⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[CryptocurencyKing]

Manchester City is one of the favorites to win the English Premier League this season. They won the league title three years in a row, and this season might be the fourth in a row if Pep achieves it again. Aside from being first in the standings, there is plenty of game to be played in the long term. Kyle Walker has agreed to a new contract with Manchester City that will last until June 2026. Walker turned down proposals from prestigious clubs such as Bayern Munich because he wants to build an established track record at Etihad stadium, perhapes he still face some challenges.

It seemed to me that if city will be winning EPL this season to continue its domination in the premier league. Walker is a right back, but he has a very fast speed even faster than mudryk. Having him on the club is putting manchester city in a lot of advantages.
Staying in manchester city has become the best decision taken by walker. He can still win UCL again this season. manchester city is still as strong as last season.
Pep has been telling him to get a guaranteed spot to play in the main squad. That's why he is still willing to play in manchester city despite his old which is 33 years old now. Walker is is fast and strong.
Mudyk can do nothing when he faces him in the field. Walker was just a nightmare for the opponent's winger.

I’m happy Manchester City have secured Walker’s future until 2026 after fending off interest from Bayern Munich to retain him, as he’s city’s most experienced player in Pep Guardiola’s squad. Honestly having Walker in this team would good for them. I never thought of seeing him leave for Bayern Munich. Also, it’s surprising because Manchester City are traditionally reluctant to offer long-term deals to veteran players, they appear to have made an exception for Walker, who will be 36 by the time his new contract runs out. I don’t know why they did this but it is a good one.

[Hvdv]

It is the situation indeed. Chelsea have spent a lot of money in the last two years for transfers but they still can't reap the benefit of it. They must have spent around 1 billion euros in this time period. However they are still going around the middle positions in the standings. This is a really big disappointment for them as a result.

Chelsea's coach hoped a lot on Nkunku to start the season for Chelsea, but they were met with disappointment as he got injured. Chelsea has many injury problems and not what the coach would  have planned for. He has to now just meet expectations with the available players. Chelsea are not very impressive yet, but they can be, there is already the sign of improvement in the team,  they just need to be able to finish the chances that they create.

They don't have to be focused only on Nkunku, right? Look, the example of Real Madrid can be a very good example. Benzema is gone, Joselu is taken, they still don't have a good striker, but Bellingham and Vinicius tried to fill this gap and they have been successful so far. Although there was clearly a deficiency in the forward area, Ancelotti managed to cover it expertly. I expect the same thing to happen for Chelsea. After all, Nkunku may get injured again.

[Awaklara]

They don't have to be focused only on Nkunku, right? Look, the example of Real Madrid can be a very good example. Benzema is gone, Joselu is taken, they still don't have a good striker, but Bellingham and Vinicius tried to fill this gap and they have been successful so far. Although there was clearly a deficiency in the forward area, Ancelotti managed to cover it expertly. I expect the same thing to happen for Chelsea. After all, Nkunku may get injured again.

This is a test for Pochettino to make Chelsea perform better even with several players who have been removed from the team plus players who have had to be absent for a long time due to injury.
Let's see how Pochettino will handle this in the Chelsea squad. they cannot expect injured players to immediately play for them. So with the existing players I think Pochettino will maximize the potential that each player has.
of course Pochettino will need time for that. maybe he will spend half of this season experimenting with the players he has.

[asriloni]

It is the situation indeed. Chelsea have spent a lot of money in the last two years for transfers but they still can't reap the benefit of it. They must have spent around 1 billion euros in this time period. However they are still going around the middle positions in the standings. This is a really big disappointment for them as a result.

Chelsea's coach hoped a lot on Nkunku to start the season for Chelsea, but they were met with disappointment as he got injured. Chelsea has many injury problems and not what the coach would  have planned for. He has to now just meet expectations with the available players. Chelsea are not very impressive yet, but they can be, there is already the sign of improvement in the team,  they just need to be able to finish the chances that they create.

They don't have to be focused only on Nkunku, right? Look, the example of Real Madrid can be a very good example. Benzema is gone, Joselu is taken, they still don't have a good striker, but Bellingham and Vinicius tried to fill this gap and they have been successful so far. Although there was clearly a deficiency in the forward area, Ancelotti managed to cover it expertly. I expect the same thing to happen for Chelsea. After all, Nkunku may get injured again.

