⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Daniel91]

Transfer news and rumours:

Real Madrid are set to make a bid of around 150 million euros for Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, say L'Equipe. After some big stars left the Spanish Football League, like Messi and Ramos, will finally let some big football star come to Spain? There are rumours that Mbappe is not happy about Messi's arrival at PSG and that he does not want to play with him.
Manchester United have confirmed the arrival of Raphael Varane from Real Madrid, with the English club presenting the Frenchman to their supporters at Old Trafford just before their match against Leeds United. Manchester United have been active in the football market again but will it finally help them start winning football trophies after a long time?
Manchester City will re-enter the race to sign Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane next week, according to Fabrizio Romano, with the Premier League champions having made a reported offer of 150 million euros - a bid that Spurs have not yet responded to. The Tottenham owner is a very difficult negotiator. Will this offer finally appease him?
Source: https://www.marca.com/en/football/transfer-market/2021/08/14/61178736ca474105688b45dc.html

[kayiboyu]

Real Madrid are set to make a bid of around 150 million euros for Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, say L'Equipe. After some big stars left the Spanish Football League, like Messi and Ramos, will finally let some big football star come to Spain? There are rumours that Mbappe is not happy about Messi's arrival at PSG and that he does not want to play with him.

They seem happy in this photo actually.    But maybe behind the scenes, Mbappe is really not very happy about the Messi transfer, we never know. And we know that Mbappe has been wishing to leave the team for being able to join Real Madrid. If it doesn't happen now, I think it will happen next summer. Maybe it will happen even on a free transfer.

[suzanne5223]

I know there's no football player like Messi because every player is unique in their own way but at least Barcelona needs to find a player that will still handle his position at an average level.
Yes, every LaLiga league fan won't be happy about Messi's exit but let's be honest here mate, the fans of the clubs that see him as a problem or hindrance for their club will be happy for his exit.

Fact) I wonder now how the PSG and Barcelona will prove themselves this season. And not just me, most will keep an eye on them. PSG has a real chance of a Champions League, the Barcelona seems likely to make every effort to stay top or at least close to the top, and next year it is likely to be seriously strengthened in offence. I don't think Barcelona has much chance of anything this season. They still have to rebuild the game and learn to play without Messi)

PSG was considered to be the most competitive team this season and their native token trend in the market even since Messi joins them also proves it.
I also believe Barcelona not to have much chance this season but still, we shouldn't make any conclusion now because we don't know if the team is ready prepared for this day ever since the club executive had a misunderstanding with Messi then.

[SquallLeonhart]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/12/manchester-city-ready-to-pay-150m-to-sign-harry-kane-from-tottenham

The Guardian claims that Manchester City are finally ready to offer €150m to Tottenham's great top striker Harry Kane. This might stir Kane's mind before the game between Tottenham and Manchester City in the EPL this weekend. But I assume that Kane wouldn't perform worse just because he got an offer from their next opponent.

I do not know if this is true or not, but if they are doing this just to boggle the mind of Kane before the game, that is not going to work. On contrary I think he will try to play as great as he can so that he can show City that he is what they are paying for, and scoring few goals would mean that City would want him even more, and that is why this will only make him play even better.

However, if they are serious about this, then it is going to be even worse for them, 150 million dollars for Kane? I mean don't get me wrong he is a great player, but 150 million? That’s just way too much money to pay for one player, maybe I am an old person who is still used to seeing players at lower levels, and in today’s industrial football age we get to see more and more 100+, but that is a very rare situation that I do not think we should actually consider as viable for these teams, then they end up being in financial trouble and become very bad in a decade because of all these silly transfers ending up on top of each other every year.

[Coyster]

Real Madrid are set to make a bid of around 150 million euros for Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, say L'Equipe. After some big stars left the Spanish Football League, like Messi and Ramos, will finally let some big football star come to Spain? There are rumours that Mbappe is not happy about Messi's arrival at PSG and that he does not want to play with him.

I don't see any reason why Mbappe should be unhappy with the arrival of Lionel Messi in the PSG team, except he fears that his playing time could considerably be cut short as there are quite a lot of attacking players in PSG atm, and no player may be guaranteed a place in the starting eleven, if that is the reason why Mbappe wants to leave, then it would make more sense to me; but on the other hand, every player would ordinarily be happy to play alongside Lionel Messi.

