⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Ayers]

About the long-standing rumors about Kylian Mbappe with Real Madrid and about Mbappe leaving PSG, it is certain that he will leave the club because his contract expires next year and this is an opportunity for big clubs like Real Madrid to rush to make a higher offer for him. get this player and looking at the rumors circulating, I am a little sure that Mbappe will be closer to Real Madrid because the last rumor I heard was that Mbappe is already secretly negotiating with Real Madrid.
We will all be expecting Mbappe's arrival at Real Madrid because this club really lacks reliable strikers and currently Real Madrid has a goal of getting the Champions League trophy so it is very likely that Real Madrid will be successful in getting Mbappe next season.

I agree with you, of all probabilities I believe that Mbappe's move to Real Madrid is the most accurate.
Florentino Pérez is very excited about this achievement and hopes that no other club gets in the way of his plans, especially those in Saudi Arabia. I'm not sure if anything has already been considered or mentioned about values, but I believe that the Merengue team should pay a very significant amount for Mbappé... my guess is that he will receive a salary of at least 50 million euros per season. Is it less than the 72 million he receives today? Yes, but Real Madrid are not doing as well as PSG and I also don't see the need for Mbappé to receive more than that to leave a club where he no longer feels comfortable.

I do not think that anything about Mbappé is actually certain. And I definitely am not going to believe anyone telling me that he has a verbal agreement with Real Madrid. Because we all know how that goes. So even though I definitely believe that, no other club actually gets in the way of the Real Madrid plan, I think we should also understand that if a player does not want to play for a club the club cannot do much about it. The decision of the player is in the end the final decision.

And if Mbappé ends up deciding to stay in PSG for another season, it is going to be a problem for Real Madrid. I don’t think it is actually about him feeling comfortable anymore. At this point, it does look like he's going to do anything for Money. Play in a club in which he is not very comfortable.

[bitgolden]

The better thing for madrid to give regular time to the young players who will continue their career in real madrid. It's time for kroos and modric to leave from the club as their ages were not supporting him anymore to play in the top competition in the world.
Modric was very old as a football player and he would be rarely being a starting line up even though his game play looks like still the same but im worrying about his age. The side effect from being old can't be avoided.

Real madrid needs to move on. Its competitors have been regenerating a lot of players and real madrid is still starting. Madrid was a few steps away from barcelona's step.
El real needs to do the same like barcelona as soon as possible. There will be some players who may leave from the club soon stared with mordic, kroos and curtois.
I would like to see real madrid to hire young talented player like bellingham which was carrying the club a lot.

We need to remember that we are going to end up with them not playing and they have the pair they need to replace them as well. Why do you think that they got players like Jude, Tchouameni, Camavinga and even to a point Valverde (even though he plays in multiple positions)? They got those young players because they wanted to replace Kroos and Modric.

The reason why the legendary pair still plays is not to get success and play well alone, it's also to teach those kids how to be a great midfielder and that's what they are doing right now, they are much of a player as they are a coach to them as well. I am guessing that last season at Real Madrid is true, looking at their age they will probably leave for another team or even retire.

[Bobrox]

Luca Modric felt he is still useful for Real Madrid and he wanted to stay in Europe within top teams in top leagues that's why he extended his contract but he is already aware Real Madrid attitude with old players. Whatever the names, Real Madrid will find other younger players as replacement and so on.
Modric days aren't over yet and he has to evaluate his performance and chances to remain or not as essential player there by the winter or next summer transfer window.

Despite who will next Real Madrid manager, seems Luka Modric still useful with team contribution and actually he will get one year addition contract, but depend with Saudi  Pro League teams want to give huge payment salary or excited offering for him for leaving Madrid or next manager ask him for staying one year later. Rumor Xabi Alonso will replace Carlo Ancelotti position who will be Brazil teams manager and no doubt with Alonso reputation success achievement with Bayern Leverkusen.
I don't get any rumored with Luka Modric unhappy with current situation have start game in the bench, due his age and top performed well with Jude Bellingham I don't think wrong Modric have more patience to get first minutes playing.

