⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[rahmad2nd]

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He is a very strong figure as a leader and that's whatwe need right now. We can't afford to lose such important player when we are in squad building process. So Odegaard's contract extension was obvious from Arsenal's point of view. He is the crucial squad member right now if Arsenal wants to have a good future ahead. I am glad that Arsenal secured Odegaard as without him there wouldn't be a strong player who can lead as well like Odegaard inside the squad.

I rarely discuss the captain of the young Gunners squad, even though he is one of Arteta's key players in his squad. referring to what Romano reported, Odegaard has signed a new contract until June 2028. This is currently Odegaard's fourth season at Arsenal since joining on loan from Real Madrid in June 2021. However, it didn't take him too long to settle in and become Arteta's mainstay player.

Last season was the peak with the Arsenal team finishing runners-up in the Premier League, even though they actually had the chance to win the trophy and ultimately failed. This season, their target is the Premier League trophy and Odegaard is an important player in Mikel Arteta's squad.
IMO, Odegaard has an incredibly positive influence on his squad and that's why he carries the captain's armband. on the pitch, he is a young player of the highest quality who consistently contributes at a high level. So, it is only natural that Arsenal wants a contract extension with this player from Norway. As you said, as an Arsenal supporter I am happy that Arsenal has retained Odegaard in the Gunners squad.

[borovichok]

It would be for Tottenham's own good to sign a contract extension with Heung-min Son. Because he is currently one of the most valuable and important players for the team. He is taking a big responsibility together with Maddison to fill Kane's absence with his goals. He is 31 years old but this doesn't change anything for Son at all.

He is still playing like he is on his first day here. His ambition will be very important for Tottenham. Maybe they can do something better this season considering their start.

After losing Kane Tottenham can't afford losing another crucial player like Son too of course.

Tottenham Hotspur lost Harry Kane in the summer transfer window; the club is looking to regain their footing and Angelos Postecoglou is the best guy to get the club back on track. Spurs' performance is not going to change this season; instead, they will work even harder to achieve positive results. They made good market additions, such as adding prominent player, James Maddison, and other players, who have contributed to the club's enormously positive performance. After all, Heung-min Son is currently Tottenham Hotspur's most valuable exceptional player.

[salad daging]

David De Gea considering retirement?
Well I saw the news on Twitter because he has yet to be signed by a club but the most interesting thing is that David De Gea wants to continue in Europe while no European club is interested in him? Why doesn't he try to go to an Arab club that accepts high offers?

There is another opinion why he doesn't want to go to the Arab League, he says there is no motivation to play there.

If maybe he wants to maintain the desire to keep playing in Europe maybe he can retire soon because there are not many offers to him.

https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1705220814516138465

[baeva]

Barcelona is also experiencing a financial crisis so it is impossible to return Messi or Neymar to his old club, Barcelona will not be able to afford on the one hand their salaries are small there and they are old, what to expect in these two former Barcelona players who will soon retire.

Ronaldo had a conflict with Manchester United so he was dropped from the squad. But he seems happy now to be in the Arab League with a lot of money. LOL

Joao Felix is a loan player, if Atletico Madrid put a high price tag it seems Barcelona will not dare to take it, just rely on young players from the academy, but now they are not in a player crisis so stay relaxed for Xavi.

Barcelona have issues with La Liga FFP rules unfortunately so they aren't able to spend a lot of money for transfers for now. This was why they couldn't sign Joao Felix permanently.

However this is still not a problem for Barcelona currently. Because their current performance level is quite satisfying. They have just destroyed Antwerp in the Champions League by a big gap. I felt like we were in good old days of Barcelona.    Felix is really impressive since he joined them. He is playing for his dream team of course. I have never seen him this ambitious. 

