⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Despairo]

Ivan Toney only has a contract until June 2025. Brentford will find a way to keep this striker at all costs. However, it will be challenging to retain the English player in the future, especially when Ivan Toney is desperate to find a new, better quality place to compete for the title. Brentford stood by his side during difficult times, so Ivan Toney likely wants to stay until the end of the season to help the club avoid relegation. Ivan Toney has long been in the sights of many big players in the Premier League. From Arsenal, Man United, or Chelsea are ready to offer high prices to convince Ivan Toney to leave. Until Ivan Toney's fee is determined, Arsenal will still give this striker specific attention. If Brentford asks for 100 million pounds, Arsenal can abandon this deal.
Besides Toney, Victor Osimhen is also said to be the top target that Arsenal aims for.

He won't going anywhere, Toney is already a matured age, so it should be his peak performance in football career. However his peak performance isn't that good and Brentford will demand crazy amount of money to any club who interested to sign him, it makes other clubs better for looking other players.

Believe me, Mbappe will join Real Madrid and Osimhen will replace Mbappe's position in PSG.

[JariKriting]

Arsenal really need a sharp attacker that can play as a central nine,because none of this current attackers can really deliver them when they need him the most.In the champions league yesterday, Barcelona got a 1:1 with Napoli,and it was their two attackers that scored the goals because they are reliable.Osimhen and Lewandowski got the goals for them to show how important a central nine is.
If Arsenal should be able to get a sharp attacker like Vampersie of those days,then they must have gotten a complete squad.

Could be the reasons they've been chasing Dusan Vlahovic? They want to create almost the same squad like they had seasons ago?
Having no central forward I believe has to be correct,  they've been able to score goals in the premier league regardless but it'll be definitely difficult in the champions league.  We all saw Porto denying them that.
Arsenal should get Ivan Toney,  since they have some good sums to spend, they shouldn't splash off on the big man eith outrageous amount but he will do a better job than all these names I've seen.

For Victor Osimhen,  I was happy to see him returning from the African Cup of nations and scoring a goal just  to mark his register that he was present. Still not certain they'd win enough games to qualify for the Champions league,  now they have to work harder.
Robert Lewandowski has been able to score good goals and silenced the critics. He will also score again during the weekend against Getefe.

if the target is Dusan Vlahovic, it's still not ok. especially if it has to be redeemed at a high price. because Dusan Vlahovic is still not productive create goal. if Osimhen is bought from Napoli, it will be more stable because in addition to being productive, his body are very muscular, very suitable for playing in the English league as well as Drogba and Lukalu. and Osimhen is still young. currently still 25 years old.

[pusaka]

DeZerbi is the main target of Liverlpool as coach after Klopp.

Klopp also will skip 1 year, he needs to rest.

When Klopp announced he was leaving Liverpool he said he was running out of energy. Xabi Alonso and Roberto De Zerbi have been mentioned in the press, but I think Steven Gerard could be Liverpool's manager in a surprise move. He is the manager of the club El Alliance but if he gets an offer from Liverpool I'm sure he would accept it anywhere in the world. He is a Liverpool legend. If the top managers like Xabi Alonso or Roberto De Zerbi don't come to Liverpool, he would come to Liverpool immediately.

Still just a rumor, we don't know for sure who will come next season after Jurgen Klopp's departure. Young coaches are now getting a lot of attention, we call it Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen who managed to perform well during this season, so that might be a consideration for Liverpool to sign him immediately.
Time is still long enough for Liverpool to consider everything, but they also have to move quickly because if they want to bring in a quality coach they will definitely have to compete with other teams who also want to bring him. I don't know who is the closest coach to Liverpool at the moment, maybe they are still conducting an internal aproach process to the coach they are interested in.

[joniboini]

but I think Steven Gerard could be Liverpool's manager in a surprise move. He is the manager of the club El Alliance but if he gets an offer from Liverpool I'm sure he would accept it anywhere in the world. He is a Liverpool legend. If the top managers like Xabi Alonso or Roberto De Zerbi don't come to Liverpool, he would come to Liverpool immediately.

Still just a rumor, we don't know for sure who will come next season after Jurgen Klopp's departure. Young coaches are now getting a lot of attention, we call it Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen who managed to perform well during this season, so that might be a consideration for Liverpool to sign him immediately.

