⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Velvet78]

Chelsea is really good at finding promising youngsters especially in Brazil. Estêvão Willian is another name preparing to join next summer. Maybe you will say "Why not now?". It is because he is still 17. International transfers aren't allowed for the players under the age of 18. There are some exceptions too though and you can check page 22 (Protection of minors) on FIFA regulations if you are curious. 

I have seen Neymar's comment on Estêvão. He says he is going to be a genius. This makes me more excited about him.



https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40419483/neymar-predicts-chelsea-bound-estevao-genius

However many previous talents couldn't find good number of chances at Chelsea and started to shine after joining other teams in the past. I hope it doesn't happen with Estêvão too.    Chelsea is giving importance to young talents now of course.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I don't know who is advising Chelsea head of recruitment on making some kind of signings. Chelsea suffered last season because they didn't have a serial goal scorer, they brought in several players that haven't proved themselves in bigger stages, when they got to the premier league they were overwhelmed by the size of the league and they couldn't perform for the majority of the season. The excuse the coach and their fans were giving was that they have a young squad that are still developing. Now Chelsea have also continued in that part by recruiting players that hasn't had any name in Europe top 5 leagues. Why not go for top striker and leave singing these amature players. The expectation of the Brazilian league and the premier league is not the same. I just hope they realize this and make a decision to bring in a good striker that will rise up to the occasion when the season finally starts.

The Chelsea's line of Business under the ownership of the American Business ManTodd Boehly is strictly doing with the club and really much concerned about trophy, From what I have heard, the agenda is to recruit upcoming young star players at Chelsea by buying them at a very cheap price helping them become high rated player and then they will be sold at a high amount of money.

But things are going very wrong for Chelsea.  By wishfully acquiring potential players at a low cost, but Chelsea is constantly being duped into buying non-potential players at a high cost, as evidenced by examples such as Mudryk, Enzo Fernandes, and others. 
Chelsea attempted to replicate Dortmund's business model, but were unable to do so due to Todd Boehly's intervention in player transfers. 

And lastly, if Chelsea continues to do the same shit, they will most likely find themselves in financial trouble. I hope Todd Boely is completely aware of this. 

[Strongkored]

The latest rumors are that Joselu will soon go to Qatar. Even though Real Madrid has finalized an agreement regarding Joselu with Espanyol but, it looks like Real Madrid will release Joselu to Al Gharafa at Joselu's own request. Maybe Joselu really realizes that he wants a lot of playing time then he won't get it at Real Madrid. Another consideration is that he will clearly get a bigger salary and I think that is a realistic thing for players who are entering their retirement period.

In my opinion, why Joselu would rather move to Qatar than accept a contract extension from Real Madrid is because of the duration of the contract. Joselu will receive a contract for 3 seasons in Qatar while at Real Madrid it is rumored to be only 1 season. As a player who is 34 years old he certainly needs certainty to be able to play longer by accepting a longer contract, especially if he has not thought about retiring within the next season or two, also the money he has earned so far is not yet fairly large, and looking at the list of clubs he has defended I guess he is not a player who receives large payments, because besides Real Madrid the other clubs are just average clubs not elite clubs.
The presence of Mbappe could be his consideration because will make him even more forgotten because he may only play at certain times, for example when Real Madrid's main players are not fit or when the match results are not important.

[legendbtc]

Chelsea is really good at finding promising youngsters especially in Brazil. Estêvão Willian is another name preparing to join next summer. Maybe you will say "Why not now?". It is because he is still 17. International transfers aren't allowed for the players under the age of 18. There are some exceptions too though and you can check page 22 (Protection of minors) on FIFA regulations if you are curious. 

Yes, Estevao is still a child. He has great potential. He is the representative of Brazilian football. Estevao's talent is highly appreciated by experts. The 17-year-old star has had many excellent individual performances both for Palmeiras and for Brazil U17. He also signed a long-term contract with Chelsea. Broadly speaking, this is an investment aimed at Chelsea's long-term future.

I have seen Neymar's comment on Estêvão. He says he is going to be a genius. This makes me more excited about him.



https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40419483/neymar-predicts-chelsea-bound-estevao-genius

It's a great honor to be named by Neymar, so the potential for Estevao to become a superstar is huge. Currently, the Brazilian team has two famous players for future generations, Vinícius Júnior and Rodrygo Neymar, but I see that their playing style does not yet exude Samba's character. Estevao Willian is Brazil's new football prodigy, with a technical and agile playing style. He could be the next Ronaldinho or Neymar clone.

