⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Pokapoka124]

Ronaldinho's son, Joao Mendes (17 yo) is set to sign with Barcelona's youth team. There are no game statistics from the previous club Cruzeiro. Not much information about him, I tried to find his appearance on Youtube, and found this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2Bm9a5QBQ

Is it possible that Joao Mendes will be able to compete with other Barcelona players as a starting XI, or will he be loaned out more often than played with Barcelona? What do you think?

It feels good to see the son of one of the club legends following his father’s footsteps. I’m sure he will succeed in the Barcelona youth team same way Ronaldinho did. I also haven't seen any of Joao Mendes video clips but I assume his father's reputation should have some impact and evidence on him. We will see how well he will be able to adapt and fight his way into the first eleven if he signs.

Leeds United have announced Javi Gracia as their new manager. I think it’s a decent appointment. He did well at Watford then unfairly treated like most temporary managers there. He led them to an FA Cup final and their best Premier League season. He took over Watford in a much better position than what Leeds are in now which might make his job even more challenging. But he could still do well as Leeds have some good players who might suit his style of play. I'd like to see Leeds stay up.

The club has finally taken a bold decision to change the current manager and Javi Garcia luckily emerged ad favourite for the job. I hope he will be able to deliver and bring Leeds out of tight corners, he had a good run at Watford, it is expected that he will do same at Leeds now.

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[harapan]

Not sure if they will fire Graham Potter this season, we all know Chelsea could perform well and they are spending lots of money after spending these huge amounts of money they obviously expect to get good results from the league while so far most of the fans are unhappy and I guess they are going to find a new coach to replace with Potter because they have enough money for it but still Potter won't leave Chelsea before this season ends.

I don't think Chelsea will achieve anything with Potter. He looks like the kind of coach that cannot deliver on a big team. It is Potters fault Chelsea are doing so poorly, I say this because Chelsea don't create a lot of chances and when a team don't create chances it is the fault of the coach. There are still some positions that needs fixing in Chelsea but that is no excuse for how poor they're performing. They should be able to least win bottom table teams. If I were Chelsea I would sack him this season so the new manager would have time with the players.

[emrecemsan]

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/4883573/man-united-not-planning-big-summer-spend-even-if-qatari-bid-successful-sources

ESPN says that Manchester United might not spend a great deal of money on transfers in the summer even if the Qatari takeover bid is successful. This isn't good news for the team at all. Because I think they have definitely had big plans for the summer. Because the team have started to gather themselves up after building a solid chemistry with Erik ten Hag. They are technically in the title race in the EPL as well. After all this I think they should definitely strengthen the team even more. The news have been saying that they have had plans to sign a top striker for example.

Maybe this is just a rumour because it doesn't make sense to me. They should at least sign a solid striker. Weghorst doesn't contribute much and his loan will end by the summer as well.

[Oluwa-btc]

Some clubs are already interested in Osimhen since several months ago. We can understand if they are interested in Osimhen because Osimhen is one of the most productive strikers in the world now. With Osimhen's contribution, Napoli can stay in the 1st place of Serie A table. He also played very well in UCL and helps Napoli to qualify to the next round. These are a few reason why some big clubs want to sign him.

I think Napoli won't sell Osimhen, they will be difficult to get the replacement if Osimhen leaves. So, I assume that Napoli prefers to keep Osimhen than expects big money by selling him. Osimhen is irreplacebale for Napoli, he is the key player in Napoli attacking line.

He is without no doubts the best football player in the world currently if you have to talk about scoring goals, regardless of all that, he will never get the praises he deserves because he's black. Victor Oshime is not just a goal scorer but a team player, he does deserves the the Ballon d'or really. Have you considered to check his work rate ?

They'll sell him and even if they refuse to, he should want to try other big boys and win other titles, he will surely get what he desires but I honestly prays it's not Manchester United before they go on with them british familiarity.

He deserves a club that will protect him ( the fans ) just as they ( Manchester United fans loves Cristiano Ronaldo )

[TopT3ns]

Not sure if they will fire Graham Potter this season, we all know Chelsea could perform well and they are spending lots of money after spending these huge amounts of money they obviously expect to get good results from the league while so far most of the fans are unhappy and I guess they are going to find a new coach to replace with Potter because they have enough money for it but still Potter won't leave Chelsea before this season ends.

In the previous five matches, Chelsea seemed to have only won one victory, and that was a very bad achievement for this season. Chelsea could not compete in third place from the top of the table, and Thomas Tuchel is still the best coach because he is longer and has a history of setting records for Chelsea's achievements in 2020-2021. Hopefully Chelsea will find a coach who can bring progress and victory in the next few seasons that Chelsea will follow.

