⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[LittleBitFunny]

It's been rumoured that Manchester City or PSG will sign Lionel Messi soon. But I've seen this news today:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58114039

Guardiola says that Messi is not in their thoughts now. He thought that Messi would stay at Barcelona. They signed Jack Grealish and gave the number 10 to him. So, it looks like we may not see Messi at City. PSG seem to be closer to sign him very soon. As they have Neymar and Mbappe also, they will be the deadliest trio surely.

Guardiola signed Jack Grealish a few days ago. Now they don't seem to be thinking of taking Messi to the team. Manchester City will have to spend a lot of money to get Messi in the team, Manchester City may not spend that much extra money at the moment. Messi's next destination is most likely to be PSG. Because there is no shortage of money of PSG. But as far as it seems, Messi will decide to stay in Barcelona at the last moment.

[tomahawk9]

PSG already have started talks with Messi and City are yet to make a move.

I wouldn't be surprised if the City board of directors were regretting signing Grealish before the Messi-Barca announcement. That money (100M+) could've easily covered messi's salary for at least 2 seasons or so. Seems like they're too late to the party since Messi will prolly go to PSG.
Heh! We might to wait a couple of decades to hear what ppl like Pep or the City board have to say about this whole situation, some kind of documentary like ""the day Man City missed the chance to sign Messi"". Mental 

[DIA7]

The news of Leo Messi's divorce with Barcelona has clearly not left indifferent those clubs that could potentially sign the Argentine already in the coming weeks: among them of course as you all mention, Paris Saint-Germain (forget about Juventus, please that's a joke).
On the eve of the challenge against Troyes, Mauricio Pochettino, PSG coach, responded in a press conference to questions related to Messi and he said they know what happened yesterday between Messi and Barça, but they're completely focused on Troyes.
That's a very polite way to say that they're interested and they're gonna sign Messi!
Bye Bye Mbappe?

With the increasing news of the start of Paris Saint-Germain's move, many reports confirm that Paris is confident of its ability to all Mbappe, Neymar and Messi without financial problems.
Pochettino confirmed this a while ago.
But is it possible to combine them technically in one team??
I find it difficult for them to ducceed with this number of talents, and a reminder of the era of the Galacticos in Real Madrid, these expected stars did not achieve titles, normal results and frequent exit from the Champions League, while Real Madrid won the Champions League with less star players.
The presence of talent in the team enhances performance, but there is a so-called “talent increase effect”, the performance of any team is directly proportional to the number of talents in it until this number reaches a certain limit, after which the issue becomes reverse and performance declines with the number of talents exceeding the limit according to the study as having many talents will create some problems in the changing room for PSG that Pochettino will find it difficult to handle.

[jakdanyel]

PSG are seen as the closest team to be able to sign Lionel Messi now. But according to some other sources, there is a possibility for Messi to go to MLS also. And I hope that it is nothing more than a rumour and Messi doesn't want it. Otherwise, I would be really devastated. I've been waiting to see him at a different European club for a long time.

[Jackl87]

PSG are seen as the closest team to be able to sign Lionel Messi now. But according to some other sources, there is a possibility for Messi to go to MLS also. And I hope that it is nothing more than a rumour and Messi doesn't want it. Otherwise, I would be really devastated. I've been waiting to see him at a different European club for a long time.

Well Lionel Messi is already 34 years old now so even though he is still definitely one of the best players in the world clubs really need to think twice if they really want to spend a huge amount of money for a player of that age. He will probably have 2 or at max 3 more good seasons before his performances will surely decrease. A couple of months ago the news came out that messi earned 555 million € between 2017 and 2021. That is more than 100 M € per year and that was also the main reason why FC Barcelona is now broke. So i can completely understand they did not prolong his contract at Barcelona if he still wanted to earn that amount of money.. no single player is worth that much.

[BuNga_cute]

PSG are seen as the closest team to be able to sign Lionel Messi now. But according to some other sources, there is a possibility for Messi to go to MLS also. And I hope that it is nothing more than a rumour and Messi doesn't want it. Otherwise, I would be really devastated. I've been waiting to see him at a different European club for a long time.

