⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[abhiseshakana]

The De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui deal is not heading on well simply because the valuation of the two players seems to be much. In other days Manchester United wouldn’t have bother paying but with the new structure in the club they wouldn’t pay that amount considering that the two players are surplus to requirements at Bayern Munich, so Manchester United are probably stretching the deal just to lower the asking price more and more but I am optimistic that this deal will be done.

The latest news, Man United is preparing a medical test for Noussair Mazraoui, this means that an agreement has been reached between Bayern Munich and Man United, and maybe in the next few days Man United will give an official statement regarding their third signing. Meanwhile, there is still no certainty about De Ligt's transfer but, if you look at the condition of Man United who have lost Leny Yoro, it is very likely that Man United will make De Ligt's transfer actually happen. They don't have much money left, but if the McTominay transfer actually materializes, Man United could use it to sign De Ligt.

[Silence Scream]

Mikel Merino is about to join Arsenal and play for this team soon. Arsenal want to get the team improved and finally win the premier league title from Manchester City after years of losing it and that's why they decided to hire more players for Arteta.
They want to hire Mikel Merino the player of Real Sociedad. Merino has good physics and since he is not going to expensive option for Arsenal and they should only pay 30 million euros he is a good option for Arteta and his team.


 

Once again Arsenal have secured a quality player and I think the decision to sign Mikel Merino is the right one. This will give Arsenal a much more creative midfield and Mikel Arteta a lot of variety in attack. I still remember Mikel Merino scoring one of the important goals when he was with Spain in the Euros and since then I think he is an underrated player who is rarely noticed.

The fee is much more affordable considering Arsenal have no competition for Mikel Merino's services and I don't think the fee from Real Sociedad is too big to increase profits. What is clear is that the relationship between Arsenal and Real Sociedad will be better in the future and I can't wait for another transfer from Arsenal that will be even more surprising.

Merino is going to really be a good addition to Arsenal,and  with the sale of Smith Rowe already from the club,Merino will be a very quality signing judging from his performance in the Euro.He plays a similar pattern of football like that of Granit Xhaka who left the club last season and the club had struggled to get a replacement for him.
Merinos signing will really boster Arsenal's midfield,and couple with the fact that he will operete from the left flang,it will make Martinelli or Trosard get more goals next season.

The Spanish team, which won Euro 2024 this year, was scrutinized by the most popular teams in Europe. Merino was one of them. Arsenal actually made a very important transfer by adding him to their squad. I think the midfield is the brain of the team. The stronger the midfield, the stronger the team. Merino was also one of the best players in the tournament in this position. He became the maestro of the Real Sociedad midfield. Now it is Arsenal's turn, I hope he has a quality season.

[snipie]

By now it is well known that Antonio Conte has Romelu Lukaku as a protégé, but I honestly believe that they will want to sell Victor Osimhen just to be able to fix the team with the money collected from the sale of the Nigerian. I, however, personally believe that Osimhen is clearly better in every way compared to Lukaku, but who knows what Conte will have in mind, the market is still long and anything can happen

A player can improve his quality under a coach who knows enough about him and of course this is about Conte and Lukaku. For this reason, if Conte really wants Lukaku then he already knows the qualities this player has. To make this transfer a success, Napoli must sell Osimhen in this transfer market because this way they can recruit Lukaku.

If Osimhen fails to leave, of course Conte will rely on Osimhen this season and forget about Lukaku. As you said, it is quite true that the transfer time is still quite long and everything can change. To support the team's performance this season, Conte definitely needs additional strength from the new players who will be recruited in this transfer market.

I don't understand why Napoli signed a new deal with Osimhen in December and then searches to sell him in the first transfer window!
I heard Napoli refused a €80m deal from PSG which is pretty good contract in my opinion regarding how he performed the last year..
There is rumours about gunners trying to offer a better contract than PSG but if Napoli refused it again then they could forget about seeing him leaving the team.

