⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Pokapoka124]

So bad Pogba had his career severed by injury and sanctions. Football injury isn't something to be stubborn with and I think he failed to rest at the initial stage before he sustained the  injury he has had problems recovering from.
The Saudi league would not want him clearly, because they only sort the best who are still much active and play regularly in their league matches.

Though his case is way better than that of Mendy who was wrongly imprisoned for a sexual allegation brought against him while playing for same club and we see how it already is that his career as a professional football is over.

That was his mistake and he did not try to maintain the career he had built for a long time, even though he was a defensive midfielder figure who had the potential to develop. Another problem was that he often suffered injuries so that after joining Juventus he was not included due to injury. If it is true that he is facing a ban from playing then I think his career is over because it is not a short time and this is a very stupid decision that Pogba took in using doping.

His international career is definitely over and he will not be included, what is even worse is that even if he plays at a club it will be quite difficult because if he is proven guilty then any club will be reluctant to recruit him. Now he will face difficult times and regret will always come too late so making his career end just like that.

I really liked Paul Pogba. I think Pogba had potential to be one of the greats. At some point, he was the most expensive player in the world. I think his fall began when he joined Manchester United, the Red Devils were not at the best form when he came in and Pogba was expected to be their savior and who can blame them considering the price tag of the player. I don’t know if he will be able to maintain form or have top clubs coming for him after his 4year ban.

[Leviathan.007]

Barcelona have been managed for years by footballers who played football for Barcelona. Enrique, Guardiola, Valverde and Xavi were all managers who played football for Barcelona. I think Barcelona have two options in front of them. Either they will work again with a coach who has played football for Barcelona in the past or with someone different. They have a choice between being open to experimenting with different football concepts or keeping the same concept. In Spain they are slowly moving away from competing with Real Madrid every year. They can also try different tactical ideas. I think names like Roberto De Zerbi and Unai Emery could be alternatives for them.

De Zerbi is still too young, he is ambitious, but has he achieved any significant results at the moment? I think that Barcelona needs an experienced coach who has already proven that with his arrival the team will progress. Emery could well be suitable for the role of coach, especially since he is very familiar with La Liga. But in my opinion, he is doing well at Aston Villa, I don’t know for how long his contract is signed with them, and whether he wants to change the club, I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere.

As far i know De Zerbi is Brighton manager not Aston Villa and talking about De Zerbi although he is still categorized as young manager but De Zerbi is experience manager and during his carrer as a manager De Zerbi has train several clubs from different competitions and before train Brighton De Zerbi was train Shakhtar Donetsk on 2021 and if i am not mistaken De Zerbi can able to bringing Shakhtar Donetsk to gets Ukrainian League trophy and at that time Shakhtar Donetsk only lost once from 18 matches at Ukrainian League and when he train Sassuolo too De Zerbi can bringing this team to finish at top 10 without star players

Most of European teams has been liked how to De Zerbi handle the particular clubs this because without huge money he can build solid squad and the latest is Brighton because although Brighton lost some of their important players last summer but De Zerbi can bringing this team to performing well with Brighton current squad so this makes some of big clubs were showing their interest to him including Barcelona and De Zerbi probably will leave Brighton after this season ended because he has internal conflict with Brighton owner but indeed i have to agree with you because De Zerbi is not ready for Barcelona because this team is demanding the trophies for each season so although De Zerbi is good manager but i don't think he can able to bringing Barcelona to gets trophies

Usually whenever a team has good performance the other team will try to have their players or coaches when they know a team doesn't have good players and the only reason for Barcelona to hire De Zerbi I think was the good performance of this coach because regardless of the players they had, he had perfect performances so far in this team.
However, I think think if Brighton will easily let De Zerbi leave and De Zerbi is just an option for Barcelona if everything goes well for them and they can supply the money for it which is hard for Barcelona in this station they have.

