⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[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.

[Huppercase]

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.
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They sold Karl Havertz and Mason Mount, what happened after that? Chelsea hasn't impress me since they did all those sold out players. Mount wasn't good enough in there eyes but he is already making good contributions to Manchester United even as they flop in their last match with Arsenal but still better in ball possessiveness. Havertz is also doing well in Arsenal with a strong midfield compression, you see now that Chelsea problem wasn't about the old players but understanding their games because there is nothing Chelsea has not change this season, only Todd Boehly is the only one left and if they continue in this path, very soon he will change Chelsea and go face another business. 

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.

Tuchel is the only manager that has tolerance to accept whatever Chelsea brings home but sadly the political goons surrounded by Todd Boehly didn't make him see things clearly but now, he doesn't need any body to tell him or judge Chelsea performance, it's all writen in their faces that the club is lagging behind, they better act fast before things shattered, because I don't think even good players will be motivated to come and play for them again.

[topbitcoin]

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.

Looking at the situation Chelsea are experiencing in the Todd Boehly Era at the moment I feel their problem from the start is only one, namely the haste in taking action.
They did not really think about the impact that occurred when making decisions and only focused on positive results where Chelsea's initial assumption was that with the new era they had to show something good with the money they had but instead this became the wrong choice when they quickly changed coaches like Tuchel who was replaced and continuously changed players at high prices but the role at the club seemed not very useful.
In these 2 seasons they always do things like this which makes them even more difficult and pressed by the situation where the new players are still not in sync with each other and the coaches who are still unable to build chemistry.
Some players like Havertz actually it can still be useful for Chelsea although currently at Arsenal his performance is declining but when Havertz at Chelsea I think he is always a differentiator in every match that is done but back again with the Chelsea scheme that rushes to take action because it wants instant results makes this difficult for them themselves.

[temple]

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.

It doesn't matter where KDB or Odegaard plays. First of all I wouldn't put these two players into the same category as KDB is unmatched when we talk about assists as KDB is in the club of 100+ assists historically. Maybe Odegaard can one day reach his number of assists, but that's a very long way to go for him.

It's easy to say what a club needs when you take the best players in the world as an example. Chelsea needs an Mbappe and a 25 years of age Messi. They also need a Zidane. I guess you get my point.  

@rendravolt I do understand what you mean though. But I think before trying to find the next KDB, Chelsea should try to build a cohesive team that is willing to work and suffer together. They are buying all these superstars and everyone wants to be the most expensive transfer and earn the most money, but it looks like they don't really take on the challenge and have the back of each other during their games. It is like Chelsea is rolling the dice with high stakes every time the transfer market opens and hope it works out. That's not how a top team is built.

[Coyster]

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)

I consider Reece James to be one of the most solid right back's in the world, the only issue with him is that he gets injured more often than not, so that will surely be a concern for whoever his employers are. Chelsea would definitely be unwilling to sell Reece James, with him in their team they wouldn't have to worry about a right back for a long, long time.

Having said that, things change pretty fast in football, Chelsea aren't doing particularly well at the moment, thus if it continues, it is possible that James might want to leave, but one thing is sure, and that's that he is going to cost quite a lot of money, but if Real Madrid is the club interested, then obviously money wouldn't be a problem.

[bitLeap]

Tuchel is the only manager that has tolerance to accept whatever Chelsea brings home but sadly the political goons surrounded by Todd Boehly didn't make him see things clearly but now, he doesn't need any body to tell him or judge Chelsea performance, it's all writen in their faces that the club is lagging behind, they better act fast before things shattered, because I don't think even good players will be motivated to come and play for them again.

In fact, after the Tuchel coaching era, both the player's performance and the end of the season show clearly that it was a bad decision. Because under Tuchel's tutelage, we can all enjoy Chelsea's game which has an undoubted mentality, even in terms of management outside the players it is neatly structured.

Looking at the situation Chelsea are experiencing in the Todd Boehly Era at the moment I feel their problem from the start is only one, namely the haste in taking action.
They did not really think about the impact that occurred when making decisions and only focused on positive results where Chelsea's initial assumption was that with the new era they had to show something good with the money they had but instead this became the wrong choice when they quickly changed coaches like Tuchel who was replaced and continuously changed players at high prices but the role at the club seemed not very useful.

