⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Pokapoka124]

Arguably Chelsea are doing the finest business in football of recent and this would had been very visible if they had the right coach for the job which Graham Potter isn't. Even with all the calamity unfolding at the club still they're looking to hunt for talents. The moment everything starts clicking together, Chelsea will be an unstoppable force. I'm pretty sure in the summer the news we'll be getting is the appointment of a new coach that'll know how to handle the talents currently at the club.

Andrey Santos loan move to Vasco da Gama  is a good one, this move will get him more playing time and not coming to Chelsea at the moment to get beach as Graham Potter is currently doing to our new signings while he still plays the deadwood that were in the team prior to all this new signings. The man seems not to know what he's doing and that's why the team is constantly losing.

Chelsea have been excellent in their transfer businesses this year and to sum it up, finalising a deal with Benfica for Enzo Fernandez before the end of the transfer window was good business. It’s a shame to see things are still the same despite investing so much in a short time. Todd Boehly has been patient with Graham Potter but I don’t think Potter will still be Chelsea’s manager before the end of the season.

[flipme]

The Italian publication have also claimed that Inter Milan are in the race to sign the 28-year-old Guinean international. Naby Keita is expected to leave Liverpool this summer with his contract set to expire

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11815847/Borussia-Dortmund-Inter-Milan-interested-Naby-Keita-contract-summer.html

There are news that Inter Milan is interested in Naby Keïta. Liverpool could not get efficiency from him. Naby Keïta was only 28 years old and Liverpool had paid 60 million euros for him five years ago. I think it would be normal for other major teams other than Inter Milan to take care of Naby Keïta. I think he deserves to find a chance once again in some big teams. Maybe he returns to Germany Bundesliga. Because he was successful there before

[nurilham]

Chelsea have been excellent in their transfer businesses this year and to sum it up, finalising a deal with Benfica for Enzo Fernandez before the end of the transfer window was good business. It’s a shame to see things are still the same despite investing so much in a short time. Todd Boehly has been patient with Graham Potter but I don’t think Potter will still be Chelsea’s manager before the end of the season.

Chelsea successfully signed some good players but it didn't impact much on their performance. It will be useless if the new players can't contribute well. For example, we can see how bad the performance of João Félix, he got a red card on his debut. While Mykhaylo Mudryk and Enzo Fernández still can't lead the team to win in the last few matches. Personally, I don't think it is because of the bad quality of Chelsea players, but it is caused by the wrong tactic used by Potter. They may target for nothing, they may have no problem being out of the top 10. But I think it will be worse if Potter manages Chelsea until the end of the season. It is better to fire him and change to another one.

[royalfestus]

Sergio Ramos announces his retirement from international football.

I don't know why the Spanish National team management are being so quick to do away with Ramos, first it was Luis Enrique not including him in their 2022 WC squad, a decision that came as a surprise to many people, including me, because imo Ramos is still playing at a high level in PSG. In his retirement message today he claimed he was called by the new manager who told him he wasn't part of his plans, thus it is basically clear they pushed him out of the team and forced him into this retirement, what boggles me is that Spain do not even really have too many solid defenders, in the WC they had to convert Rodri who is a defensive midfielder into the heart of defense.

Having said that, i wish Ramos a good retirement, he can now focus entirely on his club football, and work towards achieving success with his club PSG, he has already won it all with the national team, so he can retire with contentment.

In my opinion, he did not leave him out because he was too old; some players have not been able to endure all of their coaches' demands. It has been demonstrated that Bisqutte is both level headed and humble. He is also a true leader. However, as Chelsea might be seeking a replacement, what makes Luis Enrique the right candidate. Are you referring to the same Enrique who hasn't done anything with the national team in a few months

[LUCKMCFLY]

When there is a very relevant player in soccer it makes this thread much more active, however looking at other threads, a member made a comment in which he said that the thread was merely aimed at a particular player, but how to ignore a player? player that when he joins a team or a club his actions rise greatly and puts a whole mass of people with emotions to the maximum? So when talking about transfers something similar happens, talking about Mbappé, Neymar, Messi, they are players who are relevant and anyone is interested or at least the most fans.