Well Lionel Messi is already 34 years old now so even though he is still definitely one of the best players in the world clubs really need to think twice if they really want to spend a huge amount of money for a player of that age. He will probably have 2 or at max 3 more good seasons before his performances will surely decrease. A couple of months ago the news came out that messi earned 555 million € between 2017 and 2021. That is more than 100 M € per year and that was also the main reason why FC Barcelona is now broke. So i can completely understand they did not prolong his contract at Barcelona if he still wanted to earn that amount of money.. no single player is worth that much.

Even though Messi is 34 years old and his form will likely continue to decline, but for a big club that managed to attract Messi there are other benefits
that can be obtained. Messi will attract many sponsors, because Messi has a lot of followers from all over the world, this can be a good income for
the club that signed him. Then the experience of Messi, who has won many trophies, can help increase the motivation of other players in his new team.
And I also believe that Messi can still contribute at least for the next 3 years, so surely there will be a lot of big teams who want Messi. And
the rumors circulating say the most likely PSG will succeed in getting Messi, although it is possible that Man City or Chelsea are also looking
for a striker, it is possible to consider signing Messi.

[mv1986]

PSG are seen as the closest team to be able to sign Lionel Messi now. But according to some other sources, there is a possibility for Messi to go to MLS also. And I hope that it is nothing more than a rumour and Messi doesn't want it. Otherwise, I would be really devastated. I've been waiting to see him at a different European club for a long time.

Well Lionel Messi is already 34 years old now so even though he is still definitely one of the best players in the world clubs really need to think twice if they really want to spend a huge amount of money for a player of that age. He will probably have 2 or at max 3 more good seasons before his performances will surely decrease. A couple of months ago the news came out that messi earned 555 million € between 2017 and 2021. That is more than 100 M € per year and that was also the main reason why FC Barcelona is now broke. So i can completely understand they did not prolong his contract at Barcelona if he still wanted to earn that amount of money.. no single player is worth that much.

Even though Messi is 34 years old and his form will likely continue to decline, but for a big club that managed to attract Messi there are other benefits
that can be obtained. Messi will attract many sponsors, because Messi has a lot of followers from all over the world, this can be a good income for
the club that signed him. Then the experience of Messi, who has won many trophies, can help increase the motivation of other players in his new team.
And I also believe that Messi can still contribute at least for the next 3 years, so surely there will be a lot of big teams who want Messi. And
the rumors circulating say the most likely PSG will succeed in getting Messi, although it is possible that Man City or Chelsea are also looking
for a striker, it is possible to consider signing Messi.

While this may be true and his form might decline, he is still among the best of the best easily. Just look at this quality to serve for others to score. Just look at his free kick abilities. Just look at the fact that he still scores 30+ per season and far in the 40s with all scorer points taken together. He might not be the fastest dribbler anymore even though saying that he is not a fast dribbler anymore is still an exaggeration.

[snipie]

PSG are seen as the closest team to be able to sign Lionel Messi now. But according to some other sources, there is a possibility for Messi to go to MLS also. And I hope that it is nothing more than a rumour and Messi doesn't want it. Otherwise, I would be really devastated. I've been waiting to see him at a different European club for a long time.

I doubt Messi will move outside of Europe, I expected him to move to EPL and play under Guardiola again but he declared earlier that Messi is not on their agenda especially after signing Grealish meh... Now PSG seems the closest club to sign Messi. How much oil fields money those parisiens and Qataris are planning to spend this summer!

[FlamingFingers]

Lots of rumours flying around that Messi is going to Mls, dude is still playing actively I don't see any reason why he will move to Mls at this stage, it's either he go to Psg which is very likely or move to Manchester city because of Pep Guadiola, as for the edit that Arsenal fans did, its not possible for Messi to come to Arsenal  , he would like to play in champions league

[Iranus]

PSG are seen as the closest team to be able to sign Lionel Messi now. But according to some other sources, there is a possibility for Messi to go to MLS also. And I hope that it is nothing more than a rumour and Messi doesn't want it. Otherwise, I would be really devastated. I've been waiting to see him at a different European club for a long time.

