⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Rruchi man]

Liverpool and Chelsea are currently rocked by instability. Both from the side of the game which looks so chaotic this season and the internal side which is not in full support, the next half of the season still doesn't look so promising. But I totally agree Jude Bellingham needs to consider Real Madrid,

For me, Liverpool remains the best option for him. He will get enough playing time and be closer to home. This world cup increased the worth of some players like Bellingham, Gakpo etc. in the transfer market, another player that has had his worth go up too due to this world cup is the very young Croatian center-back player Josko Gvardiol who is currently playing in Leipzig and has been a strong force in defense for Croatia, the team that sank the Brazilian hopes for a world cup win.

Some big clubs like Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Manchester city, Real Madrid and even Chelsea are interested in signing him.
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[bekti3]

Liverpool and Chelsea are currently rocked by instability. Both from the side of the game which looks so chaotic this season and the internal side which is not in full support, the next half of the season still doesn't look so promising. But I totally agree Jude Bellingham needs to consider Real Madrid,

For me, Liverpool remains the best option for him. He will get enough playing time and be closer to home. This world cup increased the worth of some players like Bellingham, Gakpo etc. in the transfer market, another player that has had his worth go up too due to this world cup is the very young Croatian center-back player Josko Gvardiol who is currently playing in Leipzig and has been a strong force in defense for Croatia, the team that sank the Brazilian hopes for a world cup win.

Some big clubs like Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Manchester city, Real Madrid and even Chelsea are interested in signing him.
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Currently, Liverpool's chance is quite big regardless of whatever it is.
Madrid has spent quite a lot of money from buying Endrick and now they will definitely review it a little, especially seeing Dortmund's statement, of course this player will not be let go if the 100 million plus clause is not agreed.
Liverpool have some good midfield players actually but judging from Henderson and Thiago who are not so young now while Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are currently always focused with a lot of treatment so Jude's presence would be very good in my opinion.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona might be after Kante now according to news. But I think this is no more than a rumour. Because he is still injured and I don't see any reason for Barcelona to go after him before seeing how he will be able to perform after recovering. Besides the transfer is expected to happen in January which is another not possible thing. Barcelona won't be able to sign any player in January as it seems.

Kante will be released by Chelsea most probably if he doesn't get any contract offer until next summer. He was a really important player for Chelsea before but now things are completely different. The injury has made things really bad for him.

[Oluwa-btc]

For me, Liverpool remains the best option for him. He will get enough playing time and be closer to home. This world cup increased the worth of some players like Bellingham, Gakpo etc. in the transfer market, another player that has had his worth go up too due to this world cup is the very young Croatian center-back player Josko Gvardiol who is currently playing in Leipzig and has been a strong force in defense for Croatia, the team that sank the Brazilian hopes for a world cup win.

Some big clubs like Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Manchester city, Real Madrid and even Chelsea are interested in signing him.
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I weighed the options myself on which club he was going to join especially when Real Madrid made move for him, I was considering him a or the perfect if not the most nearby player to replace Modric at Real Madrid but the English player's tend to return back to the bigger English side's where they feel protected and at home.

The move to Liverpool would be worth it, he'll learn alot from Thiago Alcantara and Jordan Henderson as they'll add to his game and complement him very well.

Josko Gvardiol the Croatian defender has been a great defender who overlaps and has confidence in himself both without the ball and with the ball, I'm not sure who he finally ends with though, but my guess is Chelsea, as they hsve shown so much interest in thr the player already. He fancies the move to Premier League but not certain where he ends.

[lizarder]

^ I agree with you. We could say that Bellingham is more likely to be overpriced if the other players did not cost as much. But almost everyone who has a little bit of talent is being offered for close to a hundred million. So we honestly cannot say that he is overpriced.

However, I do agree with you that a lot of players have been purchased for huge amounts of money in the past, and I agree with you on this point. But they did not perform well after that. And it became a problem for the club. Even if the club did not face a financial problem as a result of the situation, there was a serious breakdown in the chemistry between the players. So whoever decides to make the move on Jude Bellingham, I hope they make the right decision because it is going to be a lot of money.