I hear rumors about Erik Ten Hag wanting to buy Harry Cane(or Victor Osimhen) as a central striker and Franky De Jong and/or Jude Bellingham in the midfield. Bellingham, on the other hand, wants to join Real Madrid. The are offers to the Glaser family coming from different sides and I guess that Manchester United will have a new owner by the summer of 2023. This means a bigger budget and more money for new players.

Manchester United currently on their top performance, those players have nothing to lose to join Manchester United because they will get a lot popularity and their performance are good in their current teams. Dortmund, Tottenham and Napoli are just mediocre teams, just use that's team as the step stone to join the bigger teams. I believe the players will get better salary too. However Frenkie De Jong have been joined one of the best team in La Liga, so he can choose to stay in Barcelona.

Well, I wouldn't call those teams mediocre, especially Napoli, they have shown a lot that they have high-level fútbol, they are the leaders of Serie A, on the other hand, now if there are players who want to leave, they should think about it, they should have a adaptation period and other series of conditions.

I don't see Manchester as viable or as a good option since I see Ten Hag as an unreliable person, any problem you may have with him turns into leaving you on the bench without getting into the big games making you look like a fool, like this no, I don't see it as the great option, I prefer to go to a Chelsea that has not yet reached a good rhythm, but when I find it, it will be unstoppable and with great fútbol.

[X-ray]

Modric and Kroos don't seem to have a bright future at Real Madrid anymore. Real Madrid are renovating their midfield with younger players and the next candidate for it is Jude Bellingham as you know.

Modric and kross become even older. Kross already announced if he will retire from football after the end of this season. Madrid needs to find replacement for him. Madrid have some but it's not enough to replace kross and modric. The regeneration is a must for madrid to make sure it will still be able to compete with other clubs at the highest level of competition.
The problem is ancellotti didn't even try to use opportunity to buy more new players during the last transfer season. Ancellotti forgot that new players need time to build their chemistry too.

We still don't know what Bellingham's final decision will be though. But he has been leaning towards a deal for Real Madrid instead of Liverpool or any other team. This is obviously a big advantage for Real Madrid. I don't think his father can convince him to sign for Liverpool instead. Especially while Liverpool are having a horrible season it isn't very possible. They won't even be able to qualify for the Champions League seemingly. If Real Madrid add him to the squad I expect them to part ways with at least one of Modric - Kroos duo.

Bellingham has not decided yet what's gonna be his choice but so many clubs have been giving him various offers. Liverpool is having bigger chance to get him rather than madrid. His family was favoring liverpool rather than real madrid. That makes jude bellingham much more interested to join liverpool although liverpool will not be playing in UCL next season.

The problem is his clause release is too good to be true to be bought even by the big club

The German side has reportedly set his price at €150m for anyone to pluck him away from West Germany. Dortmund are still keen to retain Bellingham, and are currently attempting to extend his contract by an extra year until 2026, which would include handing him a €15m annual salary.

Jude bellingham wanna move from dortmund but dortmund was always preventing it.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

I must say, I'm truly impressed by Chelsea's knack for discovering and recruiting young talents from all corners of the globe. The potential of Kendry Paez seems particularly enticing, and I'm eagerly anticipating his debut once he comes of age.

That's the game plan of Todd Boehly, he's trying to build a team that revolves around young players and that's why he probably thought Graham Potter was the man for the job since he handled the young players at Brighton very well but he isn't. Todd Boehly isn't just hunting youngster but he's getting them to commit to Chelsea for a very long time and if he gets the right coach to manager this stars then Chelsea will dominate football for a very long time. After all the money spent in January, I still see rumors of Chelsea been interested in different players in the summer like;

Chelsea have renewed their interest in RB Leipzig's Joško Gvardiol, who is also courted by Manchester City and Tottenham.The defender has a £97m release clause that comes into effect in 2024.
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/TimesSport

I think Chelsea selling lots of their old players in the summer will help them stay under the radar of Financial Fair Play rules because those guys are closing monitoring Chelsea. There are so many players that Chelsea can generate revenue from to use in funding their pursuit of other young players that they're interested in but in the midst of all this, I hope they don't forget to get a better replacement for Graham Potter.