You can't compare chelsea with real madrid. Madrid had many experienced players and what about chelsea? Chelsea obviously bought many players during the summer transfers season but most of them lack of experience.
Chelsea has broja but we don't know why broja will able to play again as a partner for jackson. The main problem if pochettino keeps use the same strategy over and over.

Pochettino could change the strategy into the 4-3-3 offensive. Chelsea needs to put more players into the upfront to help jackson. Pochettino's strategy was making jackson unable to use his true potential.
The main problem was also in the coach's strategy. Chelsea can't only rely on the crossing.

These young players of chelsea were not even able showing the beauty of football.

[Zoomic]

They don't have to be focused only on Nkunku, right? Look, the example of Real Madrid can be a very good example. Benzema is gone, Joselu is taken, they still don't have a good striker, but Bellingham and Vinicius tried to fill this gap and they have been successful so far. Although there was clearly a deficiency in the forward area, Ancelotti managed to cover it expertly. I expect the same thing to happen for Chelsea. After all, Nkunku may get injured again.

This is a test for Pochettino to make Chelsea perform better even with several players who have been removed from the team plus players who have had to be absent for a long time due to injury.
Let's see how Pochettino will handle this in the Chelsea squad. they cannot expect injured players to immediately play for them. So with the existing players I think Pochettino will maximize the potential that each player has.
of course Pochettino will need time for that. maybe he will spend half of this season experimenting with the players he has.

I don't even understand how Nkunku became the hit man of Chelsea even when he has not played even for a minute for Chelsea. There is no doubt that Nkunku is a very good and a strong player from the experience in his former club and France national team. But then he has never made any impact in the Chelsea football team, so his injury shouldn't be a disatablizing factor (major) for Chelsea.
Meanwhile, Chelsea has many good forwards who didn't do better last season they were able to play. But this season, I see that Pochettino has changed the pattern of play of the club but the mentality is not changed yet.

[X-ray]

Manchester City is one of the favorites to win the English Premier League this season. They won the league title three years in a row, and this season might be the fourth in a row if Pep achieves it again. Aside from being first in the standings, there is plenty of game to be played in the long term. Kyle Walker has agreed to a new contract with Manchester City that will last until June 2026. Walker turned down proposals from prestigious clubs such as Bayern Munich because he wants to build an established track record at Etihad stadium, perhapes he still face some challenges.

It seemed to me that if city will be winning EPL this season to continue its domination in the premier league. Walker is a right back, but he has a very fast speed even faster than mudryk. Having him on the club is putting manchester city in a lot of advantages.
Staying in manchester city has become the best decision taken by walker. He can still win UCL again this season. manchester city is still as strong as last season.
Pep has been telling him to get a guaranteed spot to play in the main squad. That's why he is still willing to play in manchester city despite his old which is 33 years old now. Walker is is fast and strong.
Mudyk can do nothing when he faces him in the field. Walker was just a nightmare for the opponent's winger.

I’m happy Manchester City have secured Walker’s future until 2026 after fending off interest from Bayern Munich to retain him, as he’s city’s most experienced player in Pep Guardiola’s squad. Honestly having Walker in this team would good for them. I never thought of seeing him leave for Bayern Munich. Also, it’s surprising because Manchester City are traditionally reluctant to offer long-term deals to veteran players, they appear to have made an exception for Walker, who will be 36 by the time his new contract runs out. I don’t know why they did this but it is a good one.

It would be no brainer if manchester city would let walker go away from the club. He's still needed by the club in creating another record this season like winning treble winners again. Walker is a very good right back.
Walker has also become city's key in protecting its goal keeper from various threats that were coming from its opponent. Im really grateful of him caused by he was not leaving from the club after bayern has been rumored reached a verbal agreement with him.
Walker was an exceptional player for the club caused by he has a power that didn't own by another wing back. Power and speed are walker's key.
Those are reasons why some wingers saw him as the hardest back to be passed.

[Woodie]

Chelsea wasted a lot of money on transfers they just wanted superstars in their team and paid big money but that isnt how football goes. You need players that can go well with each other and thats why Chelsea keeps on having bad matches and looks like another bad season if they dont change something quick.

