⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Blitzboy]

Once again there is news about Victor Osimhen leaving his team and this time this is going to be serious and Napoli is about to lose the superstar player who helped the team a lot.
Victor Osimhen had offered during the summer but he preferred to stay and now because of what happened between him and Napoli, he wants to leave the team.
Chelsea is the team that wants to hire Victor Osimhen and they can even hire this palyer in January.



https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-victor-osimhen-january-transfer-27928899

To be honest, Im very worried about Osimhen moving to Chelsea. I concur that Victor Osimhen, who has proven he can lead a club to a championship, is a priceless asset to Napoli. Moving to Chelsea, though? I cant understand that choice. Chelsea has struggled to incorporate elite talent into a cohesive and successful plan, even with its almost limitless cash. Recall that success isnt guaranteed by money alone! I really think he ought to think again, especially considering the interest from other elite clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. If the reports are accurate, Chelsea could need to reconsider their strategy to make sure they are fully utilising Osimhen's abilities. As a supporter, I hope Osimhen finds a team that genuinely recognises his ability.

[Oluwa-btc]

Once again there is news about Victor Osimhen leaving his team and this time this is going to be serious and Napoli is about to lose the superstar player who helped the team a lot.
Victor Osimhen had offered during the summer but he preferred to stay and now because of what happened between him and Napoli, he wants to leave the team.
Chelsea is the team that wants to hire Victor Osimhen and they can even hire this palyer in January.



https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-victor-osimhen-january-transfer-27928899

I do hope he finally gets to see he doesn't belong there no more ( Napoli ). I'm not a Chelsea fan, but that won't stopp me from supporting his move to Chelsea
Good he was able to stay professional and low key about everything. Napoli already deliberately disrespected the Nigerian international, they can only respect him now by letting him leave Napoli.
If he considers Napoli's position on the Seria A standing prior to the January window and that they occupy on the Champions League group stage. He can weigh them up before leaving.

It'll be better the restart, than focus on a Napoli. Napoli though would want to see him leaving at the end of the season, so they can benefit from his goals scored.

Chelsea can try to tell osimhen if the club has interest to get him from napoli then osimhen can tell his club to let him leave from the club with a sense price. Napoli would be putting non sense price for him. It's cuased by napoli sees him as a golden asset owned by the club.
Osimhen was the key factor why napoli was able winning scudetto again after two decades. This has become the main reason why napoli may not easy to let him go out from the club.

I remember that there was a news said that if osimhen has ever wore chelsea's jersey when he was still kid. he is now growing a lot and i think that he will have same story like caicedo.
Chelsea is still trying to solve the problems that faced by the club. The club lacks of good attacker that has proper finishing. Jackson is not that good being a striker in chelsea right now while broja is not yet showing his best performance with chelsea.
The club probably needs a new face for that.

Chelsea would be the best location for Victor Oshime, they have a good relationship with African players and they're well welcome into the squad. Napoli to mention have a good relationship when it comes to making deals with Chelsea. They have sold players and finalizing deals wasn't the issues.

Victor Oshime leaving wouldn't be a big issue to handle, if he wants to leave, all he needs do is communication with the president of Napoli about his exit from the club. Borja is not the striker needed by Chelsea, Jackson Nicholas is also a better striker than Borja, I'd advise they let him go.

[EL MOHA]

In addition, bringing Messi to Baecelona must also have clear goals and benefits but for now there are not too many benefits that will be obtained for Barcelona if they bring Messi back.
His performance will not be the same as before and it will not be worth the price and salary which makes this difficult if it is too forced.
Even if it is the desire of Barcelona who really wants their legend back but still this will not be forced if in the end their conditions become complicated for financial problems.
It's not worth it to force luck with Barcelona's current condition.

Yes Messi wouldn’t be coming to Barcelona anytime soon for something like a money, Messi went to Inter Miami in the MLS just to avoid the crisis Barcelona is in now as he doesn’t wants to dampen the club further more financially. Barcelona are still not yet off that financial crisis as we learnt that players like Joao Felix even took a heavy cut to play for the club, even the number of players that were brought on loan shows they lack the financial strength still.

