⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Ahli38]

Why did Nketiah’s move to Marseille collapsed? What is the reason why Marseille didn’t pay that money for Nketiah ?
However, we won't know why Marseille made that  decision. Could be economic or football reasons. Either way, I can't even blame Nketiah.

Some articles that I've read (most of them pointed to the same source) basically claims that Marseille feels that 30 million euro is just too much for him, which is why they will sign another player roughly at the same price. I guess their budget is just limited since they move quickly to find another target. I don't think we'll know much further than this. I wonder if other clubs will try to sign him on the next transfer windows, probably hoping for a cheaper transfer fee or even free transfer deal.

An agreement between the clubs was not reached. And yes, it seems like this is indeed a matter of costs that are too expensive. And Marseille have found the player they are targeting. And with this, the transfer was agreed to be canceled and Marseille have found a player they can reach more for, for example Elye Wahi from Lens.  And it seems that Nketiah is really disappointed with Marseille's failure to redeem him from Arsenal. But he still has the opportunity to leave Arsenal because it looks like there are other Premier League clubs that will be targeting him in the transfer market, for example Bournemouth, which currently needs a striker.

[Josefjix]

There is close to zero chance Vini Jr leaves Real Madrid to go to Saudi Arabia any time soon.

He is not even at his peak yet, he earns more than enough at Real and has a chance to take over from Messi and CR7 as the next world super star.

No way he goes to Saudi which is essentially a well paid retirement home for older players.

I think Saudi Arabia have a way to convince players to come over and it's from the tempting bids. This is crucially not suitable for the balance budget of the European football as it disrupts it. However, this huge offer is very tempting and Vinicius Junior is the next era of Ronaldo and Messi. He's also one of the best players over the past years, merely coming into limelight in Real Madrid jersey, under the appropriate management of Florentino Pérez and Carlo Ancelotti.

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Ajax is interested in Aaron Ramsdale from Arsenal.
Arsenal for this reason is interest in a move for Joan Garcia0
Real Madrid will not allow to leave for the Saudi Pro League for AS, but imho this is a BS, the player as a release clause if anyone will pay it the play can leave the minute after the payment.
Al-Ittihad will keep Kante.

Source BBC

[Unknown01]

This news is purely speculative. 1 Billion Euros is a lot of money and I think the Arabs know what kind of money it is. Otherwise, it is impossible for a player to pay that much as a transfer fee. Even if the player has superpowers, this is a huge amount of money. With 1 billion euros you could build a team that would put an end to Real Madrid's dominance. That's why it's a lot of money for a player. I think Real Madrid knows this and that's why they have set a utopian value for Vini Jr. Even those who don't understand soccer know that Vini Jr is don’t worth 1 billion Euros. I think the media site that published this news has seen a serious drop in traffic lately.

In the meantime, some journalists have confirmed the offer from the Saudis to Vini Jr. and that he will receive a total salary of 1 billion euros over the entire contract period. Sounds crazy and I too would have thought that there was nothing to the rumours, but apparently they are true. Despite the sum, Vini is not convinced and is having second thoughts. If the player agrees, I am sure that Real can also be convinced with an amount below the transfer fee agreed in the contract.

[KTChampions]

There is close to zero chance Vini Jr leaves Real Madrid to go to Saudi Arabia any time soon.

He is not even at his peak yet, he earns more than enough at Real and has a chance to take over from Messi and CR7 as the next world super star.

No way he goes to Saudi which is essentially a well paid retirement home for older players.

Yep. With the value of media content growing, Vinnie could easily make a billion as a top player in a top league (in Europe, that is) without having to go to Saudi Arabia. The offer from the Saudis is on one hand incredible in terms of the amount of money on offer, but also what Vinnie has to sacrifice, and obviously Vinnie will not go astray from the path he is following his idol (Ronaldo). First a bunch of titles and the Ballon d'Ors, and only at the end of his career, Saudi Arabia (if it is relevant by that time).

[Amphenomenon]

I have also heard that Todd Bohely is more interested in the profit that he earns instead of actually making the club better. Probably that is also a reason why we are watching such a downfall of Chelsea in recent times. But directly saying that also makes you think that they are spending money, so reasons could be a lot of other factors as well.