I think only Xabi shows great promise in this "young managers" camp, Gerrad failed at Villa and doesn't manage to improve on his new job as far as I know. Other than them, who else? Tuchel, Lampard? Eh, I don't think Lampard is gaining the right attention IMO. If a club has some common sense they wouldn't hire somebody just because people are hyping them up, they'd scrutinize their tactics, etc and decide whether they are suitable for them or not. As legendary as Gerrad was for Liverpool, I don't think hiring him is a good move, he needs to prove himself first IMO. They don't want to become another club with failed romanticism, do they?

[entertheabyss]

DeZerbi is the main target of Liverlpool as coach after Klopp.

Klopp also will skip 1 year, he needs to rest.

Liverpool will not suffer but continue to excel in their EPL matches, a bold start for this elite team. Liverpool board have been working on the crucial replacement of their current coach, Jurgen Klopp is leaving and this is purely bad news for the Reds. But that doesn't mean they will relent but keep working on making the team remained formidable as they are this season and over the decades. Jurgen Klopp have clear his mind and he's keen on exiting Anfield. Liverpool will turn out to be like Napoli in Italian league because their prominent coach is leaving at the end of the season and this have become something to worry about.

[Plaguedeath]

Liverpool will not suffer but continue to excel in their EPL matches, a bold start for this elite team. Liverpool board have been working on the crucial replacement of their current coach, Jurgen Klopp is leaving and this is purely bad news for the Reds. But that doesn't mean they will relent but keep working on making the team remained formidable as they are this season and over the decades. Jurgen Klopp have clear his mind and he's keen on exiting Anfield. Liverpool will turn out to be like Napoli in Italian league because their prominent coach is leaving at the end of the season and this have become something to worry about.

Yeah Liverpool's players are mostly dominated by B class players, but they can perform because of Klopp. If Klopp left Liverpool, Liverpool will back to a mediocre team, just like Chelsea. Klopp isn't only become a manager in Liverpool, he's control everything. So if the new manager only work as manager's job desk, there will be a chaos since they need to change the system or the manager need to work hard like Klopp.

[lizarder]

Yeah Liverpool's players are mostly dominated by B class players, but they can perform because of Klopp. If Klopp left Liverpool, Liverpool will back to a mediocre team, just like Chelsea. Klopp isn't only become a manager in Liverpool, he's control everything. So if the new manager only work as manager's job desk, there will be a chaos since they need to change the system or the manager need to work hard like Klopp.

Jurgen Klopp has turned Liverpool into a very strong team and he has succeeded in bringing several important titles to Liverpool. If in the end Jurge Klopp has to leave Liverpool then this team will be even more unstable because usually a change of coach can make a big difference in terms of the quality of the game. Several names have been linked with Liverpool but so far there has been no further discussion because Jurgen Klopp will leave after this season ends.

Jurgen Klopp has a good ability when it comes to giving confidence to young players and he always buys players who don't have quality, but instead looks for the players he wants and then polishes them to be more ready to fight. System changes can definitely affect team performance because coaches and players have to adapt again.

[Velvet78]

The press loves to spread rumors, I see that they write not only about Manchester United, there are also rumors that if Bayern fails to win a single trophy this season, then Kane may move to Chelsea. Kane came into the team at a difficult time, that's true, but to win trophies you have to work hard, it's not that easy, and if he really wants it, he will stay in the team and strive for it. You can always leave, but those who stay and continue to play will be appreciated. Remember what a Legend Lewandowski was in Bayern, now everything has changed for him, in Barça he is an ordinary forward...

Chelsea would even be the worst place for him. They have been struggling for a couple of seasons and started to be more like an average team rather than a big one. They only have money but the management is too bad. 

About Lewandowski, I agree. His time with Bayern Munich was really amazing. He even broke a goal record in a season in the Bundesliga. But since leaving Bayern Munich he hasn't been playing like in the old times. Maybe one can say he has got older but he was still doing pretty good at Bayern Munich after the age of 30. I don't know maybe Barcelona is just not the best place for him to be fully productive.

[Iranus]

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....

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.

Yes, I also agree. The squad that Bayern Munich right now have is a decent one.
They really do not need to make big changes in the squad.

If anything they need a good coach and that is exactly what Xabi Alonso is.
With the squad that they have right now, they will be able to get a hundred times better results with Alonso.

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.


https://www.transfermarkt.com/harry-kane/marktwertverlauf/spieler/132098

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.

If I am not wrong, the financial situation of Manchester United is not the best at this moment.
They have a few problems to fix. And they cannot afford to spend money like that in my opinion.
Trying to get Harry Kane is another one where I will have to say that it is going to be a good decision if he performs well at Manchester United.
And we all know how that goes

-snip

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.

