⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[asriloni]

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been sacked as Leicester city head coach. Though the news claims this sack was based on mutual agreement. I on the other hand strongly believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy sack is coming as a result of his incapable ability of the former Manchester United legend from saving the club from relegating to the championship division. As for now a new head coach has not been appointed yet.
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Predictable outcome for sure. Ruud has been underperformed since he came to the Leicester City. Things worsen when he manages a club that has no materials he needed to defend his team's position in EPL. This proves how managing a terrible club was not an easy.

The only thing surprised me is that Leicester taken so long just to sack him. They should do that even when their team almost relegated.

[Amphenomenon]

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Ruud van Nistelrooy has been sacked as Leicester city head coach. Though the news claims this sack was based on mutual agreement. I on the other hand strongly believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy sack is coming as a result of his incapable ability of the former Manchester United legend from saving the club from relegating to the championship division. As for now a new head coach has not been appointed yet.
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I think the board were really patient with him. Among the managers that were in charge of the team last season, he's the one that stayed longer even when there was no improvement in the team's performance. I want to believe the reason they didn't sack him last season was because they've already sacked two managers and it was going to look bad on the president. So I'm not surprised by this decision. I think it's a good one as the club begin to prepare for the new season in the championship.

Majority expected this to occur. If i remember correctly someone spoke about his move to Leicester city as a bad idea and to be honest this is the truth now.

After an excellent but short spare as Manchester United interim manager, which made many criticised why United board let him go early, his Leicester city move became more disappointing the more as the season goes by especially after their relegation was sealed. Wish him good luck in his next challenges but hopefully he picks less difficult tasks to build himself and a place where there won't be challenges getting better signings.

[Lida93]

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been sacked as Leicester city head coach. Though the news claims this sack was based on mutual agreement. I on the other hand strongly believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy sack is coming as a result of his incapable ability of the former Manchester United legend from saving the club from relegating to the championship division. As for now a new head coach has not been appointed yet.
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It's sad news for me because I had confidence that Ruud van Nistelrooy would be a successful coach after his short time at Manchester United. He was also a successful player who was known for his sound tactical skill and goalscoring prowess. Leicester believed he could at least help the club to avoid relegation but he failed in that task. The club became worse after he took over and ended up relegated.

It could have been worse for Manchester United if they had given Ruud Van Nistelrooy the opportunity to stay and coach the club. We shouldn't be deceived by those few successful first matches he won with the club as interim manager. A long term opportunity given him would have brought out his inefficiency in meeting the clubs expectations just as it did with Leicester city, now relegated.

 

Nobody knows what the future holds for the Dutch coach after this sack. I don't know which club will need his service after the English side thinks he is not qualified to bring them back to the Premier League. He might get another job in a low-rated league or division next season..

He had a good coaching record in the Dutch league where he once was, but coming to the EPL hasn't been same for him. What I think is that he should focus on such ranks of leagues to gain more better experience because he doesn't seem fit for the EPL.

[Frankolala]

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been sacked as Leicester city head coach. Though the news claims this sack was based on mutual agreement. I on the other hand strongly believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy sack is coming as a result of his incapable ability of the former Manchester United legend from saving the club from relegating to the championship division. As for now a new head coach has not been appointed yet.
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Predictable outcome for sure. Ruud has been underperformed since he came to the Leicester City. Things worsen when he manages a club that has no materials he needed to defend his team's position in EPL. This proves how managing a terrible club was not an easy.

The only thing surprised me is that Leicester taken so long just to sack him. They should do that even when their team almost relegated.

I am not surprised that Leicester City sacked him because they don't have the players to bring out the best in him. Leicester City should get good players before thinking of a quality coach because if your players sucks, the coach will not be able to perform any magic. RVN isn't the cause or problem of Leicester City relegation.

[Majestic-milf]

These days, they try so much to soften the language, but a sack is a sack. When the bosses are not satisfied after a poor performance, there's nothing like a mutual agreement  

I was just about to say the same thing. No need to butter the stuff, say it as it is!
 For me I'd say Leicester even tried to let him stay till the end of the season, if it were a club like Chelsea or Man UTD, he would have long been booted out. I also believe that Leicester were desperate to fill in the hole that Enzo Maresca left, and when Steve Cooper could not do it for them, they got enticed by his performance at Man UTD as interim coach.
 Ruud Van nistelrooy is a good coach, I just don't think that he was given too much credit or time to help the club.