Messi’s inter Miami are out of the MLS playoffs which means that Messi will miss a lots of time playing a competitive game and that could actually affect his game although I disagree because of his standards. And as such many people are the ones presenting a path for him to actually come back to Barca and participate with them on loan till the regular MLS season begins again. This to me is visible only if Inter Miami will be paying the full Messi wages. At least he could get the send off that he deserves this time.

[borovichok]

It's really stupid if Arteta make Ramsdale to leave Arsenal, David Raya isn't that good compared to Ramsdale. It's better for him to join Manchester United since Onana is like a rubbish and make too many stupid mistakes.

If Onana want to focus with his build up quality, he should become a midfielder, not a goalkeeper.

Arsenal goalkeeping positions is held by David Raya and Aaron Ramsdale, it's left for Mikel Arteta to figure out his permanent goalkeeper that would enter his starting XI for Gunners games. Aaron Ramsdale might not stand a chance for a call up from England coach, Gareth Southgate after been substituted by David Raya in club level. It's only fair if Mikel Arteta give him calculated time before he's finally give you on the goalkeeper, it's normal incidence, not everything these players are in good shape, more often they're having poor structure similar to the case of André Onana in Manchester united who's yet to impress his teammates and supporters.

[Avirunes]

But Osimhen is not in the position to decide whether to leave or to stay. He has a valid contract with the club and these small shenanigans would never be enough to unilaterally terminate the employment relationship or to go on a strike or sabotage the relationship he has with Napoli. I wonder how Napoli will continue now and what the price would be that they want for him if he really were to leave the club in January. I doubt that they would go much lower than $150 million, but would Chelsea be willing to pay that much? Napoli would also weaken themselves too early if they let him go. There is still a lot on the line for Napoli this season.

Chelsea definitely has the pocket for getting Osmihen but the question is how much will Napoli ask for letting Osmihen go. To be honest I think Chelsea are making a bad mistake as they are focusing on area where they don't need to. They have enough players in attack and by signing another they will definitely make someone else sit who they signed a couple of months ago. These are just poor transfer business in my opinion as obviously they lack a lot in defence area.

[rendravolt]

Having one Bellingham does not make Real Madrid very satisfied and it is reported that Real Madrid has sent a talent scout to monitor Jude Bellingham's younger brother, Jobe Bellingham, who currently plays for Sunderland in the championship division. Jobe Bellingham is still only 18 years old and is only two years apart from his older brother who is currently playing for Real Madrid. It seems that Jobe Bellingham is quite promising but currently Real Madrid has so many midfielders available.

I think it's okay for a long-term investment and maybe Real Madrid won't sign him in the near future. Of course, Real Madrid wants Jobe Bellingham to have a career at a better club first to prove his quality. So I think if Jobe Belllingham can continue to consistently provide his best performances in the next few seasons, it is possible that Real Madrid will recruit him. What do you think? Will Jobe Bellingham follow his older brother to Real Madrid?

[Litzki1990]

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The club has not been on good terms with Victor Osimhen for a long time due to which there are rumors that the player might change clubs soon. Napoli will lose a major superstar if Victor Osimhen changes clubs and if the news of his change is true. We also don't know any news about which star Napoli will add to their team after leaving this talented player. Victor Osimhen could be seen in the English Premier League if he leaves the club next winter. Chelsea have a great chance to sign this player. Chelsea have been in a poor position for a long time and may be interested in signing the Nigerian star to change their performance. If Chelsea takes this Nigerian star into the team, their team's performance will change a lot.

Victor Osimhen would not have had such a big impact on Chelsea's performance had the other players not been in really good form. Osimhen is a striker who can do his job well, but without support from other players he will be lost in the heat of the game.

The striker must be supported by a creative midfielder, as well as a great winger. A player like Osimhen is no different from Haaland or another main striker, but he has something that can be used to make an impact on a team that has the desire to improve. Chelsea would be great to get him as their main striker instead of Nicolas Jackson, but will the move happen?

Chelsea's situation is not good at all, they have looked at Victor Osimhen to improve their situation. It is true that a good quality striker can never change the entire performance of a team but even if he can't change all the performances, he can make enough impact in the game. In addition to signing Victor Osimhen, Chelsea will have to make a lot of changes in their plans because if they only buy a striker but do not change the plan, their performance will never improve. New manager, new players and new plans, this team is not getting success. With Victor Osimhen in the team, we expect Chelsea to return to their best form again.

