⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Coyster]

With Harry Maguire they let him go and decide what happens next because he is no longer a priority because of the many blunders that have occurred.

Harry Maguire has to leave the club at the end of this season, it is obvious that he has no place in the team, and Erik ten hag doesn't have him in any of his plans, he should look to move to a smaller club where he can play much more frequently and maybe start playing a little bit better. I am surprised Harry Maguire keeps on getting called up to the England squad, i guess Gareth Southgate is happy with how he plays for England.

Having said that, in another news Rafael Leao has signed a new contract with AC Milan, thus he'd be in the club until 2028, except something happens along the way and he has to leave, this decision would surely make the AC Milan ultras happy, there were quite a lot of big clubs monitoring Rafeal Leao's situation, but he has made his mind up to stay.

[Litzki1990]

If Messi really decides to leave PSG, then Xavi will be able to convince him return to Barcelona, I remember how he did this with other players who are now in the team. But you are right, the team still has financial problems and this may be a reason for Messi not to return to Barcelona, although he really likes this city, his friends and family are there, and I am sure that his family also wants to return home.

Xavi wants to hire Messi and since he has the experience of working with each other, I think Messi can have much better days if he comes back to Barcelona where he started shining.

Lionel Messi has experience playing for Barcelona for a long time under the leadership of Xavi. Once Messi Xavi had a great time for Barcelona in La Liga and now Xavi is the current coach of Barcelona. If everything goes well, then Messi will now have the chance to play under the leadership that Messi has played under. 

If Lionel Messi returns to Barcelona, he will have a coach like a friend as well as his family, which will make him much stronger mentally. According to Xavi, he will take whatever steps are necessary to bring Messi back to Barcelona, but he wants Messi back at any cost. Hopefully the salary issue between Messi and Barcelona authorities will be resolved and Messi will return to Barcelona.

[Ndabagi01]

If Messi really decides to leave PSG, then Xavi will be able to convince him return to Barcelona, I remember how he did this with other players who are now in the team. But you are right, the team still has financial problems and this may be a reason for Messi not to return to Barcelona, although he really likes this city, his friends and family are there, and I am sure that his family also wants to return home.

This is even beyond the financial burden that the club will face. Will Messi be able to deliver as well as he has in the past if he returns to Barcelona? He's becoming older by the day, and his physical strength will steadily deteriorate, resulting in poor performance on the field.

By bringing Messi back now, I'm sure the club and the players will be reliant on him, and if he falls short of their expectations, the club will be devastated. In my opinion, he has served and contributed enough to the club; it is now time to go on and not return to his former team, not even out of pity.

[klidex]

With Harry Maguire they let him go and decide what happens next because he is no longer a priority because of the many blunders that have occurred.

Harry Maguire has to leave the club at the end of this season, it is obvious that he has no place in the team, and Erik ten hag doesn't have him in any of his plans, he should look to move to a smaller club where he can play much more frequently and maybe start playing a little bit better. I am surprised Harry Maguire keeps on getting called up to the England squad, i guess Gareth Southgate is happy with how he plays for England.

Having said that, in another news Rafael Leao has signed a new contract with AC Milan, thus he'd be in the club until 2028, except something happens along the way and he has to leave, this decision would surely make the AC Milan ultras happy, there were quite a lot of big clubs monitoring Rafeal Leao's situation, but he has made his mind up to stay.

I think Manchester United also don't need Harry Maguire, who performed very badly several times, because Harry Maguire's carelessness led to Manchester United's defeat.
Kim Min-Jae will be better for me when he replaces Maguiere with experience and good performance.
But I have little doubt that if Maguire moves to the England national team it will not turn out to be stronger.

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With Harry Maguire they let him go and decide what happens next because he is no longer a priority because of the many blunders that have occurred.

Harry Maguire has to leave the club at the end of this season, it is obvious that he has no place in the team, and Erik ten hag doesn't have him in any of his plans, he should look to move to a smaller club where he can play much more frequently and maybe start playing a little bit better. I am surprised Harry Maguire keeps on getting called up to the England squad, i guess Gareth Southgate is happy with how he plays for England.

