⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

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Positive talks between Juventus and Rabiot and Manchester United.

The parts are now closer and the deal can be done by the start of the next week.

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[SatoPrincess]

I think Gourdiola shouldn't have allow Oleksandr Zinchenko to sign for Arsenal, this is a big mistake, since the club doesn't have enough backup as their left back, the club has four centre backs, three right backs but no left back, Benjamin Mendy is out of the club due to face some criminal charges. Arsenal won't sell Kieran Tierney to Man City having sent Tavares on loan to Merseille, Kieran Tierney will backup Zinchenko as well as his replacement if he is injured, Man City will have to scout for an experience left back before the transfer market closes else Guordiola will have to convert some of his defenders to a left back.

Obviously that wasn't a good decision after all but I think he had high hopes of securing the signature of Cucurella from Brighton to replace Zinchenko but unfortunately the deals was hijacked by Chelsea as Manchester City were unable to meet Brighton's price demand for their player. I read on net today that Guardiola has successfully secured the signing of Sergio Gomez on a long term deal. Guardiola finally got his replacement at that position and hopefully has solved the left back issue for the season.

[izsara]

Just a couple of hours ago, I read the news that Barcelona will not be able to register newcomers for the game with Rayo Vallecano, has something changed? Whatever lever is applied, it's now a matter of budgeting for wages - Barcelona is still over the cap. As I understand it, today is the last day to resolve this issue, and in general there is time before the end of the transfer period.

The information is correct. Barcelona were unable to register all players for La Liga, which is scheduled to start on Saturday. It's really been a difficult period for Xavi Hernandez since he became coach.
Barca are threatened with the loss of Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen who are obtained for free because until now Barcelona have not found a solution to the problems they are experiencing. Blaugrana should sell some players as soon as possible to cover their finances and that's the right solution in my opinion.

1. https://www.football-espana.net/2022/08/11/andreas-christensen-and-franck-kessie-relaxed-despite-break-clause-in-barcelona-contract
2. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19493140/barcelona-transfer-news-robert-lewandowski-jules-kounde/

Some time ago I read a news that said Barcelona officials told Xavi to include their new players on the list but indeed in this case the possibility is still fifty-fifty so Xavi also has to prepare a Plan B for this.
I think this may have to wait until the game starts whether Barcelona can negotiate properly there or indeed the regulations still can't be resolved by them because this is still a gray area.

[Igebotz]

Chelsea are also working on bringing Aubameyang from Barca. Aubameyang arrived at Barca 6-7 months ago and Xavi also likes the player so I personally don't think it's gonna happen unless Chelsea offers a bid that is too good to let it go given the value of the player. What do you guys think?

It's not about the bid; Barcelona are trying to reduce wages in order to register new players, either Aubu or Depay will leave  and they are willing to sell at any price as long as the personal terms with the player are good. With the current situation, Depay appears to be the only one leaving after his contract was terminated. But Chelsea are still pushing to convince FDJ and Aubu but there is nothing solid yet.

I personally like Aubu he's the kind of striker Chelsea need right now to compete for the title at least

[CLS63]

About Depay, the current rumours on Transfermarkt are like this now. Juventus seem the most likely team to finish this deal soon. Barcelona really need to cut the wages at a high level and this is the only way they can do this now. It seems difficult for them to convince some players to take a big amount of pay cut at the moment. Actually I have heard that Pique is willing to do this but only him wouldn't be too much effective. Aubameyang wants to stay at the team now so Depay is the best option now.

[Lordhermes]

Chelsea are also working on bringing Aubameyang from Barca. Aubameyang arrived at Barca 6-7 months ago and Xavi also likes the player so I personally don't think it's gonna happen unless Chelsea offers a bid that is too good to let it go given the value of the player. What do you guys think?

I think even if Xavi decides to sell Aubameyang to Chelsea,it will be a bad deal because Aubameyang no longer has what it takes to deliver in the English premier league,he should better stay in Lalliga because their pattern of play is quite different from that of England.The defenders there are not as brutal and rugged as the ones in EPL.
But if Chelsea should sign him,they will still have problems upfront,because most atimes Aubameyang fails to deliver when he is being looked up upon.

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About Depay, the current rumours on Transfermarkt are like this now. Juventus seem the most likely team to finish this deal soon. Barcelona really need to cut the wages at a high level and this is the only way they can do this now. It seems difficult for them to convince some players to take a big amount of pay cut at the moment. Actually I have heard that Pique is willing to do this but only him wouldn't be too much effective. Aubameyang wants to stay at the team now so Depay is the best option now.