[Avirunes]

Having one Bellingham does not make Real Madrid very satisfied and it is reported that Real Madrid has sent a talent scout to monitor Jude Bellingham's younger brother, Jobe Bellingham, who currently plays for Sunderland in the championship division. Jobe Bellingham is still only 18 years old and is only two years apart from his older brother who is currently playing for Real Madrid. It seems that Jobe Bellingham is quite promising but currently Real Madrid has so many midfielders available.

Hard to get around with this as I haven't seen performance like his brother Jude from him before getting into Madrid. Jude had to go through a lot to get into Madrid. He had some great performances with Dortmund before he fell into Madrid's radar but with Jobe I don't think he has put something remarkable in display to be considered by Madrid yet. Will believe this if multiple strong sources confirms this but as of now it's only transfermarkt rumours.

[Juggy777]

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The club has not been on good terms with Victor Osimhen for a long time due to which there are rumors that the player might change clubs soon. Napoli will lose a major superstar if Victor Osimhen changes clubs and if the news of his change is true. We also don't know any news about which star Napoli will add to their team after leaving this talented player. Victor Osimhen could be seen in the English Premier League if he leaves the club next winter. Chelsea have a great chance to sign this player. Chelsea have been in a poor position for a long time and may be interested in signing the Nigerian star to change their performance. If Chelsea takes this Nigerian star into the team, their team's performance will change a lot.

Victor Osimhen would not have had such a big impact on Chelsea's performance had the other players not been in really good form. Osimhen is a striker who can do his job well, but without support from other players he will be lost in the heat of the game.

The striker must be supported by a creative midfielder, as well as a great winger. A player like Osimhen is no different from Haaland or another main striker, but he has something that can be used to make an impact on a team that has the desire to improve. Chelsea would be great to get him as their main striker instead of Nicolas Jackson, but will the move happen?

Chelsea's situation is not good at all, they have looked at Victor Osimhen to improve their situation. It is true that a good quality striker can never change the entire performance of a team but even if he can't change all the performances, he can make enough impact in the game. In addition to signing Victor Osimhen, Chelsea will have to make a lot of changes in their plans because if they only buy a striker but do not change the plan, their performance will never improve. New manager, new players and new plans, this team is not getting success. With Victor Osimhen in the team, we expect Chelsea to return to their best form again.

@Litzki1990 Victor will easily settle in at Chelsea because now the player’s will know that they have a proven goal scorer among themselves and it’ll give them more confidence and Poch will accordingly be able to set up his team around Victor. Lastly while Chelsea do need a player like him so does Real Madrid and they maybe tempted to sign him even though they’re keen on Mbappe who’s yet to confirm if he’ll ever join them.

[Jody.Drummer]

Having one Bellingham does not make Real Madrid very satisfied and it is reported that Real Madrid has sent a talent scout to monitor Jude Bellingham's younger brother, Jobe Bellingham, who currently plays for Sunderland in the championship division. Jobe Bellingham is still only 18 years old and is only two years apart from his older brother who is currently playing for Real Madrid. It seems that Jobe Bellingham is quite promising but currently Real Madrid has so many midfielders available.

Hard to get around with this as I haven't seen performance like his brother Jude from him before getting into Madrid. Jude had to go through a lot to get into Madrid. He had some great performances with Dortmund before he fell into Madrid's radar but with Jobe I don't think he has put something remarkable in display to be considered by Madrid yet. Will believe this if multiple strong sources confirms this but as of now it's only transfermarkt rumours.

He is currently part of Sunderland, just like his brother, he also plays as a midfielder but I don't really follow the development of this player. Perhaps Real Madrid are looking to make their fortune with the Bellingham brothers after having Jude Bellingham doing some great things with them. But if you look at the statistics, he is the main player at his current club competing in the EFL Championship, he has also scored 2 goals and 1 assist. With his young age, Real Madrid saw great potential in the player so they tried to sign him, his future is quite bright especially if he is in the same team with his brother it will make a great motivation that comes to him.

