⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

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Barcelona have chosen Xavi's successor! Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi named as top candidate to take over at Camp Nou
Barcelona want Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi to take over from Xavi when the manager steps down at the end of the season.

News: https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/barcelona-chosen-xavi-successor-brighton-roberto-de-zerbi-top-candidate/bltf6a63a27c8fd4030

Is it already decided that De Zerbi is going to be the new coach of Barcelona?
Man, I don't know about this one. I mean he is doing a decent job with Brighton.
But I'm not sure he will be able to have the achievement that is expected with Barcelona.

He has joined Brighton as the head coach in 2022 if I'm not wrong. And I believe he's doing a good job since then. Brighton has played better under his management. Since the season he joined Brighton, they have looked to perform really well so far.

Yes, you can say they have not been able to finish in the top four,
but remember that is definitely better than the performance that they were showing previously which was somehow escaping the relegation zone.

So maybe Barcelona sees some hope with him. But I wouldn't be too excited

I believe signing de Zarbi will be a positive move for Barcelona since they need a better coach who can help them win more trophies as a club. Barcelona is a fantastic club, and they need a strong coach who can handle the team properly. I believe the coach will do well in the team next season, because Guadiola is expecting De Zaebi because he knows what he is capable of. Xavi no longer has the strength to manage Barcelona, which is why he decided to retire from the club.

If Barcelona signs De Zerbi when Xavi leaves, I believe he will release many players in the club and buy new ones because he will prefer to use them on pattern and perform well in the team, especially Lewandowski I don't like how he's playing in the team when he was at Bayern Munich, you'd know Lewandowski was a great striker, but now he's playing weak games in is current team before he can even score a goal, he'll play two to three games before scoring one for the team. I think they should sell him and buy young players because he's getting old.

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Sometimes I ask is Tuchel the problem? This man has never been the problem of Bayern Munich even the last coach before Thomas Tuchel, things in the Munich ground is a bit complicated. Is best they start to rebuild the team as quick as possible or else we might be seeing a heavy blow on this might club called Bayern Munich.
Year in year out we have been seeing same players dominating the league and it's time for a big change in that league, there's a new sheriff in town (Bayer Leverkusen) and they should get used to it and is not about changing of coaches, sometimes these changes makes these coaches look like they're not good.
Well I still don't see anything new if Klopp comes in, if Bayer Leverkusen continue this dominance I believe no coach can stop them that easy. Would have love to see Tuchel stay for long at Bayern but this isn't where he's suppose to be, Chelsea is the best place for him.

Managing a team is more harder than playing for a team because of the conditions attached, if Tuchel has promised to deliver Bundesliga this season or he will live, then he is going to live without any chaos because that's what he signed up for but we should know that these guys are human too, not everytime things will go as we want, it's not about the name but what the players can do and that's why we have seen that Leverkusen are topping the table in the league.

I think they are more mad because Bayern Leverkusen are winning and the point difference is becoming obvious that it will be difficult for Bayern to win this year trophy, they have also lost two important matches both here and in Champions League, they look hopeless, if I'm Tuchel I live quietly just like the way he left Chelsea, after a year they will understand better.

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Harry Kane is a very good striker. The possibility of Bayern Munich releasing him is very low. Bayern Munich cannot easily sign another player of his quality. If they want to sign Mbappe, Osimhen, Haaland or someone of their caliber, they might allow Harry Kane to leave the team.
However, I would want Harry Kane back in the Premier League because Harry Kane is the second top scorer in Premier League history. He has 213 Premier League goals. The number one on the list is Alan Shearer with 260 goals. If he comes back to the Premier League and breaks that record, I think it would be a bigger achievement for him than a few trophies.

I think he realises that he is unlikely to win any trophy at MU and will probably try to win a trophy at Bayern first before thinking about a return to the EPL. Yes, he probably likes that record and wants to update it, but if he doesn't win any serious trophies, how can he consider himself a really serious top level player? I think that's a rhetorical question for every player

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He has joined Brighton as the head coach in 2022 if I'm not wrong. And I believe he's doing a good job since then. Brighton has played better under his management. Since the season he joined Brighton, they have looked to perform really well so far.

