⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Jody.Drummer]

Chelsea has a much bigger budget than Arsenal, and so may be able to pay him a better salary and a higher transfer fee. As a player, I would rather go to Arsenal at the moment, because they play better, are at the top and you are also assured of a basic place there faster. We've seen a lot of players come and go at Chelsea over the years, and not all newbies get the chance to play. With a lesser match or substitution you are already outside the selection. Chelsea are one of the teams that have probably had the worst transfer policy in recent years, but Barcelona have also made quite a mess of it recently.

A large budget does not guarantee they will be able to get the players they need. "What's needed" I quote that because whoever the players are the important thing is that they can put in a game that will make Chelsea's game even better. There are many examples that Chelsea have done by spending big money to bring in players, in the end they really failed and they were also at a price that was not worth what they paid, even in the game it didn't make a difference for them. They should have learned from that by signing cheap players, but they have potential and are making a contribution to the club.

[Distraction]

Barcelona are in no rush to sell Netherlands forward Memphis Depay and are happy to keep the 28-year-old until his contract expires in the summer. Why should Barcelona be in a hurry to sell Depay? He is playing very well at the moment and it is questionable how much money Barcelona has to buy new players.

There is no need for Barcelona to sell Depay and bring some other player instead. They will need to fill his place in that case that's for sure otherwise Lewandowski won't have a natural centre-forward alternative in the team.

But like I said Barcelona aren't in need of taking such action. Depay isn't a bad player. Before Lewandowski came to the team Depay was already performing quite decently. He was making a good contribution with many goals. Maybe he isn't as productive as Lewandowski but he is still a great backup player for him. I think Barcelona should even extend Depay's contract instead of releasing him on free by the summer. This isn't one of the periods Barcelona can spend a lot of money comfortably. They need to drop the need of signing players to minimum from now on for the sake of their finance.

[Dickiy]

There is a good news for Chelsea because Juventus will allowed Denis Zakaria to stayed at Chelsea and they can buy permanently this player at the end of this season and about Zakaria gradually he can adapt with Potter strategy and performing well even Zakaria in Chelsea starting line up in the last 4 matches so Chelsea will taking possibilities to buy him after loan ended because his performance was satisfied Potter but Juventus don't want money and they only want to exchange Zakaria with Christian Pulisic this because both of players had equal value 30 million poundsterling so Juventus feel this is fair exchange but Pulisic is important player for Chelsea and i don't think Potter will let him moved to other clubs

This offer might confuse Chelsea's management because they could not pay Zakaria in cash, but they were asked to exchange it with Pulisic who is an important midfielder for Chelsea, if indeed the decision does not change and they have to choose between the two players who are in the same lane up. the same and the price is the same I think it's better to keep Pulisic because he is two years younger than Zakaria and doesn't suffer injuries like Zakaria, of course this must be considered wisely to build Chelsea's strength which today is the worst team in the league.

[flipme]

Chelsea signed Joao Felix overthrowing Manchester United, Arsenal, and Manchester City who were also in the race, now they have hijacked Mudryk, I wonder what their plan is now that they still go on a hunt for them. Does it mean that the attacking line is still contributing to Chelsea's poor performance? Enzo Fernandez would have been the best option for Chelsea's central midfield but I wonder why Bolly finds it difficult to look into it.

They gave 100 million euros to a footballer whose talents were not proven in high-level leagues. I don't really understand this transfer. I hope this transfer is not remembered as a bad joke in the following years. I think they need a clear scorer first of all. They need a striker who can score at least 10 or 15 goals in a season. I'm sure Mykhailo Mudryk will be a good transfer and will serve Chelsea for many years, but they need to make urgent action plans instead of making long-term plans. Otherwise, they will end the league in a very bad order and they will not be able to play in European cups the next season.

[Furious 7]

Once again Chelsea made a waste by cornering Arsenal who had tried to bid on Shakhtar players. Chelsea dropped €100 million without a second thought. I don't know if this is excessive or not, because Chelsea seems to be doing this kind of action many times in the transfer market this season. Mudryk talent who has never had a track record in the European caste but is successfully priced at a high price. I wonder if this is just a price game that Arsenal are deliberately building with Shakhtar to bait Chelsea.

