he has become a player who has become too expensive on the transfer market, in which case it is better to wait until Mbappe's contract with PSG expires and maybe get him for free than to shell out a big sum for him now.

Aurelio De Laurentiis said that he and Osimhen have a verbal agreement that he will continue the contract with the club for another two years, but if a very lucrative offer follows, then everything will be discussed. So, Osimhen might leave the team, but if the appropriate price is paid for him, and as we can see so far, he does not arouse much interest from top clubs.

That is how I see it as well. Osimhen is a good player and he could improve even further maybe, but the price that Napoli wants for him seems to be off. These days you need one good season and the you are already worth a hundred million or even above that when you are still young. Osimhen has done his job in a well functioning Napoli team and the game was tailored to him often times, but would he be able to confirm it in the Premier League or La Liga? Or in La Liga it is not only about scoring a lot of goals, but they need a player who can decide games all the way through the knockout games. The sum that Napoli wanted in the last weeks is risky. But when you can get Mbappe it doesn't matter whether the price is 150 or 180 million. He will be one of the best or the best regardless of the price, it is no risk to buy him.

[CryptoPanda]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64013875

According to bbcsport news Chelsea had completed the signing of Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig in a deal worth £52m, he is a quality striker having proved to be one of the best striker in Europe and with the imminent departure of Abumeyang to Saudi, Havertz to Arsenal and lots other attacking players who will exit the club this summer and in a order to avoid avoid FFP ban Chelsea is set to offload and trim many of their players and with possibly departure of Lukaku thus necessitate signing Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig who I believe will perform brilliantly for Chelsea going by his past records in both Ligue 1 and Bundesliga.

Looking at Chelsea I see an ambitious club, even though everyone thinks Boehly is clueless I still see an ambitious man who is just having a hard time going around his plans and just needs a bit of luck in his decision making. Chelsea are putting together a very strong team, they might be struggling at the moment but trust me they are putting together a team that will be champions in Europe with a good manager in place.

[Pokapoka124]

Lukaku is already spent his best in Chelsea and Inter Milan with now if he is getting any offer from the Saudis he needs to accept this and have some better things for his future because now in new Chelsea most chances he will mostly spend his time on bench and no good news is available for him in European clubs which is performance of last two years with if he is looking for the offer like Benzema then surely it's daydreaming which is having nothing good in reality.

Currently, if he is able to have something it's surely good and with his less work and good performance there is chance for him to have something again here in Europe but for this all he needs to have good time in playing instead of having mostly his time on bench which is going to happen in Chelsea.

That will be the best choice for Lukaku if you ask me, at this stage in his career he has past his prime and there isn’t much I would be expecting from Lukaku anymore. For a while m, he struggled to find his form again and luckily for him he did towards the end of last season, if he is lucky enough to catch the eyes of Saudi investors I will advice a move, competing in Europe shouldn’t be a priority for him at this time rather a new experience and huge salary.

[Jackl87]

Newcastle did a bid of 50m euro to Milan for Sandro Tonali, 23 years old.

We are going for 3 billion spent this summer from Premier League.

Those are really crazy numbers if the premier League would really spend 3 billion euros for transfers this summer. A lot of that money comes from sheikhs and other super rich club owners though that are buying football clubs for fun and as their personal toy this is not a good development in my opinion.
Also the premier League is definitely the most aggressively marketed football League in the world. Things like the boxing day are Highlights for fans but very annoying for the players and coaches.

[shogun47]

When did Mbappe play in the centre-forward position? I had a look at like 7 or 8 games just right now and he either plays left wing or half-center forward together with Messi. I can't even remember when he played a centre-forward game, he usually prefers to attack from the left-wing anyway.

Mbappe played as a left winger only in 4 matches with PSG mate. In 39 matches in total we have watched him as a centre-forward. You can check this source which is Transfermarkt to make sure of it. He is mainly playing as a left winger when it comes to his national matches but it isn't the same with PSG shirt. But it is the truth that it doesn't matter for Mbappe to play as a winger or centre-forward. He is still doing great anyway. 

You are referring to a half centre-forward position that was also counted as a center-forward position. It's correct that he played a number of games as a center-forward, but he played more games in the half-center position especially when he shared the offensive line with Messi. I like him more on the wing or half-center as he has this angle towards the center where he can perfectly attack with his speed and still has a lot of room to either another player or to use his speed to go towards the middle. This is just my personal taste. Benzema for example is no player for the wing or even for the half-center forward unless the team plays with two strikers. He preferred the center-forward position as he lacks the speed that Mbappe actually has and it is so hard to defend because the defender doesn't know whether Mbappe takes the outer or the inner side to pass him with full speed. But everyone can have their opinion.

[CryptocurencyKing]

I don’t understand the Havertz signing, he hasn’t been great for Chelsea so not sure why Arsenal think he’s worth signing. Arsenal need a proper goalscorer, Havertz won’t give them lots of goals. He is not going to be the man to take them to the next level. As a Liverpool fan I am not concerned, then again we have our own problems.

This is the same song I’ve been singing about this signing. Arsenal need level raisers. They also want them to be young. Then definitely they will spend foolishly this summer. The only problem is that the talent should be there. That's why Havertz deal is frustrating. He block the pathway of signing prolofic goal scorer next summer. Havertz is not my preferred choice in this transfer window and the price seems like a big gamble with the price but Arteta has okayed his transfer and he sees something in him in terms of versatility and other attributes.