⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Blitzboy]

All the transfer moves Real Madrid are making right now are very clever. I respect them very much in this regard, it is great that they are making plans for the coming seasons. The team is in a very good situation right now, and they also made one of the most important transfers in the world. That's why I think there is no obstacle for them to win the Champions League next season. If they do not have injury problems, they will have a very high chance. Mbappe was a very important move

It seems to me that this transfer was more important for Mbappe than for Real, if it had been the other way around then Real would have negotiated with PSG last summer and would have paid a huge amount for Mbappe, but instead they chose to wait one year for Mbappe to become a free agent, and accepted him into the team. During this season without Mbappe they won the Champions League and became La Liga champions, so the importance of this player for them may not be so high. And the club’s transfer policy shows that it is at a very high level.

No doubt, Real Madrid is winning big. The game-changer Mbappe. Superstar, not just player. This kid's fast, skilled, and driven to succeed. Mbappe might join Real Madrid's icons like Di Stefano, Puskas, and Ronaldo. To Mbappe, this is about legacy, not money or prizes. He understands Real Madrid is the world's biggest stage. He dreams of being a Galactico, winning Champions Leagues, and being a legend. Madrid offers him a greater chance than PSG.

Keeping Mbappe with that contract was risky for PSG. But they lost. Real Madrid patiently waited for their guy. All parties benefit. Mbappe gets his dream, Real Madrid gets a superstar, and PSG gets tons of money. PSG fans may be unhappy, but thats soccer.

[Jessie2121]

I don't think that this signing is necessary because from every positions from the Arsenal side is the attack that has issues and that is the position they need to concentrate on rather than getting a defender which to me I don't think Gabriel and Saliba are doing bad. Is this guy going to sit on the bench, for how long before he starts getting the start up? Arteta also need to strengthen the attacking line because that was the same reason they couldn't get things done last season, not that the Bologna player is bad but focusing on the areas that are not doing well is what he should have done rather getting a defender first.

Saka's wing is very effective because Ben White plays very well. Maybe Riccardo Calafiori will help Martinelli's wing by creating another option in center back in case Arteta decides to take Timber to the left wing. I do not think Arteta is clueless at this point and also with the rumor of Real Madrid becoming interested in William Saliba it is good to have an option of a good defender now that he is available. Saliba and Gabriel also went the entire of last season without injuries, they may not be so lucky this season.

Saka has been a better winger for Arsenal but how long will he be the only one upfront to deliver? For now that Arsenal need more fire power that if they want to make it hard for Pep and his boys, last season they were this close but wasn't enough to win the title and now is the time to regroup, reset everything to make the team stronger than the way other teams know the Arsenal side to be and the only way is making the front line to be better. Saliba and Gabriel did well last season and I think Arsenal are good at the back and now we have Madrid coming for Saliba, I don't expect Arteta to even say much other than declining their offer except Saliba chooses to leave so I know the Gunners have guys who can fill in the gap should anything happens about Saliba and Madrid.

[lizarder]

Southgate should have done that because he has failed and in my opinion there is nothing missing from the England squad, they have everything but Southgate has not succeeded in making this team even better.
And overall, I think England's failure to win the Euro title is appropriate, their performance has been very bad since the start of the Euro tournament, they were just a little lucky to reach the final.

Now it's not just these 3 names but there are also several other names that are being rumored, but in my opinion, finding a coach who excels when coaching a team and has never coached a national team will be quite difficult to recruit.

He did not include several players who were much more experienced in the England squad this time because actually there were names who were much more experienced but Southgate preferred several young players. In my opinion, England's performance was not bad, it's just that the front players were unable to find opportunities and support from the midfield players was also lacking so that there were not many opportunities that could be utilized by the strikers.

The combination between the midfield and the strikers did not work well so that it did not produce a consistent form of play. Even though if you look at it, England does not lack great players in that position and there are still many quality players. Now England must find a replacement for Southgate and I think some names are quite worthy of being on their list of coaches such as Jurgen Klopp.

