⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Oluwa-btc]

It is nice to hear that. Thiago Silva is 39 years old now. This is a very old age even for a centre-back. He has still been doing nice things for Chelsea in the recent years but his time there was going to end soon. I'm curious about whether he has got any interest by Saudi Arabia or USA teams these days.    Special players like him have been on the radar of such teams normally.

He has been a regular in the Chelsea lineup so far. There are many young defenders in the squad now though. But maybe Chelsea might still think of signing a more experienced centre-back to fill Silva's place too.

It's hurting to see that a legend in the game would be leaving European Competitions after all these years of tireless efforts, discipline and hardwork. At least, what gladdens my heart is that I got to watch him play even he played for a club I dislike with passion finally lol.

It's something I learn from Cristiano Ronaldo. It's not about the age but about the state of mind. You can see thqt this play is indeed mentally strong and that football is not all about strength even defending is not all about physicality but also utilizing the brain. As I said countless times last week, he was the brain for Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea as they went ahead to win the Champions League Competition for/ with Chelsea.

South Americans I know are money minded but if seems like he never wanted to swing that way even though he was approached or not approached.
Godspeed to him anyways, in his new path he has decided to follow. Could that club be his boyhood club? It feels good to go back finally, I see he wants to finally settle down with the family.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Can you also ignore if you do not care? Lol! Cristiano Ronaldo is a player I love personally and I'd always be a fan until the day of retirement.
Erik Ten Hag? Top Coach, Too many people using a bad season to judge him. Well, y'all can keep on lamenting, he won't be sacked at the end of the season.

The team had injuries and as well too many poor players who shouldn't have played for the club Manchester United. Anybody who fails to see that knows nothing about Manchester United and the standards they had before now. Erik Ten Hag had some decisions wrong but that don't mean he is a bad coach.

The Coach is a sound coach, it's just that Manchester United has low quality players, the difference he had from last season and this season is that they had consistent players and also supportive players like Sabitzer and Wout Weghorst closing down spaces for Manchester United. Too many people abused Wout Weghorst but didn't care to check out his entire work rate and team work. I don't even trust this 25% buyers of Manchester United, how has Nice developed since they took over?

Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player in football history and no football lover can deny the fact that he has made a lot of good impact in football history and has also made name for himself that will be remembered for a very long time.

Eric Ten Haag is not really a bad coach as most people are saying but one bad thing about football lovers and football fans is that as soon as a team starts declining in their performance every one blames the coaches without taking out time to check how the players are able to coordinate themselves in matches for them to record winnings. However in the case of Manchester united their major problems now to me is a coach they need a coach that will revive the team once again and it's very clear that Eric Ten Haag cannot be that coach because he has already been given the chance to prove his worth but yet all to no avail so it's time for Manchester United to look for another coach after all they have already the necessary resources needed to reactivate the team to their good old days.

Even if Eric Ten Haag is not sacked by Manchester United, he should consider resigning because he can't really be able to make positive impact in the team for now and Manchester United have been off from being one of the major teams of England so they need a coach that can understand the clubs ethics and put it into practice so that the club can become stronger again. I don't think Manchester united have low quality players if we consider the players worth so they can still use the available players to build a solid team.

[Texac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxsvKONJX0s

I understand why he is getting trolled and I understand why a lot of people are actually saying he is selfish or he is trash and even saying that he is not good enough for Liverpool. But at the end of the day, they forget to understand that he is still a very important player for Liverpool. without him, Liverpool is probably not going to be able to have the same level of success that they have in attacking. I think it is already almost certain that Liverpool will not be winning the English Premier League title this season. They are finishing probably on the third position at best. I think everyone expected a better performance from them. But it is what it is. What I want to say is that, at the end of the day the failure of a team is not because of only one player playing badly in a few matches. Mohamed Salah is still important in my opinion. But of course, other people may have a different opinion.

[Palakka]

Barcelona is trying to improve the team and hire more players for the next season to have better performance but they don't have good financial power and that's why they cannot go for the expensive player. Marco Verratti the former player of PSG, is linked to Barcelona and it seems Barcelona is thinking about this player. Marco Verratti had a perfect performance when he was playing in PSG.
But since Marco Verratti is currently playing in the Qatar League for a team named, Al Arabi, it seems he is not in the good form anymore and his recent performance made Barcelona t think more about this Italian player.