[Velvet78]

I don't think that only Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in signing Osimhen these days. There are more big teams to have this interest in him to sign. He is even leaving his team to decide upon what to do this summer. Napoli would like to keep him longer as a result of course. Why would they want to lose their most important play that easy?

Or maybe they would be ready for that only if they can get a high amount of transfer fee for him.

[makishart]

Kante has finally recovered from his injury and the biggest question is about what he will do with his future from now on.

Because Chelsea still haven't extended his contract and it expires this summer. If they still have an intention to keep him for longer then they had better be quick about their contract talks. Otherwise there are already some big teams being speculated to go for him soon. Kante has had a lasting injury indeed but we don't know how good he will perform yet. Maybe he won't lose much of his usual performance who knows. I don't think he is too old now either - 31. I think he deserves some chances at Chelsea to see what he will do.

You shall not worry about that. Kante was putting chelsea as the top of his choice. Kante has been waiting for the new contract and he is very close to extend it right now.

https://www.90min.com/posts/ngolo-kante-finalising-terms-new-chelsea-contract

It has been mentioned even in some reliable media if kante is very very close to extend his contract with chelsea. Im so glad that chelsea was not letting him to go out from the club caused by he was a very important asset for chelsea. Kante's contribution is a lot for the club since he was coming to the chelsea. Kante has been winning so many trophies with chelsea too.

[alegotardo]

It has been mentioned even in some reliable media if kante is very very close to extend his contract with chelsea. Im so glad that chelsea was not letting him to go out from the club caused by he was a very important asset for chelsea. Kante's contribution is a lot for the club since he was coming to the chelsea. Kante has been winning so many trophies with chelsea too.

Chelsea streamlined their work a lot in this transfer window, as he did not have an interesting level in their "cast" and the injuries of some important players were also a concern.

Fortunately, Kanté is returning to training after the serious injury he suffered and even with his contract ending in June, it's practically certain (as far as I've read too) that he will renew it.
The player, in fact, has the possibility of signing a pre-contract with any club in the world, being able to leave for free at the end of his contract with Chelsea, but it seems to me that this is not what he wants.

I feared that the strong rumors about Chelsea not being interested in renewing Kanté, due to the fact that there had been some disagreements in the negotiations, such as mainly the time of the new contract, in which they did not want a very long contract, due to the injuries that the midfielder had over those years.

But apparently everything is resolved and good news should be officially announced soon.

[makishart]

It has been mentioned even in some reliable media if kante is very very close to extend his contract with chelsea. Im so glad that chelsea was not letting him to go out from the club caused by he was a very important asset for chelsea. Kante's contribution is a lot for the club since he was coming to the chelsea. Kante has been winning so many trophies with chelsea too.

Chelsea streamlined their work a lot in this transfer window, as he did not have an interesting level in their "cast" and the injuries of some important players were also a concern.

Fortunately, Kanté is returning to training after the serious injury he suffered and even with his contract ending in June, it's practically certain (as far as I've read too) that he will renew it.
The player, in fact, has the possibility of signing a pre-contract with any club in the world, being able to leave for free at the end of his contract with Chelsea, but it seems to me that this is not what he wants.

I feared that the strong rumors about Chelsea not being interested in renewing Kanté, due to the fact that there had been some disagreements in the negotiations, such as mainly the time of the new contract, in which they did not want a very long contract, due to the injuries that the midfielder had over those years.

But apparently everything is resolved and good news should be officially announced soon.

I hope so. Kante has become a very good player that has ever owned by chelsea. UCL, World cup, Europa league and so many trophies already won by kante. That will be a big mistake if chelsea didn't extend his contract as kante was putting chelsea at the top of everything.

Kante has been achieving so many achievements since he was coming to the chelsea. Kante has been achieving all of his dreams in chelsea.
I think that kante shall take a few minutes to play in the match against totenham. Kante's hamstring injury may be fully recovered very soon. I think that could be one of reason why chelsea wanna extend his contract.

[Strongkored]

Emi Martinez 'will be made available for summer transfer exit, the defeat to Arsenal where he made a fatal mistake especially for Arsenal's fourth goal which made Villa look very bad at that time was the trigger but I suspect his inappropriate celebration during the World Cup victory celebrations also became one of the triggers why he will not be retained by Aston Villa https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21461435/emi-martinez-aston-villa-summer-transfer-unai-emery/

It seems that even if a big club wanted to sign Emi Martinez, most of them would doubt it because he only performed well in the 2022 world cup, while for the club he didn't perform well enough. Speaking of league competition, of course, every club needs a goalkeeper who plays very well and is also consistent in every season, while for international competition it seems that this is not a good enough benchmark for each club to go through all the matches in every season.

