⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[BigBos]

Jadon Sancho refused to apologise to Erik ten Hag you know and it doesn't look like the problems between them will be solved. Right now it is just said that Jadon Sancho wants to leave at the earliest opportunity. It would be the best for his career as well honestly because he has been performing really poorly since he came to the Red Devils.

There is like a huge difference between his effort here and at Dortmund. There were some rumours in the latest transfer window like he would return to Dortmund. Maybe in January we might see a move from Dortmund too who knows.    But if a Saudi Arabian team intervene then the player might choose to make much more money.

I have noticed that not much of the top players in Dortmund that leaves to join other club always perform very well like they did at Dortmund. Players like Dembele and Aubamayeng, after they left Dortmund, their performance became very much poor as compared to when they were with Dortmund. Till today, Aubamayeng have not regained that good form again, Dembele is trying and have improved recently again. Only Bellingham have been able to keep his good form even after leaving for Real Madrid, I hope he continues to perform in this good form for a long time, not just for his first season at Real Madrid. Unlike Sancho that has now lost more form than he was at Dortmund and his first season at Manchester United.

I don't really agree with this because don't forget that Auba was once victorious at Arsenal even if I don't remember wrongly he was once the top score in the EPL with Mohamed Salah and Mane at that time his performance was very good in the EPL it's just that because of his low level of discipline he was forcibly removed which made his career ruined but if he was better than his attitude he could still be at Arsenal and still have a good performance.
As for Dembele, I think last season he had good conditions after being coached by Xavi, it's just that from the start at Barcelona he didn't get anything good, the recurring injuries that always occur and the poor management of Barcelona in the previous few seasons have hampered him.

[Leviathan.007]

Chelsea have spent a lot of money on transfers in the recent 2 years. It must be around €1b in total which is unbelievable.  

But still this team are having serious problems on winning games in the EPL. It is really difficult to understand. They have started to replace their managers more often lately also and they still can't find what they want. What is the real reason behind this? Isn't there still a decent level of chemistry among the players? I know that Nkunku is injured also but still the team effort is really not good enough.

Chelsea have spent on good players, and some average in between for the last few years, but things weren't like this when the former owner Abrahimovich managed the club.

They haven't spent on the right manager else, they shouldn't have brought in a low quality coach who haven't witnessed life at the top to Chelsea. They don't have what it takes to handle Chelsea. Graham Potter and Frank Lampard should not have stayed as coach for so long. Same now goes with Pochetino, he is no winner, he will learn from his loses but that will take the club too long for the goals they need achieve this season. Nkuku is no problem, Chelsea needs a good coach and then a good  central player ( Victor Oshime )

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money.
In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality.
Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

[GbitG]

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Joshua Kimmich is once again the subject of interest from Barcelona:
Once again Barcelona shows interested in Joshua Kimmich:
Joshua Kimmich is not happy at Bayern Munich. If he doesn't renew his deal, Barcelona will make a move for him in 2024. Xavi rates him highly.
Moreover It's no secret that Joshua Kimmich is not comfortable at Bayern , and his situation is getting hotter. After he was linked to FC Barcelona with his words of praise for Xavi Hernández.
Kimmich still has two years left on his contract with Bayern , Bayern Munich are not willing to let one of their best players leave. Bayern Munich coach himself also closed the door to Barça , explaining that he had heard about the rumors, but his plan was to continue in Germany.
However, Xavi's interest in his profile is still very palpable , and if he does not renew his contract he could see the doors open for him next summer for a change of scenery. A few months ago, the Terrassa coach acknowledged that he had met him at an event in Qatar, so they know each other well. "It depends on his decision, on his desire ," he said at the time.
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[SatoPrincess]

Jadon Sancho refused to apologise to Erik ten Hag you know and it doesn't look like the problems between them will be solved. Right now it is just said that Jadon Sancho wants to leave at the earliest opportunity. It would be the best for his career as well honestly because he has been performing really poorly since he came to the Red Devils.

There is like a huge difference between his effort here and at Dortmund. There were some rumours in the latest transfer window like he would return to Dortmund. Maybe in January we might see a move from Dortmund too who knows.    But if a Saudi Arabian team intervene then the player might choose to make much more money.

