⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Dzigie]

Xabi Alonso is like being linked with every big team which are preparing to part their ways with their current managers. 

Liverpool and Barcelona are the ones I have heard of so far. Who knows maybe Bayern Munich might also attend them if they don't manage to become champions in the Bundesliga this season. But it is said at the same time that Xabi Alonso is planning to have another year with Leverkusen. If this is true it would be heart-breaking for the teams interested in him while he is this much impressive.

Xabi Alonso has caught everyone's attention with his performance this season. I think his career will always be very bright but this season could be the peak of his career. Right now he has the chance to take charge of any team he wants. He should use this chance while he has it. If he stays at Bayer Leverkusen for one more season, he might have a worse season in sporting terms next year. In that case, his popularity would diminish and he might lose some of the chances he has today.

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[Helena Yu]

It will be a difficult consideration for Xabi Alonso, on the one hand he will leave the club that raised his name, on the other hand he certainly also wants a better club. I don't mean to say Leverkusen is not a bad club, but when compared to Liverpool for example, of course Liverpool is bigger.
But if he still wants to continue something with Leverkusen, surely he will choose to stay at least 1 more season to be able to try to show that he can be consistent in handling a club. Of course the offers that come to him will be more and more now following his performance with Leverkusen is very good, especially with their success in defeating Bayern Mnuich which is their main competitor in the fight for the Bundesliga title. The season is still quite long, he should focus on Leverkusen and finish the job this season.

Nah, Xabi Alonso should leave Leverkusen in the next summer because Leverkusen won't have a same luck like in this season. If we look on the history, when a mediocre team can perform extraordinary, the next season they will back to default even though they didn't change the manager and they didn't lose any players.

There's no point for him to stay with Leverkusen for the next season when he has a chance to move to other teams.

[FanEagle]

Barcelona is not really that type of team where we are talking about a big "demise" of them, they are big enough that they have income from not only from transfers that they make from their youth setup players being sold for a good amount, but also a team that keeps getting money from both la liga and also UCL and also fans as well from ticket sales.

It's clear that the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid looks getting wider, but last year Barcelona won the league, just because they lost it this year doesn't mean they suck. I think they will do fine eventually and that means we are going to get better and better eventually, that is the most important part of their development, it will take some time but they will be better.

[len01]

Not only poor, but Barcelona is a mediocre team.

I disagree if you said Barcelona as a mediocre team.
Barcelona is still one of the strong teams in La Liga. If they are a mediocre team, they won't play in UCL. 

Xavi will leave soon, there's no good manager want to put dedication for Barcelona and don't mind to get paid less.

Barcelona management isn't patient, they want an instant result although they have no ability to win any title instantly. If they keep Xavi, I think Xavi can bring another title for the next season. I don't know why Barcelona management seems too hurry to replace Xavi with a new coach for the next season. Yes, no top coaches who want to get a less salary there. So, it is very doubtful that Barcelona can get Xavi's replacement with a quality manager/coach.

this is the umpteenth time I have read other people's opinions saying that Barcelona is a mediocre team.
even though they only judge Barcelona only from the negative side but don't look at the other side about its current achievements and I have to support you that Barcelona is not a mediocre team because this team is not a team that failed whereas not only in the UCL but in La Liga Barcelona can still have hope to overtake Girona and become runners up this season.
and currently Barcelona has had a slight improvement after losing performance but is now trying to return to the performance like at the start of last season where the performance was very good without disappointing the Barcelona fans.

and regarding Xavi who will leave Barcelona, it doesn't look like that will happen because for me it's just a rumor because Barcelona management certainly understands very well that the team's finances are experiencing a bad situation and if they fire Xavi, it will definitely be a big disaster because there is no experienced coach who wants to received a small offer but had to be responsible for managing Barcelona which was short of players.
so for me it will never happen and hope that management will not make this ridiculous mistake.

[Dickiy]

Xabi Alonso is like being linked with every big team which are preparing to part their ways with their current managers. 

Liverpool and Barcelona are the ones I have heard of so far. Who knows maybe Bayern Munich might also attend them if they don't manage to become champions in the Bundesliga this season. But it is said at the same time that Xabi Alonso is planning to have another year with Leverkusen. If this is true it would be heart-breaking for the teams interested in him while he is this much impressive.

Except Xavi Alonso has some personal reason to leave Leverkusen, I don't think there is any need to leave especially if they win the Bundesliga. The club has some of the best players currently in Europe and it seems he is enjoying a good relationship with the management of the club. If they win the German league they will be able to play in the UEFA Champions League next season which is the dream of every too coach.