[baeva]

I hope so but rodrygo seems still to be the primary choice by ancellotti even though joselu was available and this is good. I was seeing that in the previous season if ancellotti was always prioritizing the old talents to play. Kroos and modric seem get less regular time to play and i do like that caused by they were aged even though they were good. I would like to see all of young talented players were filling real madrid. I hope madrid will get a new striker in winter. The club really needs one striker who can carry like benzema in the past.
I hope madrid will able to find someone who was suitable enough in filling the position as a striker. I'm feeling nostalgic for the time when Madrid played without any losses, and they were flawless in their performance.
That reminds me of the era when madrid won three times UCL in a row. It's the best moment i have remembered it in my mind.

Carlos Ancelotti is having his last season here at Real Madrid with his current team is doing impressive, and he doesn't need to do any big changes because in next season with new coach we can expect better things which will help this team for having good results.

Kroos and Modric are surely now having last time because they already give their best with most chances things will be completely change after end of Ancelotti era, and they will be also had their new destination, but one thing is surely as we have rumors we will not have Son Heung-Min in this team in near future.

There is no doubt Real Madrid still looking for good striker and things will be clear in summer 2024 because then we will have the good number of changes and this will be a good chance for them but who is coming it's still not clear even many feeling they have deal with Mbappé which is also not clear.

I don’t think they will be able to bring Mbappé in before the end of the season. And I also believe that they need to bring in a good striker very quickly. I think they should not waste any time and actually go for Son. In my opinion that is going to be the better decision. Because otherwise if Mbappé actually does not come to Real Madrid what to do at that time?

And there has been a lot of speculation about him coming to Real Madrid. But in the end he ends up going for the money that PSG gave him. Real Madrid should not think about him coming to Real Madrid a certain thing.

I don't really think they should put much emphasis on a striker, and I don't think they will. They don't have a problem with that at the moment, they bought Bellingham and they haven't missed a beat, he's definitely their best transfer this season, not only does he have great stats but he's a very good player overall, I think he's a great investment

[Coyster]

Kroos still has some time left in his career I believe. Even though he has said that he is not going to play until he is a grandpa, I think he will still play for two more years.

I think so too, 33 years is not too old right now and if he plays until he is 35, i don't think he'd consider himself a 'grandpa' at that age, lol. The thing is, would the club want to keep him past this season, they might well want to do it. Having said that, it is pretty obvious that Toni Kroos wouldn't be interested in a move to Saudi Arabia, he has openly criticized some players that have moved there, so what i think is that he'd want to finish his career at Real Madrid, but we have to wait and see what happens after this season.

[Velvet78]

I started to think that Kroos should stay at Real Madrid for 1-2 more seasons at least. He is still a useful player for the team now. Besides he isn't as old as Modric at the moment. Modric is 38 years old now so it would be the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. But Kroos should play a little longer.

I don't think Kroos would still like to leave even if Real Madrid want to extend his contract. But if he gets an offer from Saudi Arabia next summer I don't know what his answer would be. Maybe he would like to choose more money at this age in that situation.

[Ryu_Ar1]

I don't really think they should put much emphasis on a striker, and I don't think they will. They don't have a problem with that at the moment, they bought Bellingham and they haven't missed a beat, he's definitely their best transfer this season, not only does he have great stats but he's a very good player overall, I think he's a great investment

Still, emphasising on a striker with ferocious instincts is important for a big club and Madrid are still searching for that.
With some new and young players like Jude currently providing the colour for Madrid that is a good thing but on the other hand in this case we must also be aware that Madrid will not forever be able to depend on Jude who is only a midfielder or second striker because if there is a striker who can make their goal productivity rise then that would be even better.
Even though they are still very good now, things like this should not be used as satisfaction because of course Madrid must also continue to upgrade themselves to become even better.

[Abu-Naim]

The better thing for madrid to give regular time to the young players who will continue their career in real madrid. It's time for kroos and modric to leave from the club as their ages were not supporting him anymore to play in the top competition in the world.
Modric was very old as a football player and he would be rarely being a starting line up even though his game play looks like still the same but im worrying about his age. The side effect from being old can't be avoided.

