⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Ayers]

Barcelona's saga of selling players continues. This time, Miralem Pjanic got an offer from Sharjah FC in UAE Pro League on a three-year contract. It's up to Miralem if he accepts or not. A bit weird to see Barcelona want to sell Miralem since I always thought he would be a sub for Sergio Busquets in midfield since he is quite old. Tho moving down from La Liga to UAE Pro League seems okay for Miralem too as he also isn't young anymore.

Why do you call it "weird"? Both Busquets (34) and Pjanic (32) are old players, so Pjanic isn't the right option to replace Busquets.
I think it is the right decision to sell Miralem Pjanic because Barcelona has Franck Kessié (25) and Frenkie de Jong (25) who have the same position. Franck Kessié and Frenkie de Jong more deserve to be the sub of Sergio Busquets or play together with him in the midfield. However, Barcelona only has Busquets as a pure defensive midfielder. Although they have Franck Kessié and Frenkie de Jong that can play at that position as well, I am sure they may plan to look for a new pure defensive midfielder in the next transfer window. Except, Franck Kessié or Frenkie de Jong can perform impressively as a pure midfielder.

Pjanic-Arthur deal was actually a move to settle the books for Barcelona, Barcelona even under Koeman weren't per se interested in Pjanic as he doesn't play doesn't seem to fit into the system, He's already surplus to requirements so there's literally no point in having him around and allocating some extra budget to cover his wages.

I don't think Barcelona will be looking for a pure defensive midfielder in January, in case of any rotation De Jong or Kessie will likely cover for Busquests until the end of the season, the club had enough difficulties trying to register every player they obtained in the summer window.

first of all Pjanić, he is not young anymore
secondly, if Barcelona can sell this player, they will be able to get a good amount of money, obviously going down from playing in the La Liga to playing in the UAE is going to be a major downgrade for the player, but i don’t think Pjanić should mind at this moment because i believe that he is looking for a good retirement plan right now, and going to UAE where the competition is not big and the money is good seems to be a good retirement plan for any player

[LUCKMCFLY]

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From my point of view, I think that the technical director is the big problem, and that technical director is going to lead Man United to total bankruptcy in terms of football, and it is incredible that the team management has not noticed it, nothing more getting mad at CR7 by not getting him to play is something he should no longer do, he has turned everything into a personal problem and these things are really bad for a team, as I see it, they will continue to lose against teams that should win because they are not so complicated to win, of course this my opinion.

I think that above all, professionalism should prevail, honestly, Man United has disappointed me with how they have handled things.

it has been a joke to watch Manchester United handle things the way they have
just a few days ago, they made some changes to the coaching staff, there is no doubt that the coaches that they have changed did not do a good job at all
furthermore, the coaches that they brought in later actually managed to do worse than the coaches they brought in earlier

there is no chemistry between the players, and honestly, it seems like the players do not even want to be a part of Manchester United, the team did not even finish in the top 4 of the standings last season and i am not going to be surprised if they do not even finish in the top 6 of the standings this coming season

Yes, I very much agree with this, what I have also seen that many teams have closed the doors to CR7, I think this is something that does not add up very well, I know that the players partly affect the whole team and CR7 without doubt always gives a lot to talk about, from what I see he will stay in Manchester next to Casemiro, at least I see that he has a friend there that when they were at Real Madrid, but Manchester is already a team of a very high level and it is necessary for them to be able to get out of that crisis, if the team in general is in a bad way from the directors they will not give good results, I think that the best thing here is that they change the coach, because as I see things they will not obtain good results.

Barcelona's saga of selling players continues. This time, Miralem Pjanic got an offer from Sharjah FC in UAE Pro League on a three-year contract. It's up to Miralem if he accepts or not. A bit weird to see Barcelona want to sell Miralem since I always thought he would be a sub for Sergio Busquets in midfield since he is quite old. Tho moving down from La Liga to UAE Pro League seems okay for Miralem too as he also isn't young anymore.

Why do you call it "weird"? Both Busquets (34) and Pjanic (32) are old players, so Pjanic isn't the right option to replace Busquets.
I think it is the right decision to sell Miralem Pjanic because Barcelona has Franck Kessié (25) and Frenkie de Jong (25) who have the same position. Franck Kessié and Frenkie de Jong more deserve to be the sub of Sergio Busquets or play together with him in the midfield. However, Barcelona only has Busquets as a pure defensive midfielder. Although they have Franck Kessié and Frenkie de Jong that can play at that position as well, I am sure they may plan to look for a new pure defensive midfielder in the next transfer window. Except, Franck Kessié or Frenkie de Jong can perform impressively as a pure midfielder.