[Amphenomenon]

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Keeping Mbappe with that contract was risky for PSG. But they lost. Real Madrid patiently waited for their guy. All parties benefit. Mbappe gets his dream, Real Madrid gets a superstar, and PSG gets tons of money. PSG fans may be unhappy, but thats soccer.

This is what a club gets when they try to keep a player by all means even its obvious the player wants to leave, I guessed we will see more players behaving similar. Ironic PSG is still on the losing end here especially from the fact that they are still owing Mbappe money I guessed they have no other option than to pay, if only they acted similar way as Chelsea did with Hazard, who they made huge cash out from after he gave his all to the club, till now both him and the club are still  as somehow a family.

[ZAINmalik75]

West Ham United want Kante. They're willing to pay a 20 million Pound fee for him. Kante, who is actually happy at Al-Ittihad, is also interested in returning to London. I think it would be great to watch him in the Premier League again. The fact that West Ham are willing to pay this price for him despite his advanced age shows how much they want him. We saw how he played at Euro 24, it will be fun to watch him in the Premier League again, but this time under West Ham United jersey.

Yes the return of N’Golo Kante to London will be a joyful mystery, but anyway I am not sure that N’Golo Kanté will be able to play at a high level of competition like a previous player because his current age wouldn't allow him to perform like a previous . There is no doubt that N’Golo Kanté is one of the greatest midfielders of all time but unfortunately he has already turn down into 33 years and I think age is one of the one of the main factors that can decline the player's performance status. The first reason is that Al-Itthiad will not leave N,Golo Kante, i.e to leave the club and the second reason is that N,Golo Kante is also happy with al-Itthiad so I don't think he will come back to EPL but if he wants, If he wants to come back to EPL like Wast Ham United. So I am not sure that  he will not be able to perform like before, ultimately as a result he will be considered a layman. So I think it will be better if N,Golo Kante stays in Saudia Arabia.

[baeva]

The transfer is basically not bad, the player can still show a decent level. It feels like despite his age he is only getting better and better, because if you look at his performance dynamics and the number of results, you can't say otherwise, he is really good and he is still at a good level. In the end I think he can adapt well at Milan, he's already familiar with the league and it won't take him long to get used to the style of play

Morata still deserves to be trusted to fill the front line even though he is 31 years old. Last season he managed to score 21 goals for Atletico Madrid in all competitions. Morata will play an important role on the front line with his experience with several different clubs, he will also replace Olivier Giroud, whose contract has just expired with Milan. It seems that Milan is very confident in Morata abilities, he was given a four year contract with the option of a one year extension.
Morata will have no difficulty adapting to the style of play in Serie A because he has previously played for Juventus. He also managed to score 35 goals in 130 Serie A appearances, his sharpness in scoring goals will really help Milan to compete again with Inter Milan, who performed well last season.

I really hope he succeeds. Besides, he is a new European champion, it should somehow energise him psychologically for new achievements, if he continues his succession of achievements, he will not end his career soon. But by the way I doubt that he will stay at a new club for so long, I think some club will want to buy him.

[Unknown01]

I really hope he succeeds. Besides, he is a new European champion, it should somehow energise him psychologically for new achievements, if he continues his succession of achievements, he will not end his career soon. But by the way I doubt that he will stay at a new club for so long, I think some club will want to buy him.

In advance for the next colleagues who will read along here: This is about Morata

He is certainly not a bad player but also not a player who can cause big changes in a team. I would see him at the same level as Giroud, but if Milan wants to win the Serie A or CL  again they need a better striker. The fact that Spain won the European Championship was not due to the great performance of Morata, there were many more Williams and Yamal or Caravajal decisive. Morata was rather one of the worse players in the national team.

[snipie]

Antony may leave Mancehster on load this summer, they opened the door to this possibility.

