⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[tyz]

German media report that the transfer of Georginio Wijnaldum from Liverpool to Bayern Munich on a free transfer will not be realized. Allegedly, Bayern did not want to meet the high salary demands for a 30-year-old player. Funnily enough, FC Barcelona is now the favored club, which has immense debts. Crazy world!

[perfect999]

Liverpool confirmed Konate? That is a big deal, credit to them for getting this right. Their two fill-ins at centerback can't remember their names did well but you could see how nervous they are and not even close to a veteran's professionalism. Solid and calmness? That's totally missing from them.

The players they got weren't really players to care for because at the end of the day they weren't needed right at that moment and spending too much money on half a season would mean no help at all, sure would had a better season but they ended third anyway. Now that those loans are gone and done (one was ozan kabak I think) that means they could actually spend some money.

Plus Konate is young and still very good which means they can use 3 central defenders changing one every game, that way you would play them all every game and it would help you so much in rotation as well. VVD will be coming back next season I believe but it is still good to have such a good player just in case.

[add1ct3dd]

Don’t forget that Chelsea have a very rich and ambitious owner who wants to see the success and victories of his club, and more importantly, he is willing to invest money to achieve that.
It may not be advisable to spend so much money on players in this time of coronavirus and reduced income of football clubs, but for the owners of Chelsea, PSG, Real, Manchester City, some other rules obviously apply.
I’m almost certain Haaland or Kane will go to Chelsea because there aren’t a lot of clubs that can afford them.
I still don't really understand why Manchester City gave up Aguero, such great player?

Chelsea lowkey is the reason why we have a financial fair play to begin with. Their owner is so rich that dude could just buy any player he wants, I know he is not "that" rich but he could probably build a PSG like team tomorrow if he wants to, it would be financially bad decision for hsi future but he does have that kind of money. Like saying Elon Musk owns a team, he could buy the best 11 players in the world and he would still be quite rich afterwards, wouldn't even be spending money that he doesn't lose in a single stock market day.

One billion or two billion dollars is nothing for those super wealthy people, but why would they do something that silly? Like that is money gone, makes no sense. Now that we have financial fair play, even the owner of the club can't put in that much money so Abramovich is rich but he can't just get all the players, he is not allowed by the ffp rules.

[DU18]

like Juventus has a great opportunity to get Gianlugi Donnarumma to replace Buffon's gianlugi who decided to go from juventus next season.

If Donnarumma will end in Juventus he will be as 1st goalkeeper, Buffon is actually the 2nd Goalkeeper and Szczesny is the 1st one.

Before the issue of  Donnarumma going to Juventus, Gianlugi Buffon has confirmed that this season is his last season with Juventus and there are many rumors that say Buffon will play in the MLS league next season, and I think Wojciech Szczęsny will certainly not want to be Juventus second goalkeeper because in at his current age, of course, he wants the position of the main goalkeeper, after all it seems that with the arrival of Donnarumma,   Wojciech Szczęsny it is also very likely that he will leave Juventus and some rumors say that if the arsenal has asked Wojciech Szczęsny to return to the emirates stadiums or maybe he will play in the German league next season.
https://www.goal.com/en/news/ancelotti-rejects-szczesny-to-everton-rumours-as-borussia/1o1hq0c577k0u1mbv3waub4rs7

[ILuckyGuyI]

Wijnaldum close to Barca as a free agent.

Good player especially if he is for free.

source: https://twitter.com/DiMarzio/status/1397142863708884992

It was claimed that he was really close to signing a deal with Bayern. But I assume that Bayern found his demands really high and gave up on him. Now, he is linked with Barcelona again. I wonder whether we will see the same scenario for Barcelona also.

[MCobian]

Wijnaldum close to Barca as a free agent.

Good player especially if he is for free.

source: https://twitter.com/DiMarzio/status/1397142863708884992

It was claimed that he was really close to signing a deal with Bayern. But I assume that Bayern found his demands really high and gave up on him. Now, he is linked with Barcelona again. I wonder whether we will see the same scenario for Barcelona also.

