⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Arenga pinnata]

I read news that Napoli didn't sell Victor Osimhen, but they have bought several players from the Premier League. Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea, Scott Mctominay from Manchester United and Billy Gilmour from Brighton. I don't know why Antonio Conte wants two players from Scotland to play in Serie A.
Going to Galatasaray seems like a weird move for Victor Osimhen. It's also weird that Conte admits that he said "sorry" to Osimhen.
It seems that the Nigerian player wanted to just go away from Napoli as soon as possible and the final destination didn't matter to him.
By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

The drama about Osimhen actually becomes very long and well actually also becomes difficult to understand. Napoli lost one of its best players even though he was only on loan. And Osimhen also ended up having to play in a league that was not as good as Serie A. But fortunately, Galatasaray is one of the best clubs in the Turkish Super League. And you can be sure that if Osimhen shows good quality there, he will immediately attract the attention of big clubs who intend to sign him in the next transfer market. However, one definite reason is that the relationship between Osimhen and Napoli has indeed become bad and is difficult to repair.

And about Arsenal borrowing Raheem Sterling from Chelsea, I also don't understand it. But I'm sure Arteta thinks that this player can be expected to provide additional strength for Arsenal this season. And the quality of Sterling is also quite good. So borrowing it is also a pretty good step in my opinion.

[Inwestour]

How do you see this? Is Casemiro worth loaning to Galatasaray?

Maybe many of us are wondering why the Red Devils management wants to respond to this discussion but indeed a few days ago, precisely after Manchester United lost to Liverpool, many Red Devils fans attacked Casemiro because he was considered to have made a big mistake in that match.

I think since his arrival at Manchester United, Casemiro has often had problems such as not fitting in with Erik ten Hag's strategy and he has also often been injured during the last season. Maybe many of the clubs are starting to doubt him and if this agreement is reached then Casemiro will try a new challenge in Turkey for one season and at least there he can forget his problems so far at Manchester United.

I am not surprised that MU are thinking about sending Casemiro on loan, he has made many mistakes in recent matches and since ten Hag wants to build a young team, he would not be against letting him go to another team. It is strange that Galatasaray decided to be so active at the end of the transfer window, the loan of Osinhem is quite justified and aimed at strengthening the attack, but the interest in Casemiro is rather caused by his authority and past merits, because now he is not as good as he was before at Real.

[joniboini]

By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

Some videos and content on social media from Arsenal fans that I followed suggest that he's going to be a backup for Saka. Basically a backup winger who will play outside and try to cross. I think it make sense considering Sterling probably knows Arteta from this time at City too, so who knows. I think it can get a bit cheaper, but it's still a decent price if you don't rely on him to score goals. I don't know if they consider him as a second option from the start or not though. CMIIW.

[Polkeins]

By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

Some videos and content on social media from Arsenal fans that I followed suggest that he's going to be a backup for Saka. Basically a backup winger who will play outside and try to cross. I think it make sense considering Sterling probably knows Arteta from this time at City too, so who knows. I think it can get a bit cheaper, but it's still a decent price if you don't rely on him to score goals. I don't know if they consider him as a second option from the start or not though. CMIIW.

Quite rightly he will most likely be Saka's understudy, plus Reece Nelson has gone out on loan and Arsenal are very lucky they could get Sterling on loan for that position and the fact that Sterling knows Arteta from his time at City I think just made Sterling's move to Arsenal easier. Moreover, Sterling is not a bad player, versatile, quite fast with good dribbling and he is only 29 years old and although he may have passed his peak, but still if you find the right approach to him he can play at a very high level, which he proved by playing for top clubs: Liverpool, City, Chelsea (before Abramovich left there) and now Arsenal.
I think it's a good deal for both - Sterling got an opportunity to reach a new level in his career again, and Arsenal got on loan for a year an extremely versatile player who can cover a lot of positions on the pitch.

[fuguebtc]

What? Sancho is in fifth place? then who is above him?