It is very likely that Kane will stay with Bayern until his contract ends, and I think the setback experienced by Bayern is not his fault. It's true, the only strong reason why Kane decided to go to Bayern was the guarantee of a trophy. Putting aside the competitive level of the League, Bayern bargaining value is better than Manchester United at the moment. Kane leads the list of temporary top scorers in the Bundesliga, overall Kane has scored 29 goals and 8 assists while wearing the Bayern uniform this season. Kane contract will end in june 2027, and it is clear that Bayern does not want to let him go any time soon.

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.

I believe Manchester United should not experiment too much right now. They have to keep the players that they have in the squad.
And they will also have to bring in a coach that will be able to improve the performance.
Some dumb decisions have been taken by Manchester United recently.
They should just look at those and say “Enough, let's just use what we have and  save the money.”

[makishart]

This news says chelsea was ready to targeting osimhen and kounde from barcelona.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/live/transfer-news-and-rumours-live/blt1ccfda38eda06d5a

I think that is a very nice movement for chelsea to target those guys. Chelsea has good midfielders but it has no good striker in the squad. It is true that the performance of two strikers, who are owned by Chelsea, fell short in terms of maximizing their potential and contributing to the club's scoring efforts.
There is also another problem that needs to be sorted out like selfishness owned by some players. I saw that how strikers were rarely getting the ball from the midfielders.

The key point from this transfer is now napoli is not yet performing so good in the serie a, this may also push osimhen t leave from the club in the summer transfer season. I dos upport him to join in the chelsea instead of stay much longer in the napoli.
Napoli needs to try even harder in keeping osimhen in the club. Chelsea may be coming with various offers for osimhen and i hope he will continue his career in the EPL next season.

I prefer to see osimhen to join in the english premier league instead of stay in napoli. Osimhen has reached his peak last season but consiscency is the main problem for him. Let him to develop his performance even further by joining in the stronger team than napoli.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1760938040963506534

Thanks to his good performances so far at Real Madrid, Toni Kross always gets a place in the starting line up and it is reported that Real Madrid has prepared a contract extension for another season for Toni Kross. Obviously this is good news for Toni Kross and also Los Blancos fans because this veteran player from Germany is considered very worthy of getting a contract extension once again.

Real Madrid worked very hard in preparing this contract and of course Toni Kross would not refuse it considering his love for the Spanish club is very big. He has spent many seasons at Real Madrid and played with other great players before. Now he has become a senior player at the club besides Luka Modric. Despite all that, the decision is still up to Toni Kross whether he wants to stay or leave, but everyone is sure he will stay as long as he is needed.

[imamusma]

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Jurgen Klopp has turned Liverpool into a very strong team and he has succeeded in bringing several important titles to Liverpool. If in the end Jurge Klopp has to leave Liverpool then this team will be even more unstable because usually a change of coach can make a big difference in terms of the quality of the game. Several names have been linked with Liverpool but so far there has been no further discussion because Jurgen Klopp will leave after this season ends.

Jurgen Klopp has a good ability when it comes to giving confidence to young players and he always buys players who don't have quality, but instead looks for the players he wants and then polishes them to be more ready to fight. System changes can definitely affect team performance because coaches and players have to adapt again.

Liverpool management will definitely ask for Jurgen Klopp recommendation in looking for a new head coach next season. Liverpool will definitely look for a coach who has many systems in common with Jurgen Klopp, to minimize risks and drastic changes within the team. Liverpool transition period will really be felt, because Jurgen Klopp has led Liverpool for a long time, his influence is very broad within the team, so there is great concern that Liverpool will experience a setback after Jurgen Klopp leaves.

Jurgen Klopp has proven his method of work to be successful in polishing Liverpool with the various trophies presented. The way he recruits players, and the way he brings out the potential in each player, and what is most impressive is the way he maintains Liverpool existence as a team capable of challenging for the title every season, is worthy of appreciation. Liverpool must be able to find the right successor, I think there are lots of coaches who are interested in becoming Liverpool coach.

[tbterryboy]

If Arsenal should be able to get a sharp attacker like Vampersie of those days,then they must have gotten a complete squad.

Arsenal would go into the transfer market for a striker this summer, there are rumors that they might try to sign Ivan Toney from Brentford. Thomas Frank has already said it would be nearly impossible to keep Toney at the team after the end of the seadom, though Arsenal might have to pay a huge amount of money if they are to get Toney.

Having said that, i don't think Arsenal should be too desperate for a striker, they have been scoring a lot of goals in the EPL lately, and if they are scoring nobody talks about a new striker, but on a day that they don't score, everyone talks about recruiting a new striker.