[X-ray]

Regarding from Man City star Julian Alvarez targeted by Barcelona as long-term transfer replacement for Robert Lewandowski have interested rumor with Manchester City attacking line rumor targeted by Barcelona for long term transfer for replacing Robert Lewandowski position. Not get regular position with Manchester City after losing compete with Erling Haaland I think best option for Julian Alvarez accepting Barcelona interested for signing him.
Doubt with how Barcelona have enough money for paying transfer fees due Manchester City won't loss their player under 50 million euro or transfer fees values.

Did you watch the last game against arsenal? alvarez was playing together with haaland in the same game. It doesn't mean if he was not able to competing with haaland but pep is using him once the club is need his service. Selling him will become a horrible decision.
Alvarez is a guy who has won everything in his life. I see no reason to sell him to the barcelona and i think that barcelona will not also able to pay such amount too. Barcelona has responsibility to sell some players during winter transfer window.
The club needs to get money to make sure it has stable financial. la liga is starting to doubt it again.

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City management not respond yet with interested from Barcelona want to sign Julian Alvarez, I doubt with Barcelona have better financial for releasing transfer fees above 50 million euro with cash.

Pep will not sell him. that's why he will not also move there. Alvarez will become a temporary striker and that's not good. I would prefer to see alvarez stays much longer in manchester city.
Manchester city is still needing his help to win the EPL once more. It would be so stupid if city will try to let him being bought by barcelona.

Barcelona will not also able to pay full money as well.

[lizarder]

Messi is not Barcelona's priority match at the moment, but he has the opportunity to reunite with Barcelona for 1-2 seasons and declare his retirement there as a club legend. I know his salary is very large, but Messi could agree to lower his salary if he has other interests. We never know how deals are made between clubs and targeted players, but anything is possible and nothing is impossible.

So far I really agree that Xavi doesn't need Messi in his squad anymore, but Xavi can always open the door for Messi if he wants to return. Xavi can play Messi as a winger or as an attacking midfielder without disturbing the roles of other players such as Lamine Yamal or Raphinha, but I'm not sure what the best scenario is for Messi to return to Barcelona.

That is not the expected scenario and I am sure Barcelona will not take that opportunity amidst their unstable financial condition. Xavi Hernandez has a long-term project with young players and instead of bringing home Lionel Messi it might be better to look for a player who is much easier than him, so that he can help develop the long-term potential he hopes for. Unless Lionel Messi is willing to accept a smaller salary payment like Sergio Ramos did for Sevilla and I doubt Lionel Messi is willing to do that.

If Lionel Messi is in Xavi Hernandez's squad it will also create competition because there must be young players who are sacrificed as cover and even though they can play alternately. However, this scenario can actually cause jealousy and in the end the long-term targets desired by the coach will be difficult to develop. I agree that Xavi Hernandez is much more aware of the composition of players he wants, but I doubt Barcelona will take that opportunity.

[Texac]

Regarding from Man City star Julian Alvarez targeted by Barcelona as long-term transfer replacement for Robert Lewandowski have interested rumor with Manchester City attacking line rumor targeted by Barcelona for long term transfer for replacing Robert Lewandowski position. Not get regular position with Manchester City after losing compete with Erling Haaland I think best option for Julian Alvarez accepting Barcelona interested for signing him.

Pep will not sell Alvarez, he might not able to compete Haaland, but he could be a substitute player to replace Haaland's position or he will become the next attacking midfielder which used to replace De Bruyne. De Bruyne is already 32 years old, he might able to play at peak performance until 36 years old.

The ups and downs in Alvarez's performance is normal, the most important this is he must keep improving.

The ups and downs in Alvarez's performance are normal, the most important this is he must keep improving. Now I believe that Haaland is still the superstar striker of Manchester City.  There is no fault in trying to prepare a replacement. And I do not think that Alvarez will be able to compete with Haaland. He is still really good. The problem with De Bruyne is that he is pretty old at this point. 

So it is going to be hard for him to stay healthy, consistently and also perform really well at the same time. We have already seen him getting injured. So I am a little doubtful about him performing at his peak until he is 36.

[Docnaster]

Having one Bellingham does not make Real Madrid very satisfied and it is reported that Real Madrid has sent a talent scout to monitor Jude Bellingham's younger brother, Jobe Bellingham, who currently plays for Sunderland in the championship division. Jobe Bellingham is still only 18 years old and is only two years apart from his older brother who is currently playing for Real Madrid. It seems that Jobe Bellingham is quite promising but currently Real Madrid has so many midfielders available.