Don't you think if Chelsea choose to target less known players it's fans would crucify them for that..and the only way through this is to get superstars to get what fans want despite the fact that you can't buy success this way.

Btw Chelsea as a business has had good business over the years in terms of buying and selling of players as they don't allow players to walk out on them as free agents and lose out on revenue,  so their books do balance and it's money well spent on these big names at the end of the day.

Chelsea's coach hoped a lot on Nkunku to start the season for Chelsea, but they were met with disappointment as he got injured. Chelsea has many injury problems and not what the coach would  have planned for.

Is this not putting too much pressure on a player by making the situation look like they have no other players that can help Chelsea bring the results besides Nkuku

He has to now just meet expectations with the available players. Chelsea are not very impressive yet, but they can be, there is already the sign of improvement in the team,  they just need to be able to finish the chances that they create.

Chelsea has so much raw talent and needs a coach/manager to mould it to the perfect talent otherwise it's make or break for these guys.

[rendravolt]

At the outset of this EPL season, Chelsea appears to be struggling with a less-than-productive striker. Evidently, in the match against Nottingham Forest, Chelsea generated numerous opportunities, yet none were successfully converted into goals.

However, Chelsea's current situation is less favorable because Nkunku is still injured and Niklas Jackson is also not in his best form so there are not many options they can use to score goals. Bringing in Osimhen would certainly be very good for Chelsea's attack line and there is no need to doubt his quality.

If Chelsea succeeds in getting Osimhen from Napoli then we will see a potential new top scorer in the EPL. On the other hand, if Nkunku recovers from injury, he can play as AMF and Osimhen will be a striker, that would be an extraordinary thing, I can't imagine how dangerous Chelsea's attack line will be if that really happens.

As long as the midfielder and defender also support each other, because it is useless to have a striker who has the ambition to score goals but there are no other players who have the ability to create opportunities or provide beautiful balls. What I know about Chelsea at the moment is that the problem is the lack of players who have the ability to handle the ball. Ok Nkunku at AMF, striker Oshimhen and Mudryk? Where would you like him to be placed? Lol players with super expensive purchases last season are still useless.

It's true that we know that currently Chelsea doesn't have a creative midfielder like KDB or Odegaard who can always supply the ball to his teammates to score goals, but on the other hand, their attack line doesn't have anyone who can do that finishing. If you ask me where Mudryk is placed, I will put him on the bench until the season ends then sell him to another club. Everyone knows this player is very useless and Chelsea has certainly lost a lot because of this worst purchase. I saw that he had failed as a young player and was now nothing more than an amateur football player. It's a shame that Chelsea spent a lot of money on Mudryk last winter.

[Sakanwa]

Chelsea wasted a lot of money on transfers they just wanted superstars in their team and paid big money but that isnt how football goes. You need players that can go well with each other and thats why Chelsea keeps on having bad matches and looks like another bad season if they dont change something quick.

Don't you think if Chelsea choose to target less known players it's fans would crucify them for that..and the only way through this is to get superstars to get what fans want despite the fact that you can't buy success this way.

Btw Chelsea as a business has had good business over the years in terms of buying and selling of players as they don't allow players to walk out on them as free agents and lose out on revenue,  so their books do balance and it's money well spent on these big names at the end of the day.

Chelsea's coach hoped a lot on Nkunku to start the season for Chelsea, but they were met with disappointment as he got injured. Chelsea has many injury problems and not what the coach would  have planned for.

Is this not putting too much pressure on a player by making the situation look like they have no other players that can help Chelsea bring the results besides Nkuku

He has to now just meet expectations with the available players. Chelsea are not very impressive yet, but they can be, there is already the sign of improvement in the team,  they just need to be able to finish the chances that they create.

Chelsea has so much raw talent and needs a coach/manager to mould it to the perfect talent otherwise it's make or break for these guys.

Chelsea are doing a bad business,they are selling their players that have already flopped to teams.They knew that Karl Harvetz and Mason Mount are no longer useful,but they sold them to Arsenal and Manchester United respectively.They sold those players for very big money when they know the players cannot produce half of the amount they sold them for.
The only manager I have loved since Tuchel left is this resent manager, Pochetino,he believes in building players to the highest level,that is why he has brought some unknown names to the club this season,and if you look at how they are playing,you will definitely love it,despite the fact that they've not won much games this season,they are playing good football,and the injury to Nkunku has been the reason why they find it difficult to get goals in games.

