⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[tokeweed]

Can we expect to see some spectacular transfers this summer? mostly because of Coronavirus.

After the Manchester City ban, I am waiting to see how many players get off the team. I am actually thinking of some big names especially De bruyne and Sterling. There were also some rumours of Pep being at Juventus next. What do you guys think?

BTW Real Madrid are targeting Liverpool winger Sadio Mane. I don't think that Mane will be interested in joining Madrid. He is doing so well at Liverpool. What do you guys think about that.

I do think that Manchester city appeal for the ban to be overturned will be delayed by the virus, which needs to be contained sooner.
While sterling has reiterated his wishes to continue at city irrespective of whatever happens.

I do not think Madrid are targeting Mane, i think Madrid core target is PSG Mbappe, which will fill the missing void in Madrid's attack

My bet is also on Mbappe or even Erling Braut Håland in a couple of years since they are much younger as compared to Mane or Salah. They have lots of players they first need to get rid of that can position on the left side or right side of the attack. So buying Mane or Salah when they just acquired Hazard and still have Vinicious, Bale, Rodrygo, Lucas, Rodriguez would make no sense

Manchester City’s important players have already confirmed that they won’t be leaving the club because of the ban, but there’re various rumours online which state that Mahrez will be sold at the end of the season. @JeromeTash I’m not surprised to see that Real Madrid is targeting Mane as he’s a proven serial winner, and he’ll be cheaper alternative in comparison to Mbappe or Halland.


Sources:

https://www.espn.in/football/manchester-city/story/4057315/man-city-players-committed-despite-uefa-ban-guardiola

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/14/zidane-tells-real-madrid-sign-liverpool-sadio-mane-transfer-klopp-12399605/

https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/epl-transfer-news-manchester-city-riyad-mahrez-to-psg-manchester-united-want-federico-chiesa-chelsea-emerson/news-story/7c1d286e07960bc6adaca49c9c057bfb

Heh.  Mahrez to PSG and I could see Mane going to Real.  I mean once Real calls, it's really hard to ignore.  That's like the pinnacle of where any footballer should be.

Edit:  And about the City players staying...  Let's see what Sterling does.  Lolol.  My gut feeling says he's outta there. 

[DeathAngel]

tokeweed, I guess Sterling's future depends on if the Man City CL ban is upheld. If they wriggle out of it he will stay I think.

[coinlocket$]

tokeweed, I guess Sterling's future depends on if the Man City CL ban is upheld. If they wriggle out of it he will stay I think.

The sentence on Manchester City is now expected to be delayed cause the problem caused by the virus.

[bullrun2024bro]

It looks like that FC Bayern München and Ajax Amsterdam have a new transfer target: Pepê. The current market value of the Brazilian left-forward/striker is about €8.5m. Did anybody see him play? Is he ready for the big step to Europe?

Bayern and Ajax are interested in Grêmio winger Pepê (23). Both clubs are concrete for the player. Bayern have inquired about Pepê but an offer will only be made when the transfer window opens in the summer [@globoesportecom]

[nelson4lov]

tokeweed, I guess Sterling's future depends on if the Man City CL ban is upheld. If they wriggle out of it he will stay I think.

Haha. He should get his bags ready. It's being rumored that their CL ban will placed on a "pause" pending when football action returns back to normalcy in Europe. This could mean that even if Champions league action resumes next year, their ban doesn't take effect until then.  I know one thing, PL and other minor competitions wouldn't be enough to keep those players in check.

[Naida_BR]

Seem Manchester united will be extended Nemanja Matic contract until June 2021. [1]

Matic is a good player for Manchester United but he is very old now.
One year extension is good in order to give him a place for retirement and help United find a player of the same dynamic and level compared to Matic.

[DeathAngel]

Seem Manchester united will be extended Nemanja Matic contract until June 2021. [1]

Matic is a good player for Manchester United but he is very old now.
One year extension is good in order to give him a place for retirement and help United find a player of the same dynamic and level compared to Matic.

