⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Altryist]

Manchester City cannot always be rely on De Bruyne so they have to regeneration their squad and i think it's time for them to look for the replacement of De Bruyne and indeed several months ago Guardiola personally want De Bruyne to stayed and extended his contract but i don't think it could be wise moved because De Bruyne currently is too often to gets injured and i have to says Hamstring injured has been makes De Bruyne cannot performing well again so i do agree with you that it's time for Manchester City to let De Bruyne leave and i think De Bruyne too has been realize this situation so that's why he start to thinking to moved from Manchester City and i think Saudi Pro League is good for him because he can earn a lot of money at there before retired

First we need to find out how good a contract he can get in Saudi Arabia because many players have tried to do this but not everyone can get a good offer. De Bruyne has previously said that he could continue his career in Saudi Arabia but if he is prone to frequent injuries then I think it could affect the terms of his contract. Obviously City also miss De Bruyne in the squad when he plays half of the second half and frequent injuries have become a big problem for him.

[beerlover]

Who's next in line for that job should be nobody but Graham Potter who's good at handling underdogs like Leicester City. He will indeed be a good coach for them. I know they're not in the relegation zones right now buy, this is the perfect time to show copper the exit as he was doing a poor job.
I have read of the Graham Potters news and I was glad he's back. He is good at coaching underdogs but not experience enough to handle big clubs like Man United and Chelsea.

Graham Potter, David Moyes, and Ruud van Nistelrooy are the three coaches that are been considered. Graham Potter has been without a job since he left Chelsea last season. David Moyes has not gotten a job since leaving West Ham United in May.

The best man for the job as far as I know is Nistelrooy because of his recent performance at Manchester United. Although the two other coaches have more experience than the former Dutch striker, he is young, and his mates are the ones who are doing exploits in most top leagues.        

I agree, Graham Potter could be a great addition without a doubt and he would be doing better at Leicester than he could do with a bigger club. I wouldn't hire him for United for example. Because, expectation for United is to eventually go back to being a top level team, doesn't mean it will, but that is the expectation, you have to beat all the smaller teams, and allowed to lose to only big name clubs, a few of top six, that's it.

With Leicester, as long as Graham Potter keeps them winning a bit and keep them staying at premier league, that is more than enough for them. They already saw what relegation did to them, and to be fair they bounced right back and doing great right now, but at the same time it costs financially to recover that quickly. So, they want to be able to win.

[Palakka]

Manchester City cannot always be rely on De Bruyne so they have to regeneration their squad and i think it's time for them to look for the replacement of De Bruyne and indeed several months ago Guardiola personally want De Bruyne to stayed and extended his contract but i don't think it could be wise moved because De Bruyne currently is too often to gets injured and i have to says Hamstring injured has been makes De Bruyne cannot performing well again so i do agree with you that it's time for Manchester City to let De Bruyne leave and i think De Bruyne too has been realize this situation so that's why he start to thinking to moved from Manchester City and i think Saudi Pro League is good for him because he can earn a lot of money at there before retired

First we need to find out how good a contract he can get in Saudi Arabia because many players have tried to do this but not everyone can get a good offer. De Bruyne has previously said that he could continue his career in Saudi Arabia but if he is prone to frequent injuries then I think it could affect the terms of his contract. Obviously City also miss De Bruyne in the squad when he plays half of the second half and frequent injuries have become a big problem for him.

KDB future is still unclear at Manchester City because so far he has not received a contract extension, for a club as big as City, of course they will do a lot of consideration before extending the a player contract including in terms of age, ability and also injury history so I think it will be difficult for KDB to get a new contract at this time even though maybe Guardiola is still considering it.
If we talk about the possibility of going to another club, of course it is very likely to happen especially so far he has received many offers from the Arab League league so far, the Arab League will most likely be the league where he may continue his career in addition to starting to be competitive, a large salary could be a reason for him to play before retiring, to be honest, I don't see an Arab club will consider his injury because so far he has no history of severe injuries like Neymar.

[KTChampions]

It is actually strange that Liverpool still didn't extend Salah's contract. Liverpool should be easy to extend his contract because he is a very important part of Liverpool squad. I'm very sure Liverpool still needs much of Salah's role. Salah always makes big contribution in every single match, he surely deserves to play in Liverpool for more than 1-2 years. Well, if Salah really leaves Liverpool, I also believe Liverpool performance will start to declining much. Its impact is probably even bigger than  the impact of Mane's exit.


