⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[GbitG]

Just saw this report few minutes ago that Chelsea and Portugal forward Joao Felix have reached agreement to skcnyfir AC Milan till the remainder of the season. Felix during his early days at Atletico Madrid was regarded as the future of European football but he's failed to live up to expectations and us now been loaned from one club to another. Last two seasons, he was loaned to Chelsea from Atletico and just last season, he spent it at Barcelona before Chelsea signed him on permanent basis last summer so what's the essence of loaning him out again? Well, I think this move to AC Milan will provide him more playing minutes which he can seize the opportunity to return back to his best again

Hmmm that's pretty cool.
I will give it 8 out of 10 rate...
Joa Felix is a such out outstanding player. But in chelsea he didn't get much chance to play so I think this move can be an improvement for him. I mean, it can pull his career to a better point. AC Milan is a top club and milan has known for a milestone status in Serie A, so he can get a chance to show his talent in AC Malian and maybe Joao Felix can be signed permanently by AC Milan if his performance stayed  effective on loan time period.

Apart from this, the interesting thing is that Jao Filix is the player who has played in all the top leagues of the football but none of them settled down. After the departure form Portuguese league first of all La Liga experience in Atlatico Madrid but after that he moved on loan to Chelsea and experience EPL, then again moved to Barcelona and now moved to Serie A. i hope AC Malian can be a good move for him if he shows good performance.

[Zlantann]

Ancelotti will somehow find a solution to this. Ancelotti knows how to use the squad he has very well. Even though Manchester City is in a very bad period, they are always a threat with Guardiola. We cannot say that Real Madrid will definitely win the match because it will be difficult for both teams. I was hoping that Real Madrid would make a transfer to the defense, but they have been one of the quietest teams in this transfer period.

Underrating Manchester City because of their current poor performance might be counterproductive. City still have one of the best coaches and they also have players that can surprise any club at anytime. Real Madrid is aware of the potency of City and would give fight with all they have in the game. Carlo Ancelotti is not a magician. He needs quality players to keep winning games. Sadly some of these players are injured. Hence, he would try to use the players at his disposal to see if they could get good results. The game is unpredictable because both teams have good players and tactical sound coaches

[imamusma]

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I feel the Manchester United board were clumsy About the Marcus Rashford situation, no matter how you try to look at things, there was a way they could come in to mend things between Amorim and Rashford, even before the young man left for Aston villa, Amorim didn't allow him play for a good number of games for a player that was still very feet and has potential, it wasn't looking like he had a better option in those games though, his direct disposition on Rashford was unprofessional as a coach and as a one time footballer, the whole drama for me was looking like he had a personal Vendetta against the youngster. If not for the way things where, I'm sure Rashford wouldn't have settled for an Aston villa.

Marcus Rashford has been playing for Manchester United for a long time and the player has contributed well in many matches for Manchester United at times even though the performance of this player has not been consistent. Perhaps the current manager is not interested in retaining this player because of his inconsistent performance. If this player leaves Manchester United and goes to another club, then Manchester United must replace him with a good quality player because this player was a regular striker for Manchester United. Manchester United will fail more than succeed if the manager tries to play with bench players instead of replacing them. That is why every transfer should be done according to the plan. If one player comes to the club as opposed to another good player, everyone will take it very well but if the performance is worse than good then the manager will face criticism.

Of course I don't expect Amorim to offload Marcus Rashford and not bring in a better replacement. But from the look of things, Amorim just didn't like the guy, why I feel the board didn't get involved was because they want to allow him do his thing, but the problem will start coming if he doesn't succeed after this drama, because I remember very well how Erik Ten hag did exactly the same thing to Ronaldo, and some people thought he knew what he was doing, not knowing that he was just walking majestically into calamity. So let's just hope Amorim took the right decision.

