⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Plaguedeath]

I agree with this.
Arsenal don't need an attacking midfielder, what they need is a striker, a quality striker. Gabriel Jesus is not turning u as he should and they need somebody who can deliver. Viktor Gyokeres is a player that most big clubs are keeping an eye on and if Arsenal really means business, they should be going for him. He's expensive, but would be cheaper than Florian Writz.

Arsenal need to take action ASAP, otherwise other top teams will sign Gyokeres. It's not impossible if Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan, or other teams that currently have old/not reliable strikers to recruit him because he's really promising.

If he moved to Liverpool, Arsenal lose two thing, one is Gyokeres and another one is they will face Liverpool with better strength.

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I have often said that Arsenal does not really need new players in the attacking force. Because what Arsenal really needs is high consistency.
On the one hand, I just think that Arteta is known as a coach who is able to produce a player talent. But why did he choose to spend a lot of money just to get Wirtz?
Meanwhile, for me, Arsenal current attack line still looks very good and has solid performance.

Imao Arsenal may bring in a striker because with a high schedule and target, they certainly need more options for preparation. Rather than just relying on the players they have, Arsenal will experience an imbalance if one of them is injured. The solution to a busy and tiring season is to have many more worthy replacements so that they can maintain consistency in their performance. Arsenal themselves are candidates who continue to challenge Manchester City in the Premier League so when they have a striker option, Arteta has more ways to concoct attacks. Because Arteta is a smart coach and deciding to recruit Wirtz means he is believed to be able to provide additional strength in the attack line.

125M EUR is a fantastic figure but it's worth it for Wirtz as long as he performs similarly at Leverkusen.

It is possible that bringing in Wirtz will kick Havertz out because this player is not so impressive while at Arsenal or indeed as you say Arteta does not want when there is a problem of attacking line injuries lack of players so before that happens it is better to bring in players first, in addition to the current schedule.

Still asking if Arsenal will give so much money for this one player? Arteta's desire seems clear that Wirtz is a great player and fits at Arsenal.

[Amphenomenon]

Arsenal need to take action ASAP, otherwise other top teams will sign Gyokeres. It's not impossible if Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan, or other teams that currently have old/not reliable strikers to recruit him because he's really promising.

If he moved to Liverpool, Arsenal lose two thing, one is Gyokeres and another one is they will face Liverpool with better strength.

I guessed Arsenal may little to no competitors in getting Viktor Gyokeres, in January transfer window because most clubs has an active 9 already but in the end of season, they may consider the performance of their 9 or rather opt for Viktor Gyokeres since has been on fire notably since last season till now, though if the Gunners can fet him and he's able to replicate same form at Arsenal then I wonder what else would actually limit them for winning the Premier League

[X-ray]

Point of correction, Arsenal has quality forward players, maybe if you had said that they lacked depth I would agree with you easily. As per the attacking midfieder, they have Odegaard and he's still young and vibrant right now. Instead of splashing such figures on  Florian Writz, th y should rather go all out for Viktor Gyokeres. Thoughts? Look this current Arsenal squad, what they need right now is a complete and proven striker who can convert goals. Maybe Alexander Isaak would be great name to mention too!

It's better to sign Gyokeres rather than Wirtz, what Arsenal need is striker, they don't really need Wirtz even though he's skillful and can play in many positions. Both Wirtz and Isak are already overrated, this will make Arsenal spend more money than they should.

Take a look with his statistic, he's always perform in any match, if he not able to score a goal, at least he can give assist. If he can get a good results against Porto and International match, it means he's really that good.

Arsenal urgently needs both of players. I think they want to recruit Wirtz. Their poor performance after Odegaard's injury caused this. They lack of quality in CAM. So, they think Wirtz is their answer to strengthen their CAM.

Also, they urgently need to recruit new attackers. Their current ones are poor. But i think they will put a new CAM as their priority instead of new striker.

[joniboini]

Arsenal urgently needs both of players. I think they want to recruit Wirtz. Their poor performance after Odegaard's injury caused this. They lack of quality in CAM. So, they think Wirtz is their answer to strengthen their CAM. 