[SatoPrincess]

I hear rumors about Erik Ten Hag wanting to buy Harry Cane(or Victor Osimhen) as a central striker and Franky De Jong and/or Jude Bellingham in the midfield. Bellingham, on the other hand, wants to join Real Madrid. The are offers to the Glaser family coming from different sides and I guess that Manchester United will have a new owner by the summer of 2023. This means a bigger budget and more money for new players.
Perhaps United will return to the "sir Alex" era of competing for the Premier League and the Champions League cups every year.
I also hear rumors about Arsenal wanting to buy Ducan Vlahovic from Juventus. Vlahovic doesn't fit the Arsenal style. I don't know why Mikel Arteta would want to buy a heavy striker. Arsenal is doing just fine in attacking and scoring goals.

I can agree that both targets are amongst the best attackers in Europe and any of the pair can actually make a lot of impact for United if they join in the summer. I am not sure about Kane being open to a move but Osimhen seems likely to me but Manchester United can go ahead and try to get a deal done, they could be lucky with any of the two.

[alegotardo]

I must say, I'm truly impressed by Chelsea's knack for discovering and recruiting young talents from all corners of the globe. The potential of Kendry Paez seems particularly enticing, and I'm eagerly anticipating his debut once he comes of age.

In fact! Another important move that I'm following is Chelsea's interest in defender Gvardiol, who was featured as a defender for Croatia in the World Cup.

From what I've read, it looks like he has a €97m release clause that will come into effect from 2024, so that should complicate Chelsea's plans a bit as that contract only expires in 2027.

In a first attempt, Chelsea were scared by the value, but 'The Times' has revealed that they are interested again and I believe that some "agreement" may arise in this negotiation.

[Docnaster]

Chelsea have been excellent in their transfer businesses this year and to sum it up, finalising a deal with Benfica for Enzo Fernandez before the end of the transfer window was good business. It’s a shame to see things are still the same despite investing so much in a short time. Todd Boehly has been patient with Graham Potter but I don’t think Potter will still be Chelsea’s manager before the end of the season.

Chelsea successfully signed some good players but it didn't impact much on their performance. It will be useless if the new players can't contribute well. For example, we can see how bad the performance of João Félix, he got a red card on his debut. While Mykhaylo Mudryk and Enzo Fernández still can't lead the team to win in the last few matches. Personally, I don't think it is because of the bad quality of Chelsea players, but it is caused by the wrong tactic used by Potter. They may target for nothing, they may have no problem being out of the top 10. But I think it will be worse if Potter manages Chelsea until the end of the season. It is better to fire him and change to another one.

Chesea has been excellent signing new players this season

It all started from last season when they were hijacking players that were intending to go to another club.
Immediatly the mew owner of Chelsea assumed office he started by any player. And I have seen that as an investment that will pay off in the future.
So chelsea needs to also offload some players that are not needed in the club to give other needed players chance to stay

[X-ray]

Chelsea have been excellent in their transfer businesses this year and to sum it up, finalising a deal with Benfica for Enzo Fernandez before the end of the transfer window was good business. It’s a shame to see things are still the same despite investing so much in a short time. Todd Boehly has been patient with Graham Potter but I don’t think Potter will still be Chelsea’s manager before the end of the season.

The problem is it's not all of the transfers that were already done by chelsea are needed by potter. Potter has been blaming chelsea's owner for such a transfer decision. There was a rumor about mudryk's transfer had been made by todd boehly as owner for chelsea and it's not coming from potter as a manager of chelsea. Chelsea is now in a very difficult situation where there are many conflicts happening in the club. I personally think that if potter will be also kicking some players out of the club if he will able to continue his career at chelsea.

The decision to sack him has not been made due to the management is still believing in him to make a change in the club someday. It's very sad to see that even brighton's boss was also mocking chelsea by also targeting its clearning service staff.
The reputation that owned by chelsea already destroyed due to the todd's decision to being some unuseful player to the stamford bridge.

[shogun47]

Zidane somewhere stated publicly that he is ready to coach a club again when everything is looking great. That was to be expected.