It is difficult to single out the main reasons why Manchester United pushed Rashford out of Old Trafford. Manchester United failure to secure a place in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons and Sir Jim Ratcliffe desire to cut club expenses can be said to be the main indicators. Manchester United must comply with the Premier League Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), as we know that in the Ten Hag era they made many transfer mistakes and failed to achieve success, so that currently the management and club officials must take a firm policy to balance the club finances in order to avoid unwanted sanctions. Ruben Amorim, with his role as a coach, can be said to only be an executor who carries out the club wishes. Rashford, who is one of the highest paid players at the club, must indirectly be sacrificed.

[coinlocket$]

United is open to seel Garnacho and Mainoo this summer.
Nottingam refused offer from Chelsea for Murillo.
Rashford refused a move to Turkey before going to Aston Villa.

Not so much news right now, after the winter transfer window.
Source; bbc

[TopT3ns]

Morata has already left for Galatasaray, so apparently Milan are not satisfied with Morata's performance in this one and I don't think Joao Felix will do better than Morata. Conceicao is a very demanding coach and already several have left for other clubs on loan including Morata, Tomori and Calabria. So apparently Joao Felix had no other options to play on loan at a top club. Initially his transfer looked very strange, especially after his first loan spell in 2023, when Felix was not put in the squad by Chelsea's head coach at the time Frank Lampard.

Joao Felix could be an important player for the incomplete Milan squad. They added him to their squad on loan, but perhaps his performance until the end of the season will allow him to return to the Premier League. The Portuguese player was far from the expected performance with Chelsea at the moment. Maybe he will find himself again in the Italian League. I see this transfer as logical for Milan. However, I do not understand why they sent Alvaro Morata.

Joao Felix failed to play at his best level while at Barcelona and Chelsea. Now AC Milan wants his services, we'll see how it develops whether he becomes a failed player or a difference maker at AC Milan.

But what is clear is that AC Milan is quite busy in the transfer market this time. They managed to bring in players such as Santiago Gimenez, Joao Felix, Kyle Walker, and Riccardo Sottil. Seeing the current AC Milan squad which is getting fatter and looks quality, maybe AC ​​Milan has a target that must be achieved until the end of the season. Right as you think, on the one hand what makes us confused is why they let Morata move to Galatasaray and the most unfortunate thing is that Milan also had to lose their captain because Davide Calabria decided to leave Milan after being involved in a dispute with coach Conceicao.

Among all the teams that use this transfer to bring in players, there is one team that confuses me, namely Real Madrid. Real Madrid is known as a rich club but they are too frugal in buying players, their transfer policy is always beyond our reason. Despite their fragile back line due to player injuries, they have not made any purchases at all, relying too much on inconsistent and out-of-position players.

We can only expect that after such decision made during the transfer that is would be beneficial for the clubs on their course this season. Whenever a team sign new players in their team there is always a hope that the new players could do well in the team. However, the movements in transfer market especially those which are not already predicted by the club’s analytical department could also be part of a spirited presenter’s strategy which has not yet come to light. Some names that enter or exit can cause debate on the advantages as well as disadvantages, but the ultimate outcome will be evidenced by the way they will perform on the pitch. Nevertheless, the issues described above suggest that consistency coupled with adaptation will be the way to go for the team so as to offer a stiff competition. Nevertheless, we have no doubt that every occasion is managed according to the goal of reaching the club’s progress.

[shogun47]

Yes but you are ignoring some important facts here and you talk as if he never got a chance. There is a good reason he now doesn't get a chance. It is because the only consistency in his career was repeated failures. That is what the coaches could count on, Rashford will fail again it is only a matter of time. Manchester United is not a club on the highest level and competition is pretty weak and yet Rashford can't make it reliably into the starting eleven.

It's true that his situation won't improve there because he isn't good enough, but when he goes to a different club, this doesn't mean he instantly can level up his game. Going to Barcelona would be ridiculous when your point is that he doesn't get enough play time at Manchester United. Do you really think he will win the competition against Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Torres? I never expect him to outcompete any of these players. And Barcelona is planning on signing more forwards that are already of higher quality than Rashford. He would be sitting on the bench 90% of the time.

He can't make it at Manchester United, but then you mention Barcelona as a possible destination.