The market demand for players can seem comical at times, but that's how modern football is, even if for the price Jude Bellingham may not be as expensive as we're talking about, due to the good contribution he showed before packing too soon, after being beaten by France in their last game.

The decisions taken by the club have been considered, even though in the way the players have not shown a real contribution, sometimes in this case it is not entirely the player's fault, it could be that the coach is not able to maximize the player's abilities
Because to be honest there were no bad players, what happened was precisely because he was at the wrong club because the coach couldn't see the potential that his players had.

In fact, Liverpool and Chelsea now look no better than Borussia  It sounds ridiculous but Borussia are more likely to qualify for the Champions League next year than Chelsea/Liverpool. The best option is Real - Benzema's place will be vacated due to his age and in general Real have no problems in order to play 2 strikers.

There is still a possibility that it will happen, because we never know what the club and player agreement is trying to build, this is exactly what I said, that the opportunity to go to Real Madrid is far more profitable for Jude Bellingham, even though he has to play alternately in the near future or Ancelotti concocting another strategy to include two strikers which he had done in the previous game.

But the fact that Liverpool and Chelsea will make it easier for Jude Bellingham to get minutes, regardless of whether they will play in the Champions League next season or not.

[herurist]

Well, Morocco is still a weaker team as compare to giants like Portugal.  If you can see the odds for their march against France in the semi final, you will get 7 odds if you bet on Morocco .

Morocco Odds have always been very tempting since the top 16 but compared to x7.00 actually I still prefer it to be at x3.95.
Morocco is indeed striking at this time but France is certainly aware of the threat that Morocco will carry out especially with the two big candidates they eliminated earlier and on the other hand I still feel that French dominance will still be felt here but on the other hand I also believe that Morocco will survive the same as when they against spain.

[Raflesia]

Ziyech has really been like a ghost at Chelsea so far. He hasn't been able to show a very impressive performance in general. But the World Cup was his chance to show his skills once again and attract the attention of some other teams as well. Chelsea were already seeming willing to sell him actually. They must be contented with his performance as a result.

Milan have been the most seriously interested team these days. I think it will be the best for Ziyech to continue his career with a different team from now on. He is already 29 now so he should make his decisions more wisely. Milan can really be a good choice for him I believe.

Not having more time to play was actually Ziyech's problem at Chelsea, even though seeing his performance in the world cup was actually very good but from the Tuchel era and now Potter Ziyech didn't get proper playing time there.
I think with this there might be more confidence in this player because he really needs it for his own development at Chelsea, especially now that Auba is still not making a good contribution to Chelsea.

[rendravolt]

Barcelona might be after Kante now according to news. But I think this is no more than a rumour. Because he is still injured and I don't see any reason for Barcelona to go after him before seeing how he will be able to perform after recovering. Besides the transfer is expected to happen in January which is another not possible thing. Barcelona won't be able to sign any player in January as it seems.

Kante will be released by Chelsea most probably if he doesn't get any contract offer until next summer. He was a really important player for Chelsea before but now things are completely different. The injury has made things really bad for him.

Returning after an injury, most players will experience a decrease in performance, but if Kante is able to adapt quickly, of course that will help him in the composition of the team's play. I don't think Barcelona will go far to bring in Kante, they still have enough good players, moreover they have started synchronizing with each other. It is possible that next season we will still see Barcelona with the same squad.

[safari88]

Kante is a very valuable player. Had to miss the World Cup at the last minute, but otherwise he would just be a basic player in the French national team. There are also some rumors that Frenkie de Jong is wanted by PSG, but he has rejected this club once before. I think De Jong will just stay with Barcelona. It is a pity that Xavi Simons has had few playing minutes at the World Cup, otherwise he could have increased his market value himself. It is a pity that he went from PSG to PSV. Seemed to have to succeed Messi at Barcelona a few years ago.