Pjanic-Arthur deal was actually a move to settle the books for Barcelona, Barcelona even under Koeman weren't per se interested in Pjanic as he doesn't play doesn't seem to fit into the system, He's already surplus to requirements so there's literally no point in having him around and allocating some extra budget to cover his wages.

I don't think Barcelona will be looking for a pure defensive midfielder in January, in case of any rotation De Jong or Kessie will likely cover for Busquests until the end of the season, the club had enough difficulties trying to register every player they obtained in the summer window.

first of all Pjanić, he is not young anymore
secondly, if Barcelona can sell this player, they will be able to get a good amount of money, obviously going down from playing in the La Liga to playing in the UAE is going to be a major downgrade for the player, but i don’t think Pjanić should mind at this moment because i believe that he is looking for a good retirement plan right now, and going to UAE where the competition is not big and the money is good seems to be a good retirement plan for any player

But this is something that can be degrading on the one hand but very gratifying on the other, obviously for money the player leaves and will be very happy, something that will enter each game and obviously it is a very good deal for Barcelona that a lot of money has been spent, it is something that they have to assume, on the other hand, the player will have more minutes on the field playing official matches, because I do not think the level will drop, now Barcelona has acquired many good players and this has made the majority of people bet that Barcelona can even win the UCL, then it is possible that this is not a bad thing.

[martyns]

first of all Pjanić, he is not young anymore
secondly, if Barcelona can sell this player, they will be able to get a good amount of money, obviously going down from playing in the La Liga to playing in the UAE is going to be a major downgrade for the player, but i don’t think Pjanić should mind at this moment because i believe that he is looking for a good retirement plan right now, and going to UAE where the competition is not big and the money is good seems to be a good retirement plan for any player

Miralem Pjanic was a good player when playing for Juventus, but playing for Barcelona haven't favour him for a long while. Barcelona don't have a space for him in the club because the team is full with quality players, Don't get me wrong, Pjanic is a good player but his pattern of football don't fit in Barcelona style. Moving to UAE is a better one for him, at least he would be earning well over there and having enough playing time also. He's getting weaker so he needs an easy league where he will prove to his teammates that he's good with the ball on the pitch.

[Wawa2013]

first of all Pjanić, he is not young anymore
secondly, if Barcelona can sell this player, they will be able to get a good amount of money, obviously going down from playing in the La Liga to playing in the UAE is going to be a major downgrade for the player, but i don’t think Pjanić should mind at this moment because i believe that he is looking for a good retirement plan right now, and going to UAE where the competition is not big and the money is good seems to be a good retirement plan for any player

Miralem Pjanic was a good player when playing for Juventus, but playing for Barcelona haven't favour him for a long while. Barcelona don't have a space for him in the club because the team is full with quality players, Don't get me wrong, Pjanic is a good player but his pattern of football don't fit in Barcelona style. Moving to UAE is a better one for him, at least he would be earning well over there and having enough playing time also. He's getting weaker so he needs an easy league where he will prove to his teammates that he's good with the ball on the pitch.

After Xavi brought in many new players, it seems there is no place for Miralem Pjanic. As you said Pjanic is not a bad player, he proved to be
a great player while playing for Juventus. Unfortunately, since moving to Barcelona in 2020, Pjanic has failed to adapt to the Barcelona game,
so Pjanic has difficulty getting playing time. Therefore the previous season Barcelona loaned Miralem Pjanic to Besiktas, unfortunately Besiktas
did not buy Pjanic permanently, and now Pjanic is back in Barcelona. Unfortunately the stock of midfielders owned by Barcelona is now quite
abundant, so it looks like Pjanic won't have game time if he stays at Barcelona.

Maybe because of his age, and Pjanic's salary is also quite large, it is quite difficult for Pjanic to find a new club in Europe. So if in the end only
clubs in the UAE are interested in Pjanic, I think Pjanic should take the opportunity. Moreover, his future at Barcelona is unclear, so maybe by playing
in the UAE Pjanic can raise money for his retirement plan. Moreover, according to rumors the club from the UAE will offer a 3-year contract with
a high salary to Pjanic.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Harry Kane seems to be okay with Antonio Conte project on going Tottenham but this doesn't goes the way the club always for the club
When money is involved and the player wats the switch to the next club then you can't stop it from happening.
.Come January if Tottenham are not inna good position Harry Kane will consider the settings and once this big decision been made no going back.