Actually Wijnaldum is in demand by 3 big European clubs, including Barcelona, PSG and Bayern. I think Wijnaldum will move to Bayern soon,
after Wijnaldum's side held talks regarding contract issues with Bayern. But maybe Wijnaldum's demand for salary is big enough so maybe Bayern
haven't agreed, so that's why now rumors have been linked with Barcelona again. Which coach Ronald Koeman is very interested in bringing
Wijnaldum to Barcelona, but Wijnaldum's chances of going to Barcelona could fail with rumors that Koeman might be sacked. But Wijnaldum himself
said he would decide which club to play for next season before appearing at Euro 2020. Let's just wait for the next news update regarding
Wijnaldum, finally where will Wijnaldum move.

[kawetsriyanto]

I do not know, the last rumor that I was read about the possibility of Gigi will join Juventus.

I also heard the rumor if he wants to go to Juventus. And it is very possible for him to be the number 1 GK in Juventus in the next season. I think he makes a good decision for his career if he prefers to sign a contract in Juventus. He may also hear the rumors about Zidane as the next Juventus coach.

If it true, he might be a have a lot of haters come from Milan fans, like what happens with Pirlo before.

Haters will be always there. We cannot avoid haters. It is all about his career and his right to move.
Pirlo experienced it, he showed Milan fans that his decision is correct. I think not all Milan fans will blame Donnarumma.

[slaman29]

Not officially, but all sides practically saying that the deal is done. Liverpool simply trying to pay in a few years instead of 1.

Regarding Phillips and Williams - true, they are horrible. They lack everything to be good footballers, not only calmness and experience. But as a supporter of Liverpool I am truly grateful to both of them for performing a small miracle by playing on the ultimate top of their capabilities throughout the deciding moments of the season.

They made a lot of mistakes in these games, they were a bit lucky these mistakes often went unpunished but both of them gave their all and proved that they don't lack heart and professialism. So fair play to both of them.

Ah right. Yeah I could not find anyone in the news saying this except of course for rumors:) Good luck to you.

And again, as I said I just think those two you mention (the Centerbacks) don't really have it fair because they will be compared to Virgil van Dijk who is impossible as a normal human:) I didn't mean to say they are crap but not for a team supposedly defending Champions.

They should definitely get good value playing in relegation teams though:)

[W Jr.]

Wijnaldum close to Barca as a free agent.

Good player especially if he is for free.

source: https://twitter.com/DiMarzio/status/1397142863708884992

It was claimed that he was really close to signing a deal with Bayern. But I assume that Bayern found his demands really high and gave up on him. Now, he is linked with Barcelona again. I wonder whether we will see the same scenario for Barcelona also.

There are a lot of great teams that want to see Wijnaldum in their squad. For this, not paying a transfer fee makes the situation more attractive. If Barcelona makes this transfer, it will get a good option in the depth of the squad. Whichever team Wijnaldum wants to go in Bayern, we will see the result as such. Both are great teams.

[masulum]

Haters will be always there. We cannot avoid haters. It is all about his career and his right to move.
Pirlo experienced it, he showed Milan fans that his decision is correct. I think not all Milan fans will blame Donnarumma.

Yup, some of the Curva Sud will think Donnarumma has betrayed Milan, this is very natural, because when he just joined the main squad, he said that he wanted to become a legend at AC Milan. I don't bother with the comings and goings of AC Milan players, despite the disappointment as a fan. I remember a member of this forum who said that he was close to the family and Donnarumma, I forgot his username, he said that actually Donnarumma wanted to stay, only because of Raiola, he can't do that. However, I do not know the truth of the Bitcointalk user statement.

[celot]

Haters will be always there. We cannot avoid haters. It is all about his career and his right to move.
Pirlo experienced it, he showed Milan fans that his decision is correct. I think not all Milan fans will blame Donnarumma.

Yup, some of the Curva Sud will think Donnarumma has betrayed Milan, this is very natural, because when he just joined the main squad, he said that he wanted to become a legend at AC Milan. I don't bother with the comings and goings of AC Milan players, despite the disappointment as a fan. I remember a member of this forum who said that he was close to the family and Donnarumma, I forgot his username, he said that actually Donnarumma wanted to stay, only because of Raiola, he can't do that. However, I do not know the truth of the Bitcointalk user statement.

Donnarumma have issues will play for Juventus next season until not any extended about his contract for AC Milan, how ever waiting until UERO finished and we know where going Donnarumma next season, I believe AC Milan become favorite club for him after success play in champion league but depend how AC Milan brave giving bigger salary than Juventus will make him believe to stay and extended working with AC Milan.