I doubt Messi will move outside of Europe, I expected him to move to EPL and play under Guardiola again but he declared earlier that Messi is not on their agenda especially after signing Grealish meh... Now PSG seems the closest club to sign Messi. How much oil fields money those parisiens and Qataris are planning to spend this summer!

No club other than PSG can take Messi in the team now. Because Messi's salary is very high. If Manchester City hadn't picked Grealish, they would have done their best to get Messi. PSG is the only club that is always ready to take Messi to the team.

[Roidz]

Lots of rumours flying around that Messi is going to Mls, dude is still playing actively I don't see any reason why he will move to Mls at this stage, it's either he go to Psg which is very likely or move to Manchester city because of Pep Guadiola, as for the edit that Arsenal fans did, its not possible for Messi to come to Arsenal  , he would like to play in champions league

I don't even think arsenal will be able to sign and pay messi salary😂, so far arsenal is known as a team that relatively prefers young players with potential to be signed rather than senior players like messi who even has a high salary standard today, in my opinion PSG and manchester city is one of messi's next destination and for now it seems unlikely that messi will play in the MLS league, we know if
MLS is known as a league that is indeed the final destination of footballers who are old and also no longer able to compete in competitive leagues .

[rmhuntley]

Lots of rumours flying around that Messi is going to Mls, dude is still playing actively I don't see any reason why he will move to Mls at this stage, it's either he go to Psg which is very likely or move to Manchester city because of Pep Guadiola, as for the edit that Arsenal fans did, its not possible for Messi to come to Arsenal  , he would like to play in champions league

I don't even think arsenal will be able to sign and pay messi salary😂, so far arsenal is known as a team that relatively prefers young players with potential to be signed rather than senior players like messi who even has a high salary standard today, in my opinion PSG and manchester city is one of messi's next destination and for now it seems unlikely that messi will play in the MLS league, we know if
MLS is known as a league that is indeed the final destination of footballers who are old and also no longer able to compete in competitive leagues .

You looks funny and make joke for Arsenal fans, how come they can get Lionel Messi sign's because not any player want to play there, before Messi Arsenal try to get Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos but he not interested with Arsenal without participant on champion league, Messi will have the same reason how ever Arsenal is not have enough money to pay Messi salary.

[Woodie]

Lots of rumours flying around that Messi is going to Mls, dude is still playing actively I don't see any reason why he will move to Mls at this stage, it's either he go to Psg which is very likely or move to Manchester city because of Pep Guadiola, as for the edit that Arsenal fans did, its not possible for Messi to come to Arsenal  , he would like to play in champions league

Lol this one is a good joke and funny too. MLS isn't ready to receive a player like Messi yet but being a free agent you never no where offers will be coming from but from the look of things it's looking more likely like a PSG move.
Should PSG sign him, I see one of the front men leaving for another club as the competition for a spot will be to high but not to get ahead of ourselves it will be interesting to see how PSG attack line will look like after the deal is inked.

[Lafu]

there were already the first reactions from paris concerning the signing of LM - according to this, a signing of this year's copa america winner would make sense

Paris Saint-Germain are confident signing Lionel Messi would be profitable in the long run and hope to complete a deal within a week, as the PA news agency reports. Barcelona announced on Thursday night that the Argentinian superstar would be leaving the Nou Camp, with financial restrictions preventing them from offering him a new contract.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/news/view?id=390592

That was my first thought about that whole Messi thing when i heard about that he maybe not anymore will be playing for Barca.
Paris Saint Germain would and will be take him with open arms and he would be fitting in there also .
The only problem that maybe comes with that is that S. Ramos and Messi not really like each other.