However many previous talents couldn't find good number of chances at Chelsea and started to shine after joining other teams in the past. I hope it doesn't happen with Estêvão too.    Chelsea is giving importance to young talents now of course.

Chelsea is not a club with a good launching pad for young talents. But the fierce Premier League arena is also a place for Estevao to learn many useful things for him. As long as Estevao meets a good teacher, his talent will be promoted.

[snipie]

I have seen Neymar's comment on Estêvão. He says he is going to be a genius. This makes me more excited about him.

As long as the kid didn't follow Neymar's path, he will be fine. Neymar has a good reputation and built his name many years ago since Barcelona time with the help of Messi and Saurez. Otherwise when he played alone in PSG, he passed most of the season injured (while playing with the Brazilian team). Even his transfer to Al-Hilal was a big mistake from the club. No need to mention his bad behaviours outside of the field.
Well that said and I generalise it to many Brazilian players. They aren't that consistent with their teams and not helping the Brazilian team return to its best shape. They need a new generation to lead them since the actual one is outdated. Hopefully with Estevao, Vinicius and Rodrygo they will recover.
For the question about Chelsea being the best team to join for a young talent? I wouldn't recommend that.

[JeffBrad12]

I don’t understand what we are arguing about (or we are not arguing haha) - the fact that Real Madrid, even without a top striker, was able to win the double is an indisputable fact, but I think that few people will argue with the fact that this is not an ideal concept, but a forced one. You can remember that in the first third of the season Real had problems such as Vinny’s injury and Real managed without him, but it is undeniable that Real is much stronger with him.

No need arguing, imagine just Madrid without a top striker and the level at which they perform now compare to addition of Mbappe who is a world class finisher, not a lazy one like Haaland but a player who can aswell manage the ball, dribble and still strike perfectly. Madrid is coming at the start of the season unstoppable

I would not call Haaland lazy, from the very beginning of his career he has the ampoule of a central striker - he does not need to control the ball, dribble or anything else, his job is to score goals and he does it better than anyone in the world now. Probably his only weakness is his heading; given his size, he should be good in this aspect, but he is not. Mbappe is something between a striker and an attacking midfielder, he is more versatile but this does not mean that Haaland is bad.

People were perplexed with the main function of a pure striker and then labeled that pure striker as a lazy player since a pure striker was not roaming like a non-pure striker. Mbappe is a better fit for Ancelotti's strategy, which hardly included a real striker standing alone at the top; moreover, he can play in several positions.
Mbappe can cover every offensive position, and he is free to stray and support their teams in thwarting counterattacks.

People often refer to pure strikers who stand alone at the top as a lazy player, as they tend to have a deeper understanding of non-pure strikers than pure ones. Finally, I hope they understand that a pure striker is not the same as a non-pure striker, who can wander the mid- or defensive line.

[naira]

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40419483/neymar-predicts-chelsea-bound-estevao-genius

However many previous talents couldn't find good number of chances at Chelsea and started to shine after joining other teams in the past. I hope it doesn't happen with Estêvão too.    Chelsea is giving importance to young talents now of course.

The problem of young players shining really depends on who the coach is at Chelsea. Estêvão does have quite good talent and if he is in the hands of the right coach, his talent can be very useful. It all comes down to whether the Chelsea coach has the appropriate qualities to carry out this task. Plus, the Blues are still in the hands of Boehly and any policy from him will make investing in young players quite difficult in the long term. Estêvão will be faced with a dilemma when joining Chelsea, breaking down a position in the main squad and wondering how difficult it will be to get playing time. Competition in the Premier League is quite tight and not many young players are able to start their careers smoothly in the EPL. So far what we can see are players who are mature and ready to appear worthy of competing.

[Cryptmuster]

As long as the kid didn't follow Neymar's path, he will be fine. Neymar has a good reputation and built his name many years ago since Barcelona time with the help of Messi and Saurez. Otherwise when he played alone in PSG, he passed most of the season injured (while playing with the Brazilian team). Even his transfer to Al-Hilal was a big mistake from the club. No need to mention his bad behaviours outside of the field.
Well that said and I generalise it to many Brazilian players. They aren't that consistent with their teams and not helping the Brazilian team return to its best shape. They need a new generation to lead them since the actual one is outdated. Hopefully with Estevao, Vinicius and Rodrygo they will recover.
For the question about Chelsea being the best team to join for a young talent? I wouldn't recommend that.