Manchester United movement these days in the transfer window are quite interesting. They are seeking a good attacker like Kylian Mbappe and young talents. At the same time they are letting useless players move out of the club.
Antony is allowed to leave temporarily the club as a loan. The only condition is to pay his salary by the other club.
Greenwood moved to Olympic Marseille. Manuel Ugarte left PSG for Manchester United There is talks about Lille defender, Yoro, who wants to move to Real Madrid...
There is a bunch of news about Manchester United who wants to win something this season!

[Raflesia]

It's just that he is still quite young and still has a lot of direction so now it depends on Ten Hag whether he can guide Yoro well or become a failed purchase just like Mount and Amrabat last season.

Yoro is young and definitely Manchester United are gambling on him and it is a good gamble considering that the fees has a huge add ons rather than a straightforward fee. As for Mount last season I disagree with you that he failed. Only players that played much minute can be said to fail. Mount was mostly injured so how did it fail. This season when we will judge him if he stays fit. As for Amrabat he was definitely lucky to fit in early into Ten Hag team but towards the end of the season didn’t we see put a solid performance even in the FA cup? He just doesn’t suit the board notion and he was a loanee

Isn't it a failure because he was not as lucky as being at Chelsea because he had to struggle with injuries that indirectly made his performance decline because his legs were fragile when he was at United. Last season he was injured twice with a long duration where he had to rest for about 5 months for healing and for adaptation he failed and actually made his performance hampered which made Ten Hag let him be on the bench alone.

For Yoro's problem there is certainly a good hope and today he has started playing with Manchester United even in a friendly match.
Now it remains to see whether Ten Hag will eventually match Yoro or not because seeing in today's match besides Yoro there is also the name Sancho who became the line up. This shows that maybe Ten Hag is now not making his ego bigger because after all Sancho is still quite useful actually if it can be placed properly.

[Furious 7]

The amount 40 million plus 5 million euro add on bonuses not received all by Bologna but must spending with the previous team of Riccardo Calafiori Basel FC, both team will spending around 50% and actually not really expensive fees transfer receiving by Bologna success make Riccardo Calafiori get the top level performance in this season after helping Bologna qualified to UEFA Champion League.

That's fair enough in the current circumstances and with the form he's shown with Bologna this season.
It's a good thing I think for Arsenal but I'm just a little confused by Arteta's thinking at the moment. It cannot be denied that indeed Calafiori at Bologna last season did look very good, it's just that by looking at their 2 defender centers where Saliba and Gabriel actually their duet last season was not too bad even though on several occasions there were several blunders created by Gabriel but overall the performance of these two players was still very good for defender centers.

Whether in the end the arrival of Calafiori will only be a coating later for Arsenal or maybe there is a new situation where indeed he will be used as a patch for Saliba because we know that for now Saliba is quite in the spotlight because of his performance especially he has also been targeted by Madrid at this time.

[Leviathan.007]

Arsenal wants to improve the team for the next season and that's why they are trying to hire more players to have better performance. Arsenal is about to hire Sane the player from Bayern Munich while Sane is an effective player in this team and since Bayern Munich had a bad season in the last year they don't want to lose more power and they prefer to keep Sane in the team. The contract with Sane will end in 2025.
But the first priority for Arsenal is still Williams the player of Bilbao.

[RockBell]

You are right in what you say. That's why Real Madrid is currently the best team in the world, and all their recent transfers and team management are progressing very successfully. Just not paying huge amounts of money for Mbappe shows how visionary the team is. They both have the best staff and make the smartest moves. I'm sure they will be very successful next year too

How is Madrid the best thing is it because they are getting mbappe and I don’t see anything special with that boy and with all this expectation I don’t pray they get disappointed, especially Madrid fans they so much interested in what Mbappe. I hope he will do well and even if mbappe doesn’t perform well Madrid still have players to fill but I think with the kind of players that Madrid have they will support mbappe so he should do very well during is stay in Real Madrid. People have been anticipating mbappe to go to Madrid him been their now have given a lot of people relief. During that World Cup mbappe performed well and I was impressed to and even psg was lucky to have mbappe.  Madrid is always smart in taking chances and they know how to make plans for the future and that is why people love them and they have so many fans just because they are always keeping up in all the league they are participating in, they eventually won the la liga and champions league.

