⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[ajiz138]

Liverpool buying Federico Chiesa for 10 million seems like a risky transfer, because Chiesa got thru a heavy injury 3 years ago and he is not the player he used to be. He might get injured again. I guess that Arne Slot is signing Chiesa as a substitute player, who will replace other players every now and then. I don't know if Salah is going t leave Liverpool. Maybe he will stay for another season.

Chiesa is a bargain signing of the century. He played 37 times last season, got a lot of goals and assists even when he playing in a bad system of Juventus. But yeah, his injury is the main problem, but if he stays fit this season, we've got a £50m player with only £10m.

Still can't really believe how cheap this deal is. I never expected him to join us with very low price like that. So much potential upside with almost no downside from this signing. I have nothing to complain with this deal. Really excited to see what he can do back in our attacking side. Excellent signing by Liverpool, congrats

Rumored to other clubs coming so fast to Liverpool, I think Chiesa is not so bad even though he is often injured maybe he can compensate with his fitness, it could be that in Liverpool he gets better and rarely gets injured, we don't know the future situation.

£10 million is a cheap price for Chiesea, even Liverpool can make a high profit if his performance at Liverpool is much better than Juventus, it could be that other teams will look at Chiesa again, it is not impossible if such a scenario?

Now it remains how Arne Slot takes a stand on whether he will play with a lot of time or not.

[Docnaster]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

An unusual career decline chosen by Kepa but it seems he also has no other choice but to join the mediocre EPL team and maybe he has also resigned himself to the current situation at Chelsea. Actually Kepa still hopes that Real Madrid will sign him again but considering Lunin's departure has not happened until now then his chances of returning to Los Blancos are gone.

With this at least Kepa will be Bournemouth's main mainstay for the goalkeeper position and that will help Bournemouth secure their goal from conceding many goals, especially if we remember Kepa is one of the goalkeepers with good reflexes.



Source: https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/status/1829066461534462195

Spending an entire season with Spanish and European champions does necessarily mean that Kepa Arrizabalaga will be signed to the Real Madrid club. He came back to Chelsea and saw that Robert Sanchez is now the club's first choice goalkeeper so he has no other option than to leave the club if he truly wants to get playing time. What I don't know now is if Bournemouth manager will make him the club's first choice goalkeeper but if he can achieve that, then I think it'll be a good move for Kepa.

[Lida93]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

An unusual career decline chosen by Kepa but it seems he also has no other choice but to join the mediocre EPL team and maybe he has also resigned himself to the current situation at Chelsea. Actually Kepa still hopes that Real Madrid will sign him again but considering Lunin's departure has not happened until now then his chances of returning to Los Blancos are gone.

With this at least Kepa will be Bournemouth's main mainstay for the goalkeeper position and that will help Bournemouth secure their goal from conceding many goals, especially if we remember Kepa is one of the goalkeepers with good reflexes.



Source: https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/status/1829066461534462195

Apparently Chesley just wants to reduce their wage bill, and Real are not ready to pay a big salary for a non-main goalkeeper, because now Real have Courtois and reserve Lunin, so Real will quietly do without Kepa. In addition, last season Kepa played only 14 games for Real and it is not very much, considering that at one time Chelsea bought him for 80 million dollars, so apparently Kepa really had no choice and he left where they agreed to pay him a good salary.
Besides, Bournemouth didn't perform so badly last season and this is a serious strengthening for Bournemouth.

Yea it's quite true that Chelsea want to reduce not just their wage bill but also their squad size,  but the major problem here is that Todd Boehly is still trying to bring in more player into the team, without even thinking that they have actually not offloaded the unwanted players at Chelsea right now, and to me, he is the major problem Chelsea are currently facing right now.

There's so much interference from Todd. Since he took over the club from Roman Abrahimovic, because he has money, he just behaves like a spoilt child in a candy shop, by signing any available player in the market without even considering what the team needs, which is very bad for the progress of the club.

Then as for the move of kepa, I think it's a good move, because he needs that playing time more than ever, to burst his confidence back to his required level.

