⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[mamesso]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly left his club's game today against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge just before the final whistle. It's reported that the club's chairman was infuriated with the performance and result of his players and is now prepared to meet Napoli's demand on Victor Osimhen. Considering the number of players Chelsea have signed already this summer, do you think it's a good move for the club owner to sign Victor Osimhen this summer?

Todd Boehly ambition is very big, he wants to make Chelsea a strong team in the EPL in a short time, the defeat from Manchester City is certainly unacceptable to him because the result was never expected, especially since he has spent a lot of money to recruit new players. But he has to look at it realistically, Manchester City is not a team like Fulham or West Ham, it takes a lot of power to beat Manchester City.

Bringing in Osimhen wouldn't be a bad move, as long as he can get the transfer done, Chelsea fans will welcome him with joy. Osimhen's arrival could also increase competition in the front line, this situation will certainly make Chelsea players compete to win a place in the main squad. Todd Boehly has to trust the process, this is just the first game and the defeat they suffered was against the strongest team in the EPL.

[Luzin]

Many German clubs want to get Tomas Palacios. Reportedly they offered €10 million, but Palacios wanted to go to Inter. He currently plays at the Independiente Rivadivia as a loan player from Talleres. Palacios is 21 years old, even he does want to go to Inter. This condition is certainly beneficial for Inter, they want to get Alessandro Bastoni's coating. This is in line with the desire of the Management who want to have young players for a long project.

Source: https://sempreinter.com/2024/08/18/bunfesliga-clubs-offer-e10m-tomas-palacios-he-wants-inter/

[Hurley27]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly left his club's game today against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge just before the final whistle. It's reported that the club's chairman was infuriated with the performance and result of his players and is now prepared to meet Napoli's demand on Victor Osimhen. Considering the number of players Chelsea have signed already this summer, do you think it's a good move for the club owner to sign Victor Osimhen this summer?

Todd Boehly ambition is very big, he wants to make Chelsea a strong team in the EPL in a short time, the defeat from Manchester City is certainly unacceptable to him because the result was never expected, especially since he has spent a lot of money to recruit new players. But he has to look at it realistically, Manchester City is not a team like Fulham or West Ham, it takes a lot of power to beat Manchester City.

Bringing in Osimhen wouldn't be a bad move, as long as he can get the transfer done, Chelsea fans will welcome him with joy. Osimhen's arrival could also increase competition in the front line, this situation will certainly make Chelsea players compete to win a place in the main squad. Todd Boehly has to trust the process, this is just the first game and the defeat they suffered was against the strongest team in the EPL.

They definitely need a player like Osimhen. Good in the air, good with his feet, great movement and physically strong. Jackson makes good runs but gets into too many Messes with his feet. Also, the squad needs time to gel as there are so many new players under a new manager.

[Blitzboy]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly left his club's game today against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge just before the final whistle. It's reported that the club's chairman was infuriated with the performance and result of his players and is now prepared to meet Napoli's demand on Victor Osimhen. Considering the number of players Chelsea have signed already this summer, do you think it's a good move for the club owner to sign Victor Osimhen this summer?

Boehly hurrying off? Thats not just frustration, thats a man who cares, a man who wants Chelsea to win. But Chelsea's window of transfer is a disaster. They needed a striker, everyone knows that. Jackson. Not slashing it. Osimhen would have been the solution; he is a proven goalscorer with UCL experience, the entire package. But hello, 42 players and counting, who needs quality?

This is about winning not about quantity. Chelsea needs a striker who can deliver, and they missed their chance. Osimhen off the table, and that's a major loss. The group is big; the chemistry is questionable; the clock is running. So, what now? Boehly's has to find it quickly. Chelsea's playing catch-up as this season's already under progress. They need results; they need a plan; they need leadership. The fans deserve better.