That was Dan Ashworth's statement (Manchester United Sporting Director) when asked why Manchester United sold Sancho and I think their management really never stops surprising everyone. Even though during the last season Sancho proved that he deserved to be in the squad and his relationship with Erik ten hag started to improve. But on the other hand, I also doubt that Erik ten hag did that to cover up all his problems from the media and I think it makes sense when he let Sancho go.

Then if Sancho is in fifth place then how does he see Rashford or Antony, haven't both players played very badly since last season? I still don't believe this reason and the rest is indeed a matter of Manchester United's dislike of Sancho.

Did you remember this? ETH also knew he will be scked, it was almost certain!

The Dutchman spent around €400M, brought approx 10 players, then played 100 games & successfully turned Man Utd into Ajax.
Ten Hag should have been fired from the Manchester United managerial position.
They would have done a better job if they actually brought in Kompany, who is the current manager of Die Roten

I understand why he was given a second chance. It was because he was able to bring in the FA Cup at the end of the last season.
I never thought that this was going to be enough for the Red Devils to actually keep him in the club.
He had made enough bad decisions, most of his signing has been flop and underperform, but Manchester United gave him 2nd chance so that he can make more bad decisions.

Antony, I hope this guy is actually going to prove that he is not all talk and no results.
I actually believe he is going to perform better if first of all, he concentrates on actually using his right foot for something.
Secondly instead of hiring professional photographers for himself, actually trying to build a good chemistry with the squad, lol


https://www.thesun.co.uk

[Oluwa-btc]

How do you see this? Is Casemiro worth loaning to Galatasaray?

Maybe many of us are wondering why the Red Devils management wants to respond to this discussion but indeed a few days ago, precisely after Manchester United lost to Liverpool, many Red Devils fans attacked Casemiro because he was considered to have made a big mistake in that match.

I think since his arrival at Manchester United, Casemiro has often had problems such as not fitting in with Erik ten Hag's strategy and he has also often been injured during the last season. Maybe many of the clubs are starting to doubt him and if this agreement is reached then Casemiro will try a new challenge in Turkey for one season and at least there he can forget his problems so far at Manchester United.

Loaning Casemiro is a stupid idea. You want to loan out a player with such mindset and experience elsewhere? Manchester United needs depth this season. Too many games will be played and he'll be there to help and support Manual Ugarte. He might have caused issues during the last game but he's still got to be around for Manchester United this season. They didn't attack him, they only fault him for causing double blunders leading to that goal.
Casemiro was great for Manchester United in his first season. I wonder why y'all pass information that are not valid here only to slander the players name. This is inappropriate truthfully. I don't think what you have said is correct. He was effective for Manchester United during the first season. Don't you say what you don't know.

He might be having high payrolls but this would also be his last season for Manchester United.

[Josefjix]

By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

Gunners headcoach, Mikel Arteta signed promising experienced players in the transfer window, he’s having coupled game strategy to reinforced this magnificent squad this season. We should patiently wait and expects the very best from the Gunners. It happens that Raheem Sterling fall out of Favour under the new Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca. Raheem Sterling is a top experience player, Gunners are lucky enough to have him in the squad.

[TastyChillySauce00]

By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

Arsenal signed Sterling coz they have no good backup for Saka. It's important to remember they brought Sterling from Chelsea as a one season loan. It's not a lose situation for them at all. Sterling is proven, experienced, and can play on both wings. Most importantly, Arteta knows him well from their time at Manchester City.

I knew some gunners would be mad. Their favorite club recruited an old player, Sterling. He was not an upgrade over Saka. But, he was much better than Nelson.

However, with Nelson going out on loan to the Fulham, we're still a bit short of attacking options. And it seems like Sterling would be a good choice to rotate with Saka.

