⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Obari]

Ronaldo wants to see De Bruyne right beside him. He wants Al-Nassr to sign him at all costs.

Source: Mundo Deportivo

I mean even if it is an offer like 1 million dollars a week... It sounds really insane after hearing it first.    But when you remember how rich these teams are, you start to normalize it. There wouldn't ever be a European team that can or would like to afford this amount.

It is just for show of course. I believe De Bruyne will seriously think of leaving next summer. He is a superb player but it looks like he will have an important part of this season as injured. I feel like this is his last season at Manchester City.

These are football fast approaching rumors? Cristiano Ronaldo admired the playing style of Kelvin De Bruyne, because the player in question is the best playmaker in the English Premier League but currently, very versatile in major roles given to him, unfortunately he's been sidelined due constant injuries. Ronaldo playing in Al Nassr jersey and would be very delighted to see Kelvin De Bruyne joining him also in Saudi Arabia. What's this Saudi elite side cooking in the transfer window? Do you even know what it means to add one of the best attacking midfielders to your club?

The big questions pops up, Manchester City willingly to let go of one of their most standout player in past decades? Kelvin De Bruyne is mute concerning his contract renewal in Manchester City, we know he has achieved and completed European football with Manchester City, probably the time has come for him to reach out for new tempting bids coming in from other clubs, would he accept them or remained loyal to play for Manchester City?

[gabbie2010]

The injured Madrid players are David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois, and Brahim Diaz plus Carvajal today. It seems that Ancelotti will have to add several players to replace injured players in the winter. It may take a while, but Madrid must prepare it so that they can still compete in the League and Europe. He only has Lucas Vazquez in place of Carvajal. There is also news that Madrid wants Trent Alexxander-Arnold from Liverpool, he has a contract end in January next year.

Ancelloti just have to manage the team's injury-free players well so as to compete at the highest level with Barcelona now that it's only 3 points that separated the two clubs  with three months to January transfer window it's unfortunate that those key players would miss action possibly for both short term and long term, now that Toni Kross has gone it seems Real Madrid midfield is not as formidable as it was during Kross days and aging Modric has limited impact in the team, hopefully if Trent Alexxander-Arnold is signed definitely he is going to add more depth to their midfield if he is drafted from his usual right back to the midfield.

[tiCeR]

That's quite a difficult situation for Juventus Turin, but I agree with you that it doesn't seem as if they really want him back and I understand that.

He was having injuries almost all the time when he played for Juventus Turin. Now he has been out of serious competition for such a long time and in addition to his questionable physical condition, I expect that Juventus Turin will instead try to get rid of him. Maybe it also depends on how much he will be asking in salary. But my guess is that he won't be holding back and instead will try to reap in as much as possible.

He is now 31 years old. turns 32 early next year. I think there isn't much to be gained from him from the point of view of Juventus Turin.

The news is that Juventus and Pogba will agree on a contract termination and it will be done tomorrow as stated by Fabrizio on his social X.

Indeed Juventus do not expect him to return again, he will have many obstacles after coming back especially at an old age of course it will be vulnerable to injury again after a long time not playing.

If Paul Pogba becomes a free agent then maybe that is what is expected, there will definitely be offers from several clubs but it is not certain whether European clubs will be interested again? Or just go to the SPL to boost popularity again?

That is probably the best solution for everyone, but I had to admit that I wonder how much doping there is going on in professional football. I think it would be naive to believe that Pogba was an exception. Instead I guess that he is one of the few who got caught.

Does anyone know why they reduced the penalty at all? What is the reason behind reducing it from 4 years to 1.5 years when someone provenly cheated and took prohibited substances?

[Docnaster]

Yesterday, it was confirmed that France international Paul Pogba's four years doping ban have been reduced to 18 months which means that the French man will be eligible to play professional football again by next March. That being said, there's a another report that Juventus are in strong negotiations with Pogba to terminate his contract so he can freely join any other club. I'm curious to know which other top European clubs that would be interested in signing him or is he going to join one of the clubs in Saudi Arabia? What's your thoughts about this news?

[Zaguru12]

De Bruyne must be positioned on the attacking midfielder. Talisca will be on the right winger, Mane in the left winger, and Ronaldo plays as the striker. I think Otávio won't be needed in Al Nassr anymore if De Bruyne really comes in the next year. Al Nassr can put Otávio on the transfer list, so Al Nassr can have 10 foreign players only.

By the way, currently De Bruyne salary is about £400,000 every week. I am sure De Bruyne will be difficult to refuse Al Nassr offer if they really want to pay him $1,000,000. It is a fantastic amount of money, De Bruyne will never get that amount of money for his salary if De Bruyne stays in European leagues.