[TelolettOm]

I don't understand why West Ham intends to bring Kante back. Certainly, Kante plays extremely well at Euro 2024. Kante's performance at Euro 2024 shows that he is not out of time yet. Even though France lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 semi-finals, Kante still showed good form.
I think teams like Arsenal will not need a player over 33 years old like Kante, they have the finances, and they will recruit young players to serve them for a long time. As for Chelsea, that certainly won't happen.

The good performance in Euro 2024 is the reason why West Ham is trying to sign Kante. The coach of West Ham also admired Kante for a long time, he wants Kante in West Ham squad for the next season. These are the reasons why West Ham shows their interest to Kante. I think you already understand it now. 

- https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/18/west-ham-in-talks-over-20m-deal-to-bring-ngolo-kante-back-from-saudi-arabia
- https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2024/7/20/24202536/al-ittihad-reject-west-ham-bid-but-ngolo-kante-open-to-premier-league-return-reports#:~:text=In%20any%20case%2C%20according%20to,at%20Real%20Madrid%20in%202018.

No, Arsenal doesn't need Kante because Arsenal has enough defensive midfielders. Arteta has 3 players for the position of defensive midfields, they are Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, and Jorginho. If we take a look at Arsenal formation, Arteta also only needs 1 midfielder. So, there is no way that Kante will join Arsenal.

Kante will be suitable for West Ham, they appreciate his talent. And in fact, he is very suitable for the team's economics. Kante is said to receive a salary of up to 50 million euros/year at Al Ittihad, but if Kante wants to return to the EPL, he must be willing to reduce his income many times to return to the top playing field of the Premier League.

Kante may be very suitable for West Ham, unfortunately Al Ittihad doesn't have the intention to sell him. Laurent Blanc needs him, he will be one of the key players of Al Ittihad squad for the next season. Kante is also very happy to play under Blanc management. So, we can assume that Kante prefers to stay in Al Ittihad. Al Ittihad management will reject every offer from West Ham scouts.



Source: Fabrizio Romano post on X

[Zaguru12]

Isn't it a failure because he was not as lucky as being at Chelsea because he had to struggle with injuries that indirectly made his performance decline because his legs were fragile when he was at United. Last season he was injured twice with a long duration where he had to rest for about 5 months for healing and for adaptation he failed and actually made his performance hampered which made Ten Hag let him be on the bench alone.

In my regards I wouldn’t call that person a failure the way you put it out because he hasn’t even played that much that we can say is already a failure at the club. There are players too who change club and they end up been not able to  perform and just had to leave the club this is the kind of players that we can simply say they have to label failures but for someone like mount who had barely played.

For Yoro's problem there is certainly a good hope and today he has started playing with Manchester United even in a friendly match.
Now it remains to see whether Ten Hag will eventually match Yoro or not because seeing in today's match besides Yoro there is also the name Sancho who became the line up. This shows that maybe Ten Hag is now not making his ego bigger because after all Sancho is still quite useful actually if it can be placed properly.

Yoro had a good game against Rangers and I can’t wait to see him playing along side Lisandro Martinez, I believe that is the perfect pairing at the moment. Martinez is aggressive and Yoro looks more Like a calm person and a gentle person too, this two will blend well. Also Ten Hag had already make it clear that he is going to add another defender in which there is option of either Braithwait or De Ligt. I will personally pick De Ligt over because of his years of experience

[indah rezqi]

I really hope he succeeds. Besides, he is a new European champion, it should somehow energise him psychologically for new achievements, if he continues his succession of achievements, he will not end his career soon. But by the way I doubt that he will stay at a new club for so long, I think some club will want to buy him.

