⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Velvet78]

He made it clear that he was taking a break from football. So I don't think he will change his decision. If he made such a change of decision now, his image would be very bad. He could not show the expected success in the national team and did not accept the offers he received.
Maybe taking a break for a few seasons would be beneficial for him

I agree. This is Klopp's final decision. I don't expect him to return to his job all of a sudden after saying that he would take a break. He even stated he might not return anytime in the future. But I would really like to see him back one day as he is a really valuable manager.    His journey with Liverpool and Dortmund was so special. Both teams are grateful for his work in these years.

I believe he could think of returning after a break like 1-2 years. He managed teams for 20+ years. It is a really huge career for sure. But maybe he could return for one last time if he misses being in competitive football.

[Litzki1990]

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If Manchester City and Arsenal are highlighted because they have good performances, Chelsea and Manchester United are highlighted because they have poor performances. This is a common thing in football, where clubs are considered to have big names but then they have unexpected performances, then they will become the subject of interesting discussion by the media.

Last season the performance they experienced has already been surpassed. All teams are trying their best to face the tight competition next season to win the title. Not just Chelsea and Manchester United, but all clubs in all leagues.
Last season Chelsea was not bad because they managed to end the season in 6th position in the standings table. The 2024/2025 season is being prepared. We need to wait how and which teams will be great and bad.

When a new season starts, every team, strong or weak, thinks that they must do well in the coming season, and they make all the changes they can within their club in order to do well. Some clubs may not be able to buy as many players as expected in their squad due to money but there are some top tier teams who spend huge amounts of money every season just to perform well in various tournaments. In the continuation of all this, Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea will want to forget the past bad performance and start a new season. Manchester United performed poorly last season so expectations will naturally be high this season.

[Stepstowealth]

I heard that USA wants him to be the coach of their national team in 2026 world cup that would be played in both USA and Canada. Since the world cup is coming up next two years Klopp still have enough time to make his decision on the offer. It is will nice seeing him coaching a national team.

Unfortunately Klopp will not still be able to achieve any remarkable result as coach of USA, they are still not a football giant and will not still be under Klopp. The best challenge for Klopp should be to take up the role of coach in another club than to become coach of a National team that only play once in a while. Klopp is a very experienced coach, many teams not even in the major Leagues will we be happy to have him as manager.

[Iranus]

It's crazy, PSG is linked to a Portuguese player and offers €60 million, while Man United has previously been linked with this player because I know the goal of Man United is to recruit more young players to be ready for a new challenge next season. But what about PSG?  Does the PSG really have a plan to bring João Neves?

PSG is usually more interested in professional players and ignores their age but this time Enrique seems to be serious about building a team with the contribution of young players. Although Benfica retained João Neves for €120 million, I'm sure PSG could have paid for it. But for me €120m for such a young player doesn't make any sense.

PSG will do whatever it takes as long as the player is still available on the market and if Manchester United does not immediately agree on the transfer of Joao Neves then it is not impossible that PSG will poach him. It would not be surprising if in the end the financially strong ones managed to sign him and here Benfica would be very happy if a team paid the fee they wanted.

On the other hand, Joao Neves will also definitely consider his new team because if he chooses to go to PSG, of course his career will not be good enough, but his salary will definitely be very large. Meanwhile, Manchester United may not really offer a definite title, but at least it will become more famous in a very competitive league, especially if it succeeds in taking this team's performance to the next level.

@len01, Benfica has been robbing a lot of clubs lately by setting insane price tags on their young talents. Yes, some young players do deserve it but more than 70m for an unproven player is just crazy. And the fact that they put a tag of 120m on Joao Neves is beyond my understanding.

Honestly, I see Man United being linked with every other player, and their transfer tactic is still not understandable to me so I don't know what they are trying to do, typically, they just sweep in into deals that other clubs are aiming for. On the other hand, PSG is just simply looking for a rebuild after Mbappe left, so it’s understandable if they spend big money on young talents now. Their hunt for an UCL is still not over, I guess.