[Ayers]

Have you seen this? Chelsea is topping this table with 10 players. They are trying their best to make the longest contracts with their players. Palmer has just extended his for example. I hope they don't do this with all of their players. 
Because the number of players is excessive now. There must be around 40 players. What will they do with this many players?    The Premier League allows 25 players to be registered, it must be the same for the Champions League too. Then so many players are staying out...

The logic is simple, no matter how much they pay for these players, if they sign a long contract, they do not have to put it on the paper all together. Meaning, if they pay 100 million for a player, but sign him for 10 years, that means 10 million a year on their paper, not 100 all together. Which opens up a huge door for them and they are making a lot better results as well, this is why I think it's clear that we are going to end up seeing them do very well.
It needs to be considered very important for them, it is going to be really really tough. I am not sure if it can be done any other way, I do not know if they can keep this up, every year they need to sell a few players to cover all this debt, and that's how they sell a few and then get many.

I think giving long contracts to many players are actually not a very good idea. Because if it does not work out, and if the players are not in very good condition and not giving a good performance, it is going to be a problem for them. Let’s just say that a player that they have given a very big contract, gets injured, it is going to be a big problem for them to sell that and they are also not going to get good or any kind of performance out of them. Actually, everything has a good and a bad side. And every club should be careful about giving out big contracts to every player. Because not everyone deserves it.

[Mr.right85]

Arsenal have submitted about £17m to Espanyol for their Goalkeeper Garcia. He’s likely the replacement for outgoing Aaron Ramsdale.

I think it is a good move. Raya can't be in goal in all competitions this season. A competent 2nd  choice is needed for emergency sake,
Injury, suspension, illness, family emergencies.

Being a second choice does not translate to playing any guaranteed match, but if there is need, Arteta will make available. And of course nobody will expect a highly rated keeper for that role since Arteta’s used to not changing his Goalkeeper, Raya.

They won the Golden Glove award last season because Arteta was bold enough to buy Raya and drop Ramsdale.
If this new goalkeeper will bring more steel and competition for Raya i don't have an issue, especially since it's Arteta requesting for such. I'm not with them in training so maybe he has seen something with Raya we don't know about. If Arteta wants him then I have no issue.

Of course Raya is a good goal keeper, we all saw how he handled things last season. He won the golden gloves in his first season at Arsenal. Every coach will be happy to have such a goal keeper at his disposal. Irrespective of whatever coach that comes in Arteta will keep Raya as his first choice goal keeper. Raya managed to rise to the first choice goal keeper at the expense of Aaron Ramsdale who is considered as one of England best goal keepers currently. Any goalkeeper coming to Arsenal at this point should just be ready to accept the position of a backup goalkeeper. It would have been best if Arsenal had kept Aaron Ramsdale, but a keeper of his capacity won't want to continue being a second choice goalkeeper, I understand his situation very well.

If Espanyol can accept the €17m fee from Arsenal, then it’ll be a good deal. Because there’s no need to get an expensive keeper as backup keeper.
They have spent too much money on goalkeepers since Arteta took charge.

Imo, smart thing to do as Ramsdale is leaving is to find those Dubravska or Scezesny level Goalkeepers that are very comfortable with being second choice, to just do the job. 

Spending almost €20m on a Goalkeeper when we know he’s gonna play a handful of games all season is not worth it. With the way Arteta sticks to his No.1 Goalkeeper (Raya) will definitely make a good backup want to leave anyway after one season of not securing number 1.

[salad daging]

Chiesa is a bargain signing of the century. He played 37 times last season, got a lot of goals and assists even when he playing in a bad system of Juventus. But yeah, his injury is the main problem, but if he stays fit this season, we've got a £50m player with only £10m.

Still can't really believe how cheap this deal is. I never expected him to join us with very low price like that. So much potential upside with almost no downside from this signing. I have nothing to complain with this deal. Really excited to see what he can do back in our attacking side. Excellent signing by Liverpool, congrats

His previous ACL makes it a little difficult for him to return to his prime which makes this a possible consideration in terms of price. But seriously this is a very cheap price for a Chiesa despite having an injury history that is not very good but if they dare to spend 10 million for a Chiesa this is still worth it.