For me, it will be better if he remains with Leverkusen and builds one of the best sides in Europe. They are already making history being the only unbeaten club in Europe and the team still has the potential to make more marks. He would become a super legend in the club if he damns all the temptations to leave and remain with Leverkusen.

With Xabi Alonso current reputation interest from giant clubs will be very promising, especially at the end of the season there will definitely be lots of offers to be had. Leverkusen themselves will not hold back if Xabi Alonso leaves because from the start they realized that their coach had shown quality. In the Bundesliga, winning a trophy is in sight, whether Leverkusen becomes champion or not Xabi Alonso still gets praise. Leverkusen last season we knew their position in the standings was almost threatened so if they could save Leverkusen that would be more than enough. Liverpool is a suitable place for Xabi, not only as a big club, but there he will have a squad that is better able to implement his playing system.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Roberto De Zebri and Hansi Flick are the two name's called to replace Xavi Hernandez immediately he leaves Barcelona at the end of the season.

If you ask me; I would say I am excited that Barcelona wants to hire Roberto de zebri and Hansi Flick to replace Xavi, why? Because I just want to see the downfall of that team hahaha

Both coaches cannot perform with the pressure at this he camp nou, Xavi is haunted after winning the league with that poor squad; I can bet that de zebri and flick cannot outperform Xavi.

Will be excited if The club hires them anyways

Me too lol. I would like to see zerbi to handle barcelona. it will make barcelona goes from the top to the middle class of club. Be patience my friend, barcelona is a poor club right now. it has no money to comply with FFP nor buy the new player. So, it's only matter of time until barcelona will be going down to the ground again.
Zerbi was a flop in EPL this season and he will be very suitable to be barcelona's coach. I don't see a better option other than him right now. Zerbi or hansi flick will able to help barcelona to perform even worst than before.

I hope laporta will be rushing to take the decision to hire the new coach as soon as possible. There will be no more competitor for real madrid to dominate la liga this season. The mismanagement has been hurting the club alot.

[Renampun]

Xabi Alonso is like being linked with every big team which are preparing to part their ways with their current managers. 

Liverpool and Barcelona are the ones I have heard of so far. Who knows maybe Bayern Munich might also attend them if they don't manage to become champions in the Bundesliga this season. But it is said at the same time that Xabi Alonso is planning to have another year with Leverkusen. If this is true it would be heart-breaking for the teams interested in him while he is this much impressive.

Except Xavi Alonso has some personal reason to leave Leverkusen, I don't think there is any need to leave especially if they win the Bundesliga. The club has some of the best players currently in Europe and it seems he is enjoying a good relationship with the management of the club. If they win the German league they will be able to play in the UEFA Champions League next season which is the dream of every too coach.

For me, it will be better if he remains with Leverkusen and builds one of the best sides in Europe. They are already making history being the only unbeaten club in Europe and the team still has the potential to make more marks. He would become a super legend in the club if he damns all the temptations to leave and remain with Leverkusen.

I also think so, if Alonso had stayed at Leverkusen then he would have been easier to make his name into a legend than if he had moved to another big team, especially now that Leverkusen can be called the strongest team in the Bundesliga, even Bayern can't beat them. Surely Alonso will easily become a legend who revives Leverkusen.
Currently Liverpool and Manchester United are rumored to be trying to get Alonso, this is a decision that should be asked because the two teams above are definitely offering fantastic money.

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I also think so, if Alonso had stayed at Leverkusen then he would have been easier to make his name into a legend than if he had moved to another big team, especially now that Leverkusen can be called the strongest team in the Bundesliga, even Bayern can't beat them. Surely Alonso will easily become a legend who revives Leverkusen.
Currently Liverpool and Manchester United are rumored to be trying to get Alonso, this is a decision that should be asked because the two teams above are definitely offering fantastic money.

Regarding will be success or not with Bayern Leverkusen in this season winning domestic league or Europe League I don't think he wll stay until his contract over and make his name in the legend list of Leverkusen manager.
Has decision get more challenge become top teams manager such as Liverpool and Barcelona are interested for signing Alonso,
I believe Xabi Alonso will leave Bayern Leverkusen next season if Barcelona and Liverpool want to show him as new manager next season.
So far, Xabi Alonso is the only one of European team manager keep unbeaten and get chance invisible for winning domestic league in this season after playing 21 matches without losses.