We know very well about that, but actually if we look at the statistics at the World Cup, the Croatian goalkeeper is far superior than Martinez, it's just that Argentina's success in winning the World Cup is one of the reasons why he got the golden glove.

I read in the local media that Ronaldo advised the management from Al Nassr to sign Marcelo, his team-mate at Real Madrid, who currently doesn't have a club, and the Saudi Pro League would be the best place to earn big money.
https://www.msn.com/id-id/olahraga/other/cristiano-ronaldo-usulkan-nama-sahabatnya-di-real-madrid-gabung-ke-al-nassr-siapakah-dia/ar-AA17OGzx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=0833841e2c134a3a941660fde1b3d033

[Mimiklinton]

I don't think there is hope on Potter doing well,for half a season and we can't tell how he wants to play,directly opposite of what he plays in Brighton.when Tuchel came his first game you could see what he wants to do,the system he employs,with arteta at arsenal is the same,iven if result were not going his way,but you could see how they play,notably against city iven if they lost that  game that season..Potter is not just the right man for the job,and Todd should cut his lost and just hire a new manager.

Conditions are still very bad for Potter now but that doesn't mean he is hopeless because indeed there is still hope with the players' current condition it's just that this is very difficult and it is indeed impossible for them to return to their ideal position.
Even so they still have to deal with all conditions now because just blaming Potter also doesn't have any effect in my opinion and it's also not very useful because it doesn't make them better.

Iven in all this play,I watch every chelsea game,and if you follow up closely you will see,that the team practically just play what comes to mind,no tactics..you watch arteta,pep,tuchel on the sideline and one can see when a play makes a mistake or do not go according to plan,the coach corrects them immediately on the field.but potter does not do that,we can't rely on individual skill to win a match,or pray for corner kick to score..there is no magic there,of you play well you will score,and for that you have to play as a team..Porter is not doing enough..I remember the days of lampard,hardly a match chelsea does not score atleast 2 goals..thou they will conceed as well but they are scoring.

[rendravolt]

Emi Martinez 'will be made available for summer transfer exit, the defeat to Arsenal where he made a fatal mistake especially for Arsenal's fourth goal which made Villa look very bad at that time was the trigger but I suspect his inappropriate celebration during the World Cup victory celebrations also became one of the triggers why he will not be retained by Aston Villa https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21461435/emi-martinez-aston-villa-summer-transfer-unai-emery/

It seems that even if a big club wanted to sign Emi Martinez, most of them would doubt it because he only performed well in the 2022 world cup, while for the club he didn't perform well enough. Speaking of league competition, of course, every club needs a goalkeeper who plays very well and is also consistent in every season, while for international competition it seems that this is not a good enough benchmark for each club to go through all the matches in every season.

We know very well about that, but actually if we look at the statistics at the World Cup, the Croatian goalkeeper is far superior than Martinez, it's just that Argentina's success in winning the World Cup is one of the reasons why he got the golden glove.

I read in the local media that Ronaldo advised the management from Al Nassr to sign Marcelo, his team-mate at Real Madrid, who currently doesn't have a club, and the Saudi Pro League would be the best place to earn big money.
https://www.msn.com/id-id/olahraga/other/cristiano-ronaldo-usulkan-nama-sahabatnya-di-real-madrid-gabung-ke-al-nassr-siapakah-dia/ar-AA17OGzx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=0833841e2c134a3a941660fde1b3d033

So indeed winning the world cup and getting the golden glove cannot guarantee that his career will get attractive offers from Europe's top clubs. About Marcelo's rumors I have heard about it and it looks like it will come true he will reunite with his best friend Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr.



Source: Transfermarkt

But not only that, reportedly Al-Nassr is also interested in signing Wilfred Zaha from Crystal Palace this summer. We know he is a pretty good player from last season to now, I think Al-Nassr is very serious about signing some players who are in Europe at the moment.

[Bobrox]

I don't think that only Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in signing Osimhen these days. There are more big teams to have this interest in him to sign. He is even leaving his team to decide upon what to do this summer. Napoli would like to keep him longer as a result of course. Why would they want to lose their most important play that easy?

Or maybe they would be ready for that only if they can get a high amount of transfer fee for him.

Chelsea have completed on attacking line actually next season with Christopher Nkunku transfers release last year and he will be Chelsea's squad for next season, but possibility with Manchester United for signing Victor Osimhen for replacing attacking line filled by Wout Weghorst have inconsistent performance and not scoring goals yet until 6 games in Primer League.

