⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Palakka]

I assume these Osimhen discussions are going to continue for one more year because of his loan at Galatasaray. His future is still undecided. However I don't expect us to talk about it more than a year. Because his release clause must have dropped a level like 75-80 million euros now. There is no way that we wouldn't see any rich team paying that amount to sign him next summer.  

As far as I have heard, Chelsea has already sent some scouts to observe him at Galatasaray this season. This will surely push Osimhen more to play impressively at his current team. This would be a plus for the Turkish side.  

I think world football has struggled to produce talented strikers in recent years. The compact football mentality reduces the number of players who stand out with their individual skills. So, even if Osimhen doesn't perform very well at Galatasaray, there will be clubs who will want to sign Osimhen because the number of players like Osimhen in world football is decreasing day by day. Stars like Osimhen, Haaland and Mbappe are players who can single-handedly change the score and the game when the team is bad...

There is actually no need to speculate about Osimhen future because he is only temporarily at Galatasaray before the transfer market reopens, previously, many teams were interested in recruiting Osimhen, but the selling price and high release clause made many interested teams withdraw and play in the Turkish league, it is the right alternative for Osimhen at this time to continue to maintain his playing performance,  If Osimhen is able to maintain his sharpness in scoring goals, of course there will be many other big European teams who will queue up to get Osimhen next winter transfer,especially now that Napoli has lowered Osimhen release clause.

 In the summer transfer market some time ago there were only a few strikers available, so Osimhen was a hot asset that was competed for by many teams, osimhen mentality, performance and consistency in scoring goals was the main reason why European teams like PSG, Arsenal and Chelsea want to recruit him, but unfortunately for that is reason Napoli also sets a high price for teams who want to recruit Osimhen.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

News came in from Brazil today
"Anthony Martial demands ruin negotiations – Request revealed as search for next club after Manchester United goes on.
The former Manchester United man has been identified as a target. However, the newspaper says he demanded a three-year deal on his wages to join the South American club.
Flamengo believe that both the salary request and the contract length isn’t workable for them, and therefore it’s believed there’s no possibility of negotiations going any further."
https://sportwitness.co.uk/anthony-martial-demands-ruin-negotiations-request-revealed-as-search-for-next-club-after-manchester-united-goes-on/

I believe that if Martial can not get a contract with Flamenco, we can say that with a probability of 90% of Marcial's career in big soccer is over, because in Europe no one will offer him a contract for more than a year and most likely it will be Turkish or French clubs, because with his history in the EPL no one will take Marcial anymore.

I read in the Turkish press today that Flamengo wants to use the budget allocated for Martial to transfer Icardi. Icardi is very loved at Galatasaray. Galatasaray fans adore him. I don't think he will want to leave Turkiye. He is earning a salary of 6 million Euros in Turkiye. If he gets an offer more attractive than this salary, maybe he will go to Brazil.

I think the fact that Anthony Martial still hasn't found a club is the incompetence of his agent. He hasn't had a good performance in recent seasons. But a few seasons ago he was Manchester United's top scorer. He could get a good contract from an average team.

[Litzki1990]

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.

The amount of transfer that is done in other seasons was not transferred in this season, but the biggest transfer in the transfer market was Mbappe's arrival to Real Madrid. Real Madrid tried to bring Mbappe to their team for the last 5 to 6 seasons but finally Real Madrid managed to complete this deal successfully in 2024-25 season. When it comes to Oshimen's transfer, it is clear that the biggest obstacle to his transfer is his current club. Napoli didn't want this player to go to any good club which is why the market value of this player was set very high. Oshimen himself probably knew that no top club would buy the player for the amount that Napoli set for the player's transfer fee. Anyway, I hope Oshimen will perform well at the club he eventually goes to.

[junder]

Yes, Osimhen went to one of the best teams in the Turkish league. He is currently in the team that won the last two championships and the quality of the league may be a little lower than Osimhen, but there are tough defenders. If they play hard against Osimhen, there is a chance they can injure him. I hope he completes this season without getting injured and goes to the team he will go to next year in better shape. I am surprised how he hasn't gone to the Premier League yet. I thought he would have signed with Chelsea long ago.

