⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Avirunes]

Previously Bayern Munich had several times rejected the offer made by Barcelona management to bring Lewandowski to Camp Nou, this time Bayern Munich informed that they were only willing to negotiate with Barcelona for Lewandowski starting from €50 million. With limited funds, Bayern Munich's asking price is too high for a player who has entered the age of 33 years. On the other hand, Bayern Munich deliberately set a high price because they have no intention of selling Lewandowski, but Bayern Munich will lose financially, because next year Lewandowski's contract with Bayern Munich will expire. Now Barcelona management is more focused on other players who are younger than Lewandowski, they have reached an agreement with Leeds for the transfer of Raphinha at a price of €50 million + a bonus of €10 million.

Lewandowski is important to Bayern and know Barca's situation so maybe they want to keep Barca in tough spot and end their interest in the player. Right now Raphinha to Barca is close with Leeds asking above 65m and Barca is reported to have made a verbal bid of 72m so this could end well if Barca matches the bid. Its either gonna be Lewandowski or Raphinha, I don't think Barca has the financial capability to complete both deals.

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[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm quite surprised about hearing Bayern Munich's interest in Harry Kane. It is said that they are thinking of Kane as a replacement on the condition that they lose Lewandowski to another team this summer. It seems hard for Bayern Munich to keep Lewandowski for now but we never know. Because the final decision is up to them anyway. In addition I don't think that Harry Kane would like to leave Tottenham now. Because he is already happy at Tottenham by Conte's arrival and they are going to compete in the Champions League as well.

[Raflesia]

Lewandowski is important to Bayern and know Barca's situation so maybe they want to keep Barca in tough spot and end their interest in the player. Right now Raphinha to Barca is close with Leeds asking above 65m and Barca is reported to have made a verbal bid of 72m so this could end well if Barca matches the bid. Its either gonna be Lewandowski or Raphinha, I don't think Barca has the financial capability to complete both deals.

I think the same means if it's not financially capable then Barcelona will have to choose between Lewandowski or Rapinha which will be his move.
Even if Barcelona is able to bring in both of them, that's good too, but we still have to look at the finances we have because at the moment it's not stable for Barcelona.
Now more and more rumors are sticking out about Kane who will replace Lewandowski but regardless Kane will not move but for Lewandowski there is still a possibility of a move from Bayern.

[DanWalker]

Indeed, their next mission is to compete more tightly with the teams above them. I think they are a bit behind some teams like Manchester City and Liverpool for example. Tottenham can surely find the same level as them if they are really serious about building this team. Because if seen, they already have the capital for it, it just needs to be improved.

Antonio Conte managed to make Tottenham find their best form by returning to the top 4, now to face the 2022/2023 season it is very visible
that Tottenham are very serious about strengthening their squad. It was proven in the summer transfer market of 2022 that Tottenham became
a very active club in hunting for new players. So far, at least Tottenham have brought in 5 new players, namely Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster,
Yves Bissouma, Richarlison and Clement Lenglet. Antonio Conte was indeed given a large enough budget to be able to bring in several new players,
so Tottenham are expected to be able to compete for the Premier League trophy and can also go quite far in the Champions League. I'm sure
Tottenham's performance will improve significantly next season with the addition of several new players.

Spurs' ultimate goal next season will be at least to finish in the top three and reach the semifinals of the Champions League. They are making some big changes in the team and I don’t expect that will be very challenging. I think the coach is obviously going to appreciate the amount of money that he was given to make these changes. After spending all this money the expectations are also going to be high from Tottenham. I think this team is on track to perform very well. Obviously not at the level of Manchester City in my opinion but they will not have too many problems competing against teams like Arsenal or Chelsea.

[Balmain]

Indeed, their next mission is to compete more tightly with the teams above them. I think they are a bit behind some teams like Manchester City and Liverpool for example. Tottenham can surely find the same level as them if they are really serious about building this team. Because if seen, they already have the capital for it, it just needs to be improved.