The club released a statement in this regards few days ago stating that Jadon Sancho will train seperately away from other first team members to cub the issues with discipline. I feel Sancho is gradually moving closer to the exit door from Manchester United because his time at the club has not been as productive as that of Dortmund. I will even suggest a possible return to Dortmund and see if things could get better again.

[Docnaster]

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Joshua Kimmich is once again the subject of interest from Barcelona:
Once again Barcelona shows interested in Joshua Kimmich:
Joshua Kimmich is not happy at Bayern Munich. If he doesn't renew his deal, Barcelona will make a move for him in 2024. Xavi rates him highly.
Moreover It's no secret that Joshua Kimmich is not comfortable at Bayern , and his situation is getting hotter. After he was linked to FC Barcelona with his words of praise for Xavi Hernández.
Kimmich still has two years left on his contract with Bayern , Bayern Munich are not willing to let one of their best players leave. Bayern Munich coach himself also closed the door to Barça , explaining that he had heard about the rumors, but his plan was to continue in Germany.
However, Xavi's interest in his profile is still very palpable , and if he does not renew his contract he could see the doors open for him next summer for a change of scenery. A few months ago, the Terrassa coach acknowledged that he had met him at an event in Qatar, so they know each other well. "It depends on his decision, on his desire ," he said at the time.
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If Barcelona happens to sign Joshua Kimmich, I think the Germany international will have a good spell at Barcelona because he's the kind of midfield player that Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez likes to work with.
It's reported in the media that the German wants to leave the German champions and should things continue this way, I think Kimmich might be joining the Catalan club next summer which will be a great deal for Barcelona because they've got no defensive midfielder that's got the qualities Joshua Kimmich.
Xavi Hernandez is actually doing well with the Barcelona team and if he continues with the current improvement, they might be winning the UEFA Champions League competition in few years from now.

[QueenVera]

There is no difference in how Jadon Sancho plays; he plays the same way for England, Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund; the only difference is that Dortmund is the only team that provided him with a platform to succeed and thats why he thrived well. Ten hag simply used sancho as a scape goat for Arsenal loss; and thats why it was a bad move for the gaffer.

The good news is that, You cannot force sancho out of Manchester United; even if he does not play until the end of the season.

I think there's a big difference between the way he played for united and that of Dortmund, he was very good with assist and the rate at wish he dribbles with the ball there was more better than that united, at United he loom sluggish and was lost in most matches and Rashford and Bruno Fernandes have succeeded in the same club Sancho is, the coach still gave him a chance about 4weeks of rest with special training to help him recover but to no avail, I think Sancho is not bigger than Manchester united and owe the coach an apology for him a liar on social media for expressing his feeling about his poor form, well weather sancho had featured in today's match against Brighton wouldn't had made any difference because the entire teams performance was very poor and embarrassing and Erik Ten Hag needs to find a quick solution to this mess, winning the weekday match against Bayern woulx be enough to but the heart of the fans against else he at risk of being dragged by the angry united fans.

[Pokapoka124]

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I would say that it would be benefiting them if they got less number of players but bigger names. That would have been possible too, if they want to do NBA style of thing, just get Lebron for a season and be done with it. Look at how Real Madrid was built, all that famous los galacticos period wasn't for nothing, they got one superstar every year, and they built a great team.

Chelsea could have spent 200-300 million euros to get one superstar that is beyond anyone they ever considered good, and then next year they would have spent another 200-300 to get another world star level player. They would have been incredible if they kept doing that. Instead they spent 500 million on many players that worth nothing in the end.

Indeed, I will agree with this because looking at Chelsea’s spendings in the last two windows, much improvement is expected but that is not the case as the team have struggled so far this season to stay relevant and I can say that they have only impressed in just two games against Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, obviously the new additions are not making immediate impact for the club. This funds should have been invested in players who are hungry for success and are ready to make immediate impact in the team.