It is true that De Zerbi is a good coach, but if we look at his status with Brighton, we can see that he played 57 pl matches as a coach, but he conceded 88 goals. Which means that his attacking quality is good but in my eyes his defensive sense is a little bit hasy in terms of wll defense point of view. I mean, his defensive tactics are not too strong, despite Barcelona has the most problems in defense, it means that Xavi's under-managed defense players are showing quite poor performance, that is, the player is weak, and in fact De Zerbi's weakness is in defense.
 
So it means to say that De Zerbi's defense has been weak in Brighton, that is, 88 goals have been conceded in 57 appearances. This season, there are also financial critics, for Barcelona so I don't think they should transfer more players for defense.

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The summer window may not open for several months, but clubs across world football are already making arrangements, including Manchester United, who are still interested in signing Harry Kane and Frenkie de Jong despite the fact both players appear likely to remain at their current clubs.

Link: https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/uk-premier-league/2024/02/football-transfer-news-man-utd-harry-kane-kylian-mbappe

Seems like Manchester United is interested in Harry Kane. Which in my opinion really seems to be unrealistic.

But even if that's the case in the end will Manchester United be able to sign Kane from Bayern?
He has just been in his first season and we know Bayern's performance to date is still greatly helped by the performance that Kane has as a pure striker and as their targetman so even if Manchester United want the services of this player but in the end this will be very difficult to do because after all Bayern will not release this player that easily.

In addition, the current value of Kane is also still very large because previously Bayern brought this player with a tag of 100 million from Tottenham and currently the value of a Kane is 110 million.


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With a release clause like this whether Manchester United can be especially with those who are still held by Glazer then everything will remain the same where they will be very stingy to spend money and only focus on profit.

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Man United previously also competed with Bayern before the German club finally managed to get Kane signature. According to rumors, Man United interest sounds absurd, and I think Kane will be able to realize his dream of winning a trophy with Bayern although not this season. Ten Hag would be better off focusing on keeping Rashford from leaving to PSG, and focusing on bringing out the best potential from Hojlund, rather than asking management for more money to buy Kane.

This is a move that does not look like it’s going to happen with all signs now. It is very obvious that Harry Kane will remain with his current club until next season or more and can even wait till his contract expires with the German club. If he doesn’t get to win any trophy this season, there are still many chances for him to still win after this season if he remains with the German club. Going to Manchester United now is like giving up on his dreams of winning a trophy in his career and I don’t think that is what he will want to do now. He stands at a big disadvantage going to Manchester United and I think he will make a better player at Bayern Munich than he will at Manchester United. Gone are those days when he was a top striker that every club wanted to have in their squad, it was just unfortunate for him to decide to stay back at Tottenham without getting to win any trophy throughout his stay there.

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Is it already decided that De Zerbi is going to be the new coach of Barcelona?
Man, I don't know about this one. I mean he is doing a decent job with Brighton.
But I'm not sure he will be able to have the achievement that is expected with Barcelona.

Nothing has been decided yet. He's among the managers Barcelona is interested in but I doubt they will hire him. To me, hiring De Zerbi won't be able to a good decision for Barcelona.
Don't get it wrong, De Zerbi is good, but that does mean he can handle Barcelona.
Barcelona needs a very experienced coach, somebody who commands respect in the dressing room.

Also, we have to understand that just because a manager was successful in his previous clubs doesn't mean he'll be successful in Barcelona. Barcelona is a very big club, one of the biggest in the world, so that comes with a lot of pressure and expectations. In many other clubs in Europe, Xavi would be applauded for the work he has done in Barcelona. He took them from 9th to 2nd in his first season and won the league in his second season. That is an achievement for most teams, but not Barcelona.