[Daniel91]

Don’t forget that Chelsea have a very rich and ambitious owner who wants to see the success and victories of his club, and more importantly, he is willing to invest money to achieve that.
It may not be advisable to spend so much money on players in this time of coronavirus and reduced income of football clubs, but for the owners of Chelsea, PSG, Real, Manchester City, some other rules obviously apply.
I’m almost certain Haaland or Kane will go to Chelsea because there aren’t a lot of clubs that can afford them.
I still don't really understand why Manchester City gave up Aguero, such great player?

Chelsea lowkey is the reason why we have a financial fair play to begin with. Their owner is so rich that dude could just buy any player he wants, I know he is not "that" rich but he could probably build a PSG like team tomorrow if he wants to, it would be financially bad decision for hsi future but he does have that kind of money. Like saying Elon Musk owns a team, he could buy the best 11 players in the world and he would still be quite rich afterwards, wouldn't even be spending money that he doesn't lose in a single stock market day.

One billion or two billion dollars is nothing for those super wealthy people, but why would they do something that silly? Like that is money gone, makes no sense. Now that we have financial fair play, even the owner of the club can't put in that much money so Abramovich is rich but he can't just get all the players, he is not allowed by the ffp rules.

I wasn’t talking about Chelsea needing to buy 11 superstars because there’s no need for that.
In fact, Chelsea already has a very good team, especially defense, and they only need one quality striker.
I'm convinced that they can afford to bring Haaland to the team without violating financial fair play.
With Haaland they would finally have what they were missing this season, a killer striker who is effective in attack.

[coinlocket$]

Donnarumma officially out from Milan, where he will go?



Source: Maldini by Goal Italia https://twitter.com/GoalItalia/status/1397590731209027589

[Avirunes]

Donnarumma officially out from Milan, where he will go?



Source: Maldini by Goal Italia https://twitter.com/GoalItalia/status/1397590731209027589

He already seemed unsettled to me. I am sure there are lot of clubs taking a keen eye on him. Since he will run out of contract, I could see Barca and Juve reaching him out. But it will be interesting to see if he would be demanding huge salary or not.

Also another Serie A shocker, Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan. Didn't saw that coming... 

[DIA7]

Officially: Coach Antonio Conte leaves managing Inter Milan days after achieving the title of Scudetto, literally shocking news .
with many aspects and many reasons .But there is one thing that does not change in the mentality of this man who knows how to win titles but does not know the meaning of stability and building relationships The long-term problem revolves around his requests and his personality with every department he worked with in Italy and abroad .
The next stop might be: Real Madrid ,Juventus or Tottenham.

[Mistafreeze]

Also another Serie A shocker, Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan. Didn't saw that coming... 

Conte is such an unlucky coach after all he did for inter Milan in the last 2 years, bringing them from mid table to being the champion. Inter Milan are financially down right now and are willing to upload some top players. They may as well lose Lukaku and some other star players to sort out their financial crises.

[coinlocket$]

ZIDANE out.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1397664075488837635

where he goes? who will go at Real?

[CLS63]

Officially: Coach Antonio Conte leaves managing Inter Milan days after achieving the title of Scudetto, literally shocking news .
with many aspects and many reasons .But there is one thing that does not change in the mentality of this man who knows how to win titles but does not know the meaning of stability and building relationships The long-term problem revolves around his requests and his personality with every department he worked with in Italy and abroad .
The next stop might be: Real Madrid ,Juventus or Tottenham.

There were already some rumours about it before and it is turning out to be true now. He had an incredible year with Inter in the Serie A this year. They lost only 3 games in the league and won the title very comfortably with 91 points. I would like to see Conte one more year at this team competing in the Champions League. But I respect his decision.

As for Real Madrid topic, he is not the only manager who is likely to go there. Allegri is also a big candidate for the position. Let's wait and see what's gonna happen.

[coinlocket$]

Juventus delegation is right now in Madrid.

Source: Momblano.

[Avirunes]

ZIDANE out.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1397664075488837635

where he goes? who will go at Real?

Wow lot of shockers today  . Rumours were that Allegri is next very likely to become the next Madrid manager from quite high reliable sources. Now there are some rumours that he rejected as well- not strong though. I think Allegri is the likely one.