Barcelona this season has some weaknesses in their backline and also now the middle, so I think it is very natural for Barcelona to continue to pursue some players for them to sign next season, besides that reportedly some Barcelona players will be sold next season because it does not meet the expectations desired by Xavi so far, including Lewandowski who they will most likely also sell later,  The lack of reliable players in midfield certainly forced Barcelona to approach Verratti and also several other midfielders at this time, getting Verratti may not be a difficulty for Barcelona because reportedly Verratti is currently not comfortable playing in the Qatar League and he wants to continue his career in European football.

Poor financial strength of course makes Barcelona should not expect too much to get good players, for now I think Veratti will be a good option to fill the shortage of their midfield players, besides Verratti is no longer comfortable playing in the Qatar League so it might make his playing performance less good, but of course it will be different when he later finds a club that makes him comfortable in playing so I think his performance maybe increase.

[tusandii]

Currently with their second largest shareholder in Manchester United it looks like Sir Jim Ratcliffe is starting to try to fix that by looking for new options for a coach even though it is only a rumour but seeing the situation that is currently happening, it is possible that there are several coaches who could be an option next season even though it might also affect the player reshuffle in the end.

Yes, I'm sure Sir Jim Ratcliffe already knows what he has to do for the development of Manchester United to become what it used to be and if Sir Jim Ratcliffe really wants to benefit from the club he currently owns, he will definitely immediately make changes with management to discuss a replacement for Erik Ten Hag.
I also really understand how Erik Ten Hag has been for several seasons, even though at first I believed he could bring MU back to its glory days, but the longer he served as MU coach, Erik Ten Hag looked increasingly bad and even having conflicts with players was not something that was good for the future. in front of the club.
Meanwhile, the club will be very strong if the relationship between the players and the club is good and the chemistry can be combined well to be able to achieve the dreams that have been previously planned.
We'll see how Sir Jim Ratcliffe decides whether he will continue to fire Erik Ten Hag or keep him and the hope for all viewers at this time is that he wants the MU coach to be replaced by a new coach.

[Bobrox]

source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1786698067619528737

Can’t say if this is going to be a lot better for Napoli or not. I guess at first it will be an improvement. The question is will they be able to continue performing better after the changes happen and will be able to continue performing well in the long term? We have seen what happened to them with the current coach that they have. And at this moment it is really really hard to predict which coach is actually going to do better.

We saw what Leverkusen did with Xabi Alonso. I believe that he was able to understand what works best in this day and age and was able to arrange the tactics and also was able to make the players suit well to the tactics as well. I hope the new coach of Napoli will be able to do something like that. Because that is the way to find success right now in football.

Its nice for Stefano Pioli become Napoli manager after leaving Milan at the end of this season, reach two years contract with Napoli he will give the best achieving such as success winning Scudetto with AC Milan last season. Actually not really bad with his tactician but get much problem how to be Milan's tactician without get much money for signing many talented players. Stefano Pioli journey with Milan have been over and seems in this season fail for winning any tittle yet after Milan eliminating from Champion League and Europe League.

Just waiting who will be Milan manager for next season and has chance for replacing well with Stefano Pioli position by winning Scudetto or Milan will get bad manager for next season.

[EL MOHA]

Poor financial strength of course makes Barcelona should not expect too much to get good players, for now I think Veratti will be a good option to fill the shortage of their midfield players, besides Verratti is no longer comfortable playing in the Qatar League so it might make his playing performance less good, but of course it will be different when he later finds a club that makes him comfortable in playing so I think his performance maybe increase.

I could remember long term ago when Veratti was tipped to be Xavi replacement at Barcelona he was the talk of the club and the world then, how the world could change easily. Last season when he was heading out to the Qatar league as free agent I thought Barcelona would even lure him as free agent then and add to their squad but maybe they couldn’t afford his wages then and they opted out. Right now I think they should capitalize on him because he still might have those qualities left.