So I'd advise De Zerbi to remain at Brighton or go to another club where there will be not much pressure and expectations like Barcelona. He should keep building himself and win trophies first.
Flick is a manager I feel would be able to handle Barcelona, but I'm still skeptical about him too.

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I think he realises that he is unlikely to win any trophy at MU and will probably try to win a trophy at Bayern first before thinking about a return to the EPL. Yes, he probably likes that record and wants to update it, but if he doesn't win any serious trophies, how can he consider himself a really serious top level player? I think that's a rhetorical question for every player

Who would think Harry Kane would go to Man United? That's not possible especially since Bayern Munich bought Harry Kane for a pretty penny and his goal productivity in the Bundesliga is pretty good so the team will now keep him until the end.

Harry Kane's situation is now unfavorable because Bayern Munich is experiencing problems often losing this is not Harry Kane's fault but Tuchel as a coach who set his strategy. There are even rumors that Bayern Munich will end the deal with Tuchel until the end of the season.

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Tuchel will leave Bayern at the end of the season.

The natural choice is now Klopp.

No, the natural choice is now Alonso. There is a reason why Tuchel remains coach until the end of the season, as Bayern do not want a temporary solution until the summer. The favorite is certainly Alonso, he would suit Bayern for various reasons. Klopp has said that he wants a break from football, so it makes little sense for him to join Bayern straight after Liverpool. My guess is rather that Klopp could take over the German national team if Nagelsmann fails at the next European Championship or Nations League, and the chances of that are good.

Also, Italian media reported that Bayern and Zinedine Zidane are in contact.

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Tuchel will leave Bayern at the end of the season.

The natural choice is now Klopp.

No, the natural choice is now Alonso. There is a reason why Tuchel remains coach until the end of the season, as Bayern do not want a temporary solution until the summer. The favorite is certainly Alonso, he would suit Bayern for various reasons. Klopp has said that he wants a break from football, so it makes little sense for him to join Bayern straight after Liverpool. My guess is rather that Klopp could take over the German national team if Nagelsmann fails at the next European Championship or Nations League, and the chances of that are good.

Also, Italian media reported that Bayern and Zinedine Zidane are in contact.

It doesn't only make little sense for Klopp to join Bayern, it would be a slap in the face for the Liverpool family. Imagine how that would come across for everyone. Nobody would ever believe Klopp a single word again. I mean, look what words he used to justify his break. That he is without energy and can't go on and therefore has to terminate his contract early and then all that talk about the love he feels for the fans and the team and the club. No way that he could make a U-turn.

Zidane seems to have said that he will not deviate from his core principle which says that he only coaches teams where he understands the native language. He said that in response I think to some journalist who asked about his next destination just now and I think he brought up Bayern Munich,

Alonso is the way to go, I believe you are right! This is too obvious to not be true.

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Tuchel will leave Bayern at the end of the season.

The natural choice is now Klopp.

No, the natural choice is now Alonso. There is a reason why Tuchel remains coach until the end of the season, as Bayern do not want a temporary solution until the summer. The favorite is certainly Alonso, he would suit Bayern for various reasons. Klopp has said that he wants a break from football, so it makes little sense for him to join Bayern straight after Liverpool. My guess is rather that Klopp could take over the German national team if Nagelsmann fails at the next European Championship or Nations League, and the chances of that are good.

Also, Italian media reported that Bayern and Zinedine Zidane are in contact.

It doesn't only make little sense for Klopp to join Bayern, it would be a slap in the face for the Liverpool family. Imagine how that would come across for everyone. Nobody would ever believe Klopp a single word again. I mean, look what words he used to justify his break. That he is without energy and can't go on and therefore has to terminate his contract early and then all that talk about the love he feels for the fans and the team and the club. No way that he could make a U-turn.

Zidane seems to have said that he will not deviate from his core principle which says that he only coaches teams where he understands the native language. He said that in response I think to some journalist who asked about his next destination just now and I think he brought up Bayern Munich,

Alonso is the way to go, I believe you are right! This is too obvious to not be true.