Hard to get around with this as I haven't seen performance like his brother Jude from him before getting into Madrid. Jude had to go through a lot to get into Madrid. He had some great performances with Dortmund before he fell into Madrid's radar but with Jobe I don't think he has put something remarkable in display to be considered by Madrid yet. Will believe this if multiple strong sources confirms this but as of now it's only transfermarkt rumours.

Football qualities I don't believe is transferred biologically and that's why not all children and siblings of the best footballers in the history of the game ends up as great footballers as well. Jobe Bellingham I've read is good footballer but the fact that he's not been able to perform excellently well like his brother Jude Bellingham was doing when he was 18 years of age means he's not likely to be at his elder brothers football standard in future time. Though he might as well end up as a better player in the future but if Real Madrid sent some scouts to watch him because of his brother's brilliance, they might be making a mistake.

[harapan]

Regarding from Man City star Julian Alvarez targeted by Barcelona as long-term transfer replacement for Robert Lewandowski have interested rumor with Manchester City attacking line rumor targeted by Barcelona for long term transfer for replacing Robert Lewandowski position. Not get regular position with Manchester City after losing compete with Erling Haaland I think best option for Julian Alvarez accepting Barcelona interested for signing him.
Doubt with how Barcelona have enough money for paying transfer fees due Manchester City won't loss their player under 50 million euro or transfer fees values.

Did you watch the last game against arsenal? alvarez was playing together with haaland in the same game. It doesn't mean if he was not able to competing with haaland but pep is using him once the club is need his service. Selling him will become a horrible decision.
Alvarez is a guy who has won everything in his life. I see no reason to sell him to the barcelona and i think that barcelona will not also able to pay such amount too. Barcelona has responsibility to sell some players during winter transfer window.
The club needs to get money to make sure it has stable financial. la liga is starting to doubt it again.

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City management not respond yet with interested from Barcelona want to sign Julian Alvarez, I doubt with Barcelona have better financial for releasing transfer fees above 50 million euro with cash.

Pep will not sell him. that's why he will not also move there. Alvarez will become a temporary striker and that's not good. I would prefer to see alvarez stays much longer in manchester city.
Manchester city is still needing his help to win the EPL once more. It would be so stupid if city will try to let him being bought by barcelona.

Barcelona will not also able to pay full money as well.

Man City sold off Ferran Torress to Barcelona in a season he was important than Raheem Sterling and they didn't regret selling such a player out. They may not have the money  to buy Alvarez right now but that won't stop barcelona from negotiating a loan deal for the Argentina youngster. Selling him will not be horrible.  If the player decides he wants more minutes than he gets he can ask his agent for the push peacefully.  Alvarez is a good player but he is not used as the first option he is always used as the back up player for haaland.
He helped haaland pushed him and haaland did same for him too. They have a good coach to guide them.

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Hard to get around with this as I haven't seen performance like his brother Jude from him before getting into Madrid. Jude had to go through a lot to get into Madrid. He had some great performances with Dortmund before he fell into Madrid's radar but with Jobe I don't think he has put something remarkable in display to be considered by Madrid yet. Will believe this if multiple strong sources confirms this but as of now it's only transfermarkt rumours.

I just found out that Jude's younger brother Jobe, if he plays for Sunderland then no one in the public knows how he's doing.
Even if he is good maybe there must be a Premier League team or another team to recruit him but if Jobe is currently only in the 2nd division it means Jobe's performance is still not convincing.

Right from the transfermarkt rumors now spread to many sports media about Real Madrid who are ready to bring Judi's younger brother, I myself am a little less sure but who knows what happens later, maybe this rumor will be valid?

[QueenVera]

Hard to get around with this as I haven't seen performance like his brother Jude from him before getting into Madrid. Jude had to go through a lot to get into Madrid. He had some great performances with Dortmund before he fell into Madrid's radar but with Jobe I don't think he has put something remarkable in display to be considered by Madrid yet. Will believe this if multiple strong sources confirms this but as of now it's only transfermarkt rumours.