Barcelona currently do not have options than to trust older players who are free agent and academy players. The academy players have shown that they could live up to the expectations if they have quality around them. Take Lamine Yamal and Cubrasi for example they are now key players for the club. If they can do it then more can with Little patience on them

[QueenVera]

Reus departure will certainly leave sadness for Dortmund and their fans at this time, because Reus has been a mainstay player as well as an irreplaceable leader in Dortmund so far, Reus spent almost part of his career in Dortmund so I think he deserves to become a Dortmund legend later, Dortmund and Reus decision to end the partnership at the end of the season is of course surprising,  But I think it should be done after 12 seasons together, for Dortmund maybe it's time for them to regenerate the midfield and one of them is not to renew Reus contract, so that they have 1 place to be filled by another younger player next season.

While for Reus, of course he needs a new challenge playing outside Germany, so I think MLS and SPL would be realistic goals for Reus to continue his career at his age, and reportedly Dortmund have offered Reus a position on staff at Dortmund but it seems he prefers to continue playing football and refuses to retire even though he is now 34 years old now,  But I think Reus current age will certainly not reduce the interest of other clubs to sign him in the 2024 transfer window.

Loyalty has been the watchword for Reus who has stayed loyal to Dortmund for iver 12 years and yet hasn’t won a single title. Well his contract will be expiring at the end of the season and he’s already announced his departure. It’s normal for players to want to try out new career and I think he wants to try out a new career that could help add key titles to his name.

 Borussia ⁠Dortmund is one big club in the Bundesliga and they’re the known competitors or challenger for Bayern Munich but in all his years he hasn’t been able to get a major trophy to his name and it’s really sad. On this note it’s quite understandable if he choses to further a career in another club in Europe. ⁠He can also chose to go the SPL or MLS and join Ronaldo or Messi in achieving success there in the league.

 Though this kind of move could be for the financial incentives but he’s worth it especially as he’s continued playing at top level and dedicating all for them this all through his 12 years.⁠Well he has lots of options to pick from and I know he’ll sure make the right choice in whatever path he choses to follow. His choice will depend on his personal ambition, lifestyle and offers he receives from the clubs.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Now we just have to trust Ancelotti's future plans for Madrid because it is something that I think is important because after all, looking for young talent like Arda can be a good thing because of its long-term progress.
But even so for now especially for next season Ancelotti should at least look for players who are a little more senior and experienced for their midfield.

Modric is likely to leave this season and Kroos is still uncertain about his future so it could have a big impact if they end up losing these veteran midfielders at the same time.
Although for now there are some very good young players like Camavinga, Tchouameni, Arda and Valverde but they are still very young and their emotions are still explosive so there needs to be at least one person to calm them down in midfield and maybe Ancelotti's focus for next season is also on defense where Nacho has also decided to leave at the end of this season.

It could still be considered but even if they don't I think it could still be viable for Madrid's midfield.
Indeed, in terms of experience, young players sometimes have emotional levels that are difficult to control and losing Kroos and Modric at the same time will indirectly create a void for midfield supporters or controllers because looking at the players they have now for the current young players Valverde and Camavinga if placed in midfield they are tasked with assisting the striker in shuffling the opposing defence so it will be difficult to find a replacement option. for Tchouameni he is a defensive midfielder so it will be difficult to find a replacement option for Kroos and Modric as a supplier and initiator in attack but if indeed Ancelotti still entrusts young players and is more concerned with defence and strikers (because of Mbapp's gossip). (as the Mbappe rumours persist) it's not a bad thing because a scheme where Jude can be pulled further back according to his position at Bayern could also be an option in the end so that when Kroos and Modric leave then the midfield trio might pivot to Camaving/Jude on the left side, Tchouameni in the centre and Valverde on the right.

Indeed, it is not wrong to make a breakthrough with young players in midfield but in the end there are several things that need to be taken into consideration because looking at the players other than Kroos and Modric at this time Valverde and Camavinga are fighter-type midfielders, Tchouameni is a defensive-type midfielder and Jude is a midfielder who is suitable to be a playmaker but it will not be able to be used as a backup to be able to replace the role of Modric and Kroos if they leave.
Modric may leave but there is still a chance of keeping Kroos on a short-term contract.

As for the two of them leaving then even if it can still be with the current midfielders but it would be better to find a new midfield player to add Ancelotti in doing his scheme for next season.