Antonio Conte managed to make Tottenham find their best form by returning to the top 4, now to face the 2022/2023 season it is very visible
that Tottenham are very serious about strengthening their squad. It was proven in the summer transfer market of 2022 that Tottenham became
a very active club in hunting for new players. So far, at least Tottenham have brought in 5 new players, namely Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster,
Yves Bissouma, Richarlison and Clement Lenglet. Antonio Conte was indeed given a large enough budget to be able to bring in several new players,
so Tottenham are expected to be able to compete for the Premier League trophy and can also go quite far in the Champions League. I'm sure
Tottenham's performance will improve significantly next season with the addition of several new players.

Spurs' ultimate goal next season will be at least to finish in the top three and reach the semifinals of the Champions League. They are making some big changes in the team and I don’t expect that will be very challenging. I think the coach is obviously going to appreciate the amount of money that he was given to make these changes. After spending all this money the expectations are also going to be high from Tottenham. I think this team is on track to perform very well. Obviously not at the level of Manchester City in my opinion but they will not have too many problems competing against teams like Arsenal or Chelsea.

That should be their goal for the champion, but realistically speaking, even the quarter-finals can be a good goal in my opinion because their opponents are too strong in this league. As for the Premier League, I think the Spurs team has the potential to be better than teams like Chelsea and Arsenal this season. Spursta, as there will be important player changes in the new season. Tottenham did not include Tanguy Ndombele in the camp because he did not think about it in the new season. The team is basically strong, they can push their targets with a few improvements.

[1kodumtek7]

I have just found this news that Juventus are thinking of Koulibaly as a replacement for de Ligt as it seems. They are hoping to sell de Ligt for around 90 million pounds to use some amount of it to afford Koulibaly. That amount could be around 34 million pounds. Koulibaly is 31 years old but I think he is still worth that money. Juventus can sign him even now if they want but they aren't in need of a defender for now. It depends on whether de Ligt leaves the team this summer.

https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/calciomercato/juventus/2022/07/10-94540385/juve_scatta_la_fase_2_zaniolo_pi_koulibaly

[Sterbens]

Spurs' ultimate goal next season will be at least to finish in the top three and reach the semifinals of the Champions League. They are making some big changes in the team and I don’t expect that will be very challenging. I think the coach is obviously going to appreciate the amount of money that he was given to make these changes. After spending all this money the expectations are also going to be high from Tottenham. I think this team is on track to perform very well. Obviously not at the level of Manchester City in my opinion but they will not have too many problems competing against teams like Arsenal or Chelsea.

I'm quite optimistic to see the significant changes shown by the Spurs at this time, judging from the hunt for players they really really use it quite perfectly. So at least occupying one seat for the Champions League is quite wide open than Manchester United and Arsenal. Spurs are very enthusiastic and the compatibility between players and coaches is now starting to look more intimate.

[Coyster]

Paul Pogba season in his former club will be amazing. It would feel good to see him play again for the Old Lady  after coming in as a free agent. One thing I must say is that he's an investment for Juventus. The Frenchman was sold to Manchester United six years ago for a whooping sum of €100m, now he's back as a free player in the club. However, I believe he would give his best to the team as the fans can't wait to watch him handle the Old Lady's Midfield for them.

I hope his second spell in Juventus wouldn't be anything like his time in United, even though his failure in Manchester United was partly his fault; i can understand why Juve fans are excited by this move, Paul was quite good when he played for them in his first spell, so they are expecting the same, the fan base i'm quite sure wouldn't admire Pogba even the slightest bit would be United fans, they expected so much from the French man, but he was nothing close to their expectations. Having said that, for the sake of Pogba's career, i do hope he rediscovers his form and commitment to football, he definitely has the talent, but that sometimes isn't enough, he needs to add hardwork, discipline, desire, etc to his game in order to take his career to the next level.

[Iranus]

I don't know if Barcelona are serious about doing this because they have so many attacking players and also recently they have renewed Dembele's contract. whether by signing Raphinha Barcelona will no longer chase Lewandowski, this is a bad idea in my opinion. with the financial crisis they are going through but at the moment Barcelona are signing players not effectively, they are too focused on signing strikers and that is not very good in my opinion.

Maybe it can be very good for Barcelona itself although not good enough for some people. Because with Barcelona's condition in terms of the financial crisis, everything they want to do is always difficult to achieve because everything always requires money, especially in the current transfer period. Obviously all clubs need better players, but they also have to prepare a decent amount of money in this case, if the money is not there then the club can't talk much.