Even though the opponent in this match was not the strongest, but the result is really very good, especially it can help to raise their competitive spirit. Despite the problems with finances, the transfer window was conducted decently, and most importantly - productively, because you can see that it went in their favour, they spent minimum money and got maximum return

@ajiz138

The career of Cristiano Ronaldo should have ended in a better way. Only if he decided to go to Manchester City instead of Manchester United. His career definitely would have ended in a better way. I don't know how you can decide to not play the very player that carried you on his back in the last season. But they did make that decision and I know a lot of people are going to say that this was the right decision made by them. And they will also say that Manchester United has definitely improved after that. But honestly, I do not see the improvement. They still have the same old problems that they had before. Cristiano Ronaldo is still saying that he wants to play in the next World Cup for Portugal. I do not think he will actually get a chance in the squad.

Anyone who thought Messi and Neymar were going to return to Barcelona is definitely stupid. Barcelona currently cannot even register players because they don't have enough money. How are they going to pay Messi and Neymar the salary?

I've never heard any rumours that Neymar might return to Barcelona. Messi as far as we know rejected the idea himself because he found cutting other players' wages for his presence unacceptable and it was indeed a wise decision. In the end Barcelona could theoretically afford it anyway by cutting other players' wages and their budget wouldn't suffer much, and the worst part is that they were prepared to do it despite the fact that they are already very much in debt

I think Messi should not have considered his commitment to the club economically. They could have agreed on a symbolic figure, since Messi can still earn big money through advertisements. Barcelona might not be able to give him the salary he wanted, but I would expect him to be more loyal to Barcelona.

He always speaks well of his hometown club, he has no hatred for it, moreover, all his honours are still kept in the Barcelona museum, as he said himself. Nevertheless, by moving to Miami, he made an impeccable deal that will bring him a huge amount of money. As a result, he is happy at his current club and will be getting good money, is that a bad thing?

[QueenVera]

Tottenham Hotspur lost Harry Kane in the summer transfer window; the club is looking to regain their footing and Angelos Postecoglou is the best guy to get the club back on track. Spurs' performance is not going to change this season; instead, they will work even harder to achieve positive results. They made good market additions, such as adding prominent player, James Maddison, and other players, who have contributed to the club's enormously positive performance. After all, Heung-min Son is currently Tottenham Hotspur's most valuable exceptional player.

Suprisenly Tottenham are not really affected by the lose of Harry Kane and I think the new coach Ange Postecoglou is really doing well for the team and has put then back to winning ways I hope they continue with their good performance to stand a chance of playing in a major competitions next season, Son is really enjoying the position of the captain of team and his performance is very brilliant because it's help to lead his team to victory in several matches this season.

 They'll be facing Arsenal in their next match and this is a big test for Ange Postecoglou and i know they'll try their best to secure a victory, Arsenal are the favourites to win but Tottenham shouldn't be underestimated because their performance this season have been so outstanding and they could take Arsenal by suprise on  Sunday.

[coinlocket$]

What do you think about DeLigt situation?

One of the most valued defenders in the world already skipped 5 games because Tuchel does not want him.

Will he leave Bayern this January?

[Zaguru12]

Arsenal will try everything to keep Odegaard, I think he will never leave Arsenal because he has a good work ethic and not interested to jump to other team. It's a huge lose if Odegaard leave Arsenal, Arteta need to work really hard to find a player that can replace his position.
It's very rare to see a playmaker leaving their team.

Odegaard is already an integral part of Arsenal’s team, the captaincy handed over to him is already a signal that Arsenal wishes to keep him for a very long time. I don’t see too many issues regarding his contract extension other than the media just wanting to clicks that is why they twist the news all the time. Odegaard is a player I also admire because been a captain of your country at such a young age and also captaining your club shows he definitely has that quality in his sleeves. I am happy that this Arsenal move has worked out perfectly for him and I hope he doesn’t end up like how past Arsenal’s captains do end up.

A little confused about understanding some of these differences of opinion because some say Messi only thinks about money and some think Messi shouldn't think only about money.
But personally, I think more realistically, as we can see that currently Messi is 36 years old and a bit old, we don't even know when he will decide to retire and for a star player, having the thought of joining a club that is able to provide a large salary is an option to collect a lot of money before the player retires even though he has earned large amounts of money from sponsors or advertising, but that is not hypocritical when a player thinks about money before retiring.
Messi move to MLS is a policy between him and his family because I see he wants to end his career there to be with his family and enjoy the remaining salary from his football.