[Marvell1]

Real Madrid football is shifting towards the Brazilian football school. They are expanding their roster with talented Brazilian football players. Madrid was a team that loved attack and speed, crushing the opponent with long balls. Together with the Brazilians, i think it will be one of the teams with the most foot pass traffic. Real Madrid have reached a deal with Palmeiras for 16yo Endrick for a 72M Euro package. The Brazilian young starlet will join the Real Madrid squad in July 2024. Endrick will sign a five year contract with Real Madrid on 21 July 2024. Young talent will be in Madrid at the age of 18. Thus Real Madrid will have added another Brazilian young talent to its roster at the beginning of his career after Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.

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Real Madrid shoudn't focused all their scouting on Brazilian players, I understand they're skillful but lets not forget they enjoy partying too much and if they're together in one club that can be dangerous as they'll want to go hangout instead of concentrating on playing soccer. Also the current Brazilian footballers just want to dribbling into the goal post and non learnt shooting from distance which Brazil really needed in their game against Croatia which they lost.

Football is evolving and a club should have every sector covered, some teams might be hard to break through their defense with dribbling and in situations like that you'll need players that can shoot, Real Madrid don't have that and the Brazilian players they're going after can't give them that.

I do not think that the Real Madrid scouts only targeting the Brazilian players. In general, as long as they discover a new young talent they will try to acquire him, and this is also the case for Endrick this time as well. During the past few years, Real Madrid have been trying to acquire young talents in their squad which has been a good change of focus for them since they were used to buying star players in the past. Aurélien Tchouameni, Vincius Jr., Rodrygo, and Eduardo Camavinga are some of the younger talents that they have bought, and now they are targeting the Brazilian youngster Endrick.

[Masplanc]

CR7 loses are big during this World Cup. His hope to reach the finals was crashed by a weaker team that showed a great performance. CR7 play time isn't that important, controversies about letting him play or not exist, he wasn't that helpful for the team comparing to Messi for example.
I don't know but I am asking what's the point of recruiting him while he requires a huge salary? I mean he is a normal player since months with all respect to his career.
Unless a team is willing to have him for economical reasons, if he accepts to reduce his salary, or for a show-off reason, then I don't see a point for that.

CR7 is one of the players with the worst performance when this world cup started, so I doubt there will be a big team that will sign him, besides that his salary is still one of the most expensive in the world

Until now the clarity of CR7's future is still confusing, even news about Al Nassr is slowly fading

Christiano Ronaldo performance in the world cup has shown the ability of Ronaldo,  his performance all through the world cup was not very good. Most clubs won't fancy to buy Ronaldo because is performance is not good that can make a club to win a trophy.

[CLS63]

Juventus could even be okay to a swap deal between Joao Felix and Dusan Vlahovic now. There is such thing according to Calciomercato.

https://www.calciomercatoweb.it/2022/12/08/calciomercato-juventus-vlahovic-scambio-atletico-madrid-joao-felix/

But I don't think this would be a sensible move for Juventus. Because Vlahovic is already impressive with his performance. He couldn't play for some time due to an injury maybe but he would continue from where he left by the upcoming matches of the team. His score contribution is at a very acceptable level. In this situation I don't see any reason for them to prefer Felix to him. Felix is a talented youngster for sure. But this would just be no different than taking a risk for no reason. Maybe Felix won't adapt and will play worse than Vlahovic.

I have heard about Felix's possibility to leave Atletico Madrid. He was brought there with big hopes and Atletico Madrid sacrificed an amount around 127 million euros for him. But somehow things didn't go in the way Atletico Madrid wanted. His market value dropped very sharply. There is no way they are being in profit from his sale from now on.

Maybe Simeone couldn't use him properly I don't know. Maybe Atletico Madrid need a manager who loves to play a more offensive game which would help Felix shine bright again. If Felix waits for the end of the season this might really get real. Because Atletico Madrid are really bad this season and maybe they might change their manager finally.