The thing is for Al Nassr to actually compete against Al Hilal they need to add quality players to their squad and seriously Kelvin DeBruyne will be a good addition. De Bruyne has a season left on his contract and by judging with the way he actually addressed the playing in Saudi pro league where he said it was possible that he will play there one day just to earn that much to take care of their family later. De Bruyne been offered a million weekly wages will be a big factor for him to decide. Moreover it has been shown lately that Manchester city are currently scouting for his replacement all round because they don’t seem to see that he would agree to a new contract.

De Bruyne will be great addition to the club but only him wouldn’t fix their problems alone, they need the another quality defender too and also a goalkeeper to compete with Ospina. For the goalkeeper scouting I think De Bruyne current Manchester city team Ederson will be a good option for them as he also would love to move to the league too.

[Falconer]

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Ancelloti just have to manage the team's injury-free players well so as to compete at the highest level with Barcelona now that it's only 3 points that separated the two clubs  with three months to January transfer window it's unfortunate that those key players would miss action possibly for both short term and long term, now that Toni Kross has gone it seems Real Madrid midfield is not as formidable as it was during Kross days and aging Modric has limited impact in the team, hopefully if Trent Alexxander-Arnold is signed definitely he is going to add more depth to their midfield if he is drafted from his usual right back to the midfield.

Alexander-Arnold could be the solution to a series of injuries that Real Madrid are currently facing, but it seems that Arne Slot does not want to let his player go in the January transfer market, because it could disrupt their campaign this season. Most likely, Liverpool will submit a contract extension offer to their player, to avoid losses if the player leaves for free in June 2025. Real Madrid are actually also interested in Chelsea captain R James, but the player is very susceptible to injury. Losing several key players in the long term is a serious problem for Ancelotti, they will have difficulty defending the La Liga and Champions League trophies if they continue to be hit by injuries.

[mv1986]

United will remain a mystery as everyone expects them to perform tomorrow and yet everyone knows they could fail tomorrow. It has been the same now for a while and can it be expected that they will change? I guess we agree that they will mess up every once in a while and they won't be competing for the PL title for a very long time.

I don't know if I should call the MU's agonising draw against a Porto that looked much more eager a failure, but I am aware that there are many players who have earned my respect more and more, I was hurt by the departure of Bruno, but at this point something like this is not well allowed, however things can be different when you have management that is not the right one, I personally would say and bet that MU will not go very far, and it is a good team because they have high level players like Garnacho, Antony, Casemiro, but basically this team lacks a good coach.

Yes they lack a good coach but if I recall correctly the criticism has been there from day one regarding ten Hag and he got lucky in the first two seasons because there were so many other Premier League clubs who didn't perform well. That made Manchester United look better than they actually were. But now in the third season it really looks as if Manchester United is going to finally crash very hard.

No need to discuss the results so far, but this isn't a team that plays well but got unlucky. They produce some really bad games way too often and ten Hag does not seem to be the guy who could get that fixed.

Tuchel was discussed recently as the new Manchester United coach, but I wonder whether he would be the right choice when they have just been dealing with a weird character like ten Hag. Tuchel has his own special character and he is not necessarily the guy who knows how to unite people. Maybe it would be bad timing to replace ten Hag with a guy like Tuchel when they actually need a coach who understands how to bring people together.

[BABY SHOES]

Yesterday, it was confirmed that France international Paul Pogba's four years doping ban have been reduced to 18 months which means that the French man will be eligible to play professional football again by next March. That being said, there's a another report that Juventus are in strong negotiations with Pogba to terminate his contract so he can freely join any other club. I'm curious to know which other top European clubs that would be interested in signing him or is he going to join one of the clubs in Saudi Arabia? What's your thoughts about this news?

Much has been said about Paul Pogba.

Must wait for the decision of both parties between Paul Pogba and Juventus to hear the news that Juventus will terminate his contract because this is a burden for them not to play but have to pay his salary.

My estimation of Pogba... Maybe MLS/SPL clubs who are interested in this French player, the rest we will hear news of which clubs are interested.

[imamusma]

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Much has been said about Paul Pogba.

Must wait for the decision of both parties between Paul Pogba and Juventus to hear the news that Juventus will terminate his contract because this is a burden for them not to play but have to pay his salary.

My estimation of Pogba... Maybe MLS/SPL clubs who are interested in this French player, the rest we will hear news of which clubs are interested.