I don't think they lose a match without Odegaard, do they? I think the only disappointing result was against Manchester City and you could argue the red card affects them more than Odegaard's absence. Even if they do look for Odegaard's replacement, they have to adjust by preparing different tactics since injury can happen at any given time. It's not like your new player will always be fit either.

[Velvet78]

You don't need to be told to see that Manchester United are creating chances but they just need to be more ruthless when it comes to putting the ball at the back of the bloody net.
I do think Joshua Zirkzee is good bit I can not say the same for a player like Rasmus Hojlund, if I was in charge of getting players, I will never get a player like him despite his energy, he reminds me so much of Romelu Lukaku with Thor heavy first touch of the ball. Maybe INEOS should also jump in to get Victor Oshime, Manchester United needs such striker and I don't lie he would be perfect fit playing with Bruno Fernandez.
playing the ball backwards would have just made yesterday great but Individual error again cost Manchester United that game yesterday.

Hojlund is still very young maybe but that can't be seen as an excuse indeed. He just doesn't improve his finishing much. I see many other examples at the same age doing wonders.

Don't get me wrong, I don't expect him to be like Haaland. That would be unrealistic as we don't have many strikers like him currently.    But he can at least contribute to goals in various ways.

Osimhen's name was called with the Red Devils once. I think they might go after him again. Let's say they signed him then Zirkzee would be a good backup striker. And I don't know what they would do with Hojlund...

[Mustang Shelby]

I agree with this.
Arsenal don't need an attacking midfielder, what they need is a striker, a quality striker. Gabriel Jesus is not turning u as he should and they need somebody who can deliver. Viktor Gyokeres is a player that most big clubs are keeping an eye on and if Arsenal really means business, they should be going for him. He's expensive, but would be cheaper than Florian Writz.

Arsenal need to take action ASAP, otherwise other top teams will sign Gyokeres. It's not impossible if Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan, or other teams that currently have old/not reliable strikers to recruit him because he's really promising.

If he moved to Liverpool, Arsenal lose two thing, one is Gyokeres and another one is they will face Liverpool with better strength.

The 26-year-old Swedish player is doing wonders this season. He was playing like this last season. It was a big surprise that he wasn't transferred this summer. I thought the big teams would add him to their squad. However, Sporting Lisbon started the new season with him. He is currently the team's key player with ten goals in six matches. I am almost certain that he will leave the team in the mid-season transfer window. I must say that he has Championship experience in his past. He is not a player far from the Premier League. He has a high probability of going to one of the Premier League teams.

[Jegileman]

I have often said that Arsenal does not really need new players in the attacking force. Because what Arsenal really needs is high consistency.
On the one hand, I just think that Arteta is known as a coach who is able to produce a player talent. But why did he choose to spend a lot of money just to get Wirtz?
Meanwhile, for me, Arsenal current attack line still looks very good and has solid performance.

Arsenal attack is good but the position they’re trying to fill up is important for them if they really want to win trophies soon. It is true that Arteta likes building on young talents but sometimes, you just have to go for already made players if you really want fast results. The situation Arsenal is in now, they don’t need to wait to build another player, they will just be wasting time before they can see result for that effort they want to put in achieving that. Wirtz is a good player that when he joins to the attacking of Arsenal will make it strong and productive. This is not a bad choice but a good move for Arsenal. The earlier they get him, the better for them.

[Oluwa-btc]

Hojlund is still very young maybe but that can't be seen as an excuse indeed. He just doesn't improve his finishing much. I see many other examples at the same age doing wonders.

Don't get me wrong, I don't expect him to be like Haaland. That would be unrealistic as we don't have many strikers like him currently.    But he can at least contribute to goals in various ways.

Osimhen's name was called with the Red Devils once. I think they might go after him again. Let's say they signed him then Zirkzee would be a good backup striker. And I don't know what they would do with Hojlund...