[tulusikhlas]

In fact, Liverpool and Chelsea now look no better than Borussia  It sounds ridiculous but Borussia are more likely to qualify for the Champions League next year than Chelsea/Liverpool. The best option is Real - Benzema's place will be vacated due to his age and in general Real have no problems in order to play 2 strikers.

Before the 2022 World Cup tournament took place, Liverpool's performance had indeed declined greatly. Liverpool looks like a mid-table team that makes the opponent feel they have no more vigilance. We admit and it doesn't sound ridiculous either because it's a fact.
We look forward to Liverpool's performance after the World Cup is over and the league resumes.

Then, we will also see how the club management is committed to improving everything including fulfilling Kloop's wishes in the January transfer market.

Liverpool are not like last season where they can show good things for competition, but not this season. Their decline was so pronounced that their trust in them changed drastically. I also want to see how they come back after this World Cup, there will be efforts made by Jurgen Klopp to restore the morale of his players so they can return to their best game.
Usually Liverpool management fully supports what Jurgen Klopp wants, but we'll see.

[Tony116]

Arteta said that they were going to look for other options after Jesus' injury. The only other option they have is Nketiah in the team now actually. He is the only remaining natural striker. Actually even if he plays temporarily in the starting eleven it wouldn't be an enormous problem for the team success. Because they have already played many games without Jesus' great performance and they have been successful as well.
I guess Arteta isn't thinking of signing another striker in January. They can use the money more effectively actually. Besides I don't think they can find a very good striker with the budget they have in their hands.

In fact, apart from Nketiah, there are also a number of players who can be forced, such as Reiss Nelson and Gabriel Martinelli, who can also be projected to be strikers there, but it would be great if there were new players who were pure strikers there.
Gabriel's injury will obviously have a huge impact so indeed the consideration of finding a new striker is a good thing that Arteta is doing at this time.

Martinelli is the best option for the striker role on a temporary bases in the absence of Gabriel Jesus, he has the pace and very sharp as well as a good dribbler, he had played that role before and did fairly well thereafter deployed to the wing or flank, I am not a fan of Nketiah however I think the best option for Arteta is to continue to deploy  Nketiah as a substitute, there is no need to sign another expensive and experience striker in January or alternatively if Arsenal can sign an experience unattached striker in the transfer window on a temporary role that will be better, however I doubt if such a striker will perfectly fill the role of injured Gabriel Jesus in the team.

In my opinion, Gabriel Martinelli would be the most appropriate replacement for Gabriel Jesus based on my experience and knowledge. It is my opinion that Mikal Arteta can play him as the false nine instead of Jesus in this role. There is no doubt that Gabriel Jesus' injury during the Brazil versus Cameroon match was an unfortunate one for both Brazil and Arsenal, as it affected both of them.

I personally do not like Nketiah as I do not believe he would be a proper fit for Arsenal's team given his performance so far. I believe Mikal Arteta would be able to play Gabriel Martinelli's position as a center forward with no problem.

[Lordhermes]

Arteta said that they were going to look for other options after Jesus' injury. The only other option they have is Nketiah in the team now actually. He is the only remaining natural striker. Actually even if he plays temporarily in the starting eleven it wouldn't be an enormous problem for the team success. Because they have already played many games without Jesus' great performance and they have been successful as well.
I guess Arteta isn't thinking of signing another striker in January. They can use the money more effectively actually. Besides I don't think they can find a very good striker with the budget they have in their hands.

In fact, apart from Nketiah, there are also a number of players who can be forced, such as Reiss Nelson and Gabriel Martinelli, who can also be projected to be strikers there, but it would be great if there were new players who were pure strikers there.
Gabriel's injury will obviously have a huge impact so indeed the consideration of finding a new striker is a good thing that Arteta is doing at this time.