Completely agreed even they are doing good goals in Premier League and their attack is one of the best but as we have one poor performance things started around for the search of new striker even we all know as things are going most chances they will do some shopping into coming transfer window and surely have one from these with Ivan Tony is priority and then Vlahović is also under their radar but who is coming it's not clear but for me most chances Arteta will be love to have Ivan Tony.

With recent media reports are also suggesting something going to happen but what is their main target and how things will be work no one can predict with Porto done good job and win their first leg match and now Arsenal under pressure and need to fight back strongly for the next round because still things are under control.

[Nheer]

Yeah Liverpool's players are mostly dominated by B class players, but they can perform because of Klopp. If Klopp left Liverpool, Liverpool will back to a mediocre team, just like Chelsea. Klopp isn't only become a manager in Liverpool, he's control everything. So if the new manager only work as manager's job desk, there will be a chaos since they need to change the system or the manager need to work hard like Klopp.

Alot of teams now are scared of changing their coaches especially when they already have a good coach that is performing well because it is difficult to get a good manager nowadays. I also feel Liverpool might suffer just like Chelsea and Manchester United have been suffering to have a good coach if Kloop should leave unless they are lucky enough. They went through similar situation until they found Klopp and now i just hope history doesn’t repeat itself again. They are rumored to be linked with Xabi Alonso but no one knows for sure if they would be able to get him since there will be a lot of competition for him and also Alonso has no experience with managing a big club so there is no assurance if he can continue what Kloop has done.

[FanEagle]

For Xavi Hernandez, I'd want to say he should have been supported this season but he wasn't due to Injuries and also financial challenges affecting them.
Some of them players Innit also are also not well piad by the club completely so I wonder how they want to be play with them hearts. Lack of support from the management and the Injured players absent affected Xavi Hernandez because he was same man who won the Spanish La Liga with Barcelona last season.

The most difficult position at the moment is probably experienced by Xavi. Last season Xavi brought Barcelona to La Liga champions in an extraordinary way. This was even done when the team was having financial problems.
Xavi returned the favor very well to Barcelona. however, the support from management was not that good and not what Xavi had hoped for. I don't think Barcelona will get a very good coach like Xavi with all the limitations that Barcelona has.
This season Xavi may realize it will be difficult to compete for the La Liga trophy. deciding to leave his position is also not bad in the eyes of fans. he has given his best for Barcelona.

It is really a very big shame and I did not expected him to be fired this quickly. Maybe it is not really a firing but he just didn't feel the pressure there to be worth it. He is a great player in the Barcelona history and he just saw no end to their financial misery and the team was doing nothing to stop it, so they were just dealing with trouble after trouble and he couldn't get any decent players for the amount of money they had, they had trouble even keeping the players they had.

So, he saw that things will not get any better and decided maybe to just quit, he already won a title with them, 50% title run is not bad and he could quit while he is still remembered as a good manager. It would be unfair to him if they played a few more seasons with him and lost it all.

[naira]

DeZerbi is the main target of Liverlpool as coach after Klopp.

Klopp also will skip 1 year, he needs to rest.

Liverpool will not suffer but continue to excel in their EPL matches, a bold start for this elite team. Liverpool board have been working on the crucial replacement of their current coach, Jurgen Klopp is leaving and this is purely bad news for the Reds. But that doesn't mean they will relent but keep working on making the team remained formidable as they are this season and over the decades. Jurgen Klopp have clear his mind and he's keen on exiting Anfield. Liverpool will turn out to be like Napoli in Italian league because their prominent coach is leaving at the end of the season and this have become something to worry about.

Liverpool fate next season really depends on the new coach, who will not be easy to replace Jurgen Klopp who really understands the ins and outs of Liverpool both when they are down and when they are in a stable condition. In the future the Liverpool coach criteria will be a big gamble carrying an elite club will definitely be a very heavy responsibility. Having extraordinary players their skills and skills must be maintained and the Liverpool coach's way of thinking will be overshadowed  by the figure of Jurgen Klopp.

[Coyster]

This january Arsenal have been linked to several players just like Joshua Zirkzee and Ivan Toney but none of them who bought by Arsenal seems Arteta has telling the truth that last month he said Arsenal won't but new striker this January because they have not enough money to bought the player

We are in February, so the transfer window for January closed a long time ago, many English clubs didn't do business in January, not only Arsenal, clubs prefer to do business in the summer, because they have enough time to monitor the players they want to sign and negotiate with their clubs. Having said that, Arsenal definitely couldn't get Ivan Toney in January, he was just coming back from his lengthy ban due to betting and Brentford would never have sold then, but this summer i think they would come for him, and there is a high chance they'll get him.