Having said that, in another news Rafael Leao has signed a new contract with AC Milan, thus he'd be in the club until 2028, except something happens along the way and he has to leave, this decision would surely make the AC Milan ultras happy, there were quite a lot of big clubs monitoring Rafeal Leao's situation, but he has made his mind up to stay.

If he wants to play more then of course he has to move soon because now Erik Ten Hag already knows that Maguire is no longer needed in the squad for next season, his performance is too bad and doesn't match what he bought expensively so this doesn't meet the management's expectations and coach, but I see Maguire hasn't announced his decision yet.

I always doubted that Gareth Southgate even had a better player than him, but I don't know why he always gets called up even though it's clear he often makes mistakes in his defense.

Rafael Leao and Milan already have €175m clauses. Who dares to pay that clause then another team deserves the Portuguese player, I don't think halfway through it something will happen to him he will last long enough with his clause.

[rendravolt]

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Real Madrid are rumored to be interested in signing Kai Havertz from Chelsea, if I'm not mistaken this result came out after the board, Florentino Perez and Ancelotti held a closed meeting. Maybe this is in anticipation if later Real Madrid fail to get Harry Kane from Spurs. We know that yesterday there were rumors that said Benzema would go to the Saudi league to accept an offer of 100 million euros per season, but at the same time, Benzema dismissed this news through an awards ceremony at Marca. It looks like Real Madrid will try to keep signing Kai Havertz no matter what as substitute for Benzema if they still fail to get Harry Kane.

This is the best solution if Real Madrid cannot sign Harry Kane, now Real Madrid is still looking for a way to bring Harry Kane to join next summer. But the problem is that the price set by Spurs for the ferocious bomber is too expensive, namely 115 million euros. For a player who is 29 years old and whose contract will expire in a year, this price is considered very expensive. But when compared to Kane's performance, this price is still reasonable. But it looks like this offer will not happen because Real Madrid now has a solution, namely by bringing in Havertz as a candidate to replace Benzema. Havertz is said to be a multi-position player because he is able to play in three positions. Madrid is reportedly very interested in signing him because of his ability, and he will be able to complement the team next season. Regardless of whether or not Benzema leaves, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong if Real Madrid makes a permanent decision to sign Havertz, if this decision can make the team's performance even stronger next season why not. I read in the news that if Real Madrid could sign him then this would be the perfect signing for Real Madrid.

It is true that the transfer fee wanted by Spurs is unreasonable, one of the reasons why the price is so high is that Real Madrid are willing to buy it. But with very consistent performance in every season and always in competition for the golden boot award, it seems that this price is still quite reasonable.

Kai Havertz is indeed a versatile player. He can fill in for AMF, SS and CF, therefore Ancelotti will definitely need a player with many of these positions. If Kai Havertz is willing to join Real Madrid, of course that will also be good in terms of his future career, we know that even at Chelsea it is not certain that he will be a regular choice for Pochettino.

[bekti3]

If Messi returns to Barcelona again, Messi will have that time back. The PSG club has no players in support of Messi recently and it is never possible to play in a club with the fans and against him. If Lionel Messi goes back to Barcelona, he will go back to his country and that country will keep his word. There should be no shortage of Messi supporters. Barcelona are showing a lot of interest in signing Messi but they are financially strapped so if they really want to sign Messi they can let go of a few players. Because when the best time of his career comes, Messi will definitely not want any problems with salary. Al hilal could be a good opportunity for Messi considering the salary.

If Messi really decides to leave PSG, then Xavi will be able to convince him return to Barcelona, I remember how he did this with other players who are now in the team. But you are right, the team still has financial problems and this may be a reason for Messi not to return to Barcelona, although he really likes this city, his friends and family are there, and I am sure that his family also wants to return home.

Everything is still too complex at the moment for Messi and Barcelona because in this case imposing their will is actually not a good thing to do in my opinion.
Unless they have an ace card that can secure their financial condition in a short time, but things like that are clearly difficult for them.
Currently they are still over the salaries of the players currently in Barcelona. Gavi's problems have not yet been resolved because the previous new contract was cancelled, so they still have a lot to deal with, which makes it even more difficult for Messi's problems to be at Camp Nou.