[Unknown01]

I agree. This is Klopp's final decision. I don't expect him to return to his job all of a sudden after saying that he would take a break. He even stated he might not return anytime in the future. But I would really like to see him back one day as he is a really valuable manager.    His journey with Liverpool and Dortmund was so special. Both teams are grateful for his work in these years.

I believe he could think of returning after a break like 1-2 years. He managed teams for 20+ years. It is a really huge career for sure. But maybe he could return for one last time if he misses being in competitive football.

If Jürgen Klopp should return to a club as a coach at some point (he will pause for at least a few years), I would like him to take over a traditional club where there is a big fan base that has been waiting for the title in the league for ages and there he should then lead the respective club to the title. I wouldn't want a strong club for
him like City/Madrid/Barca.

[coinlocket$]

Some updates

Newcastle still is interested in Dominic Calvert-Lewin and theya re preparting an offer for him

Napoli coach Conte, said that Osimhen will leave, for this reason journalist are thinking that they are going for Lukaku

Mario Balotelli, is joinin Corinthians as a free agent
Barcelona is ready to sign Nico Williams paying the big release clause.

Arsenal almost close the deal for Riccardo Calafiori, big player but big risk considering his knee.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The Joao Neves release clause is extortionate, I don’t think he is worth anything like €120m. He could end up being a star but that is a lot of money and the sort of fee I’d expect a really proven, elite player to cost.

For €120m I think there are better options out there for teams who may think about buying him.

It seems like €100+ million is common to sign young players, because when there are new players already talented this becomes the target of elite clubs, but still for me it doesn't make sense, with high redemption clauses.
PSG has never lacked money so their ambition to buy young players at high prices is a little crazy, the news is that PSG also wants Yamal above € 200 million, this news is not valid.

Other news like Varane will continue his career with Serie A team - Como as a promotion team this season.

Inflation has a lot to contribute to this rise of expense for getting any player. I don't think it is about the young players. Almost all the players actually cost kind of the same in this day and age. if the young player that a club is trying to get has some level of talent, he is for sure going to go for more than € 100 million. There was a time when Real Madrid got Cristiano Ronaldo for less than € 100 million. It was € 95 million if I recall correctly. And now you have Players like Antony being sold for € 95 million.

Anyway, I think if a club has the money, they can definitely go for players who cost a lot. But it is only going to create a bigger difference between the clubs that do not have huge amounts of money with those who do.

Yamal is going to attract a huge amount of money. Probably more than Mbappé could ever attract.

[Raflesia]

Actually, in some other rumors I read the opposite that he still wants to stay at Madrid and extend his contract, but the decision is ultimately in Madrid's hands.

Sometimes it is quite difficult to predict Madrid's movements especially when releasing a player to be sold to another club because no matter how good their performance is when Perez has acted to sell then the player will leave. Casemiro, Keylor Navas and even Cristiano could leave even though they are still performing very well at Madrid.
The same goes for Lunin now because even though he is playing very well although initially a little doubtful which made Madrid install Kepa at first but we can see that Lunin's contribution to Madrid this season is extraordinary so it is very difficult to let go of a goalkeeper this good especially with his young age. But that sometimes does not apply to Madrid which makes conditions difficult to guess.

Of course, the Santiago Bernabeu team has no intention of selling any core members. But when Courtois was injured and had to be a reluctant spectator until the end of the 2023/24 season, it was thought that the opportunity would come to Lunin. However, Lunin still does not receive absolute trust from coach Carlo Ancelotti. Kepa's appearance causes the Ukrainian goalkeeper to continue to compete for the main starting position. If a club gave him more opportunities to play, I think Lunin would leave Madrid. If Andriy Lunin continues to want to leave, it is necessary that Real Madrid quickly meet that request to provide a satisfactory backup plan for Courtois. Real Madrid still has options from the youth line, the most prominent of which is Fran Gonzalez. At the age of 19, Fran is a long-term candidate to succeed Courtois because he is highly appreciated by the Real youth team.