                        nytimes

I saw this interview and it looks extremely terrible (for the club) - a key player who has been loyal to the club for many years and is already a legend of it is begging (in fact, that's how it sounds) for a contract extension. I understand he is not 20 and is a very expensive player in terms of salary, but I think at least they could discuss it? Salah has a Saudi Arabia option so he will not accept a significant salary cut, but why don't they start negotiations?

[Webetcoins]

Perez could open the door for Rodri to join Real Madrid in the future, and that could be very interesting to see. He talked positively about him, and Rodri spoke positively about Real Madrid as well, and just like Perez said, he is from Madrid so they are doing great. I believe we are going to end up with him joining eventually, don't know when though. He is injured now, he is 28 years old, and if he ends up joining, he will be 29 years old and that will be very different for him.

Real Madrid usually doesn't buy nearly 30 year olds, they try to get players which are a bit younger, like for example they are looking at Wirtz now, which makes absolutely no sense considering they are heavily packed at that position, but the idea is correct, a talented star player that is young, that's who they buy. Rodri seems to be not the type of player they get and could be very difficult to bag as well considering he is already playing at City, a great club.

[MainIbem]

It is actually strange that Liverpool still didn't extend Salah's contract. Liverpool should be easy to extend his contract because he is a very important part of Liverpool squad. I'm very sure Liverpool still needs much of Salah's role. Salah always makes big contribution in every single match, he surely deserves to play in Liverpool for more than 1-2 years. Well, if Salah really leaves Liverpool, I also believe Liverpool performance will start to declining much. Its impact is probably even bigger than  the impact of Mane's exit.


                        nytimes

I saw this interview and it looks extremely terrible (for the club) - a key player who has been loyal to the club for many years and is already a legend of it is begging (in fact, that's how it sounds) for a contract extension. I understand he is not 20 and is a very expensive player in terms of salary, but I think at least they could discuss it? Salah has a Saudi Arabia option so he will not accept a significant salary cut, but why don't they start negotiations?

I believe Liverpool's management knows what they're doing and they'll still extend his contract even though it's for a year, I know selling Salah would come with lots if profits for them but their are some players you don't easily lose in a team and Salah is one of them, he's like the best player in that team if not the best and has helped them right from Jurgen Klopp's regime till this point therefore he deserves the honour from the management, the fans love him infact he's their favourite and losing him would be very disappointing to the fans. I think the management won't want to disappoint their loyal fans who's stood by them in both tough and good times therefore Mo Salah's contract might be extended for about a year or more if possible. However if peradventurely they decide to release or sell him off for profits, it would be quite difficult to find a youngster to replace Salah for the moment.

[Adams0001]

Perez could open the door for Rodri to join Real Madrid in the future, and that could be very interesting to see. He talked positively about him, and Rodri spoke positively about Real Madrid as well, and just like Perez said, he is from Madrid so they are doing great. I believe we are going to end up with him joining eventually, don't know when though. He is injured now, he is 28 years old, and if he ends up joining, he will be 29 years old and that will be very different for him.

Real Madrid usually doesn't buy nearly 30 year olds, they try to get players which are a bit younger, like for example they are looking at Wirtz now, which makes absolutely no sense considering they are heavily packed at that position, but the idea is correct, a talented star player that is young, that's who they buy. Rodri seems to be not the type of player they get and could be very difficult to bag as well considering he is already playing at City, a great club.

He will be very hard if Real Madrid will buy Rodri to Madrid, because I don't think Real Madrid are lacking any midfielder in the club, and all Madrid midfielders are young players, with the exception of Modric, who is old, so Madrid won't buy Rodri, because Madrid have Camavinga, Bellingham, Valverde, and all are still young. before Rodri comes to Madrid, he should have been old already, and Perez doesn't buy players over the age of 30, so except them to bring him as a load, as they did for Joselu.