Its seems not easy for signing Victor Osimhen, Napoli won't release with lower price under 100 million euro and if want to get highest offering possibility with Manchester United have break out Primer League transfers record history by Chelsea transfer with Enzo Fernandez above 120 million euros.

[izsara]

I hope so. Kante has become a very good player that has ever owned by chelsea. UCL, World cup, Europa league and so many trophies already won by kante. That will be a big mistake if chelsea didn't extend his contract as kante was putting chelsea at the top of everything.

Kante has been achieving so many achievements since he was coming to the chelsea. Kante has been achieving all of his dreams in chelsea.
I think that kante shall take a few minutes to play in the match against totenham. Kante's hamstring injury may be fully recovered very soon. I think that could be one of reason why chelsea wanna extend his contract.

It could be an actual option for Chelsea's midfield, but the problem I still could not expect too much even though before Kante was a very good player but with a long injury now it will clearly interfere with his stability and make another adjustment at this time.
Even though in the end he was extended but I think this would only be a short -term contract.

[hyudien]

Chelsea have completed on attacking line actually next season with Christopher Nkunku transfers release last year and he will be Chelsea's squad for next season, but possibility with Manchester United for signing Victor Osimhen for replacing attacking line filled by Wout Weghorst have inconsistent performance and not scoring goals yet until 6 games in Primer League.

Victor Osimhen will find it difficult to stay away from Napoli because there he has managed to become the key to Napoli game for several seasons. Apart from that even though Man United is trying to be attracted to him, it needs a lot of effort that needs to be done. Persuading Napoli to let go of Victor Osimhen is very unlikely. Currently, Erik Ten Hag already has player options, and Weghorst has so far not been able to contribute a goal. But He has told the press that Weghorst is a hard worker, not easily discouraged, and Erik Ten Hag likes him.

[Leviathan.007]

I don't think that only Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in signing Osimhen these days. There are more big teams to have this interest in him to sign. He is even leaving his team to decide upon what to do this summer. Napoli would like to keep him longer as a result of course. Why would they want to lose their most important play that easy?

Or maybe they would be ready for that only if they can get a high amount of transfer fee for him.

If I'm not wrong Victor Osimhen scored 18 goals so far for Napoli during this season in Serie A and he is definitely the most important player and forward of this team also he is under contract until 2025 with Napoli but many teams are interested to hire this player by spending millions of dollars. According to transfermarkt Osimhen is worth 70 million dollars, so they need to pay even more for this player but this price is not something impossible for a team like Chelsea or Manchester United.

[Plaguedeath]

If I'm not wrong Victor Osimhen scored 18 goals so far for Napoli during this season in Serie A and he is definitely the most important player and forward of this team also he is under contract until 2025 with Napoli but many teams are interested to hire this player by spending millions of dollars. According to transfermarkt Osimhen is worth 70 million dollars, so they need to pay even more for this player but this price is not something impossible for a team like Chelsea or Manchester United.

Many teams in Premier League could spend for hundred millions dollars including mediocre teams, but they just don't want because there's no guarantee the player will give a big impact and have same performance like when he was in his previous team. I don't think Osimhen will join Chelsea because they're currently in not good situation, while Manchester United seems possible since they're currently at 3rd position. He would be happy if he joined Manchester United and then Manchester United become a champion in this season.

[asriloni]

Chelsea have completed on attacking line actually next season with Christopher Nkunku transfers release last year and he will be Chelsea's squad for next season, but possibility with Manchester United for signing Victor Osimhen for replacing attacking line filled by Wout Weghorst have inconsistent performance and not scoring goals yet until 6 games in Primer League.

Nkuku will be coming next year. Nkuku recently recovered from his injury which makes his performance decline a lot compared to when he has not yet got an injury. Osimhen will not be selling by napoli and what's next? MU has no choice other than try to find alternative striker for osimhen.

Aurelio De Laurentiis is confident Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen will remain at Napoli for a long time, although ‘sometimes there are offers you can’t reject.’

Source: https://football-italia.net/napoli-de-laurentiis-opens-up-about-osimhen-and-kvaratskhelias-sales-never-say-never/

It's very clear that if napoli's president is wanna keeping osimhen for the long term in napoli. I see no chance for MU to buy him until the club may try to give a very very big offer for napoli to let osimhen goes to the united.

