⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[savetheFORUM]

Nice transfer window for Galatasaray, they made some good signings. These players are talented and as well experienced, they will improve the squad definitely and if managed properly will make them one of the strongest side in the league. If there is one player I trust from the new signings it is Mata, watching him back in the premier league he was one of the best midfielders in his time and I believe he still has more to deliver even at his age

Yes, for the Turkish league, Juan Mata can still be relied on his contribution as an experienced player is certainly needed by Galatasaray
I understand Galatasaray are improving the team after having a bad result last season Galatasaray are out of the top 10 in the standings
with this signing Galatasaray are definitely targeting the title and champions league, the last time they won the league was 2018/2019.

A very good time for Galatasaray and Turkish as now they have few big names in soccer for next season even their good time is already over but still they can do very good for their new club and Turkish League which is right now under good development and looking for better marketing and big names which give them good value.

Galatasaray which were badly down in last season were looking for few better options which give them better results in this season, so now they have good opportunity where they can do much better even now they can go for top four which is not easy challenge for them but with these quality players now they have chance for staying at good position.

[Avirunes]

what i don't understand is, how is this an improvement for Chelsea?
for Chelsea, i believe that there were better options that were available to them, what made them decide to choose Graham Potter instead of Zidane or Pochettino?
it is probably something i will never be able to understand, while i am aware of the fact that he has been having some good success with Brighton in recent times, we all have to realize that Brighton and Chelsea are two very different teams, Chelsea really doesn't seem to be going to make any big improvements with this move, in my opinion,
but at the same time, i would be very happy if Graham Potter can prove me wrong

Well some may think that Potter had to work out with more teams before getting into managing big teams , I think that it is his unique way of managing which has earned him manager spot for team such as Chelsea. Yes, obviously they had options of Zidane and Pochettino but I think they wanted to give chances to someone who is managing a team very well with not much resources. I honestly admire the way Potter has managed Brighton and I think he can manage a team very well but managing a big team is a big and a heavy challenge. Chelsea is taking a risk here but if it turns out well then I think he will manage Chelsea very well.

[poldanmig]

^  i'm hopeful.  I loved him at Chelsea and hopefully he gets some of his old form back and bring good things at Wolverhampton.  And I don't think it's his age that got him a bit deteriorated.  He's 33 years old and it's not that old.  It could be the lower quality of competition at South America or wherever he was playing, if he was playing.  Lol.

But yeah, nothing like getting exposed back to European football to get his tools sharp.  He still has a good couple of years of football imho.

Wolves have had sasa as their main striker this season but unfortunately he got injured in his debut game, losing Sasa forced Wolves to look for another striker and to be honest I didn't think that Wolves choice was Diego Costa, after leaving Atletico Madrid, I never again heard about his and  I thought that he had retired, but it was quite surprising if Wolves finally brought one of  striker have high-temper back to premier league, I think signing Costa is a gamble for wolves at the moment considering Costa age which is a bit old and also his performances has drastically decreased during this time.

[Raflesia]

Chelsea has spent a lot of money this season, so I think Tuchel should be given more time to finish his job (as Arsenal gave Arteta a chance last season).

But unfortunately that never happened to Tuchel at Chelsea. The club can't wait to replace Tuchel with Graham Potter although many consider it a very sudden decision. We can only guess, if Potter is not able to restore Chelsea's performance in a better direction then he must also be ready to be sacked at the end of the season.

For Liverpool, it seems that Klopp's position as their long-term coach is still safe until now. Klopp is aware that the start of the season was a difficult period for his team, but things can still improve as the competition progresses. I firmly believe he will stay with Liverpool until the end of the season, so no worries about his situation after the 4-1 defeat by Napoli.

If you look at the few seasons he has had with Brighton he is actually cold handed and this is definitely something good for Chelsea but when the expectations are overstated it is also not very good and he could also be like Poche at PSG in the end because it can be considered this is a team. First major for Graham Potter.
But hopefully this goes well because Todd is sometimes not as simple as imagined.

[Oluwa-btc]

What Chelsea has got for the time being does look less promising, but their performance isn't really bad (at least they can still get 3 wins in the Premier League). I think there is an internal problem between the board and Thomas Tuchel, so when Chelsea lost against Dinamo Zagreb it was used as the moment to sack Tuchel. Chelsea has spent a lot of money this season, so I think Tuchel should be given more time to finish his job (as Arsenal gave Arteta a chance last season).