Juventus got another talk with Depay's agent and the parts according to the journalist here in Italy are very optimistic.

According to them they already have a deal and they are just waiting when he will leave Barca for announcing him.

[D-law]

About Depay, the current rumours on Transfermarkt are like this now. Juventus seem the most likely team to finish this deal soon. Barcelona really need to cut the wages at a high level and this is the only way they can do this now. It seems difficult for them to convince some players to take a big amount of pay cut at the moment. Actually I have heard that Pique is willing to do this but only him wouldn't be too much effective. Aubameyang wants to stay at the team now so Depay is the best option now.

Juventus got another talk with Depay's agent and the parts according to the journalist here in Italy are very optimistic.

According to them they already have a deal and they are just waiting when he will leave Barca for announcing him.

They had talks last week about Depay .
Talking about new moves for them both, Depay should finally choose Barcelona ahead.
Aubameyang will more likely move to Chelsea but Xavi say's he says.

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It is very sad for the history of football that Ronaldo could not make a transfer despite his desire. His career is about to come to an end and this year he will be playing for a team he doesn't really want. I think his manager has a responsibility in this critical problem as well. They could have managed to plan this process better. A world star football player like Ronaldo has become a football player who cannot find a club for himself.

[arimamib]

Juventus got another talk with Depay's agent and the parts according to the journalist here in Italy are very optimistic.

According to them they already have a deal and they are just waiting when he will leave Barca for announcing him.

After the difficulty of registering all the players that Barcelona currently has, the way out is wide open for Depay. Currently Barcelona have three players in the position of centre-forward, Lewandowski, Aubameyang and Depay. Lewandowski's position is guaranteed safe, while Barcelona prefer to keep Aubameyang and let Depay go. Juventus are not the only club looking to sign Depay, West Ham are also interested in signing Depay. West Ham are very confident that they have a chance of getting a deal over the line, but the decision lies with Depay which club to choose.

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They had talks last week about Depay .
Talking about new moves for them both, Depay should finally choose Barcelona ahead.
Aubameyang will more likely move to Chelsea but Xavi say's he says.

Here in Italy, we have the opposite news.
Aubameyang is Xavi's favorite between them and he will stay.

Depay will leave and his probable next destination is Juventus, which already has a deal with him.



Source: https://twitter.com/NicoSchira/status/1558192866169655296

[Rockstarguy]

But why it's necessary for the club boost to get new players instead of trying to limit their debt? Is it good? They need to quit purchasing this multitude of players while they don't have cash.

That's the problem. So many critics for this club that is still doing some purchases. Barcelona keeps bought so many players and abandon its own player's salary that have not yet paid. That's why some of its players like de jong was also giving a critism to the club. His salary has not yet paid by barcelona.It seems like barcelona wants to sell andreas christensen again due to the financial fair play

If Barcelona are unable to pay salaries of their current players how are they going to meet up with the salaries of the new players. It is wrong if they are signing players and finding it difficult to meet up with salaries.  It would have been better if they go  for what they can afford than getting more players and can't meet up with their salary.

[borovichok]

Juventus got another talk with Depay's agent and the parts according to the journalist here in Italy are very optimistic.

According to them they already have a deal and they are just waiting when he will leave Barca for announcing him.

After the difficulty of registering all the players that Barcelona currently has, the way out is wide open for Depay. Currently Barcelona have three players in the position of centre-forward, Lewandowski, Aubameyang and Depay. Lewandowski's position is guaranteed safe, while Barcelona prefer to keep Aubameyang and let Depay go. Juventus are not the only club looking to sign Depay, West Ham are also interested in signing Depay. West Ham are very confident that they have a chance of getting a deal over the line, but the decision lies with Depay which club to choose.

Tottenham are also interested but I don't think Tottenham will be a good idea because they have forward players like Barcelona in Tottenham he will have to fight for position with Son, kulusevski and richarlison which in my opinion are better than him, I will suggest he goes to West ham United there he can be a key man and that's the kind of player west ham United want right now someone that is similar to Lingard, if he goes to Italy juventus is still a good option because they are in the champions League.