But on the other hand this depends on the needs in the end even though he is cheap but when Slot does not need his services and is not suitable for the future plans of Slot then what to force moreover in Liverpool also now still has a pretty good attacking midfielder so when Chiesa is not really needed then it is better to maximize the current players.

Slot still has more consideration it seems to bring in players at this time because indeed the squad he has now is still more than enough to navigate the season at least until mid-season before the winter transfer begins.

[shinratensei_]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

An unusual career decline chosen by Kepa but it seems he also has no other choice but to join the mediocre EPL team and maybe he has also resigned himself to the current situation at Chelsea. Actually Kepa still hopes that Real Madrid will sign him again but considering Lunin's departure has not happened until now then his chances of returning to Los Blancos are gone.

With this at least Kepa will be Bournemouth's main mainstay for the goalkeeper position and that will help Bournemouth secure their goal from conceding many goals, especially if we remember Kepa is one of the goalkeepers with good reflexes.



Source: https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/status/1829066461534462195

I'd prefer to sell Kepa instead of seeing him stay, but loaning him is not that bad too. Also, it's reported that he agreed a wage cut for the contract extension and Bournemouth move. I have nothing to complain about this move.

But it's not only him; we have another Chelsea goalkeeper loaned to another club.



It's reported that Petrovic is joining Strasbourg as a new goalkeeper. No doubt that Petro is being sent there to Chelsea's sister team.

[GbitG]

Liverpool buying Federico Chiesa for 10 million seems like a risky transfer, because Chiesa got thru a heavy injury 3 years ago and he is not the player he used to be. He might get injured again. I guess that Arne Slot is signing Chiesa as a substitute player, who will replace other players every now and then. I don't know if Salah is going t leave Liverpool. Maybe he will stay for another season.

In fact in this transfer Liverpool have 50-50 possibilities. If Liverpool have gotten lucky and Federico Chiesa shows his best and didn't get injured soon. So I think it will be one of the best transfers in this transfer window. In other words, in the history of Liverpool, such a top class player will not have been found at such a cheap price. Because Federico Chiesa's drubbing, peace and goal scoring are unparalleled. From which Liverpool can get enough upgradeness. 
 
But unfortunately there is another side to this transfer if Federico Chiesa is still facing frequent injuries like before. So I think this could be the worst transfer for Liverpool. But anyway let's see what happens next, Will this transfer be good or bad for Liverpool.

[Abbatty]

Liverpool buying Federico Chiesa for 10 million seems like a risky transfer, because Chiesa got thru a heavy injury 3 years ago and he is not the player he used to be. He might get injured again. I guess that Arne Slot is signing Chiesa as a substitute player, who will replace other players every now and then. I don't know if Salah is going t leave Liverpool. Maybe he will stay for another season.

Chiesa is a bargain signing of the century. He played 37 times last season, got a lot of goals and assists even when he playing in a bad system of Juventus. But yeah, his injury is the main problem, but if he stays fit this season, we've got a £50m player with only £10m.

Still can't really believe how cheap this deal is. I never expected him to join us with very low price like that. So much potential upside with almost no downside from this signing. I have nothing to complain with this deal. Really excited to see what he can do back in our attacking side. Excellent signing by Liverpool, congrats

Chiesa is player Juventus wants to dispose because the new coach said he is not part of his plans so instead of him to sit at the bench and depreciate in value they decided to make some cash from his sale. Some factors contributed to his price being low and one of them is the fact that he is an injury prone player and this is well known to many and there is every probability of him getting injured this season. No doubt it was a good bargain by Liverpool and he will surely be of use to them. If He was to be important to juventus they wouldn’t have agreed to such low price but they only wanted to offload him.