He’s been declining in ability for some time now. He was a top class player for Chelsea but they got rid of him at the right time imo.

[Captain Corporate]

 I mean what else can Manchester can do right now? They do not have the money they used to have and they do not have the attraction they used to have neither. So now they need to both find money AND convince players to join. Back in the day players played in other places and peaked at United, nowadays players play at United and go peak somewhere else. That is why you keep the good few players you have as long as you can, Matic could be a bit worse than he used to be but at least he is still United material.

 The real question is, what will pogba do? That is really curious, if United gets some money, I am sure they can actually figure something out. With a good amount they could actually get a decent midfield, I still trust Rashford at the striker position enough, defense is not horrible, so they just need a good midfield and they can play for keeps next season.

[examplens]

Seem Manchester united will be extended Nemanja Matic contract until June 2021. [1]

Matic is a good player for Manchester United but he is very old now.
One year extension is good in order to give him a place for retirement and help United find a player of the same dynamic and level compared to Matic.

He’s been declining in ability for some time now. He was a top class player for Chelsea but they got rid of him at the right time imo.

He is still a top-class player. Maybe perhaps not in the best age, but it is good because it is standing firmly on the ground do not think that they are a star and do not need to sweat. Any manager like players like them, professionals and hard workers. To be honest, in Manchester United any player looks like a clown because they lost the system. Check Pogba world-class player and what he looks like for the last two years. Maybe there are some changes in the last few months, but we will see whats happened.

[bullrun2024bro]

Manchester City, FC Bayern München and FC Barcelona are interested in Kai Havertz, but it looks like he is staying one more year at Bayer Leverkusen since his market value dropped a lot due the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source:

Kai Havertz's price is expected to drop due to the ongoing crisis. Havertz could stay at Leverkusen for one more year as the club would rather keep him than sell him for a significantly low price. Havertz's contract runs until summer 2022 [@SPORTBILD]

[justdimin]

Looking at how the teams will not make any money this year from now on (it doesn't look like they will be capable of coming back) I can say that teams will not be looking to spend too much money next year.

We still have no idea how this year will pan out, maybe they will continue during the summer, maybe they will finish it next year, this corona seriously disturbed almost everything about sports and it is definitely not known when it will continue neither, not just premier league but all sports all over the world. In short I doubt there will be big transfers anytime soon, we have to wait and see what will happen but for a looooong time there will probably no transfers at all.

After season continues and everything goes back to normal, maybe we can start seeing Somet moves again.

[qomariah95]

BTW Real Madrid are targeting Liverpool winger Sadio Mane. I don't think that Mane will be interested in joining Madrid. He is doing so well at Liverpool. What do you guys think about that.

Every player is for sale at the right price, I don’t think Mane will leave. More likely Salah could go, I don’t know why but I see him as more attainable than Mane.

In fact I think both, both mane and wrong will not go away for next season. Because both are still very suitable for liverpool, but that's just my thinking. Because in a player transfer, anything can happen even at the end of the player's transfer closing.

[coinlocket$]

Probably nothing relevant only a "hello" to Matuidi on what Pogba did on Instagram but always a pleasure to see him with the Juventus' shirt.



Source: https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/calcio-estero/premier-league/2020/03/18-67988157/pogba_allenamento_con_la_maglia_della_juve_e_omaggio_a_matuidi/

[MCobian]

Looking at how the teams will not make any money this year from now on (it doesn't look like they will be capable of coming back) I can say that teams will not be looking to spend too much money next year.

We still have no idea how this year will pan out, maybe they will continue during the summer, maybe they will finish it next year, this corona seriously disturbed almost everything about sports and it is definitely not known when it will continue neither, not just premier league but all sports all over the world. In short I doubt there will be big transfers anytime soon, we have to wait and see what will happen but for a looooong time there will probably no transfers at all.

