⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Pandu Geddon]

Maybe Chelsea saw something that we can't see at the moment. What I know is that Nicolas Jackson looks like an ordinary striker and his overall performance still far from being satisfactory. It seems like Chelsea still really hopes for the potential they think Jackson has. He probably has that because he's still young, but it could also be that he has reached a dead end, so that no matter how long it takes, he will still be like that.

If I was the coach of Chelsea Nicolas Jackson would been kept on the bench for most of the games. He has been a very wasteful striker who rarely maximizes goalscoring chances. But he is strong, a team player and humble, maybe this might be the quality the coach wants. As a striker, the goals should be the main objective. The reason why the club might give him this long-term contract might be because they believe he would improve and his earnings might be low. I hope the Senegalese will be able to prove to Enzo Maresca that he deserves this trust.

This is a long-term investment made by Chelsea. It is indeed unexpected that the agreed extension will be for a long time, which means there is high trust and hope from Chelsea to Nicolas Jackson. He just arrived last season and the trial period that Chelsea may have done was successful with the performance shown. Chelsea now ties Nicolas Jackson with a long-term contract. We will see how Nicolas Jackson performs in the next few seasons. If he is good and provides achievements for Chelsea, it is very likely to attract the interest of other big clubs who can bid a high price to Chelsea.

[mamesso]

I'm not so sure about the truth of this news. Bringing Musiala to Camp Nou? Maybe it could happen but I don't know when.
What is clear is that I doubt Barca's finances are very bad at the moment, there is no way a deal can happen. For now, Barca must focus on improving their finances, don't be too ambitious about wanting star players out there, especially since there are many competitors to get Musiala's signature, there are still other rich clubs that can make good offers to Munich.
Another thing is that Munich will also keep Musiala at the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich still needs Musiala's services to help the team in the Bundesliga and UCL.

This is just a rumor, there is no certainty or agreement between the two parties. Previously, the same rumor also blow very hard when Barcelona wanted to bring in Nico William, but in the end no agreement was reached.

It is only natural that Barcelona are very interested in bringing in Musiala, because he is Hansi Flick's favorite player. Moving to Barcelona would put his position in the first team at risk as he would have to compete with other great players such as De Jong, Olmo, Pedri, Gavi. Fermin Lopez and Marc Casado are also starting to gain trust from Hansi Flick, their rapid development will make the competition in Barcelona midfield even tighter. Barcelona do not need to bring in Musiala, right now they have to focus on the striker position because of Lewandowski's increasing age.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Jackson signed his contract until 2033. Damn, what kind of longterm plan do the Blues want to show. This seems too early, I mean at least Jackson should go through this season until the end and see how much contribution he can give to the club. Since the deal has been done, so hopefully what Chelsea is doing can go well. Once again Jackson indirectly has a heavy burden on his shoulders to prove he is worthy, because if not then Jackson will receive a bitter risk from all the fans.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1834549595822506122

I thought that this news was done a week ago. It seems like that an official announcement came slower than unofficial announcement.

I was worried we were going to lose Jackson on a free agent. It seem Chelsea has planned a retirement plan for him to keep stay in the club forever. but what's new from his 2 years extension? New wages?    It seems he follows what Palmer did.

And that's good enough to see the ball carrying ones like Jackson to extend his contract much longer. Though some against this idea, but he good-rated player for me. He's good dribbler, and he can be silky on the ball. But he has inability to shoot, which is his biggest problem.

Chelsea has extended some of their players' contracts for almost a decade. It feels like a guy who, after getting a credit card, pays for his purchases in installments as long as possible.

[mv1986]

I'm not so sure about the truth of this news. Bringing Musiala to Camp Nou? Maybe it could happen but I don't know when.
What is clear is that I doubt Barca's finances are very bad at the moment, there is no way a deal can happen. For now, Barca must focus on improving their finances, don't be too ambitious about wanting star players out there, especially since there are many competitors to get Musiala's signature, there are still other rich clubs that can make good offers to Munich.
Another thing is that Munich will also keep Musiala at the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich still needs Musiala's services to help the team in the Bundesliga and UCL.

How does it make sense when you say that you doubt that the finances are bad when actually you think that there is no way a deal can happen? The logic of that sentence is zero.