[borovichok]

Xabi Alonso has caught everyone's attention with his performance this season. I think his career will always be very bright but this season could be the peak of his career. Right now he has the chance to take charge of any team he wants. He should use this chance while he has it. If he stays at Bayer Leverkusen for one more season, he might have a worse season in sporting terms next year. In that case, his popularity would diminish and he might lose some of the chances he has today.

Bayer Leverkusen's success and untainted record today are the result of the board's wise decision to hire Xabi Alonso as head coach. Since the start of the 2023/2024 Bundesliga season, he has demonstrated terrific potential and is capable of advancing to the elite games. Some reports abound that Xabi Alonso is the luckiest manager in football right now; however, I disagree because Xabi Alonso never gives up and ensures he uses his finest skills in matches. Xabi Alonso's current fantastic numbers have resulted in massive bids from elite teams; all he needs to do now is carefully consider these offers and make the best option possible.

[Ayers]

Barcelona is not really that type of team where we are talking about a big "demise" of them, they are big enough that they have income from not only from transfers that they make from their youth setup players being sold for a good amount, but also a team that keeps getting money from both la liga and also UCL and also fans as well from ticket sales.

It's clear that the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid looks getting wider, but last year Barcelona won the league, just because they lost it this year doesn't mean they suck. I think they will do fine eventually and that means we are going to get better and better eventually, that is the most important part of their development, it will take some time but they will be better.

I guess it is true that just because they lost doesn't mean they suck. But they are definitely losing this season and they definitely suck this season. The performances were expected to be far better. I know maybe people are expecting a lot because they are not in a very good financial situation right now and they are also having a little bit of trouble with the coaching position as well. I believe it is probably not pretty reasonable to expect Barcelona to win back to back La Liga titles under such circumstances. But we could definitely expect better performance compared to what they are showing right now.

[Silence Scream]

Xabi Alonso is like being linked with every big team which are preparing to part their ways with their current managers. 

Liverpool and Barcelona are the ones I have heard of so far. Who knows maybe Bayern Munich might also attend them if they don't manage to become champions in the Bundesliga this season. But it is said at the same time that Xabi Alonso is planning to have another year with Leverkusen. If this is true it would be heart-breaking for the teams interested in him while he is this much impressive.

Xabi Alonso has caught everyone's attention with his performance this season. I think his career will always be very bright but this season could be the peak of his career. Right now he has the chance to take charge of any team he wants. He should use this chance while he has it. If he stays at Bayer Leverkusen for one more season, he might have a worse season in sporting terms next year. In that case, his popularity would diminish and he might lose some of the chances he has today.

Xabi Alonso brought Bayer Leverkusen back to its feet. Of course, he can go to any team he wants, but maybe he is planning what he will do next year with Leverkusen. Ancelotti extended his contract with Real and one of the options for Xabi disappeared. I think if he wants to manage a team from the Premier League, he can do so, but I think he should continue to fight with Leverkusen for another year. Also, I think they will continue to achieve successful results in UEL this year.

[KTChampions]

but it is not a done deal yet. we don't know if barcelona can come up with large amount of money to buy enzo from his current contract of £107million.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/25849347/enzo-fernandez-leave-chelsea-offers-himself-barcelona/

though enzo is somewhat giving signals to get out of his current team, can barcelona be more than willing to shell a ton of money? barcelona may be eyeing him but as it sits, financial considerations are on the table here.

It has already been mentioned that we are talking about a lease, since Chelsea will not just break the contract on the cheap, which, by the way, is long-term - until 2032, and Barcelona certainly does not have that kind of money.
In general, it’s a pretty sad situation - the guy literally just signed a contract thinking that last season for Chelsea was a temporary setback and they would return to the top very quickly, but now he understands that he has to run away from here otherwise he won’t see European Cups for a long time.

[Coyster]

It's clear that the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid looks getting wider, but last year Barcelona won the league, just because they lost it this year doesn't mean they suck. I think they will do fine eventually and that means we are going to get better and better eventually, that is the most important part of their development, it will take some time but they will be better.

Barcelona are going through a rough patch right now, both on and off the pitch, they have had huge financial constraints for the past few years and it will definitely last longer than that that. The manager, Xavi, announced a few weeks ago that he would be leaving the team at the end of the season, so that puts Barcelona in a position were they have to replace him, and this adds to the problems the club already have.