Real madrid needs to move on. Its competitors have been regenerating a lot of players and real madrid is still starting. Madrid was a few steps away from barcelona's step.
El real needs to do the same like barcelona as soon as possible. There will be some players who may leave from the club soon stared with mordic, kroos and curtois.
I would like to see real madrid to hire young talented player like bellingham which was carrying the club a lot.

We need to remember that we are going to end up with them not playing and they have the pair they need to replace them as well. Why do you think that they got players like Jude, Tchouameni, Camavinga and even to a point Valverde (even though he plays in multiple positions)? They got those young players because they wanted to replace Kroos and Modric.

The reason why the legendary pair still plays is not to get success and play well alone, it's also to teach those kids how to be a great midfielder and that's what they are doing right now, they are much of a player as they are a coach to them as well. I am guessing that last season at Real Madrid is true, looking at their age they will probably leave for another team or even retire.

Luka Modric and Toni Kroos were in the Real Madrid squad to provide guidance to the young midfielders they signed. This is because midfielders with vast experience and talent are good in a team because they are useful when the young have failed to deliver the desired result. When they come in, they use the experience they have to give games a new dimension that usually ends in either creating a better chance or providing a solid defensive mindset to the team if they are under pressure from the opponents.

[Zaguru12]

I don't really think they should put much emphasis on a striker, and I don't think they will. They don't have a problem with that at the moment, they bought Bellingham and they haven't missed a beat, he's definitely their best transfer this season, not only does he have great stats but he's a very good player overall, I think he's a great investment

Madrid emphasis should definitely be a striker, because since the departure of Benzema they don’t currently have a prolific striker aside the Joselu who is a loanee. You made mention of Jude Bellingham, he is not a center forward but rather a midfielder that can play all positions across the midfield and as such he is been used as second striker immediately behind the attackers. He has helped the team with goals already but still that doesn’t makes him a striker and the risk is when the competition gets tough Bellingham can’t be everyday lucky, there are games that your striker will win for you single-handedly so Madrid should definitely prioritize it eight during the winter transfer or the summer.

I think so too, 33 years is not too old right now and if he plays until he is 35, i don't think he'd consider himself a 'grandpa' at that age, lol. The thing is, would the club want to keep him past this season, they might well want to do it. Having said that, it is pretty obvious that Toni Kroos wouldn't be interested in a move to Saudi Arabia, he has openly criticized some players that have moved there, so what i think is that he'd want to finish his career at Real Madrid, but we have to wait and see what happens after this season.

He seriously still has couple few years to go and if you look at his game although he has changed a bit there is still some qualities and leadership left. Ancelotti has said before that it will be a great to have both of them retire in Madrid. But Toni Kroos seems to have a better idea which is to renew his contract with a year and option to extend. This way should both become tired then they can easily end it. One place I would guess he could go after his Madrid stint would be back to any German mid table team. I notice most German players do this

[QueenVera]

He seriously still has couple few years to go and if you look at his game although he has changed a bit there is still some qualities and leadership left. Ancelotti has said before that it will be a great to have both of them retire in Madrid. But Toni Kroos seems to have a better idea which is to renew his contract with a year and option to extend. This way should both become tired then they can easily end it. One place I would guess he could go after his Madrid stint would be back to any German mid table team. I notice most German players do this

I think they both would retire at Realmadrid since they've both decided to extend their contract at the club,Modric and Toni Kroos have been very good partners in the midfield for Realmadrid over the years and has helped to achieve alot over the years, i think they both want to achieve one or two more trophies before they decide to retire from professional football and it would be so nice if they win the Champions League with Realmadrid once more.

 Maybe after they leave Realmadrid they might probably go play in the native football League or get an opportunity to play in the Saudi league where they're experience would be needed and i don't think they would find it hard to adapt their based on the level of their performance even at old age.

[Docnaster]

Kroos still has some time left in his career I believe. Even though he has said that he is not going to play until he is a grandpa, I think he will still play for two more years.