[Hyphen(-)]

Arsenal have submitted about £17m to Espanyol for their Goalkeeper Garcia. He’s likely the replacement for outgoing Aaron Ramsdale.

I think it is a good move. Raya can't be in goal in all competitions this season. A competent 2nd  choice is needed for emergency sake,
Injury, suspension, illness, family emergencies.

Being a second choice does not translate to playing any guaranteed match, but if there is need, Arteta will make available. And of course nobody will expect a highly rated keeper for that role since Arteta’s used to not changing his Goalkeeper, Raya.

They won the Golden Glove award last season because Arteta was bold enough to buy Raya and drop Ramsdale.
If this new goalkeeper will bring more steel and competition for Raya i don't have an issue, especially since it's Arteta requesting for such. I'm not with them in training so maybe he has seen something with Raya we don't know about. If Arteta wants him then I have no issue.

As an Arsenal fan, I wanted the team to keep Aron Ramsdel because he is good and he is reliable, but I understand that he is also a world-class goalkeeper that cannot stay in the bench for his football carer, so he need playing time which my coach Arteta didn't guarantee him and that is the reason he left the team.

This one too cannot have enough playing time because the Arsenal aim of winning title will never allow the coach to be gven chances for any player he is not sure of, so I will be expecting Arsenal to add some money if what they have already submited is been rejected.

[Asiska02]

Chiesa to Liverpool isn't really that small business or news, it's a big deal and I think it is going to be quite important for Liverpool, to get someone so good for such a cheap price. I think the fact that Chiesa wanted to leave played a big role on this and I feel like he forced their hand to sell him, which made his price drop, because I believe that he is at least a 30-40 million player without a doubt, not someone who should be sold for 15 million.

I also wonder what could have transpired between this two teams that made them to sell Chiesa to Liverpool for such a low price. He is not a player to be sold for that amount, or does he have some kind of injury we’re unaware of for them to slash his price this much? This bring a lot of thoughts and doubts about this player for being sold at this price. He is a great player though, I hope he’s able to perform well for Liverpool and bring good results to them because they need to see his contributions in the team because of how good he was in his former club. Good deal for Liverpool, we hope to see a big change in the club.

[Josefjix]

Chiesa is player Juventus wants to dispose because the new coach said he is not part of his plans so instead of him to sit at the bench and depreciate in value they decided to make some cash from his sale. Some factors contributed to his price being low and one of them is the fact that he is an injury prone player and this is well known to many and there is every probability of him getting injured this season. No doubt it was a good bargain by Liverpool and he will surely be of use to them. If He was to be important to juventus they wouldn’t have agreed to such low price but they only wanted to offload him.

Rating the signing of Liverpool in the transfer summer, I think they can equalled to 6 because the club have absolutely no interest in players, rather they're bent on developing their academy team. Liverpool coach, Arne Slot needs more time and he eyed a solidable player and he went straight ahead to sign the Italian from Juventus. Federico Chiesa have been on the radar for the Reds and have succeeded in bringing him over. The former Juventus player is vulnerable to injuries which have completely made him decline totally in performance.

[ndutndut]

Chiesa is a bargain signing of the century. He played 37 times last season, got a lot of goals and assists even when he playing in a bad system of Juventus. But yeah, his injury is the main problem, but if he stays fit this season, we've got a £50m player with only £10m.

Still can't really believe how cheap this deal is. I never expected him to join us with very low price like that. So much potential upside with almost no downside from this signing. I have nothing to complain with this deal. Really excited to see what he can do back in our attacking side. Excellent signing by Liverpool, congrats

His previous ACL makes it a little difficult for him to return to his prime which makes this a possible consideration in terms of price. But seriously this is a very cheap price for a Chiesa despite having an injury history that is not very good but if they dare to spend 10 million for a Chiesa this is still worth it.

But on the other hand this depends on the needs in the end even though he is cheap but when Slot does not need his services and is not suitable for the future plans of Slot then what to force moreover in Liverpool also now still has a pretty good attacking midfielder so when Chiesa is not really needed then it is better to maximize the current players.