[asriloni]

Arsenal really need a sharp attacker that can play as a central nine,because none of this current attackers can really deliver them when they need him the most.In the champions league yesterday, Barcelona got a 1:1 with Napoli,and it was their two attackers that scored the goals because they are reliable.Osimhen and Lewandowski got the goals for them to show how important a central nine is.
If Arsenal should be able to get a sharp attacker like Vampersie of those days,then they must have gotten a complete squad.

Could be the reasons they've been chasing Dusan Vlahovic? They want to create almost the same squad like they had seasons ago?
Having no central forward I believe has to be correct,  they've been able to score goals in the premier league regardless but it'll be definitely difficult in the champions league.  We all saw Porto denying them that.
Arsenal should get Ivan Toney,  since they have some good sums to spend, they shouldn't splash off on the big man eith outrageous amount but he will do a better job than all these names I've seen.

For Victor Osimhen,  I was happy to see him returning from the African Cup of nations and scoring a goal just  to mark his register that he was present. Still not certain they'd win enough games to qualify for the Champions league,  now they have to work harder.
Robert Lewandowski has been able to score good goals and silenced the critics. He will also score again during the weekend against Getefe.

if the target is Dusan Vlahovic, it's still not ok. especially if it has to be redeemed at a high price. because Dusan Vlahovic is still not productive create goal. if Osimhen is bought from Napoli, it will be more stable because in addition to being productive, his body are very muscular, very suitable for playing in the English league as well as Drogba and Lukalu. and Osimhen is still young. currently still 25 years old.

It's not ok. Dusan is terrible striker. This guy is very similar to the osimhen, he playes good now but he will be bad at the end of season. Buying him is the same like gambling and i don't like that. Talking about arsenal and i think the potential one should be guirassy only if arsenal is still willing him to become a new striker for the club.
The club has refused the rumor about toney to be recruited by arsenal as a new striker. Osimhen is leaning to the chelsea instead of arsenal even though chelsea is not yet finding its best performance. It sounds impossible for him to go there. Im concerning about the fact that if arsenal is still playing so badly.

I strongly disagree if arsenal targets him as a new striker. Juventus has tried to sell him but there's no one interested to get him even chelsea. Buying vlavhovic is just wasting club's money. It must never happen.

[Webetcoins]

Steve G is still not worthy in my opinion if indeed he will be a successor for Liverpool to replace Klopp later. Indeed, with him already knowing the ins and outs of Liverpool will be a good thing but with the coaching track record he did actually entrusting the position of coach to Gerrard now clearly it is a risky thing and could backfire for Liverpool in the end.

Not that I underestimate his ability in this regard but not all legendary players who were good when he was a player can also be good as a coach because after all being a player and being a coach are very different. Reflecting on the case of Lampard at Chelsea or Ole at Manchester United we must be aware of the possibility of this happening even though there are also some players who can coach their former clubs and make a significant difference like Xavi at Barcelona but still bringing Gerrard is the last condition in terms of options.

Steven Gerrard is not strong candidate because his last stint with Aston Villa was badly failure so most chances Liverpool management will not take this risk, and they will surely go for the Xabi Alonso and Roberto De Zerbi with these both are doing impressive chance and have ability to handle big clubs in all situations even this all is too early because we know still enough time for this all currently all are focusing on their current performance with their relative clubs as we are heading for the end of this season which need more intention from them.

No doubt we already have too many cases as legendary players badly fail to handle their clubs as coach and at the end they have to face exit with humiliation because this all is completely different situation and job just like we have recently few players which fail to give as coach and now facing the worst time due their worst performance as coach.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Steven Gerrard is not strong candidate because his last stint with Aston Villa was badly failure so most chances Liverpool management will not take this risk, and they will surely go for the Xabi Alonso and Roberto De Zerbi with these both are doing impressive chance and have ability to handle big clubs in all situations even this all is too early because we know still enough time for this all currently all are focusing on their current performance with their relative clubs as we are heading for the end of this season which need more intention from them.

Steven Gerard did not have a successful period at Aston Villa. But we have to look at the squad he had at that time. A young manager without a good squad may not be successful. I think this is a natural result. I'm not saying that Steven Gerard deserves to be in charge of Liverpool, but I'm trying to say that we should be fairer when we criticize Steven Gerard. On the other hand, I would love Xabi Alonso to take charge of Liverpool, but if he receives an offer from Real Madrid and Liverpool, I think he would prefer Real Madrid because Real Madrid have a better squad quality than Liverpool.