[Silence Scream]

By now it is well known that Antonio Conte has Romelu Lukaku as a protégé, but I honestly believe that they will want to sell Victor Osimhen just to be able to fix the team with the money collected from the sale of the Nigerian. I, however, personally believe that Osimhen is clearly better in every way compared to Lukaku, but who knows what Conte will have in mind, the market is still long and anything can happen

A player can improve his quality under a coach who knows enough about him and of course this is about Conte and Lukaku. For this reason, if Conte really wants Lukaku then he already knows the qualities this player has. To make this transfer a success, Napoli must sell Osimhen in this transfer market because this way they can recruit Lukaku.

If Osimhen fails to leave, of course Conte will rely on Osimhen this season and forget about Lukaku. As you said, it is quite true that the transfer time is still quite long and everything can change. To support the team's performance this season, Conte definitely needs additional strength from the new players who will be recruited in this transfer market.

I don't understand why Napoli signed a new deal with Osimhen in December and then searches to sell him in the first transfer window!
I heard Napoli refused a €80m deal from PSG which is pretty good contract in my opinion regarding how he performed the last year..
There is rumours about gunners trying to offer a better contract than PSG but if Napoli refused it again then they could forget about seeing him leaving the team.

If I remember correctly, Napoli paid 70 million Euros for Osimhen. Now, if the offer for him is 80 million Euros, this will not please Napoli. That's why I understand them rejecting the offer. They may also have difficulty finding a player to replace him. That's why if Osimhen is going to be transferred to another team, Napoli expects a high transfer fee. In my opinion, in this era when players are paid a lot of money, Osimhen could be worth over 100 million Euros.

[Justbillywitt]

I don't know how much Manchester United are offering this is not publicized by the media but for two players De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui Bayer Munich want €70 million.

De Ligt €50 million
Mazraoui €20 million
According to sources from goals. https://www.goal.com/en-om/lists/man-utd-double-offer-bayern-munich-matthijs-de-ligt-noussair-mazraoui-erik-ten-hag-defensive-rebuild/bltf2d918f9a4148fdf#csc18f9a4525dbb9a9

It seems that the offer from Manchester United is too low so this proposal is rejected raw because it is too low and it could be €50 million for both players but we never know what they are talking about.

If it is 70 million in total for total then I see it very sensible to sign them both.    These are defenders who could be very helpful for this club. As both of them are skilled players I'm not surprised the cost of signing them.

Erik ten Hag's main target has been to improve the defense area in the summer so far. It is a thing that I'm glad to see. It has been their weakest area in the end. I guess they have allocated a big budget for transfers. If they paid that much for Yoro I mean.  

Even if Manchester United are in desperate need for defenders, they should pay the right amount that a player is worth. They shouldn't rush and get players that their prices are hiked because they are looking for defenders. Bayern are aware that Manchester United are desperate need for defenders that's why they are asking for that high amount, thinking that Manchester United will rush and buy the players. If De ligt was such a good player for them why did he spend majority of last season on the bench. Even in the euros he was more on the bench than in the field. So why are they asking for that high amount for him. Manchester United should not be tempted to pay higher than he is worth. I think Manchester United have also learnt their lesson from Harry Maguire deal where they spent heavily to get him, only to find out he was a flop at Manchester United. A player that has no place both in country and club should not worth that much.

[Farma]

Alexander Sörloth has transferred to Atletico Madrid. Atletico, looking for a striker to fill Morata's void, found what they were looking for in Villarreal and paid 35 million Euro for Sörloth. Having had the best seasons of his career at Trabzonspor and Villarreal, it remains to be seen how Sörloth will perform at Atletico. I think he will continue to score goals there as well. Maybe he won't break the 20-goal threshold due to Atletico's playing structure, but he will be more effective than his adventures at RB Leipzig and Real Sociedad.