Rush, or more precisely in my opinion, in the Todd Boehly era, was considered a lack of understanding of football. What he did and his policies only ended in many mistakes starting from coaches, buying players, including sales. For example, retaining bad players and selling players with good capacity. Plus, as long as Todd Boehly isn't replaced soon, this monotony will continue. It is increasingly difficult to predict what direction Todd Boehly will take in leading a club that has long had big names but has increasingly lost its winning mentality.

[masulum]

Manchester City is rumored to be trying to bring in AC Milan star players in the winter transfer market. Pep hopes City can bring in Leao. However, Leao currently has a contract with AC Milan until 2028. Several media reported, to be able to successfully bring in Leao, City must be willing to pay at least 175 million euros. If this transfer process really happens, AC Milan will experience a decline in performance, because Leao is an important player for Milan at the moment. I'm not sure if there is a player ready to replace Leao.

[JeffBrad12]

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 had nkuku who can play as attacking midfielder as well. This club lack of player that can support its striker. I remember when nkuku was always helping jackson in scoring during the pre season.
The sad thing if chelsea miss him now due tot he his injury. Chelsea has bought cole palmer which can be an answer for chelsea's attacking line but the main problem is palmer was feeling so difficult in adapting to the club.
Too many young players without enough experiences in the club. This is hurting the club so much.

Chelsea is confusing to solve the problem on its attacking line. The defenders are also showing decline on its performance. It's hard to imagine this club will able to go to the top 10 this season.
It's unlikely to happen with chelsea. This club will be also facing so many hard matches.

[Franctoshi]

Tuchel is the only manager who has tolerance to accept whatever Chelsea brings home but sadly the political goons surrounded by Todd Boehly didn't make him see things now, he doesn't need anybody to tell him or judge Chelsea's performance, it's all written in their faces that the club is lagging, they better act fast before things shattered, because I don't think even good players will be motivated to come and play for them again.

It is a highly regrettable decision made by the Chelsea board and its current owner Todd Boehly to sack Thomas Tuchel seeing that they are yet to get it right with a manager to handle the team and turn things around greatly for Chelsea. If you fast-forward back to the time when Tuchel was still managing Chelsea,  it was more interesting to watch Chelsea than now. However, I still think Pochettino should be given a little more time to see if he can fix things right and get Chelsea back on track.

[Plaguedeath]

Manchester City is rumored to be trying to bring in AC Milan star players in the winter transfer market. Pep hopes City can bring in Leao. However, Leao currently has a contract with AC Milan until 2028. Several media reported, to be able to successfully bring in Leao, City must be willing to pay at least 175 million euros. If this transfer process really happens, AC Milan will experience a decline in performance, because Leao is an important player for Milan at the moment. I'm not sure if there is a player ready to replace Leao.

That's too much, although Leao is a young talented player, but his performance isn't worth for 175 Million Euros, such amount worth for Haaland or Osimhen. 125 Million Euros already the highest money to sign Leao.

AC Milan is to slow to develop their squad, they're always rely to Giroud when he's already 36 years old. I think AC Milan is fine if Leao leave their team because they have Pulisic which is ex Chelsea's player.

[gabbie2010]

Manchester City is rumored to be trying to bring in AC Milan star players in the winter transfer market. Pep hopes City can bring in Leao. However, Leao currently has a contract with AC Milan until 2028. Several media reported, to be able to successfully bring in Leao, City must be willing to pay at least 175 million euros. If this transfer process really happens, AC Milan will experience a decline in performance, because Leao is an important player for Milan at the moment. I'm not sure if there is a player ready to replace Leao.

Leao is a talented player and I believe AC Milan would tie him down with a better contract offer to wade off Man City purported offer, I watched some AC Milan matches last season Leao was such a creative attacking player who created many scoring chances and assist for Giroud and also a good pacy dribbler and delightful to watch, AC Milan must have a better replacement for him before considering selling him to Man City, Guordiola has a star-studded and strengthened squad already I don't think there is any need to sign new players Leao now considering the fact many of the players would need regular playing time.