They're lack of a machine to score a goal, they already have a good midfielders and defenders. Props to Cucurella and James for defending on right and left side, with Fofana contributing a lot on the center back. Sterling have a good ball control, but he's really not good to shoots, while Havertz always show bad performance until now, I don't think Aubameyang could make a huge change.

Chelsea need to consider to sign Ronaldo before it's too late, with their current performance, there's no chance they can become a champion on both Premier League and UEFA Champions League.

I don't think you're moving in the right direction about Chelsea, couple of things you've said are completely correct but in the aspect of midfielder's, they ( Chelsea ) has nothing to right home about asides Kovacic.
If I was coach, I'd stick to three man defense,  Azpilicueta, Either of Fofana/ Thiago Silva, and Koullibaly. Recce James, Kovacic, Callahger and either of Ben Chiwell/ Marc Curerella ( Graham Potter will want to make good use of Marc Curerella once again ) then, upfront, would be, Raheem Sterling, Aubameyang and Kai Harvertz. Both Jorginho and  Loftus Cheek are fringed player's, they should work on contract terminations as they offer less to the Club. I'm no Chelsea fan though. Kepa also should be given a chance, so Mendy knows he can be replaced, he cost Chelsea the game against Leeds United.

[Joca97]

I don't think that Chelsea are thinking of making a big striker signing for now. They have already signed Aubameyang and they would like to see his performance first. If he performs poorly until January then maybe they can try to go for a big transfer move. Ronaldo might be seen like an option but I don't think so. He would cost them too much and there is no guarantee if he would play better than Aubameyang.

By the way Aubameyang is really disappointed to see Tuchel being sacked. He came here for Tuchel in the end but the team are trying to reassure him for the time period ahead. Hopefully it wouldn't be a factor for him to start playing badly.

Ronaldo would sign with Chelsea i think instantly if they just call him. He wants more playing time plus to play in champions league. Aubameyang for me is a bad move for Chelsea and once he starts playing bad he will just be another bench player like in his previous clubs

[MoonOfLife]

Chelsea has spent a lot of money this season, so I think Tuchel should be given more time to finish his job (as Arsenal gave Arteta a chance last season).

But unfortunately that never happened to Tuchel at Chelsea. The club can't wait to replace Tuchel with Graham Potter although many consider it a very sudden decision. We can only guess, if Potter is not able to restore Chelsea's performance in a better direction then he must also be ready to be sacked at the end of the season.

For Liverpool, it seems that Klopp's position as their long-term coach is still safe until now. Klopp is aware that the start of the season was a difficult period for his team, but things can still improve as the competition progresses. I firmly believe he will stay with Liverpool until the end of the season, so no worries about his situation after the 4-1 defeat by Napoli.

If you look at the few seasons he has had with Brighton he is actually cold handed and this is definitely something good for Chelsea but when the expectations are overstated it is also not very good and he could also be like Poche at PSG in the end because it can be considered this is a team. First major for Graham Potter.
But hopefully this goes well because Todd is sometimes not as simple as imagined.

I doubt just how experienced Graham Potter is. Is he more experienced than Tuchel? He was the coach of Brighton for the last 3 years. I don't think Brighton performed very well. Last season though Brighton was in the top 10 of the points table. But in the two previous seasons, they finished 16th and 15th. Chelsea management has signed a 5-year contract with Graham Potter. Personally, I don't think Graham Potter will be able to strengthen the Chelsea team much.

[BitcoinAccepted]

I don't think that Chelsea are thinking of making a big striker signing for now. They have already signed Aubameyang and they would like to see his performance first. If he performs poorly until January then maybe they can try to go for a big transfer move. Ronaldo might be seen like an option but I don't think so. He would cost them too much and there is no guarantee if he would play better than Aubameyang.

By the way Aubameyang is really disappointed to see Tuchel being sacked. He came here for Tuchel in the end but the team are trying to reassure him for the time period ahead. Hopefully it wouldn't be a factor for him to start playing badly.