Martinelli is the best option for the striker role on a temporary bases in the absence of Gabriel Jesus, he has the pace and very sharp as well as a good dribbler, he had played that role before and did fairly well thereafter deployed to the wing or flank, I am not a fan of Nketiah however I think the best option for Arteta is to continue to deploy  Nketiah as a substitute, there is no need to sign another expensive and experience striker in January or alternatively if Arsenal can sign an experience unattached striker in the transfer window on a temporary role that will be better, however I doubt if such a striker will perfectly fill the role of injured Gabriel Jesus in the team.

In my opinion, Gabriel Martinelli would be the most appropriate replacement for Gabriel Jesus based on my experience and knowledge. It is my opinion that Mikal Arteta can play him as the false nine instead of Jesus in this role. There is no doubt that Gabriel Jesus' injury during the Brazil versus Cameroon match was an unfortunate one for both Brazil and Arsenal, as it affected both of them.

I personally do not like Nketiah as I do not believe he would be a proper fit for Arsenal's team given his performance so far. I believe Mikal Arteta would be able to play Gabriel Martinelli's position as a center forward with no problem.

Regarding Gabriel Jesus' injuries, Arteta face a significant challenge. Gabriel Jesus is crucial to Arsenal's success this season, therefore this is a major setback for them. I hope he recovers quickly, but Arteta needs to find a capable striker to take his spot in January. Since Gabriel Jesus will be unavailable for a while. And if Arteta cannot find a new striker quickly, their hopes of winning the title will remain only a pipe dream.

[uchegod-21]

Ziyech has really been like a ghost at Chelsea so far. He hasn't been able to show a very impressive performance in general. But the World Cup was his chance to show his skills once again and attract the attention of some other teams as well. Chelsea were already seeming willing to sell him actually. They must be contented with his performance as a result.

Milan have been the most seriously interested team these days. I think it will be the best for Ziyech to continue his career with a different team from now on. He is already 29 now so he should make his decisions more wisely. Milan can really be a good choice for him I believe.

Not having more time to play was actually Ziyech's problem at Chelsea, even though seeing his performance in the world cup was actually very good but from the Tuchel era and now Potter Ziyech didn't get proper playing time there.
I think with this there might be more confidence in this player because he really needs it for his own development at Chelsea, especially now that Auba is still not making a good contribution to Chelsea.

We all should be surprised about Ziyech extra ordinary performance, it is a performance I haven't seen him put up for his club Chelsea. But  know that from henceforth Chelsea will understand his importance. He is one of those players that the world cup has  brought favor and more exposure.
His ability to perform very well is driven by his love for his country and he is one of the big names Morroco is looking up to. There is a difference when you are the hit man and when you are just an ordinary team member.

[bitgolden]

This will be a big problem for Arsenal, losing Gabriel Jesus will have quite an impact on Arsenal, considering that he became an important player in Mikel Arteta's squad, before moving to Arsenal Gabriel Jesus played at Manchester City, but his quality has not developed much

Only this season has he appeared as a key player in the Gunners squad, even though he has only been with Arsenal for one season and has made a real contribution to the club. So far Arsenal are seriously monitoring Juventus player Dusan Vlahovic, although last season Arsenal failed to reach an agreement with him, Gabriel Jesus' injury revived Arsenal's interest and the opportunity to bring in Dusan Vlahovic is also quite open for transfers this winter, moreover there is no suitable replacement for Gabriel Jesus in Mikel Arteta's current squad.

I am guessing that it will definitely be big hit for them, but they are a big club and should figure out a way. I know it is always hard to lose a great player and keep the success up, many teams end up losing after they lose a big player, but that is not really impossible to stop, it is something they could do later on and at anytime they could.

This means they could transfer a striker if they lose Jesus for good this season, or if he comes back then they could replace him with some formation change instead of just player change as well to make sure his missing is not a big deal. All in all, they have to endure somehow until the end of the season.

