⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Trofo]

Really unsure on Cavani, he’s 33 & will be on big wages, can he perform in a physical & fast paced league at 33?

IIRC they were also after Mandzukic at one point. Guess they were looking after someone who has experience in central forward position regardless of how old they are. They already have Ighalo on loan from Shenhua who is 31. Regarding your question, I also have doubts over Cavani performing in PL since he is already this old and is coming from not much fast league as PL. Only way to see is to watch him in action.

Any one know where is Mandzukic now? after not get any time minutes for playing last season for Juventus his name was close and not make score again, I think Mandzukic is great player and look potential as foward, but always coach have different for their player who will be in their strategy in match, we know how many good player not get enough time for playing like Luis Suarez have move from Barcelona after Ronald Koeman not like him.

Last I know about Mandzukic was that he moved to Qatar team Al-Duhail from Juventus. He struggled playing there for quite a bit and then both the team and Mandzukic terminated the contract with mutual consent. So right now seems like he is free agent-not sure though. What a waste  

He was in Russia getting ready to sign for one of their teams, forgot which one Anyway the story goes they tried to cheat him in the contract signing and he left disappointed. They had agreed on amount in EUR and then put contract in Rubles with some very bad exchange rate + inflation towards EUR. When I say bad, I mean instead of 6M he gets 4M, something utterly ridiculous. All then numbers are just from my head since I read it a couple a days ago and can't find the link anymore but the gist of the story is correct.

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[MCobian]

Edison Cavani arrival to Manchester united is a great boost to the team.

Honestly, I don't understand this team anymore. Their backline is garbage, and they bought another striker! F*ck Woodward!
Compared to Mourinho's transfer plan, Ole doesn't know how to assemble a balanced team.

They need LB, CB, and DM.

Anyways, I predict United struggle to be top-6, and Spurs will be in the top-3.

They bought Alex Telles who is a LB but I agree that they need some good CB's as well. They are focusing too much on mid and striker right now. Seriously their sense of tagetting players in transfer seems to have gone totally off.

Like Evra said in post match after the game against Spurs. Its not problem with managers.. their management needs to change.

I am also surprised by the purchases made by Manchester United, they are focused on looking for wingers, midfielders and strikers.
Even though their defense is very bad, if you look at the Manchester United vs Tottenham match, it was clear how Maguire and Bailly
went wrong a lot. Manchester United need a good center defender. That's why I was even more surprised when Manchester United tried
to bring in Jadon Sancho, even though in the end it failed. And the purchase of Van de Beek in my opinion is not quite right, for Alex Telles
is still good as a cover for Luke Shaw who is easily injured and bringing in Cavani is no problem because of the free transfer.

[coinlocket$]

Remember the market is not closed for free agents, they still can change the team.

Also, the next winter session is from 4th January till 1st February. (if nothing else will change it)

[nelson4lov]

Honestly, I don't understand this team anymore. Their backline is garbage, and they bought another striker! F*ck Woodward!
Compared to Mourinho's transfer plan, Ole doesn't know how to assemble a balanced team.

They need LB, CB, and DM.

I'm not surprised with Man Utd's recent signings because they spent majority of the transfer window period chasing Jadon Sancho and ended up not signing him. Considering how weak their team performances has been towards the end of last season down to the most recent Premier league matchday, I expected more much better signings. Nonetheless, they did sign a left-back (Alex Telles) to help bolster its already weak defence. But I'm not convinced this would fix their defense problems.

Signing Cavani too was a good deal. Their frontline is as weak as their defense so it should be a win situation if he (Cavani) lives up to expectations and delivers.

[coinlocket$]

Well in the end Cavani was a free agent for Manchester so good sign for them.

I can't find info about his salary, is true his signed for over m€ for the season? 

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Well in the end Cavani was a free agent for Manchester so good sign for them.

I can't find info about his salary, is true his signed for over m€ for the season? 

Approx £200,000 according to various UK media, seems a lot for somebody his age but it was a free transfer so you have to balance that out. Wonder if he got a juicy signing on fee.

[kawetsriyanto]

Honestly, I don't understand this team anymore.

You don't understand it because what they do isn't like you expected, mate.  
As an MU fan, now you need to appreciate what they already did. It may be the best that Ole can do to improve the team.

Their backline is garbage, and they bought another striker!

After the Ferdinand-Vidic era, we don't see solid defenders anymore.
We cannot blame Ole, even Mourinho have tried to improve MU squad but you know what the result is.

Anyways, I predict United struggle to be top-6, and Spurs will be in the top-3.

I think it should struggle on top 10. 
You said their defenders are garbage, the top 6 is too high expectation. You may need to lower your expectation. he.