[Jody.Drummer]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly left his club's game today against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge just before the final whistle. It's reported that the club's chairman was infuriated with the performance and result of his players and is now prepared to meet Napoli's demand on Victor Osimhen. Considering the number of players Chelsea have signed already this summer, do you think it's a good move for the club owner to sign Victor Osimhen this summer?

Todd Boehly ambition is very big, he wants to make Chelsea a strong team in the EPL in a short time, the defeat from Manchester City is certainly unacceptable to him because the result was never expected, especially since he has spent a lot of money to recruit new players. But he has to look at it realistically, Manchester City is not a team like Fulham or West Ham, it takes a lot of power to beat Manchester City.

Bringing in Osimhen wouldn't be a bad move, as long as he can get the transfer done, Chelsea fans will welcome him with joy. Osimhen's arrival could also increase competition in the front line, this situation will certainly make Chelsea players compete to win a place in the main squad. Todd Boehly has to trust the process, this is just the first game and the defeat they suffered was against the strongest team in the EPL.

I am not surprised by the defeat felt by Chelsea in this match, even from the beginning I predicted Manchester City would win even though they acted as guests in this match. And it's true they were able to win through 2 goals scored by Haaland and Kovacic. But in terms of the game they actually didn't play badly, they could still show a slightly better game, it's just that they weren't that good to be able to win.

Chelsea already has many players registered in the squad, if they bring in Osimhen again, then their players will increase again. I don't understand what's really on Chelsea's mind right now. Because isn't having too many players a waste for them? because it's impossible for all players to play, right? so they can choose which players are more. They have to be more effective in appointing players who will be part of the team.

[beerlover]

I think he can help Napoli to achieve something this season, the club realise that and the player is willing to leave the club, especially there are offers from good clubs. And this is the reason why they are raising the price, because they can't refuse clubs because of the player's desire, because they have already discussed everything and Napoli have the last word. Overall I don't see their fault, they want to keep the player and that's their right

With all the indications from the preseason games and the first match of the season against Verona today that they eventually got beaten it is clear that they don’t want to keep him anymore. He has been left out of the squad to look for a new team which wouldn’t be the case if they don’t want to sell. Last season when they had the opportunity to sell him and they didn’t want to sell him they made it publicly clear and now I don’t think they want to keep him with the club statement and the interest in Lukaku, right now they have more problems at hand than just Osimhen. The reason why they haven’t actually reduce the price tag might be because there is still Time and probably when a club comes for negotiations they will agree on a certain amount with them.

I do agree that Napoli couldn't do the transfers they wanted, which is causing a little bit of issues because they got ready for them and didn't do them. Like how Lukaku is still not there, and they really want him, Conte said he wants Lukaku nearly 2 months ago and yet they still couldn't get him, and he said this because everyone knew that they would sell Osimhen, but they wanted way more than they should so they still haven't sold him neither.

There is still some time left, they still could do these, but I doubt that it will happen, at this point I think they realized that they have to keep Osimhen and not get Lukaku, and this is just two examples, there are many more stuff they failed too. I hope they recover from this loss quickly.

[mammusu]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly left his club's game today against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge just before the final whistle. It's reported that the club's chairman was infuriated with the performance and result of his players and is now prepared to meet Napoli's demand on Victor Osimhen. Considering the number of players Chelsea have signed already this summer, do you think it's a good move for the club owner to sign Victor Osimhen this summer?

Boehly hurrying off? Thats not just frustration, thats a man who cares, a man who wants Chelsea to win. But Chelsea's window of transfer is a disaster. They needed a striker, everyone knows that. Jackson. Not slashing it. Osimhen would have been the solution; he is a proven goalscorer with UCL experience, the entire package. But hello, 42 players and counting, who needs quality?

This is about winning not about quantity. Chelsea needs a striker who can deliver, and they missed their chance. Osimhen off the table, and that's a major loss. The group is big; the chemistry is questionable; the clock is running. So, what now? Boehly's has to find it quickly. Chelsea's playing catch-up as this season's already under progress. They need results; they need a plan; they need leadership. The fans deserve better.