Manchester City will re-enter the race to sign Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane next week, according to Fabrizio Romano, with the Premier League champions having made a reported offer of 150 million euros - a bid that Spurs have not yet responded to. The Tottenham owner is a very difficult negotiator. Will this offer finally appease him?

I think Spurs will accept this offer from Manchester City, £150 million is more than enough for Harry Kane and in my opinion, there's absolutely no need to reject the offer and keep a player that has made it clear that he wants to leave the team, I'd like to see if Kane plays against City tomorrow with all this transfer talk still hovering around.

[akar87]

Real Madrid are set to make a bid of around 150 million euros for Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, say L'Equipe. After some big stars left the Spanish Football League, like Messi and Ramos, will finally let some big football star come to Spain? There are rumours that Mbappe is not happy about Messi's arrival at PSG and that he does not want to play with him.

I don't see any reason why Mbappe should be unhappy with the arrival of Lionel Messi in the PSG team, except he fears that his playing time could considerably be cut short as there are quite a lot of attacking players in PSG atm, and no player may be guaranteed a place in the starting eleven, if that is the reason why Mbappe wants to leave, then it would make more sense to me; but on the other hand, every player would ordinarily be happy to play alongside Lionel Messi.

Manchester City will re-enter the race to sign Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane next week, according to Fabrizio Romano, with the Premier League champions having made a reported offer of 150 million euros - a bid that Spurs have not yet responded to. The Tottenham owner is a very difficult negotiator. Will this offer finally appease him?

I think Spurs will accept this offer from Manchester City, £150 million is more than enough for Harry Kane and in my opinion, there's absolutely no need to reject the offer and keep a player that has made it clear that he wants to leave the team, I'd like to see if Kane plays against City tomorrow with all this transfer talk still hovering around.

Higher value got by Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester City with £150 for Harry Kane, I think better for Tottenham Hotspur accept it and make deal as soon possible, they can use money transfer to get new player before window transfer is close, how ever tomorrow we know what happen deal or not when seeing Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur on English primer league first match, will Tottenham play Harry Kane or not.

[Kusman]

I've heard that Manchester City are planning to make an offer for Harry Kane after their game against Tottenham this weekend. Kane wants his future to be certain as soon as possible. He is going to play against the team that he will most probably go to. It's going to be interesting because of this reason. But I assume that it won't stir his mind in the game and he will do his best.

[baeva]

PSG was considered to be the most competitive team this season and their native token trend in the market even since Messi joins them also proves it.
I also believe Barcelona not to have much chance this season but still, we shouldn't make any conclusion now because we don't know if the team is ready prepared for this day ever since the club executive had a misunderstanding with Messi then.

Not only did they have a problem with Messi, now another with Aguero. The player was promised that he would play alongside Messi, but he left. There was a rumour, I'm sure they were mentioned here, they say that because of this situation, he also wants to leave right in this transfer window. From all this follows the conclusion that the Barca will be weak this season, especially if Sergio leaves. And if he doesn't leave, he'll play poorly

[jakdanyel]

It seems like Real Madrid are prepared to sell their 22-year-old attacking midfielder Martin Odegaard. They actually weren't leaning towards it as Toni Kroos has got injured and will not be back before October. Arsenal are interested in Odegaard to sign him now. He has a market value of €40m. Let's see if Arsenal will be successful on it.

Actually Odegaard is still under contract with Real Madrid, but in the last three seasons he has struggled to penetrate the main squad, so he is always on loan to other clubs and one of them is arsenal, last season his performance at arsenal was quite good, so arsenal intends to borrow him again, but real madrid rejected the proposal because madrid seemed to need Odegaard this season, but for whatever reason until now ancelloti did not include his name in the main squad and also did not give certainty that he would sell him this season and now arsenal have made an offer to buy him permanently for 50 million euro.

I would really want to see him developing at Real Madrid actually. Because I believe that he is really not a bad player. He still has a potential in himself. And he is still very young. And I mustn't overlook that he is a quite valuable player also. If I was Ancelotti, I would definitely give him chances. But I respect his calls of course. He is one of the best managers in the end.    I guess he knows what he is doing.

[coinlocket$]

I've heard that Manchester City are planning to make an offer for Harry Kane after their game against Tottenham this weekend. Kane wants his future to be certain as soon as possible. He is going to play against the team that he will most probably go to. It's going to be interesting because of this reason. But I assume that it won't stir his mind in the game and he will do his best.