[baeva]

Poor financial strength of course makes Barcelona should not expect too much to get good players, for now I think Veratti will be a good option to fill the shortage of their midfield players, besides Verratti is no longer comfortable playing in the Qatar League so it might make his playing performance less good, but of course it will be different when he later finds a club that makes him comfortable in playing so I think his performance maybe increase.

I could remember long term ago when Veratti was tipped to be Xavi replacement at Barcelona he was the talk of the club and the world then, how the world could change easily. Last season when he was heading out to the Qatar league as free agent I thought Barcelona would even lure him as free agent then and add to their squad but maybe they couldn’t afford his wages then and they opted out. Right now I think they should capitalize on him because he still might have those qualities left.

Barcelona currently do not have options than to trust older players who are free agent and academy players. The academy players have shown that they could live up to the expectations if they have quality around them. Take Lamine Yamal and Cubrasi for example they are now key players for the club. If they can do it then more can with Little patience on them

Free agents and academy players is probably Barcelona's main plan considering their money policy and generally considering their whole financial situation. Maybe they will even sell someone to get some extra income and cover some of their debts. I think Xavi will be able to prove himself as a coach next season, he's doing pretty well for himself

[rendravolt]

Barcelona is trying to improve the team and hire more players for the next season to have better performance but they don't have good financial power and that's why they cannot go for the expensive player. Marco Verratti the former player of PSG, is linked to Barcelona and it seems Barcelona is thinking about this player. Marco Verratti had a perfect performance when he was playing in PSG.
But since Marco Verratti is currently playing in the Qatar League for a team named, Al Arabi, it seems he is not in the good form anymore and his recent performance made Barcelona t think more about this Italian player.

It must be underlined that Barcelona actually did not experience financial problems from the start and instead their money was spent paying one of their key players whose game was sometimes not very consistent. I don't need to mention his name and what is clear is that Barcelona can escape financial problems if they want to try this player.

But of course that won't be possible considering that in the last few seasons there were always queues to get his services and now if Barcelona continues like this then they will be increasingly left behind by Real Madrid. For Marco Veratti, he is not the type of player that Xavi wants so he will never be the first option for a midfielder.

[bering]

source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1786698067619528737

Can’t say if this is going to be a lot better for Napoli or not. I guess at first it will be an improvement. The question is will they be able to continue performing better after the changes happen and will be able to continue performing well in the long term? We have seen what happened to them with the current coach that they have. And at this moment it is really really hard to predict which coach is actually going to do better.

We saw what Leverkusen did with Xabi Alonso. I believe that he was able to understand what works best in this day and age and was able to arrange the tactics and also was able to make the players suit well to the tactics as well. I hope the new coach of Napoli will be able to do something like that. Because that is the way to find success right now in football.

Its nice for Stefano Pioli become Napoli manager after leaving Milan at the end of this season, reach two years contract with Napoli he will give the best achieving such as success winning Scudetto with AC Milan last season. Actually not really bad with his tactician but get much problem how to be Milan's tactician without get much money for signing many talented players. Stefano Pioli journey with Milan have been over and seems in this season fail for winning any tittle yet after Milan eliminating from Champion League and Europe League.

Just waiting who will be Milan manager for next season and has chance for replacing well with Stefano Pioli position by winning Scudetto or Milan will get bad manager for next season.

The rumour about Stefano Pioli future in Milan was appears since January at that time Milan owner has feeling disappointed with Milan's performance this season because at the beginning of season they were targetting the Scudetto but Stefano Pioli was failed to realized their target because the Scudetto was belongs to Inter and seems this rumour is true because Stefano Pioli has decide to leave Milan and most likely he will moved to Napoli and reported whether it Napoli and Stefano Pioli have reach the verbal agreement and this summer Stefano Pioli will signing 3 years contract with Napoli

I think Stefano Pioli is the right manager for Napoli because although this season Milan performance is not really impressive but at least under Pioli Milan still gets the Scudetto on season 2021/2022 and Milan also can advances to the semifinal of Champion League with him but Pioli has hard task because they have to make Napoli to performing well again and compete for the Scudetto and regarding who is the replacement of Pioli currently there are several candidates names just like Christophe Galtier or Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi but this news is still not certain

[coinlocket$]

the Bayern Munich coach, Tuchel is on Manchester United's shortlist to become the next Manchest coach, but the question is not yet definitive as it is not yet clear whether the coach currently wants
to leave?? as he announced in February or whether now seeing the results in the Champions League has changed his mind and wants to stay??...