[Igebotz]

Having said that, in another news Rafael Leao has signed a new contract with AC Milan, thus he'd be in the club until 2028, except something happens along the way and he has to leave, this decision would surely make the AC Milan ultras happy, there were quite a lot of big clubs monitoring Rafeal Leao's situation, but he has made his mind up to stay.

€5m/year + add-ons is a bit low for someone with his talents; he could easily earn twice as much elsewhere, but he chose to stay in Milan, which tells a lot about his loyalty.

His release clause is now €175 million, which means he'll be off the market for at least another three years.

[Jackl87]

This is even beyond the financial burden that the club will face. Will Messi be able to deliver as well as he has in the past if he returns to Barcelona? He's becoming older by the day, and his physical strength will steadily deteriorate, resulting in poor performance on the field.
By bringing Messi back now, I'm sure the club and the players will be reliant on him, and if he falls short of their expectations, the club will be devastated. In my opinion, he has served and contributed enough to the club; it is now time to go on and not return to his former team, not even out of pity.

To be honest i am not really sure if the officials of FC Barcelona really want to bring Lionel Messi back to Barca. As you already said, he will turn 36 in a few weeks and he is definitely not in his prime anymore. I recently saw a few videos were it was obvious that in the last season he was still a great player, no doubt about that, but the time where it was pretty much impossible to take the ball away from him or to stop his dribblings seem to be over.
So to player a huge salary, which Lionel Messi would probably still demand, for a player that is not the same anymore is probably not really something that the officials of Barca are so keen to do. They should use this money otherwise and reduce their huge debts.

[KTChampions]

To be honest i am not really sure if the officials of FC Barcelona really want to bring Lionel Messi back to Barca. As you already said, he will turn 36 in a few weeks and he is definitely not in his prime anymore. I recently saw a few videos were it was obvious that in the last season he was still a great player, no doubt about that, but the time where it was pretty much impossible to take the ball away from him or to stop his dribblings seem to be over.
So to player a huge salary, which Lionel Messi would probably still demand, for a player that is not the same anymore is probably not really something that the officials of Barca are so keen to do. They should use this money otherwise and reduce their huge debts.

I would love to see how Messi will return to Barcelona and again drive it into debt, but unfortunately everyone understands the unrealisticity of this scenario. He literally has two real options: MLS and Saudi Arabia. In Europe, none of the clubs will pay him a salary corresponding to his status, simply because his game is already far from what the top clubs need.

[rahmad2nd]

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Xavi wants to hire Messi and since he has the experience of working with each other, I think Messi can have much better days if he comes back to Barcelona where he started shining.

Lionel Messi has experience playing for Barcelona for a long time under the leadership of Xavi. Once Messi Xavi had a great time for Barcelona in La Liga and now Xavi is the current coach of Barcelona. If everything goes well, then Messi will now have the chance to play under the leadership that Messi has played under. 

If Lionel Messi returns to Barcelona, he will have a coach like a friend as well as his family, which will make him much stronger mentally. According to Xavi, he will take whatever steps are necessary to bring Messi back to Barcelona, but he wants Messi back at any cost. Hopefully the salary issue between Messi and Barcelona authorities will be resolved and Messi will return to Barcelona.

Regarding the salary issue, it seems that there has been talk going on between Messi and Barcelona. yes, that's the rumor I've read. unfortunately, I forgot the news media that reported it. referring to what Fabrizio Romano said in his tweet, Xavi: Leo Messi will decide his future next week. he has my 100% approval to join us "he knows we are ready to welcome him. nothing has changed, we have a chance. we want Leo here. let him decide, I am ready to put him in our system" said Mundo Deportivo.

Well, with what he tweeted, it looks like we will know Messi's decision after his last game with PSG. Messi could have preferred Al Hilal over Barcelona, ​​because the nominal salary offered is fantastic. or, maybe Messi chose to end his career with the club that made his name. So, we just have to wait.