The club cannot talk if the money isn't there, so I think Barcelona should keep quiet for the time being right now. There is no way Barcelona should opt for a 50 or 60 million transfer right now. Right now, Barcelona is chasing high-quality players, but good players come with a high cost which Barcelona cannot afford right now, to be honest. It is actually funny to me that they are cutting the salary of the players that they have right now. At the same time, they are also trying to get new players worth 60 million. I wonder how they are planning to negotiate salary with that new player if the deal do eventually ends up being successful for Barcelona

[MinoRaiola]

Bayern has get Omar Richards from Reading FC on 2021 from free transfer status but he cannot develop well in this team but i think it took time for him to adapt with Bayern game because he hasn't experience playing outside England but unfortunately Nagelsmann have no patience and decide to release him and in my opinion losing him is big lost for Bayern because besides him Bayern only have Alphonso Davies have same position such as him as left back so if Bayern sell him then they should be looking for new players in that position

They brought in two more players. Neco Williams from FC Liverpool for 20 million euros, he only has a market value of 8 million euros. But is 21 years young and national player of Wales. He has the chance to become very valuable. And Dean Henderson from Manchester United as goalkeeper. I also found interesting that Nottingham Forest won the Champions League in 1979+1980. Before and after Liverpool in this years. Also the Premier League in 1978. Possibly the team will be the surprise of the season.

[ShowOff]

Maybe it can be very good for Barcelona itself although not good enough for some people. Because with Barcelona's condition in terms of the financial crisis, everything they want to do is always difficult to achieve because everything always requires money, especially in the current transfer period. Obviously all clubs need better players, but they also have to prepare a decent amount of money in this case, if the money is not there then the club can't talk much.

Barcelona are indeed experiencing financial problems and we know that, but so far they are considered quite successful in convincing their players to stay including Dembele and De Jong. Despite being in difficult financial conditions, Barcelona has also been quite successful in bringing in several new players even though they are actually free transfer players like Kessie and Christensen.

If you compare Barcelona's transfer activity with teams with good financial strength like Manchester United, then I think Barcelona is still better even though almost all of their players are now required to take wage cuts.

[Avirunes]

I think the same means if it's not financially capable then Barcelona will have to choose between Lewandowski or Rapinha which will be his move.
Even if Barcelona is able to bring in both of them, that's good too, but we still have to look at the finances we have because at the moment it's not stable for Barcelona.
Now more and more rumors are sticking out about Kane who will replace Lewandowski but regardless Kane will not move but for Lewandowski there is still a possibility of a move from Bayern.

Yeah signing both will really make things hard for Barcelona.

Kane replacing Lewandowski is just fake rumor. With Spurs performing great last season, Kane is really crucial for Spurs right now as they have CL and have to perform in PL as well. Kane is their main striker who is helping them in attacks so I am sure that Spurs have no plans to sell him. Besides if they were to consider selling him, a club need to make a very good bid to sign Kane.

[DanWalker]

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That should be their goal for the champion, but realistically speaking, even the quarter-finals can be a good goal in my opinion because their opponents are too strong in this league. As for the Premier League, I think the Spurs team has the potential to be better than teams like Chelsea and Arsenal this season. Spursta, as there will be important player changes in the new season. Tottenham did not include Tanguy Ndombele in the camp because he did not think about it in the new season. The team is basically strong, they can push their targets with a few improvements.

I honestly think that Tottenham is going to be much stronger than Chelsea and Arsenal in the upcoming season. They have made some pretty big changes in the team. I really like that change, and many others do as well. It appears that the team is really balanced going into the next season. It is my prediction that they will at least reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and do decently in the English Premier League as well.

I'm quite optimistic to see the significant changes shown by the Spurs at this time, judging from the hunt for players they really really use it quite perfectly. So at least occupying one seat for the Champions League is quite wide open than Manchester United and Arsenal. Spurs are very enthusiastic and the compatibility between players and coaches is now starting to look more intimate.

You know what? I think this will probably be the time when Harry Kane will finally be able to win something with Tottenham. An authority is looking for a flawless team. I am not willing to say that they have succeeded 100% in that mission but they have certainly done well enough to raise big hopes. Next season, Manchester City should be the champion again and Liverpool and Tottenham should be fighting it out for the second place.