Madrid will only focus on defenders because that is what the team now lacks, as well as midfielders and strikers. Madrid has crucial players who are talented enough to assist the club reach its goals. Carvaja is becoming older, and Madrid will focus on finding a replacement for him next year after the window opens, or presumably next season since that his contract has been renewed. Vini Jr. is currently injured following their last game in the La Liga, and they have a difficult game against Liverpool, who are currently leading the league table and the UCL table. Now that Vini Jr is not in the lineup of the match he will be very difficult for madrid to achieve three point in the game. Let see if Mbappe will help madrid tomorrow in the game.

[Litzki1990]

“I don't know. What I know is that Kevin will decide by himself, like David Silva or others did..." was the exact response of Pep Guardiola when he was asked if Kelvin De Bruyne will stay or leave at the end of the current season. The Manchester City midfielder's  involvement for his club this season have been limited by injuries that's sidelined him. Personally I think his time at City is up so it'll be better for him to leave at the end of the season
 
 

Manchester City cannot always be rely on De Bruyne so they have to regeneration their squad and i think it's time for them to look for the replacement of De Bruyne and indeed several months ago Guardiola personally want De Bruyne to stayed and extended his contract but i don't think it could be wise moved because De Bruyne currently is too often to gets injured and i have to says Hamstring injured has been makes De Bruyne cannot performing well again so i do agree with you that it's time for Manchester City to let De Bruyne leave and i think De Bruyne too has been realize this situation so that's why he start to thinking to moved from Manchester City and i think Saudi Pro League is good for him because he can earn a lot of money at there before retired

As much as De Bruyne has contributed to Manchester City, this contribution will not be forgotten by Manchester City but sometimes changes in some places bring good things to the team. De Bruyne is plagued with injuries these days and his attacking performances in the midfield are not impressing us as much as he used to be, so the Manchester City management can certainly think about him. Maybe at the end of the season such a decision can be made by Manchester City where they sell this player and sign another midfielder with their team. 
Before selling De Bruyne, Manchester City will appoint a good player in his place and then sell him because if Manchester City fails to appoint a better midfielder in his place, their team performance will be worse.

[Obari]

Perez could open the door for Rodri to join Real Madrid in the future, and that could be very interesting to see. He talked positively about him, and Rodri spoke positively about Real Madrid as well, and just like Perez said, he is from Madrid so they are doing great. I believe we are going to end up with him joining eventually, don't know when though. He is injured now, he is 28 years old, and if he ends up joining, he will be 29 years old and that will be very different for him.

Real Madrid usually doesn't buy nearly 30 year olds, they try to get players which are a bit younger, like for example they are looking at Wirtz now, which makes absolutely no sense considering they are heavily packed at that position, but the idea is correct, a talented star player that is young, that's who they buy. Rodri seems to be not the type of player they get and could be very difficult to bag as well considering he is already playing at City, a great club.

A great club comprises of high status players, we're talking about players that are able to deliver their individual team when it's time. Although these players are rare in the present days, there's full timing for the upbringing of the team. Rodri is one of the major player under Pep Guardiola. He's significantly a good versatile player in the midfield for Manchester City. With his presence, Manchester City is able to exert for brilliant outcome. However Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez have big plans for the club in the future. He's putting good structures for the developing area of the club currently. Pep Guardiola wouldn't trigger any sale clause on his major key players this season, he's facing difficulties but sooner, it will be fixed.

[Stepstowealth]

I believe Liverpool's management knows what they're doing and they'll still extend his contract even though it's for a year, I know selling Salah would come with lots if profits for them but their are some players you don't easily lose in a team and Salah is one of them, he's like the best player in that team if not the best and has helped them right from Jurgen Klopp's regime till this point therefore he deserves the honour from the management, the fans love him infact he's their favourite and losing him would be very disappointing to the fans. I think the management won't want to disappoint their loyal fans who's stood by them in both tough and good times therefore Mo Salah's contract might be extended for about a year or more if possible. However if peradventurely they decide to release or sell him off for profits, it would be quite difficult to find a youngster to replace Salah for the moment.

If Liverpool win the Premier league this season with the way they are leading the table, then Mo Salah should leave, he would have achieved something good to make solid  his profile as a legend in the club. He is old already and should plan to leave before his performance begins to decline and the coach starts keeping him on the bench. Saudi Clubs were interested in him, they will be back once they see that he has an interest to leave. If not Saudi, he can also consider another league maybe the Spanish league.