[Oluwa-btc]

I really liked Paul Pogba. I think Pogba had potential to be one of the greats. At some point, he was the most expensive player in the world. I think his fall began when he joined Manchester United, the Red Devils were not at the best form when he came in and Pogba was expected to be their savior and who can blame them considering the price tag of the player. I don’t know if he will be able to maintain form or have top clubs coming for him after his 4year ban.

I think I've said this before, I loved him like he is my direct elder brother, he has been joy to watch since them days with the old ladies Juventus right?
I don't listen to all of these criticisms because they know or should have known Paul Pogba is not a defensive midfielder like they want him to be, he cannot be doing the defensive midfielder role and also the attacking midfielder's role.
He failed at Manchester United because he never played behind a world class defensive midfielder just like he did with Blaise Matuidi ans then the same goes with Ngolo Kante.

People can go ahead and cry. I stan Paul Pogba till whenever. He'd be 34years old by then, he should have moved on with life completely.

[borovichok]

I really liked Paul Pogba. I think Pogba had potential to be one of the greats. At some point, he was the most expensive player in the world. I think his fall began when he joined Manchester United, the Red Devils were not at the best form when he came in and Pogba was expected to be their savior and who can blame them considering the price tag of the player. I don’t know if he will be able to maintain form or have top clubs coming for him after his 4year ban.

Did Paul Pogba make a mistake by moving to Manchester United at his peak? Maybe YES or NO because we all have our own motivating factors, but in my personal view and from my perspective, it was one of the best moves and a step into the spotlight in the eyes of English elite clubs. Paul Pogba was merely overhyped by EPL clubs because it is what they are widely recognized doing. The Frenchman was in excellent physical condition during his time at Juventus, where he was the club's most important player. He represented the team with jersey number 10 and was a key player for the club, but what is happening to him now does not fit with his previous activities.

Juventus still in contracts if the board will terminate his contract for good. He's currently of no use for the club but due to the status he have climbed to build, there's still presence of small respect for the player. Paul Pogba accused for doping, the case have been investigated thoroughly and it turns out the information about the player is true, he's been convicted for doping and his punishment is 4 years ban from any football and sports activities, it's really frustrating bad news for Paul Pogba and his family. I don't think he will be able to come back stronger since he's aging and will no longer be eager to play good style football as usual.

[coinlocket$]

As always huh, a 30+ years old free agent players always attract most clubs from serie A. For some reason most of the 30+ players that ended up moving to serie A usually ended up playing much better compared to their previous club. Same pattern all over, 1-2 years ins Serie A then they would attract another offer from the Saudi League or probably ended up in some other smaller league if they didnt make it in Serie A

Cause there is no money in Seria A and in any other leagues.

Besides Premier League, Real Madrid PSG and Bayern nobody has money.

[Pokapoka124]

Victor Osimehn said he loves to be play for Chelsea if he wants to play in the EPL. However, Mikel Obo has supported the motion that he would propel him to go there so that he can be a start in Chelsea. Pairing with the likes of Cole Palmer and Sterling. Chelsea will be so great that they may win so many competitions together.

What are your opinions on this? Do you think this transfer news is something that is what paying attention and if Chelsea would want someone like Victor Osimehn. Let me know your thought on this.

This is the first I’m hearing Chelsea is the preferred destination of Victor Osimhen. PSG and Arsenal have shown interest in the player. He’s a prolific striker, Mark Obi is a reputable figure and has influence amongst Nigerian footballers. I hope he doesn’t convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea. I do not want Victor Osimhen to move to Chelsea. They are not in good form, they are not winning the league in the next two years in my opinion. There’s no glory to be had at Chelsea.

[Docnaster]

Victor Osimehn said he loves to be play for Chelsea if he wants to play in the EPL. However, Mikel Obo has supported the motion that he would propel him to go there so that he can be a start in Chelsea. Pairing with the likes of Cole Palmer and Sterling. Chelsea will be so great that they may win so many competitions together.

What are your opinions on this? Do you think this transfer news is something that is what paying attention and if Chelsea would want someone like Victor Osimehn. Let me know your thought on this.