We will most likely hear news about Pogba status in the near future, and it seems that Juventus will push the player away in the January transfer market. Perhaps one of the options chosen is contract termination, where Juventus also seems to no longer need Poga in the main squad. Juventus biggest obstacle to retaining Poga lies in his salary which reaches 10 million per season, but while serving the sanction, Pogba only receives around two thousand Euros per month. In my opinion, Pogba is better off moving from Juventus, and trying his luck in a less competitive league like the MLS or Saudi Pro League. In terms of age, Pogba is still worthy of playing in European competitions, but his injury-prone condition and high salary are the main obstacles to finding a new club. In my opinion, the Saudi Pro League is a suitable choice, he can get luxurious facilities and a high salary there.

[tottong]

Must wait for the decision of both parties between Paul Pogba and Juventus to hear the news that Juventus will terminate his contract because this is a burden for them not to play but have to pay his salary.

My estimation of Pogba... Maybe MLS/SPL clubs who are interested in this French player, the rest we will hear news of which clubs are interested.

With Pogba's reduced sentence, he will be able to play for Juventus next year, but so far his fate is still unclear as Juventus have not given him the opportunity to rejoin the club.
This is still quite speculation, but some media say that Juventus is considering terminating the contract with the player and the Juventus coach now also says that the decision will be considered by management.

MLS / SPL is the most potential place for him to play, although it is possible that several other leagues are also very potential.
On the other hand, we can see news about Pogba's career journey and we hope he gets a place to play again.

[Oluwa-btc]

Much has been said about Paul Pogba.

Must wait for the decision of both parties between Paul Pogba and Juventus to hear the news that Juventus will terminate his contract because this is a burden for them not to play but have to pay his salary.

My estimation of Pogba... Maybe MLS/SPL clubs who are interested in this French player, the rest we will hear news of which clubs are interested.

Yeah, many has rumoured about his return to English Premier League Competition again but that is far from being valid. I do think what he needs is a fresh start, maybe far from Europe. Not Italy, England, Spain but maybe this could be the time for Real Madrid to get Paul Pogba what do y'all think about it? So he can bring creativity to that sqaud.
Manchester United fans are day dreamers, they don't even know what they wanted honestly, Paul Pogba will never return to Manchester United no matter the soft spot he has for the club. Terminating his contract with Juventus came up so fast, are they vexed with him?!

[armanda90]

We will most likely hear news about Pogba status in the near future, and it seems that Juventus will push the player away in the January transfer market. Perhaps one of the options chosen is contract termination, where Juventus also seems to no longer need Poga in the main squad. Juventus biggest obstacle to retaining Poga lies in his salary which reaches 10 million per season, but while serving the sanction, Pogba only receives around two thousand Euros per month. In my opinion, Pogba is better off moving from Juventus, and trying his luck in a less competitive league like the MLS or Saudi Pro League. In terms of age, Pogba is still worthy of playing in European competitions, but his injury-prone condition and high salary are the main obstacles to finding a new club. In my opinion, the Saudi Pro League is a suitable choice, he can get luxurious facilities and a high salary there.

Juventus's manager Thiago Motta not including Paul Pogba in his tactician although his suspended appeal success and already for come back at March next year, Juventus and Paul Pogba have reach mutual contract and he will be free agent for next season.
I think with  Paul Pogba talented not difficult find new club or top European team depend on which one teams give interested offer for him but many rumor linked him will play for MLS League teams.
Have five months left for Paul Pogba before come back but several teams will waiting when the January transfer window opening, its bit difficult if sign from January each club want to sign Pogba needed waiting two months later until his suspended over and make his debut again.

[asriloni]

The injured Madrid players are David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois, and Brahim Diaz plus Carvajal today. It seems that Ancelotti will have to add several players to replace injured players in the winter. It may take a while, but Madrid must prepare it so that they can still compete in the League and Europe. He only has Lucas Vazquez in place of Carvajal. There is also news that Madrid wants Trent Alexxander-Arnold from Liverpool, he has a contract end in January next year.

Romano has confirmed Carvajal will return in October 2025. This is very bad news for Real Madrid's side.

I think that will force Madrid's coach, Ancellotti, to find a new RB in the winter window. Though he rarely buys a new player in winter, he needs a new RB now. It's time to replace Carvajal. A temporary fix in the winter transfer window won't work.

Carvajal is 33. His ACL injury will limit his performance. And i doubt he will back to the his peak performance.

[Barikui1]

The injured Madrid players are David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois, and Brahim Diaz plus Carvajal today. It seems that Ancelotti will have to add several players to replace injured players in the winter. It may take a while, but Madrid must prepare it so that they can still compete in the League and Europe. He only has Lucas Vazquez in place of Carvajal. There is also news that Madrid wants Trent Alexxander-Arnold from Liverpool, he has a contract end in January next year.