His move to the Turkish League can be said to be a decline in performance because Osimhen is still young and still very worthy of being in a competitive league, but like it or not, Osimhen must accept the deal for the sake of his performance development because if he stays in Napoli as we know he both parties are not in a good relationship.
Regarding the failed deal with Chelsea, there are many rumors that Chelsea objected to the salary proposed by Osimhen even though the release clause has been lowered by Napoli, but all of these are rumors that are not yet clear.
Hopefully at Galatasaray Osimhen can work well and other European clubs are interested in recruiting him in the future.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

Maybe they are seeing that he can contribute due to his experience, in a team you also need veteran players because only young players would be a total disaster, if not you have to ask Luis Enrique when he took Spain to Qatar, they lost games that nobody imagined, however for me veteran players even if they are not so good can give the best advice to the youngsters and in part it gives balance, that's what I can think of why they want to keep him there.

[EL MOHA]

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.

One thing is that all this long term contracts that Chelsea are giving out to players are just a means to beat the FFP rules and nothing more, I don’t see most of this players staying until then, players like Jackson if they fall out of favour or lose form will be sold off immediately even at a lower price, so it doesn’t mean that Chelsea will be keeping him up until that age. But still if Chelsea as of today decide to keep him it will be base on his form and we have seen players over 30 years who still play well as a striker, players like Jamie Vardy are here. cavani was above 30 when he also played for Manchester United so it is about the form of the player and not the age.

I think the fact that Anthony Martial still hasn't found a club is the incompetence of his agent. He hasn't had a good performance in recent seasons. But a few seasons ago he was Manchester United's top scorer. He could get a good contract from an average team.

I agree with you that players agency sometimes contributes to the player’s lack of team or a better club. As for martial he shouldn’t have waited for his contract to expire before looking for a new club. A loan move when he was out of favour at united would have been better but he didn’t bother now every team sees him as being lazy and can’t spend huge wage on him. It is surprising to see Flamengo rejecting him maybe it would be a matter of fee not getting agreed because he was previously on a mouth watering $240k wage at united which i don’t think any club will match now, he should simply just take a huge pay cut like De gea and get a team

[Oluwa-btc]

Barcelona Boss Hansi Flick wants to sign the the Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala for Barcelona:
 
Here, Guys, I saw a fresh news on Twitter in which it was said that Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick is willing to sign one of the best young talent Jamal Musiala. Hansi Flick used Jamal Musiala before at Bayern Munich. Jamal Musiala was 17 years old when Hansi Flick gave him the opportunity to play the game in 2020, which has made him a world class player. And now from the interesting things that the same Bayern Munich ex coach Hansi Flick wants Jamal Musiala to move to Barcelona. And become a vital player for the club. In this regard, Johan Laporta is also willing to offer over $110 million to Bayern Munich for signing the young talent Jamal Musiala. 

Source: https://managingbarca.com/index.php/2024/09/11/flick-wants-barcelona-to-sign-german-superstar/

Now ask yourself if Barcelona has the funds to sign this player and even if they do, what position do you think he'll play for Barcelona? They recently signed up Daniel Olmo from Leipzig who plays same position as Jamal Musiala ( behind the striker ) I don't take this news to be serious.
If Barcelona has such funds, then they should have brought in a Nico Williams from Atletico Bilbao and also Fabian Ruiz from Paris Saint Germany. There are too many clubs hunting Jamal Musiala right now. He'll have to make a decision which will either affect his career positively or negatively in the next ten years. I would love a move to Real Madrid or Manchester City so he can replace Kevin De Bruyne who leaves at the end of the season.

[beerlover]

Previously, Andriy Lunin was rumored to be leaving after his contract with Real Madrid expires in June 2025. He wants to find a club that can guarantee his position as the main goalkeeper because while he was still at Real Madrid, his playing opportunities were very minimal because the coach trusted Thibaut Courtois more as the main goalkeeper. Now he has officially extended his contract with Real Madrid and will stay there until June 2030.

His decision to extend his long-term contract is in stark contrast to his wishes last season as he is well aware of the difficulties of breaking into the first team while Thibaut Courtois remains at Real Madrid. This deal is very beneficial for Real Madrid because they do not lose one of their players for free, his services can also be used when Courtois is injured or in other competitions such as the Copa Del Rey or the Club World Cup.