[izsara]

Maybe it can be very good for Barcelona itself although not good enough for some people. Because with Barcelona's condition in terms of the financial crisis, everything they want to do is always difficult to achieve because everything always requires money, especially in the current transfer period. Obviously all clubs need better players, but they also have to prepare a decent amount of money in this case, if the money is not there then the club can't talk much.

Barcelona are indeed experiencing financial problems and we know that, but so far they are considered quite successful in convincing their players to stay including Dembele and De Jong. Despite being in difficult financial conditions, Barcelona has also been quite successful in bringing in several new players even though they are actually free transfer players like Kessie and Christensen.

If you compare Barcelona's transfer activity with teams with good financial strength like Manchester United, then I think Barcelona is still better even though almost all of their players are now required to take wage cuts.

Actually for De Jong I think if he has a choice then he will leave but the problem is he still has money in Barcelona from his salary arrears for two seasons which indeed in this case it seems Barcelona are reluctant to pay if he does leave and try to give a clause that doesn't come in. sense to give De Jong along with their debt to De Jong for the new team.
I think Barcelona now adding players will only add to the burden on them so indeed they can't be too impulsive they should be but what is happening right now is the opposite of Reality.

[Tumanggor]

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You have a good point, Lewandowski itself don't want to extend his contract and it will ended on June 30, 2023 or next year. If Bayern Munich doesn't want to let Lewandowski move to other club, then Lewandowski is expected to leave freely and Munich wouldn't earn any single cent.

I think Munich is just forcing Chelsea to spend more money, but I think Chelsea have thought about this and seems they're let Munich to succumb and lowering the transfer fee. I guess it's fine to sign Lewandowski in the next year, so Chelsea had nothing to lose.

the current news is very funny because chelsea also sounds interested in lewandowski but i doubt lewandowski is willing to play at chelsea since he insisted on wanting to play at barca

Bayern will definitely try hard to change Lewandowski's stubbornness with any tricks and take advantage of his services until the end of the contract. To be honest, without Lewandowski, I doubt that Bayern could become the king of the Bundesliga in recent years. Just look at Lewandowski's statistics while playing for Bayern, he has scored 344 goals from 375 matches, that means he averages almost 1 goal in all matches with Bayern

[indah rezqi]

I hope his second spell in Juventus wouldn't be anything like his time in United, even though his failure in Manchester United was partly his fault; i can understand why Juve fans are excited by this move, Paul was quite good when he played for them in his first spell, so they are expecting the same, the fan base i'm quite sure wouldn't admire Pogba even the slightest bit would be United fans, they expected so much from the French man, but he was nothing close to their expectations. Having said that, for the sake of Pogba's career, i do hope he rediscovers his form and commitment to football, he definitely has the talent, but that sometimes isn't enough, he needs to add hardwork, discipline, desire, etc to his game in order to take his career to the next level.

Juventus fans understand that Paul Pogba has many advantages so that the return of Paul Pogba to Juventus is like a longing that is fulfilled. Pogba will feel different when playing in Turin because under pressure at Manchester United he was the most expensive when recruited from Juventus.

In 2017, Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard once praised the extraordinary figure of Pogba who was able to develop well even under pressure as MU's most expensive player at that time. According to Gerrard, Pogba has a good pass. Pogba's strength can help United defend and threaten through free-kick techniques.
Along with his later journey at Juventus, he must change the habits that are often done at Manchester United, don't go forward too often because it will make it difficult for his teammates in midfield.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5077576/steven-gerrard-paul-pogba-improvement-manchester-united-great/amp/

[Harkorede]

I think the same means if it's not financially capable then Barcelona will have to choose between Lewandowski or Rapinha which will be his move.
Even if Barcelona is able to bring in both of them, that's good too, but we still have to look at the finances we have because at the moment it's not stable for Barcelona.
Now more and more rumors are sticking out about Kane who will replace Lewandowski but regardless Kane will not move but for Lewandowski there is still a possibility of a move from Bayern.

Yeah signing both will really make things hard for Barcelona.

Kane replacing Lewandowski is just fake rumor. With Spurs performing great last season, Kane is really crucial for Spurs right now as they have CL and have to perform in PL as well. Kane is their main striker who is helping them in attacks so I am sure that Spurs have no plans to sell him. Besides if they were to consider selling him, a club need to make a very good bid to sign Kane.