If there is no set timeframe for a transfer and Musiala generally considers leaving Bayern Munich, I think it could play an important role that Hansi Flick is Barcelona coach and Musiala will closely observe how Barcelona develops over the next one or two years and whether they are going to have more impactful transfers. Yamal and some other promising players could be a reason for a young player like Musiala to go there and build a legacy. I don't think the chances are very high for that to happen, but at the same time I think it is a possibility in theory. But who knows whether Flick will still be around in two years from now. Bayern will definitely ask a three figure transfer fee even when Musiala's contract would only go for another year after this season. They won't let him go for any sum under 100 million and that might be too much for Barcelona to handle.

[tiCeR]

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I mean Bayern could have a big part of it without a doubt, they could offer him amounts that he can't refuse, more than any other team in Europe (they probably can't offer more than some Saudi club) so it is still having to do with them a lot. If Real offers him 40 million a year for example, not that Real Madrid needs Musiala, I am just giving an example, and Bayern Munich offers him "only" 20 million, then yeah he could leave. So Bayern Munich has a responsibility to keep offering him the best contract they can afford to offer, without that they are not going to get much.

There could be some other teams who will chase after him, but as long as Bayern offers a good amount, I do not see him doing anything that crazy, feels like it would be just fine. I understand that it is not going to be just that easy to handle, but it's doable. Bayern Munich makes so much money, paying a part of that to Musiala is something they can afford if they want to keep him.

Of course, but affordability is not only a question of money, it is also a question of consistency within the whole team. If they undermine a reasonable salary structure only to keep Musiala in the team, you can imagine what other players will ask for when their contract is about to expire. Paying Musiala 40 million while 85% of the players get less than half of that is probably leading to a whole new set of problems. Real Madrid and Manchester City as far as I know are playing in a different league already in regards to salaries.

I still think that Bayern Munich is of course a great team, but when Real Madrid or Manchester City is knocking on your door and your next coach could be Ancelotti or Pep Guardiola, it's most likely not very easy to refuse those offers.

[Abu-Naim]

I have no idea why Chelsea want to extend Jackson's contract when his performance isn't that good lol.

Chelsea will be in loss I guess, there's no team want Jackson except Chelsea release him cheaper than his market value. It's really rare to see old players in Chelsea, Jackson will turn 31 in the next 9 years, 31 years old striker in Premier League mostly can't compete with the young players anymore.

Jackson is good striker mate, he only lack consistency and Enzo Maresca believes in him and he wanted to change him to a better striker which I am sure will be possible because the team have no any other reliable striker than him since they couldn’t sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli, they have to coach Jackson to help the team to be competitive by scoring goals for them.

Extending Jackson’s contract will be of benefit for Chelsea, they are hoping for him to step up his performance this season, if they are able to achieve that, he will be a striker that many teams will be coming for especially if Chelsea signed Osimhen or any other big striker probably next season. A release clause will help Chelsea to get some good amount of money from the player instead of leaving the team for free maybe when his contract expires.

[Unknown01]

So the transfer season is now over for all leagues and to summarise, there were not so many transfers this year compared to the last few years, but there were a few very crazy ones such as Mbappe to Real Madrid and that free of charge or that Oshimen did not move to the Premiere League but to Galatasaray, even if it is only a loan transfer I find it crazy that such a player will play in the turkish league.

[indah rezqi]

Jackson signed his contract until 2033. Damn, what kind of longterm plan do the Blues want to show. This seems too early, I mean at least Jackson should go through this season until the end and see how much contribution he can give to the club. Since the deal has been done, so hopefully what Chelsea is doing can go well. Once again Jackson indirectly has a heavy burden on his shoulders to prove he is worthy, because if not then Jackson will receive a bitter risk from all the fans.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1834549595822506122

I thought that this news was done a week ago. It seems like that an official announcement came slower than unofficial announcement.

I was worried we were going to lose Jackson on a free agent. It seem Chelsea has planned a retirement plan for him to keep stay in the club forever. but what's new from his 2 years extension? New wages?    It seems he follows what Palmer did.

And that's good enough to see the ball carrying ones like Jackson to extend his contract much longer. Though some against this idea, but he good-rated player for me. He's good dribbler, and he can be silky on the ball. But he has inability to shoot, which is his biggest problem.

Chelsea has extended some of their players' contracts for almost a decade. It feels like a guy who, after getting a credit card, pays for his purchases in installments as long as possible.