Having said that, in a club like Barcelona that is amongst the elite clubs in world football, the pressure is always going to be there for them to get back to their previous levels, and the fans want it to happen ASAP.

[Furious 7]

Yep, it would be a bizarre story and I can confidently say that it wouldn't be possible because with the situation Xabi has been in from past hostilities and the respect he has for Madrid I think it would just be a nonsensical story that would never happen.
Xabi certainly wouldn't be someone who would want to be seen as a traitor to his former club even though he and Madrid have long since parted ways but I'm sure Xabi knows the consequences he will face if these rumors become a reality.

There are still a few clubs he might consider at the end of the season rather than the rumored Barcelona. It's not that Barcelona are a bad club because they are definitely a club that still has a good image even though their finances are not good it's just a matter of love and we know that Barcelona will continue to be Madrid's rivals so anyone who has been associated with one club and moves to a rival club then it will definitely create a complicated situation for that person.

Xabi is definitely not going to Barcelona as the coach. Because that is surely going to mean people will think that he is a traitor. And I think even his personality will also not like that Idea. Even if there is no chance for him to join Real Madrid as we know Anchelloti is not leaving I still do not think he is joining Barcelona. At least not in the recent 3 to 4 years.

But let's be honest here. No one would actually like to be the coach of Barcelona at this moment because Barcelona does not have any good amount of money for the coach. No one wants to manage a broke club.

The possibility for Xabi at this time is that he can coach one of the 3 club when he played as a professional player where there is Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern are still possible for him to coach later but on the other hand it does not rule out the possibility that he will go to a club that we did not even suspect before but not for Barcelona because after all by looking at his history in Madrid where the rivalry he had built when facing Barcelona Looking to be very ingrained for Xabi in this case so it was difficult for Xabi to be in Barcelona and the possibility of this rumor is just one of the media tactics to increase their traffic so that readers are interested in discussing it.

Until now there have been several names as Xavi's replacement at Barcelona but until now there has been no official statement on this matter and it is likely that they do not want to interfere with Xavi's performance in the rest of the season that he will run so for a possible replacement coach it will still be covered until the end of this season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Antonio Conte was in Rome but at this point, I doubt he will join them since DeRossi is doing great.

For me he will be at Juventus or Milan the next year

Exactly, Juventus though are into negotiating with Bologna head coach ( Thiago Motta ) I've read news of him been linked up with up witt the old ladies, leading to silenced talks about Antonio Conte moves to Juventus right now.

For Inter Milan, they're struggling off course and next season, I don't think they'll be with Pioli for next season football competition. Two seasons with him amd he has been nothing but below bar for them in the Champions League Competition.

For Enzo Fernandez, disagree to believe such news because they're nothing but fake news. Enzo has no plans to leave Chelsea football club next season.

[topbitcoin]

Xabi Alonso is like being linked with every big team which are preparing to part their ways with their current managers. 

Liverpool and Barcelona are the ones I have heard of so far. Who knows maybe Bayern Munich might also attend them if they don't manage to become champions in the Bundesliga this season. But it is said at the same time that Xabi Alonso is planning to have another year with Leverkusen. If this is true it would be heart-breaking for the teams interested in him while he is this much impressive.

Liverpool is still a possibility but not Barcelona.
I think in this condition Xabi knows the consequences he will get when he chooses Barcelona as a career stepping stone he wants to have because after all we must be aware that Xabi's attachment to Madrid is strong enough that when talking about Barcelona and trying to be a coach there then it is not the right choice.
The previous case we know where when Figo played for Barcelona and decided to wear a Madrid uniform then the diatribe and racism obtained was very large and now if Xabi does it as a coach then it is not an impossible thing that something like this will happen again.

On the other hand, what to expect from Barcelona at the moment because if his options are only at Barcelona it would be better for him to be at Leverkusen next season.

[Josefjix]

but it is not a done deal yet. we don't know if barcelona can come up with large amount of money to buy enzo from his current contract of £107million.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/25849347/enzo-fernandez-leave-chelsea-offers-himself-barcelona/

though enzo is somewhat giving signals to get out of his current team, can barcelona be more than willing to shell a ton of money? barcelona may be eyeing him but as it sits, financial considerations are on the table here.

Enzo Fernandez is overhyped player, we know that, simply because he added the World Cup to his archives of elite titles won. Chelsea signed Enzo Fernandez for gigantic price and they wouldn't afford or even think of loaning him out to elite team, Todd Boehly and Mauricio Pochettino needs him at Stamford Bridge. Barcelona attempts to lay bids for Enzo Fernandez this summer and how are they trying to pull this deal through because financially, they're unbalance. Enzo Fernandez thought of leaving Chelsea? I don't think so because he's respected in the club and his teammates relates really good with him.

