⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

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I have even heard such speculation like Liverpool were willing to swap Darwin Nunez with Joao Felix before the end of the transfer window. I don't believe this honestly. Because there is no reason for Liverpool to be okay for such deal. What can their reasoning be for this? Joao Felix didn't show a better performance than Nunez in the recent times.

Besides Nunez is doing much better than last season for now. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 EPL matches so far. They didn't sign any other striker even though they didn't have a reliable backup striker. Maybe Felix could have been signed on loan to have more alternatives.

However I guess Felix would have still chosen Barcelona instead as it was his dream team.  :)

This really looks like a fake news story. Some journalists do this to get more hits on their websites. It's called clickbait journalism. Nunez was the focus of criticism last season, but his stats weren't bad. It's not easy to play as a target striker for a team like Liverpool. I think it was normal that he struggled a bit in his first year. Also, Liverpool were not good as a team last season. So, it's not right to put all the responsibility on him. I think a swap between Felix and Nunez would have been a bad choice for Liverpool. I think it would have been a bad choice for Liverpool to swap Nunez for Felix and if it had happened, Nunez would have performed well in the Spanish La Liga with Atletico Madrid...

[gabbie2010]

As Xavi said, Ansu Fati was loaned by Barcelona to Brighton for a season. the reason is, for the good of the player. Ansu Fati joined the transfer market this summer, with the option of no permanent purchase and only one season. Xavi emphasized that he needed a lot of minutes to play and it would be difficult to get with the Blaugrana because of the competition. Xavi hopes, he has great hopes, if Fati can shine at Brigthon, then he hopes Fati can return to Barcelona next season. in short, the purpose of his loan is so he can be successful again at Barcelona, ​​reported by Tribuana.

I think Xavi sounds selfish, if he really wanted Ansu Fati back, why did he still get so little playing time in the end? in other words Ansu Fati is playing at Brighton just to hone his skills and then Xavi will take it back. Isn't that selfish enough, I know it is their right because Ansu Fati contract at Barcelona is still long. I never stop thinking that Ansu Fati potential will not develop even if he returns, because he has to queue for a long time to get playing time. Waiting for the main squad to be injured and Ansu Fati remaining unchanged whether he goes to Brighton or not, he will remain a reserve player.

I don't think there is anything wrong with Ansu Fati joining Brighton on a short loan spell this would afford him the opportunity of a regular playing time at the club, the arrival of João Félix to Barcelona also on a loan spell would limit Ansu Fati playing time with Robert Lewandowski as there main striker while João Félix is a backup strike, though Ansu Fati can also play at the wings, however Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal are the Xavi main favorite wingers, therefore Ansu Fati who is a promising talented young player with age on his side has a major role to play for Barcelona in the future he might possibly be recall in January 2024 transfer window if some of the main players is/are injured.

[QueenVera]

I have even heard such speculation like Liverpool were willing to swap Darwin Nunez with Joao Felix before the end of the transfer window. I don't believe this honestly. Because there is no reason for Liverpool to be okay for such deal. What can their reasoning be for this? Joao Felix didn't show a better performance than Nunez in the recent times.

Besides Nunez is doing much better than last season for now. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 EPL matches so far. They didn't sign any other striker even though they didn't have a reliable backup striker. Maybe Felix could have been signed on loan to have more alternatives.

However I guess Felix would have still chosen Barcelona instead as it was his dream team.  

This really looks like a fake news story. Some journalists do this to get more hits on their websites. It's called clickbait journalism. Nunez was the focus of criticism last season, but his stats weren't bad. It's not easy to play as a target striker for a team like Liverpool. I think it was normal that he struggled a bit in his first year. Also, Liverpool were not good as a team last season. So, it's not right to put all the responsibility on him. I think a swap between Felix and Nunez would have been a bad choice for Liverpool. I think it would have been a bad choice for Liverpool to swap Nunez for Felix and if it had happened, Nunez would have performed well in the Spanish La Liga with Atletico Madrid...

I think those are mere rumours and liverpool won't think of swapping a player they got for a huge fee last season with a player with the outscored, of course Nunez had about 11goals in the previous season whereas Félix had just four, we all know both clubs underperformed last season but atleast his performance was better than that of João Félix  and he even had more champions league goal than Félix last season as well.
 I agree with you @ trendcoin because not every player find it very easy to perform well on their debut season some take a while to adapt unto their environment and when they finally do they'll be at their best, just as Nunez is this season, he's a very good player, good with making quick runs and keep himself in position were he'll easily score goals and I believe this season would be better than his debut season, and we'll get to see more of the best of Nunez in EPL this season.