[Despairo]

Arsenal signed Sterling coz they have no good backup for Saka. It's important to remember they brought Sterling from Chelsea as a one season loan. It's not a lose situation for them at all. Sterling is proven, experienced, and can play on both wings. Most importantly, Arteta knows him well from their time at Manchester City.

I knew some gunners would be mad. Their favorite club recruited an old player, Sterling. He was not an upgrade over Saka. But, he was much better than Nelson.

However, with Nelson going out on loan to the Fulham, we're still a bit short of attacking options. And it seems like Sterling would be a good choice to rotate with Saka.

It's fine to recruit Sterling, even he's already 29 years old, but he's a good replacement since he's already experienced. If Arsenal recruit young player, they might be underperform due to the high pressure, many young wonders can't survive in Premier League even they're great in their small domestic league.

But, Saka is rarely injured, so Sterling may likely not get much time to play.

[bitgolden]

His current move to Galatasaray is one solution for him to be able to continue to maintain his performance in playing after his move to the PSG  failed and he also refused to move to the Arab league, what happened to Osimhen is a very complicated thing and I think we can't blame anyone regarding this transfer remembers that each party have high egoism, Osimhen from the start wanted to move to PSG and Napoli had rejected two offers made by PSG to buy Osimhen previously, two fantastic offers had been rejected by Napoli but instead Napoli accepted the offer from Al Ahli and clearly that is not what Osimhen wants at this time.

His loan to Galatasaray would be the right solution for now rather than him having to rest at home after he didn't get a place in Conte's squad, in my opinion his move to Galatasaray is just a stepping stone because in his loan contract there is a unique clause stated namely that Osimhen can ask for his loan it to stopped when Napoli received an offer from another club to bring him in permanently and there were 10 clubs specified in his clause, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayern, apart from that, Napoli has lowered Osimhen current release clause from 130 to 75 million euros.

To be fair, 75 million will be easy enough for all these big teams to pay, most of them offered 100 reportedly anyway, so they will be happy to pay 75 for him without a doubt.

Secondly, we are seeing him get training and matches during that time and not staying out of shape, dude hasn't had a game since May, which means that he will need time to gain match shape once again, and that could be good for him to play at Galatasaray to get back in shape, he will probably start terrible, in first few weeks he will probably miss many chances and even fail to get in position and not score much, but after a while the more he gets into his old shape back, he is going to score more, and by January when he will be sold, dude could end up with a great physical situation that he will be able to contribute to any team.

It's of course a shocking deal, nobody expected Osimhen to go to a team that is low on the ranks, he was a great player without a doubt, but I think he is going to leave anyway.

[tottong]

It's fine to recruit Sterling, even he's already 29 years old, but he's a good replacement since he's already experienced. If Arsenal recruit young player, they might be underperform due to the high pressure, many young wonders can't survive in Premier League even they're great in their small domestic league.

But, Saka is rarely injured, so Sterling may likely not get much time to play.

I don't think it's a good decision to recruit Sterling because Arsenal already have a sufficient squad and rather than recruiting him, Arsenal should look for other players who are younger and more energetic.
If Arsenal want to win the Premier League title, they have to strengthen the team but they have to look for young players who have good talents.
Players like Sterling do have experience but there is no guarantee that he can give something that the club wants.

I prefer Arsenal to buy young players because they still have the potential to develop and buying young players can also help the team in the long term.

[Amphenomenon]

It's fine to recruit Sterling, even he's already 29 years old, but he's a good replacement since he's already experienced. If Arsenal recruit young player, they might be underperform due to the high pressure, many young wonders can't survive in Premier League even they're great in their small domestic league.

This is true, another thing to consider is the fee to sign these youngsters are often quite expensive in comparison to their performance where they may likely perform poorly and in the eventually loaned out for experience while the worst case is they not still performing on loan and will be eventually sold for nothing much.

But, Saka is rarely injured, so Sterling may likely not get much time to play.