Xabi Alonso end Xavi did the same thing.

[tiCeR]

In the last weeks, Xabi Alonso proved once again that he is a wise coach and wise man who makes wise decisions for himself and his team.
Xabi Alonso had some offers from some teams like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid were even close to sending him an offer even Liverpool wanted to hire Xabi Alonso to fill the place of Klopp. But he rejected all the offers and decided to stay in Leverkusen which was a wise move for him.
Dietmar Hamann the former German player also said Xabi Alonso made a good move by staying in the team because taking the place of Klopp could be risky and the situation in Bayern Munci was not stable at all.

I think taking the position of Klopp right now is a risky move in many regards. Expectations would probably be exaggerated after the season he played with Leverkusen and as it looks right now Liverpool will play a more or less disappointing season. So it's expectations from at least two perspectives here.

But I think the point that Xabi Alonso made and explained his decision is much more relevant. He said that players followed him to Leverkusen and with this team he always intended to build something great for a longer period of time. He said it would be stupid to jump ship now and let all the guys behind who built this amazing project with him. I think that shows he is a great guy who has a very long and awesome career in front of him. Saying no at this stage of his career is irrelevant. In fact I believe it rather him unique as most coaches would have probably followed if a club like Real Madrid called for them.

Many say that Xabi was brave enough to reject clubs who were interested in recruiting him, where these clubs were not mediocre clubs at European level. Maybe some new coaches think it is the best opportunity, which will not happen a second time. But Xabi really believes in his abilities, and there will certainly be other opportunities in the coming seasons, I think the decision is indeed very wise.

Xabi has succeeded in building an unbeatable club, the squad he has is the dream of all current managers, if he goes to another club Xabi will have to start over from scratch. I think everywhere there will always be risks, but when you decide to stay with Leverkusen, the risks are lower. We only hope that this impressive performance can be maintained next season, and that it shows that Xabi's managerial ability is not only limited to winning trophies, but also being able to defend them.

The Bundesliga trophy has been won, there are only two more trophies left as proof of its quality, it would be very historic if Leverkusen won the treble winner without being defeated at all. Xabi has certainly considered his decision before rejecting Bayern and Liverpool, who knows next season Xabi will bring Leverkusen back to success. In essence, Xabi decision to stay was very correct.

He was the best and this is exactly the informatin why it is different.

[coinlocket$]

The more days that pass, the more likely Allegri will no longer be Juventus' coach next year.

There seem to be only two paths today for the next coach. the most likely one seems to be Tiago Motta after an incredible season with Bologna and the least likely one Antonio Conte.

Obviously, if it is Motta, there will be no official news before the direct game between Juventus and Bologna which will take place in two turns.

[TelolettOm]

The more days that pass, the more likely Allegri will no longer be Juventus' coach next year.
There seem to be only two paths today for the next coach. the most likely one seems to be Tiago Motta after an incredible season with Bologna and the least likely one Antonio Conte.
Obviously, if it is Motta, there will be no official news before the direct game between Juventus and Bologna which will take place in two turns.

Juventus doesn't need Allegri anymore, Allegri wasted too many opportunities given by Juventus management. There is no reason to keep Allegri anymore, he is over in Juventus. 

It is a cool idea to hire Tiago Motta. This young manager almost follows the way of Xabi Alonso in managing Leverkusen. We all expect a new thing on Juventus if Tiago Motta becomes the manager. Even if Conte ever succeed with Juventus and has more experienced, Tiago Motta looks more promising for Juventus future. Honestly, I think Tiago Motta is the best option for now.



Source: eurosport

[Leviathan.007]

the Bayern Munich coach, Tuchel is on Manchester United's shortlist to become the next Manchest coach, but the question is not yet definitive as it is not yet clear whether the coach currently wants
to leave?? as he announced in February or whether now seeing the results in the Champions League has changed his mind and wants to stay??...

Xabi Alonso end Xavi did the same thing.