Todd still insists on making their front line improve in an instant way and it is hoped that the players they have brought in for transfers this time will bear fruit.
But it does seem too hasty. It would be great if they could eventually get this to improve but what if it's not clear this has gone to waste and their money has been wasted.
On the other hand it looks like Todd is taking a step that has had some real controversy since he became owner for Chelsea this time.

[asriloni]

Chelsea signed Joao Felix overthrowing Manchester United, Arsenal, and Manchester City who were also in the race, now they have hijacked Mudryk, I wonder what their plan is now that they still go on a hunt for them. Does it mean that the attacking line is still contributing to Chelsea's poor performance? Enzo Fernandez would have been the best option for Chelsea's central midfield but I wonder why Bolly finds it difficult to look into it.

I do not think Manchester United were interested in  Joao Felix, it was just a media pushup news as only Arsenal and Chelsea put up great interest for him. What Mufc needed this month was an out and out striker; and in Werghoust Ten hag has got a cheap stop gap until the end of the season.

MU never interested with felix. MU was offering small amounts of money for felix. If mu interested with felix and MU will try to put more bet than chelsea but MU has another main target. Felix was not an important player to be bought by MU.
The fact that even without signed him and the performance from MU was going up again. That proves that signing the new player will not always become solution. it's about how management that can make the players become confidence with it,Chelsea must have learned from what ten hag does to the MU

[KTChampions]

They gave 100 million euros to a footballer whose talents were not proven in high-level leagues. I don't really understand this transfer. I hope this transfer is not remembered as a bad joke in the following years. I think they need a clear scorer first of all. They need a striker who can score at least 10 or 15 goals in a season. I'm sure Mykhailo Mudryk will be a good transfer and will serve Chelsea for many years, but they need to make urgent action plans instead of making long-term plans. Otherwise, they will end the league in a very bad order and they will not be able to play in European cups the next season.

100 million is now the usual price for a player who is clearly above average. It's time to get used to it. Moreover, taking into account the level of income of English clubs, and most importantly, the level of competition, when 7-8 teams claim the top 4 at once, I think this is just the beginning of a "dead spiral": the clubs are forced to spend more because otherwise they will fall out of European competition, but other clubs they also spend more (there are only 4 trips to the Champions League) and this destroys their budgets. Within a few years, I'm sure the Premier League will have to come to some kind of cap on either wages or the entire budget.

[Slow death]

Al Hilal team are thinking of a move for Lionel Messi to counter their rival Al-Nassr after they signed Ronaldo on a record deal. However I don't think Messi would think of leaving Europe now.

Because the situation is not the same for Messi. He is already a PSG player and his performance level is very high. He is fighting for the Champions League title with his team for now. He is expected to extend his contract with PSG one more season also. Al Hilal are also ready to spend insane amount of money on Messi transfer. They are speculated to offer $300m a year to Messi. This is definitely huge but just as I said I don't think this is the time Messi is leaving PSG.

This news was not convincing to me. Messi is still very good. He is the star of Paris Saint-Germain FC. I think this news is like the viral of Al-Hilal football team. Of course they have the money to transfer Messi. But Messi will not go to the Saudi Arabian Pro League. We all know this very well. Because he still has credits in the European leagues. He is not like Ronaldo. Maybe two years later he will go to the Saudi Arabian Pro League to earn money. But there is no reason for him to go there today.

I think Messi will return to Barcelona at the end of the season and leave football there. He will not go to Asia or America.

These two star players have different conditions, in which Ronaldo left Europe to go to the Arab League (Al-Nassr) because so far no one has signed him in Europe, but star players like Lionel Messi are still very much in demand among Europe, Lionel Messi is one of PSG team candidate who has a high performance game, after winning the world cup match yesterday we are not sure that Messi will move to the Arab League.

Maybe the media crew made the news that Messi would go to Al-Hilal, and I think this is just news Rumors made up by the media crew.