I believe if Raphinha should complete a move to Barcelona (which is said to be now closer than before¹) then, there's every likelihood of Lewandowski not joining Barcelona can't afford it, especially if they're forced to pay outrightly, and that also means Frenkie De Jong will almost certainly move to Man Utd as well due if not Barcelona would be in more awful shape financially, Ousmane Dembele had to accept a massive 40% pay cut in order for his contract to be renewed ², so I'm wondering where the huge wages that Lewandowski and Raphinha will get would have to come from.

Personally, I would have preferred Barcelona hold on to De Jong and let go of the Lewandowski idea as he's going to be a free agent next summer, and with Sergio Busquets contract also ending next summer and Barcelona have no intention of making a renewal, or at most an extra year, it would literally be better off for the club to retain De Jong.

1. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1546389325000036352
2. https://caughtoffside.substack.com/p/ousmane-dembele-accepts-40-pay-cut

[posi]

Hazard expectations did not match reality, he failed miserably with Real Madrid. Although last season Real Madrid triumphed in La Liga and the Champions League, Hazard's contribution to the team was minimal, he spends more time on the bench than playing minutes. During his move to Real Madrid Hazard's condition changed 180%, because previously when he was still playing with Chelsea his role was very important, he was treated very well at Stamford Bridge thanks to his good contribution. Hazard has to find a new club to save his career, a return to the Premier League is possible, be it with Chelsea or with another club.

This is no only case in soccer history, we have a very long list of players those fail completely in this way, and they never have their best with the change of club. There is no doubt Hazard was one of the best players, but his desired for Real Madrid almost kill his future and now things are completely in different way because most of the time sitting on bench and having no good contribution to the team is surely frustrated for player like him.
Still, he can give some good favor to himself and try to have another transfer which can bring some better for his future because age factor is still favoring him, and he can contribute positively for any club right now place in Real Madrid is not suitable for him and his game play.

Actually, it is quite funny to me that a lot of people were talking about Gareth Bale and Eden Hazard being the next successors to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. But eventually, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will outlast them. Both Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale are not in the best of form right now. Gareth Bale is probably even less interested in playing football right now, as he is interested in golf. And we all know how Hazard is doing in RMA. I think he should consider moving because I also think that the way the Real Madrid squad plays, doesn't actually go along with how Hazard plays.

[blackened515]

Aston Villa are also active in the transfer market after they've complete the loan deal with Sevilla for Ludwig Augustinsson. The deal was a lucrative one and buy option was also triggered in the contract. Steven Gerrard will definitely take Villa to the next level if given the chances and space to get who ever he wants in the market. Aston Villa squad is good at the moment but they were battling to fill in the space of Jack Grealish which they sold to Manchester city. Although their Frontlines and defense is still very much in shape, with Watkins leading the Frontlines and their tough captain who's their defender, Tyrone Mings. With this present squad, they can still push for titles in next season.

[SatoPrincess]

So sad how Eden Hazard glorious moment in football turned to shreds the moment he went to Real Madrid. It's still an unforgettable mistake he made and I know one thing for sure is that Eden is trying his best to recover after battling with several injuries in the team.

Players like Eden never bounce back to their best and moving to Real Madrid was not his best option if you ask me because you never in a calm state as your position is being contested for in very game which is bad for player development.  I guess we shall forget about him like nothing ever happened.

Eden Hazard took a gamble by signing for Real Madrid, since his arrival from Chelsea he had never replicated his form at Bernabeu, I believe injury took some part of dip in form, from my own point of view he should sign for a new club maybe EPL club where he will get a regular playing time and and get back his form with the world cup fast approaching he needed to get back his form to earn a call up the Belgian National team, else staying at Real Madrid will further regress his footballing career due to limited playing time and with Vinicuis Jr. playing brilliantly at the flanks it will be difficult to bench him.

Since Hazard’s departure from Chelsea to Real Madrid, I would say he has struggled, and not just struggling with proving himself but struggling with his fitness. He has become prone to injuries and that has been a huge setback for him and I think it will be more difficult now fighting for the his first team shirt with Vinicius Jr in top form. He will have to play from the bench or leave the club to get game time.