⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Wiwo]

Would Zidane accept the director's post? I think he'd like to be a coach himself, so I'm not sure he's considering the position of director or any of the senior positions at the club other than coach. He has great experience and can clearly still win and take the team to major trophies. I think it would be good to see him at another club, not Real Madrid, which is a priori a strong club

Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez would gladly welcome Zidane back as manager since he constitutes a prominent and proficient person who is completely capable of leading the club to a higher level. However, Zidane has turned down all managerial positions presented to him for reasons best known to him. Zinedine Zidane is one of the successful managers who has led Real Madrid to triumph. It was a truly exceptional and unforgettable event for the former French footballer, who had already lifted major championships with the club.

There is a big difference between being a coach and being a manager,  although a manager may be seen as a more official position but then to a field man like Zidane who has been a field marshall all his career and hasn't only accepted to be a coach for just a few years now,  being offered to become a club manager could look more befitting for him but then accepting such position may take him off the pitch and as an active player he may want to remain on the pitch as either a player or a coach.

But anything outside this is a big red flag for him and can end him in a situation where he may not be able to manage the situation,  but as it is,  Zidane still has a lot of time to make his decision in all of this.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Eden Hazard retired before football left us satisfied. If he had stayed at Chelsea instead of Real Madrid, maybe he would be playing differently today. He was a great player during his time at Chelsea, but his Real Madrid career did not go as he wanted. I wish he had not retired and played football a little more.

That wasn't totally an unexpected move regarding his repetitive injuries, epic failure with his team, being labeled as the worst transfer of Real Madrid...although he isn't considered as old and could keep playing for more than 3 - 4 years.
I definitely understand him and I support his decision since he wasn't helpful for long time.

Many people blamed him for his injuries. I can still accept it since none would be known if hazard would have very hard times in madrid. He now free from playing football. He can try to enjoy his life. Hazard had been also winning so many trophies with real madrid and chelsea.
Retiring from the football is not too bad for him as well. In fact, everything can change anytime even when hazard with his prime performance in chelsea can also change 180 degrees to the a player that is injury prone and bad performance.
I didn't even know how that was happening but hazard has become a legend for chelsea while at the same time he was also a disappointment for real madrid caused by the club spent a lot of money for him.

[mv1986]

Would Zidane accept the director's post? I think he'd like to be a coach himself, so I'm not sure he's considering the position of director or any of the senior positions at the club other than coach. He has great experience and can clearly still win and take the team to major trophies. I think it would be good to see him at another club, not Real Madrid, which is a priori a strong club

Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez would gladly welcome Zidane back as manager since he constitutes a prominent and proficient person who is completely capable of leading the club to a higher level. However, Zidane has turned down all managerial positions presented to him for reasons best known to him. Zinedine Zidane is one of the successful managers who has led Real Madrid to triumph. It was a truly exceptional and unforgettable event for the former French footballer, who had already lifted major championships with the club.

There is a big difference between being a coach and being a manager,  although a manager may be seen as a more official position but then to a field man like Zidane who has been a field marshall all his career and hasn't only accepted to be a coach for just a few years now,  being offered to become a club manager could look more befitting for him but then accepting such position may take him off the pitch and as an active player he may want to remain on the pitch as either a player or a coach.

But anything outside this is a big red flag for him and can end him in a situation where he may not be able to manage the situation,  but as it is,  Zidane still has a lot of time to make his decision in all of this.

I suppose the words manager and coach are used interchangeably here and there, but you are correct that a manager is semantically the person that is more behind the scenes whereas the coach is right next to the pitch giving his players introductions. I believe that Zidane would still return as a coach one more time when he realizes that Real Madrid has once again one of the best teams in Europe.

I think a major precondition for Zidane to accept a job is that he can win the Champions League. There had been rumors that he may soon be coaching a smaller club, but I doubt that as he is not the coach who wants to waste time on first making players better for years until he himself can the finally compete for the titles. If he comes back, I think it would be Real Madrid with the prospects of having Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and then maybe Haaland or Mbappe. I think that would be a team that could be a chance for him tempting enough to say yes one more time.