That he denied Brazilians offer or request isn't surprising. I don't think that Zidane is the guy who wants to have long distance travels all the time out of Europe. He seems to be a very relaxed yet focussed guy who exactly knows what he wants. And to be honest he can actually get what he wants as the soccer player he was and then all the success he had with Real Madrid. His behavior is backed up with full credibility. I initially thought that Chelsea might not be a club for him, but if they keep improving the squad at full speed, perhaps it is possible that next summer we will see him coaching Chelsea.

Zidane is the coach that PSG really hopes for, that's a rumor very often i read in several media. However, Zidane has a history with Juventus and there is an assumption that Zidane has a chance to coach Juventus too. When it comes to opportunities, I think Juventus have more opportunities than PSG. Returning to Madrid, it seems not, because there is a possibility that he will look for other club options. Chelsea? I'm not sure he will going to Chelsea.

I would definitely rule out the option that Zidane goes to Juventus Turin right now. Unless Juventus Turin gets all their issues solved in regards to the legal allegations and also the qualification for the Champions League, there is no way that Zidane would assume a manager role at Juventus.

Zidane is a patient guy. He knows how to poker and get the best for himself. Why would he take on additional risk at Juventus Turin when so many other clubs are knocking on his door? Even if this season ends ok for Juventus Turin, how does Zidane know whether or not another case might be opened against Juventus Turin next season? It happened too often now and he isn't some guy who wants to let a club ruin his season.

I would also be surprised if Juventus would be able to pay a salary like Real Madrid or Chelsea.

[BITCOIN4X]

The current market value for Victor Osimhen is €70M, it has increased greatly since Napoli bought him from Lille. It could be that Osimhen will fetch market value of over €100 at the end of the season or when Napoli renews his contract he is still very young for forward who will become a big star in such a giant team.

Yep. Osimhen's market value is around €70M. But Napoli won't let him go if there is no team to pay around €140M. It is the updated price expected by Napoli management, I don't know if it can be higher at the end of the season.

Of course that is fantastic value for Victor Osimhen. I'm not really sure if €140M is worth it for Osimhen, but the guy really has quality.

As a striker, I think Osimhen can play anywhere, including in La Liga or the Premier League. But Napoli don't have to sell him as soon as possible because they don't look like they'll be strong enough without Osimhen. After all Napoli must defend the title next season if they really win the Scudetto this season.

[blackened515]

Brighton Albion are keen on keeping Moises Caicedo in the club. He have have signed a new contract with Brighton which will be valid until June 2027 with additional option for further season. It's definitely a big one for the Ecuador international with massive significant stipends rise. It was really a crucial action for Brighton to turned down gunners £70m and the blues £55m in the transfer window. The club have future for him and a key project for the club.

[drwoo]

The current market value for Victor Osimhen is €70M, it has increased greatly since Napoli bought him from Lille. It could be that Osimhen will fetch market value of over €100 at the end of the season or when Napoli renews his contract he is still very young for forward who will become a big star in such a giant team.

Yep. Osimhen's market value is around €70M. But Napoli won't let him go if there is no team to pay around €140M. It is the updated price expected by Napoli management, I don't know if it can be higher at the end of the season.

Of course that is fantastic value for Victor Osimhen. I'm not really sure if €140M is worth it for Osimhen, but the guy really has quality.

As a striker, I think Osimhen can play anywhere, including in La Liga or the Premier League. But Napoli don't have to sell him as soon as possible because they don't look like they'll be strong enough without Osimhen. After all Napoli must defend the title next season if they really win the Scudetto this season.

€140M sounds like a lot but how often did we think that the amounts paid for transfers can't be real anymore? In this market nothing is surprising anymore and it depends on which club wants Osimhen. If it is a club like PSG they would pay whatever it takes. PSG is actually a good example because they have demand at the end of the season. They could need someone like Osimhen I think. But nobody knows what his personal preferences are besides money. Manchester City has Haaland. It could even be Liverpool since Firmino is leaving in Summer.

[Docnaster]

The current market value for Victor Osimhen is €70M, it has increased greatly since Napoli bought him from Lille. It could be that Osimhen will fetch market value of over €100 at the end of the season or when Napoli renews his contract he is still very young for forward who will become a big star in such a giant team.