Todd Bohely is an investor that only cares about his profits and knows nothing about football. He's spending too much money right now so he can profits in the future. The numbers of first team players Chelsea has is increasing and he's not stopping soon as he is adding more players to the team. The only reason I can think about why he's doing this is to be able to sell the players in the future for profits. He might loan many of them out to have playing time to increase their value and when he sells them, he's make a fortune. Haven't you noticed the long contracts, he isn't only doing that just to avoid FFP rules but also to hold the players for long.

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Todd is the main problem at Chelsea currently, he sees every players as a form of investment which is disappointing to me, the new management gives little to no concern to our Cobham players even after all the funds invested by the previous management. His management is discouraging the Cobham youngsters, maybe this was why he had issue with Poch.

The amount Chelsea did pay for some players as been alarming which somehow as been the reason so much pressure are on them to do well also.

While I so much hate Todd management and his questionable management system from really long  contract is often surprising how much these players do receive weekly which is a lot different from the past where a player receive, though this matter also on the stars they are going for and I guessed this would be the main problem getting Osimhen though Lukaku and Sterling currently earns more than him at Chelsea.

Another issue is from the fact that he continues to sign various teenagers and then loan them while we can see that those he signed like 2022/2023, is now open for sale while some worth more others definitely lost value these is another thing that is drawing FFP and in order not to face this problem they would have to sell some of the promising youngsters either from this or from the academy which will folk out some good fee.

I just hope if things will turn out worst it should happen now even if it's bankruptcy or relegation or FFP then maybe Todd would be kick out or at least become sensible to act in the right way of managing club.

[Fiatless]

Here's a good signing by Manchester United, they bought both De Ligt and Mazraoui from Bayern Munich only for 60 Million Euros. Their back line will be stronger, nice to see Manchester United paying attention with their back line instead of focusing to sign new striker over and over.

They will save Onana's name since they will minimize Manchester United of getting conceded.

a pretty good buy for man united, hopefully these two defenders can help the red devils defense in the premier league and other competitions, man united spent 60 million euros for two people, that's a good expense, and ten hag is trusted by management to choose his recruits in full, hopefully this season erik ten hag will not disappoint man united supporters, and can compete.

on the other hand manchester united will face fulham in their first match, de ligt can be played considering luke shaw is injured.

Although I don't know much about  Noussair Mazraoui since he is not a first-team player in Bayern Munich I will assume that he is a good defender for him to be identified by Manchester United scouts. Getting the Moroccan and Matthijs de Ligt at such a price is very cheap. And both of them signed a long-term deal (four and five years). The ages of both players (Noussair Mazraoui, twenty-six, and Matthijs de Ligt, twenty-five) also depict that both players are at the peak of their football careers. I watched the community shield game between United and Manchester City and the former's defense was not that bad, but the introduction of these two players will make it more solid. The days when the Red Devils will depend on average defenders like Harry Maguire is finally over.

[Raflesia]

Manchester united last season suffered often from the fact that their defence was so bad while their key defenders where often injured and this season they are really doing well fixing that problem by getting more defenders, I expected them to sign more after their new signing Lenny Yoro was injured during pre season, good buy though all they hope is for them to turn out great once the season kicks off now especially with no unfortunate injuries set backs.

The problem comes back to injuries in the end. Yoro, who was brought expensive, had to accept that he had to be in the treatment room for about 3 months due to the injury he suffered during the pre-season match, which of course was a bit unfortunate even though he was one of the defenders who had been projected for the start of the season so that Manchester United could be stronger but he had to be absent for a long duration of time.

Fortunately, Manchester United moved quickly by bringing in the Bayern duo where De Ligt and Mazraoui they had managed to get from Bayern which at least it could patch up the gaps in the current Manchester United squad.
It is undeniable that there are still some reliable players like Lisandro Martinez for Manchester United but with the arrival of 3 new defenders then of course this is even better for them because some players like Shaw who are prone to injury and Maguire who sometimes makes me a little heartbeat because of his performance (although last season was not as extreme as before) I think it is a good thing that Ten Hag did because he realized that their defense was weak.