This is the first I’m hearing Chelsea is the preferred destination of Victor Osimhen. PSG and Arsenal have shown interest in the player. He’s a prolific striker, Mark Obi is a reputable figure and has influence amongst Nigerian footballers. I hope he doesn’t convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea. I do not want Victor Osimhen to move to Chelsea. They are not in good form, they are not winning the league in the next two years in my opinion. There’s no glory to be had at Chelsea.

Victor Osimhen is from Nigeria and just like most of the young African players, he was supporting an European club in his childhood days and that club happens to be Chelsea football club. Now that he made it to limelight in professional football, he still didn't hide love for Chelsea and how he's been supporting the club in his childhood days but that doesn't mean that the Nigeria international have ever said he's loves to play for Chelsea. It's one thing to publicly show admiration to the club that he's been supporting for a very long time and absolutely another thing to say that he'll play for that same club.

That being said, I'm not trying rule out a possible transfer of Victor Osimhen to Chelsea in the summer but considering the performance of the London club in recent seasons and the fact that they won't be playing in the UEFA Champions League competition next season, I think it'll be extremely difficult to convince the Nigeria striker to commit his future to Chelsea. Victor Osimhen have already announced himself to the world as well as making it very obvious that he has all it takes to succeed in any big European club should he leave Napoli and that's why expect him to go to a club that's playing in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea I think have some internal tactical crises at the moment which is why their performance in all competitions in the past two seasons have been awful so signing for them will likely affect the performance of Victor Osimhen

[Pokapoka124]

Victor Osimhen is from Nigeria and just like most of the young African players, he was supporting an European club in his childhood days and that club happens to be Chelsea football club. Now that he made it to limelight in professional football, he still didn't hide love for Chelsea and how he's been supporting the club in his childhood days but that doesn't mean that the Nigeria international have ever said he's loves to play for Chelsea. It's one thing to publicly show admiration to the club that he's been supporting for a very long time and absolutely another thing to say that he'll play for that same club.

That being said, I'm not trying rule out a possible transfer of Victor Osimhen to Chelsea in the summer but considering the performance of the London club in recent seasons and the fact that they won't be playing in the UEFA Champions League competition next season, I think it'll be extremely difficult to convince the Nigeria striker to commit his future to Chelsea. Victor Osimhen have already announced himself to the world as well as making it very obvious that he has all it takes to succeed in any big European club should he leave Napoli and that's why expect him to go to a club that's playing in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea I think have some internal tactical crises at the moment which is why their performance in all competitions in the past two seasons have been awful so signing for them will likely affect the performance of Victor Osimhen

This is not true. Victor Osimhen never said his childhood club is Chelsea. I believe what he said was that as a child, he wore many jerseys back home in Nigeria, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal being one of them.
I’m struggling to see where Osimhen will go, but it has to be PSG for me. It’s his best chance of winning trophies. The premier league may look more attractive than the French Ligue, you have more visibility and hype when you’re in the EPL.

[kamvreto]

This is not true. Victor Osimhen never said his childhood club is Chelsea. I believe what he said was that as a child, he wore many jerseys back home in Nigeria, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal being one of them.
I’m struggling to see where Osimhen will go, but it has to be PSG for me. It’s his best chance of winning trophies. The premier league may look more attractive than the French Ligue, you have more visibility and hype when you’re in the EPL.

Not sure about your speculation about PSG being Osimhen's final destination even though there is a good chance of winning trophies and PSG also have a lot of money to be able to sign him.
But in reality Osimhen has always idolized Chelsea. John Obi Mikel as Osimhen's agent and former Chelsea player revealed that Osimhen was very interested in joining Mauricio's team because he really loves Chelsea. Moreover, Osimhen wants to follow in the footsteps of his seniors from Nigeria who once played for the London club. Among them, there are Victor Moses to Celestine Babayaro. Not only are PSG and Chelsea interested, but Manchester United is also interested in bringing Osimhen into their squad.

