⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[ILuckyGuyI]

It is reported that Barcelona are interested in signing Manchester United centre-forward Anthony Martial. And they are not the only team which are interested in him as far as I've heard. Some other big Premier League clubs are also speculated in this way. Anyway, I strongly believe that Martial should leave Manchester United and join a team that he can play much more than now. In this way, he can show his talent better and even rise in that team.

https://www.marca.com/en/football/manchester-united/2021/11/29/61a4b11122601dd7708b4596.html

Its better martial leaves his time in Manchester united where to won the FA cup and Europa league is gone and I'm so sure he would make a perfect pair with Memphis Depay if he leaves for Barcelona. Sancho and Ronald changed the game play and Martial is hardly featured in matches he will have a better place if he leaves for Barcelona instead. His debut goal 3-1 victory against Liverpool still sticks to my memory like fresh wine

Yeah, Depay - Martial duo would be nice. Martial must think of his future. There is no benefit in staying at Manchester United for more years. He is just wasting his talent and potential. As he is still 25 years old, he can shine at a big and right club for him. For example, we saw Lingard leaving on loan to join West Ham. And I remember how great he performed. He is not a young player but I guess that you've got my point here.  

[poldanmig]

Real Madrid are trying to be optimistic about the transfer of Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger. They have been interested in him for a long time actually. And some time ago, their chance of signing Rüdiger was higher. But now, he is a very important part of Tuchel's game plan. And his performance in this season so far has been quite impressive. In this case, Real Madrid may not have him in January or next summer.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/real-madrid-optimistic-rudiger-transfer-chelsea-snubs/bltcda0f8b10987c7aa

Rudiger has been Tuchel priority to guard the Chelsea defence, but it is reported that Rudiger is currently in an uncomfortable condition with Chelsea after his request for a salary increase was still rejected by Chelsea, Rudiger and Chelsea have contracts that expire in the summer of 2022 later, and until now Rudiger still refuses a new contract extension because he considers his salary to be very small at chelsea, I think if chelsea doesn't immediately fulfill rudiger's wishes, of course madrid has a great chance to get rudiger and become an ideal replacement in the position vacated by varane.

[sana54210]

It would be very interesting if it was true that Roberto Mancini was one of the candidates for Man United manager next season. Moreover, Mancini did have quite good experience in the Premier League when he was the coach of Man City. Roberto Mancini managed to provide the Premier League trophy, FA Cup and Community Shield in the 2011-2012 season for Man City. It is more interesting to wait for Mancini's answer with Man United's interest in him.

But Rangnick does still have a chance to become permanent manager at the end of the season, depending on Man United's performance in the rest of the end of this season. Regarding Zidane, there may be very little chance of becoming Man United coach. Moreover, Zidane has rejected Man United's offer several times. The news is getting more and more crowded with the news about the prospective  Man United coach for next season. We will see again in the future whether another name will appear to be a candidate for the Man United coach next season.

Mancini is a weird manager to talk about, he is both great and also terrible at the same time based on which team he is managing. For example he was so great for City, but then he couldn't find any other job and went to Galatasaray in Turkish Super league, and got fired there. Imagine a manager who has insanely good success at City and then fail to find a team to hire him and go to a mediocre team and fail there... that rarely ever happens, not that back to back at least. Then he went to Inter and was decent enough, not great but not terrible, now he is amazing with Italy and they are playing the best national team ever with him at the helm.

So, I really do not know how he would be in United. He could be their best coach since SAF, or he could be worse than even OLE and both look like a possible outcome right now. He is an enigma that nobody could figure out.

[alegotardo]

Mancini is a weird manager to talk about, he is both great and also terrible at the same time based on which team he is managing. For example he was so great for City, but then he couldn't find any other job and went to Galatasaray in Turkish Super league, and got fired there. Imagine a manager who has insanely good success at City and then fail to find a team to hire him and go to a mediocre team and fail there... that rarely ever happens, not that back to back at least. Then he went to Inter and was decent enough, not great but not terrible, now he is amazing with Italy and they are playing the best national team ever with him at the helm.

