⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Avirunes]

Lionel Messi's return to Barcelona is a deal I never wanted materialize and I'm glad it didn't working, Barcelona would have taken step backwards if Lionel Messi had return to Barcelona because the team would have returned to Messi reliance yet again and it would have been a problem whenever he's retiring or quitting football generally.

And Barcelona-Messi didn't work out not because of FFP regulations, Lionel Messi was a free agent and so there wouldn't have been any signing fee, but his wages is not something Barcelona can afford according to La Liga rules, so it would have been impossible for Barcelona to register him in accordance to La Liga restrictions and rules.

I think Barca were keeping everything in check and lot of old players were making the move and some of them taking a deep salary cut to make space for Messi. Barca were also keeping things in check with LaLiga and LaLiga did give them green light with the move and which is why meeting between club representatives and Jorge Messi happened in June. But in the end, Messi made the decision to not to move to Barca and in his video he did explained that he don't want to be the reason and even if he moves to the club it will be hard for him to leave the club later on if thing goes again to same situation. I would say his wages and his moves wasn't much of an issue from Barca's end as they were carefully checking everything but it was Messi who made the decision.

There were lot of mixed expressions about Messi to Barca potential move but in the end it didn't happened is what happened. I personally wanted to see him in Barca back again but I feel Messi also made the right decision.

[Strongkored]

Guardiola has shown interest in Gvardiol since the transfer window has not yet opened that he really likes the playing style of Gvardiol and since last season Manchester City was attempts to gets him and make Gvardiol as their priority this summer and besides that Gvardiol also has personal agreement with Manchester City but Leipzig don't want to let him go easily and that is why the transfer process seems to take a long time but everything seems to be clear now that the transfer process almost near to complete and Gvardiol will be a second recuitment player for Manchester City but it wasn't mentioned the transfer fee but seems the price will be very high above to 100 millions and if the transfer complete this week then Gvardiol can went to Japan immediately for pre season tour and probably he will make his debut at there

Yes, I tried to find out how much it cost Manchester City to bring in the Croatian player, but that was not mentioned in any media, but some time ago Leipzig made a statement that it would not let go of its defender under a price of 100 million Euros, and with his appearance and very young age that price is quite reasonable because he can have a long career at Manchester City especially if he can always impress at the new club he play.
It seems that Gvardiola's certainty to City is also waiting for the certainty of a City player who will be released because it means that City will get funds from the sale of the player and the player who is confirmed to have been sold is Riyad Mahrez who will go to Al Ahli with a transfer fee of 35 million Euros, City made a renewal for his team by the sure step is for players over 30 years to be released and replace them with players under 30 years old.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1681772455499821056

[bitgolden]

Bayern Munich are thinking the possibilities to sell some players to gets fresh funds to buy Harry Kane and why Tuchel was insist want Kane because Tuchel was believe Kane will solved Bayern Munich weaknesses and Kane will be important player for Bayern and they have several names such as Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka and the last player Sadio Mane will be included in Bayern Munich the selling lists and for Kimmich actually he was very consistent last season but Bayern Munich seems will release him and reported Liverpool is really interested who want Kimmich and for Leon Goretzka this player was into West Ham radar and why West Ham want Goretzka this because they look for Declan Rice replacement and David Moyes feel Goretzka is very suitable for that position

If he is insisting on him then they are going to definitely get him, it's all about bringing the player that the manager needs, otherwise why are you even trusting him with the team to begin with. However, who are they thinking about selling?

The most obvious answer would be Mane, it looks like he didn't fit the team and that would make sense and I would understand why they would want to sell him but if we are being serious then I would say that the best chance they have would be one of the players they already replaced so far, that should be a key start without a doubt. I know that will take some time but it could probably happen very well. If they do that then the yare going to be fine and they may end up making profit enough to buy Kane.

[Queentoshi]

Lionel Messi's return to Barcelona is a deal I never wanted materialize and I'm glad it didn't working, Barcelona would have taken step backwards if Lionel Messi had return to Barcelona because the team would have returned to Messi reliance yet again and it would have been a problem whenever he's retiring or quitting football generally.

The young players in the team would have had less spotlight on them and if he had returned, some of the new players that just joined Barcelona would not have agreed to the move. Even on his own side, he would have been under the pressure to help the Barcelona coach who was a teammate to win the Champions league, which is a competition that the supporters of Barcelona have missed celebrating winning. The MLS is a better place for Messi, to play football and retire quietly into business.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Gvardiol transfer is about to get official for Manchester City!

There is an agreement on transfer fee finally and Manchester City have already agreed personal terms with the player. This is going to be another wonderful transfer for them surely. Besides it is a great investment thinking of the future also. Because Gvardiol is one of the special defenders who is this much good at this age already.