[AndySt]

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money. In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality. Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

It was not necessary to expect miracles from Pochettino and that immediately the team under his leadership would give results. Only four rounds of the championship have passed and it will still change in the standings many times. Todd Boehly had previously behaved like a pure businessman buying just football players without due consideration for the tactics of the team and, as a result, the usefulness of the player to a team like Manchester United.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money. In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality. Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

It was not necessary to expect miracles from Pochettino and that immediately the team under his leadership would give results. Only four rounds of the championship have passed and it will still change in the standings many times. Todd Boehly had previously behaved like a pure businessman buying just football players without due consideration for the tactics of the team and, as a result, the usefulness of the player to a team like Manchester United.

It's necessary since chelsea was at the bottom table. The blues fans are not even happy with the result from pochettino. This guy was always doing blunder since the first week like putting the player in incorrect position like what happened with chilwell.
Todd has zero knowledge about football. This guy was being scammed many times like buying mudryk which was a stupid guy who can do nothing in EPL. Mdryk was also performing so badly in its national club as well.
Some players bought by todd are utterly scam. These players were over rated like caicedo. Chelsea needs to get full points before they will face harder fixtures in upcoming months.
Chelsea needs a miracle to make it happen. Just seeing pochettino to do something right like put the player on its best position instead of doing experiment like potter shit ball.

[arimamib]

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money. In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality. Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

It was not necessary to expect miracles from Pochettino and that immediately the team under his leadership would give results. Only four rounds of the championship have passed and it will still change in the standings many times. Todd Boehly had previously behaved like a pure businessman buying just football players without due consideration for the tactics of the team and, as a result, the usefulness of the player to a team like Manchester United.

It's necessary since chelsea was at the bottom table. The blues fans are not even happy with the result from pochettino. This guy was always doing blunder since the first week like putting the player in incorrect position like what happened with chilwell.
Todd has zero knowledge about football. This guy was being scammed many times like buying mudryk which was a stupid guy who can do nothing in EPL. Mdryk was also performing so badly in its national club as well.
Some players bought by todd are utterly scam. These players were over rated like caicedo. Chelsea needs to get full points before they will face harder fixtures in upcoming months.
Chelsea needs a miracle to make it happen. Just seeing pochettino to do something right like put the player on its best position instead of doing experiment like potter shit ball.

Chelsea fate is still like last season, they are having difficulty winning in improving their progress in the EPL. The purchases they made this season certainly surprised many people because they bought players who had not shown their best quality in several seasons, but they were ready to pay a fairly high price.

Many of the things they did in this transfer window don't make sense to us because they readily let go of many star players and bought new ones. But their performance is still the same, namely difficulty in achieving victory. So what is the meaning of the investment they are making on a large scale?
 Yes, I agree with you that placing the players in their best positions will make it easier for the players to control their line areas rather than making changes that have a negative impact on the players' performance on the field.

[X-ray]

 Did y'all noticed the drama that happened in the EPL today, there was enough goals this week and most of the matches played over 3.5goals and also there was a lot of comebacks from teams like Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester City it was only Manchester united that failed to read the game and allowed Brighton to humiliate them at home again like they did last season.

I don't care so much since i were taking over 2.5 goals in all of matches. United performed so badly against brighton but im not surprising to see it happens on united since this club is still in so many troubles with its players. Brighton has been playing perfectly this game. The club was very consistent in defending from manchester united's attackers. Some clubs were achieving good results in EPL. Totenham has become remarkable team as it keeps get perfect result in EPL.
Ange is just proving himself as a worthy coach to manage totenham.

Aston Villa were so impressive today, i thought they were going to draw against Crystal Palace but they had a good comeback at the late minutes of the game, Westham were very tough and even score the opener buy City showed them who the big boys were and came back to score three goals in the second half thanks to goals from Haaland and Bernardo Silva, as fòr  Liverpool they really deserved the winning and their coach should be happy he didn't let Salah  leave to the Saudi League this summer.

All of assists were coming from salah. It will be a disaster if the club will be playing without him this season. Liverpool really dependent on him right now. Salah is a key owned by liverpool to win any game.
Klopp will never try to let him go but i don't know with FSG as the owner of liverpool since liverpool owned by FSG.