The thing is Harry Kane has two years left currently and if he was to leave before that, where would he go?
Harry Kane agreeing to stay at Tottenham would be a major boost to Tottenham. They’re on the up and I don’t see a downside to him agreeing a new deal. Imo he’s now 29, if really he wants to extend his contract, a 2 years contract would be okay. If Conte doesn’t win anything in these years, he can decide to leave.

[Jody.Drummer]

Harry Kane seems to be okay with Antonio Conte project on going Tottenham but this doesn't goes the way the club always for the club
When money is involved and the player wats the switch to the next club then you can't stop it from happening.
.Come January if Tottenham are not inna good position Harry Kane will consider the settings and once this big decision been made no going back.

The thing is Harry Kane has two years left currently and if he was to leave before that, where would he go?
Harry Kane agreeing to stay at Tottenham would be a major boost to Tottenham. They’re on the up and I don’t see a downside to him agreeing a new deal. Imo he’s now 29, if really he wants to extend his contract, a 2 years contract would be okay. If Conte doesn’t win anything in these years, he can decide to leave.

He had a long-standing rumor with City a few seasons before but I think he is now quite comfortable with Tottenham even though their performance has been quite difficult until now but looking at Tottenham's current form Kane seems to have found the touch they lost last season. moreover Kulusevski, Richarlison and Son have now started to be active in supplying and spoiling the ball for Kane.

[shogun47]

Bayern Munich still seems very interested in bringing Tottenham star Harry Kane to the Allianz Arena.

According to rumors, Bayern have asked Kane not to extend his contract with Spurs as they are planning a move for the England captain to play in the Bundesliga.

It will be interesting to wait for news from Kane, how much longer will he remain satisfied with Tottenham, because we know with Spurs Kane is still lacking a trophy until now.

that doesn't seem to be a good choice for munich. As far as i understand if harry kane was a lazy striker. This guy was so passive when playing the game. I think that would be just a rumour. Harry kane may still stay at the totenham hotspur.

Kane was also too old for bayern. There are so many potential strikers that can be bought by bayern munich. In my opinion if buying kane would become the worst choice for bayern munich. Im not sure how it will perform with bayern but i didn't like a lazy striker that was only waiting the ball.

I don't think it would have been the "worst" decision and I also don't think he is an old striker and still has at least three more years to go. But what is true is the fact that the price was too high given his age. If I remember correctly Tottenham was asking a huge transfer fee and from that point of view it didn't make sense. Would he have been a "great" decision? I don't think that either. The dream of Bayern was Haaland and Haaland said that Bayern was second on the list behind Manchester City. He ranked Bayern even higher than Real Madrid, he said that in a documentary. I was wondering whether Real Madrid is happy to hear that

[MinoRaiola]

Diego Costa move to Wolverhampton Wanderers? He is 33 years old and currently without a club, so he is cheap to get. But +7 months without a club and training? Last but not least he played in Brazil and now maybe he go back to the Premier League. He should show himself in a trial training and his fitness will be tested. After the injury of Sasa Kalajdzic, the Wanderers need a replacement.

[deathcode]

Diego Costa move to Wolverhampton Wanderers? He is 33 years old and currently without a club, so he is cheap to get. But +7 months without a club and training? Last but not least he played in Brazil and now maybe he go back to the Premier League. He should show himself in a trial training and his fitness will be tested. After the injury of Sasa Kalajdzic, the Wanderers need a replacement.

It is important for Wolves to immediately find a replacement for the injured Sasa Kalajdzic. they didn't play too badly at the start of the season. Of course, it is important to maintain the team's performance so as not to enter the relegation zone.
Diego Costa is not young anymore. but I think he still has the important experience to fight on the pitch. it's a good choice, I hope Wolves can get a better position at the table.

[arallmuus]

Diego Costa move to Wolverhampton Wanderers? He is 33 years old and currently without a club, so he is cheap to get. But +7 months without a club and training? Last but not least he played in Brazil and now maybe he go back to the Premier League.