This comes as a shock to me, after what they did to him last season, I honestly expected Lunin to leave, and would want to be at any other club. I understand that Real Madrid could be the greatest team right now, but at the same time it feels what they did was so wrong that they should have been ashamed of themselves as well. Last season for the entire season Lunin protected the goal, and then on the last 3 games or so, and specially on the UCL finals, they just switched to Courtois because he was ready to get back and healed.

Sure Thibaut Courtois is a great goal keeper and he is probably the best one out there right now, but putting him on just the final game, when Lunin was the one that took them there, was a shameful act if you ask me, just rest Courtois for one more game, and then Lunin would have given up anyway. In any case, Lunin felt like that was ok obviously since he extended his contract.

[GbitG]

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.

Hmm, that's true mate!
In this transfer window Victor Osimene's departure was the only move that happened from outside the expected circle. Everyone was expecting that Victor Osimene would move to a European club (Chelsea, PSG etc). But in fact, he proved all people's expectations wrong and moved to Turkish league and that too on a loan deal. 
 
While Killian Mbappe's departure everyone knew that he would move to Real Madrid. Because recently from few years Killian Mbappe and Real Madrid were linked for a deal. So Killian Mbappe's move was not that surprising, everyone already knew about this move. 
 
Let me also submit this tath Many clubs have signed their targeted players. But in my opinion, the best transfer that has happened in this window is Julian Alvarez. Because J. Alvarez, being the best player, has an expensive value despite Atletico Madrid having signed hum from Manchester City by paying less value than market value.

[Velvet78]

I think world football has struggled to produce talented strikers in recent years. The compact football mentality reduces the number of players who stand out with their individual skills. So, even if Osimhen doesn't perform very well at Galatasaray, there will be clubs who will want to sign Osimhen because the number of players like Osimhen in world football is decreasing day by day. Stars like Osimhen, Haaland and Mbappe are players who can single-handedly change the score and the game when the team is bad...

You are right about that too actually. Because you know the Turkish league isn't best place for quality players such as Osimhen to show their skills in the best manner. He can still perform better when he is signed by a much bigger team competing in one of the best European leagues.  

Chelsea and PSG seem like the biggest candidates for now. Galatasaray fans were worried about losing him in January too actually but they must be relieved after hearing that there is no such condition on his loan contract.


Adrien Rabiot is without a team for more than 2 months. He is still dealing with his mother's desires about his future. What a pity! If he wasn't under the influence of his mother in his career, I believe he would have been in a much better position now...

[irhact]

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.

Chelsea football club contract extension doesn't make sense to me and we don't know why they do this but they have their reasons. Jackson is said to have done well in the eyes of the club owner therefore the contract extension was a reward for his performance last season. While we didn't see anything that Jackson did, the club saw and thought it'll be good they extend his contract. From this new wages, Jackson should be performing better or he's going to be benched when Chelsea get a new striker. Jackson doesn't have any plans of leaving the club as no club will want him with the way, he's constantly missing chances created.

[ThemePen]

Chelsea football club contract extension doesn't make sense to me and we don't know why they do this but they have their reasons. Jackson is said to have done well in the eyes of the club owner therefore the contract extension was a reward for his performance last season. While we didn't see anything that Jackson did, the club saw and thought it'll be good they extend his contract. From this new wages, Jackson should be performing better or he's going to be benched when Chelsea get a new striker. Jackson doesn't have any plans of leaving the club as no club will want him with the way, he's constantly missing chances created.

I also don't think Chelsea should have extended Jackson contract. He didn't do well last season so it is hard to understand why they did it. Maybe club owner saw something special in him but it is not clear what that is.

Jackson has not played well and has missed many chances. Giving him new contract and more money means he needs to do better. If he does not he might sit on bench when Chelsea gets new player. Jackson is not playing well enough to join another team so he will probably stay at Chelsea. This decision is risk and we will have to wait to see if it works out. For now it is  confusing choice that makes us wonder about Chelsea plans.

[Obari]

Chelsea football club contract extension doesn't make sense to me and we don't know why they do this but they have their reasons. Jackson is said to have done well in the eyes of the club owner therefore the contract extension was a reward for his performance last season. While we didn't see anything that Jackson did, the club saw and thought it'll be good they extend his contract. From this new wages, Jackson should be performing better or he's going to be benched when Chelsea get a new striker. Jackson doesn't have any plans of leaving the club as no club will want him with the way, he's constantly missing chances created.