Todd Boehly seemed very disappointed with what Chelsea got in their first match this season, after spending a lot of money in the transfer market of course Todd Boehly hoped that Chelsea would be able to win every match they played but apparently they failed to do so, Chelsea's game was actually very impressive by relying on the speed of the right and letf wings, but the absence of a capable target man on the front line actually means that many opportunities are wasted, apart from that, what Maresca did by plotting Jackson as Chelsea main striker is clearly a bad strategy because he is not the type of player who is tough and a fighter when facing tough defenders.

Chelsea currently really needs a pure striker who can be a reliable fighter in their front line, in fact they have Lukaku but as we know he is not included in Enzo Maresca plan squad so far , so that is why Chelsea should immediately reach an exchange agreement between Lukaku and Osimhen currently in order to strengthen their attack line, Chelsea and Napoli have so far had the same problems in their squad and of course exchanging these players can be a good solution for both of them at this time.

A classy statement from a player who was  thrown away last season for just £25 million for a player worth £100 million.
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[Swordsoffreedom]

What has kept Osimhen transfer to still lingering is due to the market value placed on him with clubs like Arsenal, Bayern Munich who were earlier in the race too backing down leaving Chelsea and PSG still keen to acquiring him, although this would have been a done deal for PSG already but at a time they got unserious after evaluating their squad but their interest later rekindle amidst Goncalo Ramos injury.

But like I had said earlier, if PSG will be willing to incur all the requirements in acquiring Osimhen then is most likely he will agree a deal with the French giant since he will be playing in the champions league if he gets to join them. Everything about his fate will eventually unfold as the window transfer duration get winds down, however, I still maintain my stance that Chelsea are the team with a good looking advantage in this race for Osimhen despite not featuring in the UCL.

There is only 1 solution for Osimhen transfer to be realized, namely Napoli must lower its market value according to the club's capabilities. If this solution is not implemented, then Napoli and Osimhen will remain in the same position, standing still and doing nothing. Then about Chelsea, do you think everything is easy when you already have 44 players, is it still not enough? It doesn't matter as long as Todd Boehly money never runs out, but before that, as an illustration or simple comparison for you, today Chelsea will face Manchester City. Here we can judge with Chelsea squad of more than 40 whether Enzo Maresca has found the right composition to stop Manchester City.

The results of this first match will determine how good or bad Chelsea transfer is. Like it or not, it must be accepted considering that Chelsea has more players to choose from. If they fail to conquer Manchester City, it means buying that many players will be considered in vain.

Even if Chelsea buys Osimhen, their performance won't change that much. Look at any new signings they have made recently, most of them have not been able to perform up to their expectations. Mudryk, Caicedo are prime examples. They haven't done much of anything. Cole Palmer, Connor Gallagher, and others have carried this club in the last season. Without them, the results would have been much worse for Chelsea. Osimhen may or may not perform like he has been performing in Napoli. On the other hand, they are about to sell one of their best performers of last season, Connor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid. If that happens then Joao Felix will also be joining Chelsea, who also flopped a little when he was at Chelsea.

But I think by the end of the transfer season, Osimhen will find a new home. I don’t think he is happy in Napoli and he will be pushing Napoli officials to do the deals.

[Lida93]

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Finally, Chelsea has reached a deal with ATM  on the signing of Joao Felix on a six years contract with a 12 months optional addition. I think this is no bad signing, at this time Chelsea really need a striker with a goal scoring capacity. I am suspecting that there loss to Manchester City yesterday must have fast tracked this deal. But the question now is that, does this cancels Chelsea's further interest on Victor Osimhen of Napoli whose future has been that of contention between Chelsea and PSG.