Well there is not much expectation for him at Wolverhampton. He could play there, probably scored less than 5 goals in a season and still enjoy decent weekly wages so its much better than him not playing at all. Considering all that, he was once a top striker so Wolves obviously need someone to get the frontline back in shape as they've only scored 3 goals out of the last 6 games

[beerlover]

The key in this is chemistry.
Currently in the EPL Chelsea are one of the clubs that have changed their squad the most so it will be very difficult for those who in fact are new players to immediately fit into the attack so it takes time to build chemistry and adaptation here, I think this is possible need a few more matches because indeed the longer they will understand each other's game more and more.

The team? Hell they even changed the owner ffs. They are having trouble because even though they are still a good team, they literally changed the whole team and that is going to hurt them a lot. I personally would love to have a situation where it is going to be a trouble for them unless they can get used to playing with each other.

I do not know what to say to make it work, but that is not my job neither, sometimes we have our own advises as fans, like "ronaldo should practice more aim" was a real thing when he was a younger player, and he did, and he is good. But I have no idea how they can bond Chelsea now and be a better team with high chemistry.

[hyudien]

He had a long-standing rumor with City a few seasons before but I think he is now quite comfortable with Tottenham even though their performance has been quite difficult until now but looking at Tottenham's current form Kane seems to have found the touch they lost last season. moreover Kulusevski, Richarlison and Son have now started to be active in supplying and spoiling the ball for Kane.

Kane will continue to be Tottenham top priority and he as we have seen will extend his contract if he finds the right position and place for him. Because if from Kane performance while at Tottenham he did not lack a partner to always provide a good feed supply. Besides that, based on the local news that says Bayern Munich is in discussions or some kind of agreement to withdraw Kane. It felt like Tottenham attack line would have a hard time getting to the defense if that happened.

[Despairo]

Well there is not much expectation for him at Wolverhampton. He could play there, probably scored less than 5 goals in a season and still enjoy decent weekly wages so its much better than him not playing at all. Considering all that, he was once a top striker so Wolves obviously need someone to get the frontline back in shape as they've only scored 3 goals out of the last 6 games

Of course the reason why Wolverhampton want to sign him is cheap, he might become a good player like he was once on Chelsea. But looking how bad his performance on Atletico Madrid and Atletico MG, it's hard to improve him and he's somehow like starting from the beginning.

Honestly Wolverhampton isn't really need a player to replace Kaladjzic since they still have 4 strikers e.g. Podence, Guedes, Hwang, and Neto.

[Ayers]

it has been a joke to watch Manchester United handle things the way they have
just a few days ago, they made some changes to the coaching staff, there is no doubt that the coaches that they have changed did not do a good job at all
furthermore, the coaches that they brought in later actually managed to do worse than the coaches they brought in earlier

there is no chemistry between the players, and honestly, it seems like the players do not even want to be a part of Manchester United, the team did not even finish in the top 4 of the standings last season and i am not going to be surprised if they do not even finish in the top 6 of the standings this coming season

Yes, I very much agree with this, what I have also seen that many teams have closed the doors to CR7, I think this is something that does not add up very well, I know that the players partly affect the whole team and CR7 without doubt always gives a lot to talk about, from what I see he will stay in Manchester next to Casemiro, at least I see that he has a friend there that when they were at Real Madrid, but Manchester is already a team of a very high level and it is necessary for them to be able to get out of that crisis, if the team in general is in a bad way from the directors they will not give good results, I think that the best thing here is that they change the coach, because as I see things they will not obtain good results.

Manchester United is not handling anything well, and the authorities of Manchester united are a joke, they got Ronaldo on the team but they didn't do anything to help him

whatever they did, didn’t work out for them and Ronaldo always found himself alone in whatever he did, last season Ronaldo actually carried the team alone
but still, all the blame went to Ronaldo, and now the authorities are not even considering him as a starting 11 player
and this starting 11 situation is the same with Casimiro as well, i feel like they might actually end up destroying his career as well

[GatotKaca]

Well there is not much expectation for him at Wolverhampton. He could play there, probably scored less than 5 goals in a season and still enjoy decent weekly wages so its much better than him not playing at all. Considering all that, he was once a top striker so Wolves obviously need someone to get the frontline back in shape as they've only scored 3 goals out of the last 6 games

Of course the reason why Wolverhampton want to sign him is cheap, he might become a good player like he was once on Chelsea. But looking how bad his performance on Atletico Madrid and Atletico MG, it's hard to improve him and he's somehow like starting from the beginning.