[FlamingFingers]

Lots of rumours flying around that Messi is going to Mls, dude is still playing actively I don't see any reason why he will move to Mls at this stage, it's either he go to Psg which is very likely or move to Manchester city because of Pep Guadiola, as for the edit that Arsenal fans did, its not possible for Messi to come to Arsenal  , he would like to play in champions league

I don't even think arsenal will be able to sign and pay messi salary😂, so far arsenal is known as a team that relatively prefers young players with potential to be signed rather than senior players like messi who even has a high salary standard today, in my opinion PSG and manchester city is one of messi's next destination and for now it seems unlikely that messi will play in the MLS league, we know if
MLS is known as a league that is indeed the final destination of footballers who are old and also no longer able to compete in competitive leagues .

Arsenal is a big club, do you think that super league that was discarded don't know what they are doing before including Arsenal?, Arsenal can pay Messi salary, the issue is just the Kroenke is a stingy man, no one would ever believe the miracle that Arsenal did as regarding Emirate stadium, if Arsenal had qualified for champions league and they are ready to spend big I believe that Messi might join them because he's gonna introduce who to buy to play with

[BITCOIN4X]

Arsenal is a big club, do you think that super league that was discarded don't know what they are doing before including Arsenal?, Arsenal can pay Messi salary, the issue is just the Kroenke is a stingy man, no one would ever believe the miracle that Arsenal did as regarding Emirate stadium, if Arsenal had qualified for champions league and they are ready to spend big I believe that Messi might join them because he's gonna introduce who to buy to play with

It was a pretty wild idea to think that Messi would join Arsenal. If not for Italy, Messi could have gone to France with PSG. Neymar still seem to be Messi's best friend and I think it will be if PSG are interested in him. While Messi can still play at a high level for a few more season, PSG could consider this opportunity to see if the Champions League suit them next season. Considering he is 34 years old, maybe 2 or 3 years is a good contract to offer Messi.

Too bad, Barcelona and LaLiga lost their best icon just because of the salary rule. I didn't expect Barcelona to end their partnership with Messi in this way. They were too late to offer him a new contract or indeed Barcelona were ready to part with Messi.

[cryptofrka]

Ok, that was fast. Messi to PSG, 2-year contract, to be completed during the weekend. Apparently, all the players are excited - I think Di Maria might not be that much though

PSG now looks really good across the whole team, they strengthened a lot during this transfer window. On paper, with City, they are the biggest favorites to win the CL next season.

They will be amazing to watch, it's a shame that the league itself is really weak so we'll only have a few CL games to look forward to.

[DIA7]

Ok, that was fast. Messi to PSG, 2-year contract, to be completed during the weekend. Apparently, all the players are excited - I think Di Maria might not be that much though

PSG now looks really good across the whole team, they strengthened a lot during this transfer window. On paper, with City, they are the biggest favorites to win the CL next season.

They will be amazing to watch, it's a shame that the league itself is really weak so we'll only have a few CL games to look forward to.

Chelsea are also interested in Messi as Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea, seeks to conclude a major deal for the Blues in the current Mercato.
According to the Italian network, Sport Mediaset, Abramovich requested an urgent meeting with representatives of Argentine star Lionel Messi to verify the possibility of concluding the deal this summer.
The Italian network indicated that the Belgian, Romelu Lukaku, the Inter striker, is still the first choice in Mercato Chelsea so far.
Its explained that Chelsea's attempts to include Lukaku, and before him, Erling Haaland from Dortmund, is a clear indication that the Blues have financial liquidity, and are trying to conclude a major deal this summer.

[coinlocket$]

source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1423736147218423820

Superleague needs to starts asap this is not competitive football anymore only where PSG and PREMIER can spend money without financial fair play.

[FlamingFingers]

Too bad, Barcelona and LaLiga lost their best icon just because of the salary rule. I didn't expect Barcelona to end their partnership with Messi in this way. They were too late to offer him a new contract or indeed Barcelona were ready to part with Messi.

LaLiga will definitely feel the impact of Messi leaving, same way they did when Ronaldo left, I think that there's something going wrong in background as regarding tax issues with footballers in la liga, two iconic players left for other leagues, ever since Ronaldo has left Madrid El classico is not really interesting to watch, now that Messi had left I believe that few people around the world would have interest in watching it