[Smartvirus]

Mario Gotze, the 28 years old German international and formal Dortmund striker who became relived of his deal with Dortmund and enlisted in the market on a free transfer has been one of the most important player on the list with rumors on tons of offers from teams like AS Monaco, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Galatasaray amongst others have finally exist the Dortmund team to join PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer after signing a two years contract deal with the Netherland club.
Mario Gotze who seem to have been having a challenging time with Dortmund made 21 appearances, scoring only three goals which doesn't seem much like a good record to me for a striker of his caliber is in for another trying times as the Netherland team isn't in a very easy one to play in though, the PSV Eindhoven team seen to be doing very well.
Let's hope he adds positively to the team and make the games more entertaining and we hope to feature them in our bets.

[ampere]

Mario Gotze, the 28 years old German international and formal Dortmund striker who became relived of his deal with Dortmund and enlisted in the market on a free transfer has been one of the most important player on the list with rumors on tons of offers from teams like AS Monaco, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Galatasaray amongst others have finally exist the Dortmund team to join PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer after signing a two years contract deal with the Netherland club.
Mario Gotze who seem to have been having a challenging time with Dortmund made 21 appearances, scoring only three goals which doesn't seem much like a good record to me for a striker of his caliber is in for another trying times as the Netherland team isn't in a very easy one to play in though, the PSV Eindhoven team seen to be doing very well.
Let's hope he adds positively to the team and make the games more entertaining and we hope to feature them in our bets.

I think this is a very good move for Gotze, after couple of injury ridden years; Gotze has struggled for confidence and form and this is why a move to the eredivisie fits well for him; lots of playing time, ajax beautiful football; and another chance to brighten up his career.

As regards Manchester United; no coach can succeed in mufc as long as woodward and co are still in charge; the club is only worried about shirt sales and profits; and that is the only reason why the first team gets abandoned whenever they qualify for champions league and need reinforcements. A long season ahead.

[cryptofrka]

Approx £200,000 according to various UK media, seems a lot for somebody his age but it was a free transfer so you have to balance that out. Wonder if he got a juicy signing on fee.

The package that was mentioned is ridiculous. It was ~200k£ p/w in wages alone with additional bonuses, a 3.5 mil signing fee and the most crazy thing - additional agent fees that were touted as 9mil£ in total.
It was said that no deal will be done without paying the agent fees (that's why the Atletico deal collapsed) so it's expected that a big chunk of the mentioned fee was also a part of the deal.

It's a 20+mil£ deal for 1 season, in a position where they really don't need new players. Brilliant.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Approx £200,000 according to various UK media, seems a lot for somebody his age but it was a free transfer so you have to balance that out. Wonder if he got a juicy signing on fee.

The package that was mentioned is ridiculous. It was ~200k£ p/w in wages alone with additional bonuses, a 3.5 mil signing fee and the most crazy thing - additional agent fees that were touted as 9mil£ in total.
It was said that no deal will be done without paying the agent fees (that's why the Atletico deal collapsed) so it's expected that a big chunk of the mentioned fee was also a part of the deal.

It's a 20+mil£ deal for 1 season, in a position where they really don't need new players. Brilliant.

Typical Man Utd since Ferguson left tbh. Get linked with world class players but end up signing a guy who is way past his peak. I should probably stop mocking them now though or Cavani will probably score a hat-trick at Anfield or something 

[coinlocket$]

Approx £200,000 according to various UK media, seems a lot for somebody his age but it was a free transfer so you have to balance that out. Wonder if he got a juicy signing on fee.

He was near to sign for Benfica months ago and the rumors were for 3-4 million/season.
In that case, he did an absurd deal   for the money he will earn, for the team meh at least they will be in the Champions League.

[Daniel91]

Approx £200,000 according to various UK media, seems a lot for somebody his age but it was a free transfer so you have to balance that out. Wonder if he got a juicy signing on fee.

The package that was mentioned is ridiculous. It was ~200k£ p/w in wages alone with additional bonuses, a 3.5 mil signing fee and the most crazy thing - additional agent fees that were touted as 9mil£ in total.
It was said that no deal will be done without paying the agent fees (that's why the Atletico deal collapsed) so it's expected that a big chunk of the mentioned fee was also a part of the deal.

It's a 20+mil£ deal for 1 season, in a position where they really don't need new players. Brilliant.

Typical Man Utd since Ferguson left tbh. Get linked with world class players but end up signing a guy who is way past his peak. I should probably stop mocking them now though or Cavani will probably score a hat-trick at Anfield or something 

I agree with you.
It’s really amazing how much money Manchester United has spent on a lot of players in recent years and how small their results have been in recent years.
It seems that after Ferguson left, they lost their vision and want to achieve everything quickly, buying players instead of creating them through work and training.

[Harlot]

Approx £200,000 according to various UK media, seems a lot for somebody his age but it was a free transfer so you have to balance that out. Wonder if he got a juicy signing on fee.