[shogun47]

I kind of think that Ronaldo's behavior is quite unprofessional. He wants to sign the biggest contracts all the time but when something goes wrong (like missing the CL qualificiation) he wants to leave on his own terms. Of course I can understand that he wants to play CL, but does that justify that a player behaves like that?

Now things seems to be getting out of control anyway. The news is spread that his teammates wish for nothing more but Ronaldo to leave the club. And I must say I honestly get their point. Having a diva on board all the time while the rest is trying to drag the center of attention onto the pitch is exhausting. Not for two or three weeks, but for months at some point in time?

The Manu bosses don't want to let him leave. Maybe in secret they will let him go but don't say that publicly in hopes of achieving a better transfer fee in the end. The drama goes on...

Ronaldo drama is endless because news about him wanting to leave is always plastered in every sports media because Ronaldo news has always been an attraction for football lovers readers. So far, Ronaldo has not provided an answer to this problem, so some Manchester United legends think Ronaldo attitude can cause internal problems between himself and the coach or other players so that there will be chaos on the field or in the dressing room. Moreover, there has been no official offer that has come to him, Ronaldo should have announced in the media that he wants to stay at Manchester United and the news of his departure may soon be closed.

That's a good point regarding the news outlets seeking for Ronaldo-related drama, that's definitely one reason why his topic goes up and down in every newspaper and website.

Well, I absolutely don't expect Ronaldo to stay in Manchester at this point. I don't know whether he is really wanted that much anymore, Manchester United fans can be quite evil as we all know. They want players with passion and who give their everything for the club. Ronaldo is behaving like a child.

Maybe the United bosses stock up his salary once more so he decides to stay, but even that I think is stupid. Why can't he just come out with a clear statement? It's because he is afraid about the fans going nuts when he publicly claims to stay and then leaves the club a week later. I bet he would never need to come back and he doesn't wanna risk that as that club made him who he is.

[bekti3]

About Depay, the current rumours on Transfermarkt are like this now. Juventus seem the most likely team to finish this deal soon. Barcelona really need to cut the wages at a high level and this is the only way they can do this now. It seems difficult for them to convince some players to take a big amount of pay cut at the moment. Actually I have heard that Pique is willing to do this but only him wouldn't be too much effective. Aubameyang wants to stay at the team now so Depay is the best option now.

I think this will end quickly for Juventus because Depay also just wants to break the contract with Barcelona because Juventus really took part there.
This is clearly beneficial for all parties I think because everyone gets their respective benefits, be it Depay, Barcelona and even Juventus because they actually need each other and this transfer will indirectly benefit each other.

[SatoPrincess]

That's a good point regarding the news outlets seeking for Ronaldo-related drama, that's definitely one reason why his topic goes up and down in every newspaper and website.

Well, I absolutely don't expect Ronaldo to stay in Manchester at this point. I don't know whether he is really wanted that much anymore, Manchester United fans can be quite evil as we all know. They want players with passion and who give their everything for the club. Ronaldo is behaving like a child.

Maybe the United bosses stock up his salary once more so he decides to stay, but even that I think is stupid. Why can't he just come out with a clear statement? It's because he is afraid about the fans going nuts when he publicly claims to stay and then leaves the club a week later. I bet he would never need to come back and he doesn't wanna risk that as that club made him who he is.

Christiano Ronaldo has been silent about his plans for Manchester United. This is the reason why there are fake news about his transfer from Manchester United in the media. Even though Erik Ten Hag has said he has no plans of letting Ronaldo go, the media keeps relaying a different narrative of what is happening in the club. At this point, only Christiano Ronaldo can put the rumours to rest with a public statement.

[kapalmabur]

But why it's necessary for the club boost to get new players instead of trying to limit their debt? Is it good? They need to quit purchasing this multitude of players while they don't have cash.

That's the problem. So many critics for this club that is still doing some purchases. Barcelona keeps bought so many players and abandon its own player's salary that have not yet paid. That's why some of its players like de jong was also giving a critism to the club. His salary has not yet paid by barcelona.It seems like barcelona wants to sell andreas christensen again due to the financial fair play

If Barcelona are unable to pay salaries of their current players how are they going to meet up with the salaries of the new players. It is wrong if they are signing players and finding it difficult to meet up with salaries.  It would have been better if they go  for what they can afford than getting more players and can't meet up with their salary.