He fascinated people with his performance in the World Cup as well which drew the attention of top teams more. There is a quite number of centre-backs in the squad maybe but it might not take Gvardiol much time to consolidate his place in the starting eleven as long as he plays his usual game.

Exciting talent,  he was solid for Croatia during the Fifa World Cup but flopped when he met Lionel Messi on the pitch.
Pep Guardiola keeps on attracting the best players to Manchester City. Its still seem like he wants to defend the Premier league once again.  Chelsea was leading the race to sign the player but Pochettino has definitely better plans for his squad and the new season.

But Gvardiol would add a lot to the defense of Pep Guardiola.  Marhez has also accepted terms with the Saudi Arabians,  he achieved a big time ever since he moved from Leicester City to Manchester City.

Gvardiol was Pep Guardiola's top-target going into the window. From when he got linked to Manchester city, I knew that they surely have the financial resources to give Leipzig what they want for Gvardiol, who would likely end up being a smart investment, even if that fee looks pretty big now. He’ll replace the outgoing Laporte and still only 21 years of age, Gvardiol has a big future in the game and can surely go very far indeed under the guidance of a manager like Guardiola.

[aylabadia05]

Gvardiol was Pep Guardiola's top-target going into the window. From when he got linked to Manchester city, I knew that they surely have the financial resources to give Leipzig what they want for Gvardiol, who would likely end up being a smart investment, even if that fee looks pretty big now. He’ll replace the outgoing Laporte and still only 21 years of age, Gvardiol has a big future in the game and can surely go very far indeed under the guidance of a manager like Guardiola.

There is no doubt about Manchester City finances for getting coveted players. Every player targeted by Manchester City has the opportunity to be released by the owner's club because Manchester City will definitely heed the player's club's request.
Apart from the influence factor of the figure of Pep Guardiola who is idolized by many players so that he can be trained by him.

Gvardiol is a tough defender who has the potential to become the best defender when he plays under Pep Guardiola considering he is still only 21 years old.
Gvardiol's role and actions were very prominent when guarding Croatia defense.

[Helena Yu]

It's really crazy how Manchester City already successfully sign Gvardiol, they already have so many world class defenders e.g. Akanji, Stones, Walker, Cancelo, Ake, and Dias. Is there any striker can destroy these defenders? I really doubt it. There's no loophole in Manchester City's squad, their current squad remind me with Barcelona squad in 2008/2009 where it's one of the best squad in football history.

[Die_empty]

Silva is interested in signing for Barcelona and he has told them his interest and is willing to wait for them. Man City value the player for around €90m.  Now where thing get interesting is that Manchester City are interested in Raphina.  So there could be a real deal but it seems there will be cash involved.
Negotiate are ongoing and we'll see if anything can come out of it.

Xavi Hernandez has come up to dispute the transfer rumor of Raphina. He said that the Brazilian winger is part of plans this season and not for sale. Raphina has scored ten goals and created twelve assists. He is also a winger that does a lot of defensive play and Xavi cherishes him so much. Let's see how this transfer drama will play out.

Lionel Messi's return to Barcelona is a deal I never wanted materialize and I'm glad it didn't working, Barcelona would have taken step backwards if Lionel Messi had return to Barcelona because the team would have returned to Messi reliance yet again and it would have been a problem whenever he's retiring or quitting football generally.

I also didn't want the deal to materialize because Barcelona has gradually recovered from the influence of Messi. Xavi Hernandez has built the team around a new set of players such as Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, and others. If Messi returns to Barca he will distort this development and cause the club to fall back on him. I also perceive that there will also be a supremacy clash between Lewandowski and Messi because both of them are influential.

[SirLancelot]

Lukaku rejected Chelsea and did an interview during mid season, twerking to go back to Inter. Now he’s open to joining a direct rival in the league. The bitter truth is, Lukaku and every footballer owes any club any form of loyalty. Chelsea doesn’t want him anymore, Inter pulled out because he was in contact with Juve.
So, he might end up in the Saudi league.

Most chances we will have Romeo Lukaku at Juventus because they are serious about this deal and their discussion with Chelsea going ahead because they are trying their best for the Vlahović departure which is creating way for the Lukaku, and he will join them in this summer because Chelsea is already lost patience with him Inter Milan is having no finances which are required for bringing him back at this club and Lukaku is also already rejected Saudi League offers because he feels he can do better here in European clubs, but this could be last chance for him if he fails again then surely his future is going to end with European clubs, and he has to go for somewhere else for his future even then if Saudi League will accept him this is not clear.

[CLS63]

Laporta can indicate their interest in Bernardo Silva as long as he would like. However the reality is that Barcelona can't sign him now by paying his transfer fee which will probably be a very high level sum considering FFP rules. The only formula for them is to try to convince Manchester City for a swap deal for at least one of their players and maybe a little extra money as well.