Ronaldo would sign with Chelsea i think instantly if they just call him. He wants more playing time plus to play in champions league. Aubameyang for me is a bad move for Chelsea and once he starts playing bad he will just be another bench player like in his previous clubs

You don't hear much about it, but what would Ronaldo think about this now? He was open to a transfer to another club, but no one could pay his salary. So he had to stay at United, not because he wanted to. When does his contract expire? I don't think the situation will change in the winter when we have another period when players can be bought. He won't be making a lot of minutes at United because Antony plays there and doesn't disappoint. Perhaps he should consider moving back to Real Madrid, nowhere has Ronaldo been more successful than at Real Madrid.

[Ayers]

what i don't understand is, how is this an improvement for Chelsea?
for Chelsea, i believe that there were better options that were available to them, what made them decide to choose Graham Potter instead of Zidane or Pochettino?
it is probably something i will never be able to understand, while i am aware of the fact that he has been having some good success with Brighton in recent times, we all have to realize that Brighton and Chelsea are two very different teams, Chelsea really doesn't seem to be going to make any big improvements with this move, in my opinion,
but at the same time, i would be very happy if Graham Potter can prove me wrong

Well some may think that Potter had to work out with more teams before getting into managing big teams , I think that it is his unique way of managing which has earned him manager spot for team such as Chelsea. Yes, obviously they had options of Zidane and Pochettino but I think they wanted to give chances to someone who is managing a team very well with not much resources. I honestly admire the way Potter has managed Brighton and I think he can manage a team very well but managing a big team is a big and a heavy challenge. Chelsea is taking a risk here but if it turns out well then I think he will manage Chelsea very well.

what i understand is that Potter previously managed an underperforming team, and if he did not do well with that team
he wouldn’t have anything to worry about because everybody knows that he does not have enough resources anyway

he will be expected to perform at a higher level when working with Chelsea because he will have a lot more and more efficient resources at his disposal
so if he is not able to bring about positive results with Chelsea he will be held accountable, if he cannot produce better results than Tuchel, then he is not doing any good at all

[Avirunes]

he will be expected to perform at a higher level when working with Chelsea because he will have a lot more and more efficient resources at his disposal
so if he is not able to bring about positive results with Chelsea he will be held accountable, if he cannot produce better results than Tuchel, then he is not doing any good at all

Yes of course it is a huge task for him and huge gamble from Chelsea as well but right now Chelsea has trusted him now. We will just have to wait and see about that. I am not gonna compare Tuchel and Potter but like I said earlier lot went down behind the scenes and I think lot of disagreements, arguments happened between owner and the manager which resulted to Tuchel sack.

Lot of discontent will surface if Potter fails as Chelsea also had Pochetinno as option.

[zuzie]

I doubt just how experienced Graham Potter is. Is he more experienced than Tuchel? He was the coach of Brighton for the last 3 years. I don't think Brighton performed very well. Last season though Brighton was in the top 10 of the points table. But in the two previous seasons, they finished 16th and 15th. Chelsea management has signed a 5-year contract with Graham Potter. Personally, I don't think Graham Potter will be able to strengthen the Chelsea team much.

Based on experience Thomas Tuchel is definitely much more experienced than Graham Potter
Tuchel has several times handled big clubs from various leagues such as Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, and last Chelsea. While  Graham Potter, I see Chelsea as the only big club that Potter has ever worked for. So obviously the two are on a different level

Regardless, Chelsea have taken action and we will just have to wait and see how effective Chelsea's actions are to sack Thomas Tuchel.

[Minor Miner]

One of the shortcomings of chelsea this season is a central striker, after the departure of Lukaku automatically makes the stock of strikers that chelsea currently has is limited and that's why they signed aubameyang at the close of the transfer market this summer, chelsea who often plays attacking with both wings of course is not too focused on get a new striker unless later Aubameyang performs not according to their expectations.
Aubameyang agreement to Chelsea was none other than the Tuchel factor, but unfortunately they have only worked together in one game this season and obviously it was a big disappointment for Aubameyang.

Even this all is already done but still it is not good decision by Chelsea management because in these circumstances he deserves some more time for better results with this big change now things are more tricky because here Potter and Chelsea both are playing on a big gamble which is surely going to have big impact on their season if they are able to settle things in positive way than surely they are going to have good end of this season otherwise they are badly going down and out of top four with now Manchester United and Arsenal are also had good development with their start of this season and amazing performance.