[TelolettOm]

De Zerbi is still too young, he is ambitious, but has he achieved any significant results at the moment? I think that Barcelona needs an experienced coach who has already proven that with his arrival the team will progress. Emery could well be suitable for the role of coach, especially since he is very familiar with La Liga. But in my opinion, he is doing well at Aston Villa, I don’t know for how long his contract is signed with them, and whether he wants to change the club, I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere.

Roberto De Zerbi is 44 years old. Why he is too young? I don' see any problem with his age.  
It is good if a coach is ambitious, it means he wants to do a hard work to achieve a big goal. If the coach isn't ambitious, he may have no big goal for a team. So, he probably doesn't force himself to do a hard job for the team.

Yes, the problem of Roberto De Zerbi is he still can't prove to succeed with a big team. If we take a look his career history, he only managed average teams such as Brighton, Shakhtar, or Sasuolo. It will be too hard for him to manage a big team like Barcelona. People must be doubtful whether he has a proper ability to manage Barcelona or not.

Unai Emery is a better alternative. He has a good career history, he already managed some big teams such as PSG, Arsenal, Valencia, Villareal, Sevilla, and Aston Villa. He deserves to get a chance to manage Barcelona team.


https://www.transfermarkt.com/roberto-de-zerbi/profil/trainer/32157

https://www.transfermarkt.com/unai-emery/profil/trainer/5075

[TopT3ns]

As always huh, a 30+ years old free agent players always attract most clubs from serie A. For some reason most of the 30+ players that ended up moving to serie A usually ended up playing much better compared to their previous club. Same pattern all over, 1-2 years ins Serie A then they would attract another offer from the Saudi League or probably ended up in some other smaller league if they didnt make it in Serie A

I think it is normal that when the Saudi League offers more money, more and more great players from Serie A will start to enter the league. If you have a lot of money, then you can have world-class football players. So for me, don't be too surprised when I see lots of incidents like that in the world of football.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Barcelona have been managed for years by footballers who played football for Barcelona. Enrique, Guardiola, Valverde and Xavi were all managers who played football for Barcelona. I think Barcelona have two options in front of them. Either they will work again with a coach who has played football for Barcelona in the past or with someone different. They have a choice between being open to experimenting with different football concepts or keeping the same concept. In Spain they are slowly moving away from competing with Real Madrid every year. They can also try different tactical ideas. I think names like Roberto De Zerbi and Unai Emery could be alternatives for them.

Tiki-taka has created a brand for Barcelona, ​​but this style of play is only suitable for specific players. It requires players with high perfection like Xavi, Innesta, Messi..., and Barca currently does not have such players, so they are no longer suitable for it. I think they should hire a coach with a new style of play, bringing a new breeze to Barca. Don't try to rebuild a gameplay style that is no longer suitable for the present. The TIki-taka style of play is too picky about players, slow in deploying attacks and easily ball interception if the players do not apply this style of play masterfully.


[Oluwa-btc]

Barcelona have been managed for years by footballers who played football for Barcelona. Enrique, Guardiola, Valverde and Xavi were all managers who played football for Barcelona. I think Barcelona have two options in front of them. Either they will work again with a coach who has played football for Barcelona in the past or with someone different. They have a choice between being open to experimenting with different football concepts or keeping the same concept. In Spain they are slowly moving away from competing with Real Madrid every year. They can also try different tactical ideas. I think names like Roberto De Zerbi and Unai Emery could be alternatives for them.

De Zerbi is still too young, he is ambitious, but has he achieved any significant results at the moment? I think that Barcelona needs an experienced coach who has already proven that with his arrival the team will progress. Emery could well be suitable for the role of coach, especially since he is very familiar with La Liga. But in my opinion, he is doing well at Aston Villa, I don’t know for how long his contract is signed with them, and whether he wants to change the club, I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere.

Roberto De Zebri? Maybe you don't watch football well. How can you say that he is not experienced. You'd barely see Pep Guardiola vouching for a coach for Barcelona to sign up, but right now he has been trying to convince his former side and club to sign up Roberto De Zebri from Barcelona.