[Captain Corporate]

Messi would definitely be welcomed, Xavi is his long term friend and they probably already talked about what they would do together and how he would play etc etc. Dude would still be a great contributor in that team, and probably fit the system like a glove as well. However, finances will not be handled, I keep telling people that it can't possibly happen, how could Barcelona afford to get Messi? I mean he is not going to go there to play for 1€ just because its his team, and not like the league would allow that neither. Dude will want a ton of money and they do not have rights to spend ton of money on him, it will be illegal and he will have to just pick another team that can afford him. I can totally see Saudi Arabia as more likely option.

[herurist]

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I just don't understand these news sources. One of them says that Benzema has decided to stay with Real Madrid for another season. But another one which is ESPN here says that he is about to leave the team in a month to join Al Ittihad side. There is still around a month for his contract with Real Madrid to expire though. He can take his time to think about his future.

I think there is no need for him to stay from now on while he has a big opportunity to make a great deal of more money. He has achieved everything he can with Real Madrid so far in my opinion. Now he can think of a different journey for himself.

This condition is suspected to be the result of the press release by Benzema because even though he said he would focus on his career at Madrid, so far there has not been any confirmation regarding the new contract that Madrid has given this player.
But indeed this will be seasoning until the end I think because indeed in my opinion with the current conditions anything can still happen between Benzema and Madrid.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1664278154889027589

I just don't understand these news sources. One of them says that Benzema has decided to stay with Real Madrid for another season. But another one which is ESPN here says that he is about to leave the team in a month to join Al Ittihad side. There is still around a month for his contract with Real Madrid to expire though. He can take his time to think about his future.

I think there is no need for him to stay from now on while he has a big opportunity to make a great deal of more money. He has achieved everything he can with Real Madrid so far in my opinion. Now he can think of a different journey for himself.

I think now is the right time for Benzema to leave Real. He played in an all conquering team, they ruled Europe/ his trophy haul at Real is ridiculously good. He’s not getting any younger though, Real’s cycle has come to an end, they have many players past their best. They are far from the best team in Europe now. Look what Man City did to them.

I’m not sure about going to Saudi Arabia, seems a bit dangerous to me, a very different way of life too. The money is great though I guess.

[Raflesia]

If Messi really decides to leave PSG, then Xavi will be able to convince him return to Barcelona, I remember how he did this with other players who are now in the team. But you are right, the team still has financial problems and this may be a reason for Messi not to return to Barcelona, although he really likes this city, his friends and family are there, and I am sure that his family also wants to return home.

This is even beyond the financial burden that the club will face. Will Messi be able to deliver as well as he has in the past if he returns to Barcelona? He's becoming older by the day, and his physical strength will steadily deteriorate, resulting in poor performance on the field.

By bringing Messi back now, I'm sure the club and the players will be reliant on him, and if he falls short of their expectations, the club will be devastated. In my opinion, he has served and contributed enough to the club; it is now time to go on and not return to his former team, not even out of pity.

This is difficult because even if bringing Messi back to Barcelona will affect the conditions in which La Liga will be highlighted again, especially for Barcelona from a sponsorship point of view which allows for additions when Messi is there which can bring more profits than sales but indeed we also have to be aware of expenses. what they do will also be bigger and even it is not impossible that the profit will only be able to cover Messi's salary.
On the other hand, Barcelona must also be aware of this, the dependency will be very large because indeed he used to be the backbone of this club so indeed things like this cannot be changed but expectations are too high now.
Messi's age, as you can say right now, is not young anymore, which makes it certain that this factor will affect regardless of anything because this is indeed the natural enemy of a soccer athlete.

[snipie]

Having said that, in another news Rafael Leao has signed a new contract with AC Milan, thus he'd be in the club until 2028, except something happens along the way and he has to leave, this decision would surely make the AC Milan ultras happy, there were quite a lot of big clubs monitoring Rafeal Leao's situation, but he has made his mind up to stay.

€5m/year + add-ons is a bit low for someone with his talents; he could easily earn twice as much elsewhere, but he chose to stay in Milan, which tells a lot about his loyalty.

His release clause is now €175 million, which means he'll be off the market for at least another three years.