I just don't think it will happen, especially with Lunin's statements hinting that he wants to stay at Madrid, which clearly proves that Madrid's charm is too great even though it is sometimes difficult to compete.
At present Courtois is 32 years old and that means if you look at the condition of Madrid, actually only a few seasons he can still survive if his performance is still very promising because Madrid sometimes does not hesitate to kick their players when their performance is not very good and this can also be a good opportunity for Lunin so that he can survive because after all it is difficult to release Madrid with the condition of the resources they have.

There is an option where if there is no playing time he can leave, but I don't think that's an option because after all, when he doesn't get the option to play he should be determined to change the coach's judgment in order to compete fairly for the main place in the goalkeeping position with Courtois.

[Docnaster]

He made it clear that he was taking a break from football. So I don't think he will change his decision. If he made such a change of decision now, his image would be very bad. He could not show the expected success in the national team and did not accept the offers he received.
Maybe taking a break for a few seasons would be beneficial for him

I agree. This is Klopp's final decision. I don't expect him to return to his job all of a sudden after saying that he would take a break. He even stated he might not return anytime in the future. But I would really like to see him back one day as he is a really valuable manager.    His journey with Liverpool and Dortmund was so special. Both teams are grateful for his work in these years.

I believe he could think of returning after a break like 1-2 years. He managed teams for 20+ years. It is a really huge career for sure. But maybe he could return for one last time if he misses being in competitive football.

After Jurgen Klopp announced his departure from Liverpool last season, a lot of people were curious to know his next destination but the German manager was blunt enough to tell the media that he wanted to take a break from football for some time and for a man of Klopp's status, I don't think he's going to change that anytime soon. Even if Jurgen Klopp wants to return to coaching, I think it'll be after the end of next season. Professional coaching is one job that doesn't give football managers the freedom and time to always spend quality time with their family and I think it is the desire to have more time for his family that Jurgen Klopp have decided to take a sabbatical leave from football.
It's never been reported of his next job but if he'll come back to coaching a team after just one full season, then I expect the news of his next destination to be revealed before the end of next season

[fuguebtc]

Matthijs de Ligt the player of Bayern Munich is interested in leaving Bayern Munich and start playing for Manchester United. He has the experience of playing for Ten Hag and now he wants to play for him again.
There were many rumors about Matthijs de Ligt leaving Bayern Munich during this season and now it's getting true.
Matthijs de Ligt wants to leave but Bayern Munich wants to get 50 million euros for this player which is a huge amount of money and since Manchester United recently spent 42.5 million euros for Zirkzee this can't be easy for them to hire De Ligt.

Man United is really desperate to get Matthijs de Ligt, and even though they don't have much budget left, but somehow I feel that Man United will be able to complete the transfer. It seems that in the near time there will be news regarding player sales by Man United, and that's where Man United will get fresh funds to sign Matthijs de Ligt.

One of Man United's weaknesses last season was their poor defensive line. Not only because of injury problems, but Man United doesn't have many tough players in that line. Therefore, it is quite reasonable that Man United is very determined to fix that part, and apart from Matthijs de Ligt, Man United has still not given up on Jarrad Branthwaite, even though they have been rejected twice by Everton.

As far as I know, Bayern Munich does not have any big plans for Matthijs de Ligt in the upcoming future. So It is probably best for him to actually leave the club and go somewhere where he will have a big role in the future. Manchester United does not seem to be a very good club in which you would want to stay for a very long period of time and also think about having a great future. Especially at this moment. Maybe there is a conversation going on between him and Ten Hag. that's why he is convinced to join Manchester United. But many of the football fans including me are not convinced that it is going to be a very good idea for him.

And yes he also brought up a very good point, which is about the money. Manchester United is broke right now. So I don’t think they will be able to afford expensive players like him very easily.