Romano has confirmed Carvajal will return in October 2025. This is very bad news for Real Madrid's side.

I think that will force Madrid's coach, Ancellotti, to find a new RB in the winter window. Though he rarely buys a new player in winter, he needs a new RB now. It's time to replace Carvajal. A temporary fix in the winter transfer window won't work.

Carvajal is 33. His ACL injury will limit his performance. And i doubt he will back to the his peak performance.

It's actually very sad that a 33 year old carvajal would be going on a long term injury as this, and to be honest here, if this injury is not properly taken care of, this might bring his playing career to a close if care is not taken, but I was very happy how real madrid handle the whole situation and extend his contract, because if his contract is not extended, his stay at the club would have been over before he will return from injury, so it's actually a logical approach by the hierarchy of real madrid to extend his stay at the club by a year for his loyalty over the years.

Then as for his replacement, it's actually true that Carlo ancelotti doesn't like adding players to his team in the January transfer window, but in this case here, I think that the logical thing to do is to look for a replacement for carvajal in this upcoming January transfer window,  besides carvajal is not even younger again for him to be relied on that much.

[Cryptmuster]

The news is that Juventus and Pogba will agree on a contract termination and it will be done tomorrow as stated by Fabrizio on his social X.

Indeed Juventus do not expect him to return again, he will have many obstacles after coming back especially at an old age of course it will be vulnerable to injury again after a long time not playing.

If Paul Pogba becomes a free agent then maybe that is what is expected, there will definitely be offers from several clubs but it is not certain whether European clubs will be interested again? Or just go to the SPL to boost popularity again?

Today the process of termination of the contract of Juventus with Pogba has begun, well I expected such an outcome, he will not be able to return to the game until January, and you are right about the fact that he is no longer young and he has previously been prone to injuries, so he is clearly not included in Juventus' plans. And most likely he will continue his career either in Saudi Arabia or in the USA, he is a famous player and 31 is not a big age especially for the above-mentioned championships. Motta did not count on Pogba and therefore is ready to let him go, and for Pogba this will be a great opportunity to continue playing where he wants, especially since in the status of a free agent he will be of interest to many teams.

[bitLeap]

What if Pogba is recruited by Madrid?

Let's try to assume a little about the return of Paul Pogba whose presence was not very well received by Juventus, especially after the club was handled by Thiago Motta plus Juventus is not in a bad performance condition. They have stabilized with their ideal squad and Thiago Motta seems focused on future players. Apart from Pogba's attitude, I don't care and hopefully during his sanction he can learn to be better. But if you look at his figure as a midfielder, you could say he is quite creative and for now the club that needs a midfielder the most is Madrid.

What if Madrid is interested in Pogba, considering that before being sanctioned, rumors of Madrid's interest in Pogba were quite intense at that time.

There's nothing wrong with buying Pogba because Juventus has a great chance of selling him next January. In my opinion Madrid is in need of creative players. Modric can't work alone and some young players still need to learn a lot. With Pogba, he will definitely make a real contribution. I know he is often injured but when it comes to Real Madrid's health management, at least Pogba can be better monitored.

[bering]

The injured Madrid players are David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois, and Brahim Diaz plus Carvajal today. It seems that Ancelotti will have to add several players to replace injured players in the winter. It may take a while, but Madrid must prepare it so that they can still compete in the League and Europe. He only has Lucas Vazquez in place of Carvajal. There is also news that Madrid wants Trent Alexxander-Arnold from Liverpool, he has a contract end in January next year.

Ancelloti just have to manage the team's injury-free players well so as to compete at the highest level with Barcelona now that it's only 3 points that separated the two clubs  with three months to January transfer window it's unfortunate that those key players would miss action possibly for both short term and long term, now that Toni Kross has gone it seems Real Madrid midfield is not as formidable as it was during Kross days and aging Modric has limited impact in the team, hopefully if Trent Alexxander-Arnold is signed definitely he is going to add more depth to their midfield if he is drafted from his usual right back to the midfield.