[$crypto$]

I have not seen any extraordinary breakthroughs from Man Utd in the transfer market this year, they have only brought in two names, namely Chuna and Diego Leon, the most expensive is Chuna while Diego Leon value is not published. Man Utd with Amorim still need to overhaul their squad in several positions, especially strikers and goalkeepers. Hojlund and Zirkzee are still having a hard time carrying out the vital positions of the red devils, while Onana, this one goalkeeper to be honest his performance is below average. I don't know for sure why they are so slow to recruit players, is this because of caution or lack of funds?

Wasn't it previously where Man United would not spend much money in the transfer season? Although this is not certain but previous rumors said that they would not be generous in buying players because of budget constraints.

But it seems like some players will be sold as rumored but nothing is certain maybe still in the negotiation stage, and Hojlund said he will be sold to Serie A? Then Garnacho has not got a place anymore, there are many more although this is not certain what is clear is that Man United's transfer is still quiet.

[Pandu Geddon]

I am not surprised that Leicester City sacked him because they don't have the players to bring out the best in him. Leicester City should get good players before thinking of a quality coach because if your players sucks, the coach will not be able to perform any magic. RVN isn't the cause or problem of Leicester City relegation.

Of course, he is not the cause, but the club's hope is that he can save the club from relegation. Unfortunately, the team's ability is not as good as expected. I think the separation is the best step. Leicester has time to build its team again with a new coach. They must realize the situation of the team they have and the targets they expect. If they want a big change, then there will be a price to pay.

[Justbillywitt]

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been sacked as Leicester city head coach. Though the news claims this sack was based on mutual agreement. I on the other hand strongly believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy sack is coming as a result of his incapable ability of the former Manchester United legend from saving the club from relegating to the championship division. As for now a new head coach has not been appointed yet.
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I think this mutual termination of the contract might come from the side of Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Because things like this usually arise in a situation where the other party may have refused to take a pay cut from his salary. If it was about performances, Leicester city would have sacked him at the end of last season. Maybe now that they are now in the Championship, the club might have approached him to take a pay cut or leave if he doesn't want that. And Ruud Van Nistelrooy opted to leaving than taking a pay cut. Van Nistelrooy has the capacity of bringing Leicester city out of relegation, the club wouldn't have just sacked him. This mutual termination is money related the way am seeing it.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

If the issue faced by Ruud van Nistelrooy leading to his termination of appointment to the club is by cut in pay, then I think they have not done so well in this regard, and this has shown a high level of not coming aligned together with each other, though they are not the first to have issues with their managers among other relevant football clubs, I hope he gets a better offer as well as the Leicester City club as well.

[Agbamoni]

Hello everyone! Meet Keith Andrew the new head coach at Brentford.
After Thomas Frank was sacked with immediate effect at the end of the 2024/2025 season, Kieth Andrew the former set piece coach at Brentford gained a promotion to be the new head coach. A 3 year contract agreement has been reached.

What do you guys think? I feel it is a good move for the club.

[Just Say]

Hansi Flick already has many good players, so he removed Ansu Fati from his plan. Now Monaco is his new destination, which can definitely prove to be very beneficial for his career. In Barcelona Ansu Fati did not get any minutes in which he could express his potential.

Moreover, Monaco has started to regain its team, which can definitely bring betterness in the team. Pogba and Ansu Fati are both good players. The combination of both can give a good display to the team.

You are absolutely right that Barcelona now have extra players, which has already eliminated Ansu Fati from their plans but now it seems that this was a good move for this player's personal interests. However currently this player has been able to gain ownership of the AS Monaco football team and even has Paul Pogba as his partner. We can understand that most of Spain's major trophies have found their way into Barcelona's cabinet this season but the club has already rejected the manager's transfer target. Maybe the manager had a different plan in mind with a new player but completely ruined it by rejecting his transfer target. My mind tells me that Ansu Fathi will now be able to play according to his own wishes in his new destination.

[asriloni]

Predictable outcome for sure. Ruud has been underperformed since he came to the Leicester City. Things worsen when he manages a club that has no materials he needed to defend his team's position in EPL. This proves how managing a terrible club was not an easy.