A big answer will come tomorrow if the clubs are in talking for real then Kane will can play since if he will be injured the deal will blow up.

Time is passing, we have only 2 weeks left and if Kane leaves, the Spurs need to find another one (lautaro?) and in the case of him, Inter needs to find another one.

[KTChampions]

Even more, only Premier League and PSG have money to spend, football needs to change.



Source: https://www.transfermarkt.it/statistik/transfersalden

Saldo means balance... only Premier can invest.

If we sort this table by Spending ("Spese"), then the picture is quite adequate for all leagues and on the first list of this table most leagues have a positive balance. The only league that is monstrously different from the others is the Premier League, which currently has a negative balance of half a billion euros. It is interesting whether this indicator will change for the better by the closing of the transfer window or not.

[AndySt]

Higher value got by Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester City with £150 for Harry Kane, I think better for Tottenham Hotspur accept it and make deal as soon possible, they can use money transfer to get new player before window transfer is close, how ever tomorrow we know what happen deal or not when seeing Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur on English primer league first match, will Tottenham play Harry Kane or not.

In this situation, it is impossible to say anything for sure, but really the appearance or absence of Kane on the field will be very significant. It should be noted that Josep Guardiola refused to talk about Kane, saying that Kane is a Tottenham player. I think that despite the fact that Manchester City continues to show interest in the player and Kane himself would also like to move, this is still the last offer and the club will stop trying to get the player in this transfer window if Tottenham does not show reciprocal interest. As a human being, I feel sorry for the player, because I am not sure that Tottenham have prospects in winning titles like Manchester City.

[blue Snow]

I would really want to see him developing at Real Madrid actually. Because I believe that he is really not a bad player. He still has a potential in himself. And he is still very young. And I mustn't overlook that he is a quite valuable player also. If I was Ancelotti, I would definitely give him chances. But I respect his calls of course. He is one of the best managers in the end.    I guess he knows what he is doing.

Odegaard is a potential player, He is still young and many have a chance to develop his skill, but Ancelotti saying for his position filled 8 players and possibly nothing him to sit for confidence. Arsenal is good for him, but I know he has to chance to find a better club, he only creates 2 goals and assists with 20 competitions, which is not good for him. If  Odegaard has the option, he must move away to a better club.

[LittleBitFunny]

Higher value got by Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester City with £150 for Harry Kane, I think better for Tottenham Hotspur accept it and make deal as soon possible, they can use money transfer to get new player before window transfer is close, how ever tomorrow we know what happen deal or not when seeing Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur on English primer league first match, will Tottenham play Harry Kane or not.

In this situation, it is impossible to say anything for sure, but really the appearance or absence of Kane on the field will be very significant. It should be noted that Josep Guardiola refused to talk about Kane, saying that Kane is a Tottenham player. I think that despite the fact that Manchester City continues to show interest in the player and Kane himself would also like to move, this is still the last offer and the club will stop trying to get the player in this transfer window if Tottenham does not show reciprocal interest. As a human being, I feel sorry for the player, because I am not sure that Tottenham have prospects in winning titles like Manchester City.

Tottenham may have no plans to release Harry Kane at the moment. Now if they release Kane they will not find a replacement player. All the star players have already chosen their favorite team. Now if they sell Kane they will get in terrible trouble. Manchester City have spent a lot of money on Grealish, Guardiola may not be interested in spending more money this season.

[Daniel91]

Transfer rumours:

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is determined to keep striker Harry Kane and will say he does not intend to sell the 28-year-old when he meets Manchester City officials on Sunday. Levy is known as a very difficult negotiator. Is this just his tactic to get more money for Kane?
Manchester United's France midfielder Paul Pogba, 28, will look to run down the remaining year of his contract at Old Trafford with a an eye on moving to Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer. Is this a good strategy from Manchester United, to release a player like this for free next year and not try to make money from his transfer?
Borussia Dortmund's 21-year-old Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, who has been linked with Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City, is said to "be dreaming of the Premier League". Dortmund would prefer to sell the 21-year-old to a English or Spanish club, rather than Bayern Munich after they expressed interest last week. The most interesting question still remains where Haaland will finally go?
Real Madrid are ready to increase their bid for Paris St-Germain's 22-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe to 150m euros (£127.5m) this summer if the Spanish club offload Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 22, to Arsenal for 50m euros (£42.5m). Does that mean Mbappe could come to Real as early as this summer?