[borovichok]

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money. In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality. Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

Since the ownership of Todd Boehly in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have declined in performance and everything concerning improvements have ceased. The club's passing through challenging phase, nothing to be done about it, no solution yet, I'm just tired because I'm a fan, the new appointed Mauricio Pochettino not helping matters, the same thing to the players. Chelsea this season, nothing changed, I'm still observing them to be the old flopping blues last season, that ended up 12th position on the league table. There's specifically no change at all, just the departures of half of the team, the new players are not also helping matters, playing as if they're not big team in EPL, settling for lesser results other than pushing in for the very best.

[Silence Scream]

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I would say that it would be benefiting them if they got less number of players but bigger names. That would have been possible too, if they want to do NBA style of thing, just get Lebron for a season and be done with it. Look at how Real Madrid was built, all that famous los galacticos period wasn't for nothing, they got one superstar every year, and they built a great team.

Chelsea could have spent 200-300 million euros to get one superstar that is beyond anyone they ever considered good, and then next year they would have spent another 200-300 to get another world star level player. They would have been incredible if they kept doing that. Instead they spent 500 million on many players that worth nothing in the end.

Indeed, I will agree with this because looking at Chelsea’s spendings in the last two windows, much improvement is expected but that is not the case as the team have struggled so far this season to stay relevant and I can say that they have only impressed in just two games against Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, obviously the new additions are not making immediate impact for the club. This funds should have been invested in players who are hungry for success and are ready to make immediate impact in the team.

A match will be played between Bournemouth and Chelsea and Chelsea must win this match to achieve success as a team. The money spent on Chelsea seems meaningless because there is no return for the money spent. Chelsea couldn't get any better after Abramovich's management. Now it is necessary to examine what needs to be done for success.

[shinratensei_]

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I would say that it would be benefiting them if they got less number of players but bigger names. That would have been possible too, if they want to do NBA style of thing, just get Lebron for a season and be done with it. Look at how Real Madrid was built, all that famous los galacticos period wasn't for nothing, they got one superstar every year, and they built a great team.

Chelsea could have spent 200-300 million euros to get one superstar that is beyond anyone they ever considered good, and then next year they would have spent another 200-300 to get another world star level player. They would have been incredible if they kept doing that. Instead they spent 500 million on many players that worth nothing in the end.

Indeed, I will agree with this because looking at Chelsea’s spendings in the last two windows, much improvement is expected but that is not the case as the team have struggled so far this season to stay relevant and I can say that they have only impressed in just two games against Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, obviously the new additions are not making immediate impact for the club. This funds should have been invested in players who are hungry for success and are ready to make immediate impact in the team.

A match will be played between Bournemouth and Chelsea and Chelsea must win this match to achieve success as a team. The money spent on Chelsea seems meaningless because there is no return for the money spent. Chelsea couldn't get any better after Abramovich's management. Now it is necessary to examine what needs to be done for success.

Many people are still questioning billions that has already spent by chelsea. I really hope that if chelsea is not getting back into that when people were constantly questioning everything that manager did last season.
The blues fans were always questioning what the coach did since potter was still there. Pochettino has become a new hope for chelsea when he was coming to the SB but everything changed when pochettino appears to be as bad as potter by doing some bad experiments to the some players by placed them in the wrong position.

Im still having a lot of questions regarding pochettino like why does he keep stick with that formation while chelsea was always struggling with it. Chelsea is so flat right now without any improvements happen to the club.
Some players have not been able to become even better. It feels like that chelsea was offering absolutely nothing for the fans.

Horrible performance, Terrible to watch, Difficult to win the game.

[Sakanwa]

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money. In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality. Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

Since the ownership of Todd Boehly in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have declined in performance and everything concerning improvements have ceased. The club's passing through challenging phase, nothing to be done about it, no solution yet, I'm just tired because I'm a fan, the new appointed Mauricio Pochettino not helping matters, the same thing to the players. Chelsea this season, nothing changed, I'm still observing them to be the old flopping blues last season, that ended up 12th position on the league table. There's specifically no change at all, just the departures of half of the team, the new players are not also helping matters, playing as if they're not big team in EPL, settling for lesser results other than pushing in for the very best.