Chelsea players are incredibly amazing, watching their performance in league games picks our interests. Chelsea contract extension will be suitable for prominent players, atleast the Blues have good players on the records. Chelsea supporters have joint hands with outsiders when it comes to their own players. The Blues board have changed their pattern towards making extension of contracts for their players. Offering Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer such lengthy contract does feel good for the future but also another form of disadvantage. These players are prominent but not all of them have longevity in outstanding form.

[hyudien]

Chelsea football club contract extension doesn't make sense to me and we don't know why they do this but they have their reasons. Jackson is said to have done well in the eyes of the club owner therefore the contract extension was a reward for his performance last season. While we didn't see anything that Jackson did, the club saw and thought it'll be good they extend his contract. From this new wages, Jackson should be performing better or he's going to be benched when Chelsea get a new striker. Jackson doesn't have any plans of leaving the club as no club will want him with the way, he's constantly missing chances created.

I also don't think Chelsea should have extended Jackson contract. He didn't do well last season so it is hard to understand why they did it. Maybe club owner saw something special in him but it is not clear what that is.

Jackson has not played well and has missed many chances. Giving him new contract and more money means he needs to do better. If he does not he might sit on bench when Chelsea gets new player. Jackson is not playing well enough to join another team so he will probably stay at Chelsea. This decision is risk and we will have to wait to see if it works out. For now it is  confusing choice that makes us wonder about Chelsea plans.

What Chelsea did by extending the contract in the long term was something we never thought about before, but suddenly they officially gave a very long-term contract to a player who actually didn't make a big contribution. Indeed, he can still make a contribution, but in my opinion it is still at a mediocre stage. So their decision surprised many people.
I am not belittling Jackson at all, because he certainly has the ability. But what was Chelsea's consideration in making such a decision, that is actually the question that is on our minds. Maybe the story would be different if the one who got the contract was Haaland, Mbappe or a player who is currently considered a star player.

[tusandii]

Yes, Osimhen went to one of the best teams in the Turkish league. He is currently in the team that won the last two championships and the quality of the league may be a little lower than Osimhen, but there are tough defenders. If they play hard against Osimhen, there is a chance they can injure him. I hope he completes this season without getting injured and goes to the team he will go to next year in better shape. I am surprised how he hasn't gone to the Premier League yet. I thought he would have signed with Chelsea long ago.

Osimhen is a good striker, it's just that he can't make what he wants happen. If only he hadn't been so stubborn to choose PSG as his place to land, maybe he wouldn't have had to end up at Galatasaray. He is also unlikely to stay at Napoli because the relationship is no longer good there.

If you follow the development of Oshimen's transfer, you might not say that because as far as I know Oshimen is willing to go to PSG, it's just that Napoli is too stubborn not to negotiate with PSG regarding the price agreement because the club has set a price that is too high so PSG is a little hesitant to recruit him, not because Oshimen is too stubborn to move to PSG until finally Galatasaray club is willing to recruit him with a loan option because no club has given him certainty.

It is still unclear why the deal between Napoli and Chelsea did not happen, maybe because Osimhen wanted a big enough salary, or it could be because he didn't really want to move to the Premier League at that time.

Chelsea has recruited many players this season and has spent a lot of budget so if they recruit Oshimen it will increase their expenses, especially since Oshimen has a high salary so that's what makes a number of clubs object but so far Chelsea is still interested in this player, maybe when the transfer window opens again and Chelsea's performance has not improved they will recruit Oshimen.

[Pokapoka124]

In this transfer window Victor Osimene's departure was the only move that happened from outside the expected circle. Everyone was expecting that Victor Osimene would move to a European club (Chelsea, PSG etc). But in fact, he proved all people's expectations wrong and moved to Turkish league and that too on a loan deal. 
 
While Killian Mbappe's departure everyone knew that he would move to Real Madrid. Because recently from few years Killian Mbappe and Real Madrid were linked for a deal. So Killian Mbappe's move was not that surprising, everyone already knew about this move. 
 
Let me also submit this tath Many clubs have signed their targeted players. But in my opinion, the best transfer that has happened in this window is Julian Alvarez. Because J. Alvarez, being the best player, has an expensive value despite Atletico Madrid having signed hum from Manchester City by paying less value than market value.