Actually, the long-term contract given to Jackson is not solely because of his quality, Chelsea wants to balance the financial balance. Almost all players recruited after the arrival of Todd Boehly, are offered with contracts of more than five years, which makes Chelsea financial books record lower figures from the club spending side. So in the end The Blues will remain safe and from various sanctions, but such a policy also has its drawbacks. If in the next few seasons Chelsea wants to encourage one of its players to go find a new club, they will have difficulty cashing it in. Further information from The Athletic seems to be able to help us to find out more details about the techniques used by Chelsea:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4097587/2023/01/19/chelseas-long-contracts-explained-baseball/

[Asiska02]

I have no idea why Chelsea want to extend Jackson's contract when his performance isn't that good lol.

Chelsea will be in loss I guess, there's no team want Jackson except Chelsea release him cheaper than his market value. It's really rare to see old players in Chelsea, Jackson will turn 31 in the next 9 years, 31 years old striker in Premier League mostly can't compete with the young players anymore.

Why did you think Chelsea extended his contract? Do you think they’ll keep him till that time, I don’t think so at all and this is purely a business strategy to me. The player is not performing that good but they can’t tell how well he may improve overtime, so by increasing his contract will give them time for ownership of the player more and when needed by another club, they may have to pay a high transfer fee to get him in their side. Nicholas Jackson even agreed to the deal without hesitation, I wonder what he must have been told and how they were able to convince him easily to extend his contract.

If I was the coach of Chelsea Nicolas Jackson would been kept on the bench for most of the games. He has been a very wasteful striker who rarely maximizes goalscoring chances. But he is strong, a team player and humble, maybe this might be the quality the coach wants. As a striker, the goals should be the main objective. The reason why the club might give him this long-term contract might be because they believe he would improve and his earnings might be low. I hope the Senegalese will be able to prove to Enzo Maresca that he deserves this trust.

He really needs to improve in his scoring ability because a striker does not need to be wasting goals as he is doing now. He needs to improve in all ramifications and be a top striker that teams needs to be sorting for in the future. His contract extension may seem to have been fuelled by the believe they have for him to score more goals and be more professional than he is now. He’s still young, he should make the best out of the current opportunity given to him now.

[SatoPrincess]

Jackson signed his contract until 2033. Damn, what kind of longterm plan do the Blues want to show. This seems too early, I mean at least Jackson should go through this season until the end and see how much contribution he can give to the club. Since the deal has been done, so hopefully what Chelsea is doing can go well. Once again Jackson indirectly has a heavy burden on his shoulders to prove he is worthy, because if not then Jackson will receive a bitter risk from all the fans.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1834549595822506122

I don't know how this happened, whether it was initiated from the side of Jackson or from the management side. Giving a player like Jackson which I consider as average a contract of 8 years is outrageous or strange to me. It is also a risk to Jackson because he could be lucky and become a world sensation, then moving to a better club would be a problem.
Anyways, I'll need to know the clauses of this contract; the wages and the release clause before I'll make a better judgement.

I can’t believe Chelsea passed on Victor Osimhen because of “wages” problems. And then give Nicolas Jackson a new contract. 9 years is a long time. What has Jackson done to earn this confidence from the club. I don’t understand the kind of faith the club has in Nicolas Jackson. You have a striker who cannot score goals no, what is the guarantee that he will be any better enough in 6 years time. You only succeeded in having a washed up player in your hands. I can’t wait to watch the next Mikel Obi’s podcast. He always has something nice to say about Jackson.

[KingsDen]

So the transfer season is now over for all leagues and to summarise, there were not so many transfers this year compared to the last few years, but there were a few very crazy ones such as Mbappe to Real Madrid and that free of charge or that Oshimen did not move to the Premiere League but to Galatasaray, even if it is only a loan transfer I find it crazy that such a player will play in the turkish league.

I only consider the transfer of Victor Osimhen to Galatasary after Chelsea deal and other clubs like PSG failed. It sounds crazy but it seems Osimhen had no option since he was somewhat frustrated by Napoli.

The transfer of Mbappe to Real Madrid isn't crazy and neither was it surprising. This is because from last season, we had already known how it will be. And nothing different has happened.

[Slow death]

Yes, I also think that Nicholas Jackson is in a state of grace and that thanks to luck he manages to stay there and put in some good performances. In my opinion we can also consider the player as average, nothing exceptional but in any case if he was chosen by Chelsea it means that He has some good characteristics, I hope he continues to do well

I have no idea why Chelsea want to extend Jackson's contract when his performance isn't that good lol.