In advance for the next colleagues who will read along here: This is about Morata

He is certainly not a bad player but also not a player who can cause big changes in a team. I would see him at the same level as Giroud, but if Milan wants to win the Serie A or CL  again they need a better striker. The fact that Spain won the European Championship was not due to the great performance of Morata, there were many more Williams and Yamal or Caravajal decisive. Morata was rather one of the worse players in the national team.

We certainly understand that Morata is not a striker who can make a difference in every match, Milan aim in recruiting him is to fill the hole left by Giroud. To win the Scudetto or Champions League trophy, Milan must move more ambitiously in the transfer window, and we know they cannot do that at the moment due to limited budgets. I think, with the squad that Milan currently has, they only hope to achieve success in Serie A first, which is also very difficult because Inter is still considered too tough to beat.

Regardless of Morata performance with the Spanish National Team, their success in winning trophies deserves praise, and Morata is very lucky because he was appointed as team captain. Moratta has a contract for four seasons with an option to extend for one season, perhaps Milan management sees that Morata can still make a real contribution thanks to his experience playing with a number of top European clubs. There are no excessive expectations for Morata, because he is already 31 years old.

[tusandii]

Source : Lautaro Martínez

Even though Lautaro Martínez was linked with several popular clubs such as Real Madrid, Juventus etc., finally Inter Milan officially extended his contract for 5 years with a total salary of around 45 million.
It is not surprising that Inter retained this reliable player because while he was at Inter, the player made a very good contribution and the Inter president became more confident after Martinez helped Argentina win the Coppa America title at that time.

[shinratensei_]

Previously I also thought that if an agreement between Arsenal and Bologna would not will happen regarding the recruitment of Calafiori, Bologna and Arsenal were involved in a long discussion after Bologna several times rejected offers from Arsenal to sign Calafiori, Arsenal who really want to strengthen their defence next season have actually offered Bologna a sum of money and one of their players, but Bologna who have to pay 50% of the sale fee to Basel of course asked for a very high price from Arsenal, but fortunately now the deal has finally happened and Arsenal is willing to pay Calafiori of 40 million + 5 million euros to complete the deal, Arsenal looks quite serious in fixing their current squad even though it looks like Arsenal is not very active in the transfer market, but Arsenal is actually moving more selectively in choosing players that their current squad needs and only moves when they find the right and worthy player to buy.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1814609848597618760?t=XLDUFpRUjgDZ3dlTOYbpmg&s=19

Finally, Arsenal and Bologna have reached agreement deal for Riccardo Calafiori transfer with fees above 40 million euro including 5 million euro as bonuses odd on clause. I think its not too expensive fees transfer for Premier League teams usually spending more than 60 million euro such as did by Manchester United when recruiting Leny Yoro above 65 million euro but he lack experienced such as Riccardo Calafiori have played well for Italy national team.

The amount 40 million plus 5 million euro add on bonuses not received all by Bologna but must spending with the previous team of Riccardo Calafiori Basel FC, both team will spending around 50% and actually not really expensive fees transfer receiving by Bologna success make Riccardo Calafiori get the top level performance in this season after helping Bologna qualified to UEFA Champion League.

in my opinion calafiori is an excellent purchase by arsenal who really helps bologna with 50 million euros to face europe in the best possible economic position also considering that he is an excellent defender and in england this type of player has been missing for a long time some excellent championships

It was a great choice by Arsenal. But, Calafiori's transfer is at risk. This is due to the conflict between Basel and Bologna. This can also threaten Calafiori's transfer to the arsenal as well. The conflict between Bologna and Basel are still overshadowing this transfer.
This good transfer can't be completed by Arsenal easily. This may force Arsenal to rethink Calafiori's transfer. And again, though Calafiori is good, but i can't really predict what's going to be his usefulness in the club.

Arsenal had an impressive defence last season. It was even better than City's. So, i guess this transfer is unnecessary for Arsenal. 