I think so too, 33 years is not too old right now and if he plays until he is 35, i don't think he'd consider himself a 'grandpa' at that age, lol. The thing is, would the club want to keep him past this season, they might well want to do it. Having said that, it is pretty obvious that Toni Kroos wouldn't be interested in a move to Saudi Arabia, he has openly criticized some players that have moved there, so what i think is that he'd want to finish his career at Real Madrid, but we have to wait and see what happens after this season.

Toni Kroos without doubt isn't too old to play good football and has been impressive for his club Real Madrid since the start of the season but I think we should also consider the other players in the Real Madrid squad when talking about how long he still has to remain at Madrid.
Real Madrid I think possess the most intimidating and quality midfield players in the world and to think that the majority of them are very young players gives Toni Kroos a  little chance of playing in the club beyond this season because he'll mostly be coming from bench after this season.

[ginsan]

I think they both would retire at Realmadrid since they've both decided to extend their contract at the club,Modric and Toni Kroos have been very good partners in the midfield for Realmadrid over the years and has helped to achieve alot over the years, i think they both want to achieve one or two more trophies before they decide to retire from professional football and it would be so nice if they win the Champions League with Realmadrid once more.

 Maybe after they leave Realmadrid they might probably go play in the native football League or get an opportunity to play in the Saudi league where they're experience would be needed and i don't think they would find it hard to adapt their based on the level of their performance even at old age.

Toni is 33 years old and next January he will be 34 years old, so in terms of age he is probably still strong enough to play for the next few seasons before deciding to retire. Luka Modric is 38 years old and of course he has entered his old age to play in the first team but he is still able to do it because Luka Modric's role on the field is still very much needed by Real Madrid's young players. I think it is very appropriate that Luka Modric will announce his retirement next season if he does.

Apart from that, Real Madrid already has a lot of midfielders in stock that they bought this season so that when Luka Modric and Toni Kross want to move or announce their retirement, Real Madrid already has a replacement. I don't think Toni will announce his retirement early because he is still quite strong and could join another team next season. Even several big teams from the Saudi Arabian league are very interested in recruiting Toni and Modric in this summer window but both of them prefer to stay with Real Madrid for the next season.

[Leviathan.007]

I started to think that Kroos should stay at Real Madrid for 1-2 more seasons at least. He is still a useful player for the team now. Besides he isn't as old as Modric at the moment. Modric is 38 years old now so it would be the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. But Kroos should play a little longer.

I don't think Kroos would still like to leave even if Real Madrid want to extend his contract. But if he gets an offer from Saudi Arabia next summer I don't know what his answer would be. Maybe he would like to choose more money at this age in that situation.

Toni Kroos and Modric were two important players for Real Madrid and they were the players who were controlling the game in midfield. But we know any player will finally need to leave the team and get retire, I know the chance for Toni Kroos to play in Asain teams is not much but still, there is the chance for Modric to do that because in the last games we saw from Real Madrid, they didn't get many chances to play in the game mostly because of the younger players there.  

[legendbtc]

Real Madrid no longer prioritizes regular starting football for their legendary pair. This could be the last season for Luka Modric and Toni Kroos. The transition is happening gradually. Real Madrid only has 2 veteran names left, and the young stars are expected to play a little better than their veteran seniors. Kroos and Modric sitting on the bench is inevitable when the team still has Valverde, Tchouameni, or Camavinga. (When a player is not selected for the starting lineup, it will be very sad.)
Luka Modric and Toni Kroos should consider their futures. Leaving Real Madrid would be a good choice, or Luka Modric will retire at this club.

The better thing for madrid to give regular time to the young players who will continue their career in real madrid. It's time for kroos and modric to leave from the club as their ages were not supporting him anymore to play in the top competition in the world.
Modric was very old as a football player and he would be rarely being a starting line up even though his game play looks like still the same but im worrying about his age. The side effect from being old can't be avoided.

Real madrid needs to move on. Its competitors have been regenerating a lot of players and real madrid is still starting. Madrid was a few steps away from barcelona's step.
El real needs to do the same like barcelona as soon as possible. There will be some players who may leave from the club soon stared with mordic, kroos and curtois.
I would like to see real madrid to hire young talented player like bellingham which was carrying the club a lot.