I don't think Zidane will end up at Bayern either, but there are also signs that there is at least good contact. A confidant of Zidane told the German sports channel Sport1 today the following:

"Zinédine views FC Bayern like Real Madrid: an institution as a club with a huge past and great working conditions. Both clubs have many similarities in the way they work."

That doesn't sound like an absolute rejection on Zidane's part. We will see.

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Tuchel will leave Bayern at the end of the season.

The natural choice is now Klopp.

No, the natural choice is now Alonso. There is a reason why Tuchel remains coach until the end of the season, as Bayern do not want a temporary solution until the summer. The favorite is certainly Alonso, he would suit Bayern for various reasons. Klopp has said that he wants a break from football, so it makes little sense for him to join Bayern straight after Liverpool. My guess is rather that Klopp could take over the German national team if Nagelsmann fails at the next European Championship or Nations League, and the chances of that are good.

Also, Italian media reported that Bayern and Zinedine Zidane are in contact.

Xabi, Solskjaer, Conte and Zidane are now rumored to be Tuchel successors, Bayern management does not want to take big risks and short term solution for the position of head coach. However, it would be great if Bayern could recruit Zidane next season, it has been a long time since he saw him manage a team after parting ways with Madrid. We haven't seen Zidane manage another team apart from Madrid, so that is a challenge in itself for Zidane.

I think Xabi is actually very worthy of replacing Tuchel, but unfortunately next season the Bundesliga competitive level will decline again if Xabi leaves. Very reasonable, because Leverkusen will experience a decline if Xabi go, and Bayern will return to being the rulers of the Bundesliga. That just my assumption, and the season isn't completely over yet.

Klopp has stated that he will rest for a while, and wants to spend more time with his family, before starting again later. But if Tuchel can present the Champions League trophy this season, maybe the story will be different, who knows, Bayern will experience an improvement in performance in their next match.

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I don't think Zidane will end up at Bayern either, but there are also signs that there is at least good contact. A confidant of Zidane told the German sports channel Sport1 today the following:

"Zinédine views FC Bayern like Real Madrid: an institution as a club with a huge past and great working conditions. Both clubs have many similarities in the way they work."

That doesn't sound like an absolute rejection on Zidane's part. We will see.

Hmmmm... Ok if this is what he said, well who am I to finally rule that option out. But honestly I think it isn't quite how he views Bayern Munich. This was more the gentleman Zidane speaking who understands how to never kill any options that may arise in the future and how to drive his market value up. But in his heart he definitely knows that Real Madrid has been playing in a different league than Bayern Munich forever. I am just judging this by the number of titles and by the players that chose Real Madrid over Bayern Munich. I doubt he himself would have ever chosen Bayern over Real

We will see, indeed!

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In recent days there has been a lot of bad news from the coaches and now it is Thomas Tuchel's turn to reportedly leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season. As we know, as coach of Bayern Munich, replacing Julian Nagelsmann at the end of last season meant that he was unable to provide more expectations for the club and he was aware that the peak of defeat he had recently made his fate even more threatened as coach of Bayern Munich. This agreement has been discussed well by both parties and this will be Thomas Tuchel's last season managing Bayern Munich.

I think it is only natural that a decision must be taken immediately, especially since pressure from various parties such as players and fans is definitely the basis for this agreement for separation. We can only hope that Bayern Munich can find the right coach next season and to be honest, we are quite sad to hear the news of Thomas Tuchel's departure at the end of the season. But however, everyone has to move on and maybe this season Bayern Munich's chances of winning the title are getting slimmer after experiencing bad results in all competitions.

Anyway, where is Thomas Tuchel's next destination for next season? is it possible he will return to the EPL?