[RaltcoinsB]

Manchester City cannot always be rely on De Bruyne so they have to regeneration their squad and i think it's time for them to look for the replacement of De Bruyne and indeed several months ago Guardiola personally want De Bruyne to stayed and extended his contract but i don't think it could be wise moved because De Bruyne currently is too often to gets injured and i have to says Hamstring injured has been makes De Bruyne cannot performing well again so i do agree with you that it's time for Manchester City to let De Bruyne leave and i think De Bruyne too has been realize this situation so that's why he start to thinking to moved from Manchester City and i think Saudi Pro League is good for him because he can earn a lot of money at there before retired

First we need to find out how good a contract he can get in Saudi Arabia because many players have tried to do this but not everyone can get a good offer. De Bruyne has previously said that he could continue his career in Saudi Arabia but if he is prone to frequent injuries then I think it could affect the terms of his contract. Obviously City also miss De Bruyne in the squad when he plays half of the second half and frequent injuries have become a big problem for him.

Also, Neymar has become a great example for Saudi Arabian teams. Al Hilal team, who cannot benefit from Neymar, continues to pay him very high amounts of money. I think that they will probably add special clauses for injury situations when transferring players from now on. Because although Kevin De Bruyne is a special player, the injury problems he has experienced show that there may be problems in the team he will be transferred to. Of course, the team that wants to transfer him can add special clauses for this issue to the contract.

[Fiatless]

“I don't know. What I know is that Kevin will decide by himself, like David Silva or others did..." was the exact response of Pep Guardiola when he was asked if Kelvin De Bruyne will stay or leave at the end of the current season. The Manchester City midfielder's  involvement for his club this season have been limited by injuries that's sidelined him. Personally I think his time at City is up so it'll be better for him to leave at the end of the season
 
 

Kelvin De Bruyne should seek new challenges in a less stressful league. The English Premier League would not be ideal for an ageing injury prone player. The schedule of clubs like Manchester City is too hectic that it would expose him to more avenues to pick injuries. Meanwhile, he has good options that will give him reduced workload and more money. If he agrees to move to the US Major League or the Saudi Professional League, he might find it more suitable.

Manchester City might also be careful in dealing with the Belgian international. The club might want to keep him based on his contribution to the club but they might consider a cut in his wages and a short contract extension...

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“I don't know. What I know is that Kevin will decide by himself, like David Silva or others did..." was the exact response of Pep Guardiola when he was asked if Kelvin De Bruyne will stay or leave at the end of the current season. The Manchester City midfielder's  involvement for his club this season have been limited by injuries that's sidelined him. Personally I think his time at City is up so it'll be better for him to leave at the end of the season
 

We have to admit that Kevin De Bruyne has had a lot of injuries recently and he is not young, but even Manchester City's performance this season can be attributed to his current situation. Also, we shouldn't overlook the contribution he made to Manchester City after returning from injury last season. I don't think Manchester City should give him up easily. However, we know how Manchester City behave towards players coming into retirement. Also, Kevin De Bruyne has said before that he might go to Arabia for money. So, everything points to a departure at the end of the season...

If I were him, I would accept a 1+1 year contract with some pension plans that I can be involved in the club after retirement. I think Manchester City should come with special offers for him...

[Silence Scream]

It is actually strange that Liverpool still didn't extend Salah's contract. Liverpool should be easy to extend his contract because he is a very important part of Liverpool squad. I'm very sure Liverpool still needs much of Salah's role. Salah always makes big contribution in every single match, he surely deserves to play in Liverpool for more than 1-2 years. Well, if Salah really leaves Liverpool, I also believe Liverpool performance will start to declining much. Its impact is probably even bigger than  the impact of Mane's exit.


                        nytimes

I saw this interview and it looks extremely terrible (for the club) - a key player who has been loyal to the club for many years and is already a legend of it is begging (in fact, that's how it sounds) for a contract extension. I understand he is not 20 and is a very expensive player in terms of salary, but I think at least they could discuss it? Salah has a Saudi Arabia option so he will not accept a significant salary cut, but why don't they start negotiations?