Yes, with what Barcelona management has done with great consideration, I think they are aware that this decision is very risky.
La Liga regulations which are very strict of course not just this time and it has been going on for several years so Barcelona management must have thought about it before making a decision

[SatoPrincess]

Barcelona right now can afford to register all 7 players with the finish of the fourth economic lever with Pique's second pay decrease. Very inconceivable how the things betrayed Barcelona, yet right things settle. But why it's necessary for the club boost to get new players instead of trying to limit their debt? Is it good? They need to quit purchasing this multitude of players while they don't have cash.

Just a couple of hours ago, I read the news that Barcelona will not be able to register newcomers for the game with Rayo Vallecano, has something changed? Whatever lever is applied, it's now a matter of budgeting for wages - Barcelona is still over the cap. As I understand it, today is the last day to resolve this issue, and in general there is time before the end of the transfer period.

I read somewhere few years back there was a policy by UEFA for all clubs which called fair play but right now as things happening here in Barcelona nothing is right they are already under huge debit and too many problems regarding salaries of many players, but they are still hot in transfer window which mean no one having any check on them, and they are doing things which could be brought some big disaster for them.

They must look around and then done more things which will help them and their reputation as one of the best club in world if they fail to achieve their targets with these investments and having all things which are around them then surely this role model is going to be in trouble, and they could be in deep trouble which can bring the worst scenario for them in the future.

Yes you are right, the financial fair play rule have being in existence for years now, I remember Chelsea falling victim once to the fair play rule and were banned from making signings for two seasons, probably the rules are being bent now because I see it as inappropriate for a big club like Barcelona to making signings and not being able to pay wages of these players and nothing being done to arrest the issue and put them to order. The rules are no longer being enforced because this big and rich clubs always find ways to manover their way to escape be punished for defaulting and breaking rules, something needs to be done about this.

[Shasha80]

About Depay, the current rumours on Transfermarkt are like this now. Juventus seem the most likely team to finish this deal soon. Barcelona really need to cut the wages at a high level and this is the only way they can do this now. It seems difficult for them to convince some players to take a big amount of pay cut at the moment. Actually I have heard that Pique is willing to do this but only him wouldn't be too much effective. Aubameyang wants to stay at the team now so Depay is the best option now.

I think this will end quickly for Juventus because Depay also just wants to break the contract with Barcelona because Juventus really took part there.
This is clearly beneficial for all parties I think because everyone gets their respective benefits, be it Depay, Barcelona and even Juventus because they actually need each other and this transfer will indirectly benefit each other.

It looks like Memphis Depay will really join Juventus, because of all the clubs interested in Depay, looks like only Juventus looks the most serious
so far. Moreover, Fabrizio Romano has reported that the talks between Juventus and Barcelona are going positively. It is likely that in the near
future Juventus and Barcelona will find an agreement regarding the transfer of Depay. After all, Depay has given the green light that he is interested
in joining Juventus, if Depay join Juventus he will be on a 2-year contract. It is true that Depay's move to Juventus will benefit all parties involved,
which Barcelona do need to get rid of Depay to be able to register some new players brought in by Barcelona. Meanwhile, Juventus have officially left
by Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala, who desperately need Depay's presence to fill the strikers position. Then Depay himself needs certainty to become
a regular player, so that his position is more secure in the Dutch national team.

[nurilham]

That's a good point regarding the news outlets seeking for Ronaldo-related drama, that's definitely one reason why his topic goes up and down in every newspaper and website.

Yes, the media makes the drama, they take an advantage of it. If the media doesn't dramatize the rumor regarding Ronaldo leaving, I think it is just a common issue. It is normal if Ronaldo wants to leave after his contract expires in the next year, he has no responsibility to stay in Man United.

Well, I absolutely don't expect Ronaldo to stay in Manchester at this point. I don't know whether he is really wanted that much anymore, Manchester United fans can be quite evil as we all know. They want players with passion and who give their everything for the club. Ronaldo is behaving like a child.

Ronaldo is like a child? What do you mean, dude?
You even don't know how you feel if you were Ronaldo. He is almost 38 years old, he may have no much time to play in football competitions anymore. I am sure Ronaldo expects to play in UCL before he retires. If he stays in Man United, it is impossible to play in UCL. Even if it seems a bit egoistic, Ronaldo has the right to determine where he wants to play before retiring.

Well, if you stated Ronaldo acts like a child, you are the same as stupid fans who blame him for the failure of Man United team.

Please be wise to make a statement!