[Woodie]

Injuries are never pleasant to see. Seriously, Neuer? Neuer broke his leg while skiing and will be out for the rest of the season. He broke his leg while on vacation. As a result of frustration following an embarrassing World Cup exit, I think it was deliberate. However, Bayern Munich won't be pleased. I wish him a speedy recovery and good health.

This was my first impression, you crash out of a worldcup in the most unexpected way for such a big footballing nation and you go skiing only to break a leg... Comeon this is operation save face!! It's unfortunate it happened but when the league continues he should know peoples memories are still fresh to forget. Otherwise get well soon, keeper sweeper.

[baeva]

It is really disappointing for Ronaldo to see themselves out of the World Cup now. He was crying after the Morocco game ended. He would take his time first to pull himself together. After that he can start thinking about his future finally. It looks like he still hasn't signed for Al-Nassr. It was just rumours like he reached an agreement on an insane deal.

I hope Ronaldo's priority is still a European team which competes in the Champions League. I don't know if he can find just the team he is searching for. There is no team seeming serious about signing him for now. Maybe he will wait to see if there will be any later. If he doesn't find such team then it would be the best for him to just accept Al-Nassr's enormous deal.

CR7 loses are big during this World Cup. His hope to reach the finals was crashed by a weaker team that showed a great performance. CR7 play time isn't that important, controversies about letting him play or not exist, he wasn't that helpful for the team comparing to Messi for example.
I don't know but I am asking what's the point of recruiting him while he requires a huge salary? I mean he is a normal player since months with all respect to his career.
Unless a team is willing to have him for economical reasons, if he accepts to reduce his salary, or for a show-off reason, then I don't see a point for that.

this is a subject that is generating a lot of noise in portugal, the news channels do not stop posting news of complaints because as the portugal coach did not put cristiano ronaldo right at the beginning of the game, so people are criticizing the portugal coach , and looking at what the coaches are doing with ronaldo, you can see that this is causing ronaldo to not perform well and to drop in performance, and since ronaldo is performing poorly and without a team, he should reduce his salary so that it is possible that any team manages to sign him, if he does not reduce his salary then he will not have a team to play for, I hope that he and his advisers manage to reach the same conclusion as mine, currently his age is combined with the fact that he does not have a great performance so it is not justified that he charges a high amount to be hired

Such criticism is welcome because it is true. The coach preferred a younger player who almost randomly scored a few goals... Ronaldo is more responsible and knows how to do a result, I think if he had been in the starting lineup the outcome of the game would have been completely different. Ronaldo's sister has hinted on instagram that he might make an appearance in the next cup when he will be 41

[redsun114]

Ziyech has really been like a ghost at Chelsea so far. He hasn't been able to show a very impressive performance in general. But the World Cup was his chance to show his skills once again and attract the attention of some other teams as well. Chelsea were already seeming willing to sell him actually. They must be contented with his performance as a result.

Milan have been the most seriously interested team these days. I think it will be the best for Ziyech to continue his career with a different team from now on. He is already 29 now so he should make his decisions more wisely. Milan can really be a good choice for him I believe.

Not having more time to play was actually Ziyech's problem at Chelsea, even though seeing his performance in the world cup was actually very good but from the Tuchel era and now Potter Ziyech didn't get proper playing time there.
I think with this there might be more confidence in this player because he really needs it for his own development at Chelsea, especially now that Auba is still not making a good contribution to Chelsea.

There is no doubt Graham Potter is now feeling good about him and most chances after world cup he is going to have more time for Chelsea which will help this club for having better results and increase in rank because before this world cup Ziyech was surely playing as ghost but now after having this all things are going to change or if he is not going to have any positive change then surely he can go into AC Milan which is also better change for him and his career because now Chelsea is looking for few changes and how these will be work for Graham Potter nothing is surely but if AC Milan is having any better improvement than he can go and play his role for the defending champions of Italy.

Tuchel was doing his best with these skilled players but after his exit we have too many quality players are not giving their best which help the club for increasing the quality and performance of the club which is surely strange situation.