He was near to sign for Benfica months ago and the rumors were for 3-4 million/season.
In that case, he did an absurd deal   for the money he will earn, for the team meh at least they will be in the Champions League.

Agreeing that this is a huge score for Cavani as if I am able to compare him to another player Ribery's contract is only 8,000,000 Euros for 2 years which is just around 100,000$ weekly and that is in Euros. Also this will really be a more valuable contract for Cavani especially if he fails to impress in his stay in United it will feel like the team had overvalues Cavani for his current contract. Keep in mind that during his last season with PSG he only had 7 goals for the season that's including Cup games as well.

[nelson4lov]

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I should probably stop mocking them now though or Cavani will probably score a hat-trick at Anfield or something 

I would say the same thing I said when Ibrahimovic signed for Manchester United. We can't be sure how he'd perform. EPL isn't like every other league. It's something Falcao realized only after his signing.

Even though I haven't seen his performance in a Man Utd shirt, I don't think he would be able to put 3 past the current Liverpool team. Despite our recent fallout at the Villa park, we have one of the best defenses in EPL. It would be fun to see him try though 

[AakZaki]

~snip~
They need LB, CB, and DM.

Anyways, I predict United struggle to be top-6, and Spurs will be in the top-3.

I agree with you, they need defenders not striker. Or will they install Cavani as a defender to replace Bailly or Maguire. Lol
 
Just look at the three games they have conceded 11 goals, this is very bad. In the match against Tottenham Hotspur Shaw, Maguire, Bailly and Aaron failed to do their job properly. Just look at Maguire as the most expensive defender who can make mistakes.

[Avirunes]

He was in Russia getting ready to sign for one of their teams, forgot which one Anyway the story goes they tried to cheat him in the contract signing and he left disappointed. They had agreed on amount in EUR and then put contract in Rubles with some very bad exchange rate + inflation towards EUR. When I say bad, I mean instead of 6M he gets 4M, something utterly ridiculous. All then numbers are just from my head since I read it a couple a days ago and can't find the link anymore but the gist of the story is correct.

Just checked about him and it seems like Lokomotiv Moscow was approaching him. They were offering him around 2.5M Euro. He was being offered more than twice of that amount when he was in his Qatar team- Al Duhail. That's quite a drop....

No wonder he rejected that but still sad to see him out of club right now.

[mu_enrico]

Thanks for the support F*ck Woodward @ Avirunes, @MCobian, @AakZaki, @kawetsriyanto, @nelson4lov

As an MU fan, now you need to appreciate what they already did. It may be the best that Ole can do to improve the team.

Well, I'm trying to be objective in my judgment, and I honestly think the current MU team has no structure, i.e., a group of stable players that managers can rely on every week. Without this, hot prospects or wonder kids cannot develop to their full potentials, as the team would be severely unstable.

After the Ferdinand-Vidic era, we don't see solid defenders anymore.
We cannot blame Ole, even Mourinho have tried to improve MU squad but you know what the result is.

2nd EPL Position, Europa Cup, Charity Shield.
That's why he begs for top class CB while parking his bus lol.

People might don't know that MU players are a group of average mid-table quality players. Try to play Football Manager and you will understand
PS: I won EPL 2020 season with Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in my MU team.

[Smartvirus]

I agree with you.
It’s really amazing how much money Manchester United has spent on a lot of players in recent years and how small their results have been in recent years.
It seems that after Ferguson left, they lost their vision and want to achieve everything quickly, buying players instead of creating them through work and training.

Exactly! It seemed like you just borrowed the idea from my mind. For some very good reasons, it seems that Alex Ferguson was Man United and there is no Man United without him. This is the case as, Man United now don't seem to have a vision. They are just playing with a mind set of qualifying and compit in the Europa which shouldn't be, they've had pretty much a lot of bad games from the previous season and has carried it into the new season despite the money spent on players.
Hopefully, the arrival of Edenson Cavani from PSG to join the team on Monday would up the game for them but still, I still don't see their vision changing and focusing on being a better title contenders against Liverpool and Manchester City.
Sadly his to isolate for 14 days and won't be training with his new team mates hence, his bound to miss at least 3-4 games or more at the moment.

[Coyster]

It seems that after Ferguson left, they lost their vision and want to achieve everything quickly, buying players instead of creating them through work and training.

It's not just Manchester United spending money this days, every big club has to spend money, (paying little attention to their academy) to be able to compete with the other teams around them, the problem in United's case is I believe they are spending money on the wrong players (like new signing, Edinson Cavani imo), who aren't performing to the standard man u fans expects of them. Mind you that during Fregies time, there were less big money transfers as there are now, and the players Ferguson signed then, always performed very well.

The league is only just starting, with four games played, but it already looks like it's impossible for Manchester United to win the EPL this season, that's how bad they look to me. Some years back, how dare your write off united from competing for the Epl title.