Chelsea will be in loss I guess, there's no team want Jackson except Chelsea release him cheaper than his market value. It's really rare to see old players in Chelsea, Jackson will turn 31 in the next 9 years, 31 years old striker in Premier League mostly can't compete with the young players anymore.

In the last 2 months Chelsea have been making ridiculous decisions, they started signing a lot of young players who won't play any time soon. They also started letting go of some good players, after that they started extending the contracts of many players to 2030 to 2033. It seems like they are not counting on the fact that they can change coaches and the other coach doesn't like the current players and wants to sell them. Today for example I read news that David Datro Fofana will leave Chelsea for Göztepe SK on loan. They sent away Raheem Sterling, who is now at Arsenal and we will see him shine.

and finally I read this news:

Maresca open doors to Ben Chilwell return: “We will sit with him and find solution. He is probably going to be back with us, we will see”.

“At the moment, he is not training with us. The reason why he was training apart, is because the idea was for him to leave”.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1834565526447616398

Maresca has made many changes to the team. If he doesn't win anything in the next 2 years, he will face a huge wave of criticism and will be fired.

[len01]

Is this part of Ten Hag plan?
But it sounds very good if indeed it is also one of the plans for Ten Hag which is currently trying to improve the bad performance that occurs in the defense. And I think Sekou Kone deserves to be part of Squad Man United because he has very good expertise and the task of Ten Hag is currently developing the talents of the young player.
Hopefully the arrival of the player will help give a little change.

[ajiz138]

So the transfer season is now over for all leagues and to summarise, there were not so many transfers this year compared to the last few years, but there were a few very crazy ones such as Mbappe to Real Madrid and that free of charge or that Oshimen did not move to the Premiere League but to Galatasaray, even if it is only a loan transfer I find it crazy that such a player will play in the turkish league.

I only consider the transfer of Victor Osimhen to Galatasary after Chelsea deal and other clubs like PSG failed. It sounds crazy but it seems Osimhen had no option since he was somewhat frustrated by Napoli.

The transfer of Mbappe to Real Madrid isn't crazy and neither was it surprising. This is because from last season, we had already known how it will be. And nothing different has happened.

As Osimhen was tripped up by the move of several other European clubs who ended up having to move to Galatasaray, rather than him not playing half a season it was better to go there even if it was on loan.
Osimhen's transfer was too difficult, his agent did not try to get a decent club.

The article Real Madrid and Liverpool have bid 200 million for Mbappe but it was rejected by the President of PSG, but finally he became a free road to Real Madrid.
Who would have thought PSG should have made so much money from Mbappe's sale.

[Huppercase]

So the transfer season is now over for all leagues and to summarise, there were not so many transfers this year compared to the last few years, but there were a few very crazy ones such as Mbappe to Real Madrid and that free of charge or that Oshimen did not move to the Premiere League but to Galatasaray, even if it is only a loan transfer I find it crazy that such a player will play in the turkish league.

Mbape and Osimhen both has something in common, their previous teams bullshit them. First they played well for a season and after they were offer a nice contract which was a set up they didn't know and when it was time for them to have another incredible moment with them, they were maltreating them like an outsider and as soon as they want to go for another league, they begin to show them love but the players refused to buy that and they frustrated their movement.

Osimhen was even better, he didn't have choice of club he would have left long ago but nobody was willing to pay for what Napoli was asking but Mbape had the chance but he screwed up everything. He almost signed for Real Madrid 2 transfer seasons ago but he scatter the plan and now that he was successfully signed, he is finding it difficult to even adapt to the club.

[Raflesia]

Jackson signed his contract until 2033. Damn, what kind of longterm plan do the Blues want to show. This seems too early, I mean at least Jackson should go through this season until the end and see how much contribution he can give to the club. Since the deal has been done, so hopefully what Chelsea is doing can go well. Once again Jackson indirectly has a heavy burden on his shoulders to prove he is worthy, because if not then Jackson will receive a bitter risk from all the fans.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1834549595822506122

One more absurd way that Chelsea is doing by signing players for a very long duration.
I don't understand why Chelsea have to do this madness again after what they showed for Palmer before especially if you look at Jackson's performance last season there is really nothing special that we can see until now.

They always make the situation funny and make long-term contracts a trend to make their players stay for a long time without a significant contribution.
Indeed in this case I cannot deny that Jackson can also be quite flexible and can occupy several positions but with the contract given now it is clearly too much for Jackson even though in 3 matches at the beginning of this season he scored 2 goals but that does not guarantee that Jackson deserves a long-term contract like this.