This is just bants by his haters for God sake he has played all this professional football in the top flight and has won virtually everything a player needs to win so why would he not go else where to experience another culture. In my opinion Messi didn’t want to play another European football because he still have this connection with Barcelona and joining even PSG was more of a problem to him and since he can’t return to Barcelona due to financial crisis he decides to move to another continent.

If it is about money Messi would have gone straight to Al Hilal with the wages they were offering him, but to me it is like he already had an agreement with Beckham to be at inter Miami. So even if it is about money then I would say Messi deserves it

What do you think about DeLigt situation?

One of the most valued defenders in the world already skipped 5 games because Tuchel does not want him.

Will he leave Bayern this January?

When a big coach arrives in a team they always fall out with at least one star player. The issue between DeLigt and Tuchel is yet to me know publicly but I know it’s not about not been able to compete that is keeping him out but rather a person rift between the two. I would advise DeLigt to just bare this as there is nothing to be done from his part now. If he remains patient sooner or later I know Tuchel might need him because if the competitions starts piling up I don’t trust the Upamecano of guy too much. But If DeLigt doesn’t get a chance until January then I am very sure top clubs with come with offers for him

[shogun47]

Arsenal have one of the best midfield in the premier league now,they have Odegard,Partey,Declan Rise,Fabio Vierra,and co,they are all players that controls the midfield no matter the opponent they face.If you watch the game against PSV,you will know that Arsenal are really very good now,and with Declan running up and down,winning tackles,opponent find it very difficult to stand the force.Arsenal's next game is Totthenham,which is north London Derby,and they are meeting Totteham when they are really inform,same as Totthenham too.
Son have already come out to say that it will really be a tough game,because the two sides are inform,and I believe Totthenham will want to do everything possible to win that match because Arsenal won them last season home and away.It will really be a tough and interesting game to watch,but I Still predict Arsenal to win by 2-1.

I have no clue how meaningful the game against PSV is supposed to be when in the next game they are up against Tottenham. How would Tottenham have played against PSV at home? I think a similar result would have been possible.

I would like to say here that I am quite sure Tottenham is a different level than PSV and will show more resistance and also more attacking strategies themselves. The 4-0 seemed to be an easy win and probably it was, but I don't expect the game against Tottenham to go the same way.

[coinlocket$]

Xavi basically has a deal for his contract.

He will extend for 1 more year until the end of 2025 with an option for 1 more year to 2026.

[Oneandpure]

What do you think about DeLigt situation?

One of the most valued defenders in the world already skipped 5 games because Tuchel does not want him.

Will he leave Bayern this January?

Difficult situation for Matthijs de Ligt after arriving Kim Min Jae and he loss as regular position with Bayern Munich, I don't think good for him keep staying with Bayern because he not get regular position. Reported from Goal.com he was not happy with Bayern Munich because losing regular position make him frustrated and seems he will leave Bayern on next window transfer opening. Last match in Champion League against Manchester United there are not list name from Matthijs de Ligt in the bench and Thomas Tuchel have serious problem until have to leave de Light from main squad. Its not good started for Matthijs de Ligt with Bayern Munich in this season have played 5 matches in Bundesliga still not get regular position although Bayern have serious problem with defensive are after conceding 4 goals.

[Velvet78]

I have heard that Tottenham are preparing to trigger the option to extend Son's contract. It is currently until 2025 but after this it will be 2026. This would be amazing news for Tottenham side because they wouldn't like to lose another significant player in a short time. Kane has newly left the team in the end.

The new manager Ange Postecoglou has been doing a really good job. Tottenham need their squad staying strong at the same time. If they lose more power they would turn into an even much less competitive team. They already have a bad history without titles for ages.

[Asiska02]

I think Messi should not have considered his commitment to the club economically. They could have agreed on a symbolic figure, since Messi can still earn big money through advertisements. Barcelona might not be able to give him the salary he wanted, but I would expect him to be more loyal to Barcelona.