I would clarify that Nagelsmann did not leave at the end of the season, but at the very height of it, and by the way, technically at that moment Bayern continued to claim the most important titles - the Bundesliga and the Champions League.
A similar thing can (and should) happen to Tuchel. Everything is bad in Bavaria and something needs to be changed before it’s too late. I don't understand why wait until summer.
As for his plans, they say that he will return to England - either to Liverpool, or to United, or to the England national team.

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Can't speculate with Zidane future will be Bayern Munich manager or not because he was reject many top teams offer and more prefer spend his time with family, after leaving Real Madrid since 2021 Zidane never got deal with any other team for signing him. Manchester United almost close for signing him but Zidane seems not happy with England culture and he can't adapt well with England language.
I doubt with Bayer Munich manager approach will make Zidane acceptable their offering after bad result under Thomas Tuchel and Bayern Munich's management ty to sign Zidane.
Payment salary seems not problem for Zidane, he can earn higher salary by accepting Saudi Pro League team offer but he most waiting the best time return to be football manager.

I don't know what the private motives are that Zidane might or might not have. Whether it is the family why he declined some offers or whether the offers were just not what he was looking or waiting for, I can't tell.

But he has said a few things about his criteria upon which he bases his decision on whether the train a club or not. There is the rumor about the language barriers, but I don't know if this is true or not. I know he is a smart guy and I would be surprised that language would be a barrier if is really convinced of an offer. Zidane is speaking Spanish as if he was born there and he seems to be able to absorb new knowledge quickly. I think if a club like Manchester City would call him, language would not be a barrier. But Bayern is maybe a bit harder as English is closer to Spanish than the German language and Bayern is not like Manchester City.

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The summer window may not open for several months, but clubs across world football are already making arrangements, including Manchester United, who are still interested in signing Harry Kane and Frenkie de Jong despite the fact both players appear likely to remain at their current clubs.

Link: https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/uk-premier-league/2024/02/football-transfer-news-man-utd-harry-kane-kylian-mbappe

Seems like Manchester United is interested in Harry Kane. Which in my opinion really seems to be unrealistic.

Why?

Because even if Bayern Munich cannot win the Bundesliga title, which is definitely very much possible, to be honest, I still think he is not leaving just after one season. If anything is going to change in Bayern Munich it is going to be the coach.

At the same time, Harry Kane is not going to Manchester United for sure. You know his main target was to win a trophy. If he goes to Manchester United, that chance is not there anymore, right? At least with Bayern Munich, he has a chance.

Harry Kane heading  to Manchester would put players like Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund at risk because one of them would not get enough game time to play.
The news is nothing false it has no atom of validity innit. Manchester United are in need of a back up striker no doubts but I don't think even Harry would be stupid enough to see tham happening.

Bayern Munich right now should rather focus on closing down on Xabi Alonso.  I mean, Thomas Tuchel should make sure he tries to catch them.
Xabi Alonso anyways has been reported to be close to accepting the move to Bayern Munich over Liverpool already.  Its a great news and they'll definitely have a good cleansing for next season. The rebuild would be definitely massive.

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I think he realises that he is unlikely to win any trophy at MU and will probably try to win a trophy at Bayern first before thinking about a return to the EPL. Yes, he probably likes that record and wants to update it, but if he doesn't win any serious trophies, how can he consider himself a really serious top level player? I think that's a rhetorical question for every player

Indeed. He will have no chance to win any trophy with Man United. Man United never improved their performance, they only become a middle class team in each season. If Harry Kane wants to win a trophy, it is better to stay with Bayern Munich. Harry Kane still has a chance to win a trophy in the next season. I'm not sure Leverkusen will be as strong as this season if Xabi Alonso leaves Leverkusen. The chance to win a trophy with Bayern Munich will be higher for the next season. So why Harry Kane needs to return to EPL? I think he never considers to return to EPL in the near future.