Barcelona was previously reported to have an interest in Rashford. They are constrained by the player's fairly high salary problem. If Barcelona did not have financial problems, maybe they would really buy him. Regarding competition, it all depends on the player whether he can show his potential or not.
But now everything is final and Rashford will join Aston Villa on loan even though the salary is not paid in full by Aston Villa, at least it will reduce the burden of United's player salary when Rashford is indeed not included in Amorim's plans.

Maybe it came out somehow that they were playing around with the idea to sign him, but after thorough considerations came to the conclusion that he never is a player for Barcelona since he doesn't play on the same level. He still would have to take on the competition with the players who are already there and with potential other players that Barcelona would sign in addition.

Financial constraints have been there forever, but they have solved them every time. I don't think this was really about the money, I think that they actually know that Rashford is not good enough to play for them.

[Pokapoka124]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/33137381/marcus-rashford-aston-villa-loan-transfer-man-utd/#

There are speculations that Marcus Rashford was targeted because of his high pay he receives. Since Manchester United started its cost cutting programs they have been forced to take some hard decisions. Even Rashford believes that Sir Jim Ratcliffe gave Rubem Amorin the task of forcing the English star to leave Old Trafford.

With his high wage still intact and Aston Villa's group stage success in the UEFA champions, Rashford had to grab the opportunity. And with the money Aston Villa made from the sale of Jhon Duran to Saudi Arabia, they would be able to pay their part of Rashford's salary.       

I don't think Marcus rashford loan move to Aston Villa is solely due to Manchester United's cost-cutting measures or Sir Jim ratcliffe  instructions to Amorim to discard the English national, I think it is simply the consequence of Marcus Rashford's lack of commitment and failure to step up his performance at the club. A fresh start at Aston Villa could provide him with the motivation to rediscover his best form while also benefiting Manchester United financially and tactically.

[alegotardo]

There are speculations that Marcus Rashford was targeted because of his high pay he receives. Since Manchester United started its cost cutting programs they have been forced to take some hard decisions. Even Rashford believes that Sir Jim Ratcliffe gave Rubem Amorin the task of forcing the English star to leave Old Trafford.

With his high wage still intact and Aston Villa's group stage success in the UEFA champions, Rashford had to grab the opportunity. And with the money Aston Villa made from the sale of Jhon Duran to Saudi Arabia, they would be able to pay their part of Rashford's salary.       

Well... Marcus Rashford seemed ready to succeed Wayne Rooney as the club's top scorer, but he says goodbye with his career and reputation in ruins.

I've been reminiscing and researching here and I discovered that February has always been a decisive month for Marcus Rashford... In 2016, he created a base and established himself as an excellent player, scoring his first goals as a professional, helping Manchester United beat Midtjylland in Europe. Three days later, he scored in a classic against Arsenal, in the Premier League (yes, I had a vague memory of it but I had to research it to remember).

In February 2023, he lived the peak of his career and had a great performance against Barcelona at Camp Nou and won the English League Cup, at Wembley.

But the problems began to surface twelve months later, when he was already embroiled in controversy after a night out partying and tried to defend his dedication to the club with a piece published in The Players' Tribune that only angered the fans even more. Now, in February, he leaves United a far cry from the brilliant striker he was two years ago and with his reputation tarnished among the fans.

So I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you... Marcus Rashford's problem isn't just his salary.

[tusandii]

I don't think Marcus rashford loan move to Aston Villa is solely due to Manchester United's cost-cutting measures or Sir Jim ratcliffe  instructions to Amorim to discard the English national, I think it is simply the consequence of Marcus Rashford's lack of commitment and failure to step up his performance at the club. A fresh start at Aston Villa could provide him with the motivation to rediscover his best form while also benefiting Manchester United financially and tactically.

I think the reason Man United loaned Marcus Rashford to Aston Villa is because he could not meet the club's expectations and Marcus Rashford is one of the highest paid players at Man United with the lack of contribution it certainly harms the club financially and it is better to release him permanently and be able to buy players with the money that the club should have spent to pay Rashford's salary because currently his salary is covered by Aston Villa and we'll see if Rashford can meet Unai Emery's expectations if he can't it means that basically the player's performance has decreased.