However no matter how Barcelona make their offer for Silva I still don't expect Manchester City to just be okay with that. Because he is a crucial part of the team now and he still has 2 more years with his team. I don't think he is unhappy either.

I expect him to stay for at least one more year and then things can get interesting depending on his willing to extend his contract for a few more years.

[Lordhermes]

It's really crazy how Manchester City already successfully sign Gvardiol, they already have so many world class defenders e.g. Akanji, Stones, Walker, Cancelo, Ake, and Dias. Is there any striker can destroy these defenders? I really doubt it. There's no loophole in Manchester City's squad, their current squad remind me with Barcelona squad in 2008/2009 where it's one of the best squad in football history.

Pepe Guardiolo strengthen is in his bench, he like to build his bench so strong. than his first team, Manchester city never lacks players, no matter who leave the team, they are two or three players to player in your position. This strategy has earned him so many trophies.  Manchester city has the money to get any players they want, as of today, they are the strongest team now. next season will be very easy for them to win trophies.

[marcous]

It's really crazy how Manchester City already successfully sign Gvardiol, they already have so many world class defenders e.g. Akanji, Stones, Walker, Cancelo, Ake, and Dias. Is there any striker can destroy these defenders? I really doubt it. There's no loophole in Manchester City's squad, their current squad remind me with Barcelona squad in 2008/2009 where it's one of the best squad in football history.

Guardiola is likely to make Nathan Ake a cover for Gvardiol when he officially joins the Man City squad. A step that Pep must take to maintain consistency until the end of the season if you don't want to lose points at a sacred time like the end of the season. With his new recruit, he will add options to rotate his players and anticipate injuries to players in the squad. Arsenal and Man United have so far become strong candidates to compete with Man City in the English Premiere League. Other clubs are of course also good but not at the level of challenging Man City.

A surprise came from Pep because long before we only predicted Pep would be looking for a replacement for Gundogan, not a new defender. So far Neymar has also been linked with them but Pep has asked for a pay cut if he wants to join. I remember AC Milan in the 2000-2008 period when they had a number of star players on all fronts in their squad.

[Nheer]

Cuadrado is now officially an Inter player.
Something that seemed impossible given his previous 8 years spent with Juventus.

Nowadays we rarely see a player continue to play for the same club at an older age then retired on that particular club unless he is considered as a top star on the club though. I totally understand that Juventus might not really want him anymore considering that he is a 35 years old player that is easily replacable but kinda shocking that Inter Milan decided to sign him

Damn like i didn’t believe he is that old, i had to google his age because he looks young and still plays like he is in his late 20’s with so much energy. Even at 35 with the way he plays some top clubs will definitely want to have him, he has similar energy with Azpilicueta, its just as if they don’t age in the game.

Realistic for Barcelona right now signing player with free agent, they don't have to pay payment fees transfer and Barcelona just negotiation with contract duration then how much salary will pay.

Barca are always interested in quality players even when they know it will be impossible for them to get. They want to try every possible to uplift them team back to the way it used to be but to do that you need finance to add high quality players to the team. They should rest for now and focus on building their current players and their academy players instead of trying to acquire players they can’t afford and in the end it may result to salary cut of some players in order to pay the wages of these players.

[cryptofrka]

So, Hendo off to Saudi Arabia?

I have to admit that I don't like that we've made so many changes to our team - we'll start the season with a whole new midfield.
Considering that we've already started to play with Trent as a midfielder while in possession, it will be increasingly difficult to play in such formation with 3 new players around him.

I like that we're adding some flair to our midfield - but I would have preferred to keep some of the balance as well. Love him or hate him, Hendo provided all that and 12 mil is not the kind of money you let that go for without having a replacement ready.

[davis196]

Manchester United signed Jonny Evans. Now that's a weird transfer. Evans is a former United player(not one of the good ones) and he's 35 years old. I guess that Ten Hag will use him as a substitute player in defense.
The Killian Mbappe transfer from PSG to Real Madrid is the biggest drama on the transfer market. It seems that Real doesn't want to pay 250 million euro for Mbappe, because they want to sign him after his contract with PSG ends. PSG, on the other hand, wants to prolong Mbappe's contract, in order to sell him for a big price, and they are ready to kick him out of the squad and/or leave him as a substitute player.
Let's wait and see how Mbappe will get out of this weird situation.

[Majestic-milf]

It's really crazy how Manchester City already successfully sign Gvardiol, they already have so many world class defenders e.g. Akanji, Stones, Walker, Cancelo, Ake, and Dias. Is there any striker can destroy these defenders? I really doubt it. There's no loophole in Manchester City's squad, their current squad remind me with Barcelona squad in 2008/2009 where it's one of the best squad in football history.