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I think Xavi sounds selfish, if he really wanted Ansu Fati back, why did he still get so little playing time in the end? in other words Ansu Fati is playing at Brighton just to hone his skills and then Xavi will take it back. Isn't that selfish enough, I know it is their right because Ansu Fati contract at Barcelona is still long. I never stop thinking that Ansu Fati potential will not develop even if he returns, because he has to queue for a long time to get playing time. Waiting for the main squad to be injured and Ansu Fati remaining unchanged whether he goes to Brighton or not, he will remain a reserve player.

All Ansu needs now is to just keep his head focused on maintaining a good fitness schedule and at the right moment am sure he would get to show us why he is likened to the next Messi with the kind of potential he has displayed already.

You shouldn't be surprised if Xavi asks for Ansu back, once he can begin to feature more in Brighton matches and find his confidence. After all, what's the point of a loan deal, if the player on loan don't return to the original club who did the loaning.

Ansu Fati was sold because he was never part of Xavi project, check his last appearance in Barcelona before he went to Brentford, Xavi didn't start him and as a young player, it will be bad of him if he dont start most of the matches, there is too much competition in Barcelona and that's why he was loan to Brentford. However, what I don't understand is the option buy they included in the contract, Brentford can decide to buy after the loan expired and I wonder why they allow such option if if wasn't that they don't see him in Barcelona in tbe future or probably was just use to settle part of the debt Barcelona is dealing with right now.

As an academic kid that hail from Barcelona, this loan transfer is not a good idea in my opinion, to Brentford isn't giving at all. Ansu is just 20 with a single trophy won and 33 goals, it's going it be a long ride for in such club that hasn't won anything in a long time. It would have been better if he go to Arsenal where young stars are been celebrateed with good future. Imagine going to Arsenal and won the first Champions League, I know many will say it's a dream but you never can tell.

[Litzki1990]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1699406342920757367

It hasn't been heard for a long time that Philippe Coutinho will now join the Qatari team Al-Duhail on loan from Aston Villa. An agreement has been reached and all of Coutinho's salaries during the loan period will be fully borne by Al-Duhail. Had received offers from Besiktas and Real Betis but Coutinho has rejected both and prefers to go to team qatar. I think there is nothing wrong with Coutinho accepting this offer, after all this is only on loan and later he will still be able to return to Aston Villa and continue competing in the EPL. Maybe at this stage of his career he wants to make more money and that is a fact that probably everyone already knows.

Philippe Coutinho was a very talented footballer but injuries ended his career. When he joined Barcelona for a significant transfer fee, it looked like Barcelona might have signed a top striker, but due to injuries, the deal was a complete mistake for Barcelona as they bought the star for too much money and sold him later for too little money. After being out of the team due to injury for a long time, when he brought himself back to the game and when he came on the field for a short while, the star again got injured and left the field. The Brazilian striker may not be in Europe due to additional injury problems. Philippe Coutinho is very positive about a move to Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. If Al-Duhail is the star's next destination, hopefully he can play well for the club injury-free.

[lizarder]

I think Xavi sounds selfish, if he really wanted Ansu Fati back, why did he still get so little playing time in the end? in other words Ansu Fati is playing at Brighton just to hone his skills and then Xavi will take it back. Isn't that selfish enough, I know it is their right because Ansu Fati contract at Barcelona is still long. I never stop thinking that Ansu Fati potential will not develop even if he returns, because he has to queue for a long time to get playing time. Waiting for the main squad to be injured and Ansu Fati remaining unchanged whether he goes to Brighton or not, he will remain a reserve player.

My view is that Xavi wants to see Ansu Fati able to develop her talent in Brighton than surviving in Barcelona, she has difficulty getting a place in the squad because it is unable to compete with other players in the same position. Ansu Fati was not removed permanently but the loan status, unless Xavi decided to hold Ansu Fati in Barcelona and did not give minutes to play, for me it could new be said to be selfish. Ansu Fati is still young and can return to Barcelona if her condition has improved and my assumption Xavi wants to provide an opportunity for her to be developed.

Xavi has a long -term plan with young players owned by Barcelona and there are many things that might not make sense according to us but the coach does not see it as from the egoism section. Just wait for the future developments and certainly Ansu Fati will be one of the players that Barcelona needs in the future and it depends on how he tries to improve its quality.

[AakZaki]

You describe that they have been investing modest amounts over a relatively long period of time and that they are doing well in the Premier League. You conclude that they must be having a lot of luck. But isn't it also an option that they are doing great work in scouting and developing players? If a club has substantial success relative to their overall spendings, I would say that they are doing a great job instead of being lucky. It is indeed undermining the hypothetical concept that money leads to success definitely. They are proving that you can do more with less and while I would say luck could play a role if they have an outlier result, I think Brighton primarily really did a good job.