Young but not the type of player I want leading the Manchester United attack. Last season, did you also observe how it was difficult for Bruno Fernandez to link up with Rasmus Hojlund? But this season, he has linked up right with Joshua Zirkzee leading the attack. I don't really like Left footed strikers who aren't techie. He's no where near Erling Haaland, asides Manchester United slacking when they should have gotten Halland, I believe his father never liked Manchester United and never wanted his son to join Manchester United. Manchester United amongst the two boyhood clubs he supported ( Victor Oshime ) I don't know if they'll make a move, No! They won't.

[Furious 7]

Hojlund is still very young maybe but that can't be seen as an excuse indeed. He just doesn't improve his finishing much. I see many other examples at the same age doing wonders.

The expectations that are too big for Hojlund make his condition difficult for now because it cannot be denied that when he was at Atalanta he was quite good but for Manchester United and the EPL it seems that Hojlund is not the right choice at this point.
His performance at Manchester United is still far from expectations even though previously in the last season there was a good momentum for Hojlund when he always managed to create goals in several matches only for his luck to stop because of an injury that made his performance return to its original form.

It is undeniable that at this time he is still quite young, it's just that when reasons like this always become a wall it will not allow him to continue to survive because in big competitions like the EPL there is no reason whether it is young or old when his performance is still quite far from expectations then he must be prepared with all the worst possibilities that will happen later.

[Amphenomenon]

Young but not the type of player I want leading the Manchester United attack. Last season, did you also observe how it was difficult for Bruno Fernandez to link up with Rasmus Hojlund? But this season, he has linked up right with Joshua Zirkzee leading the attack. I don't really like Left footed strikers who aren't techie. He's no where near Erling Haaland, asides Manchester United slacking when they should have gotten Halland, I believe his father never liked Manchester United and never wanted his son to join Manchester United.

I think it will impossible to ever see Haaland move to Manchester United even before hos move to Manchester City because he has never hide the fact that he hates Manchester United. Rasmus Hojlund  has been too inconsistent especially through injuries this moment he is inform and then again out with injury, coming back not bring to replicate same form, though I often wonder why they did play such a huge fee for him when his stat wasn't even better than Nicolas Jackson at Villarreal who Chelsea got a lesser fee, though still have his ups and downs but way better at the moment than Rasmus Hojlund

Manchester United amongst the two boyhood clubs he supported ( Victor Oshime ) I don't know if they'll make a move, No! They won't.

Do you think Ten Hag would go for him especially not really showing much interest on him this transfer window?
I don't really know if they will also have to offload some players before they can get him also base on FFP.
Manchester United has spent too much on thier attack and still have nothing to show for it though come to think of it most of Ten Hag signings has failed to do well as expected especially in the attack, this man is too bad he probably will take Manchester United to hell because I doubt he will ever want to change or improve himself since he's so full of pride

[Ryu_Ar1]

This is a wise choice in their current predicament because after all, with their finances not in the best shape and Ter Stegen injured at the wrong time, Barcelona had to look for options.
Szczesny has indeed reached his prime at Arsenal and Juventus so he decided to retire at the end of last season but it looks like Barcelona's offer is too promising even though in terms of finance it is not very good but in terms of prestige then anyone is difficult to refuse especially a direct offer for a major player option in Szczesny's current condition.

Hopefully this is the right choice to return because after all the Barcelona presure for Szczesny is still very large especially with their condition which is currently still in the top standings with unbeaten then it could make this presure even more difficult. However, I still feel that it was the right decision for Barcelona and Szczesny when he decided to return to the competition.

Szcezny had a good performance recently but he has not played for any team this season so far and this can be a good chance for Barcelona to hire Szcezny. Also considering the performance we saw from Szcezny, I think there is no reason anymore for Barcelona to be worried about their goalkeeper since he was one of the effective players of Juventus when he was playing there.
Now after Szcezny joins Barcelona they can wait for Ter Stegen to be back in good form without any stress because of having a reliable goalkeeper.