They are building for themselves a formidable squad that even when their first eleven are reserved, the second can be unbeatable as well. I like the pattern at which Guardiola is training the boys, instilling such confidence that even on less than better days, they still manage to perform well.
But on a different note, can Raphinha be a worthy replacement to Riyad Mahrez? The Algerian forward has been instrumental since joining the club in 2018, playing 294 games and having 77 goals to his name. Although Raphinha is also a good player and having joined Barca in the summer of last season, he has scored 10 goals. But is he still a better replacement?

[len01]

Realistic for Barcelona right now signing player with free agent, they don't have to pay payment fees transfer and Barcelona just negotiation with contract duration then how much salary will pay.

Barca are always interested in quality players even when they know it will be impossible for them to get. They want to try every possible to uplift them team back to the way it used to be but to do that you need finance to add high quality players to the team. They should rest for now and focus on building their current players and their academy players instead of trying to acquire players they can’t afford and in the end it may result to salary cut of some players in order to pay the wages of these players.

I agree more with the mindset as you said because at the moment Barcelona finances are really bad and maybe the best way is to improve by recruiting academy players and educating these young players so they can have strong new talents and if that works Barcelona can sell those player and recover their finances for the next few seasons. so Barcelona should be more patient without star players for the next few seasons and try to use this strategy to improve their finances.
maybe this method will not guarantee it, but at least with this mindset it can help restore Barcelona finances a little.

and right now it looks like some of the new players recruited by Barcelona are getting for free from the transfer market, well at least they can strengthen some of the line-up even though they are not as strong as the star players.

[dezoel]

Lionel Messi would never have left Barcelona if Barcelona had not let go of Lionel Messi due to financial problems. Barcelona was a name of passion for Messi because the Argentinian star played for Barcelona from that small time to long time. Lionel Messi's performance was not that good at the time when Barcelona released Messi due to financial problems. After releasing Lionel Messi, Barcelona made several big transfers to their team. Barcelona signed stars like Raphinha Lewandowski after Messi left. After the end of Messi's contract with PSC this season, the Barcelona president wanted to return Messi to Barcelona again, but in the end, their efforts were not successful. Messi joined Inter Miami. Having failed to lure Messi back to Barcelona, Barcelona have signed former Champions League-winning captain İlkay Gündoğan.

After his exit from PSG things were clear he is not going to join Barcelona with most chances his next destination could be MLS or Saudi League because in presence of Xavi and due to financial issues it's never been option for both parties this was just rumours in news for the media intention which is not already ended because if Barcelona have him again then surely this was going to be big disaster for their preparations which are happening in presence of many youngsters which are doing impressive.

Barcelona current squad is surely capable of having better results then in presence of Messi and Xavi is also dealing impressively with this all right now with their current strength and performance they can defend their title easily.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Chelsea fans across the world are just feeling too bad that they sold two players to their rivals, talking about Arsenal (got Havartz) while Manchester United (got Mason Mount), as if that's not enough, they the Chelsea fans are just happy that the both players would be a flop at their new destination, they can't play well and it would be a regret for both Arsenal and Manchester United. Very funny though, to me I don't see it that way especially with the man Kia Havartz, I see him as the next Ozil at Arsenal or even a better player than Ozil was at Arsenal.

Havartz is going to be a key players for the Gunners, and we shouldn't judge with the pre-season performance and all that but the player would do much better come next season even better than the UTD player Mason Mount.
Kia is having a bad time in the pre-season matches he played but he scored last night and same with Mount but no goal yet, we shouldn't d write them off yet, both players are good but if you ask me to choose between both players I'd go for Kia Havartz, he's better than Mount. Who is better if you're to be a manger to pick from?

[X-ray]

https://www.90min.com/posts/thomas-partey-joins-arsenal-pre-season-squad-with-gunners-not-pushing-for-sale

Thomas Partey has now linked up with the rest of Arsenal's pre-season squad in the United States, 90min understands, with the Gunners not seeking a summer transfer for the midfielder.

Partey was granted permission to explore a move away from the club earlier this summer and was not included in Arsenal's initial pre-season squad.

Clubs from Saudi Arabia registered interest in Partey and were prepared to make offers, but the Ghana international made it clear his preference was to remain in Europe.

So, partey will not be going to the saudi club. It sounds good caused by arsenal really needs him right now. Partey already clariffied if he wants stay for another season in arsenal. Arsenal fans are so happy with his decision.
He has been also playing in the pre season match against MLS all star. Partey is here to stay. He was not interesting to leave from arsenal in sumer. It surprises me caused by so many people have been also talking about his destination once he was going to leave from the club.

Finally, it will not happen. Arteta knew that if partey is still holding one of important role in the club. He is actually needed by the club. It makes everything clear now about him.
Glad partey was not only silent by seeing so many rumors about his movement to leave from arsenal.