They are lucky and make good use of technology. Reportedly they have an application to collect data related to players. They named the app Starlizard. So they buy players based on data. The previous 2 seasons they were not worried about losing players, so now they have pretty good players like Ferguson, Mitoma, Dahoud, Baleba, and Verbruggen. They divide three categories in player purchases. Player purchases for the present, future purchases and purchases for the future are more long-term.

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Philippe Coutinho was a very talented footballer but injuries ended his career. When he joined Barcelona for a significant transfer fee, it looked like Barcelona might have signed a top striker, but due to injuries, the deal was a complete mistake for Barcelona as they bought the star for too much money and sold him later for too little money. After being out of the team due to injury for a long time, when he brought himself back to the game and when he came on the field for a short while, the star again got injured and left the field. The Brazilian striker may not be in Europe due to additional injury problems. Philippe Coutinho is very positive about a move to Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. If Al-Duhail is the star's next destination, hopefully he can play well for the club injury-free.

His fate is almost the same as Eden Hazard, Coutinho is slightly better because he returned to the EPL with Aston Villa. Steven Gerrard rescued him from Barcelona, and brought him back to England hoping Coutinho can rediscover his magic. Until now Coutinho was included in the list of players with fantastic prices in the world when he was recruited, but failed to live up to expectations.

He is the same age as Neymar and both defend Brazil, coincidentally both of them are also often injured. Maybe by joining Al Duhail a club from Qatar, he can find his best game again. The end of a moving career for the former Liverpool retainer, i hope the best for him.

[CLS63]

Salah is still a target for Al-Ittihad? I thought that they would have given up on this transfer already after Liverpool's turning their first offer down. Because clearly Liverpool want to keep him this season no matter how much Al-Ittihad offer. Normally their latest offer is just insane which is around 200 million pounds. Salah's market value is way below this amount.

But I think Salah could be likely to join a Saudi team after the end of this season. He will have one year to go on his contract with Liverpool in the end. What do you think about this?

[Pokapoka124]

BREAKING NEWS!!

Al-Ittihad has again made an offer for Mohamed Salah and this time the amount is so fantastic 251 million euros. Could it be that this time it will be quite difficult for Liverpool to refuse the offer from the Saudi league team? and I think maybe that kind of money could be put to good use to buy new players next winter according to the club's needs. Mohamed Salah is already 31 years old and Liverpool should start thinking about who will be his successor. But the problem is that if Mohamed Salah leaves at the start of this season it will clearly be a loss for Liverpool because they have not prepared a suitable replacement. Now Liverpool will definitely be very confused by this big offer and let's see what steps Liverpool take. Will they let go of their star player or will they keep him?

The amount of funds Saudi clubs are tossing around in the transfer market makes me wonder if there are any regulatory body ensuring fair play in the Saudi league. There seems to be no limit to transfer spendings, 200million plus is a huge sum for Liverpool to turn a blind eye to, even if Klopp is reluctant to sell Mo Salah, I am sure the club owners will be tempted to consider the offer.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1699406342920757367

It hasn't been heard for a long time that Philippe Coutinho will now join the Qatari team Al-Duhail on loan from Aston Villa. An agreement has been reached and all of Coutinho's salaries during the loan period will be fully borne by Al-Duhail. Had received offers from Besiktas and Real Betis but Coutinho has rejected both and prefers to go to team qatar. I think there is nothing wrong with Coutinho accepting this offer, after all this is only on loan and later he will still be able to return to Aston Villa and continue competing in the EPL. Maybe at this stage of his career he wants to make more money and that is a fact that probably everyone already knows.

Shame what happened to his career after he left Liverpool. It kind of fizzled out, he was a real star but for whatever reason it went downhill once he left Liverpool.

I have fond memories of him, he was a really good player. I totally do not blame him if he feels like going there to earn really good money.

That's right, I still remember very well how he performed when he was at Liverpool and every time he dribbled the ball past his opponent, that's where Coutinho would take a hard, curved kick towards the opponent's corner post. That's when I was so excited waiting for his kick repeatedly when he was dribbling. Then, with such ability, Barcelona is very interested in signing him at a cost of 135 million euros and making him one of the most expensive players. But unfortunately after being with Barcelona, his performance declined so much that Barcelona had to loan him to other clubs from Bayern Munich to Aston Villa. Since then there have been no more significant developments, forcing Barcelona to sell him and finally Aston Villa made him permanent. Apart from all that, we certainly know that Coutinho's level is no longer equal to the current competitive competition, so we have to understand his decision.