I doubt he will only be used when Saka is injured. There will be a time when Saka might just be rested to avoid overstressing and I think often time he probably be coming from the bench as substitute for Saka or another player. Though Arteta knew why he went for him and I guessed we can say he believes on Sterling capability. Though they won't suffer from his bad game since they have more reliable men to get a goal/Assist

[Palakka]

His current move to Galatasaray is one solution for him to be able to continue to maintain his performance in playing after his move to the PSG  failed and he also refused to move to the Arab league, what happened to Osimhen is a very complicated thing and I think we can't blame anyone regarding this transfer remembers that each party have high egoism, Osimhen from the start wanted to move to PSG and Napoli had rejected two offers made by PSG to buy Osimhen previously, two fantastic offers had been rejected by Napoli but instead Napoli accepted the offer from Al Ahli and clearly that is not what Osimhen wants at this time.

His loan to Galatasaray would be the right solution for now rather than him having to rest at home after he didn't get a place in Conte's squad, in my opinion his move to Galatasaray is just a stepping stone because in his loan contract there is a unique clause stated namely that Osimhen can ask for his loan it to stopped when Napoli received an offer from another club to bring him in permanently and there were 10 clubs specified in his clause, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayern, apart from that, Napoli has lowered Osimhen current release clause from 130 to 75 million euros.

To be fair, 75 million will be easy enough for all these big teams to pay, most of them offered 100 reportedly anyway, so they will be happy to pay 75 for him without a doubt.

Secondly, we are seeing him get training and matches during that time and not staying out of shape, dude hasn't had a game since May, which means that he will need time to gain match shape once again, and that could be good for him to play at Galatasaray to get back in shape, he will probably start terrible, in first few weeks he will probably miss many chances and even fail to get in position and not score much, but after a while the more he gets into his old shape back, he is going to score more, and by January when he will be sold, dude could end up with a great physical situation that he will be able to contribute to any team.

It's of course a shocking deal, nobody expected Osimhen to go to a team that is low on the ranks, he was a great player without a doubt, but I think he is going to leave anyway.

Osimhen release clause was one of the reasons that made it difficult for him to leave Napoli, so by reducing the release clause, it is very likely that the teams that previously withdrew from buying him this season will again try to compete for Osimhen next winter, especially now Galatasaray not playing again in the champions league and it is possible that osimhen will later be recruited by clubs that play in the champions league next winter, since saying he wants to leave napoli, osimhen is no longer on the list of players planned by conte and he was not even brought in for friendly matches this season, make Osimhen has spent a lot of time without playing football, so Galatasaray would be the right club for him to restore and maintain his playing performance, I think, rather than not playing at all with Napoli, wouldn't it be better for Osimhen to join Galatasaray while waiting for the market transfers are open again.

[Fiatless]

By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

Gunners headcoach, Mikel Arteta signed promising experienced players in the transfer window, he’s having coupled game strategy to reinforced this magnificent squad this season. We should patiently wait and expects the very best from the Gunners. It happens that Raheem Sterling fall out of Favour under the new Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca. Raheem Sterling is a top experience player, The Gunners are lucky enough to have him in the squad.

Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson have been backups for Bukayo Saka, but both of them have not been consistent or dependable. Raheem Sterling is a good choice to save as a backup winger. The good part about him is that he is a versatile winger who can play from both the left and right. Arsenal just took advantage of the problems in Chelsea to grab this important player. The Gunners didn't pay any fee and will only contribute 50% Sterling salary. Enzo Maresca wants to reduce the number of players in his squad; sadly, Sterling is one of the unwanted players.

[Leviathan.007]

I still can't believe how this is happening right now. But it is.    As he couldn't reach an agreement with Al-Ahli, this was the only option left for him. Otherwise he was going to be left out of squad for certain.

Everything is possible, dude. 
Al Ahli almost signed him but Napoli suddenly wants higher transfer fees. I can understand if Al Ahli decided to reject it, Napoli reneged on the negotiation. It burdens Al Ahli, Osimhen's value becomes too overprice. Another reason is about the high salary asked by Osimhen. Not sure why Osimhen becomes too greedy with the money, he may assume he deserves it.

