⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[imamusma]

Napoli are willing to accept Lukaku plus money in exchange for Osimhen to go to Chelsea and I think this will the best signing the Blues will do if it goes through because they are finally addressing their problem and going for it which is in the area of attack. I don't really understand why Todd Boehly is dragging his feet on this transfer and hasn't splashed money yet cause this is a fair deal for me. From how clubs are looking for the services of good strikers, such an offer will be gobbled up without thinking and I hope they don't lose out on this one.

Good news, but it was not a straight swap between Osimhen and Lukaku. There may be some money involved. Also, Napoli might ask Chelsea for another player. Napoli wants to sign Lukaku ASAP, per Conte's request. But let's see how much they want for Osimhen.

I think Todd boehly was waiting for Napoli to decrease their price tag for Osimhen, and finally they did it. I heard that Napoli has lowered its price for Osimhen. Chelsea may be reconsidering its swap offer. Glad to see Napoli is now using its sense to let Osimhen leave the club.

Lukaku is highly likely to be part of a swap deal in the Osimhen transfer, meaning Chelsea won't need to allocate a larger budget to sign the Napoli striker. Other reports suggest that PSG is now withdrawing from the competition, and Arsenal may re-enter the race to try and open negotiations, so Chelsea must act quickly if they don't want to lose Osimhen. It seems that Osimhen departure is getting closer, regardless of which club he will eventually join, but it's certain that Osimhen will leave Napoli in this summer transfer window. If Chelsea succeed in signing the Nigerian player, then it is highly likely that Enzo Maresca will release one of their strikers, either Nkunku or Nicolas Jackson. Meanwhile, Conte seems to have great confidence in Lukaku quality, and hopefully his decision can make Napoli rise again next season.

[Nheer]

Folks, this Chelsea-Alvarez-Man City thing is fascinating. You've got this young Alvarez, who's proven himself time and again. Game-changer, not backup. A winning team needs versatile players like him who score goals and make plays. Pep Guardiola is a world-class manager. He recognizes Alvarez's worth. Thats why he charged €77 million. Its a big number, sure, but its a message. Pep says, "This kid is a winner, and he's staying with me."

Everything about people, life, and business comes down to desire. If Chelsea wants Alvarez, they'll pay. If not, that also indicates something. Whats best for the players, teams, and beautiful game of football is key.

With Haaland available it will be very difficult for Alvarez to get enough playing time and not only that he thinks he is good enough to be a substitute everyone knows he deserves more than being a substitute but still Haaland has lots of advantages over him so if he remains at City it will be difficult to get the playing time he deserves.

Guadiola actually knows his worth but there is no better way to use him at the moment just like what happened with Cole Palmer and now that the player is keen on leaving to seek playing time elsewhere he has set a high price for him, for a player who doesn’t see enough playing time the price is a bit too much in my opinion, 50m should be fair enough.

[ZAINmalik75]

It looks like Nico Williams is likely to stay for another season because of promising his brother Iñaki Williams.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9-VTGkOrVj/

It isn't guaranteed yet but many other sources also started to write this. This would make Barcelona and the fans devastated for sure.    Because Williams signing would make a big difference for the team. We watched him and Yamal in Euro 2024. They were the best attacking duo honestly. Barcelona is about to miss the chance to bring them together for the long term, at least for now.

I knew this would happen, meaning Nico Williams Khabi will not leave the club so easily. Barcelona is now known as a poor club, they no longer have a big budget to sign big players like Real Madrid. However, from this report by Nico Williams, it is known that he can stay for another year. But I think he is not interested in Barcelona, so he presented his brother's promise as evidence.

This means Real Madrid would be even more comfortable in the La Liga.

Of course there is no doubt Real Madrid will be much more comfortable in La Liga competition than the previous season because they brought up one of the best strikers (Killyan Mbappe) in the world as well as they made up such a good thing in tactical instructions and their goodness is in front of us. Real Madrid have won the UEFA champions league title and also become the La Liga winner proving themselves once again that they could possibly lift the La Liga trophy due to the signing of good quality players. Ninja Killyan Mbappe. 

[Raflesia]

Souce: https://twitter.com/marca/status/1817857598453903518

De Gea back? is this real? of course it will still be news that makes us curious.

