⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[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.

[len01]

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.

I wouldn't say they wasted money per se, but it is true that they bought quite a lot of players and they prolly didn't even need some of them, sometimes i don't know what Todd is thinking, he just keeps spending. But on the other hand there's no denying the fact that they really acquired talented players and if they stick together at Stamford Bridge for many years, then sometime in the future we can say their investment did pay off.

I have to admit that it is true that Chelsea just seems to be throwing away too much money without satisfactory results because up to now there has been no change in Chelsea strengths and I think Chelsea mistake is simply being too ambitious in replacing many players without thinking about whether the new players are ready to adapt quickly and put the chemistry together always quickly. and on the one hand, Chelsea mistake was wasting a lot of money on players who lacked reliability, for example when the transfer market was still open, instead of wasting too much money, Chelsea should think about getting some quality players, for example pursuing an offer to Kane or Haaland or even Mbappe who looks like he has great talent. so it not be a waste of spending a lot of money but getting a reliable player.

and on the one hand we also have to see how Pochettino contribution as a coach who last season replaced the old coach, whether he has a good contribution to the players under his care or will he just fail again.

[Strongkored]

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.

Regarding Mudryk, maybe what you said is right, but from last season to this season, with all the players Chelsea bought, has any players shown anything special apart from the price alone?
These players are expected to appear impressive according to their price, but this could be because Chelsea overestimates these players whose ability and price are not actually the same.
Apart from Mudryk, Enzo Fernandez was also bought at a high price and entering the second season has not yet shown that he is a player worth buying at that high price, and Moisés Caicedo, who was bought this season at a price not much different from Enzo, will also be a question, whether he will develop or suffer the same fate as Chelsea's other expensive players, hopefully not, because if the fate is the same, it means that Chelsea's fate is not much different from last season.

[Docnaster]

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.

Reece James is one of the current members of the Chelsea squad that are very passionate when it come to playing for the badge of Chelsea and everything hat has to do with the club. He has was handed the club's captaincy role after the club's former captain Cesar Azpilicueta left the club at the end of last summer and it's visible that he was enjoying his new role at the club before he picked up the injury that currently sidelined him from playing.
I was very surprised to see the news of Real Madrid's interest in the England international to replace their club captain Dani Carvajal next summer. Anything is possible in football but I'll be very surprised to see Reece James leave Chelsea at the end of the season.

[BigBos]

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.

wait what? Are you confused?
KDB is at Manchester City and Odegaard is at Arsenal. What does that have to do with Chelsea?
For the striker position I prefer to convince Jackson because in my opinion he still has quite good potential only for now he still cannot show his best performance for Chelsea. On the other hand, currently there is still Nkunku, it's just that we know that he currently cannot be expected with his condition still in the treatment room. As for Mudryk, this is indeed very difficult to talk about because trying to say that he still needs a chance to adapt is also difficult if you look at his current performance and indeed Mudryk is one of the players with a purchase that can be said to be a failure.

[rendravolt]

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.

wait what? Are you confused?
KDB is at Manchester City and Odegaard is at Arsenal. What does that have to do with Chelsea?
For the striker position I prefer to convince Jackson because in my opinion he still has quite good potential only for now he still cannot show his best performance for Chelsea. On the other hand, currently there is still Nkunku, it's just that we know that he currently cannot be expected with his condition still in the treatment room. As for Mudryk, this is indeed very difficult to talk about because trying to say that he still needs a chance to adapt is also difficult if you look at his current performance and indeed Mudryk is one of the players with a purchase that can be said to be a failure.

It seems like you don't know how to describe a player and what I'm saying is Chelsea needs a creative midfielder like KDB or Odegaard, isn't that obvious? But you understand my sentence as saying that these two players play for Chelsea. Well, I will understand your way of thinking.

Niklas Jackson does have potential, but with big responsibilities at a young age, his mentality is still not ready, especially since he has to defend a team that was very chaotic last season. Nkunku has been out due to injury for 4 months and starting from the start of Chelsea's EPL match, he will recover in about 3 months. As for Mudryk, maybe you already know and I don't need to add more, this player can no longer be expected to play football and it's lucky that Arsenal didn't buy him.

[hyudien]

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.

And I think it's still fortunate that Raheem Sterling is at Chelsea because he is still the only player who plays an important role in attacking the opponent's defense. Sterling is able to read opponents' weaknesses, so instead of using Mudryk as a striker who is always unable to complete ball passes, it is better to have him on the bench as you said. Because without Mudryk I will be optimistic that Chelsea can be more effective.

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.

I am happy to hear this news because after all, Odegaard is still a player that Arsenal needs to continue to improve its consistency. Odegaard presence is quite important, plus Arteta entrusted him with the captain's armband and it shows Arsenal's leadership on the field when playing relies heavily on the captain's instructions.