Seeing from his condition actually whoever the goalkeeper is for Barcelona at this time they will not work too hard because their midfield and defense are still doing their job well but indeed with the presence of Szcezny with his myriad experiences when he was at big clubs like Arsenal and Juventus of course this has a great hope that the defense will become even stronger especially with his age now actually it is still quite mature for the size of the goalkeeper and I think we know his reflexes when he is under the bar are above average.

It's just that even so of course there is still no guarantee because it could be that when his performance is not going well then Pena is the option to fill the line up just like what happened to Kepa and Lunin in Madrid last season.

Tomorrow it looks like we will see Szcezny's Barcelona debut against Osasuna. It should be a little easier as Barcelona have the upper hand in any case but we should still prepare for the worst.

[Stepstowealth]

Tomorrow it looks like we will see Szcezny's Barcelona debut against Osasuna. It should be a little easier as Barcelona have the upper hand in any case but we should still prepare for the worst.

Szcezny Is a very good option for a short term replacement, Based on the experience he has from being the goalkeeper of many big clubs. He can really be a very good option for Barcelona this. But my worry is that it may take a while for him to get back to full form where he can start making very important saves again for Barcelona in very important games. Barcelona started this season in the La Liga very well, and it will be a shame to see them start dropping points because their goalkeeper is unable to make important saves in games.

In the Champions League too, Barcelona has not started well so they, will be under pressure to really perform well in the next opportunity they have, I just hope that the goalkeeping position is not a problem to them.

[Richbased]

Arsenal need to take action ASAP, otherwise other top teams will sign Gyokeres. It's not impossible if Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan, or other teams that currently have old/not reliable strikers to recruit him because he's really promising.

If he moved to Liverpool, Arsenal lose two thing, one is Gyokeres and another one is they will face Liverpool with better strength.

Viktor Gyokeres is a very impressive striker that Sweden and Sporting Lisbon have and i believe Mikel Arteta is not gonna allow the player to skip his targets because he will fit in well as an Arsenal striker and considering the fact that Arsenal is looking forward to a premier league title means they need more strikers. I don't think Liverpool is very upfront in signing the player so hopefully Arteta can still succeed in signing the striker regardless that he is costly because for Arsenal to ignite their title hopes they need to pay huge sacrifices and signing more quality players to the team is the only way they can achieve that.

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Yusuf Yazıcı has signed with Olympiacos. He was waiting for offers from the Premier League for a while. That's why it was rumored in the Turkish press that he turned down offers from Turkiye. When he couldn't get the offers he expected from England, he signed with Olympiacos. He is only 27 years old. Last season he scored 12 goals and 4 assists in 42 games for Lille. I can't say that Olympiakos is a very good choice for him. His agent is his brother. I think he should work with more professional companies...

[indah rezqi]

Hojlund is still very young maybe but that can't be seen as an excuse indeed. He just doesn't improve his finishing much. I see many other examples at the same age doing wonders.

The expectations that are too big for Hojlund make his condition difficult for now because it cannot be denied that when he was at Atalanta he was quite good but for Manchester United and the EPL it seems that Hojlund is not the right choice at this point.
His performance at Manchester United is still far from expectations even though previously in the last season there was a good momentum for Hojlund when he always managed to create goals in several matches only for his luck to stop because of an injury that made his performance return to its original form.

It is undeniable that at this time he is still quite young, it's just that when reasons like this always become a wall it will not allow him to continue to survive because in big competitions like the EPL there is no reason whether it is young or old when his performance is still quite far from expectations then he must be prepared with all the worst possibilities that will happen later.

Since being recruited from Atalanta, Hojlund started the season with an injury, which has hampered his development. With a background playing in Serie A, Hojlund needs more time to adapt to the Premier League which we know is more competitive. It is only natural that fans have high hopes for him, because he was recruited at a fairly high price. The momentum created last season failed to continue, and it seems that he can only appear on fire when entering the second half of the season. The arrival of Joshua Zirkzee will create healthy competition in the Man United front line, which will encourage both attackers to play better in every match.