With Barcelona current situation, they don't need a coach who will ask fkr them to spend outrageous valuations and fee's on players, but they'd go back to them ways ( Getting players from La Ma Sia ) Same way Pep Guardiola did years ago with Barcelona.
Can you see what Roberto De Zebri is doing with Brighton? He has one of the best younger squad growing up and watch his tactical approach and build up, he is the best man to lead those young la ma sians.

Infact Ansu Fati would benefit from him alot if he becomes Barcelona head coach. Barcelona has difficulties even with paying them players. They have to take drastic measures to change.

[pusaka]

Barcelona have been managed for years by footballers who played football for Barcelona. Enrique, Guardiola, Valverde and Xavi were all managers who played football for Barcelona. I think Barcelona have two options in front of them. Either they will work again with a coach who has played football for Barcelona in the past or with someone different. They have a choice between being open to experimenting with different football concepts or keeping the same concept. In Spain they are slowly moving away from competing with Real Madrid every year. They can also try different tactical ideas. I think names like Roberto De Zerbi and Unai Emery could be alternatives for them.

Tiki-taka has created a brand for Barcelona, ​​but this style of play is only suitable for specific players. It requires players with high perfection like Xavi, Innesta, Messi..., and Barca currently does not have such players, so they are no longer suitable for it. I think they should hire a coach with a new style of play, bringing a new breeze to Barca. Don't try to rebuild a gameplay style that is no longer suitable for the present. The TIki-taka style of play is too picky about players, slow in deploying attacks and easily ball interception if the players do not apply this style of play masterfully.


In Xavi's hands, the tiki taka strategy worked well enough, but it wasn't as perfect as it was during their heyday. One of the problems I see with the strategy now is that it is not accompanied by a strong defense, nor do they have the goal productivity that they had before, which is why the strategy they use is problematic. I'm sure that's part of the process, the question is whether management is willing to go through that process because from what I see now they seem to want something instant, as evidenced by the pressure put on Xavi by management who demanded a title this season. Whereas in my opinion the process is the main thing because from there a strong team foundation can be formed.

[karabiber]

As always huh, a 30+ years old free agent players always attract most clubs from serie A. For some reason most of the 30+ players that ended up moving to serie A usually ended up playing much better compared to their previous club. Same pattern all over, 1-2 years ins Serie A then they would attract another offer from the Saudi League or probably ended up in some other smaller league if they didnt make it in Serie A

I think it is normal that when the Saudi League offers more money, more and more great players from Serie A will start to enter the league. If you have a lot of money, then you can have world-class football players. So for me, don't be too surprised when I see lots of incidents like that in the world of football.

Having a lot of money doesn't mean anything for the culture. Football is not a game of money, it is a game of passion. The Saudi League is not a league to go to for money. China tried this once and it failed. All the players who went to China for money left the country. Now the Saudi league is next. The same will happen to them. Players will learn over time that money can't buy everything and they will leave this league. The only people having fun in the Saudi league may be the fans who don't understand football. They are so far away from football that they don't even know when to cheer and when to shout.

[tygeade]

Crucial position for Liverpool regarding Mohamad Salah left one year contract or expiry until June 2025, if can't reach agreement extend contract at the end this season probably will make Salah values drop drastically with several interested prefer waiting his contract over and become free agent. Possibilities for Mohamad Salah future will stay or not with Liverpool regarding with the new manager for Liverpool next season, I don't really sure Salah will get his regular position such as with Jurgen Klopp era or new manager not include Salah in his scheme for next season.

Mohamad Salah have been 31 years old and too risk when extending his contract until several years later because he was over age for Liverpool with most active promoting their youth players academy. All possibilities with Mohamad Salah future depend on the new manager decision keep extend him or will sell him to other teams and make rotation by promoting young players.

How much drop though? I mean we are talking about a 31 year old player, turning into 32, and his value is high because he is contracted? Assume that he has 5 more years in his contract, would his value really be skyrocketing? I really do not think so, he is already old and I do not think that many teams are in a line to get someone at that age.