[Renampun]

Salah is still a target for Al-Ittihad? I thought that they would have given up on this transfer already after Liverpool's turning their first offer down. Because clearly Liverpool want to keep him this season no matter how much Al-Ittihad offer. Normally their latest offer is just insane which is around 200 million pounds. Salah's market value is way below this amount.

But I think Salah could be likely to join a Saudi team after the end of this season. He will have one year to go on his contract with Liverpool in the end. What do you think about this?

I believe so, moh salah will most likely play for al ittihad next season because there is a possibility that al ittihad will increase their bid and make Liverpool unable to refuse the price offer that al ittihad submitted.

moh salah is a great striker, at his age who is getting older, actually he should play football for money, besides that reportedly the saudi prince has a few percent of shares in al ittihad and will try hard to get his target player, moh salah would be very suitable to play at al ittihad with benzema and several other good players bought by al ittihad this season.

[MinoRaiola]

But even if Barcelona got these two Portuguese players at the same time, there would still be problems waiting for them. As reported by Fabrizio Romano a few hours ago, Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo will reduce their salaries when they join Barcelona. This is done so that Barcelona is not affected by Financial Fair Play problems so that the salary reduction must be carried out. I think this kind of thing is not surprising and after all, despite the bad finances experienced by Barcelona, there are still players who want to play at this club and maybe that is an added value for Barcelona so far.

Finally news from barcelona and new players. Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo together are worth 100 million euros, they could not paid that, you got that right. In 2019  Atletico Madrid paid 127 million euros for Joao Felix and so really good it was not for Atletico. Then loaned to Chelsea and now to Barcelona. But Barcelona has with him a very strong offensive, there players like Lewandowski, Yamal, Torres, Raphinha and he, they will score many goals.

[Ayers]

The performance of Darwin Núñez has been pretty good so far. If I remember correctly, he did not start well in the last season. This season he is starting well and if he is able to be consistent in his performance, I think he will be able to score a lot of goals for Liverpool. Even though they were not able to win the first match, they have certainly done better in the next three matches. They have been able to win three matches back to back. So right now, they are in good form. If they continue like this, I am sure that they are not going to regret the decision that they were going to take about Darwin Núñez.

When Darwin Nunez was signed in the 2022 summer, he was expected to the main rival of Erling Haaland who was also signed in the same transfer window but unfortunately for the Uruguayan international, he didn't have a good season unlike his Manchester City counterpart and that's why many fans of the ckub were calling for his sale in the summer and to find a better replacement.
However, after coming from the bench to score two late goals that helped Liverpool best Newcastle, Nunez is now one of the hottest players of the club. But he has to continue scoring many more goals if he wants to remain as the first choice striker of the club

Darwin Núñez is someone who has yet to unlock his full potential. And if he can actually do that, I think he will be one of the most dangerous strikers in the game. Probably he will not be as ruthless as Erling Haaland. But he can definitely be one of the best in the world. But of course, for that to happen, he will have to be very consistent.

If Nunez stays on, I see Suarez light on him. It has quality fabric like Suarez. He is also a citizen of the same country, of course, he is Uruguayan. While Nunez isn't as good as Haaland if he gets some more form, he still has enough potential to be the second best striker.

Darwin Núñez started the season quite well. We have seen that the first season of Erling Haaland with Manchester City did not start very well. He was missing the chances. But once he was able to get in a good rhythm, he was scoring one after another. But here we can see that Darwin Núñez already has a Headstart.

[baeva]

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Philippe Coutinho was a very talented footballer but injuries ended his career. When he joined Barcelona for a significant transfer fee, it looked like Barcelona might have signed a top striker, but due to injuries, the deal was a complete mistake for Barcelona as they bought the star for too much money and sold him later for too little money. After being out of the team due to injury for a long time, when he brought himself back to the game and when he came on the field for a short while, the star again got injured and left the field. The Brazilian striker may not be in Europe due to additional injury problems. Philippe Coutinho is very positive about a move to Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. If Al-Duhail is the star's next destination, hopefully he can play well for the club injury-free.

His fate is almost the same as Eden Hazard, Coutinho is slightly better because he returned to the EPL with Aston Villa. Steven Gerrard rescued him from Barcelona, and brought him back to England hoping Coutinho can rediscover his magic. Until now Coutinho was included in the list of players with fantastic prices in the world when he was recruited, but failed to live up to expectations.