I think it will be a good purchase for Atl.Madrid this season. Sorloth himself is a good player and last season he managed to score 23 goals in Laliga while with Villarreal, and now Atl.Madrid officially brought him in at a price that is not too high for the player, losing Morata of course they looked for other alternatives and they found the star player from Norway, and I think he will be better with Atl.Madrid.

Attack alone he will score many goals at Atl.Madrid there will be many players who support him with good quality assists and of course that will make it easier for him to score goals, I think he is a good player in positioning himself in front of the goal of course that will be used to make him develop even more with Atl.Madrid, if all goes well and assists continue to come to him then it is no wonder that he will be the top scorer next season, the fact is Sorloth is a good player and of course Atm.Madrid wants to develop him to be more than before, and this match will go well between the two.

[Mr.right85]

This thing where managers phase out a player when they don’t want to keep a player is smelling. They have to force them out one way or another. It’s dissatisfying and unnecessary. I think there is a way to deal with all of this without making the public aware of the situation.
For E.g,
Napoli x Osimhen
Juventus x Chiesa
Chelsea x Gallagher

I don’t like how Napoli and Conte is treating Victor Osimhen. It’s pathetic for me.. not fair at all. At least he is still under contract and should be allowed to train and be involved in all. He is clearly ostracized.
My assumption is that, he really tried to force a move last season, and maybe the Club just want to prevent that going forward.

I actually thought that Chelsea selling Gallagher was a rumour, that was the only credible Central midfielder they had last season. Chelsea are now pushing Atletico Madrid to sign Gallagher who has not agreed personal terms with them because they want him gone. It’s embarrassing tbh. They have set a deadline for them to wrap up the deal. He deserves better treatment from the club.

Similar thing is happening in Juventus. New Manager Thiago Motta freezes out Chiesa from the squad. He’s not allowed to train with the full squad. I don’t really understand the whole thing but it’s becoming embarrassing.

[Cryptmuster]

After Atletico failed to sign Dovbyk, they decided not to wait too long and signed a 4-year contract with Sørloth, who belonged to Villarreal and scored 26 goals in 41 matches last season. The transfer amount is 32 million euros. The choice of Atletico is obvious, since Sørloth was Dovbyk's main competitor for the top scorer in La Liga until the last round, and after Atletico lost this transfer to Roma, they decided not to wait any longer and get Sørloth.


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[Oluwa-btc]

After Atletico failed to sign Dovbyk, they decided not to wait too long and signed a 4-year contract with Sørloth, who belonged to Villarreal and scored 26 goals in 41 matches last season. The transfer amount is 32 million euros. The choice of Atletico is obvious, since Sørloth was Dovbyk's main competitor for the top scorer in La Liga until the last round, and after Atletico lost this transfer to Roma, they decided not to wait any longer and get Sørloth.


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They have done well with letting player's go and replacing them wit the right names. Letting Alavaro Morata leave without extending his contract was the right call and they did that at the right timing. He has been a great player for them over the past years. All good things must also come to an end.

Sørloth was the highest goalscorer for Villarreal last season and he came second to the Ukrainian in La Liga last season campaign. It's good to see that Atletico Madrid are getting these goalscorer it shows they'll advance forward than they did last season and with the addition of Joào Felix back into the first team squad, they could be fighting for La Liga Competition next season with Real Madrid.

Asides Sørloth, they're also in close contact with the the Fifa World Cup Competition winners Julian Alvarez. He wants to play more than he is doing so he is eager to leave Manchester City. Yesterday, I read he'll bw joining Atletico Madrid immediately the Olympics comes to an end. I don't know how valid this is though.

[Leviathan.007]

Tammy Abraham the player of Roma made his decision and he wants to play for AC Milan in the next season.
AC Milan wants to get ready for the next season and they hired some players, they recently hired Álvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid for 13 million euros but they still want to hire more players and now it seems Tammy Abraham is about to join this team soon.
Tammy Abraham had some other offers from teams like Everton but he prefers to stay in Serie A and play for AC Milan in the next season.
 

[W Jr.]