[EL MOHA]

There is close to zero chance Vini Jr leaves Real Madrid to go to Saudi Arabia any time soon.

He is not even at his peak yet, he earns more than enough at Real and has a chance to take over from Messi and CR7 as the next world super star.

No way he goes to Saudi which is essentially a well paid retirement home for older players.

Yeah we all know how Rumours sometimes translate to been true but you see this particular one it is not materializing to any truth, Vinicius setting his eyes at the Balon D’OR something that he could win this year or maybe next so he wouldn’t want to leave just yet. Aside that Madrid have set a ridiculous amount of $1B as his release clause so that clubs cannot easily match it to take the player away from them.

After the back line is now resolved because the purchase of a defender has been completed, now Man United is eyeing Ivan Toney along with Chelsea because this team also wants him.

Hojlund is injured for a few weeks.
Rashford is linked with Arab Club, this is not certain.
So anticipate when there is a Rashford agreement with another team then Ivan Toney will be the next target, so far they have not dared to pay 60M for Ivan Toney.

Not that Manchester United do not need another striker to add to Zirkzee and Hojlund but their major responsibility or area of interest and emergency has to be the central midfield role which I think should be their next signing, they have highlighted many options with Urgate been their top priority but it seems that PSG just want way too much and if they Persist Manchester United should look else where like Sander Berge or even De Jong who Barcelona desperately want off their wage list

[TelolettOm]

Here's a good signing by Manchester United, they bought both De Ligt and Mazraoui from Bayern Munich only for 60 Million Euros. Their back line will be stronger, nice to see Manchester United paying attention with their back line instead of focusing to sign new striker over and over.

I can say this is one of the best signing of Man United in the current transfer window. Man United really needs better defenders, they sign the right players to strengthen their defense line. If Man United can keep the fitness of De Ligt and Mazraoui well in the whole season, I am very sure they will perform optimally. I just feel a bit worried with De Light because he often gets injury. However, I am optimistic Man United will perform better with the existence of these players in their lineup for the new season. Anyway, are you sure Man United only spend 60 million Euros for De Ligt and Mazraoui? Honestly, 60 million Euros is very cheap for 2 good defenders. De Ligt market value 65 million Euros and Mazraoui market value 30 million Euros. The price of these players ideally is around 95 million Euros. 

[asriloni]

It's official now; Juventus has terminated Wojciech Szczęsny's contract. He has one year left on his contract. But Juventus has decided not to keep him due to his name being excluded from Motta's list. It really saddens me to see that Wojciech Szczęsny is leaving Juventus, and it feels like we did him dirty.

Wojciech Szczęsny is such a gentleman. He agreed to end the contract for the club's good. It was his right to stay and earn a salary like others. Thank you for everything Tek!.

[tottong]

I can say this is one of the best signing of Man United in the current transfer window. Man United really needs better defenders, they sign the right players to strengthen their defense line. If Man United can keep the fitness of De Ligt and Mazraoui well in the whole season, I am very sure they will perform optimally. I just feel a bit worried with De Light because he often gets injury.

If the coach does not rotation the players and play them fully in every match then it is feared that it will be prone to injury.
Last season we saw Martinez who always had problems which affected their defense line because he was stuck with injuries.
That is why it is important to have good squad depth so that the manager can rotate players if needed.
Both names are good players that Manchester United bought, they have really overhauled the team now to compete.

The game in the Premier League is much tougher and maybe different from the competition in the Bundesliga or others so the coach must try to be careful when playing De Light to avoid injury.

[Litzki1990]

I don't deny the fact that PSG may change dramatically after Mbappe leaves, the only question is in which direction, because it's quite possible that they may not develop adequate tactics for the new season without Mbappe and then their results will be lame at least at the beginning of the season. Although they have no competitors in Ligue 1 you could say

Ligue One becomes an important league when we have the Frenchman in the league, he was popular enough to make it entertaining and competitive, we love watching Kylian Mbappe playing for Paris Saint-Germain, carrying the team's burdens on his shoulders. Kylian Mbappe was the main star in PSG and have dominated everything the club, his prowess and incredible ability made him to be formed. Paris Saint-Germain can survive without the critical aides from Kylian Mbappe who happens to be in Real Madrid jersey. Luis Enrique knows the challenges he faces and working towards resolving them becomes smooth for him.