With the conditions of what Ancelotti did, actually something like that has been done since the previous few seasons where when they tried to rotate when some old players like Modric or Kroos were replaced by several young players like Tchouameni or Valverde and some players have also actually been given a decent portion such as Jude, Rodrygo, Vini and Camavinga are also always prioritized to start in the line up as a form of giving great responsibility.
Madrid have now given their young players a good portion in terms of opportunities and IMO the answers given by their young players are also very impressive. 

Yes, but that's sad. Kroos and Modric's loyalty always lies with Real Madrid. They should leave soon like teammates Benzema or Ronaldo, who found a new home. Real Madrid's recruits have done very well, showing that they are mature enough and independent. They probably won't need a veteran like Modric to lead anymore. At this point, Real Madrid will inevitably continue to bring in bright rookies to complete the squad, creating a new dynasty to compete.
I think Kroos and Modric should go to Saudi Arabia to play with their former teammates.

[Psynthax]

I started to think that Kroos should stay at Real Madrid for 1-2 more seasons at least. He is still a useful player for the team now. Besides he isn't as old as Modric at the moment. Modric is 38 years old now so it would be the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. But Kroos should play a little longer.

I don't think Kroos would still like to leave even if Real Madrid want to extend his contract. But if he gets an offer from Saudi Arabia next summer I don't know what his answer would be. Maybe he would like to choose more money at this age in that situation.

I hope so but since kroos will be also aged and he is now shall preparing himself to leave from the club. Kroos may still useuful for real madrid but we didn't know what's happening to him once real madrid will get a new coach. This is raising my concern regarding his future. I hope he will fine once real madrid got a new coach.

[Google+]

Yes, but that's sad. Kroos and Modric's loyalty always lies with Real Madrid. They should leave soon like teammates Benzema or Ronaldo, who found a new home. Real Madrid's recruits have done very well, showing that they are mature enough and independent. They probably won't need a veteran like Modric to lead anymore. At this point, Real Madrid will inevitably continue to bring in bright rookies to complete the squad, creating a new dynasty to compete.
I think Kroos and Modric should go to Saudi Arabia to play with their former teammates.

why these two players are really needed by Ancelotti is because Ancelotti knows that they have a pretty good role and are quite necessary field controllers for this season. In other words, their contracts will expire at the end of this season, so it's possible that other big teams will get the services of these two players without having to spend money in the next season's transfer window. So for Toni and Modric, they could follow Ronaldo next season if they are interested in joining a Saudi Arabian league team.

Yes, so far Real Madrid have many quality players in their squad but Ancelotti still has high hopes for Modric to be able to perform optimally because that way other players can learn from what Modric does when he is on the field. Maybe this is their last season or they will continue to be given a new contract by Real Madrid management. We won't know this because even though they are old, they are still quite strong when they are on the field.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Kroos still has some time left in his career I believe. Even though he has said that he is not going to play until he is a grandpa, I think he will still play for two more years.

I think so too, 33 years is not too old right now and if he plays until he is 35, i don't think he'd consider himself a 'grandpa' at that age, lol. The thing is, would the club want to keep him past this season, they might well want to do it. Having said that, it is pretty obvious that Toni Kroos wouldn't be interested in a move to Saudi Arabia, he has openly criticized some players that have moved there, so what i think is that he'd want to finish his career at Real Madrid, but we have to wait and see what happens after this season.

Toni Kroos without doubt isn't too old to play good football and has been impressive for his club Real Madrid since the start of the season but I think we should also consider the other players in the Real Madrid squad when talking about how long he still has to remain at Madrid.
Real Madrid I think possess the most intimidating and quality midfield players in the world and to think that the majority of them are very young players gives Toni Kroos a  little chance of playing in the club beyond this season because he'll mostly be coming from bench after this season.