What more loyalty do you expect him to pay to Barcelona than he already done. After spending more than half of his football career age with Barcelona, won a lot of trophies for the team and make the team to still hold on to their prestige, I would say he had done a enough for the team and they should appreciative to him for the rest of his life because he will forever be a living legend to Barcelona as long as the club is concerned.

When people troll him about loyalty, I just don’t know why that is being brought up, sometimes I think the enemies of him share this talk more to make people hate him instead of liking and praising his achievements so far for the team.

Everyone has a retirement plan and if Barcelona not being able to give him what he asked for made him not consider joining back the club, then i am in total support of his actions because many players will do the same even though they haven’t paid much loyalty to this team as Messi already did for them.

[Nheer]

Bayern's former coach has been chosen as the national team's manager. I really liked this guy during his time at Bayern. I hope he's learned from those experiences and keeps some strategies secret. Nagelsmann is a good coach, and I wish him the best of luck. Can't wait to see his influence during the Euros. It's a great move for the German team. Let's see how he turns things around.

Nagelsmann is a good coach and his time at Bayern was not bad, he was not having any problems with managing the team, he was doing fine and winning matches as they have always done but i am still surprised why he sacked all of a sudden by the club, I thought coaches are sacked when they are performing poorly and mismanaging the players but his case was different. After he was sacked Tuchel was appointed and for some time the team dropped in performance before regaining themselves back and some people were even saying Nagelsmann was better than tuchel and was not supposed to be sacked. Congratulations to him, i am happy he finally got a job I believe he can handle the job and help the German team back on their feet.

[GbitG]

He is a very strong figure as a leader and that's whatwe need right now. We can't afford to lose such important player when we are in squad building process. So Odegaard's contract extension was obvious from Arsenal's point of view. He is the crucial squad member right now if Arsenal wants to have a good future ahead. I am glad that Arsenal secured Odegaard as without him there wouldn't be a strong player who can lead as well like Odegaard inside the squad.

I believe that Arsenal will likely keep him for their future plans and not let him go. Martin Odegaard is a highly social player, much like Mesut Ozil, who shares a similar playing style and is also very considerate about the club's well-being, particularly in terms of creating a tight-knit environment.
So, instead of trying to lure other clubs' Odegaards to Arsenal, they want to keep Martin Odegaard with them. Furthermore, Arsenal has only one player who meets the standard of Arsenal's gameplay, so Arsenal should emphasize that Martin  Odegaard should not sign with any other club.

[Google+]

Xavi basically has a deal for his contract.

He will extend for 1 more year until the end of 2025 with an option for 1 more year to 2026.

I think he deserves a contract extension after successfully rebuilding Barcelona glory in Laliga. But I hope he gets a longer contract but in fact Barcelona only tied him down until 2025. But that is certainly good news for fans because Xavi is performing quite well after he was appointed as Barcelona coach. Xavi has polished the Barcelona squad quite strongly. He has also provided many opportunities for Lamasia academy players to be promoted to the senior team. Xavi quite understands the pattern that will be built for the future.

Xavi has a fairly harmonious relationship with Laporta and all decisions are of course strongly supported by Laporta. This season, Barcelona wants to maintain the Laliga trophy. It seems that this will be achieved if they are able to appear consistent throughout the matches this season. Xavi success was also triggered by his level of expertise in the transfer window so it's no wonder Laporta quite admires his decisions.

[militiariko]

Nagelsmann is a good coach and his time at Bayern was not bad, he was not having any problems with managing the team, he was doing fine and winning matches as they have always done but i am still surprised why he sacked all of a sudden by the club, I thought coaches are sacked when they are performing poorly and mismanaging the players but his case was different.

You are right, Nagelsmann  sack was more to do with politics than actual footballing reasons and Bayern Munich paid for it too with poor performances across the pitch in the champions league, dvb cup and nearly the bundesliga. I hope Nagelsmann  hasn't been too rusty because he is out of job and can briing out the best in the German squad ahead of EURO 2024.

Excellent recruitment there by the Germany national team board.