Well yes, they are just rumors, but if this happens, the contract would be a super millionaire, it is something that can be seen above CR7's salary and that would be a bombshell because if they have Messi and CR7 again in the same league, I think that most of the world will go to follow them, and it is true with so many fans that Messi has, they will not hesitate to catch up on this Saudi league, and I think that if they achieve something like that, football will take a great turn. Can you imagine all of us watching the matches of that league? It would be something exceptional, it would be a very fall in love development of football, and I like this, because good football technique expands and we saw something like this in the World Cup with Saudi Arabia.

Exclusive: Fabrizio Romano confirms Lionel Messi’s ‘verbal pact’ amid Al Hilal links

Lionel Messi’s future is set to remain intertwined with PSG’s, as has been revealed in an exclusive update from Fabrizio Romano.

The Argentine had been linked with a switch to Al Hilal – potentially joining rival Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia – with the Daily Mail going as far to report that the club is prepared to offer the midfielder a deal amounting to $350m per year.

“I’ve been saying the same since December: PSG and Lionel Messi have a verbal pact to continue together,” the reporter said.

“Both parties are just waiting to meet (it could take weeks or months) to discuss the length of any potential new contract, salary and more details but they want to continue together.

“So I expect Messi to stay at PSG; I’m not aware of any other negotiations taking place.”

Source: https://www.caughtoffside.com/2023/01/14/fabrizio-romano-messi-verbal-agreement/

I don't see messi being as greedy as cristiando ronaldo, moreover messi is not very old yet anyone can see that messi's moves are still the same, also messi's dribbling quality is still far superior in relation to many players , while in the case of cristiano ronaldo he started by not participating in manchester united friendly matches in the pre season games, and this meant that the manchester united coach did not put ronaldo to play and with that ronaldo's skills declined a lot to the point of having a bad performance in the world cup, and again he went to complain about the coach which made him stay on the bench, while messi thinking about having some cases reported that he also complained about the barcelona coach, the one who destroyed the barcelona he was before xavi, messi still has 100% of his active skills, he doesn't need to go play in arabia where they have low quality soccer

[D-law]

Chelsea signed Joao Felix overthrowing Manchester United, Arsenal, and Manchester City who were also in the race, now they have hijacked Mudryk, I wonder what their plan is now that they still go on a hunt for them. Does it mean that the attacking line is still contributing to Chelsea's poor performance? Enzo Fernandez would have been the best option for Chelsea's central midfield but I wonder why Bolly finds it difficult to look into it.

I do not think Manchester United were interested in  Joao Felix, it was just a media pushup news as only Arsenal and Chelsea put up great interest for him. What Mufc needed this month was an out and out striker; and in Werghoust Ten hag has got a cheap stop gap until the end of the season.

MU never interested with felix. MU was offering small amounts of money for felix. If mu interested with felix and MU will try to put more bet than chelsea but MU has another main target. Felix was not an important player to be bought by MU.
The fact that even without signed him and the performance from MU was going up again. That proves that signing the new player will not always become solution. it's about how management that can make the players become confidence with it,Chelsea must have learned from what ten hag does to the MU

This is correct, Manchester was not interested in bringing Felix
If they was they would have done brought in better offer's just to get the player in
The need for a Central attacker was more necessary than anything else

[Avirunes]

This is correct, Manchester was not interested in bringing Felix
If they was they would have done brought in better offer's just to get the player in
The need for a Central attacker was more necessary than anything else

Yeah there was this rumour about Felix to United but that wasn't that strong. Besides Felix was also offered to Arsenal but Arsenal priority was Mudryk as he was interested to come to Arsenal and Gunners right now are targeting players who wants to join Arsenal. Now both of them are out of Arsenal hand and are signed by Chelsea.

Yes, United lack a striker after Ronaldo's departure and they desperately need poacher inside the box and I think Weghorst is a decent option for now this season. Winger they have already and lot of them actually but striker they only have options.

[CLS63]

I think Depay should definitely be kept by Barcelona. Because if they sell him as well then there won't be any striker left in the team except Lewandowski. I know that players like Ferran Torres could be used there from time to time but I don't think this would be a good idea for the team. They have already faced big difficulties in big matches even in times they had Lewandowski. I can't imagine what they would have done without a real striker there.