Surely Aubameyang is here just because of Tuchel factor, but now he has to settle in this new set up which is not easy for him, but his performance is surely going to be vital for Chelsea because if he performs good then surely they are going to have good result.

As you can imagine, adjusting to the new strategy of the new coach will not be an easy task for the team.
As a matter of fact, Aubameyang was here because Tuchel was the coach, but Tuchel is no longer the coach.
I hope that the new coach will not see this as a burden, but rather as a chance to bring out the best in each player and will do everything in his power to achieve this.
You know, there are not enough good strikers in Chelsea's squad to make the team successful. As a result, I believe Aubameyang is going to be an important player for Chelsea in the future.
In addition to that, I think that he should be given enough playing time in Chelsea as well. I am curious to know what approach the new Chelsea manager is going to take when it comes to dealing with these issues.

[BITCOIN4X]

what i understand is that Potter previously managed an underperforming team, and if he did not do well with that team
he wouldn’t have anything to worry about because everybody knows that he does not have enough resources anyway

You are wrong, Graham Potter was very successful in bringing Brighton to end the season at number 9 last season. A total of 12 wins, 15 draws and 11 defeats are statistics which are still much better than Everton and Aston Villa. But Graham Potter has no experience at a big team like Chelsea, but the real challenge is just beginning.

Basically the Chelsea squad is better than Brighton, so Graham Potter has the opportunity to bring his team to play well from the next match. Unfortunately we have to be a little patient to watch the match because this week there will be no match after all the matches have been postponed. So Graham Potter was in training camp to get to know his players better.

[CLS63]

These are the top transfers in the summer so far. Even though Haaland seems like the cheapest transfer among them he is the player who has made the biggest impact so far as well. His contribution to Manchester City has been very impressive already at the beginning of the season. He is compared with Nunez of course but for now there is no meaning in comparing these two. Because Nunez still doesn't play an effective game for Liverpool. If he can't even take Firmino's place in the starting eleven then there is no need for any comparison I believe.

Antony is another very interesting transfer as Manchester United will have spent 100 million euros in total with bonuses. He has a big responsibility to show a solid performance as people are following him closely. Manchester United like to spend an insane amount of money for a player. If Antony doesn't satisfy the expectations this season then they will be in a big loss (in terms of not only money I mean).

Chelsea spent this much money for a defender while they had bigger needs. Fofana is a good defender but I don't know if he will be really worth paying this amount later on. They could have used this money for a big transfer to solve their scoring issues for example. They have signed Aubameyang but I'm not sure if this will be enough.

[coinlocket$]

These are the top transfers in the summer so far. Even though Haaland seems like the cheapest transfer among them he is the player who has made the biggest impact so far as well.

Cheapest because he had a releasing clause, also his price is way higher than 60m if you consider the fee.

the price for him was

Haaland 75 million for the release clause
plus 10 bonus
plus 30 million fees to agents...

For a total of 115m€ way far from the 60.




Also that is an inaccurate list at all, for example DeLigt has been sold for 67m +10m in bonuses for a total between 67 or 77 m€ if the bonus will mature.

[arallmuus]

Antony is another very interesting transfer as Manchester United will have spent 100 million euros in total with bonuses. He has a big responsibility to show a solid performance as people are following him closely.

Its just a silly transfer though. Im not saying that Antony is a bad transfer but the amount is just silly, he is not worth more than 50 for sure. Ajax is literally trying to hike as high as they can because they know Ten Hag will sign him whatever the cost and business wise, Ajax did a great job though. Its interesting that he scored on his debut though but being consistent is totally the main point of signing a 100 million player

[Rockstarguy]

I don't think that Chelsea are thinking of making a big striker signing for now. They have already signed Aubameyang and they would like to see his performance first. If he performs poorly until January then maybe they can try to go for a big transfer move. Ronaldo might be seen like an option but I don't think so. He would cost them too much and there is no guarantee if he would play better than Aubameyang.

By the way Aubameyang is really disappointed to see Tuchel being sacked. He came here for Tuchel in the end but the team are trying to reassure him for the time period ahead. Hopefully it wouldn't be a factor for him to start playing badly.