When I see what happened to Oliver Kahn by Bayern Munich, Ramos by Real Madrid... I wonder what loyalty could add to someone. I just cited two examples and there is many other situations.
A player should secure his future in case of serious injury or any other unexpected thing. I respect his decision and loyalty but keeping himself out of reach with a very ridiculously high release clause is just annoying. It is worse than Kane situation last year in Spurs

[tiCeR]

Maguire is still the club captain; he hasn't been playing as much as usual, but the captaincy hasn't been taken away from him. Unfortunately for him, he is constantly making silly avoidable mistakes, the pressure is always on him every time he plays, the fans have lost faith in him, and he is always out there trying to prove a point, and the more mistakes he makes, he needs to move to a club where he can rebuild his confidence, where the coach and fans will give him a fair chance. Maguire's time at Manchester United has come to an end, and I would be surprised if he does not go this summer. He is clearly not in the coach's plans for the upcoming season.

OK I didn't really pay attention whether he still was the captain, but isn't that kind of inconsequential by ten Haag? If it is obviously over for him and ten Haag has crossed him off the list in his mind already, why would you let him remain the captain until the season ends and also for so long? He could have made the cut and given someone else the chance? I am asking this because has ten Haag expressed his final decision already or is there still a chance for Maguire?
The problem is as you described. Once you are the focus of attention when mistakes happen, you can almost do nothing against it. Even when you are 20 meters away from the situation, everyone will say that the problem was that you were 20 meters away. That's why a new start somewhere else could be the best decision.

[blackened515]

Rafael Leo has been an exceptional player this season, and despite receiving numerous offers from major clubs, he prefers to remain at San Siro Stadium and enjoy his playing time. Stefano Pioli, the Rossoneri manager, is satisfied with the quality of his team. The attacker revealed his contract renewal with AC Milan with extension until June 2028, which was inked three weeks ago. Finally revealed today, Milan made a solid decision by keeping the Portuguese player. It's time for Leão to prove his consistency in league games for AC Milan.

[Bananington]

Having said that, in another news Rafael Leao has signed a new contract with AC Milan, thus he'd be in the club until 2028, except something happens along the way and he has to leave, this decision would surely make the AC Milan ultras happy, there were quite a lot of big clubs monitoring Rafeal Leao's situation, but he has made his mind up to stay.

It would have been a big loss to AC Milan to loose Rafael Leao that was rumoured to be linked with a move to Chelsea and at some point Arsenal. Rafael has developed into an important team figure for AC Milan, in the champions league knockout games that they played without him, it was obvious that a player was missing from the team.This new contract keeps him at the club and I am sure he is very comfortable to agree to have agreed to this new contract.

[Docnaster]

If Messi really decides to leave PSG, then Xavi will be able to convince him return to Barcelona, I remember how he did this with other players who are now in the team. But you are right, the team still has financial problems and this may be a reason for Messi not to return to Barcelona, although he really likes this city, his friends and family are there, and I am sure that his family also wants to return home.

Xavi wants to hire Messi and since he has the experience of working with each other, I think Messi can have much better days if he comes back to Barcelona where he started shining.

Lionel Messi has experience playing for Barcelona for a long time under the leadership of Xavi. Once Messi Xavi had a great time for Barcelona in La Liga and now Xavi is the current coach of Barcelona. If everything goes well, then Messi will now have the chance to play under the leadership that Messi has played under. 

If Lionel Messi returns to Barcelona, he will have a coach like a friend as well as his family, which will make him much stronger mentally. According to Xavi, he will take whatever steps are necessary to bring Messi back to Barcelona, but he wants Messi back at any cost. Hopefully the salary issue between Messi and Barcelona authorities will be resolved and Messi will return to Barcelona.

Lionel Messi who's arguably the best player that have ever graced the sport knows that Barcelona is more like his home than a just a football club he had once played for and would definitely be happy to return to home where's he's unconditionally loved by fans of the club.
But yesterday there were reports in the Spanish Media that suggest that Barcelona has not officially contacted Lionel Messi's managers to table their deal and offer for him. So since Barcelona hasn't approached him before now, it's very unlikely for Lionel Messi to go back Camp Nou