Tammy Abraham the player of Roma made his decision and he wants to play for AC Milan in the next season.
AC Milan wants to get ready for the next season and they hired some players, they recently hired Álvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid for 13 million euros but they still want to hire more players and now it seems Tammy Abraham is about to join this team soon.
Tammy Abraham had some other offers from teams like Everton but he prefers to stay in Serie A and play for AC Milan in the next season.
 

I think it would be better for Abraham to play in European cups with Milan rather than going to Everton and trying not to get relegated from the Premier League. Tammy Abraham is a player who has proven his quality with Roma. Now I think Milan will prepare for the fight. Morata is good and Abraham is good. Milan seems to really want the Scudetto next year. They are making very good transfers.

[asriloni]

After Atletico failed to sign Dovbyk, they decided not to wait too long and signed a 4-year contract with Sørloth, who belonged to Villarreal and scored 26 goals in 41 matches last season. The transfer amount is 32 million euros. The choice of Atletico is obvious, since Sørloth was Dovbyk's main competitor for the top scorer in La Liga until the last round, and after Atletico lost this transfer to Roma, they decided not to wait any longer and get Sørloth.


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Not a bad transfer by ATM. Though Dovbyk is a bit better than Sørloth, I see them as equal strikers. The only problem is if Sørloth's price is too high, but it seems ATM doesn't mind it. Dovbyk was a pen merchant, but Sørloth seems more technical than DovByk.

Sørloth is a good striker, but he should cost 22m max. It's a bit surprising to me how ATM bought him at such a high price. I remember Sørloth was Roma's target. Then, they changed their mind and got Dovbyk as a new striker after Lukaku returned to Chelsea. And it forces ATM to change their target too.

Sorloth has more experience in La Liga, and he scored 1/3 of Villarreal's total goals, which is not that bad, though. I hope he does well in ATM.

[Velvet78]

I don't know how much Manchester United are offering this is not publicized by the media but for two players De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui Bayer Munich want €70 million.

De Ligt €50 million
Mazraoui €20 million
According to sources from goals. https://www.goal.com/en-om/lists/man-utd-double-offer-bayern-munich-matthijs-de-ligt-noussair-mazraoui-erik-ten-hag-defensive-rebuild/bltf2d918f9a4148fdf#csc18f9a4525dbb9a9

It seems that the offer from Manchester United is too low so this proposal is rejected raw because it is too low and it could be €50 million for both players but we never know what they are talking about.

70 million euros for both? What are they waiting for then, just buy them!    I mean I was expecting only de Ligt himself to cost them such amount. Maybe the news source is also not sure about the number.

Investments into defense line is very valuable for the Red Devils this summer. The mentioned players are both talented. I wouldn't expect any of them to perform poorly. They would be better than the ones in the current squad at least. 

Maybe the Red Devils want to keep their finances as balanced as possible not to have issues with FFP. Otherwise I believe their budget would be huge for transfers. If they sell the names in their transfer list everything will be easier.

[mammusu]

Tammy Abraham the player of Roma made his decision and he wants to play for AC Milan in the next season.
AC Milan wants to get ready for the next season and they hired some players, they recently hired Álvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid for 13 million euros but they still want to hire more players and now it seems Tammy Abraham is about to join this team soon.
Tammy Abraham had some other offers from teams like Everton but he prefers to stay in Serie A and play for AC Milan in the next season.
 

The arrival of Artem Dovbyk has made many significant changes in Roma front line at the moment, one of which is the possibility of Tammy Abraham leaving Roma today,  Last season he didn't get a better playing opportunity so his decision to leave was the right step and with the arrival of Artem Dovbyk of course it will make his opportunity to play next season even more difficult, for Milan the presence of Tammy Abraham will probably be able to cover the hole left by Giroud now which has left for MLS, Tammy Abraham will be quite a good addition for Milan especially them next season will play in the Champions League which incidentally requires better squad depth and of course the duo of Morata and Tammy Abraham will be Milan mainstay in winning the Scudetto and also competing in the Champions League next season.