[Wiwo]

ondition for Zidane to accept a job is that he can win the Champions League. There had been rumors that he may soon be coaching a smaller club, but I doubt that as he is not the coach who wants to waste time on first making players better for years until he himself can the finally compete for the titles. If he comes back, I think it would be Real Madrid with the prospects of having Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and then maybe Haaland or Mbappe. I think that would be a team that could be a chance for him tempting enough to say yes one more time.

Sometime those big players and experience players and coach will be more willing to coach a small young club than to work for the bigger clubs where theyay not be able to excesize their rights and influence due to the presence of contending forces,  but then also they prefer to work with a. Small club where they build from. Scrash is where they have to power to control and put everything in place and the only aim is to win.

Such clubs are what the big players are interested in and not to work for some big clubs where their right to practice they personally may be traded due to administrative conditions that limit the club's chances of winning at all times.

[Zoomic]

Eden Hazard retired before football left us satisfied. If he had stayed at Chelsea instead of Real Madrid, maybe he would be playing differently today. He was a great player during his time at Chelsea, but his Real Madrid career did not go as he wanted. I wish he had not retired and played football a little more.

I think that at one point or the other in the career of Eden Hazard, he has regretted leaving Chelsea at that time. He didn't know it will turn out the way it did. Real Madrid is a club that every big guy wants to play for. Even if you aren't big, but if Madrid signs you, you are authorised big. Real Madrid is the dream of many and it is rare that a player of Eden status then will reject an offer from Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Chelsea was losing one of their greatest players as of them. It is better somethings never happened and the case of Harzard, Chelsea and Madrid is one of them but it happened. I expected Hazard to fight more before retirement but he didn't take any other challenge.

[asriloni]

Garcia will be probably sacked from Napoli during this break.

They got a yes from Tudor but they are trying to get Conte.

Garcia deserves to be sacked from napoli. No reason to defend him to stay in the club. Napoli needs to change its coach as soon as possible before it's too late. Osimhen and friends are not showing stable performance.
It's likely the chance to defend its scudetto may be disappeared if garcia will still an appointment for napoli. Napoli was recruiting a garbage coach which was unacceptable.
napoli scouting team can at least use its ability to recruit a proper striker who has the capability to manage partinopei and defend the scudetto.

[mv1986]

ondition for Zidane to accept a job is that he can win the Champions League. There had been rumors that he may soon be coaching a smaller club, but I doubt that as he is not the coach who wants to waste time on first making players better for years until he himself can the finally compete for the titles. If he comes back, I think it would be Real Madrid with the prospects of having Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and then maybe Haaland or Mbappe. I think that would be a team that could be a chance for him tempting enough to say yes one more time.

Sometime those big players and experience players and coach will be more willing to coach a small young club than to work for the bigger clubs where theyay not be able to excesize their rights and influence due to the presence of contending forces,  but then also they prefer to work with a. Small club where they build from. Scrash is where they have to power to control and put everything in place and the only aim is to win.

Such clubs are what the big players are interested in and not to work for some big clubs where their right to practice they personally may be traded due to administrative conditions that limit the club's chances of winning at all times.

But not in the case of Zidane. Rest assured, if Zidane agrees to sign a contract with a club as either a manager or a coach, he knows that his power within that club is strong enough to get almost everything he wants. But ultimately everyone in this business knows what it is all about and that is trophies. Not even Guardiola or Klopp would have any power within their clubs if they weren't successful. Zidane doesn't like to be patronized by anyone and people like Perez know that. They would grant him whatever he wants if they are convinced that Zidane is the man they now need to get the next era going. Since the deal between Brazil and Ancelotti is done, the name Zidane is likely to come up a couple of times until then. It is possible that they present an agreement in Spring 2024.

[Velvet78]

ondition for Zidane to accept a job is that he can win the Champions League. There had been rumors that he may soon be coaching a smaller club, but I doubt that as he is not the coach who wants to waste time on first making players better for years until he himself can the finally compete for the titles. If he comes back, I think it would be Real Madrid with the prospects of having Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and then maybe Haaland or Mbappe. I think that would be a team that could be a chance for him tempting enough to say yes one more time.

Zinedine Zidane has been waiting on an opportunity to take the manager job at France for some time. It has been his priority so far that's why he hasn't wanted to manage any other team. Deschamps still has a contract with France national team until 2026 though. Therefore I wonder whether Zidane would make a change in his plans.