[Lordhermes]

Chelsea have completed on attacking line actually next season with Christopher Nkunku transfers release last year and he will be Chelsea's squad for next season, but possibility with Manchester United for signing Victor Osimhen for replacing attacking line filled by Wout Weghorst have inconsistent performance and not scoring goals yet until 6 games in Primer League.

Nkuku will be coming next year. Nkuku recently recovered from his injury which makes his performance decline a lot compared to when he has not yet got an injury. Osimhen will not be selling by napoli and what's next? MU has no choice other than try to find alternative striker for osimhen.

Aurelio De Laurentiis is confident Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen will remain at Napoli for a long time, although ‘sometimes there are offers you can’t reject.’

Source: https://football-italia.net/napoli-de-laurentiis-opens-up-about-osimhen-and-kvaratskhelias-sales-never-say-never/

It's very clear that if napoli's president is wanna keeping osimhen for the long term in napoli. I see no chance for MU to buy him until the club may try to give a very very big offer for napoli to let osimhen goes to the united.

Osimhen should think twice before making any offer,  he had been best player for Napoli over the years and he's really in top form for the club, I don't think Napoli management will be ready to take any offer from any club for Osimhen. Manchester United needs a top striker like Osimhen in the club, and they're ready to bid any amount to get him. To me it's time for Osimhen to play for top elite club like Manchester United to promote himself

[LUCKMCFLY]

even though bellingham is a young midfielder, his skills and creativity are still far behind from modric, as far as i've noticed, modric is madrid's best midfielder to date.  what is currently the most important thing for madrid to pay attention to is their line of attack because benzema is not young anymore, the best attacking options at the moment are haaland or mbappe, if madrid manages to buy one then the madrid squad will again be the best in la liga.

Well even though Modric may be still be the better overall midfielder at the moment in comparison to Bellingham it would still make sense for Real Madrid to try to get Jude Bellingham now because obviously Modric will only play one more year maybe or he will retire after this season because he already is 37 years old. As you already said though, Real Madrid already has signed a few younger players, that can replace Modric once he is retiring, so i really don't think that it would make any sense for Real Madrid to try to sign Bellingham now too.
Real Madrid already had a huge amount of debts and Bellingham will probably cost 100 M€ or even more.

Yes, I agree with what you say, Real Madrid has always been convinced that the players who join their ranks must be young, of course they treat their veteran players with great respect because they have given them many victories, some players Veterans like Toni Kros, Modric, Benzema, are the players who are currently showing their faces. Benzema's case is unique, because thanks to him he has managed to come back and win.

Real Madrid must not only focus on incorporating players who are midfielders, they must also consider looking for more defenses and forwards.

The latest on the transfer rumours is that PSG are monitoring 3 forwards from the Bundesliga club. The first is Kolo Muani from Frankfurt, the other two players are Marcus Thuram and Manu Kone who are players from Gladbach. All three are still quite young and it looks like this will only become a reality if Neymar does leave PSG in the summer transfer window.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Co4Nc_9qs1q/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

If I'm not mistaken, Marcus Thuram's contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach will expire at the end of this season. So, PSG or any other club can transfer him for free. This is a great opportunity. Also, Marcus Thuram has proven himself in Germany. He also plays for the French national team. I think he is a valuable football player.

Also, Messi's contract will expire at the end of the season if I remember correctly. If PSG want to continue to be an ambitious team next season, they have to transfer a few quality forwards already.

Is Messi planning to stay at PSG? I hope that he does not. At the same time, I also hope that Lionel Messi does not move to a league that is not at the top of the competition as well. It will be very interesting to see Lionel Messi play for Newcastle United right now. I don't know if that is meant to happen or not. I think it is too early for Lionel Messi to move somewhere like MLS. I believe he still has one more season in which he will be able to play for any top team.

Marcus Thuram is expecting to be approached by a lot of clubs. He is currently playing really well. Being 25 years old, he still has a lot to give to his future clubs. I believe Manchester United, Chelsea, and Spurs are trying to keep a close eye on him.

The truth is that I don't want Messi to stay at PSG because it's very likely that he'll do badly, I'm not saying that he'll do as badly as he did at Barcelona, but it's better to avoid it, he already has an experience in which he didn't do very well good.

In the MLS it is not a very wise decision, because there he would burn out as a player, it would be an announced retirement and it is not worth it for a player of his level to leave so quickly, it would be a shame for the Argentines and for all the fans in the world There are players who are 35 or 36 years old and think they are 50, so I don't think things should be seen that way either, many players who are relatively young are retiring because they think that younger players will make them look bad, and it is not like that, the experience is not improvised, but you have to ask Gianluigi Bufon, Paolo Maldini, who were players who retired at the age of more than 40 from football.