PSG remain the favorites in Ligue 1 after Mbappe's departure. Luis Enrique will likely have more freedom in managing his team because he won't feel pressured by just one particular player.

An entire team does not depend on one player but when an important player leaves the club his absence in every match makes the club understand very well. Mbappe has been the most reliable star of PSG but he has completed his contract with Real Madrid this season and he has already played his debut match for Real Madrid but PSG has not appointed any other player in this position yet. If they want to manage the team well and if they expect more from the team then they need to change some places and replace Mbappe with a quality player. When Luis Enrique signed with PSG I thought he would be given financial freedom but he probably wasn't. Had he been given financial freedom, he might have signed many players at this time.

[klidex]

I have to say that the club from Saudi Pro League misplaced the offer because Real Madrid is not a team that lacks money, meaning they are not easily tempted even if there is a high offer, Vinicius Junior is still under contract until 2027 so Real Madrid still has control over this player unless his contract has a year left then the Mbappe scenario could happen to Vinicius Junior. I think this is just an attempt by clubs from the Saudi Pro League to attract attention through sports media in the world and they know this effort will be in vain it's just that they get attention from the news.

In the past, Real Madrid was tempted by the offer of a Saudi Arabian club regarding Karim Benzema, but at that time Real Madrid dared to make a decision because Karim Benzema was already 35 years old so there was no reason for Real Madrid to continue to maintain him and Karim Benzema also moved there without coercion while now it is very clear that Vinicius Jr is still very young to go to Saudi Arabia even though he was offered a fantastic salary but it would not be good for his future, money can be found but to find a big name will not come twice, if he has a big name like Messi and Ronaldo even when he is old he will still be valuable and his achievements will be appreciated.

By the way Vinicius Junior market value continues to increase, will he reach 200 million next season?

I think the price of Vinicius Jr will continue to increase if his performance is still the same as the last few seasons, the combination of Mbappe and Vinicius Jr will further sharpen both of them, both players will become the most expensive players owned by Real Madrid.

[reagansimms]

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Yeah we all know how Rumours sometimes translate to been true but you see this particular one it is not materializing to any truth, Vinicius setting his eyes at the Balon D’OR something that he could win this year or maybe next so he wouldn’t want to leave just yet. Aside that Madrid have set a ridiculous amount of $1B as his release clause so that clubs cannot easily match it to take the player away from them.

As long as he is still playing for Real Madrid, his chances of getting the Ballon D'or are very big because he has become an important player for Real Madrid and his contribution to the team is also very big. During his time at Real Madrid he has won everything, only the Ballon D'or is missing. Now he is in the golden age of his career, his age is still young, his future is very bright if he continues to play in high level competitions. The price set by Real Madrid as a way of protecting one of its valuable assets from being taken by other clubs, he has also officially stated that he wants to continue to be at the Santiago Bernabeu. I think this transfer will not happen because Vinicius and Real Madrid still want to continue their cooperation.

[Mr.right85]

It seems Brighton has activated the release clause of Leeds forward Georginio Rutter. It’s a very good signing for the club but i want to know why Brighton is spending much money after they frustrated De Zerbi to leave. De Zerbi would have done a lot more with better support.

This is exactly the same thing West ham did with David Moyes. They were so stingy for him. Signed mid players. Bowen that was blowing was signed from Hull city for peanuts. The most exciting signing of Moyes era was Kudus pretty much. But look at how they’re spending big for the new Manager Lopetegui.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I still don't know why Chelsea boardor the management are not taking some, if not their senior players too serious, few weeks back they ejected Trevoh Tom Chalobah out from everything that has to do with the senior team and he has been training with the junior team including Lukaku and this is not good for business.
Now they make it look like Gallagher has a hand in the collapse of the deal to Atletico Madrid, things didn't work out well and the player played his part to make the move go through and now returning to Stanford Bridge has a punishment for him, he had to join the others to play and train with the junior team and anything concerning the big boy they cut them off which to me is too harsh on the players.
Players who are suppose to be used by the manager to build a better and much stronger team has been discarded because the owners are trying to do what exactly? Improve the team? No way, Chelsea still has a long way and they have not yet figured out their problem rather they are making things worse for the team, that's their main target, make it unhealthy for the players, too bad for the Blues.