[Xcode7]

After Atletico failed to sign Dovbyk, they decided not to wait too long and signed a 4-year contract with Sørloth, who belonged to Villarreal and scored 26 goals in 41 matches last season. The transfer amount is 32 million euros. The choice of Atletico is obvious, since Sørloth was Dovbyk's main competitor for the top scorer in La Liga until the last round, and after Atletico lost this transfer to Roma, they decided not to wait any longer and get Sørloth.


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Not a bad transfer by ATM. Though Dovbyk is a bit better than Sørloth, I see them as equal strikers. The only problem is if Sørloth's price is too high, but it seems ATM doesn't mind it. Dovbyk was a pen merchant, but Sørloth seems more technical than DovByk.

Sørloth is a good striker, but he should cost 22m max. It's a bit surprising to me how ATM bought him at such a high price. I remember Sørloth was Roma's target. Then, they changed their mind and got Dovbyk as a new striker after Lukaku returned to Chelsea. And it forces ATM to change their target too.

Sorloth has more experience in La Liga, and he scored 1/3 of Villarreal's total goals, which is not that bad, though. I hope he does well in ATM.

I am not comparing Sørloth with Artem Dovbyk but Sørloth has proven to play quite well and productively last season and indeed the two are not much different in their characteristics so I think bringing in Sørloth is the right step for Atletico Madrid to improve their front line which had a bit of a problem in scoring goals like last season.

I think Sørloth's price is quite reasonable considering he is a quality player and also quite experienced.
now he is 28 years old, that is quite a mature age for a striker.
I am sure Sørloth will be quite helpful for Atletico Madrid's front line.

[Leviathan.007]

Another player left Manchester City, Yan Couto the Brazilian player of this team joined Dortmund.
Yan Couto is a 22-year-old player and he needs to be in the team where he can have more chances to play and that's why he left Manchester City to play where he can have more chances to play.
Yan Couto is going to play in Dortmund on loan and if they they want to have this player permanently they should pay 30 million euros for him.
He never played for his team in the Premier League and he was always playing for other teams like Girona on loan where he had good performances.

 

[rendravolt]

After Atletico failed to sign Dovbyk, they decided not to wait too long and signed a 4-year contract with Sørloth, who belonged to Villarreal and scored 26 goals in 41 matches last season. The transfer amount is 32 million euros. The choice of Atletico is obvious, since Sørloth was Dovbyk's main competitor for the top scorer in La Liga until the last round, and after Atletico lost this transfer to Roma, they decided not to wait any longer and get Sørloth.


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Not a bad transfer by ATM. Though Dovbyk is a bit better than Sørloth, I see them as equal strikers. The only problem is if Sørloth's price is too high, but it seems ATM doesn't mind it. Dovbyk was a pen merchant, but Sørloth seems more technical than DovByk.

Sørloth is a good striker, but he should cost 22m max. It's a bit surprising to me how ATM bought him at such a high price. I remember Sørloth was Roma's target. Then, they changed their mind and got Dovbyk as a new striker after Lukaku returned to Chelsea. And it forces ATM to change their target too.

Sorloth has more experience in La Liga, and he scored 1/3 of Villarreal's total goals, which is not that bad, though. I hope he does well in ATM.

But I think Atletico have found the ideal striker even though they failed to get Dovbyk and don't we still remember how dark Real Madrid was last season when they faced Villarreal where Sørloth scored 4 times and embarrassed Real Madrid who were previously ahead. I think Atletico prepared Sørloth for all conditions, especially what if in the Madrid derby where tension and pride are always at stake.

If we talk about the cost, I think it still makes sense considering Sørloth has always been consistent and if it weren't for him scoring a lot of goals last season then it would be impossible for Atletico to pay too much for him. On the other hand, Villarreal certainly uses this transfer to gain more profit, so it is quite natural that both clubs will benefit from this transfer.