I think Liverpool don't want him on the team anymore. Football is a bit cruel. When you get lucky, even the best teams don't want you. The most painful example of this is Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid, Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona. I think teams should have used all their resources for both of these players. We see that Cristiano Ronaldo is still playing terrifically today. I think he would still be performing at a high level if he was at Real Madrid. I think Mohamed Salah feels the same. Liverpool must think they've gotten all the efficiency they can from him, but I think they're wrong. If he goes to Saudi Arabia, he'll continue his magnificent performance there. He'll also earn more than the salary he'll receive at Liverpool.

[shogun47]

Coaches Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are having 2 similar fates. 2 great coaches are now 2 people that the media criticizes and rumors of being fired.

I find those who blame Pep Guardiola silly. Man City is still ranked 2nd in the rankings.  do they want Man City to always be on top of the copy? Every team has to go through a period of decline. They will have to start building a new squad with young players, just like how Real Madrid is changing.

Man City have won the Premier League four seasons in a row, are consistently competing in the Champions League, and now it's time for them to weaken to give other teams a chance. They shouldn't dominate the league for too long, it won't be interesting if they keep winning. This could be a good thing for the league.

But rest assured they won't be too bothered about the media attacking them for not playing another perfect season. Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola have a combined 6 titles as world's best coaches. I was surprised to see that Mourinho is the only one with 4 titles in that category. Furthermore, Guardiola has 39 titles with the clubs he coached and Ancelotti has 30 titles including the Champions League 5 times.

I don't think these two coaches are worthy of overly harsh criticism. They are not above everyone else generally speaking, but going through a crisis like Guardiola or being 2nd in La Liga like Ancelotti with Real Madrid is still not something I would expect to initiate a wave of harsh criticism.

Both have achieved everything possible in club football and now it is going to be a bad moment for the sport when both could soon say goodbye to club football and either retire, which I think could be possible for Ancelotti, or become a national trainer like Pep Guardiola. But there will be tremendous changes very soon in the coaching landscape. Klopp gone, Ancelotti soon gone, nobody knows how long Mourinho will continue, Pep Guardiola has extended his contract, but could leave club football in a few years too.

[tiCeR]

We can't really tell because Pep Guardiola has never been going through a crisis! That is why we can't tell whether he would be someone to leave.

But this is some interesting information here: Guardiola signs new City contract!

It is from just a few days ago and he wouldn't be doing that if he was already playing around with the idea to leave Manchester City. I couldn't find the new expiration date, but I assume it is now 2027? Was this current contract going until 2025 or 2026 because then it would be until 2028 if he signed for an "additional" two years. From what I read it is 2027, which is a strong signal sent by him in a time of crisis.

The reason why many were actually looking at him leaving was the fact that his current contract was just signed with two years and after winning the treble and his most soughted after trophy which was the champions league. We all thought he will actually call it a quit and there was numerous indications from his comments after the triumph but it was later after city was taken to court that some media started their propaganda about him running away from crisis.

He later cleared the air that he was sticking around the club till the end, this contract extension was just last week and this weekend game was the first game after the extension, the new contract runs till 2027 because this current one expires 2025.

I didn't think he would call it quits because he is the kind of guy who wants to write history and who knows that he could repeat it with Manchester City like Zidane did it with Real Madrid.

I think he now cleared the air exactly because many people would think he is going to leave if the ship is sinking, but this is why he said no and signed an extension. But I think there is more to that and his boss came to him and said give me a number and I will put it into your contract as salary if you extend it immediately.

Money is king and it has now long been king in the coaching business as well. For quite some time coaches were earning much less despite being the central figure in a club, but this has changed dramatically for the best coaches in particular.

[GbitG]

If you say Guardiola will get pressure sack after those streak defeats, it seems like you are wrong because currently Manchester City have extended his contract as coach until 2027,  I think, that it will be a big loss if they fired a coach who has able to win a lot of titles for 7 seasons just because of a failure in 1 season.

If the defeat continues and Manchester City still can't get out of the pressure, it is possible that Pep Guardiola will face the problem of being fired and even though Manchester City has currently extended his contract.
We can see how clubs in the Premier League can fire coaches unexpectedly and that's just my assumption based on some experiences that have happened.
The pressure I mean will be fans who try to voice the dismissal that is caused by losing streaks in the next match.

That's just my assumption and indeed we don't expect that to happen because Pep Guardiola has turned Manchester City into an extraordinary club in the midst of such tight competition.