[Franctoshi]

Even if Chelsea buys Osimhen, their performance won't change that much. Look at any new signings they have made recently, most of them have not been able to perform up to their expectations. Mudryk, Caicedo are prime examples. They haven't done much of anything. Cole Palmer, Connor Gallagher, and others have carried this club in the last season. Without them, the results would have been much worse for Chelsea. Osimhen may or may not perform like he has been performing in Napoli. On the other hand, they are about to sell one of their best performers of last season, Connor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid. If that happens then Joao Felix will also be joining Chelsea, who also flopped a little when he was at Chelsea.

But I think by the end of the transfer season, Osimhen will find a new home. I don’t think he is happy in Napoli and he will be pushing Napoli officials to do the deals.

You have made some points regarding why Osimhehen presence likely won't change anything but we still don't have to conclude, asin whether he will perform well or not, in some cases, it isn’t always the fault of the players to not have a expected performance but also the pattern of the coach and the position at which those players are being featured in a game, we all saw what happened during the Frank Lampards era as a coach, most of the players he bought them, didn't perform but Thomas Tuchel used them properly and we saw how greatly the players perforemd.

[TelolettOm]

Finally, Chelsea has reached a deal with ATM  on the signing of Joao Felix on a six years contract with a 12 months optional addition. I think this is no bad signing, at this time Chelsea really need a striker with a goal scoring capacity.

Well, Chelsea resigned again Joao Felix. I don't know why Chelsea wants to sign again Joao Felix. As far as I know, Chelsea already has 6 striker, they don't need a new striker anymore. Even if it is not bad signing but Chelsea spends quite big amount of money for unnecessary thing. According to a media, Chelsea signed Felix at £40 million plus bonus. Anyway, it is a very long contract if Chelsea signs Felix for 6 years. Why Chelsea needs to sign him for 6 years?  

Chelsea ever signed Felix. They must know well the capability of Felix. If they are looking for a player with a good capacity in scoring goal, I think Felix isn't the best option. Felix isn't a player who could score many goals in every season. I personally assume Felix has no great capability to score goals, but surely Felix is an experienced player.



Source: dailymail

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There is bad news for Barcelona bout their experienced player İlkay Gündoğan. Since İlkay Gündoğan joined Barcelona he helped the team a lot and he was effective for this team during the time when Xavi was working there, even Fick needed this German player.
İlkay Gündoğan played for Manchester City before and was one of the best players of Pep Guardiola to help this coach win the titles.  A few hours before the game they had against Valencia they removed his name from the list and it seems İlkay Gündoğan is not happy in this team anymore. Gündoğan even had some offers from the Saudi League but it seems he contacted Manchester City and he said he is ready to come back and play for this team which is not good for Barcelona.
 

Perhaps Barcelona sold Gundogan for the money to cover the FPP to enroll Dani Olmo into the first-team squad or they had an internal dispute? Could be both.

If so it's better to go back to Man City where he will get more space because Pep Guardiola already knows that he was an important player just because Gundogan is going to Barcelona he doesn't forbid it.

Arab clubs are always associated with European players, they are eyeing so many top players this is no longer strange, depending on Gundogan's decision whether to go there or not, which is clearly playing in Europe will be better.

[Docnaster]

Well, Chelsea resigned again Joao Felix. I don't know why Chelsea wants to sign again Joao Felix. As far as I know, Chelsea already has 6 striker, they don't need a new striker anymore. Even if it is not bad signing but Chelsea spends quite big amount of money for unnecessary thing. According to a media, Chelsea signed Felix at £40 million plus bonus. Anyway, it is a very long contract if Chelsea signs Felix for 6 years. Why Chelsea needs to sign him for 6 years?  

Chelsea ever signed Felix. They must know well the capability of Felix. If they are looking for a player with a good capacity in scoring goal, I think Felix isn't the best option. Felix isn't a player who could score many goals in every season. I personally assume Felix has no great capability to score goals, but surely Felix is an experienced player.