[X-ray]

It seems that Man United management still really supports Ten Hag at Old Trafford, the series of defeats that befell The Red Devils squad is not entirely Ten Hag fault. Because Ten Hag was not strengthened by a complete squad, because several key players were injured and there were players who were rested due to personal problems. So I think it makes sense that Ten Hag hasn't been fired, but if with a complete squad Ten Hag hasn't consistently won, I think he will be fired.

If you look at the amount of spending budget spent by Ten Hag, The Red Devils should not be sitting in 13th position on the standings. The EPL match against Burnley will be an opportunity to improve the situation. If he fails to get three points, Ten Hag will be under a lot of pressure.

Ten Hag bought those he wanted twice (last season and this season) everyone is experiencing injuries (for example KDB) and various kinds of scandals so this cannot be an excuse to justify poor results. Now, due to a conflict with Ten Hag, United is going to sell Sancho for 50-60 million, taking into account the fact that he was bought for 85... an excellent achievement. However, there is a chance that before the winter transfer window Ten Hag himself will be fired and Sancho will not have to be sold 

It's only two but it's not all he wanted. The limited budget has prevented him from buying the good defenders. People were blaming him caused by erik ten hag was also using injured player as his excuses as well. It's time for sancho to move on. He will not get a chance to play if he will stay even longer in the club. I know that how temperament ten hag is. Let's only hope if manchester united can be better, but it's quite impossible as the defenders are still being the primary concern by all of eyes.

So what will you choose? ten hag out or sancho out?  

[Docnaster]

Xavi basically has a deal for his contract.

He will extend for 1 more year until the end of 2025 with an option for 1 more year to 2026.

Xavi Hanendez is doing well for Barcelona and we shouldn't forget in a hurry when Barcelona was in shambo and literally no coach wanted the job. Xavi came to Camp Nou to seal his love with the club. Amidst the financial problems of the club, I really thought it will take so long for Xavi to bring the club back on track but it took him less than two seasons. 
We can all attest that Barcelona is Barcelona is back to what they used to be if not for the Champions League non performance.
Now the reason I narrated this is to know why Barcelona is giving Xavi just 1 Yr contract and extension option of 1 Yr still. Is it that they do not trust him?

[makishart]

I have heard that Tottenham are preparing to trigger the option to extend Son's contract. It is currently until 2025 but after this it will be 2026. This would be amazing news for Tottenham side because they wouldn't like to lose another significant player in a short time. Kane has newly left the team in the end.

Im feeling so good with it. Totenham aware if no son and no party for the club. Son has always become the play maker for totenham since he was coming to the lily whites. Son may seem have a commitment to stay even longer in the club.
He is willing to win a trophy with totenham this season. It's very hard to imagine he will leave like what kane did.

Tottenham Hotspur are looking to tie club captain Son Heung-min down to a new long-term contract, sources have confirmed to 90min.

https://www.90min.com/posts/tottenham-talks-son-heung-min-new-contract

Totenham is not willing to repeat the same mistake like what the club did to the kane. Son is most important player for totenham. That's why club needs to renegotiate his new contract.

The new manager Ange Postecoglou has been doing a really good job. Tottenham need their squad staying strong at the same time. If they lose more power they would turn into an even much less competitive team. They already have a bad history without titles for ages.

Ange proves himself to change the face of totenham right now. I don't know what this guy was doing to the totenham but it's pure magic to see totenham is still consistent till now.

[borovichok]

Nagelsmann is a good coach and his time at Bayern was not bad, he was not having any problems with managing the team, he was doing fine and winning matches as they have always done but i am still surprised why he sacked all of a sudden by the club, I thought coaches are sacked when they are performing poorly and mismanaging the players but his case was different.

Julian Nagelsmann was sacked due to irrelevant reasons, because we're aware of his effectiveness, maintaining his joh and having every possible winning strategy on his side, I guess the purpose for his sack was simply favoritism for Thomas Tuchel who's making matters complicated for the Bavarians, he's not fit to handle the team compared to Julian Nagelsmann who's keen on taking the the team to a whole new level. Perhaps Julian Nagelsmann was without a job until Germany board looked into his matter and booked an appointment with him which ended in grand style, making him the permanent headcoach for the Germany National team.