[Avirunes]

Tuchel is the only manager who has tolerance to accept whatever Chelsea brings home but sadly the political goons surrounded by Todd Boehly didn't make him see things now, he doesn't need anybody to tell him or judge Chelsea's performance, it's all written in their faces that the club is lagging, they better act fast before things shattered, because I don't think even good players will be motivated to come and play for them again.

It is a highly regrettable decision made by the Chelsea board and its current owner Todd Boehly to sack Thomas Tuchel seeing that they are yet to get it right with a manager to handle the team and turn things around greatly for Chelsea. If you fast-forward back to the time when Tuchel was still managing Chelsea,  it was more interesting to watch Chelsea than now. However, I still think Pochettino should be given a little more time to see if he can fix things right and get Chelsea back on track.

Chelsea are the impatient ones to be honest. Well it's now become a modern culture of changing managers as soon as team starts developing series of inconsistent performance. Tuchel was really a great manager but in the end the new owners didn't like some of his decisions and parted ways with Tuchel. I think with Pochettino it will be same despite what wishes and opinions their fans or us have.

[shogun47]

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.

The funniest part about it all the issues that Chelsea has right now is that they tried to solve the actual issue by doing the same mistake again. It became obvious that money isn't the sole solution and that it needs planning and sophisticated scouting for players who fit well together, but no, they just did the same mistake. Use as much money as they can to get as many superstars as they can and then hope that these incompatible superstars become a superior unit and dominate the Premier League. That's funny considering that Todd Boehly deems himself a professional in sports business and club building.

[topbitcoin]

Looking at the situation Chelsea are experiencing in the Todd Boehly Era at the moment I feel their problem from the start is only one, namely the haste in taking action.
They did not really think about the impact that occurred when making decisions and only focused on positive results where Chelsea's initial assumption was that with the new era they had to show something good with the money they had but instead this became the wrong choice when they quickly changed coaches like Tuchel who was replaced and continuously changed players at high prices but the role at the club seemed not very useful.

Rush, or more precisely in my opinion, in the Todd Boehly era, was considered a lack of understanding of football. What he did and his policies only ended in many mistakes starting from coaches, buying players, including sales. For example, retaining bad players and selling players with good capacity. Plus, as long as Todd Boehly isn't replaced soon, this monotony will continue. It is increasingly difficult to predict what direction Todd Boehly will take in leading a club that has long had big names but has increasingly lost its winning mentality.

Replacing Todd Boehly? That's an impossibility.
Who would buy Chelsea at such a high price and in such a chaotic state as it is now especially would Todd want to leave with the losses he has earned while at Chelsea? I don't think that will be possible.
I'm actually quite sorry to see Todd at the moment where the money he poured out which is certainly not small has not gotten any results and is increasingly making him get losses but this is the impact of the strategy he practiced to bring Chelsea with a path that was considered instant and with his haste in taking action.
Things that have happened last season and his movements at the start of the season by entrusting the reshuffle of current players have not shown good results, he should have realized enough by now that being a club owner who interferes too much in terms of management is a mistake.

[bering]

Manchester City is rumored to be trying to bring in AC Milan star players in the winter transfer market. Pep hopes City can bring in Leao. However, Leao currently has a contract with AC Milan until 2028. Several media reported, to be able to successfully bring in Leao, City must be willing to pay at least 175 million euros. If this transfer process really happens, AC Milan will experience a decline in performance, because Leao is an important player for Milan at the moment. I'm not sure if there is a player ready to replace Leao.

That's too much, although Leao is a young talented player, but his performance isn't worth for 175 Million Euros, such amount worth for Haaland or Osimhen. 125 Million Euros already the highest money to sign Leao.

AC Milan is to slow to develop their squad, they're always rely to Giroud when he's already 36 years old. I think AC Milan is fine if Leao leave their team because they have Pulisic which is ex Chelsea's player.

Leao performance during playing at Milan was very consistent that's why Milan has decide to extended his contract until 2028 and at his new contract Milan was putting a release clause approximately 100 millions but last time i heard Milan want 150 millions to those who want to buy him and i am sure if Manchester City want to bought Leao from Milan the price will be very expensive and not impossible this transfer will broke the record as the most expensive player in the Manchester City history and the current expensive player at this team is belong to Jack Grealish that Manchester City have to spend 117 millions to bought him from Aston Villa