Source: dailymail

At this time, I'm finding it extremely difficult to understand the idea behind Chelsea owner's transfer decisions. Chelsea signed Pedro Neto this summer, they have Mykhailo Mudryk, Raheem Sterling, Christopher Nkunku and these are all left wingers so what's the essence of signing Joao Felix who also plays in that position? I don't know why Todd Boehly is just signing players for fun or he's actually signing players that he really need in his team because the last time I checked, Chelsea actually need more of a top 9 striker than a winger. Maybe some of the other players in the club are going to leave this summer because I don't think they will all get playing time in that same Chelsea team.

[Ndabagi01]

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly left his club's game today against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge just before the final whistle. It's reported that the club's chairman was infuriated with the performance and result of his players and is now prepared to meet Napoli's demand on Victor Osimhen. Considering the number of players Chelsea have signed already this summer, do you think it's a good move for the club owner to sign Victor Osimhen this summer?

I don’t see anything wrong in bringing Osimehn to Chelsea at this point, they know they need a clinical striker and only Osimehn is currently in the market that they can get and do the work for them. The transfer window is gradually coming to an end of Chelsea needs this player, they need to be decisive on time and get him on board sooner. They can also get Joao Felix back into the squad with news already speculating that talks have gone far for Chelsea to sign him back on a permanent move this time around. Chelsea will be much better and I see them having a better season if they bring this two players into the squad, I just hope they don’t fade on this and regret it later.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Perhaps Barcelona sold Gundogan for the money to cover the FPP to enroll Dani Olmo into the first-team squad or they had an internal dispute? Could be both.

If so it's better to go back to Man City where he will get more space because Pep Guardiola already knows that he was an important player just because Gundogan is going to Barcelona he doesn't forbid it.

Arab clubs are always associated with European players, they are eyeing so many top players this is no longer strange, depending on Gundogan's decision whether to go there or not, which is clearly playing in Europe will be better.

The problem is who will buy Gundogan when his contract expires next season because this condition is the same as Mbappe last season at PSG and Madrid is just waiting for his contract to expire.

Gundogan's contract at Barcelona expires at the end of this season, meaning that while there will be plenty of clubs who still want his services then it is certain that they will just have to wait until his contract expires and he leaves on a free transfer just as he did when he left Manchester City for Barcelona before.
In addition  if the other option of selling Gundogan can be done but it will not make them a little better for financial problems because if you look at the value of Gundogan at this time he is only worth 15 million when referring to data transfermarkt and even he can go cheaper than that.  But im also not sure there will be a club willing to pay 15 million if they end up getting Gundogan for free next season.

[Josefjix]

Finally, Chelsea has reached a deal with ATM  on the signing of Joao Felix on a six years contract with a 12 months optional addition. I think this is no bad signing, at this time Chelsea really need a striker with a goal scoring capacity.

Todd Boehly keep making signing and not all are considered to be relevant depending on the players stats. But for the Atletico Madrid player, he's crucial and good with footing on the ball. Joao Felix to Chelsea, this is one of the good news that will keep me happy with the Chelsea team because they've completely denied me comfort this week. Losing to Manchester City was totally huge embarrassment for the Blues fans including myself.

[Zaguru12]

I don’t see anything wrong in bringing Osimehn to Chelsea at this point, they know they need a clinical striker and only Osimehn is currently in the market that they can get and do the work for them. The transfer window is gradually coming to an end of Chelsea needs this player, they need to be decisive on time and get him on board sooner. They can also get Joao Felix back into the squad with news already speculating that talks have gone far for Chelsea to sign him back on a permanent move this time around. Chelsea will be much better and I see them having a better season if they bring this two players into the squad, I just hope they don’t fade on this and regret it later.

Uptill now I can’t see to find out why Chelsea haven’t even signed a striker yet with the number of signings that they Have done so far. Since last season when Chelsea were not scoring everyone was aware that was a lack of a clinical striker that was the problem, this summer I had thought that Chelsea would have gone for a striker first before even going for any player but no they went ahead to sign bunch of youngsters and goalkeepers that aren’t necessary to me.