After season continues and everything goes back to normal, maybe we can start seeing Somet moves again.

I strongly agree with you about football transfers, because this corona virus has a bad impact on the world of sports. Not only are some
important matches postponed, but some soccer clubs will not be able to transfer players. If this year the spread of the corona virus can
be stopped immediately, then we can hope that next year football transfers will return to normal. Because now all parties focus on fighting
the corona virus first.

[ampere]

Probably nothing relevant only a "hello" to Matuidi on what Pogba did on Instagram but always a pleasure to see him with the Juventus' shirt.



Source: https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/calcio-estero/premier-league/2020/03/18-67988157/pogba_allenamento_con_la_maglia_della_juve_e_omaggio_a_matuidi/

I do not think he is hinting about a move to juventus, but instead is showing support to teammate Blaise Matuidi.
He had the training session alongside Lindelof, who also wore a sampdoria jersey, showing support to fellow teammates.

Its good to see the players watch out for one another,

One glitch is that, how come professional players do not have training cones, in the home lol,
He literally replaced cones with slippers in the training short clip

[Coyster]

Matic is a good player for Manchester United but he is very old now.
One year extension is good in order to give him a place for retirement and help United find a player of the same dynamic and level compared to Matic.

I am not too sure if nemanja Matic has anything else to offer Manchester United, in my honest opinion I think they would be better off selling him right now they can still get something out of the transfer, he may get zero playing time in this one year extension period and that will reduce his market value(if he has any for now), except if he's planning to retire at Manchester United.

[ampere]

Seem Manchester united will be extended Nemanja Matic contract until June 2021. [1]

Matic is a good player for Manchester United but he is very old now.
One year extension is good in order to give him a place for retirement and help United find a player of the same dynamic and level compared to Matic.

The one year extension is a clause on Matic contract that was activated by manchester united, and a contract renewal is under discussions.

To clear your doubt, Matic was retained and is tabled a new contract not because he is old, but because he brings experience and core leadership skills to the team.
In a team of young entertaining footballers, you need core backroom experience to push the team excellently.

[Trofo]

Seem Manchester united will be extended Nemanja Matic contract until June 2021. [1]

Matic is a good player for Manchester United but he is very old now.
One year extension is good in order to give him a place for retirement and help United find a player of the same dynamic and level compared to Matic.

The one year extension is a clause on Matic contract that was activated by manchester united, and a contract renewal is under discussions.

To clear your doubt, Matic was retained and is tabled a new contract not because he is old, but because he brings experience and core leadership skills to the team.
In a team of young entertaining footballers, you need core backroom experience to push the team excellently.

That is absolute truth. You can rarely find young players with excellent work ethic and solid head on shoulders. You need to have few old timers two show those young players how it is done even if they don't play every single game. They are also very useful on the pitch to bring them in the last 30 minutes of knockout CL games when you need experience to keep things calm.

[tokeweed]

Probably nothing relevant only a "hello" to Matuidi on what Pogba did on Instagram but always a pleasure to see him with the Juventus' shirt.



Source: https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/calcio-estero/premier-league/2020/03/18-67988157/pogba_allenamento_con_la_maglia_della_juve_e_omaggio_a_matuidi/

I do not think he is hinting about a move to juventus, but instead is showing support to teammate Blaise Matuidi.
He had the training session alongside Lindelof, who also wore a sampdoria jersey, showing support to fellow teammates.

Its good to see the players watch out for one another,

One glitch is that, how come professional players do not have training cones, in the home lol,
He literally replaced cones with slippers in the training short clip

He could've showed support without wearing the Juve jersey imho.  I wouldn't say it's def a come get me plea...  But it's a come get me plea. 

[DeathAngel]

It’s a bit disrespectful of Pogba to be captured wearing the Juve shirt. I think we all know his heart lies away from Man Utd though. He’ll move in the summer most likely.