[borovichok]

It's true that we know that currently Chelsea doesn't have a creative midfielder like KDB or Odegaard who can always supply the ball to his teammates to score goals, but on the other hand, their attack line doesn't have anyone who can do that finishing. If you ask me where Mudryk is placed, I will put him on the bench until the season ends then sell him to another club. Everyone knows this player is very useless and Chelsea has certainly lost a lot because of this worst purchase. I saw that he had failed as a young player and was now nothing more than an amateur football player. It's a shame that Chelsea spent a lot of money on Mudryk last winter.

Chelsea lacks an actual playmaker in the mold of Kelvin De Bruyne or Martin degaard. However, we have Enzo Fernandez, who is developing into a fantastic midfielder for the squad; it's just a matter of time before he approaches the standards of these tremendous players. Todd Boehly has made mistaken assumptions in the past, signing inconsequential guys who are completely naive about how to perform in elite clubs. Mykhailo Mudryk is a young player with potential for his new team, but I'm not sure what's causing his performance to decline.

[Helena Yu]

Chelsea lacks an actual playmaker in the mold of Kelvin De Bruyne or Martin degaard. However, we have Enzo Fernandez, who is developing into a fantastic midfielder for the squad; it's just a matter of time before he approaches the standards of these tremendous players. Todd Boehly has made mistaken assumptions in the past, signing inconsequential guys who are completely naive about how to perform in elite clubs. Mykhailo Mudryk is a young player with potential for his new team, but I'm not sure what's causing his performance to decline.

Currently Pochettino is moving Enzo Fernandez from defensive midfielder become an attacking midfielder, if Nkunku already back, I think Enzo will back to his position. Both Sterling and Jackson can play as strikers, it's should be the best line up for Chelsea.

The problem about Mudryk is he can't move on from Arsenal, have a bad mentality and get pressured by every people since Chelsea spent too much money to sign him.

[Harkorede]

Chelsea wasted a lot of money on transfers they just wanted superstars in their team and paid big money but that isnt how football goes. You need players that can go well with each other and thats why Chelsea keeps on having bad matches and looks like another bad season if they dont change something quick.

Don't you think if Chelsea choose to target less known players it's fans would crucify them for that..and the only way through this is to get superstars to get what fans want despite the fact that you can't buy success this way.

Btw Chelsea as a business has had good business over the years in terms of buying and selling of players as they don't allow players to walk out on them as free agents and lose out on revenue,  so their books do balance and it's money well spent on these big names at the end of the day.

From my personal perspective both of you are right to some extent, but also some assertion doesn't look like the best description of Chelsea transfer policy too, we must first understand that the approach by the past owner and current are two extremely different things, one looks calm make rational decision over a long period of term and it worked out well, while the new owners is turning the club to a NBA franchise with trading everyone out every new season and buying another battalion to see if that would work out.

The are is major pro and con to this new approach by the new owners, they players are very young so if it works out then they could build a very competitive that will last a long while, however, the major con is that most of this players are barely tested product so going for a whole lot of them could back significantly and wreck the club financially too especially with exorbitant how paid for them. For instance despite this huge amount spent so far, Chelsea forward line still look very mediocre and and lacks huge depth (in terms of qualities) that can compete at the highest level, although since they won't be competing at the highest level of football this I mean Europe so that have a whole year to working things out, hopefully it will be for the betterment of the club.

[FatFork]

Today's gossip:

Chelsea and England defender Reece James, 23, has been earmarked by Real Madrid as a long-term replacement for Spain's Dani Carvajal, 31. James signed a six-year contract with the Blues in 2022. (Diario AS - in Spanish)

Manchester City have agreed a deal in principle to sign Boca Juniors' highly-rated 19-year-old Valentin Barco who predominantly plays at left-back. (German Garcia Grova on X)

Arsenal and Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 24, and England defender Ben White, 25, are set to commit their long-term futures to the Gunners by signing new contracts. (football.london)

Manchester United's Hannibal Mejbri is wanted by Besiktas on loan after the Turkish side recently had a permanent deal rejected for the Tunisia midfielder, 20. (Sun)

Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha, 28, could still make a move to Bayern Munich despite signing a contract extension with Fulham. (Bild - in German)

Liverpool have no intention of terminating Thiago Alcantara's contract to enable the Spain midfielder, 32, to secure a move to Turkey. (Football Insider)

Barcelona are looking at making a move for Spain forward Nico Williams next summer but Athletic Bilbao are keen to extend the 21-year-old's deal with the club. (Sport - in Spanish)

Germany attacking midfielder Julian Draxler, 29, is set to move from Paris St-Germain to Qatari side Al-Ahli in a deal thought to be worth in excess of 20m euros (£17.1m). (Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sport Germany)

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/gossip

[QueenVera]

Today's gossip:

Chelsea and England defender Reece James, 23, has been earmarked by Real Madrid as a long-term replacement for Spain's Dani Carvajal, 31. James signed a six-year contract with the Blues in 2022. (Diario AS - in Spanish)

Manchester City have agreed a deal in principle to sign Boca Juniors' highly-rated 19-year-old Valentin Barco who predominantly plays at left-back. (German Garcia Grova on X)

Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha, 28, could still make a move to Bayern Munich despite signing a contract extension with Fulham. (Bild - in German)

Reece James is Chelsea's current captain and i think a very important player for his team, and would be a very fine replacement for Dani Carvajal who's becoming old, but it's not going to be easy getting him out of the English team due to the very long contract he signed therefore Realmadrid could pay heavily to get him out probably close to the amount they signed Jude Bellingham for.
 
 Manchester City are known for their quality signings and i won't be suprised to see the Boca Junior player they just sign become another important player in their club i love how Pep Guardiola immediately replaces his departed players with younger and better talented players and develop the new arrivals into a top class player.
 
 Bayern Munich were really interested in signing Palhinha this summer but a deal couldn’t fall in place but Palhinha extending is contract could also mean that a move to Bayern Munich might not come through anymore and Munich mighht seek other alternatives or pay extra cash to get him based on the extended contract.

[Velvet78]

It is nice to hear about Odegaard's being keen on extending his contract with Arsenal already now. Because he is one of the most valuable players for Arsenal so they wouldn't like to lose him early. Extending with him would prevent some other teams from trying to allure the player to themselves as well.

Arsenal have built a great team with the transfers of really talented players. Their main focus from now on should be to have long-term contracts with the important players and to sign some experienced players if possible. This would secure the future of the team and increase the probability of achieving bigger successes as well.

[Litzki1990]

It's true that we know that currently Chelsea doesn't have a creative midfielder like KDB or Odegaard who can always supply the ball to his teammates to score goals, but on the other hand, their attack line doesn't have anyone who can do that finishing. If you ask me where Mudryk is placed, I will put him on the bench until the season ends then sell him to another club. Everyone knows this player is very useless and Chelsea has certainly lost a lot because of this worst purchase. I saw that he had failed as a young player and was now nothing more than an amateur football player. It's a shame that Chelsea spent a lot of money on Mudryk last winter.

Chelsea lacks an actual playmaker in the mold of Kelvin De Bruyne or Martin degaard. However, we have Enzo Fernandez, who is developing into a fantastic midfielder for the squad; it's just a matter of time before he approaches the standards of these tremendous players. Todd Boehly has made mistaken assumptions in the past, signing inconsequential guys who are completely naive about how to perform in elite clubs. Mykhailo Mudryk is a young player with potential for his new team, but I'm not sure what's causing his performance to decline.

At one time Chelsea was a very strong team when Chelsea had the likes of Kelvin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah, it was a wrong decision for Chelsea to let go of these two players. Right now, one of these two players is Manchester City's best star and the other is Liverpool's best star. If these two stars had been kept in the club, the situation of the club might not have been so bad now. However, Chelsea have tried to make a fresh start, having already spent significant sums on a number of players. Players like Enzo Fernández, Thiago Silva are at Chelsea right now, hopefully this team will get back to their best form.

[posi]

Wait, why would Victor Osimhen agree to go to Chelsea? He is currently in a far better team in my opinion. Of course, we cannot judge a book by its cover. If we look at the players that Chelsea has right now, we will definitely think that Chelsea is a better team. But when we look at the results that Chelsea is bringing, we cannot say that they are a good team, to be honest. And compared to that Napoli is a far better team which is bringing in far better results. this is going to be a stupid decision by the player. I hope that this does not end up happening. And I actually think that this is not going to happen at all.