Osimhen Should have been a high priority for them and even if they don’t want him maybe because of his high wages and valuation there are strikers like Ivan Toney and even Dominick Solanke that would have been better options too and less expensive, they also have Lukaku who is still there player and much much better than Jackson too me so they have many options not to even break the bank

[Agbe]

At this time, I'm finding it extremely difficult to understand the idea behind Chelsea owner's transfer decisions. Chelsea signed Pedro Neto this summer, they have Mykhailo Mudryk, Raheem Sterling, Christopher Nkunku and these are all left wingers so what's the essence of signing Joao Felix who also plays in that position? I don't know why Todd Boehly is just signing players for fun or he's actually signing players that he really need in his team because the last time I checked, Chelsea actually need more of a top 9 striker than a winger. Maybe some of the other players in the club are going to leave this summer because I don't think they will all get playing time in that same Chelsea team.

Really I am also confused about Todd Boehly as well. I was expecting him to sign Victor Osimhen who is also a good striker. He would have given a trial to Osimhen but it is not too late if he needs a striker before the transfer stopped.

[KingsDen]

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Finally, Chelsea has reached a deal with ATM  on the signing of Joao Felix on a six years contract with a 12 months optional addition. I think this is no bad signing, at this time Chelsea really need a striker with a goal scoring capacity. I am suspecting that there loss to Manchester City yesterday must have fast tracked this deal. But the question now is that, does this cancels Chelsea's further interest on Victor Osimhen of Napoli whose future has been that of contention between Chelsea and PSG.

I don't know why Chelsea will be faced with the option to sign Osimhen and Felix and they concluded that of Felix over Osimhen.

I know that the movement of Felix last time to the bridge wasn't a success. Although Chelsea were in their lows. Let us be hopeful that things might change now.

With the way Chelsea is buying many players of the same wing, I am suspecting that they are not only improving their squad depth but also very interested business wise to make some money out of these players.

[baeva]

I think he can help Napoli to achieve something this season, the club realise that and the player is willing to leave the club, especially there are offers from good clubs. And this is the reason why they are raising the price, because they can't refuse clubs because of the player's desire, because they have already discussed everything and Napoli have the last word. Overall I don't see their fault, they want to keep the player and that's their right

With all the indications from the preseason games and the first match of the season against Verona today that they eventually got beaten it is clear that they don’t want to keep him anymore. He has been left out of the squad to look for a new team which wouldn’t be the case if they don’t want to sell. Last season when they had the opportunity to sell him and they didn’t want to sell him they made it publicly clear and now I don’t think they want to keep him with the club statement and the interest in Lukaku, right now they have more problems at hand than just Osimhen. The reason why they haven’t actually reduce the price tag might be because there is still Time and probably when a club comes for negotiations they will agree on a certain amount with them.

Lo Celso is rumoured with Mourinho's team Fenerbahçe recently. Tottenham is prepared to sacrifice him as far as I have heard. This is making things easier for Fenerbahçe. Besides Mourinho and Lo Celso worked together at Tottenham back in the day. This could also be a big help for Fenerbahçe to convince him.    I don't think he will have big costs for them. Mourinho has been expecting a midfielder signing and this could be the one.

This can also help breaking the ice between Mourinho and the chairman Ali Koç as well. Because it is said Mourinho isn't contented with not signing a new midfielder.

This is a move I think will be a good one and wouldn’t be a deal that is hard to get sorted out. Since last season at Tottenham I think Lo Celso himself would have found out that he isn’t on Ange’s plans and he went on loan, now back and without much games at even preseason friendlies I think he should move to Fenerbahçe where is more obvious to get more playing time than this Tottenham

I think they are only making things worse for themselves with this prolonged decision, because in the end, when they are ready to sell for the price previously offered by another team - that price will no longer be there, it will be lower and Napoli will definitely not like that. In that case they will have no choice anymore if they really want to sell the player and make money on it. The main thing is that Osimhen should choose a good club