Coming back to Real Madrid would of course be amazing. Ancelotti is about to sign for Brazil next summer so Real Madrid will be in search of a new manager. Maybe he could prefer to manage PSG as well in case Luis Enrique's time doesn't last long. But for now we don't know if he would think about any of these.

[Joca97]

ondition for Zidane to accept a job is that he can win the Champions League. There had been rumors that he may soon be coaching a smaller club, but I doubt that as he is not the coach who wants to waste time on first making players better for years until he himself can the finally compete for the titles. If he comes back, I think it would be Real Madrid with the prospects of having Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and then maybe Haaland or Mbappe. I think that would be a team that could be a chance for him tempting enough to say yes one more time.

Zinedine Zidane has been waiting on an opportunity to take the manager job at France for some time. It has been his priority so far that's why he hasn't wanted to manage any other team. Deschamps still has a contract with France national team until 2026 though. Therefore I wonder whether Zidane would make a change in his plans.

Coming back to Real Madrid would of course be amazing. Ancelotti is about to sign for Brazil next summer so Real Madrid will be in search of a new manager. Maybe he could prefer to manage PSG as well in case Luis Enrique's time doesn't last long. But for now we don't know if he would think about any of these.

He had a few big options but just isnt intrested in coaching at all. He made a few big titles with Real Madrid as their coach but thats it. I wonder if he still wants to be a coach. So still its a big questions what club or national teams he wants. If it takes a little longer i think he wont ever coach anyone.

[TelolettOm]

Garcia will be probably sacked from Napoli during this break.
They got a yes from Tudor but they are trying to get Conte.

Since Aurelio De Laurentiis already stated that he isn't satisfied with Rudi Garcia, it is only about time to terminate Rudi Garcia's contract with Napoli. I'm not surprised if Rudi Garcia will leave Napoli too early, he failed to maintain the performance of Napoli players. Lately, Osimhen even feels uncomfortable with Rudi Garcia's tactic. With this situation, Aurelio De Laurentiis must prefer to keep their players than to support Rudi Garcia.

Antonio Conte is a good option to replace Rudi Garcia. Conte knows well Serie A, he ever succeed with Juventus and Inter Milan. It is not impossible if Conte also can succeed with Napoli, too. Well, I hope Aurelio De Laurentiis can convince Conte to manage Napoli.

[X-ray]

Barcelona reportedly owe more than €200 million (£173m/$212m) in transfer fees to clubs such as Leeds, Manchester City and Bayern Munich. In the short-term, Barca owe €24m (£21m/$25m) to Leeds for Raphinha, €13m (£11m/$14m) to City for Ferran Torres and €10m (£9m/$11m) to Bayern for Lewandowski, with €38m (£33m/$40m), €26m (£22m/$27m) and €21m (£18m/$22m) due to be paid in those respective deals on a longer term basis. The Blaugrana must also find another €36m (£31m/$38m) for Jules Kounde, while they will bring in funds from Sporting and Atletico Madrid for Francisco Trincao and Antoine Griezmann.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/revealed-barcelona-owe-over-200m-transfer-fees-leeds-man-city-bayern-raphinha-ferran-torres-robert-lewandowski/blt872f6cb7fe1694f3#cs465942820c6f94be

Barcelona may go bankrupt if the team was not able making change on its financial condition. barcelona needs to stop in buying the new players while it doesn't even have good financial at this moment. Barcelona shall try to pay the owe transfer fees instead of searching the new players.
The club needs to turn its financial to be positive. I meant barcelona had been owed a lot of transfer fees. The club needs to find a solution for that. la liga needs also to restrict barcelona do buy more players.
Barcelona has not paid the owed transfer fees. Barcelona is in a lot of debts right now. This club will become a bankrupt club if there will be no a huge step taken by the club,

I read that in the latest news if xavi is wiling to buy three players. How is it possible? Barcelona may go bankrupt as soon as posible due to the huge debt owned by this club.