Hmm, to be honest, that's not fair. Manchester city should need to give some time, Pep. Sometimes the coach needs time to understand the team. So, I think Pep should also be given more time. Recently,  due to the absence of some players in the team, the tactics are not going the way they used to be in the presence of these players I mean Rodri. Rodri was a defensive wall for Pep, he used Rodri as the heart of the midfielder. This means that pep used to trigger his offense by stopping the opponent's attack through Rodri. Now the biggest problem for Pep is to stop the opponent's attack, despite the fact that the rest of the players cannot do that job in the way Rodri used to do.
 
As for now Manchester city should give more time to Pep in which he can conclude better results from the team by rotating players. In addition, today's match is a real test for Pep. If he succeeds in this test, his chances of staying with Manchester City will increase. Otherwise, I think Manchester City will definitely sack him. 

[Captain Corporate]

Honestly? After winning this many titles and this many cups for them, Pep could lose rest of the entire season and he would still keep his job. He already got the win (almost by the time I am writing this they are 3-0 up) at UCL and finished the losing streak, but they could literally lose the entire season, still wouldn't relegated I bet, and they would still keep him to make sure he does better next season. Dude turned them from a terrible second class team into one of the best teams ever, obviously new ownership and money played a huge role, but that's how they convinced him anyways. In the end, they are doing great with him, and just one losing streak would not phase them at all, hence why they extended his contract.

edit: I stand corrected, the game ended 3-3 lol, I did not see that coming at all, what a comeback from feyenoord!

[dzonikg28]

Honestly? After winning this many titles and this many cups for them, Pep could lose rest of the entire season and he would still keep his job. He already got the win (almost by the time I am writing this they are 3-0 up) at UCL and finished the losing streak, but they could literally lose the entire season, still wouldn't relegated I bet, and they would still keep him to make sure he does better next season. Dude turned them from a terrible second class team into one of the best teams ever, obviously new ownership and money played a huge role, but that's how they convinced him anyways. In the end, they are doing great with him, and just one losing streak would not phase them at all, hence why they extended his contract.

That's what I think because they still know who Guardiola is and what are they going to do if they sack him? If you say A you gotta say B afterwards and it is well known that at the moment a lot of clubs are struggling to find a good coach with experience and outstanding skill to improve players and find the real diamonds in the transfer market. That is why I think like you that they would never sack him because they can't get a new one who could be close to his quality. Everything would be a weakening in the coaching staff. It is also the staff he has surrounded himself with. They would need an entire new team because they would all go wherever Guardiola goes next.

[ShowOff]

I believe Liverpool's management knows what they're doing and they'll still extend his contract even though it's for a year, I know selling Salah would come with lots if profits for them but their are some players you don't easily lose in a team and Salah is one of them, he's like the best player in that team if not the best and has helped them right from Jurgen Klopp's regime till this point therefore he deserves the honour from the management, the fans love him infact he's their favourite and losing him would be very disappointing to the fans. I think the management won't want to disappoint their loyal fans who's stood by them in both tough and good times therefore Mo Salah's contract might be extended for about a year or more if possible. However if peradventurely they decide to release or sell him off for profits, it would be quite difficult to find a youngster to replace Salah for the moment.

If Liverpool win the Premier league this season with the way they are leading the table, then Mo Salah should leave, he would have achieved something good to make solid  his profile as a legend in the club. He is old already and should plan to leave before his performance begins to decline and the coach starts keeping him on the bench. Saudi Clubs were interested in him, they will be back once they see that he has an interest to leave. If not Saudi, he can also consider another league maybe the Spanish league.

Liverpool never seem ready to lose Salah, it is difficult to find a suitable replacement and most likely the management will try to make a short-term offer. Everyone will admit that Salah is the most important player at Anfield, and in the future, the Egyptian player will be included in the list of respected legends. Clarity about Salah future may be revealed in December, Liverpool must prepare to find a replacement if the deal is not reached.

Last season, Al Ittihad submitted a proposal with a fantastic price for Salah, Liverpool management rejected it. So far, the move seems quite right, because Salah has been able to give a big influence on Liverpool performance, and led his team to the top of the Premier League and Champions League standings. I think Arne Slot will try to keep Salah at the club, regardless of the player age.