[Unknown01]

Although I don't know much about  Noussair Mazraoui since he is not a first-team player in Bayern Munich I will assume that he is a good defender for him to be identified by Manchester United scouts. Getting the Moroccan and Matthijs de Ligt at such a price is very cheap. And both of them signed a long-term deal (four and five years). The ages of both players (Noussair Mazraoui, twenty-six, and Matthijs de Ligt, twenty-five) also depict that both players are at the peak of their football careers. I watched the community shield game between United and Manchester City and the former's defense was not that bad, but the introduction of these two players will make it more solid. The days when the Red Devils will depend on average defenders like Harry Maguire is finally over.

I saw him play a few times and he was alright. At Bayern Munich he just didn't get as much playing time as he would have liked and Manchester United will certainly be able to give him more playing time. Now it's up to Mazraoui whether he gets a starting eleven spot or not. De ligt is a well-known defender anyway and will certainly have a positive effect at ManU.

[Farma]

It's official now; Juventus has terminated Wojciech Szczęsny's contract. He has one year left on his contract. But Juventus has decided not to keep him due to his name being excluded from Motta's list. It really saddens me to see that Wojciech Szczęsny is leaving Juventus, and it feels like we did him dirty.

Wojciech Szczęsny is such a gentleman. He agreed to end the contract for the club's good. It was his right to stay and earn a salary like others. Thank you for everything Tek!.

I also read this news with emotion, how Juventus ended all this with Szczesny after seven years together it was a shame how he worked hard and kept clean sheets for Juventus almost every game it seemed like the Old Lady of Turin didn't appreciate him at all, and my thoughts about him were wrong that he would retire there and in fact he was like thrown out of there with one season left and they ended it and Szczesny could leave on a free transfer, and hopefully he finds a club that appreciates him more and I also read news about him that there are still many clubs that want his services and the possibility of him being in Serie A next season is still there, hopefully Szczesny can play in Serie A again to face his old club and do everything for the club he will defend. Losing Szczesny I think will affect Juventus' goalkeepers next season because he is a solid player there and Motta wants a new goalkeeper who has conceded seven goals in pre-season so it seems like something bad or karma will judge Juventus soon and I think Szczesny will find a new club that will treat him well.

[Barikui1]

I still don't know why Chelsea boardor the management are not taking some, if not their senior players too serious, few weeks back they ejected Trevoh Tom Chalobah out from everything that has to do with the senior team and he has been training with the junior team including Lukaku and this is not good for business.
Now they make it look like Gallagher has a hand in the collapse of the deal to Atletico Madrid, things didn't work out well and the player played his part to make the move go through and now returning to Stanford Bridge has a punishment for him, he had to join the others to play and train with the junior team and anything concerning the big boy they cut them off which to me is too harsh on the players.
Players who are suppose to be used by the manager to build a better and much stronger team has been discarded because the owners are trying to do what exactly? Improve the team? No way, Chelsea still has a long way and they have not yet figured out their problem rather they are making things worse for the team, that's their main target, make it unhealthy for the players, too bad for the Blues.

We are all saying the same thing bro, the news owners of Chelsea Todd boehly is just busy ruining the club that it took roman abrahimovic years to build, ok let's look at these particular players in question, apart from Romelu lukaku that I think isn't good enough to stay in the team, the rest of the guy are still very good and active, what annoys me the most about all they have done this summer is dropping Trevor cholaba without giving him a fair chance as others, and taking someone as clueless as badachile to their preseason, someone that can't even put his body on the line as a defender to save a ball that was a goal bound, couple with the fact that he is an error prone defender, honestly I don't see what the manager and Todd boehly sees in badiashile that he is still at the club up till now.

And as for the case of Conor Gallagher, it actually saddens me that someone as him that loves the club so much is being forced out, and made to train with the reserve team as if he is the cause of the collapse of the atletico madrid deal, though this particular deal can still go through, but anything can still happen.