As has been reported if De Gea will go to Italy to sign a contract with Genoa and with this he can enjoy his activities as a professional football player again. It is not easy for a goalkeeper who is still good enough for the European level and I hope this can give a different color to his career.

If this process goes well then it is certain that De Gea will not waste his time anymore to continue doing individual training and he can provide his experience to a different league that he has never visited. I think Genoa has made the right move by recruiting De Gea after their previous goalkeeper Josep Martinez joined Inter some time ago.

https://x.com/centregoals/status/1817544027547353333

But in some other news it was said that De Gea's transfer failed to Genoa because even though Genoa needed a goalkeeper at this time, the salary demands De Gea wanted were considered too big for them so it was confirmed that negotiations had stopped.
De Gea does not seem to really understand his current condition even though he is one of the players who has not worked and if he really wants to return to play for a big competition but a smaller scale club then it is clear that the salary demands also adjust especially for Serie A which is indeed a financial problem almost all clubs here are all the same.

These rumors come and go quickly but if De Gea still wants to play then he could have lowered his salary demands according to what Genoa expected in this case.

[Jegileman]

Napoli are willing to accept Lukaku plus money in exchange for Osimhen to go to Chelsea and I think this will the best signing the Blues will do if it goes through because they are finally addressing their problem and going for it which is in the area of attack. I don't really understand why Todd Boehly is dragging his feet on this transfer and hasn't splashed money yet cause this is a fair deal for me. From how clubs are looking for the services of good strikers, such an offer will be gobbled up without thinking and I hope they don't lose out on this one.

This is good news and if Chelsea can grab this deal and agree to he swap change, it will be of more benefit to them than it could even be for Napoli. I don’t know why Conte is keen on signing Lukaku from Chelsea when he has a young and agile striker than can do better than Lukaku if he keeps him. Only he knows best why he’s so interested in Lukaku. This sounds like a very good offer to me, I hope Chelsea don’t let this slide by because they won’t get an offer as good as this again in the transfer window.

Chelsea need to get a striker that every EPL club will be afraid of and Osimhen fits that bill because he's not only strong, he's fast and his aerial prowess is top notch, at least Man City won't be the only boasting of such an ability thanks to having Haaland.

Chelsea have been in need of striker for some time now, if you check their game stats for about two season now, they don’t have a top 9 and that has hindered their progress and chances in the league. With Osimhen joining them, I think that position will become more productive for them because they’ve been missing out a lot on the position of a striker.  I hope they can get something out of it if they agree on the deal, Osimhen doing the job they expect from him.

[Silence Scream]

Souce: https://twitter.com/marca/status/1817857598453903518

De Gea back? is this real? of course it will still be news that makes us curious.

As has been reported if De Gea will go to Italy to sign a contract with Genoa and with this he can enjoy his activities as a professional football player again. It is not easy for a goalkeeper who is still good enough for the European level and I hope this can give a different color to his career.

His rest period is enough and it's time. De Gea must return because his career is not over yet. He is still 33 years old. For a goalkeeper, that age is still in the best form with a level of reflex movement that has not decreased.
Rather than anchoring in the Saudi Professional League, it is better for David De Gea to land in Italy and sign a contract with a Serie A club even though Genoa.
The news about De Gea if the source is Marca, in my opinion the closeness to reality is closer.

I think it makes sense for him to go to the Saudi Arabian league and earn a lot of money. It is true that he can start a new campaign in the Italian league, but I think he must be feeling close to retirement now, as he spent the last year resting. De Gea should have signed for a big team when he left Manchester United. The period he was out of action may have worn him down a bit. Big teams would not want to risk signing a goalkeeper who has been out of action for so long. Genoa may be a logical decision.

[KingsDen]

Maguire remaning in Manchester United increases their defensive options. Maguire has improved, not a bad choice of player to still keep.

Even if Maguire performance has showed positive improvement. I personally think his performance is still below the level what we expected. Maguire has the highest salary of the defender in Man United, Man United bought him with huge money. This player should show something special in the field, but mostly he showed a controversial thing. If I were Man United board, I will prefer selling Maguire because he is mostly used as a substituted player in Man United squad now. Since Man United already has Yoro, I guess Man United will plan to set Lisandro Martínez and Leny Yoro as their main centre-backs.