[Hirose UK]

Ancelotti will somehow find a solution to this. Ancelotti knows how to use the squad he has very well. Even though Manchester City is in a very bad period, they are always a threat with Guardiola. We cannot say that Real Madrid will definitely win the match because it will be difficult for both teams. I was hoping that Real Madrid would make a transfer to the defense, but they have been one of the quietest teams in this transfer period.

Underrating Manchester City because of their current poor performance might be counterproductive. City still have one of the best coaches and they also have players that can surprise any club at anytime. Real Madrid is aware of the potency of City and would give fight with all they have in the game. Carlo Ancelotti is not a magician. He needs quality players to keep winning games. Sadly some of these players are injured. Hence, he would try to use the players at his disposal to see if they could get good results. The game is unpredictable because both teams have good players and tactical sound coaches

Ancelotti has found way to handle the Real Madrid squad that was previously in decline and now it is proven that they have returned to the right path by performing better, of course this is very different from Manchester City but I see Real Madrid for now do not need any more transfers because they have gained the trust self.
In fact, Manchester City are the ones who actually need additional players, we know some of the main players are still in recovery and are classified as serious injuries, I don't know what Pep did but in they match I still believe that Real Madrid is superior.

[ThemePen]

Underrating Manchester City because of their current poor performance might be counterproductive. City still have one of the best coaches and they also have players that can surprise any club at anytime. Real Madrid is aware of the potency of City and would give fight with all they have in the game. Carlo Ancelotti is not a magician. He needs quality players to keep winning games. Sadly some of these players are injured. Hence, he would try to use the players at his disposal to see if they could get good results. The game is unpredictable because both teams have good players and tactical sound coaches

That is good point. Just because Manchester City is not doing well lately it does not mean they are not strong team. They have very good coach and talented players so they can still cause problems for any team including Real Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti is very experienced manager but even he needs his best players to be available to keep winning games. Right now some of those players are injured. Next game is going to be very unpredictable because both teams have skilled players and coaches who know what they are doing which makes it an exciting game to look forward to.

[ginsan]

Joao Felix failed to play at his best level while at Barcelona and Chelsea. Now AC Milan wants his services, we'll see how it develops whether he becomes a failed player or a difference maker at AC Milan.

But what is clear is that AC Milan is quite busy in the transfer market this time. They managed to bring in players such as Santiago Gimenez, Joao Felix, Kyle Walker, and Riccardo Sottil. Seeing the current AC Milan squad which is getting fatter and looks quality, maybe AC ​​Milan has a target that must be achieved until the end of the season. Right as you think, on the one hand what makes us confused is why they let Morata move to Galatasaray and the most unfortunate thing is that Milan also had to lose their captain because Davide Calabria decided to leave Milan after being involved in a dispute with coach Conceicao.

Among all the teams that use this transfer to bring in players, there is one team that confuses me, namely Real Madrid. Real Madrid is known as a rich club but they are too frugal in buying players, their transfer policy is always beyond our reason. Despite their fragile back line due to player injuries, they have not made any purchases at all, relying too much on inconsistent and out-of-position players.

Joao Felix will get a better chance compared to Chelsea because at Chelsea he didn't get many minutes to play so joining AC Milan will open up opportunities for him to show his best quality. AC Milan is indeed very active in this transfer market and indeed if you look at it they are so focused on improving their front line to be stronger in the remaining matches this season.

AC Milan's performance is certainly not too good in Serie A this season because they have not found a striker like Giroud who is diligent in scoring goals. With the recruitment they made in this winter transfer market, it will certainly be interesting to see AC Milan performance in the upcoming matches, AC Milan needs to work hard in the Champions League and also in Serie A they are far behind the top teams so AC Milan big target is of course to return to the top 4.

[asriloni]

United is open to seel Garnacho and Mainoo this summer.

It seems Amorim is losing his patience for Mainoo and Garnacho. It's good to sell those players as they're nothing than liabilities to the club. They can sell Garnacho for high price, and mainoo as well.