I also don't see any reason and despite Chelsea's insistence and absurd interest in signing Osimhen, I believe that this will not happen in this transfer window.

That's my opinion... I believe that no matter how much they want it, it shouldn't be easy to sign the 24-year-old striker who has already earned his prestigious place in Napoli's history. Osimhen is even considered by Aurelio de Laurentiis to be a " one of the non-negotiable players", and he has stated several times that he doesn't even want to know about any proposal for his top scorer, or are you by any chance aware of something contrary to that?

But, if there is a negotiation "loophole", I believe that Bayern Munich should be Chelsea's main rival in this negotiation for Victor Osimhen.

I believe that in the contract of Victor Osimhen Napoli said that they are not going to sell him to any Italian club for the first two years of the contract. However they might sell him to other clubs from other leagues if the money is good. We all know that in the end it is the player who chooses in which club he wants to go if there are multiple offers.

So I think he is definitely not going to go to Chelsea, if he is going to go to any club, it will be anything other than Chelsea. I don’t know if Bayern Munich will really go for him because they just got Harry Kane for a huge amount of money.

[Iroh]

Today's gossip:

Arsenal and Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 24, and England defender Ben White, 25, are set to commit their long-term futures to the Gunners by signing new contracts. (football.london)

Yeah, I didn’t think Arsenal would be willing to let go of either player. Both players have been prolific and has helped Arsenal attain new heights. And why wouldn’t they sign new contracts with Arsenal? They’re doing so well and are much loved by fans. Better to hold on to important players so as to be able to achieve club goals in the long run.
Also, it would be wise to extend their contracts and hold on to them before they get snatched away by some other club that has enough money and willing to spend it.

[naira]

It's true that we know that currently Chelsea doesn't have a creative midfielder like KDB or Odegaard who can always supply the ball to his teammates to score goals, but on the other hand, their attack line doesn't have anyone who can do that finishing. If you ask me where Mudryk is placed, I will put him on the bench until the season ends then sell him to another club. Everyone knows this player is very useless and Chelsea has certainly lost a lot because of this worst purchase. I saw that he had failed as a young player and was now nothing more than an amateur football player. It's a shame that Chelsea spent a lot of money on Mudryk last winter.

Reviewing how KDB was thrown away and it actually made Pep Guardiola feel like he had been given a hidden gem. So I don't think Chelsea doesn't have a player like KDB but Chelsea has thrown him away. Returning to this season's purchases, Caicedo also performed poorly, I don't know how many blunders he has made, so it's still not ideal. Ciacedo was brought in with an expensive price tag, but instead it brought disaster again.

Regarding Mudryk, this has happened many times and many people are fed up. Apart from the failed purchase, he is still being retained. If you look at his performance with the Ukrainian national team, it is not much different, always showing an unclear performance.

[indah rezqi]

Reviewing how KDB was thrown away and it actually made Pep Guardiola feel like he had been given a hidden gem. So I don't think Chelsea doesn't have a player like KDB but Chelsea has thrown him away. Returning to this season's purchases, Caicedo also performed poorly, I don't know how many blunders he has made, so it's still not ideal. Ciacedo was brought in with an expensive price tag, but instead it brought disaster again.

Regarding Mudryk, this has happened many times and many people are fed up. Apart from the failed purchase, he is still being retained. If you look at his performance with the Ukrainian national team, it is not much different, always showing an unclear performance.

In fact, I think KDB was more precisely not thrown away, but rather unable to compete with Oscar at that time. Chelsea midfield has lots of good players, so it is automatically difficult for KDB to be the main choice. Overall, Chelsea recruitment this season has not shown anything, there are lots of question marks regarding their transfer market movements. I think Man United is a little better than Chelsea in this regard, even though neither has consistently won.

Regarding Mudryk, I think he is more suitable to play in Chelsea youth squad, his recruitment is like a fraudulent investment. Not worth the price paid when redeemed from Shakhtar Donetsk. In the Ukrainian national team, Mudryk also looks like an ordinary player, his performance does not look like that of a young star on the rise.