⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Avirunes]

These are still active moments for Newcastle. They have reached an agreement with Karius and very close to finishing Grimaldo deal as well. Maybe these are still not incredible transfers for them considering the enormous transfer budget they have currently. But they are building a squad which is of decent quality to have a better season. For now things aren't well for them after getting 4 draws in 6 games. They are trying to create a solution to this by making good transfers. Grimaldo is a good choice but I don't know about Karius. He doesn't have a good past with Liverpool.

Karius was not a bad goal keeper in Liverpool, what I discovered is that he isn't a big game keeper. Whenever I see the name Karius I'll remember champions league finals between Liverpool and Real Madrid, Karius was nothing less that disappotment in that match. But he could do well in Epl. This will mean that he got another opportunity to provr himself in Newcastle, what I don't know is if he is still young to handle the goal post, I don't know his age. Age is always not a problem for goal keeper as they can be in the post till their early 40s, Oliver Can, Van dar sar and Bufon did well even at their old age.
Congratulations to Newcastle, you will be a great club but not definitely this season.

I think the reason Newcastle signed Karius was they needed a backup goalkeeper after Dubravka signed up for United. With Ollie Pope signing it was obvious that Pope will be having much time than Dubravka and United did a good work to swoop in this occasion by signing Dubravka. Now Karius is just filling in the void left by Dubravka's departure. I don't think he is gonna have much chances to prove at Newcastle either but if he rise in on whatever chances he gets then maybe he will have a shot at first team picture or maybe sign up for a good team with regular chances next season.

[DU18]

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 surprising that chelsea decision to recruit Graham Potter as a substitute coach for Tuchel, but we can't underestimate Potter performance so far in the premier league, Potter success in building the Brighton squad is commendable because with little funds Potter managed to build Brighton into a strong team in two seasons lastly, speaking of zidane, don't we all know that zidane is currently not interested in coaching the club and prefers to rest after last coaching madrid, while pochettino, of course he is not better than Potter and even his failure to coach a team full of players star would be the reason for chelsea not to sign him.

[Pokapoka124]

These are still active moments for Newcastle. They have reached an agreement with Karius and very close to finishing Grimaldo deal as well. Maybe these are still not incredible transfers for them considering the enormous transfer budget they have currently. But they are building a squad which is of decent quality to have a better season. For now things aren't well for them after getting 4 draws in 6 games. They are trying to create a solution to this by making good transfers. Grimaldo is a good choice but I don't know about Karius. He doesn't have a good past with Liverpool.

Newcastle United have been impressive in their transfer dealings, I have to give them that credit. This team has been improving since the take over by the Arab wealthy owners and I see a brighter future for the team and the club in few years to come. They are strengthening and beginning to gain momentum, they are now able to challenge the league's big teams and have shown they can improve and compete against the league's too teams this season. Definitely these new signings will strengthen the squad and boost the squad's depth.

[D-law]

These are still active moments for Newcastle. They have reached an agreement with Karius and very close to finishing Grimaldo deal as well. Maybe these are still not incredible transfers for them considering the enormous transfer budget they have currently. But they are building a squad which is of decent quality to have a better season. For now things aren't well for them after getting 4 draws in 6 games. They are trying to create a solution to this by making good transfers. Grimaldo is a good choice but I don't know about Karius. He doesn't have a good past with Liverpool.

Ohh Karius.... I remember him very well
Players like this ends up putting top class performance and display against their former club's
Newcastle are not what I think they should be, Eddie Howe should do better, he has brought in good names but not seen around top 6

[Pokapoka124]

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.

It's nothing something new to Manchester United's transfer strategies, Manchester United have a knack for signing players for huge amounts, sometimes the signings are just average players who were not worth the amount spent for them. I thought these big money spendings had ended when Erik Ten hag was appointed but it looks like it is in the clubs DNA to spend so much money on players who could be bought for lesser amount.

[D-law]

Mancheste should have spent lesser on Antony but Ajax was too stubborn to handle
If it demands them increasing the fee to get him then so be it.
If it was earlier in the transfer window, then it wouldn't have been so high fee for Manchester
They don't usually spend big at all times

[Oneandpure]

I actually think that Barcelona needed reinforcement in the defensive area. It seems to me that by bringing in Marcus Alonso, they have made the right decision in my opinion. It does mean, however, that someone else will have to take a seat on the bench.

At the moment, Barcelona is playing against Cadiz in the Spanish league. As I write this, the match has just started. In this game, Barcelona is going up against the worst team in the table. As a result, Barcelona should be able to easily win this game. In an attempt to win this match, Barcelona will start Balde, Pique, Araujo, and Bellerin in the starting lineup.