We need to have learnt from experience.  Manchester United does not need to dismiss Maguire because he is very much useful to Manchester United.  Infact,  the Maguire you described above is not the Maguire we have in Manchester United now. He has improved and he has outgrown some of these criticisms.
Maguire is a hardworking honest man, and I will love to continue seeing him in Manchester United even if as a substitute.  He is a Hero. He was strip of captaincy and he is still there, even if it's a paycut he'll take.

This can be the lineup of Man United for the season 2024-2025



Source: Score90

Nice formation but only 2 changes to the team. Do we think and trust the Manchester United defense to be consistent this time around? I don't trust Martinez to be consistent and even the newly signed Yoro is rumoured to have been injured,  the reason we still need the likes of Maguire.

[Josefjix]

I think it makes sense for him to go to the Saudi Arabian league and earn a lot of money. It is true that he can start a new campaign in the Italian league, but I think he must be feeling close to retirement now, as he spent the last year resting. De Gea should have signed for a big team when he left Manchester United. The period he was out of action may have worn him down a bit. Big teams would not want to risk signing a goalkeeper who has been out of action for so long. Genoa may be a logical decision.

SPL side might happen to sign the Spaniard goalkeeper, he's still in good shape. David De Gea was once an important goalkeeper for the Red Devils but what happen? He fall out of favour from the headcoach, Erik Ten Hag and the club's board was not ready to give him listening ears for thr massive increase in his wages earned. DDG is probably wandering from one position, still insisting for an elite side. He's still without a club since exiting the doors of Theater Of Dreams, perhaps he's very promising but age is no longer on his side.

[BABY SHOES]

https://x.com/centregoals/status/1817544027547353333

But in some other news it was said that De Gea's transfer failed to Genoa because even though Genoa needed a goalkeeper at this time, the salary demands De Gea wanted were considered too big for them so it was confirmed that negotiations had stopped.
De Gea does not seem to really understand his current condition even though he is one of the players who has not worked and if he really wants to return to play for a big competition but a smaller scale club then it is clear that the salary demands also adjust especially for Serie A which is indeed a financial problem almost all clubs here are all the same.

These rumors come and go quickly but if De Gea still wants to play then he could have lowered his salary demands according to what Genoa expected in this case.

Is it the salary issue again? I can't understand if De Gea is not going to Genoa just because he wants a big salary demand, he should realize that he is old and won't get a big salary when he was young... But here it is still unclear how much Genoa offered to De Gea.

Wasn't it when he left Manchester United also because he didn't want his salary to be cut, if he was cut in salary he might be able to survive ... as I remember it was when he was at Manchester United.

It can be said that Genoa is a small club that does not hold much money for high player salaries, I think this is standard with other players, we will see what happens who knows this is just a rumor.

[Agbe]

I think De Gea returning back to what he knows how to do best is a good news to him and to all the Lovers of football especially to those he really entertained with his good goal keeping skills because I could still remember how he helped my team Manchester United during their worst performing days he made some crucial saves to keep the club not being humiliated even when they play against smaller teams.

To be honest I wasn't expecting him to stay without a club since leaving Manchester United I was thinking he would move to Saudi Arabia to go and play for money and retire from there but seeing that he's heading to Italy to play for Genoa shows how much he loves playing at least he's got the opportunity to prove himself once again in the league who knows if he will move to a bigger team where he will get the opportunity to play in the champions league again, good luck to him.

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De Gea is 33 years old. And for a goalkeeper that is still pretty young age. I do not understand why Manchester United let him go in the first place, because he was not the reason why Manchester United was performing so badly or conceding so many goals. And after that I was also surprised to see that no other clubs were actually that interested in him.

Anyway, him going back to Italy is going to make a lot of people excited. Probably if he is able to perform well he will actually be able to get another team which is top tier. I definitely wish him luck. But at the same time we also have to understand that he is 33 years old and he is probably not going to be performing like he was in his prime.

Manchester United would kept David De Gea and let go another player. I think the next season of Premier League will kick start from the next three weeks so the transfer window is ramping up from the various clubs to prepare for the games again. Though the transfer of David De Gea from Manchester United to Arsenal has not successful when I checked last.