That's gonna be Amorim's first step to rebuild his club. He's not feeling satisfied enough with his current squad, especially when he always suffer the lost even against a mediocre team.

Selling a lot of key players must be a major move to push the team to be better.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Now Enzo Maresca has been quite successful in making better changes to Chelsea's performance compared to previous seasons I think this is Chelsea's best season with Enzo Maresca and he also has a better chance if given time to process with Chelsea so I think whatever Enzo Maresca does must be supported.

He succeeded in making real changes to Chelsea's journey so that the decisions made will not affect the team's performance because on the other hand Palmer is much more capable of following the strategy he implemented so that Felix's departure will not affect the team's performance. Even so, there are weak points that may still need to be fixed because Chelsea's defense line still often makes mistakes so real changes need to be made if they want to continue to show their best performance. Enzo Maresca has succeeded in making changes for Chelsea and maybe next season can be a target for the title fight when they already have a more cohesive squad.

[Despairo]

Who the hell is this guy? his name is Mathis Amougou who played in Saint-Etienne. 19 appearances, 0 goals, 0 assists, and almost of his rating is below 7. His market value is just 350K Euros, but Chelsea sign him by spent 15 Million Euros until 2033, which is 8 years contract.

A very poor statistic for 19 years old player, this could be one of worst signing.

[asriloni]

Who the hell is this guy? his name is Mathis Amougou who played in Saint-Etienne. 19 appearances, 0 goals, 0 assists, and almost of his rating is below 7. His market value is just 350K Euros, but Chelsea sign him by spent 15 Million Euros until 2033, which is 8 years contract.

A very poor statistic for 19 years old player, this could be one of worst signing.

Yeah, that's a weird move. Chelsea paid someone who has no good track record, and it most probably they're trying to gamble on him. I know this transfer is laughable to wasted 15 millions for someone who is not even good enough to be on the bench.

However, i have different take on this. It seems they will give regular time for him to train with senior, then send him as loan to the sister club's Strasbourg. This is pretty much the same like what they did to the Santos.

Santos got stagnanted when he always benched, but dig his potential after hey regularly played for other clubs. This must be a part of Chelsea's plan to develop him.

Let's take it from different view.

[Barikui1]

Who the hell is this guy? his name is Mathis Amougou who played in Saint-Etienne. 19 appearances, 0 goals, 0 assists, and almost of his rating is below 7. His market value is just 350K Euros, but Chelsea sign him by spent 15 Million Euros until 2033, which is 8 years contract.

A very poor statistic for 19 years old player, this could be one of worst signing.

Wow, it's like the hierarchy of Chelsea football club is under a spell, because how can we explain of how they are acting on a daily basis as if they don't have brain.
No body would have taken Chelsea football club serious, or they would not have won anything during the leadership of roman abrahimovic if this was how they were signing player, because he is not just a kid but also an inferior player that wouldn't add anything important to this Chelsea side.

This is one of the reasons am feeling sorry for most die hard Chelsea fan because they should be expecting more heart breaks and they should expect not winning anything for a very long period of time like 30 years time, because this current leadership at Chelsea are just headless chickens that makes decisions without thinking on how it's going to help the team .
The team is seriously lacking an attacker, a goalkeeper and a quality center back, instead of them to fix that, they are busy buying kids that wouldn't be able to add anything significant to the team right now, this is a higher level of stupidity and incompetence.

[Obari]

Who the hell is this guy? his name is Mathis Amougou who played in Saint-Etienne. 19 appearances, 0 goals, 0 assists, and almost of his rating is below 7. His market value is just 350K Euros, but Chelsea sign him by spent 15 Million Euros until 2033, which is 8 years contract.

A very poor statistic for 19 years old player, this could be one of worst signing.

Since the ownership of the new owners, Chelsea are known for triggering the signings of mediocre players. Who does that? Chelsea should have been competent like Liverpool and Manchester City but look at their signing, extremely poor. They're yet to to make good use of the young players and now they've already make moves to sign players they feel is suitable for the club. Who's incharge of the scouting sector in the club? I literally can't comprehend why the team will be so interested in making signings that are consider irrelevant to the team.

Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca should buckled up and make his decision because he's the main man incharge of the players, he instruct them what to do and the pattern to adapt on the pitch. I only hope this new signings does fit into the catering atmosphere at Stamford Bridge where everyone expects him play in good styles. As for Mathis Amougou, I'm not happy with the latest signings because there's absolutely no impact from the player's side.

[Polkeins]

Just saw this report few minutes ago that Chelsea and Portugal forward Joao Felix have reached agreement to skcnyfir AC Milan till the remainder of the season. Felix during his early days at Atletico Madrid was regarded as the future of European football but he's failed to live up to expectations and us now been loaned from one club to another. Last two seasons, he was loaned to Chelsea from Atletico and just last season, he spent it at Barcelona before Chelsea signed him on permanent basis last summer so what's the essence of loaning him out again? Well, I think this move to AC Milan will provide him more playing minutes which he can seize the opportunity to return back to his best again

A symbiotic-mutualism between Milan and Chelsea. Felix's transfer to the Milan was not surprising me, he lacks of minutes in Chelsea due to the tough competition with Palmer. He has to go to the serie a, which is a good move consider he's still young.

He can dig more experience to play at the top team of serie a. I also wonder whether there is a special relationship between Chelsea and Milan. Plenties of Chelsea players gone to Milan since a few years ago i.e Morata, Giroud, RLC, Pulisic and many more.

Morata has already left for Galatasaray, so apparently Milan are not satisfied with Morata's performance in this one and I don't think Joao Felix will do better than Morata. Conceicao is a very demanding coach and already several have left for other clubs on loan including Morata, Tomori and Calabria. So apparently Joao Felix had no other options to play on loan at a top club. Initially his transfer looked very strange, especially after his first loan spell in 2023, when Felix was not put in the squad by Chelsea's head coach at the time Frank Lampard.

Joao Felix could be an important player for the incomplete Milan squad. They added him to their squad on loan, but perhaps his performance until the end of the season will allow him to return to the Premier League. The Portuguese player was far from the expected performance with Chelsea at the moment. Maybe he will find himself again in the Italian League. I see this transfer as logical for Milan. However, I do not understand why they sent Alvaro Morata.

Morata doesn't like Conceicao's style of team management.
If you look at Morata's career, he has always been avoiding trouble rather than fighting it. He is a good player, but during his career he has changed quite a few clubs and often changed clubs just because of problems with the coach, fans or just some life circumstances.

Joao Felix had a few good seasons and judging by his last games, he can still score, but he is a very lazy player and it seems that he doesn't really want to play, on the field he practically doesn't return to the defense and it seems that he moves on foot. Milan paid 5.5m for Felix for six months and will pay his wages all that time. I think Chelsea are lucky that someone paid money for Joao Felix in the first place and now Chelsea have time to think about where to sell him afterwards.

[bering]

United is open to seel Garnacho and Mainoo this summer.

It seems Amorim is losing his patience for Mainoo and Garnacho. It's good to sell those players as they're nothing than liabilities to the club. They can sell Garnacho for high price, and mainoo as well.

That's gonna be Amorim's first step to rebuild his club. He's not feeling satisfied enough with his current squad, especially when he always suffer the lost even against a mediocre team.

Selling a lot of key players must be a major move to push the team to be better.

Garnacho has a habit that he was unable to playing consistent which mean sometimes he was performing well but very often too Garnacho under perform so this makes Amorim lost his patience to this player and Mainoo is still 19 years old i think there is still time for him to develop his skill so in my opinion Manchester United should be hold him

This rumour is appears because according to the transfer market both players has approximately 150 million value so if Manchester United can sell them this summer certainly Manchester United will have fresh funds for Amorim to bought the players he want

Next season i am sure Amorim will do major changes in Manchester United because the current players is not suitable for Amorim strategy and i think Manchester United should be dare to sell the players who have no important contribution for them