He is the same age as Neymar and both defend Brazil, coincidentally both of them are also often injured. Maybe by joining Al Duhail a club from Qatar, he can find his best game again. The end of a moving career for the former Liverpool retainer, i hope the best for him.

Despite being the same age, I think Neymar is much more talented and better overall. However, Coutinho just didn't get the club right when he moved to Barcelona, couldn't fulfil himself there and then his game went downhill. Anything could have happened to him at Barcelona, but he was going there as a big club that many people dream of... It happens and there are plenty of examples of it.

[Bananington]

Coutinho is talented and will do well in the Saudi league. If players like Mahrez are earning good money in the Saudi league that is tax free, he is eligible to earn an amount good enough for him like other players who have moved to the league, he is as a good a player even better than some of the players who have moved there. It is a good deal for him, there is nothing to play for again, his name is quickly being replaced by the many new players coming up already, moving to the Saudi league is a new opportunity for him and challenge.

[borovichok]

Coutinho is talented and will do well in the Saudi league. If players like Mahrez are earning good money in the Saudi league that is tax free, he is eligible to earn an amount good enough for him like other players who have moved to the league, he is as a good a player even better than some of the players who have moved there. It is a good deal for him, there is nothing to play for again, his name is quickly being replaced by the many new players coming up already, moving to the Saudi league is a new opportunity for him and challenge.

Philippe Countinho have been able to catch the concentration from the supporters but I don't see him doing that anymore, lacking regular game time under the management of Unai Emery. Countinho is an outstanding player that made a single wrong decision that have ruined his football career till present day. Moving to Barcelona was a big mistakes, and I know he regrets his actions. He's currently an Aston Villa player with lacking consistency in league games. Countinho has turned out to be a total flop in Villa Park. He's totally out of plans from Unai Emery key projects for the current EPL season, more reason he has to exits and move to SPL side that's looking forward to have him.

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September 7 have been said to be the date for the final and deadline transfer for the Saudi League

Liverpool are still considering it, letting Salah leave is like shooting themselves in the foot - feet.

Sancho also has been linked with an exit from Man United, it is either he leaves before the deadline closes or sits fof the remaining months to leave Manchester United permanently.

The problem is that they let Salah Leave they can't replace his spot with a new player, they can only get a free agent or one from yougers Liverpool's teams.

[bitgolden]

Ansu Fati, a striker once considered a prodigy and expected to replace Messi at Barcelona. Miramontes once praised him and said that Fati would be a worthy successor to Messi's number 10 shirt. But injury brought his career at Camp Nou to a dead end. He gradually lost confidence when he got another slight damage, and coach Xavi dropped him from the main squad. In particular, the appearance of Lamine Yamal forced Fati to sit on the bench. Brighton borrowed Ansu Fati until next summer's transfer window. This is an opportunity for him to once again prove his achievements.

I think Barcelona has a bit of a trouble about Messi's past. I mean whoever is the new player that is coming out of the youth side that looks even just a bit of good, gets the name "new messi" and we all know that is not that possible, we are talking about one of the greatest to ever do it. This is why we shouldn't really consider any kid that good, it is unlikely and it will probably not happen.

I think it is important to make sure that we are talking about a decent level player, that's it. If you tell the kid that he is the next Messi, and even give him the jersey number, then you are going to be losing a lot of confidence when he doesn't play like that. At the very least, it looks like they got their new iniesta and xavi with pedri and gavi.

[Zaguru12]

The amount of funds Saudi clubs are tossing around in the transfer market makes me wonder if there are any regulatory body ensuring fair play in the Saudi league. There seems to be no limit to transfer spendings, 200million plus is a huge sum for Liverpool to turn a blind eye to, even if Klopp is reluctant to sell Mo Salah, I am sure the club owners will be tempted to consider the offer.

Firstly I don’t think strict transfer regulations are actually implemented yet in the League like we have in UEFA. Also if this rules are to come buy with nature of owners they have and the club been debt free then the financial fair play wouldn’t affect them that much. Example is if you see how freely even European clubs with new owners who are very reach spend on transfers tells you that there certain rules on financial fair play that doesn’t affects teams with this kind of owners. Example is how PSG and Man city were spending when they had a take over and also the amount only Chelsea has spent since Bohely took ownership of the club last year.

Ad for Liverpool and Salah, I don’t see Liverpool accepting that amount now even though it is tempting. Liverpool would have accepted had they made an approach at the beginning of the transfer window this would have made Liverpool to look for replacements probably we might have seen Liverpool splash that on even Mbappe   But right now with the windows close Liverpool will certainly do everything not to let Salah leave because he is still an integral part of the club and would be needed to lead them back to the top of the league and to the champions league