If Tuchel failed to have a good performance in Bayern Munich, even with having many superstar players and many facilities in this team, I think he cannot get good results in Manchester United too. On the other hand, the relationship between Tuchel and some players in Bayern Munich was not good and this can make us think more about Ten Hag because he had the same problems with some players in Manchester United.
I think this means if they stop working with Ten Hag and hire Tuchel instead of him, they won't see any change in this team, and there is a chance to even see a worse performance than this from Manchester United.
However, nothing is clear yet and there is a chance for Ten Hag to stay at Manchester United.

 

[arimamib]

The more days that pass, the more likely Allegri will no longer be Juventus' coach next year.

There seem to be only two paths today for the next coach. the most likely one seems to be Tiago Motta after an incredible season with Bologna and the least likely one Antonio Conte.

Obviously, if it is Motta, there will be no official news before the direct game between Juventus and Bologna which will take place in two turns.

I think it's the time for Juventus to move on from Allegri, not because he is a bad manager, but Juventus need a fresh spirit and idea for their team next season. The Juventus board also need to change their policy of recruitment. They can't always rely on signing established players, especially free agent players like they always have done for a while. They need to develop young talents beside signing some players.

If Juventus really want to have a change in the club, they need to avoid hiring Antonio Conte, because he will only continue what has already been there before. Conte is also not known to develop young talents. Thiago Motta will be the best option after his successful spell a Bologna and he also was an experienced players that played for some great clubs and achieved many trophy.

[Slow death]

Napoli have reached a VERBAL AGREEMENT with Stefano Pioli, who will leave AC Milan at the end of the season!
The agreement is for a two-year contract with an additional year option.

source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1786698067619528737

Can’t say if this is going to be a lot better for Napoli or not. I guess at first it will be an improvement. The question is will they be able to continue performing better after the changes happen and will be able to continue performing well in the long term? We have seen what happened to them with the current coach that they have. And at this moment it is really really hard to predict which coach is actually going to do better.

We saw what Leverkusen did with Xabi Alonso. I believe that he was able to understand what works best in this day and age and was able to arrange the tactics and also was able to make the players suit well to the tactics as well. I hope the new coach of Napoli will be able to do something like that. Because that is the way to find success right now in football.

In my opinion, if Napoli's management's intention is to win Serie A again and get far in the European Champions League, then they should make an effort to hire Inter's coach, I don't know if Simone Inzaghi will stay at Inter next season, but it seems to me that he would be the ideal type of coach for Napoli, he can make good signings for Inter, unlike Mila's coach who has made strange signings and I don't even see Milan playing well, I could be wrong, every time I watch the Milan's games seem to me to be an incomplete team that would go far in the European Champions League thanks to luck, but which has been a team with great potential to constantly be in the top 4 of Serie A

That's why in my opinion, if the intention of Napoli's management is to sign Stefano Pioli so that Napoli is constantly in the top 4 of Serie A, then it's a good option to sign Stefano Pioli, but I hope that Napoli's management won't create high expectations such as winning Serie A next season. It takes time for a coach to organize a team well and make it very strong. If they give it a longer period of time, like 4 seasons, then Stefano Pioli could organize the team better. The problem with Napoli's management is that they want the new coach to bring immediate results, which is why they fired many coaches this season

[Docnaster]

the Bayern Munich coach, Tuchel is on Manchester United's shortlist to become the next Manchest coach, but the question is not yet definitive as it is not yet clear whether the coach currently wants
to leave?? as he announced in February or whether now seeing the results in the Champions League has changed his mind and wants to stay??...

Xabi Alonso end Xavi did the same thing.

I'm yet to read any report that suggests that Manchester United are trying to hire current Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel to replace Erik ten Hag should they sack the Dutch manager at the end of the season. Thomas Tuchel helped Chelsea win the UEFA Champions League title in his first season with the club but couldn't continue his good form in the second season which was why he was sacked by the club management and since Bayern Munich hired him to manage their first team, he's not been convincing with his tactical approaches. This season, Bayern Munich lost the German Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen which happened to be the first time since 12 years that they've failed to win the league title. So with all of Thomas Tuchel's recent records as a manager, I don't think Manchester United management would want to sign him to the club