Yeah we all expected to see Victor Osimhen make a move over to England and to the blue side of North London but unfortunately that didn’t happen rather we were shocked to see a Deadline day move to Galatasaray. Chelsea fans were disappointed but the management seem to be fine with their decisions and seem quite okay with the players they have now, Nkuku and Jackson.

I really can’t believe Arsenal did not make a move for Julian Alvarez. There was no way Manchester City would agree to selling him to their rival and risk strengthening the opposition but Arsenal could have at least tried - after all  Manchester City has Haaland.

[mammusu]

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.

Chelsea football club contract extension doesn't make sense to me and we don't know why they do this but they have their reasons. Jackson is said to have done well in the eyes of the club owner therefore the contract extension was a reward for his performance last season. While we didn't see anything that Jackson did, the club saw and thought it'll be good they extend his contract. From this new wages, Jackson should be performing better or he's going to be benched when Chelsea get a new striker. Jackson doesn't have any plans of leaving the club as no club will want him with the way, he's constantly missing chances created.

Not only is the contract extension absurd from Chelsea at the moment, but what all Chelsea is doing this season in my opinion does including bringing in a lot of players at an expensive price that does not make sense at all, Chelsea this season spends a lot of money in the transfer market and they continue to pile up players to make Maresca confused because of most of the options in the dressing room ,  the problem of contract extension may be just an anticipation made by Chelsea in binding its players from other teams offers, but indeed the contract extension made by Chelsea is something strange because most teams have only extended the players contract for only 3-5 years, but Chelsea actually immediately offered a new contract of up to 8-9 years, So whether it is a bold step or a stupid step taken by the management if remember the player performance, because a player will not necessarily continue to show a stable performance in playing.

[Pokapoka124]

Do you believe that Osimhen will score his first goal in this match? just checked out this betting option and it seems the market is predicting he will do it 1.59 for this bet, not interested?
https://talkimg.com/images/2024/09/14/B9suz.jpeg

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1835007838038765609?s=46

Looks like Fabrizio Romano took that bet on Stake. He tweeted that Victor Osimhen scored but that is not accurate. The ball didn’t come off Osimhen’s head so the goal was not given to him. Unfortunately Victor Osimhen couldn’t score as you predicted but had an assist to his name. I’m sure the Galatasaray fans will be very pleased with this outcome. The Turkish League will be fun to watch with Osimhen playing this season.

[Barikui1]

Do you believe that Osimhen will score his first goal in this match? just checked out this betting option and it seems the market is predicting he will do it 1.59 for this bet, not interested?
https://talkimg.com/images/2024/09/14/B9suz.jpeg

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1835007838038765609?s=46

Looks like Fabrizio Romano took that bet on Stake. He tweeted that Victor Osimhen scored but that is not accurate. The ball didn’t come off Osimhen’s head so the goal was not given to him. Unfortunately Victor Osimhen couldn’t score as you predicted but had an assist to his name. I’m sure the Galatasaray fans will be very pleased with this outcome. The Turkish League will be fun to watch with Osimhen playing this season.

It's a very big shame that the goal wasn't given to him considering all the good job he did yesterday, but he is a major plus to this Galatasarian side, and just as you rightfully said, he is actually going to be fun signing and a major upgrade to the attacking set-up of the Galatasarian side.
Then as for the bet of Fabrizio romano, I actually thinks that it's an ugly way to lose a bet, because even me I actually thought that victor osimhen had scored, but the goal wasn't given to him since he didn't has the last touch of the ball.
Then as for victor osimhen and my goal expectations from him in this Galatasarian side, I am actually expecting the least 20 goals from him this season, because I believe that he has what it takes to deliver it and even more this season.

[Phoenix Anka]

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.

Maybe they are seeing that he can contribute due to his experience, in a team you also need veteran players because only young players would be a total disaster, if not you have to ask Luis Enrique when he took Spain to Qatar, they lost games that nobody imagined, however for me veteran players even if they are not so good can give the best advice to the youngsters and in part it gives balance, that's what I can think of why they want to keep him there.

Young players are as important as experienced players for a team. Enrique is a coach who provides this balance well. Chelsea's decision on Jackson is completely their own. Therefore, considering that the player also approved the deal, it is not right to criticize. After all, both sides have agreed.