My concern in this season is Chelsea. if Victor Osimhen and Romelu Lukaku are finally transferred to Chelsea then their squad will be nice but they still need to add more best players to the club. The 25 year old Nigerian international football player deal is €130 million but that has been the issue from the beginning of the transfer. And if Romelu Lukaku also join the Blues 💙 then the team will be outstanding in the forthcoming Premier League Tournament.

[W Jr.]

I think it makes sense for him to go to the Saudi Arabian league and earn a lot of money. It is true that he can start a new campaign in the Italian league, but I think he must be feeling close to retirement now, as he spent the last year resting. De Gea should have signed for a big team when he left Manchester United. The period he was out of action may have worn him down a bit. Big teams would not want to risk signing a goalkeeper who has been out of action for so long. Genoa may be a logical decision.

SPL side might happen to sign the Spaniard goalkeeper, he's still in good shape. David De Gea was once an important goalkeeper for the Red Devils but what happen? He fall out of favour from the headcoach, Erik Ten Hag and the club's board was not ready to give him listening ears for thr massive increase in his wages earned. DDG is probably wandering from one position, still insisting for an elite side. He's still without a club since exiting the doors of Theater Of Dreams, perhaps he's very promising but age is no longer on his side.

Of course it's hard to accept but he's 33 and hasn't played active football for a long time. Maybe it's best to consider the SPL options. Most likely no big team will want to sign him. If it were me, after all this, I'd go to the Arabian League and earn my money. By the way, Manchester United definitely did him an injustice. I think De Gea was the best player in the team the year he left.

[Alpha Marine]

Even if Maguire performance has showed positive improvement. I personally think his performance is still below the level what we expected. Maguire has the highest salary of the defender in Man United, Man United bought him with huge money. This player should show something special in the field, but mostly he showed a controversial thing. If I were Man United board, I will prefer selling Maguire because he is mostly used as a substituted player in Man United squad now. Since Man United already has Yoro, I guess Man United will plan to set Lisandro Martínez and Leny Yoro as their main centre-backs.

Selling Maguire is not a good idea. Manchester United currently has only two good defenders, and both of them can be injury-prone. Lisandro Martinez was injured a lot last season and Yoro is already injured when the season had not started. So that leaves Manchester United with Evans and Varane who are old and not reliable. With what I'm hearing I think Varane might even leave Manchester United this summer. There are so many matches to play next season and Manchester United need the squad depth for all those matches, Maguire might come in handy.
A team always needs backups, especially for a position as crucial as center backs

[Amphenomenon]

Of course it's hard to accept but he's 33 and hasn't played active football for a long time. Maybe it's best to consider the SPL options. Most likely no big team will want to sign him. If it were me, after all this, I'd go to the Arabian League and earn my money. By the way, Manchester United definitely did him an injustice. I think De Gea was the best player in the team the year he left.

Is Ironic his replacement has not really been doing well, though ignoring his drama with Manchester United I think he should lower his wages for at least a season or two in order to prove he still in good shape to earn more because I think even Saudi teams won't really give him an high wage as he ought to have earn except he can prove he still got his skill in him.

[Jatiluhung]

Finally, there was a European team that proposed David De Gea after many offers from Arab Clubs and he rejected it now the opportunity is still there despite having to take a long absence from his career as a goalkeeper.
As he will soon sign his contract it seems from some news that their closeness is quite close meaning that there is an imminent agreement with Genoa, this club is also not too bad last season to be in the middle of the table.
I don't know if there's a drop in form or not we can judge now, maybe before Serie A starts we'll see this breaking news because obviously we want to know how he's performing.

Genoa currently needs a new goalkeeper. Because they have just sold their goalkeeper, Josep Martinez, to Inter Milan. And of course Genoa must immediately get a new goalkeeper for their team. And the news I heard was that Genoa had made an offer for De Gea but it didn't seem to go smoothly. Because it seems like De Gea is proposing a salary that is too high, Genoa really has to think twice about bringing in De Gea.

And in other news, I heard that because De Gea might not join Genoa, now this goalkeeper is rumored to have the potential to join a club from Laliga, namely Villareal. But that's just a rumor and there's no clarity at all.