Source: https://www.pulsesports.ng/football/story/napoli-disrespect-africa-reactions-trail-osimhens-exclusion-from-serie-a-squad-list-2024083111083164945

I really appreciate Galatasaray on this agreement. It is a very smart move. They were criticized because of not being active enough in the transfer market this summer. But now they are about to make a really huge signing...

Galatasaray probably monitored the situation of Osimhen. They may realize that Osimhen has no choice anymore, so Galatasaray is trying to sign him now. Napoli also seems to agree because there are no more teams to negotiate for Osimhen. However, I'm not sure if Osimhen is ready to accept low salary there. I guess Galatasaray should pay a lot for the salary of Osimhen. But if Osimhen can play well, it is not a problem for Galatasaray.

I think that with the coming season it is important for him to work not for his salary but for his playing practice and improving his skills, because maybe it will be difficult for him to come back from Turkish league to Europe. I don't think it's a good plan to go there on loan, but he really doesn't have any more options, so it's better that way than him not playing for a season at all

It will be the most foolish thing If Osimhen do not agree to the terms of Galatasaray, in this he has been placed with the best opportunity of taking him out of being idle and benched in a team where he was once the big bird. Osimhen did so much for Napoli, everyone saw his influence as the top striker for the team even scoring both unbelievable goals and at last being treated like one average player, I hope Lukaku becomes the better version of Osimhen or nothing will be different from what they did to Osimhen also happen to him.

Osimhen can still have a move to the Premier League or any other competitive one if only he can work on his ratings, once he becomes the topic of discussion based on his outstanding contribution to his new team then he can raise every possibility of having the option of moving to the Premier league.

Osimhen moving to Galatasaray was one thing I was not expecting to see from this player and Napoli. Osimhen was one of the best players on his team he had a good enough performance to help Napoli win the title in the past but he wanted to leave Napoli for teams like PSG and Chelsea but since his offers were not good enough he decided to stay and this made Napoli unhappy that's why Conte said he doesn't need Osimhen anymore.
Not it seems he joined Galatasaray and he is going to play here for loan.

[Bobrox]

I don't think it's a good decision to recruit Sterling because Arsenal already have a sufficient squad and rather than recruiting him, Arsenal should look for other players who are younger and more energetic.
If Arsenal want to win the Premier League title, they have to strengthen the team but they have to look for young players who have good talents.
Players like Sterling do have experience but there is no guarantee that he can give something that the club wants.

I prefer Arsenal to buy young players because they still have the potential to develop and buying young players can also help the team in the long term.

Arsenal got advantage position after signing Raheem Sterling from Chelsea with loan without permanent option buy back for next season, Chelsea still paying around 60% of Raheem Sterling salary and Arsenal only paid him left 40%.
Its not problem with Arsenal huge winger players typical and arriving Rahem Sterling give many option for Mikel Arteta to make rotation exactly after international break have busy schedule matches.
Sterling would be success recruitment for Arsenal if get more minutes playing although on his position have difficult choose with young players Gabriel Martinelli and have to fight with Leandro Trossard.

[KTChampions]

How do you see this? Is Casemiro worth loaning to Galatasaray?

Maybe many of us are wondering why the Red Devils management wants to respond to this discussion but indeed a few days ago, precisely after Manchester United lost to Liverpool, many Red Devils fans attacked Casemiro because he was considered to have made a big mistake in that match.

I think since his arrival at Manchester United, Casemiro has often had problems such as not fitting in with Erik ten Hag's strategy and he has also often been injured during the last season. Maybe many of the clubs are starting to doubt him and if this agreement is reached then Casemiro will try a new challenge in Turkey for one season and at least there he can forget his problems so far at Manchester United.