As a Liverpool fans actually i don't want to see Alexander-Arnold moved from Liverpool especially he came from Liverpool Football Academy so he was playing with Liverpool since at junior team besides that Liverpool currently is very solid and Alexander-Arnold as part of Arne Slot plan but apparently Liverpool has no plan to give him contract extension which mean possibly Alexander-Arnold will be leave with free transfer status and since last summer actually Alexander-Arnold was linked to Real Madrid especially Jude Bellingham which Alexander-Arnold close friend has been invite him to joining with this team

About Real Madrid condition currently after Dani Carvajal confirmed got long term injured then Real Madrid only have 6 defensive players and this is not good because Real Madrid has tight schedules this season so they really required new defensive players and i know Alexander-Arnold contract will be expired on June 2025 but probably if Real Madrid in the urgent condition they can bought Alexander-Arnold this January and besides Alexander-Arnold Real Madrid also reported will attempts to gets Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich

[Hirose UK]

The injured Madrid players are David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois, and Brahim Diaz plus Carvajal today. It seems that Ancelotti will have to add several players to replace injured players in the winter. It may take a while, but Madrid must prepare it so that they can still compete in the League and Europe. He only has Lucas Vazquez in place of Carvajal. There is also news that Madrid wants Trent Alexxander-Arnold from Liverpool, he has a contract end in January next year.

Romano has confirmed Carvajal will return in October 2025. This is very bad news for Real Madrid's side.

I think that will force Madrid's coach, Ancellotti, to find a new RB in the winter window. Though he rarely buys a new player in winter, he needs a new RB now. It's time to replace Carvajal. A temporary fix in the winter transfer window won't work.

Carvajal is 33. His ACL injury will limit his performance. And i doubt he will back to the his peak performance.

I think this is not the first time Ancelotti has to face Real Madrid difficult condition in the player crisis problem because previously they also experienced the same thing but in reality Real Madrid was able to escape from the red zone and still performed impressively, I sure there are many plans for Ancelotti to solve it.
Indeed Trent Alexxander-Arnold is Real Madrid main goals to be able to help them fill the void even though Lucas Vazquez has been there as stated by @Luzin but he is the only player who can fill the void and Carvajal injury is certain to take long time to recover and bringing in new players is the right decision in my opinion.
On the other hand there are several parts of Carvajal injury and this does make his injury can result in decrease in performance when he recovers later, what is clear is that the ACL injury problem will always reduce the quality of players at any time because the percentage of re-injury is still very possible to occur after recovery.

[Pandu Geddon]

As a Liverpool fans actually i don't want to see Alexander-Arnold moved from Liverpool especially he came from Liverpool Football Academy so he was playing with Liverpool since at junior team besides that Liverpool currently is very solid and Alexander-Arnold as part of Arne Slot plan but apparently Liverpool has no plan to give him contract extension which mean possibly Alexander-Arnold will be leave with free transfer status and since last summer actually Alexander-Arnold was linked to Real Madrid especially Jude Bellingham which Alexander-Arnold close friend has been invite him to joining with this team

About Real Madrid condition currently after Dani Carvajal confirmed got long term injured then Real Madrid only have 6 defensive players and this is not good because Real Madrid has tight schedules this season so they really required new defensive players and i know Alexander-Arnold contract will be expired on June 2025 but probably if Real Madrid in the urgent condition they can bought Alexander-Arnold this January and besides Alexander-Arnold Real Madrid also reported will attempts to gets Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich

not only Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool is also thinking about negotiating contract extensions for 2 other players, namely Moh Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
Liverpool is in good form, I think if they have big ambitions for trophies this season, they should not let go of players who are part of their plans.
Alexander-Arnold is also always an option in the Liverpool squad. although Madrid really wants to get him, of course, they have to pay a high price to Liverpool. besides Alexander-Arnold Madrid also has several names that are rumored to be approached to replace Dani Carvajal.

[tusandii]

Many top performing players always have an issue of age and low performance after such an injury has happened and the player is expected to be same and on fire.
The issue with De Bruyne is more or less a case of the team trying to manage his fitness. He is out of form because of the constant recurring injuries and even his appearance for his country team isn't going to happen anytime soon until he is fully recovered and has begun playing matches.
He might likely make play for any other clubs with a bumper contract before this season is over because am sure he knows his time at Manchester City is coming to an end due to Pep assigning other players to his position on the pitch.

When a player has been injured for a long time, the player is not like other players in general, he can be prone to injury again when he is not careful and now it happened again to Kevin De Bruyne, I think it is time for him to rest and choose a league that is not too competitive like the SPL so that he can continue to play football. Manchester City is a strong club where the risk of injury is very high because Man City is a place where all players play fiercely and fiercely, Kevin De Bruyne cannot continue to do that in his current condition, as time goes by Pep Guardiola will definitely look for a replacement, maybe Kevin will be sold next season to a club that is willing to buy him, currently Saudi League clubs seem to be still interested in him.