Barcelona bring Marcos Alonso and Hector Ballerin at the end of window transfer close because they want have back up on defensive position, I think have been enough after recruitment Jules Koundé from Sevilla and have new central defender Andreas Christensen, but Barcelona have many busy match in this season and need strong back up between regular and substitutes player.

Hector Ballerin make his debut tonight against Cadiz on left position defensive and Marcos Alonso play as substitutes but match have held on awhile after Barcelona won 0-2. Not sure match will keep continues or postponed awhile and Barcelona have success lead from Cadiz with goals scored by Frankie De Jong and Robert Lewandowski.

[Pokapoka124]

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.

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.

Chelsea needs a solid replacement for Lukaku but the club have not been able to get a suitable replacement for him, some names like Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Richarlison were targets in the summer window but none worked out, luckily they got Aubameyang before the deadline. Chelsea fans can only hope Aubameyang can deliver and be the game changer the club so desparately needs.

[Alanaz]

These are still active moments for Newcastle. They have reached an agreement with Karius and very close to finishing Grimaldo deal as well. Maybe these are still not incredible transfers for them considering the enormous transfer budget they have currently. But they are building a squad which is of decent quality to have a better season. For now things aren't well for them after getting 4 draws in 6 games. They are trying to create a solution to this by making good transfers. Grimaldo is a good choice but I don't know about Karius. He doesn't have a good past with Liverpool.

Ohh Karius.... I remember him very well
Players like this ends up putting top class performance and display against their former club's
Newcastle are not what I think they should be, Eddie Howe should do better, he has brought in good names but not seen around top 6

A serious moment changed drastically when he made a mistake that was so fatal in the Champions League against Madrid at the time that he was made fun of and kicked out of Liverpool.
Actually this is indeed a good opportunity for him because indirectly Newcastle can be a savior for him but for Newcastle do they believe that for Karius now? because indeed I still feel that this is a decision that is quite risky.

[Avirunes]

Mancheste should have spent lesser on Antony but Ajax was too stubborn to handle
If it demands them increasing the fee to get him then so be it.
If it was earlier in the transfer window, then it wouldn't have been so high fee for Manchester
They don't usually spend big at all times

There are lot of factors involved behind high price of Antony. First of all, Ajax lost lot of crucial players in the transfer window and they didn't wanted to lose another crucial player especially one from the attack line. Secondly, United wanted this player and they had to make an irresistible bid to make this move happen. Yeah 100m is a lot but they needed the player especially when there isn't any strong player in the right wing position except for Elanga. Greenwood was their strongest player but he is suspended by the club so naturally they wanted someone strong and talented and so they got Antony.

[Swordsoffreedom]

These are still active moments for Newcastle. They have reached an agreement with Karius and very close to finishing Grimaldo deal as well. Maybe these are still not incredible transfers for them considering the enormous transfer budget they have currently. But they are building a squad which is of decent quality to have a better season. For now things aren't well for them after getting 4 draws in 6 games. They are trying to create a solution to this by making good transfers. Grimaldo is a good choice but I don't know about Karius. He doesn't have a good past with Liverpool.

Karius was not a bad goal keeper in Liverpool, what I discovered is that he isn't a big game keeper. Whenever I see the name Karius I'll remember champions league finals between Liverpool and Real Madrid, Karius was nothing less that disappotment in that match. But he could do well in Epl. This will mean that he got another opportunity to provr himself in Newcastle, what I don't know is if he is still young to handle the goal post, I don't know his age. Age is always not a problem for goal keeper as they can be in the post till their early 40s, Oliver Can, Van dar sar and Bufon did well even at their old age.
Congratulations to Newcastle, you will be a great club but not definitely this season.

Karius can provide a reasonable amount of stability in the game. But the problem is he can do that as a second goalkeeper.
If he is played as the first and main goalkeeper I don't think he will be able to provide enough endurance.

As a result, I think that if Newcastle United have enough funds, it would be better if this money was used for another better goalkeeper rather than this one. I think that New Castle United can get Grimaldo. Because it feels like he will be able to give stability to the defensive line for Newcastle United. Perhaps I am to be corrected, but I am also to be expected to be too high of a player at this point, and he has some time to work on it. Needless to say, Newcastle United has money on their side.

[alpamar99]

There are lot of factors involved behind high price of Antony. First of all, Ajax lost lot of crucial players in the transfer window and they didn't wanted to lose another crucial player especially one from the attack line. Secondly, United wanted this player and they had to make an irresistible bid to make this move happen. Yeah 100m is a lot but they needed the player especially when there isn't any strong player in the right wing position except for Elanga. Greenwood was their strongest player but he is suspended by the club so naturally they wanted someone strong and talented and so they got Antony.