[Silence Scream]

but it is not a done deal yet. we don't know if barcelona can come up with large amount of money to buy enzo from his current contract of £107million.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/25849347/enzo-fernandez-leave-chelsea-offers-himself-barcelona/

though enzo is somewhat giving signals to get out of his current team, can barcelona be more than willing to shell a ton of money? barcelona may be eyeing him but as it sits, financial considerations are on the table here.

Enzo Fernandez is overhyped player, we know that, simply because he added the World Cup to his archives of elite titles won. Chelsea signed Enzo Fernandez for gigantic price and they wouldn't afford or even think of loaning him out to elite team, Todd Boehly and Mauricio Pochettino needs him at Stamford Bridge. Barcelona attempts to lay bids for Enzo Fernandez this summer and how are they trying to pull this deal through because financially, they're unbalance. Enzo Fernandez thought of leaving Chelsea? I don't think so because he's respected in the club and his teammates relates really good with him.

From what I have read, I know that Enzo Fernandez wants to leave the team. They made an 8-year agreement and there are 7.5 years left until the agreement ends. I can't understand why they make such long-term agreements. Here you want to leave the team and you have a contract for another 7.5 years. This is a very terrible situation. Barcelona can only add him on loan if Chelsea wants it.

[bitvalak]

There's a new rumor is coming up again.

Kylian Mbappe could end up turning down a move to Real Madrid again in order to sign a new contract at PSG, with the French champions willing to pay him €160m over the course of a fresh two-year deal. (AS - Spain)

https://www.90min.com/posts/football-transfer-rumours-mbappe-de-jong-11-2-2024

We have seen that how real madrid has been strongly linked to the mbappe but everything changed when people were getting tired with mbappe's drama. It was also making so many noises that were disrupting the public. There are many fake news being made by non responsible parties.
The most recent news states that Mbappe has received a significant offer from PSG, as reported by sources. In order to retain his services, the club was prepared to offer him the opportunity to remain at PSG for approximately 2 more years.

The chance of mbappe to continue to play in the PSG is just going very high caused by this offer can also disrupt real madrid's chance to get him from PSG.
I have heard that real madrid's offer was not making mbappe feel convenient for it. madrid shall try to give better offer to recruit him to join in the club. There will be more news to come in the future.

Mbappe and real madrid are always becoming the hottest topic but there was no clarification regarding how good the progress that is happening between him and real madrid. I don't like the way of mbappe treating real madrid like it was begging on him to join.
Mbappe needs to make everything clear as soon as possible. This is going to be very interesting thing.

In my opinion, the Mbappe transfer drama is very boring because the main factor is the suitability of the contract value. I'm not sure whether Mbappe really has that much motivation to win lots of titles.
Because if he really has the motivation for that, it is clear that he will easily move to Madrid, which is most likely very capable of paving the way for Mbappe to achieve all of that. On the other hand, PSG does have a bad relationship with Madrid regarding player transfer matters.
Until now, Madrid's focus has been on finding alternative CBs to provide backup for injured main players, especially in the back line. Moreover, next season Endrick will clearly join the senior team like Arda Guler did.

[DanWalker]

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1756635401870012705

It looks like Brighton will still be a business club this summer because they intend to sell Kaoru Mitoma and there are enough interested parties to secure the services of this Japanese player. From Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United, to Chelsea are interested in signing him and I think this will be another competition for big European clubs to get Kaoru Mitoma's signature.

But I think that currently the ones who really need Kaoru Mitoma are teams like Barcelona and Chelsea considering that these two teams don't have a very good left winger. But I doubt Brighton will let Kaoru Mitoma go for a cheap price and we know EPL teams are usually very unreasonable when raising their prices when there are big teams interested. So if there is a team that can bring Kaoru Mitoma, it is Chelsea with its financial strength, but I also doubt whether Kaoru Mitoma is interested in playing in Chelsea's conditions like this.

Barcelona is definitely not going to let any of the players go for a cheap price. Because you know Barcelona needs any money that they can get. And they also need money fast. Currently they have a very bad financial situation. So they will try to raise the price of a player as much as they can. Especially for those players who they do not want to sell, okay? Actually I think he is a player that they definitely do not want to sell right now unless they are getting it really good deal for him.