I just found out that Jude's younger brother Jobe, if he plays for Sunderland then no one in the public knows how he's doing.
Even if he is good maybe there must be a Premier League team or another team to recruit him but if Jobe is currently only in the 2nd division it means Jobe's performance is still not convincing.

Right from the transfermarkt rumors now spread to many sports media about Real Madrid who are ready to bring Judi's younger brother, I myself am a little less sure but who knows what happens later, maybe this rumor will be valid?

I agree to that because bigger clubs would send scouts to monitor a players performance if he's doing well in a mediocre club, I don't know if there are scouts monitoring Jobe or if he's performing very well in his current team, but I'm sure if he stats are good it won't take very long before he leaves his current club to a better place just like his brother Jude,who's now the star player for Realmadrid and has suprised everyone with his goal scoring streak.

 Well I think those are mere speculations that Madrid might consider signing Jude's younger brother based of Jude's performance and they expect the younger one to be as good as that also but I doubt if that's true cause its not confirmed yet, but if it's true it would mean that Madrid have already been monitoring him and are impressed with his performance at Sunderland.

[shogun47]

I wonder how Napoli will continue now and what the price would be that they want for him if he really were to leave the club in January. I doubt that they would go much lower than $150 million, but would Chelsea be willing to pay that much? Napoli would also weaken themselves too early if they let him go. There is still a lot on the line for Napoli this season.

Comparing to other big player transfer, 150 Million Euros is still cheap since Osimhen's market value is 122 Million Euros. It's still normal for Napoli to ask from 122-200 Million Euros, higher than 200 Million Euros is already too much.

But since this is Chelsea, they don't have any problem with such big fee, just remember how much they spent for two weak players e.g. Mudryk and Enzo.

I am not sure that these inflated prices will be the new standard forever. I guess a lot depends on clubs from Saudi Arabia or clubs like PSG that are run by sheikhs and are willing to pay these prices. Was the Neymar transfer ever really be justified? Did Neymar pay back the 222 million with goals and assists? I don't know whether these investors do some accounting on their investments or whether they only pour their money into these clubs for fun or for other reasons than becoming successful in soccer. I think 200 million would be too much for Osimhen, but that doesn't mean that I don't believe some club could be willing to pay it. Maybe some club will, but Liverpool and Real Madrid would not pay 200 million for Osimhen because these clubs know what they are doing.

[indah rezqi]

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That is not the expected scenario and I am sure Barcelona will not take that opportunity amidst their unstable financial condition. Xavi Hernandez has a long-term project with young players and instead of bringing home Lionel Messi it might be better to look for a player who is much easier than him, so that he can help develop the long-term potential he hopes for. Unless Lionel Messi is willing to accept a smaller salary payment like Sergio Ramos did for Sevilla and I doubt Lionel Messi is willing to do that.

If Lionel Messi is in Xavi Hernandez's squad it will also create competition because there must be young players who are sacrificed as cover and even though they can play alternately. However, this scenario can actually cause jealousy and in the end the long-term targets desired by the coach will be difficult to develop. I agree that Xavi Hernandez is much more aware of the composition of players he wants, but I doubt Barcelona will take that opportunity.

The opportunity for Messi to return to Catalan with Barcelona is still available, but not in the near future because he is still under contract with Inter Miami until December 2025. Choosing to return to play a season or two before retiring as a club legend is the right thing, I think Messi will be very welcomed by everyone at Barcelona. Maybe this could be the best option as a means to maintain balance in his game when his contract ends in MLS, of course the aim is to be able to appear in the upcoming 2026 World Cup with the Argentine national team.

I think Messi has everything to help Xavi even though he is no longer young, on the other hand Barcelona will get various benefits if Messi returns. We all remember Dani Alves returning to Barcelona, I think the scenario could happen again with Messi. So I think everything is very possible, even though at this time it is just initial speculation.

[ajiz138]

Sourced from Fabrizio Romano - https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1715042064927191385

This is interesting for me. CR7 Jr has now signed for Al Nassr U13 maybe it's an academy, interestingly will CR7 Jr follow in his father's footsteps? The father will surely support his son to continue what he has.
That's interesting! I don't think it's likely that CR7 Jr will play with his father as he's now 38 and his son is 13 - maybe by the time his son is 18 his father will have retired.

Cristiano once said: “My son tells me: dad, hold on a few more years, I want to play with you!”.