Yep. Osimhen's market value is around €70M. But Napoli won't let him go if there is no team to pay around €140M. It is the updated price expected by Napoli management, I don't know if it can be higher at the end of the season.

Of course that is fantastic value for Victor Osimhen. I'm not really sure if €140M is worth it for Osimhen, but the guy really has quality.

As a striker, I think Osimhen can play anywhere, including in La Liga or the Premier League. But Napoli don't have to sell him as soon as possible because they don't look like they'll be strong enough without Osimhen. After all Napoli must defend the title next season if they really win the Scudetto this season.

€140M sounds like a lot but how often did we think that the amounts paid for transfers can't be real anymore? In this market nothing is surprising anymore and it depends on which club wants Osimhen. If it is a club like PSG they would pay whatever it takes. PSG is actually a good example because they have demand at the end of the season. They could need someone like Osimhen I think. But nobody knows what his personal preferences are besides money. Manchester City has Haaland. It could even be Liverpool since Firmino is leaving in Summer.

140 million is actually a very high figure to mention but the nature of market now, anything can happen. And if that happens Osimehn would be the most  expensive African player.
Mentioning Psg here is not good at all. Psg already has 3 heavy weight in the persons of Mbappe, Neymar and Messi. Minting these 3 players only is very expensive and I don't think that fifa rule will permit psg to sign another player without selling

[Despairo]

It could even be Liverpool since Firmino is leaving in Summer.

Yeah Firmino will leave Liverpool since it has been officially announced by Bobby Firmino’s agent Roger Wittmann [1] I think Klopp is making a mistake by not extending Firmino's contract because he's still 31 years old and he have a good decision as a striker.

Now Liverpool doesn't have a pure striker except Nunez, although Gakpo is currently played as a striker even he was a left winger.



[1] https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1631715639978074121

[CLS63]

I also believe it is a mistake for Liverpool to let Firmino go already. I mean Firmino started the season really great and even made a bigger contribution compared to the previous season. I know he had a lasting injury period later on but he still seems like a very good option in the attacking line of the team. Him and Diaz are players that help Liverpool's productivity get better.

If he is leaving then I wonder if Liverpool are thinking of filling his place with a new attacker. Gakpo isn't a natural striker. Klopp is just trying different things in that area to see what would be better for themselves. Nunez is normally a productive striker but he needs to be better at scoring. He is consistent in the Champions League but not like that at all in the English Premier League.

[SatoPrincess]

Zidane is the coach that PSG really hopes for, that's a rumor very often i read in several media. However, Zidane has a history with Juventus and there is an assumption that Zidane has a chance to coach Juventus too. When it comes to opportunities, I think Juventus have more opportunities than PSG. Returning to Madrid, it seems not, because there is a possibility that he will look for other club options. Chelsea? I'm not sure he will going to Chelsea.

I think Zidane is on the wishlist of most European top teams. Almost everyone will want an experienced and tactical coach like Zidane to manage their teams. PSG have been in search of the perfect coach to lead them to  their first Champions league title victory and Zidane ticks the boxes for the position but this deal happening depends on Zidane's willingness to accept a move which he has not made any clear intentions for the future known yet.

[makishart]

Brighton Albion are keen on keeping Moises Caicedo in the club. He have have signed a new contract with Brighton which will be valid until June 2027 with additional option for further season. It's definitely a big one for the Ecuador international with massive significant stipends rise. It was really a crucial action for Brighton to turned down gunners £70m and the blues £55m in the transfer window. The club have future for him and a key project for the club.

With his new contract and moises caicedo will not able to be bought by another club without a very big release clause. It seems like that once the big club want to secure his service and the club must have paid lots of money for brighton.
That's a very bad movement for him since he can get a better future by moving to the big club. Playing in brighton will not even make his career to go up but since he was taking such decision to extend his contract with brighton and im sure he has been thinking so hard about that. Some big clubs have targeted Caicedo in january but the problem was brighton didn't wanna to let him leave from the club without a very big release clause.

It seems like that his career will be stuck on brighton. He can play in another club to get trophy but staying in brighton will give him nothing for sure.