[Pokapoka124]

David Datro Fofana is going to the Turkish Super League.



https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1834267243619721428

He is also one of the names Chelsea has signed but hasn't given much chance. I know he is still young (21) but let's see. Not every young player being loaned to other teams turn into better players. I hope he improves his skills more in time. Maybe it is better for him to leave Chelsea for now though. Because you know how many players they have signed recently.    It is really not easy to prove yourself among too many players...

It is really not easy proving yourself amongst so many talents and in the case of Chelsea they have quite a huge number of players in their squad who eventually all need to prove themselves because I doubt Enzo Maresca has settled for his first eleven team. Everyone seems to be on trial at Chelsea at the moment which is why I think it will be a good time for Fofana to leave and get playing time elsewhere though he is just 21 but there are better opportunities out there for him.

[Hyphen(-)]

So the transfer season is now over for all leagues and to summarise, there were not so many transfers this year compared to the last few years, but there were a few very crazy ones such as Mbappe to Real Madrid and that free of charge or that Oshimen did not move to the Premiere League but to Galatasaray, even if it is only a loan transfer I find it crazy that such a player will play in the turkish league.

Yes, these are the only two crazy news amongst the other transfer news because these players have something in common; they are all important players in their previous team and they both have lost interest in the teams and they are ready to leave the teams even with small fee that couldn’t satisfy their former team.

Real Madrid paid well for Mbappé, while in the case of Osimhen, there are several controversies over price negotiations with different teams including PSG, Chelsea, and others, and after all the attempts been made by several top teams for Osimhen were all turned down as the player letter join Galatasaray for n a loan deal which no obligation to buy, he further extended his contract with Napoli, and Napoli has made it clear that he will be leaving after his loan or even before finishing from Galatasaray if Chelsea or any Big team pay and the player is convinced to join them.

[Zaguru12]

Real Madrid paid well for Mbappé, while in the case of Osimhen, there are several controversies over price negotiations with different teams including PSG, Chelsea, and others, and after all the attempts been made by several top teams for Osimhen were all turned down as the player letter join Galatasaray for n a loan deal which no obligation to buy, he further extended his contract with Napoli, and Napoli has made it clear that he will be leaving after his loan or even before finishing from Galatasaray if Chelsea or any Big team pay and the player is convinced to join them.

I think this Osimhen Saga will forever be spoken off. I personally criticized the player on waiting for different clubs but retracted my comments when I heard that it was Napoli that were frustrating him. Many thought it was conte but reported had it that he wasn’t the one that rejected him but the club placed him in on a list of players to be sold. First it was rumored that PSG never reached agreement with Napoli because the fee was just too high and secondly it was rumored that Chelsea deal was also delayed because of fee and not Osimhen rejecting them and even Mikel Obi who was said to be the intercessor for Chelsea said the bid of Chelsea was accepted late by Napoli and Also that of Al Ahli too.

This was just a saga and Chelsea hanged on too long for me they should have gotten another striker instead now they have Jackson to rely on or they play a false nine with the likes of Nkunku and Joao Felix playing that role perfectly, if it doesn’t work they can go back for Osimhen in January with his release clause now reduced in the new contract

[Pokapoka124]

Coach Arteta has signed a new contract with Arsenal, the deal will be announced soon by the "Gunners". The Spanish coach has contributed greatly to Arsenal's dramatic change since replacing Unai Emery at the end of 2019. Mikel has been a key figure in returning Arsenal to the top echelons of English and European football while creating a new bond between the team, the club, and the supporters.

With the new contract, Arteta can get closer to the salary Pep Guardiola is receiving. Arteta's agreement to stay at the Emirates Stadium, ending speculation about his future, will help Arsenal be more confident before conquering the Premier League title, as well as the Champions League.

Arteta has done a great job with the Arsenal squad since taking over as the manager. He’s made Arsenal a very strong and competitive side in recent seasons. The only fans who talk negatively about him….the “what has he won for Arsenal critics” are rival fans who are unhappy to see Arsenal compete for the number one spot on the table. I see a very bright future with Arteta managing the club. Extending his contract is the best decision for Arsenal. I can bet Manchester City would be very interested in getting Arteta should Pep resign today. Arteta is arguably the second-best manager in the EPL right now.