Reference:
https://www.cnnindonesia.com/olahraga/20240729174753-142-1126835/de-gea-batal-ke-genoa-permintaan-gaji-tak-masuk-akal

[Majestic-milf]

Napoli are willing to accept Lukaku plus money in exchange for Osimhen to go to Chelsea and I think this will the best signing the Blues will do if it goes through because they are finally addressing their problem and going for it which is in the area of attack. I don't really understand why Todd Boehly is dragging his feet on this transfer and hasn't splashed money yet cause this is a fair deal for me. From how clubs are looking for the services of good strikers, such an offer will be gobbled up without thinking and I hope they don't lose out on this one.

Good news, but it was not a straight swap between Osimhen and Lukaku. There may be some money involved. Also, Napoli might ask Chelsea for another player. Napoli wants to sign Lukaku ASAP, per Conte's request. But let's see how much they want for Osimhen.

I think Todd boehly was waiting for Napoli to decrease their price tag for Osimhen, and finally they did it. I heard that Napoli has lowered its price for Osimhen. Chelsea may be reconsidering its swap offer. Glad to see Napoli is now using its sense to let Osimhen leave the club.

The way I see it, Conte is desperate to ship off Osimhen and will accept  any offer, no matter how absurd to get him but in the aspect of reducing the fee like Todd Boehly is expecting, I don't think it's going to work because by reducing the price tag of one of the best ( if not the best strikers ) you've got at Napoli will certainly set tongues wagging and I don't think Antonio Conte is willing to risk that happening so a deal that includes Osimhen plus cash seems fair but it would be very bad to let the player go just the way they are desperately trying to do after all he did for the club, at least let there be some form of regard or respect for the player.
 If not that a player like Lukaku is involved I believe other EPL clubs would have jumped into the deal and snatch it off from Chelsea because it seems the Blues are still waiting for the price tag to be very low like they can't pay, to me is not right the way the Napoli side are taking this deal.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Genoa currently needs a new goalkeeper. Because they have just sold their goalkeeper, Josep Martinez, to Inter Milan. And of course Genoa must immediately get a new goalkeeper for their team. And the news I heard was that Genoa had made an offer for De Gea but it didn't seem to go smoothly. Because it seems like De Gea is proposing a salary that is too high, Genoa really has to think twice about bringing in De Gea.

And in other news, I heard that because De Gea might not join Genoa, now this goalkeeper is rumored to have the potential to join a club from Laliga, namely Villareal. But that's just a rumor and there's no clarity at all.

Genoa must have considered their decision when they let Josep Martinez go to Inter Milan and as we can see now they still have 3 goalkeepers in the squad meaning if they don't find a new goalkeeper in this transfer window it's not a big problem there are still other goalkeepers who can be relied on. I wonder why they are trying to sign De Gea even though we know the reason De Gea left Manchester United was his salary, could it be that Genoa thought that after a season without a club De Gea would ask for a lower salary?

We all know De Gea still has great abilities as a goalkeeper even though he is 33 years old it's just that salary is the main obstacle for every club that fails to bring him in. De Gea only chance of earning a high salary is to move to the Saudi Pro League while clubs from other leagues will not be willing to pay more for older players.

[Ahli38]

Genoa must have considered their decision when they let Josep Martinez go to Inter Milan and as we can see now they still have 3 goalkeepers in the squad meaning if they don't find a new goalkeeper in this transfer window it's not a big problem there are still other goalkeepers who can be relied on. I wonder why they are trying to sign De Gea even though we know the reason De Gea left Manchester United was his salary, could it be that Genoa thought that after a season without a club De Gea would ask for a lower salary?

We all know De Gea still has great abilities as a goalkeeper even though he is 33 years old it's just that salary is the main obstacle for every club that fails to bring him in. De Gea only chance of earning a high salary is to move to the Saudi Pro League while clubs from other leagues will not be willing to pay more for older players.

Well, Genoa still has 3 goalkeepers in their squad, namely Nicola Leali, Franz Stolz, and Daniele Sommariva. But I was happy to hear there was more talk about De Gea which I had almost forgotten about. And you are right that the reason De Gea has difficulty finding a new club is also because this goalkeeper always demands a fairly high salary. I understand because he really has quality and long experience with a big club like Manchester United. But I think that because he is no longer young, he should be more open to offers that might even be below the salary he expects. Previously, he left Manchester United because at that time Manchester United was going to extend his contract there, but at that time Manchester United would also reduce his salary at that club. And at that time De Gea decided not to extend his contract at Manchester United and finally left after his contract ended.