Slot still has more consideration it seems to bring in players at this time because indeed the squad he has now is still more than enough to navigate the season at least until mid-season before the winter transfer begins.

Although Liverpool brought in Chiesa at a low price, Chiesa gets the same salary as when he was at Juventus, which is around 4.2 million pounds per year or around 81 thousand pounds per week. Previously, he had received much more profitable offers from other teams, including Saudi Arabia, but he chose Liverpool because it was good for him.

However, the injury he suffered is classified as a feared injury or ACL injury that is most avoided by all players, especially young players, because it can make their careers fade. Many football players who experience ACL injuries ultimately cannot force themselves to continue playing football. Arne Slot certainly understands the player's condition, but it seems he took a risk by bringing him to Liverpool, Chiesa is indeed a good player but he will be prone to injury. Or maybe Arne Slot came as a substitute, we'll see how Chiesa performs at Liverpool. His presence at Liverpool will certainly make Liverpool's front line sharper and more dangerous for opponents.

[SatoPrincess]

There are a lot of uncertainties about Victor Osimhen transfer. It seems no club is focused on Victor Osimhen signature right now. Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli Saudi seems to be the only club who are serious about bidding for Osimhen. Victor Osimhen is only 25years old, he is too young to transition from Napoli which is a top club in the Serie A to the Saudi Pro League. Osimhen is in his prime and should not be concerned about making money at this time. His focus should be winning trophies and making a name for himself in football. People will forget his name if he moves to the Saudi Pro League. Chelsea wants to reduce Osimhen salary to £130,000 and Al-Ahli are offering a salary of £400,000 per week. I hope he makes the right decision.

[GiftedMAN]

Chiesa to Liverpool isn't really that small business or news, it's a big deal and I think it is going to be quite important for Liverpool, to get someone so good for such a cheap price. I think the fact that Chiesa wanted to leave played a big role on this and I feel like he forced their hand to sell him, which made his price drop, because I believe that he is at least a 30-40 million player without a doubt, not someone who should be sold for 15 million.

I also wonder what could have transpired between this two teams that made them to sell Chiesa to Liverpool for such a low price. He is not a player to be sold for that amount, or does he have some kind of injury we’re unaware of for them to slash his price this much? This bring a lot of thoughts and doubts about this player for being sold at this price. He is a great player though, I hope he’s able to perform well for Liverpool and bring good results to them because they need to see his contributions in the team because of how good he was in his former club. Good deal for Liverpool, we hope to see a big change in the club.

Apart from the manager not including him in his first team list I don't think the player has an issue that made them to dispose him in a very low amount l, Juventus didn't talk about any injury issues of the player and the last time I checked Chiesa is still in good form to be sold in such a cheap amount so it could be some kind of hidden agreement between Liverpool and his former club Juventus that the media is not aware of or the two team has a swap deal that will take place later in the future.

Chiesa will need to adapt in the Liverpool team before we think of his performance in the team but in the main time I think it is a very good deal for Liverpool whom may end up making more money from the player.

[coinlocket$]

Looks Like Sancho to Chelsea will not be done, so it will be Manchester or Juvenuts at this point.
Juventus need to sell Kostic before getting him or to have a big discount on the salary of the player.

His salary is not adeguate for Serie A anymore.

[Stepstowealth]

There are a lot of uncertainties about Victor Osimhen transfer. It seems no club is focused on Victor Osimhen signature right now. Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli Saudi seems to be the only club who are serious about bidding for Osimhen. Victor Osimhen is only 25years old, he is too young to transition from Napoli which is a top club in the Serie A to the Saudi Pro League. Osimhen is in his prime and should not be concerned about making money at this time. His focus should be winning trophies and making a name for himself in football. People will forget his name if he moves to the Saudi Pro League. Chelsea wants to reduce Osimhen salary to £130,000 and Al-Ahli are offering a salary of £400,000 per week. I hope he makes the right decision.