Neymar spent good seasons at PSG, there were injuries, but not as critical as you describe, but in Saudi Arabia the injury did not allow him to realize anything, and now he just wants to return home to his native club. Now the time of Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo is coming to an end, and new talents will take their place, so finding young players is very important for any team. PSG is not giving up hope of signing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, they are offering him a very good salary and there are rumors that the contract has already been agreed upon.

[Helena Yu]

As long as the kid didn't follow Neymar's path, he will be fine. Neymar has a good reputation and built his name many years ago since Barcelona time with the help of Messi and Saurez. Otherwise when he played alone in PSG, he passed most of the season injured (while playing with the Brazilian team). Even his transfer to Al-Hilal was a big mistake from the club. No need to mention his bad behaviours outside of the field.
Well that said and I generalise it to many Brazilian players. They aren't that consistent with their teams and not helping the Brazilian team return to its best shape. They need a new generation to lead them since the actual one is outdated. Hopefully with Estevao, Vinicius and Rodrygo they will recover.
For the question about Chelsea being the best team to join for a young talent? I wouldn't recommend that.

I speculate Neymar moved to PSG because he want to shine because if he played in Barcelona, he's only become second best player as we know Messi will get the spotlight. But things not going well since Mbappe also joined PSG at the same year, the spotlight was moved from Neymar to Mbappe after few years, the situation getting worse when Messi decided to join PSG too.

Can't blame what Neymar did for moving to PSG, but definitely he's the one who ruin his own career.

[FanEagle]

PSG winning UCL would have made that justified maybe a bit, not that much but at least a bit, the team is worth a lot more than when the owner took over, so it is reasonable to expect people who made that possible to get paid as well, without Mbappe, that team doesn't go up in value like it did, but not 100 million. If they won one, or to make sure two UCL's while he was there, with Neymar and Messi as well, then maybe we could have seen him worth 100 a year for that club, because he brought something that would make it worth that much. But if they have none of that, then what is the point of this?

I do not think that he earned that much. Look at how much less he is getting at Real Madrid and see his real value if you ask me.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1805936798926766391

£50m for Eddie Nketiah? isn't that too expensive? Arsenal may not be able to think anymore in the transfer market this time. I know they need a new striker for next season and that's why they have set a price for Eddie Nketiah at that amount. That doesn't make sense and perhaps it's more likely that Eddie Nketiah is only valued at £10m.

This player only performed well for a few moments and after that he started to flop. So it would be too much for Arsenal to ask for that kind of fee for any team interested in him. On the other hand, I'm not sure there are other teams in the EPL or teams from other leagues that are interested in him except the Turkish league or the Saudi league that came to sign him.

[rahmad2nd]

As long as the kid didn't follow Neymar's path, he will be fine. Neymar has a good reputation and built his name many years ago since Barcelona time with the help of Messi and Saurez. Otherwise when he played alone in PSG, he passed most of the season injured (while playing with the Brazilian team). Even his transfer to Al-Hilal was a big mistake from the club. No need to mention his bad behaviours outside of the field.
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I speculate Neymar moved to PSG because he want to shine because if he played in Barcelona, he's only become second best player as we know Messi will get the spotlight. But things not going well since Mbappe also joined PSG at the same year, the spotlight was moved from Neymar to Mbappe after few years, the situation getting worse when Messi decided to join PSG too.

Can't blame what Neymar did for moving to PSG, but definitely he's the one who ruin his own career.

Neymar has never been free from controversial news, so far there have been quite a few reports reporting that Neymar will return to playing in his native Brazilian league. although, so far there is no truly valid news. in fact, I read a few days ago that Jorge Jesus as coach of Al Hilal has plans with Neymar next season, this news emerged when Al Hilal was rumored to be interested in bringing in Raphina from Barcelona. although this news cannot be confirmed as to its validity, if I'm not mistaken I read it from Mundo Deportivo. By the way, it's not certain that Raphina is willing to leave Barcelona, ​​especially to a league that is not a European competition.