Look at how Arsenal conceded fewer than City. It's clear that Arsenal's defence is good this season. There haven't been any major changes have occurred to Arsenal's defensive line. I'd prefer to use Calafiori as a backup.

[mv1986]

You are right in what you say. That's why Real Madrid is currently the best team in the world, and all their recent transfers and team management are progressing very successfully. Just not paying huge amounts of money for Mbappe shows how visionary the team is. They both have the best staff and make the smartest moves. I'm sure they will be very successful next year too

How is Madrid the best thing is it because they are getting mbappe and I don’t see anything special with that boy and with all this expectation I don’t pray they get disappointed, especially Madrid fans they so much interested in what Mbappe. I hope he will do well and even if mbappe doesn’t perform well Madrid still have players to fill but I think with the kind of players that Madrid have they will support mbappe so he should do very well during is stay in Real Madrid. People have been anticipating mbappe to go to Madrid him been their now have given a lot of people relief. During that World Cup mbappe performed well and I was impressed to and even psg was lucky to have mbappe.  Madrid is always smart in taking chances and they know how to make plans for the future and that is why people love them and they have so many fans just because they are always keeping up in all the league they are participating in, they eventually won the la liga and champions league.

He is going to make the difference that everyone was waiting for, that is at least my expectation. I doubt that he will reach Ronaldo levels, but with the guys around him I think he can frequently make a difference in the games in La Liga. I would have preferred to see him play in the Premier League. Harland is having trouble there and staying on top is real effort. It will be interesting to see how Mbappe is going to take on the challenge.

[Oluwa-btc]

Arsenal wants to improve the team for the next season and that's why they are trying to hire more players to have better performance. Arsenal is about to hire Sane the player from Bayern Munich while Sane is an effective player in this team and since Bayern Munich had a bad season in the last year they don't want to lose more power and they prefer to keep Sane in the team. The contract with Sane will end in 2025.
But the first priority for Arsenal is still Williams the player of Bilbao.

Leroy Sane I would love for Arsenal, he is experienced in the Premier League, pacy and also a sqaud player who is brilliant. I think he would be a good Competition for Saka honestly. That boy needs Competition, and asides the Competition, Arsenal barely has a good and challenging depth.
Sane was inconsistent for Bayern Munich last season, at least in a bad season we have two to three players who are consistent in the sqaud but he wasn't that name consistent.

With Michael Olise arrival from Crystal Palace and a new manager, I'm thinking he'll not get enough game time this season, maybe not during the Bundesliga but he'll sure get during Champions League games.

As per gunner's, they have Trossad and Gabriel Martinelli, what will be the faith of these players? If I'm to advice Nico Williams, Arsenal is not the right direction for him, he should have a good life in Barcelona if not for the financial woes they've found themselves. Hopefully, Barcelona can pay up for him by instalment.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Source : Lautaro Martínez

Even though Lautaro Martínez was linked with several popular clubs such as Real Madrid, Juventus etc., finally Inter Milan officially extended his contract for 5 years with a total salary of around 45 million.
It is not surprising that Inter retained this reliable player because while he was at Inter, the player made a very good contribution and the Inter president became more confident after Martinez helped Argentina win the Coppa America title at that time.

A good one but I was expecting something different for the Argentina striker at least he has given his all to the club, winning the league twice with the side and still has so much to offer, signing a contract for that long is not too cool with me, since promising clubs like you said Real Madrid not Juventus, I think he should have taken his chances and not to have a similar career spell like Immobile who stayed for so long at Lazio.
But let's look on the brighter side, Inter Milan can still make a difference next season that's if they continue with this outstanding form they had last campaign, if they continue with the player Martinez on the side I believe they can do wonders on the league and Champions League as well but the problem about teams that do win the league, they don't seem to do well the next season and I'm thinking it may happen to Inter Milan next season, take a good look at Napoli, Ac Milan, Juventus including Inter, they didn't do well the next season and I feel it can repeat it self again with Inter Milan not as brilliant as they were last season, just saying.