Atletico Madrid are rumoured with signing Depay after sending Felix on loan. But Barcelona should act wisely because they might not be able to spend any money on a transfer in this transfer window to fill his place.

[Zaguru12]

100 million is now the usual price for a player who is clearly above average. It's time to get used to it. Moreover, taking into account the level of income of English clubs, and most importantly, the level of competition, when 7-8 teams claim the top 4 at once, I think this is just the beginning of a "dead spiral": the clubs are forced to spend more because otherwise they will fall out of European competition, but other clubs they also spend more (there are only 4 trips to the Champions League) and this destroys their budgets. Within a few years, I'm sure the Premier League will have to come to some kind of cap on either wages or the entire budget.

100 million is looking more like a regular fee for potential younger players this days. My only worry for this kind of arrivals to the premier is pressure to settle down fast. The fans and football loves create high expectations for this kinda of players and this way them down. Ten Hag has recently said he doesn’t want to sign players with huge amount or high wages because of the expectation that comes with.

I think Depay should definitely be kept by Barcelona. Because if they sell him as well then there won't be any striker left in the team except Lewandowski. I know that players like Ferran Torres could be used there from time to time but I don't think this would be a good idea for the team. They have already faced big difficulties in big matches even in times they had Lewandowski. I can't imagine what they would have done without a real striker there.

Atletico Madrid are rumoured with signing Depay after sending Felix on loan. But Barcelona should act wisely because they might not be able to spend any money on a transfer in this transfer window to fill his place.

Although it will be a bad to sell him off to Atletico Madrid because it will look like giving to direct rivals. We all know how the Suarez move went. But to be honest they need to let him go if they can’t offer him playing time. At his age he need to play more

[Gosgosking]

Yes, United lack a striker after Ronaldo's departure and they desperately need poacher inside the box and I think Weghorst is a decent option for now this season. Winger they have already and lot of them actually but striker they only have options.

Manchester United has always wanted a striker even when Ronaldo was in the club. When Ronaldo was in the club he was not used always to play lots of game.  Manchester United has always lacked striker even before Ronaldo left the club. I believe Ten Hag is planning to bring a better striker for Manchester United.

[Avirunes]

Manchester United has always wanted a striker even when Ronaldo was in the club. When Ronaldo was in the club he was not used always to play lots of game.  Manchester United has always lacked striker even before Ronaldo left the club. I believe Ten Hag is planning to bring a better striker for Manchester United.

United had 3 then playing at that position - Rashford, Martial an Ronaldo so I don't think they needed a striker then. They lacked now when he departed as Ten Haag wanted an option whom he can substitute in last 10-20 minutes of the game. Ten Haag likes his current game plan and is making transfers as according to them. I don't think Weghorst is a regular option though.

[uchegod-21]

Manchester United has always wanted a striker even when Ronaldo was in the club. When Ronaldo was in the club he was not used always to play lots of game.  Manchester United has always lacked striker even before Ronaldo left the club. I believe Ten Hag is planning to bring a better striker for Manchester United.

United had 3 then playing at that position - Rashford, Martial an Ronaldo so I don't think they needed a striker then. They lacked now when he departed as Ten Haag wanted an option whom he can substitute in last 10-20 minutes of the game. Ten Haag likes his current game plan and is making transfers as according to them. I don't think Weghorst is a regular option though.

Manchester united was in need of a striker even when Ronaldo was in the team. Erik was already pushing for a striker then. That was one of the reasons for his fall out with Ronaldo. That is because he didn't believe in Ronaldo for a long term project due to his age.
As it stands currently Manchester united needs a very strong striker to challenge Martial in that position.

[fuguebtc]

Once again Chelsea made a waste by cornering Arsenal who had tried to bid on Shakhtar players. Chelsea dropped €100 million without a second thought. I don't know if this is excessive or not, because Chelsea seems to be doing this kind of action many times in the transfer market this season. Mudryk talent who has never had a track record in the European caste but is successfully priced at a high price. I wonder if this is just a price game that Arsenal are deliberately building with Shakhtar to bait Chelsea.