Talking about Neymar, I think he is one of the best players ever regardless of what we discuss regarding his personality. Neymar has often shown a truly impressive style of football, although he has never realized his dream of winning the Champions League for Paris Saint-Germain. Likewise with Mbappe at PSG, even though there were many star players, they never won the highest competition trophy in the European League caste. but they are very impressive footballers despite their personal records, and the conflicts that often arose while playing together at Paris Saint-Germain.

[Farma]

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1805936798926766391

£50m for Eddie Nketiah? isn't that too expensive? Arsenal may not be able to think anymore in the transfer market this time. I know they need a new striker for next season and that's why they have set a price for Eddie Nketiah at that amount. That doesn't make sense and perhaps it's more likely that Eddie Nketiah is only valued at £10m.

This player only performed well for a few moments and after that he started to flop. So it would be too much for Arsenal to ask for that kind of fee for any team interested in him. On the other hand, I'm not sure there are other teams in the EPL or teams from other leagues that are interested in him except the Turkish league or the Saudi league that came to sign him.

This is an effort made by Arsenal, this is very reasonable even though £50 million is very expensive but of course there will be negotiations that will take place with the teams interested in bringing in Eddie Nketiah.
Currently West Ham United is one of the teams interested in bringing in Eddie Nketiah.
Source: https://www.westhamzone.com/transfers/arsenal-share-eddie-nketiah-transfer-stance-as-west-ham-united-update-emerges/

The high price will be a problem, but if Arsenal really wants to let Eddie Nketiah go then West Ham will carry out fierce negotiations to get the player, this is part of the marketing that Arsenal management is trying to do, and we have to realize that Arsenal management is quite smart about that matter.

Regarding the quality of Eddie Nketiah, I think he is a young player who can continue to develop, he is only 25 years old and individually he is quite good.

[Jatiluhung]

Chelsea is really good at finding promising youngsters especially in Brazil. Estêvão Willian is another name preparing to join next summer. Maybe you will say "Why not now?". It is because he is still 17. International transfers aren't allowed for the players under the age of 18. There are some exceptions too though and you can check page 22 (Protection of minors) on FIFA regulations if you are curious. 

I have seen Neymar's comment on Estêvão. He says he is going to be a genius. This makes me more excited about him.



https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40419483/neymar-predicts-chelsea-bound-estevao-genius

However many previous talents couldn't find good number of chances at Chelsea and started to shine after joining other teams in the past. I hope it doesn't happen with Estêvão too.    Chelsea is giving importance to young talents now of course.

Well I have also heard news about this. And this young player has the potential to become a very shining player if he succeeds in developing his talent well. And in fact, if Chelsea succeeds in making every young player there become a star then Chelsea will indeed become a club that produces new star players. And maybe that's the plan for Chelsea's new owners. They want to make a profit by developing every young player to reach their maximum level to become a star player. Last season, at least Cole Palmer managed to steal attention for his significant development in performance at Chelsea. And Chelsea may want to get more quality young players like Cole Palmer. And maybe next season Estêvão Willian will join Chelsea and it is hoped that he will become a young player whose potential can be developed at Chelsea. It's just that to develop the potential of young players, the right coach is needed who really understands how to maximize a player's hidden abilities and potential. And now Chelsea has Enzo Maresca who is expected to be able to develop this task.

[Luzin]

Regarding the quality of Eddie Nketiah, I think he is a young player who can continue to develop, he is only 25 years old and individually he is quite good.

It seems that Arteta continues to look for players to cover the shortcomings of last season. From defenders, midfielders and forwards. Of course Arteta must work correctly to eliminate big mistakes at the end of the season. For strikers Arteta has got Jesus, he performed well but was not consistent, then Arteta got Kai Havertz but at the end of the season he was also inconsistent. For the rest of the season, Havertz cannot be the solution for Arsenal's attackers. Because that any rumor has it that Arteta is very interested in Serhou Guirassy and Jonathan David.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-news-arteta-guirassy-33104935

[mamesso]

~Snip~

Neymar spent good seasons at PSG, there were injuries, but not as critical as you describe, but in Saudi Arabia the injury did not allow him to realize anything, and now he just wants to return home to his native club. Now the time of Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo is coming to an end, and new talents will take their place, so finding young players is very important for any team. PSG is not giving up hope of signing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, they are offering him a very good salary and there are rumors that the contract has already been agreed upon.