The right decision will be any decision he takes. In Chelsea, there is still a possibility that he does not meet what s expected of him, and that could also affect his career. If Osimhen moves to Chelsea, it will just be out of love, love does not always win. Ivan Tooney is a target for Chelsea right now.

Newcastle have been frustrated by Crystal palace while trying to sign Marc Guehi the defender, they have abandoned the negotiations.

[SatoPrincess]

There are a lot of uncertainties about Victor Osimhen transfer. It seems no club is focused on Victor Osimhen signature right now. Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli Saudi seems to be the only club who are serious about bidding for Osimhen. Victor Osimhen is only 25years old, he is too young to transition from Napoli which is a top club in the Serie A to the Saudi Pro League. Osimhen is in his prime and should not be concerned about making money at this time. His focus should be winning trophies and making a name for himself in football. People will forget his name if he moves to the Saudi Pro League. Chelsea wants to reduce Osimhen salary to £130,000 and Al-Ahli are offering a salary of £400,000 per week. I hope he makes the right decision.

The right decision will be any decision he takes. In Chelsea, there is still a possibility that he does not meet what s expected of him, and that could also affect his career. If Osimhen moves to Chelsea, it will just be out of love, love does not always win. Ivan Tooney is a target for Chelsea right now.

I feel for Victor Osimhen because he is in a tight position right now. His time at Napoli is done. Antonio Conte no longer wants him at the club. Ivan Tooney wasn’t in the picture before now, I think Chelsea are trying to take advantage of the situation to sign Victor Osimhen on the cheap.

Chelsea are chasing away Romelu Lukaku and Raheem Sterling because of they are earning over 300k pounds. Todd Boehly is not concerned about performance, maintaining the wage structure is the only reason why Osimhen isn’t signed to the Blues right now. Reece James is on £250,000; Christopher Nkuku is earning £195,000; Wesley Fofana is earning £200k; Enzo Fernandez is on €180k; none of these players can bring the same results Victor Osimhen will bring to the club so why can’t Chelsea pay Osimhen 200k?

[red4slash]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

He will not get anything at Chelsea especially during the loan in Madrid Kepa also did not get a decent opportunity because of the extraordinary performance of Lunin so it is quite natural that he goes to a smaller club now.

Chelsea currently still has 6 goalkeepers and when looking at Kepa's situation then indeed he will not get anything even though there is a rotation of goalkeepers there so the wise choice is actually from Kepa and also Chelsea to let him go even though on loan because this can slightly reduce the burden for goalkeepers who are too many and of course the salary burden that Chelsea must bear.

Hopefully Kepa can return to his prime after being at a club whose level is slightly smaller because indeed if he is at Bournemouth at least there are many opportunities that he will have later.

[EL MOHA]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

An unusual career decline chosen by Kepa but it seems he also has no other choice but to join the mediocre EPL team and maybe he has also resigned himself to the current situation at Chelsea. Actually Kepa still hopes that Real Madrid will sign him again but considering Lunin's departure has not happened until now then his chances of returning to Los Blancos are gone.

With this at least Kepa will be Bournemouth's main mainstay for the goalkeeper position and that will help Bournemouth secure their goal from conceding many goals, especially if we remember Kepa is one of the goalkeepers with good reflexes.

First off Kepa didn’t have a great season at Real Madrid if you ask me, he rather had a mixed season with different performance, he was doing well from the start and then after few matches was out injured and that gave Andriy Lunin the opportunity he needed. Kepa long term Injury is seriously why he is not been scouted by any club now, he came back from injury and didn’t get to play again because Lunin was already having a great season and Courtios came back just in time, so this wasn’t that great season for him to be frank.

A move to Bournemouth is definitely a good move and will be much better than staying on the Chelsea’s bench, Enzo Maresca the new manager has said that the players banned from the team will remain like that and wouldn’t get any playing chance and that’s bad. At Bournemouth now Kepa has the chance to get more minutes and if he does well he Would still get bigger clubs coming back for him. Right now he still hasn’t past the prime due to his age so with good performance he could be on the roster of bigger clubs soon if he does well at Bournemouth