I know Chelsea are not doing well at the moment,but I am optimistic that by the time Chelsea players will know themselves well,and blend well together,there will be a cahnge.They are not playing a bad football,they have a pattern of play,but it hasn't worked well for now,maybe Pochetino needs to introduce a new tactics because what makes one a good coach is when he uses multiple tactics to acquire a desired results.He has known now that the method he is currently using is not favourable,he should switch from it to another pattern that will bring out good result.Or maybe introduce new set of players that haven't played before into the starting line up to see whether it will work.They have a very good squad now,and so cannot give any excuse about the players there.Pochetino just needs to work on his tactics if he doesn't want to get sacked.

[len01]

I know Chelsea are not doing well at the moment,but I am optimistic that by the time Chelsea players will know themselves well,and blend well together,there will be a cahnge.They are not playing a bad football,they have a pattern of play,but it hasn't worked well for now,maybe Pochetino needs to introduce a new tactics because what makes one a good coach is when he uses multiple tactics to acquire a desired results.He has known now that the method he is currently using is not favourable,he should switch from it to another pattern that will bring out good result.Or maybe introduce new set of players that haven't played before into the starting line up to see whether it will work.They have a very good squad now,and so cannot give any excuse about the players there.Pochetino just needs to work on his tactics if he doesn't want to get sacked.

honestly, I would doubt Chelsea performance even though they have made a large number of player transfers and even replacing the coach with Pochettino is not the right way for Chelsea because as long as Chelsea has not found the right coach who has a lot of experience in big competitions, Chelsea will definitely only be the same as last season that we see today. the reason for adapting to a new strategy or whatever is not an excuse for a coach, if he has experience, he will quickly read how and what a player should do to improve the quality of Chelsea play. but unfortunately Pochettino does not seem able to overcome this and I not blame Pochettino but rather blame Chelsea officials who should choose a more experienced coach with a reliable strategy at their disposal and until the end of this season I will guess that Chelsea will end the same as last season.

[QueenVera]

honestly, I would doubt Chelsea performance even though they have made a large number of player transfers and even replacing the coach with Pochettino is not the right way for Chelsea because as long as Chelsea has not found the right coach who has a lot of experience in big competitions, Chelsea will definitely only be the same as last season that we see today. the reason for adapting to a new strategy or whatever is not an excuse for a coach, if he has experience, he will quickly read how and what a player should do to improve the quality of Chelsea play. but unfortunately Pochettino does not seem able to overcome this and I not blame Pochettino but rather blame Chelsea officials who should choose a more experienced coach with a reliable strategy at their disposal and until the end of this season I will guess that Chelsea will end the same as last season.

They had a very terrible performance last season and are currently undergoing a process under their new coach and i trust the process because they've strengthen their team to a better standard and with time when the players have a better understanding amongst eachother we'll begin to see the best of Chelsea against though they might not qualify for the Champions League this season but they'll be alot better than the previous season, Pouchettino is an experienced coach, he's been in the EPL under Tottenham as well and I think it's too early for complains because it's his debut season with Chelsea and it's just only 5 matches I think the fans should give him more time to prove himself then if he's not able to put them in a better position by the winter period then it's okay for fans to criticize his ability to manage the club but for now it's best to keep the fingers crossed and also him focus on building a stronger and better team at Chelsea.

[shinratensei_]

I know Chelsea are not doing well at the moment,but I am optimistic that by the time Chelsea players will know themselves well,and blend well together,there will be a cahnge.They are not playing a bad football,they have a pattern of play,but it hasn't worked well for now,maybe Pochetino needs to introduce a new tactics because what makes one a good coach is when he uses multiple tactics to acquire a desired results.He has known now that the method he is currently using is not favourable,he should switch from it to another pattern that will bring out good result.Or maybe introduce new set of players that haven't played before into the starting line up to see whether it will work.They have a very good squad now,and so cannot give any excuse about the players there.Pochetino just needs to work on his tactics if he doesn't want to get sacked.

honestly, I would doubt Chelsea performance even though they have made a large number of player transfers and even replacing the coach with Pochettino is not the right way for Chelsea because as long as Chelsea has not found the right coach who has a lot of experience in big competitions, Chelsea will definitely only be the same as last season that we see today. the reason for adapting to a new strategy or whatever is not an excuse for a coach, if he has experience, he will quickly read how and what a player should do to improve the quality of Chelsea play. but unfortunately Pochettino does not seem able to overcome this and I not blame Pochettino but rather blame Chelsea officials who should choose a more experienced coach with a reliable strategy at their disposal and until the end of this season I will guess that Chelsea will end the same as last season.