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I think he realises that he is unlikely to win any trophy at MU and will probably try to win a trophy at Bayern first before thinking about a return to the EPL. Yes, he probably likes that record and wants to update it, but if he doesn't win any serious trophies, how can he consider himself a really serious top level player? I think that's a rhetorical question for every player

Indeed. He will have no chance to win any trophy with Man United. Man United never improved their performance, they only become a middle class team in each season. If Harry Kane wants to win a trophy, it is better to stay with Bayern Munich. Harry Kane still has a chance to win a trophy in the next season. I'm not sure Leverkusen will be as strong as this season if Xabi Alonso leaves Leverkusen. The chance to win a trophy with Bayern Munich will be higher for the next season. So why Harry Kane needs to return to EPL? I think he never considers to return to EPL in the near future.

Currently there is still no sign of Kane leaving the Alianz Arena because after all this can be considered the first season even though he played from the previous season but it was only a few matches before he got the trophy for the first time.
Currently the rumors of Manchester United wanting Kane are a situation that I think seems ridiculous because apart from Bayern will definitely not release this player because the sacrifices they make are also very large not only about money but in terms of negotiations that were tough before making Bayern definitely think again if they want to release Kane.

On the other hand, Mancehster United's financial condition is also still no difference even though there are new investors there but I think the situation is still the same where they will still have difficulties because the budgeted finances are not as large as other big clubs so wanting to snatch Kane with a clause of more than 100 million is a difficult situation for Manchester United to do.

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I don't know what the private motives are that Zidane might or might not have. Whether it is the family why he declined some offers or whether the offers were just not what he was looking or waiting for, I can't tell.

But he has said a few things about his criteria upon which he bases his decision on whether the train a club or not. There is the rumor about the language barriers, but I don't know if this is true or not. I know he is a smart guy and I would be surprised that language would be a barrier if is really convinced of an offer. Zidane is speaking Spanish as if he was born there and he seems to be able to absorb new knowledge quickly. I think if a club like Manchester City would call him, language would not be a barrier. But Bayern is maybe a bit harder as English is closer to Spanish than the German language and Bayern is not like Manchester City.

Sure, we don't know what's actually happening with Zidane. But he seems enjoying his life without managing any team. He rejected some offers from big teams in the world, he still has no big interest to manage any team, including Real Madrid. I assume he has a serious business that he wants to focus on developing the business himself. It shouldn't be about his family only, there should be another strong reason.

Zidane is a typical manager who doesn't want to hurry accepting an offer. He considers many things, including his right when he is managing the team. As far as I know Zidane is the manager who doesn't want to intervene by the club management or the president when he is managing the team. Since every team has its own goal, it is difficult to let the manager alone in controlling the team. TBH, I've no idea about which team that is suitable for Zidane.



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Currently there is still no sign of Kane leaving the Alianz Arena because after all this can be considered the first season even though he played from the previous season but it was only a few matches before he got the trophy for the first time.
Currently the rumors of Manchester United wanting Kane are a situation that I think seems ridiculous because apart from Bayern will definitely not release this player because the sacrifices they make are also very large not only about money but in terms of negotiations that were tough before making Bayern definitely think again if they want to release Kane.

On the other hand, Mancehster United's financial condition is also still no difference even though there are new investors there but I think the situation is still the same where they will still have difficulties because the budgeted finances are not as large as other big clubs so wanting to snatch Kane with a clause of more than 100 million is a difficult situation for Manchester United to do.

I think this is just a growing issue because Bayern Munich needed a lot of effort to recruit Harry Kane from Tottenham and there is no way they will let Harry Kane go at the end of this season. Indeed, Manchester United is looking for a striker who is productive in scoring goals, but if their target is Harry Kane then it will be impossible for them to get it. Moreover, Harry Kane is showing quite impressive performance with Bayern Munich because for the time being he is the top scorer in the Bayern Munich team so it is very difficult for other teams to persuade Bayern Munich to sell Harry Kane.

As you said, it is quite true that Manchester United has financial problems because last season several of their target players could not be brought in because the price desired by the team that owned them was too high. Apart from that, we'll see whether Erik will be given more funds to carry out an overhaul with lots of new players next season.