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/58215765

[gabbie2010]

Inter Milan sign Edin Dzeko from Roma
Chelsea's Tammy Abraham to have Roma medical before £34m move to Italian side.
I posted a speculation of inter signing Dzeko some days ago it is now becoming a reality he scored in his debut game a friendly win over Dynamo Kyiv played behind closed doors according to this report, meanwhile presently Tammy Abraham is undergoing medical and is on the verge of joining Roma to replace Dzeko he is flying to Italy for his medicals and sign a buy-back contract worth €34m, which can only be triggered after completing two seasons with Roma also reported here I hope he replicate his scoring form at Roma despite having a limited playing time in Chelsea.
Lukaku Inter to Chelsea
Dzeko Roma to Inter
Tammy Chelsea to Roma

[KTChampions]

https://www.transfermarkt.com/varane-joins-manchester-united-among-10-most-expensive-real-departures/view/news/390978

Raphael Varane has officially joined Manchester United for €40m + €10m possible add-ons. It was not certain that Manchester United were going to sign him this summer. But they managed to finalise the deal with Real Madrid. And Real Madrid did a wise thing by selling him now as he didn't want to extend his contract and he was going to be free agent next summer.

Sad for Real. I wonder why Varane decided to go to the Premier League, did they really offer him much more favorable conditions there? As far as I know, in Real Madrid he was considered as a key player for many years to come and now they had to sell him (though this is a bargain sale since there was only one year of the contract) because of the player's desire.

[Avirunes]

https://www.transfermarkt.com/varane-joins-manchester-united-among-10-most-expensive-real-departures/view/news/390978

Raphael Varane has officially joined Manchester United for €40m + €10m possible add-ons. It was not certain that Manchester United were going to sign him this summer. But they managed to finalise the deal with Real Madrid. And Real Madrid did a wise thing by selling him now as he didn't want to extend his contract and he was going to be free agent next summer.

Sad for Real. I wonder why Varane decided to go to the Premier League, did they really offer him much more favorable conditions there? As far as I know, in Real Madrid he was considered as a key player for many years to come and now they had to sell him (though this is a bargain sale since there was only one year of the contract) because of the player's desire.

Well he already said he didn't wanted to extend his contract. He would have gone for free if things stayed like that so I also think Real Madrid good to sell him and get fee out of him. Not sure why he wasn't extending his contract- maybe he wanted a change or lost confidence in team after Ramos and Zidane left? who knows.

[Roidz]

I would really want to see him developing at Real Madrid actually. Because I believe that he is really not a bad player. He still has a potential in himself. And he is still very young. And I mustn't overlook that he is a quite valuable player also. If I was Ancelotti, I would definitely give him chances. But I respect his calls of course. He is one of the best managers in the end.    I guess he knows what he is doing.

Odegaard is a potential player, He is still young and many have a chance to develop his skill, but Ancelotti saying for his position filled 8 players and possibly nothing him to sit for confidence. Arsenal is good for him, but I know he has to chance to find a better club, he only creates 2 goals and assists with 20 competitions, which is not good for him. If  Odegaard has the option, he must move away to a better club.

Now that Odegaard's agent is reported to have been in London, to have talks with Arsenal about a possible transfer of Odegaard, and madrid seems to have allowed Odegaard to look for another club this season, I think arsenal is a suitable club for Odegaard to continue his career, moreover he has experienced the atmosphere Premier League last season, although Arsenal is currently going through a bad phase, but it seems that apart from Arsenal there is no other club that wants to try to recruit Odegaard this season, so like it or not, Arsenal is the only option for the current Odegaard

[el kaka22]

Honestly there will never be "equally" between teams as long as there is no cap, teams who spend a lot, usually end up being more successful which means they get paid more, and more viewership, more cups, more fans, more merchandise etc etc. When they get all that money then they spend it on even better players and keep this growing. Meanwhile their owners keep injecting cash as much as they can, and cover the losses as much as they can as well.

Financial fair play is good to a point but a team at 10th of premier league could rarely ever have a chance to win in a decade of hard work because it is just not profitable for them to risk it, meanwhile City makes so much money that they can throw 200 million on Kane if they want to and nothing will happen to them, 200 million is more than 99.999999% of clubs worth in the world, only very minority amount of teams have a total worth over that.