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Arsenal attack is good but the position they’re trying to fill up is important for them if they really want to win trophies soon. It is true that Arteta likes building on young talents but sometimes, you just have to go for already made players if you really want fast results. The situation Arsenal is in now, they don’t need to wait to build another player, they will just be wasting time before they can see result for that effort they want to put in achieving that. Wirtz is a good player that when he joins to the attacking of Arsenal will make it strong and productive. This is not a bad choice but a good move for Arsenal. The earlier they get him, the better for them.

I hope you know that this is 2024, most of the players we once considered to be young players in Arsenal are now middle age players because Arteta has added 2 years since he came to Arsenal and if you check most of their players age, they have come up a little big than where they were when he met them and when he sign some of them unless they want to bring more players like you said and I see Wirtz deal is also most complete but I'm interested in how much they want to seal that deal because Leverkusen spent alot on that guy to be where he is today.

Despite all this efforts and bringing players, Manchester City are not bothered about any player, Guardiola stood on business when he said he doesn't want to bring in more players he wouldn't be using and he did and yet they are seems not done yet with the trophy, there is a big work to evacuate them from these era of football and only Arsenal are upto that task.

[alegotardo]

Hojlund is still very young maybe but that can't be seen as an excuse indeed. He just doesn't improve his finishing much. I see many other examples at the same age doing wonders.

Manchester United have been showing some disappointment with the performance of young Hojlund in his first season at the club for some time now. The board paid a huge sum for his arrival, but he has not performed as expected.

On the other hand, I see some hope because, looking at Joshua Zirkzee's performance, he has only started three games since his transfer and has made the most of his opportunity. Certainly, for much of last season United lacked creativity and that is what Zirkzee offers. But Rasmus Hojlund seems to be the perfect partner for the Dane and I believe he should stay in his current position so that United can continue to improve their creativity and convert results into goals.

[imamusma]

Hojlund is still very young maybe but that can't be seen as an excuse indeed. He just doesn't improve his finishing much. I see many other examples at the same age doing wonders.

Manchester United have been showing some disappointment with the performance of young Hojlund in his first season at the club for some time now. The board paid a huge sum for his arrival, but he has not performed as expected.

On the other hand, I see some hope because, looking at Joshua Zirkzee's performance, he has only started three games since his transfer and has made the most of his opportunity. Certainly, for much of last season United lacked creativity and that is what Zirkzee offers. But Rasmus Hojlund seems to be the perfect partner for the Dane and I believe he should stay in his current position so that United can continue to improve their creativity and convert results into goals.

If Rasmus Hojlund fails to improve his game, and often suffers from injuries, his position in the Manchester United main squad will be threatened by Joshua Zirkzee, instead of they can play together.. Sometimes we can't blame the attackers, they are the final executors of the creativity built by other players, the team unstable performance in other areas makes their goal productivity very minimal. Meanwhile, this is Ten Hag third year in charge of The Red Devils, the Dutch manager seems to rely heavily on young players this season, and as usual he will certainly ask fans to be patient to see the development shown by his squad. It is likely that Manchester United journey this season will not be much different from last season, which often made fans hearts jump every week.

[joniboini]

If Rasmus Hojlund fails to improve his game, and often suffers from injuries, his position in the Manchester United main squad will be threatened by Joshua Zirkzee, instead of they can play together.

I agree with the analysis that those two should play together since Zirkzee clearly has the ability to be a 'playmaker'. I think some analysis from fan channels or pundits also wants ETH to play those two together, at least for a few matches. Judging their chemistry from one match when they never played together is a bit harsh IMO.

Speaking of injuries, I'm sure United had some terrible injuries track record last season. Even their latest player Leny Yoro also got injured, didn't he[1]? I remember there is a narrative suggesting their medical team is bad which caused many players to get recurrent injuries or something last season[2]. I wonder if Hojlund fitness issue is related to this or not. Hopefully, they find better doctors and medical teams after slashing their workforce[3].

[1] https://www.transfermarkt.com/leny-yoro/verletzungen/spieler/923831
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5549017/2024/06/14/erik-ten-hag-player-tensions-principles-play/
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5611715/2024/07/03/manchester-united-job-cuts/