I agree that Qatar or Saudi Arabia will want him, that would make sense but that doesn't change the fact that it would not be a lot more anywhere else, and in their case they would get him even if he has one year contract anyway. So all in all, I think signing him doesn't really make sense, just keep him until the end and replace him with someone else when his contract is over.

[Despairo]

Having a lot of money doesn't mean anything for the culture. Football is not a game of money, it is a game of passion. The Saudi League is not a league to go to for money. China tried this once and it failed. All the players who went to China for money left the country. Now the Saudi league is next. The same will happen to them. Players will learn over time that money can't buy everything and they will leave this league. The only people having fun in the Saudi league may be the fans who don't understand football. They are so far away from football that they don't even know when to cheer and when to shout.

There are many differences.

Chinese Super League can't bring one of the GOAT into their league, while Saudi Professional League done it. Oscar, Hulk, Texeira, Teves etc, who are them? but if you ask random person and he/she isn't even a football fan, he/she will know who is Ronaldo.

The booms in Chinese Super League happen before technology and digitalize booms (after Covid pandemic).

The West hates China and they didn't really hates Saudi Arabia.

[asriloni]

Since xavi has planned to leave from barcelona at the end of season. Club must be seeking a new coach to handle the club, barcelona has been linked to the several candidates to potentially replace him as a new manager in the club. The names of coaches linked to the barcelona are

Xabi alonso (leverkusen)
De zerbi (brighton)
Hansi flick

Those names being lined up to be the most potential coaches after xavi will step down as a head coach but i come here with a little update regarding this.
It has been reported that if barcelona held talks with hansi flick to become a new head coach for the club after xavi will officially leave from there.

Barcelona have reportedly already held talks with former Germany boss Hansi Flick as they look to replace outgoing manager Xavi ahead of the summer.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/barcelona-making-moves-early-blaugrana-concrete-talks-hansi-flick-xavi/blt25170698e196fcea

It's not surprising me since many of the great coaches were not willing to join in the barcelona which is having so many unsolved problems. Flick must be fully ready caused by he will be forced to think about how to improve the club with very limited resource.
I think that barcelona will be getting deal with flick to sign him as a new coach. Flick is still jobless now and i think he will be available to coaching barcelona soon.

[W Jr.]

Barcelona have been managed for years by footballers who played football for Barcelona. Enrique, Guardiola, Valverde and Xavi were all managers who played football for Barcelona. I think Barcelona have two options in front of them. Either they will work again with a coach who has played football for Barcelona in the past or with someone different. They have a choice between being open to experimenting with different football concepts or keeping the same concept. In Spain they are slowly moving away from competing with Real Madrid every year. They can also try different tactical ideas. I think names like Roberto De Zerbi and Unai Emery could be alternatives for them.

Tiki-taka has created a brand for Barcelona, ​​but this style of play is only suitable for specific players. It requires players with high perfection like Xavi, Innesta, Messi..., and Barca currently does not have such players, so they are no longer suitable for it. I think they should hire a coach with a new style of play, bringing a new breeze to Barca. Don't try to rebuild a gameplay style that is no longer suitable for the present. The TIki-taka style of play is too picky about players, slow in deploying attacks and easily ball interception if the players do not apply this style of play masterfully.


Perfect players play perfect games. They try to create perfect players. Xavi is trying to create perfect players like himself, but the chances of achieving this are very small. To be honest, Xavi was a chance for Barça, but he is not solely responsible for Barcelona's current plight. Or not tactical. The biggest problem for Barcelona is economic problems.

[BlackBaron]

I look forward to the movements of the Saudi Pro League clubs in the upcoming transfer window, in their efforts to build the League in a more competitive direction, by recruiting more top European players. You can be sure they will come with the same style, offering large transfers and tempting salaries complete with a luxury package inside. Big name players such as Modric and Salah are the main targets, these two players have long been linked with several clubs from the Land of the Camel.