Honestly Wolverhampton isn't really need a player to replace Kaladjzic since they still have 4 strikers e.g. Podence, Guedes, Hwang, and Neto.

Diego Costa's performance is not as good as it used to be. he will be another alternative up front for Wolves. if he can't compete with the others I guess he'll just sit on the bench. especially since he's not young anymore. besides his low price, he is pretty good as a coating for other players on the front lines.

[tarable]

Silva is eager to join Barca's new project under Joan Laporta and Xavi, who have made waves this summer with a number of new signings, led by Robert Lewandowski.

Barcelona have made Bernardo Silva their main transfer target, and they have assured him that he is their main transfer target for 2023 and they will push for a deal as soon as possible.

[KTChampions]

Manchester United is not handling anything well, and the authorities of Manchester united are a joke, they got Ronaldo on the team but they didn't do anything to help him

whatever they did, didn’t work out for them and Ronaldo always found himself alone in whatever he did, last season Ronaldo actually carried the team alone
but still, all the blame went to Ronaldo, and now the authorities are not even considering him as a starting 11 player
and this starting 11 situation is the same with Casimiro as well, i feel like they might actually end up destroying his career as well

Ronaldo will have time to prove himself. And actually I expect him to leave in the winter transfer window. And if he doesn't get enough playing time, he will 100% do it. With United not playing in the Champions League, for teams that qualify for the Champions League playoffs and want a boost, Ronaldo will be a sweet spot. Most qualified strikers will no longer be eligible to change teams and play in the Champions League by the winter transfer window due to the current regulations.

[Pandu Geddon]

Silva is eager to join Barca's new project under Joan Laporta and Xavi, who have made waves this summer with a number of new signings, led by Robert Lewandowski.

Barcelona have made Bernardo Silva their main transfer target, and they have assured him that he is their main transfer target for 2023 and they will push for a deal as soon as possible.

I don't know if the rumors are true or not. but Xavi wanted that player.
Unfortunately, an agreement has not been reached until the end of the transfer market. and Silva decided to stay at Man City. I'm not sure Barca is serious. Moreover, there are rumors that PSG is also interested in the player.

[alpamar99]

Neymar is a selfish player but Neymar and Messi both have six assists so far in Ligue 1, which puts them both in the first rank in terms of assists only. That doesn't sound too selfish to me. He also scored seven goals, same number as Mbappe. I am a bit puzzled that there was still any doubt whether Neymar is going to stay with PSG or not. That topic was long ended in my opinion. It would also be a bad moment if he now left. All the top players can play the Champions League and that is still some unfinished business for him. I am sure he also has some special details in his contract that make it extremely attractive for him to win that title. Who knows how much he really earned so far and will still earn just from playing for PSG. If he stays until 2027, which is the year his contract will expire, PSG might have paid him half a billion including signing fees and whatever bonuses we don't know about.

The problem when discussing PSG and Neymar is actually not a performance problem if I look at it as a whole, but because he doesn't really get along with the higher-ups there which makes the higher-ups angry about this. He is one of the players who is quite good and that is proven now, but because of the disagreement and the conflict with Mbappe who incidentally here is the golden child of the club's top brass, the issue of sales is clearly making this worse.

[Oneandpure]

Ronaldo will have time to prove himself. And actually I expect him to leave in the winter transfer window. And if he doesn't get enough playing time, he will 100% do it. With United not playing in the Champions League, for teams that qualify for the Champions League playoffs and want a boost, Ronaldo will be a sweet spot. Most qualified strikers will no longer be eligible to change teams and play in the Champions League by the winter transfer window due to the current regulations.

Difficult reach agreement with team participants in Champion League made Cristiano Ronaldo keep staying with Manchester United until next window transfer opening. He wants left Manchester United before window transfer closed but many club reject to reach agreement deal with him depend have to pay transfer until with salary receiving by Ronaldo still expensive. Lately have Napoli latest rumor team close deal with Cristiano Ronaldo but until window transfer closed still not reach agreement and Ronaldo will play on Europe League for the first time. Ronaldo still difficult get his position as regular player with Manchester United last several games played in Primer League and next window transfer looks not any team interested to sign in Ronaldo.