Kroos has been passing the effective age to playing as a football player. In fact, real madrid will also need at least another great midfielder. Real madrid is still being coached by ancellotti. I think that the decision will be different once real madrid will be signed a new coach to handle the club.
I remind you that there will be a lot of changes to happen once the new manager will be coming to the club and this is also become a threat for kroos's position in the club. A coach like xabi and zerbi may also have different opinion and strategy regarding it.
Kroos may also get less time to play caused by that. He was also become even older. I don't even wanna try to deny the fact that if kroos may also leave from the club once he will not be feeling satisfied with how the new coach was handling the team.
Anything is still remain possible at this moment. He needs to perform better on his age to prove his worthiness to the new coach. This wil become a new challenge for him at this moment.
We can only predict what decision that may come from the new coach but it's hard to guess the right prediction regarding it.

[bering]

I started to think that Kroos should stay at Real Madrid for 1-2 more seasons at least. He is still a useful player for the team now. Besides he isn't as old as Modric at the moment. Modric is 38 years old now so it would be the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. But Kroos should play a little longer.

I don't think Kroos would still like to leave even if Real Madrid want to extend his contract. But if he gets an offer from Saudi Arabia next summer I don't know what his answer would be. Maybe he would like to choose more money at this age in that situation.

I hope so but since kroos will be also aged and he is now shall preparing himself to leave from the club. Kroos may still useuful for real madrid but we didn't know what's happening to him once real madrid will get a new coach. This is raising my concern regarding his future. I hope he will fine once real madrid got a new coach.

Real Madrid squad currently indeed filled mostly with young players and indeed this is normal because just like i said before Ancelotti want to regeneration Real Madrid squad but don't mean he will sell all of senior players because Real Madrid still needed them and i know Modric and Kroos have already passed their prime but with their experience i think Real Madrid still needed them but indeed gradually Modric and Kross will losing their places on starting lineup however if we compared between Kroos and Modric i think Kroos was a bit lucky because Ancelotti still trust him to playing regularly and Kroos performance also still stable and so far Kroos still focus to Real Madrid because he still want to gets more trophies with this team and after Laliga ended possibly he will thinking his future in this team

[mamesso]

~Snip~

I do not think that anything about Mbappé is actually certain. And I definitely am not going to believe anyone telling me that he has a verbal agreement with Real Madrid. Because we all know how that goes. So even though I definitely believe that, no other club actually gets in the way of the Real Madrid plan, I think we should also understand that if a player does not want to play for a club the club cannot do much about it. The decision of the player is in the end the final decision.

And if Mbappé ends up deciding to stay in PSG for another season, it is going to be a problem for Real Madrid. I don’t think it is actually about him feeling comfortable anymore. At this point, it does look like he's going to do anything for Money. Play in a club in which he is not very comfortable.

The drama of moving to Real Madrid has ended since Mbappe decided to renew his contract with PSG. As far as I can see this season, Mbappe still feels at home with PSG since being handled by Luis Enrique, he has always behaved professionally as a world class player by showing his best performances and has been an important actor in PSG victories several times.
Real Madrid could hijack Mbappe as long as they are able to reach his release clause. The need for a quality striker is still a problem that Real Madrid needs to overcome, maybe Real Madrid will try to make a new offer next season with PSG even though they have to spend a large amount of money.

[Woodie]

I don't really think they should put much emphasis on a striker, and I don't think they will. They don't have a problem with that at the moment, they bought Bellingham and they haven't missed a beat, he's definitely their best transfer this season, not only does he have great stats but he's a very good player overall, I think he's a great investment

Great investment yes, but if a team finds itself relying on its midfielders for goals and not its strikers then there is a void that needs filling and unfortunately Bazema left that.
Btw what happens when Madrid wants to rest Bellingham because of playing too many games, then we are saying Madrid will automatically drop points which shouldn't be the case!

I started to think that Kroos should stay at Real Madrid for 1-2 more seasons at least. He is still a useful player for the team now. Besides he isn't as old as Modric at the moment. Modric is 38 years old now so it would be the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. But Kroos should play a little longer.

Kroos is ~33 years old for crying out loud, are we saying these guys should now all be chasing 40 years just because some greats did it , No!
If this is allowed to happen then when do the young stars from Academy Football get a chance to play?? Honestly, with the few years to his name, he better be thinking of a handsome retirement package that can come from Saudi Arabia for starters...