I doubt if Chelsea will have interest to sign christiano Ronaldo  after signing Aubameyang. Ronaldo will cost Chelsea more to buy. Aubameyang is a good striker that Chelsea can really on,  but if Chelsea still have interest of signing Ronaldo it will also be nice to have two good strikers in the team, I know Ronaldo will appreciate the offer to leave Manchester United because that has been what he  is craving for.
The sack of Tuchel was a shock to Chelsea fans, Chelsea made a wrong decision to sack him.

[BuNga_cute]

Antony is another very interesting transfer as Manchester United will have spent 100 million euros in total with bonuses. He has a big responsibility to show a solid performance as people are following him closely.

Its just a silly transfer though. Im not saying that Antony is a bad transfer but the amount is just silly, he is not worth more than 50 for sure. Ajax is literally trying to hike as high as they can because they know Ten Hag will sign him whatever the cost and business wise, Ajax did a great job though. Its interesting that he scored on his debut though but being consistent is totally the main point of signing a 100 million player

Man United always buy players at too high a price, so it's not the first time I've seen Man United buy players too expensive. Harry Maguire and
Jadon Sancho are other examples of players Manchester United bought for too high a price. Antony is indeed a good player, it is proven that
Antony made a big contribution when he played at Ajax. But the price of 100 million euros is too expensive for Antony, I agree with you Antony
should be 50 million euros. That's because Man United's management moved slowly at the start of the transfer market this summer,
Man United started to be very active at the end of the transfer market when it was about to close.

Whereas since the arrival of the Ten Hag, actually Ten Hag has entered Antony's name in the list of players he wants, but Man United's management
only moved when the transfer market was about to close. So it's only natural that Ajax raised Antony's price very high, even though I believe that
if Man United made an offer for Antony at the beginning of the transfer market, Ajax would release Antony at a price of around 50 million euros.
Man United were too focused on chasing De Jong at the start of the summer transfer window this year, which in the end they failed to get De Jong.

[Pokapoka124]

In the coming window we shall see if Chelsea still have interest in getting Ronaldo to wear the blue shirts. Ronaldo is aged now but I still have much faith in him and believe with the right environment and right energy around him he still has a season or two to perform and I also believe he will improve the squad and strengthen Chelsea's attack especially now that they have Aubameyang and Sterling in the team.

[Slow death]

unexpectedly Chelsea will recruit Potter to coach. So far Potter has given Beighton's performance improvement. last season performed quite well by being in 9th position in the standings. With the current Chelsea squad, I think Potter will make a big difference to the team.

To be honest, this decision was completely beyond the predictions of many people. because Chelsea also has to pay fairly expensive compensation to Brighton. surprising.

Chelsea have made official announcement about Graham Potter as replacement for Thomas Tuchel sacked after Chelsea defeating by Dinamo Zagreb on UEFA Champion League. Not really popular with Graham Potter although he was success bring Brighton Albion on 9th standing position place last season.

Depending with Graham Potter success with Brighton Albion last six games in this season with 4 win, 1 draw and 1 loss I think no doubt for him as Chelsea manager, but waiting will can bring magic for Chelsea success back to the top standing after success with Brighton Albion or he will failure like Thomas Tuchel.

what i don't understand is, how is this an improvement for Chelsea?
for Chelsea, i believe that there were better options that were available to them, what made them decide to choose Graham Potter instead of Zidane or Pochettino?
it is probably something i will never be able to understand, while i am aware of the fact that he has been having some good success with Brighton in recent times, we all have to realize that Brighton and Chelsea are two very different teams, Chelsea really doesn't seem to be going to make any big improvements with this move, in my opinion,
but at the same time, i would be very happy if Graham Potter can prove me wrong

and also when I read this news about the dismissal of tuchel and the hiring of Graham Potter, I even thought: "why didn't they choose another coach?" but then I started to think better and I think the logic behind this hiring is in the fact that Graham Potter knows the premier league, he has experience playing against all premier league teams so it's easier for him to pick up chelsea and be able to create a good strategy to get good results because he knows all the premier league teams and the fact that he left well in a premier league team is already a good thing. whereas if they had hired an outside coach who is not a coach of a premier league team he would have had difficulties to adapt immediately

Chelsea made a wrong decision to sack him.

if they hadn't fired tuchel then chelsea would be losing points constantly, look at last season, you could clearly see that chelsea was going downhill, and this season things haven't changed, on the contrary things just got worse in a way so close that they stayed no more control, I think it was the right decision