That is some interesting information and again Barcelona finds itself in the midst of a lot of financial trouble. After every transfer window when the deals are done and Barcelona is starting into the new season, it seems like they somehow managed to cope with their debt, but in reality it is still there of course as nothing has fundamentally changed. I wonder when the first club will really collapse financially. So far it has only been hypothetical that the media reported a club is about to go bankrupt. But it never happened to one of those big clubs that are in debt. They manage to keep going every single time, but when is the threshold kicking in that the first club will suffer from consequences?

That's why this club needs to spend its money carefully. Barcelona never solved the problem as the club is still owe so much money from other clubs. We will not able to know that caused by the club was not transparent. Barcelona is also in a huge debt right now.
Barcelona will collapse once the club will always try to force itself to buy players. Barcelona will not have good financial to play its players anymore and it will be the end of barcelona.
You don't see it goes bankrupt caused by barcelona could still take lever financial. Look at the consequence by this decision in long term. Barcelona will not have good income for the club for probably a few decades.
The risk for this club to go bankrup is there and it can happen anytime.

[GbitG]

Eden Hazard retired before football left us satisfied. If he had stayed at Chelsea instead of Real Madrid, maybe he would be playing differently today. He was a great player during his time at Chelsea, but his Real Madrid career did not go as he wanted. I wish he had not retired and played football a little more.

The thing about Eden Hazard is that it would have been better if he had not retired. I wish to myself that Eden Hazard would not have gone to Real Madrid and would have spent his career as one of the best players at Chelsea. And this is the wish of every Eden Hazard fan: that he would have stayed at Chelsea. But it will be written in the destiny of Eden Hazard that such a world-class player has moved to these clubs, and this departure will finish his career. But anyway, Eden Hazard knows better than ever that playing football will be good or not for him, and they also know how my body feels and can I play football.

[FanEagle]

Eden Hazard was one of those players who ruined his own career, and he still did so well with what he had. I mean just recently I think it was Cole that talked about how Hazard wasn't the type of player that was in ice baths at 1 am and tried to train hard and all that, everyone talks about it, I saw another one where he was playing mario kart on his console until 5 minutes was left to the game.

Sure you can be talented, even with all that he still managed to make a great career out of himself, but if he was a focused hard working player he could have been as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he didn't play like that and this resulted with him not being as good. Still a good life, definitely a worthy life, tens of millions of euros for a game he likes to play.

[temple]

That is some interesting information and again Barcelona finds itself in the midst of a lot of financial trouble. After every transfer window when the deals are done and Barcelona is starting into the new season, it seems like they somehow managed to cope with their debt, but in reality it is still there of course as nothing has fundamentally changed. I wonder when the first club will really collapse financially. So far it has only been hypothetical that the media reported a club is about to go bankrupt. But it never happened to one of those big clubs that are in debt. They manage to keep going every single time, but when is the threshold kicking in that the first club will suffer from consequences?

That's why this club needs to spend its money carefully. Barcelona never solved the problem as the club is still owe so much money from other clubs. We will not able to know that caused by the club was not transparent. Barcelona is also in a huge debt right now.
Barcelona will collapse once the club will always try to force itself to buy players. Barcelona will not have good financial to play its players anymore and it will be the end of barcelona.
You don't see it goes bankrupt caused by barcelona could still take lever financial. Look at the consequence by this decision in long term. Barcelona will not have good income for the club for probably a few decades.
The risk for this club to go bankrup is there and it can happen anytime.

I can't remember how often I thought by now that Barcelona is about to be insolvent, but every time this came closer and the news became more concise about it, every time it didn't happen. Did any club ever become insolvent that anyone knows of? Barcelona has been said to be insolvent for a decade or even longer than that. Somehow they find a solution each time this topic becomes trending again and they can continue regardless of their debt. If it was that bad I thought that the authorities would intervene and stop Barcelona from starting in the league again, but it seems they would never really consider that consequence.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Sure you can be talented, even with all that he still managed to make a great career out of himself, but if he was a focused hard working player he could have been as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he didn't play like that and this resulted with him not being as good. Still a good life, definitely a worthy life, tens of millions of euros for a game he likes to play.