Greenwood now doesn't seem to be able to be included in the discussion about MU's development because of the case he did and in this case MU must move quickly and actually, regardless of the price, Antony is one of the players to be reckoned with.
United know their capacity and where they lack it so a price like that doesn't matter as long as their form goes up and now it looks like the fans don't feel like Manchester United are at a disadvantage after Antony's arrival at OId Trafford.

[baeva]

As usual, Barcelona brought in Héctor Bellerín and Marcos Alonso to prepare for their first debut against Cadiz. Again Barcelona brought in players to continue to strengthen all lines. Although in fact, almost every line has a new replacement option. Héctor Bellerín is like a player that Xavi tested because he is free on a one-year contract. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Xavi trying to cultivate the potential of Héctor Bellerín.

Barcelona shouldn't need to bring in any more players because the strength of the team they have is very strong, but if the coach decides to bring them into Barcelona again then maybe the Barcelona coach has considered maybe it's very important because after this Barcelona will meet some very strong teams. strong, so maybe the coach prefers to save the core energy for the more important match when he meets Bayern on the 14th.

Barcelona have brought in five new players before this
It is possible that the status of a free transfer is one of the considerations in the recent deal. Regarding Marcos Alonso, it will really help the team with Alonso's experience. And Hector Bellerin I don't understand what to expect from this player

Until now Ronald Araujo, Balde, Roberto and Eric Garcia have had more chances to play, I wonder which of them will be eliminated in the starting eleven because ofthe arrival of Marcos Alonso.

Hmm, I haven't heard anything about Bellerin in a long time. In terms of before his move to Barcelona, it was like he disappeared off the radar. I think he could help the team even more than Alonso. Although as a defensive reinforcement they both won't hurt the team this season, so it's safe to say that Barcelona are very serious about this season

[Raflesia]

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.

Wouldn't you be implying that Potter's performances from season to season have gone well at Brighton?
From an experience point of view, it is clear that Potter has lost far to Tuchel but when Todd has spoken and Tuchel has failed to manage Chelsea at the start of this season, what reason should be defended?
I think Todd wanted to take a bit of a risk by looking for an alternative with a new coach rather than giving Tuchel a chance which Todd considered a failure.

[FanEagle]

As usual, Barcelona brought in Héctor Bellerín and Marcos Alonso to prepare for their first debut against Cadiz. Again Barcelona brought in players to continue to strengthen all lines. Although in fact, almost every line has a new replacement option. Héctor Bellerín is like a player that Xavi tested because he is free on a one-year contract. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Xavi trying to cultivate the potential of Héctor Bellerín.

This was the same thing everyone talked about how they are in financial trouble and how they can't really make moves and how they need to sell so many players to continue etc etc. Same team ended up making the biggest transfer spending in all of Europe as far as I know, and that is the basic reason why we are talking about how strong their roster is as well.

I am not saying it is not, and they did everything by the book and sold some corporate stuff, but that seems like excessive thing to do by a club who doesn't know if success will come or not. If they fail to win anything, then they are going to end up with a ton of problems for sure.

[gabbie2010]

As usual, Barcelona brought in Héctor Bellerín and Marcos Alonso to prepare for their first debut against Cadiz. Again Barcelona brought in players to continue to strengthen all lines. Although in fact, almost every line has a new replacement option. Héctor Bellerín is like a player that Xavi tested because he is free on a one-year contract. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Xavi trying to cultivate the potential of Héctor Bellerín.

Barcelona shouldn't need to bring in any more players because the strength of the team they have is very strong, but if the coach decides to bring them into Barcelona again then maybe the Barcelona coach has considered maybe it's very important because after this Barcelona will meet some very strong teams. strong, so maybe the coach prefers to save the core energy for the more important match when he meets Bayern on the 14th.

Barcelona have brought in five new players before this
It is possible that the status of a free transfer is one of the considerations in the recent deal. Regarding Marcos Alonso, it will really help the team with Alonso's experience. And Hector Bellerin I don't understand what to expect from this player

Until now Ronald Araujo, Balde, Roberto and Eric Garcia have had more chances to play, I wonder which of them will be eliminated in the starting eleven because ofthe arrival of Marcos Alonso.