So, I really do not know how he would be in United. He could be their best coach since SAF, or he could be worse than even OLE and both look like a possible outcome right now. He is an enigma that nobody could figure out.

But was it solely the coach's fault?

Coaching a team like City that has high performance players is "easy", of course it requires a lot of responsibility.
However, training a team of "bad players" and hoping to obtain good results is much more difficult, especially if the team doesn't have the resources to invest in new players or even in the physical preparation of them, as we know that a good structure makes a lot of difference.

[kawetsriyanto]

Considering the rumours, Italy coach Roberto Mancini is speculated for the manager position at Manchester United next summer. It would be a good choice I think. Because he is a successful coach now at Italy and in general I suppose. He would be one of the good alternatives for this position. But my first choice still would be Zidane.

Let's forget Zidane, he seems not interested to join Man United. Now, Man United management is better to focus on the managers who are possible to sign, it only wastes time to try signing Zidane. If Man United can sign Roberto Mancini in the next summer, it is already a good decision. Mancini is an experienced and reputable coach, surely the right choice to sign as Man United head coach. I support this idea if it is really an official decision from Man United management.

Real Madrid are trying to be optimistic about the transfer of Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger.

Rüdiger is a great CB but the chance to sign him is too small. I doubt if Real Madrid can sign him because he is one of the key players of Chelsea team. Moreover, Chelsea isn't a club that has a problem in financial, so they have no reason to sell him.

[judas]

Let's forget Zidane, he seems not interested to join Man United. Now, Man United management is better to focus on the managers who are possible to sign, it only wastes time to try signing Zidane. If Man United can sign Roberto Mancini in the next summer, it is already a good decision. Mancini is an experienced and reputable coach, surely the right choice to sign as Man United head coach. I support this idea if it is really an official decision from Man United management.

Cristiano Ronaldo was wishing to see him at Manchester United actually. And as far as I've heard, he indicated to the team board that he would really like to work with Zinedine Zidane. But I don't even know whether Manchester United were in talks in any way with Zidane for the management position. They just went for an interim manager and that's all. If Zidane doesn't go to some other club until the end of the season, maybe there could be another chance for Manchester United.

[NotATether]

Yeah, Depay - Martial duo would be nice. Martial must think of his future. There is no benefit in staying at Manchester United for more years. He is just wasting his talent and potential. As he is still 25 years old, he can shine at a big and right club for him. For example, we saw Lingard leaving on loan to join West Ham. And I remember how great he performed. He is not a young player but I guess that you've got my point here.  

I'd like to see Cavani play at Barcelona instead - he said he's interested anyway after getting tired of being benched for most matches (there's a source for this but I'm on mobile so it's inconvenient for me to pull it).

[CryptocurencyKing]

Barcelona is pushing to get Ferran Torres. That probably means that they are giving up on Dembele who will leave for free at the expiration of his contract.

Torres is an interesting player, however I feel that he looked better than he actually is in City. Still, he's young and has huge room to grow, and can also play multiple positions which is always an added benefit.

Buying him was a great bit of business from City - they got him at a discount and will make good money on the transfer.

Honestly, It is no surprise that Barcelona are interested in signing a player like Torres. He is hugely an important figure for Spanish football moving forward. We are seeing that Luis Enrique is rebuilding his side with these set of young players like Gavi, Pedri, Ferran Torres, Pau Torres, Eric Garcia, Olmo, Ansu Fati. I think the plan is to bring these young players together in Barcelona so they can bond well and further represent their Country in the World cup. It also remains to be seen whether Barcelona will be able to afford a deal, as Pep Guardiola's side are demanding at least 70 million euros for Ferran Torres. So at the moment Barcelona don't have any money to pay for him, so they will need to resort to academy players and loans.

[Juggy777]

Yeah, Depay - Martial duo would be nice. Martial must think of his future. There is no benefit in staying at Manchester United for more years. He is just wasting his talent and potential. As he is still 25 years old, he can shine at a big and right club for him. For example, we saw Lingard leaving on loan to join West Ham. And I remember how great he performed. He is not a young player but I guess that you've got my point here.  