And in other news, I heard that because De Gea might not join Genoa, now this goalkeeper is rumored to have the potential to join a club from Laliga, namely Villareal. But that's just a rumor and there's no clarity at all.

Reference:
https://www.cnnindonesia.com/olahraga/20240729174753-142-1126835/de-gea-batal-ke-genoa-permintaan-gaji-tak-masuk-akal

I hope De Gea will soon find a club that suits him again. And I think joining a La Liga club is a good thing. But I'm not sure Villareal will sign him. Although currently Villareal has the potential to lose their potential goalkeeper. And surely after that they will look for a new goalkeeper but I'm not sure the choice will be De Gea.

[tottong]

Is Ironic his replacement has not really been doing well, though ignoring his drama with Manchester United I think he should lower his wages for at least a season or two in order to prove he still in good shape to earn more because I think even Saudi teams won't really give him an high wage as he ought to have earn except he can prove he still got his skill in him.

De Gea has a salary value that must be paid by Manchester United is too big so the management decided not to extend his contract after negotiating a salary reduction.
But did not get a decision because De Gea himself still insisted on not wanting his salary reduced.
If you look at De Gea's ability, it was still quite good before his contract ended and he even became an irreplaceable goalkeeper at Old Trafford. The arrival of Onana changed everything even though if you look at the abilities of both of them I can say De Gea is a little better.

Rumors are circulating that De Gea is getting some proposals now and there are several teams interested in recruiting him.
But if he asks for a big salary, the Saudi Arabian League is much more capable than joining a European club with the hope of a big salary.

[Jatiluhung]

Genoa currently needs a new goalkeeper. Because they have just sold their goalkeeper, Josep Martinez, to Inter Milan. And of course Genoa must immediately get a new goalkeeper for their team. And the news I heard was that Genoa had made an offer for De Gea but it didn't seem to go smoothly. Because it seems like De Gea is proposing a salary that is too high, Genoa really has to think twice about bringing in De Gea.

And in other news, I heard that because De Gea might not join Genoa, now this goalkeeper is rumored to have the potential to join a club from Laliga, namely Villareal. But that's just a rumor and there's no clarity at all.

Genoa must have considered their decision when they let Josep Martinez go to Inter Milan and as we can see now they still have 3 goalkeepers in the squad meaning if they don't find a new goalkeeper in this transfer window it's not a big problem there are still other goalkeepers who can be relied on. I wonder why they are trying to sign De Gea even though we know the reason De Gea left Manchester United was his salary, could it be that Genoa thought that after a season without a club De Gea would ask for a lower salary?

We all know De Gea still has great abilities as a goalkeeper even though he is 33 years old it's just that salary is the main obstacle for every club that fails to bring him in. De Gea only chance of earning a high salary is to move to the Saudi Pro League while clubs from other leagues will not be willing to pay more for older players.

You are right, it seems that Genoa are not in a condition that requires them to quickly look for a new goalkeeper because they still have 3 goalkeepers in their squad. I just found out about this. This means that previously Genoa had 4 goalkeepers in their squad. But I don't understand their steps in immediately making an offer to De Gea even though in the end it doesn't seem to go smoothly. Maybe Genoa will also plan to release their other goalkeeper. Because one of their goalkeepers, Daniele Sommariva, seems to only have 1 season left at Genoa. Meanwhile, the other two goalkeepers still have quite long contracts because some still have contracts until 2026 and 2027.

It seems that the large salary that De Gea wants is indeed a factor that makes other clubs not approach this player. Because so far I think it's rare to hear an offer for De Gea has been reported. But last season it was reported that a number of Arab clubs were interested in De Gea. But I haven't heard back this season. Or maybe I missed it.

[Pandorak]

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[...] And in other news, I heard that because De Gea might not join Genoa, now this goalkeeper is rumored to have the potential to join a club from Laliga, namely Villareal. But that's just a rumor and there's no clarity at all. [...]

Reportedly because the salary request was too high, Genoa did not sign De Gea. It looks like we will see De Gea not playing for any club next season again, it's a shame that at his productive age he won't play. He is too adamant about his market value, even though if he played for any club, he could prove his performance so that big clubs would want to sign him with a high salary.