Hmm, I haven't heard anything about Bellerin in a long time. In terms of before his move to Barcelona, it was like he disappeared off the radar. I think he could help the team even more than Alonso. Although as a defensive reinforcement they both won't hurt the team this season, so it's safe to say that Barcelona are very serious about this season

Bellerin didn't disappear from the football scene actually he was loaned to Real Betis where he had a successful loan spell, he was actually surplus to Arsenal the club because the club has Tomiyasu, Cedric and White playing right back position thus Bellerin wouldn't get a chance in the team that was why he opted to sign for Barcelona who are bent to have options in each of the position in their squad, afterall Bellerin started his career formally at the Barcelona youth academy, it's just like going back home, I believe his wealth of experience will assist Barcelona for a successful season.

[sayaya17]

As usual, Barcelona brought in Héctor Bellerín and Marcos Alonso to prepare for their first debut against Cadiz. Again Barcelona brought in players to continue to strengthen all lines. Although in fact, almost every line has a new replacement option. Héctor Bellerín is like a player that Xavi tested because he is free on a one-year contract. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Xavi trying to cultivate the potential of Héctor Bellerín.

Barcelona shouldn't need to bring in any more players because the strength of the team they have is very strong, but if the coach decides to bring them into Barcelona again then maybe the Barcelona coach has considered maybe it's very important because after this Barcelona will meet some very strong teams. strong, so maybe the coach prefers to save the core energy for the more important match when he meets Bayern on the 14th.

Barcelona have brought in five new players before this
It is possible that the status of a free transfer is one of the considerations in the recent deal. Regarding Marcos Alonso, it will really help the team with Alonso's experience. And Hector Bellerin I don't understand what to expect from this player

Until now Ronald Araujo, Balde, Roberto and Eric Garcia have had more chances to play, I wonder which of them will be eliminated in the starting eleven because ofthe arrival of Marcos Alonso.

Hmm, I haven't heard anything about Bellerin in a long time. In terms of before his move to Barcelona, it was like he disappeared off the radar. I think he could help the team even more than Alonso. Although as a defensive reinforcement they both won't hurt the team this season, so it's safe to say that Barcelona are very serious about this season

Hector Bellerin is finally back in Spain again, after playing so long with Arsenal in the Premier League. It is a pity that Bellerin's performance continues
to decline, making it difficult for him to get playing time at Arsenal. Even the previous season he was loaned to Real Betis for one season,
now Bellerin has officially joined Barcelona. This is a good decision for Bellerin to join Barcelona, maybe Xavi can restore Bellerin's best form.
As Xavi did with Aubameyang, where Aubameyang's form continued to decline with Arsenal, then since moving to Barcelona Aubameyang
has rediscovered his best form. I hope Bellerin can also follow in Aubameyang's footsteps. Moreover, Bellerin is still 27 years old, meaning that
Bellerin can still develop again. The arrival of Bellerin will make the Barcelona squad even stronger, at least the depth of the Barcelona squad is
getting better.

[lalabotax]

Chelsea needs a solid replacement for Lukaku but the club have not been able to get a suitable replacement for him, some names like Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Richarlison were targets in the summer window but none worked out, luckily they got Aubameyang before the deadline. Chelsea fans can only hope Aubameyang can deliver and be the game changer the club so desparately needs.

Their main target was Lewandowski, but it was impossible because Lewandowski was interested to join Barcelona. But they are lucky to sign Aubameyang, this striker is also a great striker and still can perform at his best level. But I don't think Aubameyang can change the performance of Chelsea squad instantly, he needs time to adapt, especially with a new coach (Graham Potter). Moreover, it is quite sad that Aubameyang can't work together with Tuchel anymore, in this situation Aubameyang may need time to rise his motivation.

[CryptoPanda]

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.

This is a huge step in Potter's career, if he can make a positive impact with Chelsea that would be written down in history it will be the best move ever in his career because not only will he be a hero but he will gain more recognition in Europe and the world at large. He was doing a great job at Brighton and I will love to see him succeed at Chelsea. I'm quite enjoying how much the young coaches are performing and doing so well in the league, this could probably be the beginning of a new era in the coaching world.

[herurist]

This is a huge step in Potter's career, if he can make a positive impact with Chelsea that would be written down in history it will be the best move ever in his career because not only will he be a hero but he will gain more recognition in Europe and the world at large. He was doing a great job at Brighton and I will love to see him succeed at Chelsea. I'm quite enjoying how much the young coaches are performing and doing so well in the league, this could probably be the beginning of a new era in the coaching world.

But it can also be a double-edged sword because as you said, if he manages to lift Chelsea's form obviously his future will be brighter but if he doesn't it would be quite an incredible joke and the same could have happened when Rangnick replaced Ole. in this case.
But indeed in this case he did not want to waste the opportunity and that is one of the good things I can see from Potter.