Im just not really happy with all if transfers by chelsea. Almost all of the new players were not even showing good progress since he was coming to the stamford bridge. My question is how long they will able to find their best?
It looks like that chelsea needs to wait them even longer to discover their best when playing for the blues. I think that all the parties shall be blamed. Pochettino was also making a lot of mistakes since the first week caused by he was sometimes putting some players to play, not in their actual positions. Pochettino shall have learned if he is willing to see his club to play better against bourne. There have been many mistakes being made in the previous matches.
The attackers are always inability to score the goal. I feel that Chelsea's attacking players struggle to position themselves correctly to receive deflected balls..

[topbitcoin]

Chelsea bought many players in these two years when they got owers and the players they bought in these years usually couldn't help the team and they got a huge amount of money. In fact, Chelsea mostly bought players they didn't really need, when Pochetino joined the teams they sold many players but still, I think spent money on players with low quality. Pochetino tried to change the team but still, the Chelsea we see is not the team to be at the top of the table with the situation we see from them.

Since the ownership of Todd Boehly in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have declined in performance and everything concerning improvements have ceased. The club's passing through challenging phase, nothing to be done about it, no solution yet, I'm just tired because I'm a fan, the new appointed Mauricio Pochettino not helping matters, the same thing to the players. Chelsea this season, nothing changed, I'm still observing them to be the old flopping blues last season, that ended up 12th position on the league table. There's specifically no change at all, just the departures of half of the team, the new players are not also helping matters, playing as if they're not big team in EPL, settling for lesser results other than pushing in for the very best.

Actually I don't want to say it stopped because seeing the conditions of what Todd did with the money they have, they actually want to try to make some improvements in several sectors including a major overhaul that not only comes from players because even from staff and management Todd did an overhaul in the hope of improving everything but in this case the mistake Todd made was that he did not act as a club owner but as a businessman where Todd's goal was only to buy and not really think about what the future conditions were like so Chelsea could not anticipate when the massive purchases made were inversely proportional to the performance and condition of the players.

[FatFork]

Sunday's gossip:

Barcelona are interested in a move for Manchester United and England winger Jadon Sancho, 23, amid his Old Trafford exile. (Sport - in Spanish)

Manchester City will delay holding talks about a new contract with Kevin de Bruyne, whose current deal runs to summer 2025, until the 32-year-old Belgium midfielder returns from a lengthy hamstring injury. (Star)

Arsenal and Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey, 30, might be sold in January with Juventus a potential destination. (Football Insider)

Sheffield United are targeting a move for former manager Chris Wilder as a replacement for Paul Heckingbottom, following defeat by Tottenham on Saturday. (Mail)

Arsenal are close to agreeing a new four-year contract with Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 24, worth more than £200,000 a week. (Football Insider)

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 38, is suing former club Juventus for £17m in wages that were left pending during the Covid pandemic. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)

Everton are still keen to sign Leeds and Italy winger Wilfried Gnonto, 19, after failing with bids in the summer. (Football Insider)

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will battle it out to hire former Spain midfielder and current Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso as manager next summer. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

Luka Modric's first professional club Dinamo Zagreb will attempt to re-sign the Croatia midfielder, 38, from Real Madrid in January. (90min)

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says the Spanish club are planning to renew Modric's contract. (Fabrizio Romano)

France midfielder Paul Pogba, 30, could have his Juventus contract cancelled depending on the result of an investigation into a failed doping test. (Fabrizio Romano)

Conor Gallagher is currently happy at Chelsea, although Tottenham are planning to come back in for the England midfielder, 23, in January. (Football Insider)

Barcelona have not yet discussed a contract extension with former Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong, 26, with the Netherlands midfielder's current deal running to 2026. (Marca - in Spanish)

Athletic Bilbao are confident Nico Williams will sign a new deal, despite Barcelona having expressed an interest in signing the 21-year-old Spain winger, who is out of contract next summer. (Sport - in Spanish)

Liverpool and Manchester United are also keen on Williams. (Football Transfers)

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