[Rengga Jati]

I am not comparing Sørloth with Artem Dovbyk but Sørloth has proven to play quite well and productively last season and indeed the two are not much different in their characteristics so I think bringing in Sørloth is the right step for Atletico Madrid to improve their front line which had a bit of a problem in scoring goals like last season.

Both became top scorers in La Liga last season, where the goal difference was only 1 goal. However, there are some differences in the number of matches. At least, from this data we can see the statistics of both, how both strikers made extraordinary contributions to their respective clubs, until both became the target of other top clubs.


taken from: statistics for Artem Dovbyk vs. Alexander Sørloth

Both have their own plus. With a difference of only 1 goal, Dovbyk has more matches than Sorloth. But what is certain is that both of them were not well-known as top forward players in early, but last season, their names both skyrocketed because of their very impressive contributions, Artem Dovbyk, known to be one of the key players for a small club like Girona, finally able to really enter the top 3 of La Liga.

[Adams0001]

By now it is well known that Antonio Conte has Romelu Lukaku as a protégé, but I honestly believe that they will want to sell Victor Osimhen just to be able to fix the team with the money collected from the sale of the Nigerian. I, however, personally believe that Osimhen is clearly better in every way compared to Lukaku, but who knows what Conte will have in mind, the market is still long and anything can happen

A player can improve his quality under a coach who knows enough about him and of course this is about Conte and Lukaku. For this reason, if Conte really wants Lukaku then he already knows the qualities this player has. To make this transfer a success, Napoli must sell Osimhen in this transfer market because this way they can recruit Lukaku.

If Osimhen fails to leave, of course Conte will rely on Osimhen this season and forget about Lukaku. As you said, it is quite true that the transfer time is still quite long and everything can change. To support the team's performance this season, Conte definitely needs additional strength from the new players who will be recruited in this transfer market.

In my opinion, Lukaku is not as excellent as he was when he played for Inter Milan before joining Chelsea. I prefer Osimhen over him. Chelsea is no longer interested in him, which is why they are attempting to transfer him to another club in order to raise finances and acquire new players again. Osimhen helped Napoli win the league title, but they no longer respect him, which is why they are hoping to keep him as a substitute if Lukaku joins the club shortly. Napoli's hefty fees indicate that they are unwilling to sell him for a low sum, as they do not want to lose the money they paid for him in Lille. Which how Napoli are really interested on Lukaku he will be very difficult if Chelsea will not sell him to the club,  I would prefer that Osimhen left Napoli for another challenging league because I don't believe he can win the UCL with the club if he stays next season. Napoli sees something in Lukaku and believes he can boost the team's quality and help them win trophies.

[shinratensei_]

Tammy Abraham the player of Roma made his decision and he wants to play for AC Milan in the next season.
AC Milan wants to get ready for the next season and they hired some players, they recently hired Álvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid for 13 million euros but they still want to hire more players and now it seems Tammy Abraham is about to join this team soon.
Tammy Abraham had some other offers from teams like Everton but he prefers to stay in Serie A and play for AC Milan in the next season.
 

I think it would be better for Abraham to play in European cups with Milan rather than going to Everton and trying not to get relegated from the Premier League. Tammy Abraham is a player who has proven his quality with Roma. Now I think Milan will prepare for the fight. Morata is good and Abraham is good. Milan seems to really want the Scudetto next year. They are making very good transfers.

Many people would call Tammy a dumb player if he moves to Everton. I'm quite happy to see that Tammy still uses his sense here. Tammy interested in being a part of Milan because Tammy can fulfill his dream of playing in the UCL again. But still, Tammy's super injury prone is worrying me now.

I prefer that Milan take a loan with an option to buy. I think Ac Milan can get him on loan to see how well he does. It would be a good choice. I hope they're not rushing to sign him.

Milan is now inspired by their rivals, Inter, who are performing well. Lastly, if Milan must buy him from Roma, I hope they won't offer more than 16m.