Todd still insists on making their front line improve in an instant way and it is hoped that the players they have brought in for transfers this time will bear fruit.
But it does seem too hasty. It would be great if they could eventually get this to improve but what if it's not clear this has gone to waste and their money has been wasted.
On the other hand it looks like Todd is taking a step that has had some real controversy since he became owner for Chelsea this time.

In my opinion, Chelsea is fertility taking the wrong step. They should have gone for the option of changing the coach. A new authority could have been great for Chelsea. I also believe that with a new authority, Chelsea wouldn't have needed to bring in too many players to the team. I believe that they actually could have done well enough with the players that they have right now. And suddenly they are again dropping a 100 million transfer deal which obviously looks to be just like bringing an overpriced player again.

[coinlocket$]

They gave 100 million euros to a footballer whose talents were not proven in high-level leagues. I don't really understand this transfer. I

Premier Leagues now has 5 times more money than the other leagues per year.

They can do whatever they want with this massive amount of money, this is only the start. (of the end of football)

[bekti3]

They gave 100 million euros to a footballer whose talents were not proven in high-level leagues. I don't really understand this transfer. I hope this transfer is not remembered as a bad joke in the following years. I think they need a clear scorer first of all. They need a striker who can score at least 10 or 15 goals in a season. I'm sure Mykhailo Mudryk will be a good transfer and will serve Chelsea for many years, but they need to make urgent action plans instead of making long-term plans. Otherwise, they will end the league in a very bad order and they will not be able to play in European cups the next season.

100 million is now the usual price for a player who is clearly above average. It's time to get used to it. Moreover, taking into account the level of income of English clubs, and most importantly, the level of competition, when 7-8 teams claim the top 4 at once, I think this is just the beginning of a "dead spiral": the clubs are forced to spend more because otherwise they will fall out of European competition, but other clubs they also spend more (there are only 4 trips to the Champions League) and this destroys their budgets. Within a few years, I'm sure the Premier League will have to come to some kind of cap on either wages or the entire budget.

It makes sense, because now the actual price of 100 million seems to be no longer a price that can be said to be astonishing as before because there are already a lot of players who are already there, both in clauses and recruited by new clubs.
It looks like the longer record player sales will continue to rise, regardless of what it is now we have to get used to it as player prices continue to increase as the season progresses.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Chelsea have made a 30m euro (£26.5m) bid for PSV Eindhoven's England Under-21 winger Noni Madueke, 20. A lot of money for a very young player.

Noni Madueke is actually showing good potential. So, I do not think that 30 million euros is actually too much money.
I think this is a good amount of money for a  player like him. Especially at a time when everyone is throwing 100 million transfers here and there.

Liverpool have ended contract talks with midfielder Naby Keita and will let the 27-year-old Guinea international leave on a free transfer in the summer. The player did not prove himself in Liverpool and leaves as a playing and financial failure.

Naby Keïta has not been very good for Liverpool. At least not recently.  So, I think this is not a very bad decision taken by them.
But what I understand is that he is still a very good player. So, a lot of clubs are going to be very interested to bring him to the team.

Tottenham will meet with Sporting Lisbon this week to discuss a deal for Spain right-back Pedro Porro, 23, who has agreed personal terms with the club. Porro is a very promising player and could be a great reinforcement for Tottenham.

Tottenham has conceded a lot of goals this season. And obviously, understandably they are trying to bring in defenders so that they can make the defense stronger.
Actually, a few minutes ago they were playing against Arsenal in Premier League and they conceded 2 goals in 59  minutes.
So, I think we all understand why they are trying to bring in defending players to the team.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Liverpool are also preparing for a move to sign Ruben Neves after Newcastle have started to be interested in him.

As you know Liverpool have been in search of a decent attacking midfielder for a long time. They had an eye on Bellingham and in fact they still have. However Real Madrid seem very likely to sign him as the player is eager to choose them over Liverpool. However I don't know if Neves would be a good choice for Liverpool to solve the problems in the midfield. Neves is a decent player but I think it would be better for Liverpool to sign a more skilled midfielder. I'm sure they can find the right player if they become a little more patient.