First of all, I find it suspicious that in just one year at United (in his first season Casemiro was good) he went from being the best defensive midfielder in the world (as Neymar said) to being a "bad" player. It happens (age-related changes, another team/teammates that you can't adapt to, etc.) but I believe more that with another manager Casemiro would still be good.

[DanWalker]

It will be the most foolish thing If Osimhen do not agree to the terms of Galatasaray, in this he has been placed with the best opportunity of taking him out of being idle and benched in a team where he was once the big bird. Osimhen did so much for Napoli, everyone saw his influence as the top striker for the team even scoring both unbelievable goals and at last being treated like one average player, I hope Lukaku becomes the better version of Osimhen or nothing will be different from what they did to Osimhen also happen to him.
Osimhen can still have a move to the Premier League or any other competitive one if only he can work on his ratings, once he becomes the topic of discussion based on his outstanding contribution to his new team then he can raise every possibility of having the option of moving to the Premier league.

The last option is good for all parties, not only for Osimhen but also for Napoli. if no agreement is made, then it has the potential to harm many parties. now Osimhen plays for Galatasaray, he can return to a big club after his loan period ends. so too with Napoli, they can focus more on their current team. talking about Lukaku, honestly I don't have high expectations whether he will be able to show his performance with good performance. but considering he has a close relationship with Conte, he should be able to be Napoli's need for a center forward. after all, Serie A is no longer a foreign league for him.

By the way, I'm not sure if next season Osimhen's price will remain high. although in Romano's report Napoli's option to extend until 2027, but still the drama that occurred has the potential to lower the value of his transfer price. unless, if Osimhen is able to improve his performance with Galatasaray.

The next season is going to be very important for him basically he will have to prove himself to the whole world that he was actually really good and that’s why he was asking for such a big amount of money. I still don’t think he will actually be able to justify why he did not move away from Napoli even though he probably did realize that it is not going to be a good idea to delay the move away from Napoli. But I guess at least you will be able to get the salary that he wants if he is able to perform well even if his market value doesn’t stay the same.

[junder]

By the way, Raheem Sterling signed with Arsenal. This is yet another ridiculous transfer. Why would Arsenal want to sign a player like Sterling?

Gunners headcoach, Mikel Arteta signed promising experienced players in the transfer window, he’s having coupled game strategy to reinforced this magnificent squad this season. We should patiently wait and expects the very best from the Gunners. It happens that Raheem Sterling fall out of Favour under the new Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca. Raheem Sterling is a top experience player, Gunners are lucky enough to have him in the squad.

Arteta has a good vision and mission for the club, so I will not doubt what he did by bringing Sterling to Arsenal, especially Sterling was not bought, he was only loaned. And Sterling is also not bad, he can really help Arsenal's attack line as a replacement for Saka, because we know that in Saka's position now there is no substitute player who is equal to him, so Sterling is expected to be able to replace Saka's role if one day this player is injured or his performance is not good. Moreover, as you said, Sterling is no longer in Maresca's plans. So Arsenal would be better off recruiting and utilizing his experience for the progress of the club.

[hyudien]

I am not surprised that MU are thinking about sending Casemiro on loan, he has made many mistakes in recent matches and since ten Hag wants to build a young team, he would not be against letting him go to another team. It is strange that Galatasaray decided to be so active at the end of the transfer window, the loan of Osinhem is quite justified and aimed at strengthening the attack, but the interest in Casemiro is rather caused by his authority and past merits, because now he is not as good as he was before at Real.

Rio Ferdinand gave a message to Casemiro that I think is quite reasonable "leave the football before football leaves you". This implies some messages where when you are no longer in the same condition as before, do not force yourself as if you are still in prime condition and will have the same impact on other clubs. We see how Casemiro at Real Madrid, plays a role as one of the important figures in maintaining the defense in the back line. He not only has quality but also has a leadership soul in his prime. But everything is no longer the same, his era is over and rather than forcing yourself it is better to try to make peace and enjoy the rest of his time to retire.