- I agree with you! It's impossible to deny Hazard's talent. He possesses a fusion of skills from various football stars. At his peak, many believed he was a mix of both Messi and Ronaldo. However, the professional football world is unforgiving if you don't put in the effort to train regularly, even more so for superstars.
- We've witnessed many superstars prematurely end their careers due to a lack of dedication in training and indulgence in off-field activities, like Ronaldinho, Adriano, and Ronaldo De Lima.

[Strongkored]

Eden Hazard was one of those players who ruined his own career, and he still did so well with what he had. I mean just recently I think it was Cole that talked about how Hazard wasn't the type of player that was in ice baths at 1 am and tried to train hard and all that, everyone talks about it, I saw another one where he was playing mario kart on his console until 5 minutes was left to the game.

Sure you can be talented, even with all that he still managed to make a great career out of himself, but if he was a focused hard working player he could have been as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he didn't play like that and this resulted with him not being as good. Still a good life, definitely a worthy life, tens of millions of euros for a game he likes to play.

I have never read about what other players say about Eden Hazard, but it always happens that when an athlete no longer focuses on his career and thinks that his talent is enough to keep him on a brilliant career then that is wrong. Other star players like Ronaldo always train very hard to make their playing skills better and better, and I also remember how Jack Grealish talked about his teammate Erling Haaland who is also quite disciplined with his training and body and Grealish said that he is not a typical athlete like that, and in the next few years we will see that Haaland will have a more brilliant career than Grealish.
Hazard retiring at an age where he is actually still capable of playing is quite unfortunate but no one can help him because that no club is willing to spend money just on a player who can be said to be lazy like him.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Eden Hazard was one of those players who ruined his own career, and he still did so well with what he had. I mean just recently I think it was Cole that talked about how Hazard wasn't the type of player that was in ice baths at 1 am and tried to train hard and all that, everyone talks about it, I saw another one where he was playing mario kart on his console until 5 minutes was left to the game.

Sure you can be talented, even with all that he still managed to make a great career out of himself, but if he was a focused hard working player he could have been as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he didn't play like that and this resulted with him not being as good. Still a good life, definitely a worthy life, tens of millions of euros for a game he likes to play.

He can still play in the professional football league if he was rejecting real madrid's offer and stay on chelsea. Hazard was just ruining his career by accepted madrid's offer and it is not going well like what he has speculated before.
Im not surprised if there have been many people who blamed him now. It's caused by majority of people are seeing him have been wasting his career for nothing.
Hazard was able getting a few UCL with real madrid but he does nothing for the club. That's why people put less respect to the club. That's a sense reason why people are not feeling so respectful toward him especially real madrid fans.

[Despairo]

Since Aurelio De Laurentiis already stated that he isn't satisfied with Rudi Garcia, it is only about time to terminate Rudi Garcia's contract with Napoli. I'm not surprised if Rudi Garcia will leave Napoli too early, he failed to maintain the performance of Napoli players. Lately, Osimhen even feels uncomfortable with Rudi Garcia's tactic. With this situation, Aurelio De Laurentiis must prefer to keep their players than to support Rudi Garcia.

Antonio Conte is a good option to replace Rudi Garcia. Conte knows well Serie A, he ever succeed with Juventus and Inter Milan. It is not impossible if Conte also can succeed with Napoli, too. Well, I hope Aurelio De Laurentiis can convince Conte to manage Napoli.

Napoli is back become a mediocre club, as long as Rudi Garcia is still their manager, I think it's a good time to bet on Napoli's opponent because Napoli will always been favorite by the sportsbook. Yeah there are many news spreading if Antonio Conte will become Napoli's manager.

He can still play in the professional football league if he was rejecting real madrid's offer and stay on chelsea. Hazard was just ruining his career by accepted madrid's offer and it is not going well like what he has speculated before.

Nah, even Hazard was still on Chelsea, I believe it's nothing different like his career in Real Madrid because in terms of quality, both Chelsea and Real Madrid are two strong clubs.

[bering]

Eden Hazard was one of those players who ruined his own career, and he still did so well with what he had. I mean just recently I think it was Cole that talked about how Hazard wasn't the type of player that was in ice baths at 1 am and tried to train hard and all that, everyone talks about it, I saw another one where he was playing mario kart on his console until 5 minutes was left to the game.