Such is the fate of a player, no one can predict what will happen after he moves to a new club. Neymar was highly valued at Barcelona, ​​but as a result of being tempted by a high salary he chose to move to PSG. With PSG it was a bad start to Neymar career, there he had difficulty developing his game and often spend time in the treatment room. The conditions experienced by Neymar are almost the same as those experienced by Hazard, before moving to Real Madrid, he was the most prominent player in the team, but after joining Real Madrid he spent more time on the bench. PSG is facing a transition period in its squad after Mbappe's departure, a new striker must be brought in to strengthen its front line. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia can still be relied on, he is also very productive in scoring goals, PSG must try to realize this transfer to face competition next season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Real Madrid has officially signed Endrick from few months ago, but he will join the squad in the next month. So, it's not about Endrick anymore, but Real Madrid choose to not sign Joselu because Endrick's performance in friendly match against Mexico make them satisfied.

I agree that Ancelotti don't want to sign Joselu, they don't need to have three strikers because it's too much.

They've had him signed up since last year, they're only making possible announcement soon ahead. Yeah, I'm happy he'll be joining them, he has so much potentials and I'm sure he'll shine.
Your statement is not true, they're not and have never said that about Joselu, Carlo Ancellotti had plans of keeping him but the spadinard wanted a move outta the club. I'm guessing he wants to play for money.

When you look at the kind of football they'll be playing next season, you'll see what he needs to leave the club completely. Thanks to those two solid goals to leave his side ahead of Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

As for the fee for Nketiaih, he is not even worth 35M... I don't know why these people do things this way. Arsenal should make sure they bring in a goalscorer, I've not seen any movesade to sign up a central forward and attacking player, it's mandatory isn't?

[Fiatless]

Chelsea is really good at finding promising youngsters especially in Brazil. Estêvão Willian is another name preparing to join next summer. Maybe you will say "Why not now?". It is because he is still 17. International transfers aren't allowed for the players under the age of 18. There are some exceptions too though and you can check

From what I got from my little research about this young player he is skilful in dribbling and has a fast pace which will be a threat to many defenders.  But I think paying £ 51 million for the seventeen-year-old Estevao Willian is such a big risk. Neymar's approval of the player doesn't mean that he would succeed in the Premier League. There have been some young players that have been hyped or tipped to be successful in big leagues but they ended up disappointing. But if the coach is fortune that' this young player grows to become one of the best in the world they will end up making a big profit if they want to sell them to another club in the future. There is risk in all businesses including football. Such young player needs to be under a good coach that will give them the opportunity to grow. Just hoping that Enzo Maresca will be able to harness the talent that is in the young Brazilian winger.

[Agbamoni]

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1805936798926766391

£50m for Eddie Nketiah? isn't that too expensive?

It's quite a fair price for him. He is an Arsenal striker with good experience. Playing for teams like Aston Villa, Cryptal Palace and Everton will be worth it.

This player only performed well for a few moments and after that he started to flop. So it would be too much for Arsenal to ask for that kind of fee for any team interested in him. On the other hand, I'm not sure there are other teams in the EPL or teams from other leagues that are interested in him except the Turkish league or the Saudi league that came to sign him.

If you have watched Arsenal matches more often then you would know that you are mistaken. Eddie has only been given chance to play when Gabriel Jesus is not available. Meanwhile, he scored more goals even coming in during the second half last season than Arsenal so called striker Gabriel Jesus who played more matches than Eddie Nketiah in the last Premier League season. Eddie is what the price that was placed on his head, and you will be surprised that they will come for him even with such an amount.

[Abbatty]

Chelsea is really good at finding promising youngsters especially in Brazil. Estêvão Willian is another name preparing to join next summer. Maybe you will say "Why not now?". It is because he is still 17. International transfers aren't allowed for the players under the age of 18.

I think they are over doing it signing too many youngsters is not the solution to their problems because most of them will not be able to make it to the first team while others will be sent out on loan so that’s why i think it’s a waste of money.

No doubt they are good players but why don’t they focus on signing players that will be of great benefit to them next season because clearly they are struggling and need to improve as soon as possible. They will probably sign another young striker that will probably sit on the bench for Jackson and then they will be stuck with Jackson. Ehy not just sign a very good striker like Manchester City did signing Haaland, well, it’s their problem so they can do whatever they please.