I'd like to see Cavani play at Barcelona instead - he said he's interested anyway after getting tired of being benched for most matches (there's a source for this but I'm on mobile so it's inconvenient for me to pull it).

@NoATether I don’t think that Cavani will now go to Barcelona, rather I think he’ll return to his homeland and play for some team out there, but if he yet does ends up in Barcelona then he can definitely get them get those goals that they’re currently missing. Furthermore Deepay flopped at Manchester United, but has transformed his career once he left the club, hence you’re right that Martial should exit and revitalise his career.

[CLS63]

Barcelona are wishing to sign Chelsea right-back Cesar Azpilicueta on a free transfer. His contract is going to expire next summer so he is going to have 6 months left on his contract this January. Barcelona don't want to miss the opportunity and it looks like Chelsea don't aim to extend Azpilicueta's contract. Barcelona have been after many nice players lately and we could see some moves from them in the next transfer window seemingly.

https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2021/12/01/61a77a5d268e3e78798b459a.html

[cryptofrka]

I don't know what is Chelsea doing with their defenders. The whole world already knows that Rudiger is stalling with his contract extension and requesting more money, but other than him Christensen, Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva are all in the last years of their contracts. Chelsea is taking a huge gamble here, it's just a matter of time when other clubs will start poking around.

It is ok to lose/replace 1 defender, you cana manage 2. But replacing 4 players successfully would be an impossible task.

[poldanmig]

Although the winter transfer window has not yet opened, but Fiorentina are moving quickly in signing players for this season, Jonathan Ikone is one of the players they have managed to get now for 15 million euros, Jonathan Ikone is a Lille striker who attracted the interest from many clubs want to sign him, Fiorentina who reportedly this season will be left by Dusan, of course, makes Jonathan Ikone a substitute alternative if Dusan really leaves this season.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1466162021095940102?t=oPTXq-y1juD6FjMvKHdb_w&s=19

[DanWalker]

Although the winter transfer window has not yet opened, but Fiorentina are moving quickly in signing players for this season, Jonathan Ikone is one of the players they have managed to get now for 15 million euros, Jonathan Ikone is a Lille striker who attracted the interest from many clubs want to sign him, Fiorentina who reportedly this season will be left by Dusan, of course, makes Jonathan Ikone a substitute alternative if Dusan really leaves this season.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1466162021095940102?t=oPTXq-y1juD6FjMvKHdb_w&s=19

I think we are going to see some really big signings this season. Fiorentina seems to be ahead of the curve here. They are predicting the situation and making decisions about the future. I actually like the way they are handling things.
Though it is not sure that if Dusan will actually leave or not but it is better to have a contingency plan.

[Vdecso]

Real Madrid are trying to be optimistic about the transfer of Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger.

Rüdiger is a great CB but the chance to sign him is too small. I doubt if Real Madrid can sign him because he is one of the key players of Chelsea team. Moreover, Chelsea isn't a club that has a problem in financial, so they have no reason to sell him.

I think the same. Chelsea are not in a troubling situation financially. And Antonio Rüdiger is one of their key players now. But the interesting part is that his contract is expiring this summer and Chelsea still haven't been in talks with him to extend his contract. This makes me think like Rüdiger might be thinking of assessing his alternatives too. If he decides to leave suddenly, then a really big chance would arise for Real Madrid. But he doesn't seem unhappy now and we can understand it by his game.

[Marvell1]

I don't know what is Chelsea doing with their defenders. The whole world already knows that Rudiger is stalling with his contract extension and requesting more money, but other than him Christensen, Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva are all in the last years of their contracts. Chelsea is taking a huge gamble here, it's just a matter of time when other clubs will start poking around.

It is ok to lose/replace 1 defender, you cana manage 2. But replacing 4 players successfully would be an impossible task.

I think that Chelsea is just trying to negotiate with them with less money. Other than that I don't see any reason why a theme like Chelsea will not renew their defender's contract. I don't know but this seems real like it could cause a big problem for Chelsea. To be honest I think they should renew the defender's contract.