Sure you can be talented, even with all that he still managed to make a great career out of himself, but if he was a focused hard working player he could have been as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he didn't play like that and this resulted with him not being as good. Still a good life, definitely a worthy life, tens of millions of euros for a game he likes to play.

He can still play in the professional football league if he was rejecting real madrid's offer and stay on chelsea. Hazard was just ruining his career by accepted madrid's offer and it is not going well like what he has speculated before.
Im not surprised if there have been many people who blamed him now. It's caused by majority of people are seeing him have been wasting his career for nothing.
Hazard was able getting a few UCL with real madrid but he does nothing for the club. That's why people put less respect to the club. That's a sense reason why people are not feeling so respectful toward him especially real madrid fans.

Hazard was explain the reason why he decide moved to Real Madrid although in Chelsea at that time he was able to reach his top performance and Hazard said Real Madrid is the team in europe who often to gets champion league trophies so this is his main reason why he decide to accept Real Madrid as his new club because Haazard thought with Real Madrid he want to gets champion league trophies before his retired

And it just happend that finally Hazard was realized his dream because in Real Madrid Hazard can lifted up that trophy but the negative sides is since Hazard moved to Real Madrid he was very often to gets injured and Hazard even lost his touch in this team and recently Hazard was admitted one of his biggest mistakes during his career is when he was accept moved to Real Madrid because at this team he never able to reach his top performance again but he has proven his words because few months ago Hazard said when he didn't gets new clubs until summer transfer window closed he will decide to retired

[TastyChillySauce00]

He can still play in the professional football league if he was rejecting real madrid's offer and stay on chelsea. Hazard was just ruining his career by accepted madrid's offer and it is not going well like what he has speculated before.

Nah, even Hazard was still on Chelsea, I believe it's nothing different like his career in Real Madrid because in terms of quality, both Chelsea and Real Madrid are two strong clubs.

The competition in real madrid was too strict for him. I remind you if he has come to the madrid once there are still many great players in the club like ronaldo, benzema, bale, modric, kroos, casemiro and many more. He has been coming to the wrong time. That's why his quality can't compete with the real madrid players at that time. It would be different once he stay at chelsea. He will have different fate once he was staying on chelsea but this is still remain unclear caused by we can't predict the future accurately. 

Eden Hazard was one of those players who ruined his own career, and he still did so well with what he had. I mean just recently I think it was Cole that talked about how Hazard wasn't the type of player that was in ice baths at 1 am and tried to train hard and all that, everyone talks about it, I saw another one where he was playing mario kart on his console until 5 minutes was left to the game.

Sure you can be talented, even with all that he still managed to make a great career out of himself, but if he was a focused hard working player he could have been as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he didn't play like that and this resulted with him not being as good. Still a good life, definitely a worthy life, tens of millions of euros for a game he likes to play.

He can still play in the professional football league if he was rejecting real madrid's offer and stay on chelsea. Hazard was just ruining his career by accepted madrid's offer and it is not going well like what he has speculated before.
Im not surprised if there have been many people who blamed him now. It's caused by majority of people are seeing him have been wasting his career for nothing.
Hazard was able getting a few UCL with real madrid but he does nothing for the club. That's why people put less respect to the club. That's a sense reason why people are not feeling so respectful toward him especially real madrid fans.

Hazard was explain the reason why he decide moved to Real Madrid although in Chelsea at that time he was able to reach his top performance and Hazard said Real Madrid is the team in europe who often to gets champion league trophies so this is his main reason why he decide to accept Real Madrid as his new club because Haazard thought with Real Madrid he want to gets champion league trophies before his retired

And it just happend that finally Hazard was realized his dream because in Real Madrid Hazard can lifted up that trophy but the negative sides is since Hazard moved to Real Madrid he was very often to gets injured and Hazard even lost his touch in this team and recently Hazard was admitted one of his biggest mistakes during his career is when he was accept moved to Real Madrid because at this team he never able to reach his top performance again but he has proven his words because few months ago Hazard said when he didn't gets new clubs until summer transfer window closed he will decide to retired

Chelsea was also able to win UCL after he had been leaving to the real madrid. There's nothing difference. Hazard was winning UCL three times but he was rarely play for the club and what was his contribution to win UCL?
He does nothing and three UCL trophies came toward him.