[TopT3ns]

I don't know what is Chelsea doing with their defenders. The whole world already knows that Ruddier is stalling with his contract extension and requesting more money, but other than him Christensen, Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva are all in the last years of their contracts. Chelsea is taking a huge gamble here, it's just a matter of time when other clubs will start poking around.

It is ok to lose/replace 1 defender, you cana manage 2. But replacing 4 players successfully would be an impossible task.

I think that Chelsea is just trying to negotiate with them with less money. Other than that I don't see any reason why a theme like Chelsea will not renew their defender's contract. I don't know but this seems real like it could cause a big problem for Chelsea. To be honest I think they should renew the defender's contract.

I think Chelsea have most completed defender position right now from Rüdiger, Thiago Silva, Christensen and Cesar Azpilicueta have top performance, but last rumors still not have agreement with new extended contract for Rüdiger and Christensen giving bad decision if Chelsea failed to extended both defender. Christensen have an issues will move to Barcelona because his style make Xavi interested to get him in next window transfer and Rudiger have rumors will move to Madrid.

[Cafex]

Everton are thinking of sacking Rafael Benitez or the director of football Marcel Brands by the end of this week. I wonder what the real reason behind their incredibly bad form in the recent times is. Maybe the game plan is the reason or it is caused by an in-team problem maybe. Whatever the reason is, they need to end it at the earliest opportunity. Otherwise a very tough season is ahead of them.

[Maidak]

Everton are thinking of sacking Rafael Benitez or the director of football Marcel Brands by the end of this week. I wonder what the real reason behind their incredibly bad form in the recent times is. Maybe the game plan is the reason or it is caused by an in-team problem maybe. Whatever the reason is, they need to end it at the earliest opportunity. Otherwise a very tough season is ahead of them.

Everton is currently in the 14th place right now with only 15 points. They had all the four winds this season and I think which is by their standard a little below per. They have to up their game really soon. And as you said they should really fix their problems or else it will be a really bad season for them. Well it has been a really bad season for them anyway but maybe better days are coming.

[$crypto$]

I don't know what is Chelsea doing with their defenders. The whole world already knows that Rudiger is stalling with his contract extension and requesting more money, but other than him Christensen, Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva are all in the last years of their contracts. Chelsea is taking a huge gamble here, it's just a matter of time when other clubs will start poking around.

It is ok to lose/replace 1 defender, you cana manage 2. But replacing 4 players successfully would be an impossible task.

Real Madrid remain confident of signing Antonio Rudiger for his move and even the print media say Real Madrid are prioritizing the transfer of the Chelsea defender in the transfer window.
Yes indeed Antonio Rudiger still wants to stay at Chelsea but with his offer of 8 million euros he doesn't heed it for the Chelsea defender for him the salary offer is still very small and asks for a bigger one but there is still no agreement between the Chelsea management.

For me it could be a move to Madrid if they offered Rudiger a higher salary.

[Igebotz]

Barcelona are wishing to sign Chelsea right-back Cesar Azpilicueta on a free transfer. His contract is going to expire next summer so he is going to have 6 months left on his contract this January. Barcelona don't want to miss the opportunity and it looks like Chelsea don't aim to extend Azpilicueta's contract.

There isn't any chance here. Azpilicueta will likely stay at Chelsea for another three to four years; he may move, but I don't see it happening anytime soon; he's the team's leader, and he's still extremely essential to the squad and the coach; he'll almost certainly get a contract extension when his current contract ends.

I don't know what is Chelsea doing with their defenders. The whole world already knows that Rudiger is stalling with his contract extension and requesting more money, but other than him Christensen, Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva are all in the last years of their contracts. Chelsea is taking a huge gamble here, it's just a matter of time when other clubs will start poking around.

Christensen and Thiago Silva's contracts are likely to be renewed in the next days, although Rudiger's deal is currently complex due to high wage demands. He's one of Chelsea's lowest-paid players, and in the league, £100k a week is insufficient for a player of his caliber.

To be honest, I'm dissatisfied in the Chelsea board's current approach to player contracts; these players, like any other players at their level, deserve a high wage.