The only thing surprised me is that Leicester taken so long just to sack him. They should do that even when their team almost relegated.

I am not surprised that Leicester City sacked him because they don't have the players to bring out the best in him. Leicester City should get good players before thinking of a quality coach because if your players sucks, the coach will not be able to perform any magic. RVN isn't the cause or problem of Leicester City relegation.

He should think for twice before accept Leicester City's job as many warned him he would not be successful there. Sad how he must be ended up being sacked.

He shall find a low - mid tier club that wanna to appoint him as a new coach. I hope he will get a team soon.

[Velvet78]

I am always surprised that Chelsea is always the most active team in the transfer market every season after the club changes ownership.

Yeah actually the whole world must be surprised with the number of players Chelsea has now. I wonder whether the chairman is laundering money or not... 




Real Madrid should just get rid of him quickly. No need to wait for the end of his contract. Just sell him if there is any team interested.

After 10 years he got a serious injury and it just doesn't end. Now he has picked up another one. A big disappointment considering how skilled he is actually...

[SFR10]

I don’t see him starting games for Arsenal because they already have the midfield packed in my opinion, the likes of Zubimendi, Mikel Merin, Declan Rice and Odegaard are going to be ahead of him in picking order, so he isn’t a regular starter and not a marquee signing for Arsenal

You have a point, but whenever Merino played in our midfield, his pace was an issue and Ødegaard had one of his worst seasons in an Arsenal shirt, so he'll probably start some of the games next season.
^{- It's worth mentioning that we seem to always have injured players in almost all of the positions, so there's always a chance for someone else to step up.}

Arsenal doesn't want to negotiate with Sporting CP because Gyokeres is overprice.

That's true, but considering that Liverpool appears to have entered the race, Arsenal might do something ^{[if they really want to win something next year]}.
^{- Šeško will be great, but Arsenal needs two great strikers with different playing styles.}

[Oluwa-btc]

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been sacked as Leicester city head coach. Though the news claims this sack was based on mutual agreement. I on the other hand strongly believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy sack is coming as a result of his incapable ability of the former Manchester United legend from saving the club from relegating to the championship division. As for now a new head coach has not been appointed yet.
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I won't defend him, I feel like he deserves the sack but then, he lacked qualify players within that squad. I will not forget in a rush how he did well with that PSV side in the Dutch league competition. I doubt they'll bounce back immediately to the  premier league competition like they did with Enzo Maresca who joined Chelsea in between. As for Ruud, I'm sure he'll not be without a job for too long. He is too good to be without a job.

[Nahl]

I have not seen any extraordinary breakthroughs from Man Utd in the transfer market this year, they have only brought in two names, namely Chuna and Diego Leon, the most expensive is Chuna while Diego Leon value is not published. Man Utd with Amorim still need to overhaul their squad in several positions, especially strikers and goalkeepers. Hojlund and Zirkzee are still having a hard time carrying out the vital positions of the red devils, while Onana, this one goalkeeper to be honest his performance is below average. I don't know for sure why they are so slow to recruit players, is this because of caution or lack of funds?

In my opinion why Manchester United is not really active this summer to buy players because after through an bad season and finish at 15th place last season it says Manchester United have lost some of their sponsorship and the effect is Manchester United don't have much money to buy some players and the only way if they want to buy players is Manchester United should sell some players first but the most problem is not many clubs are interested in buying players from them

[BitcoinHunt3r]

In my opinion why Manchester United is not really active this summer to buy players because after through an bad season and finish at 15th place last season it says Manchester United have lost some of their sponsorship and the effect is Manchester United don't have much money to buy some players and the only way if they want to buy players is Manchester United should sell some players first but the most problem is not many clubs are interested in buying players from them

I'm not too sure about this rumour because one source reported that Manchester United's income was quite good, from the latest information (March) Manchester United income is around 500 million and this does not include income from the Europa League especially when Man United managed to reach the final so there is another potential income of around 200 million. Well, Manchester United can allocate 50% of its income to bring in new players.

So far they have spent 78 Million for 2 players and on the other hand, Man United brought in 2 young players from the academy + 4 players arrive after loan period ends so next Manchester United is still looking for new players for the attack line/striker.

[el kaka22]

It is true that Leicester was doing terrible before him too, and he didn't do anything special to make them do better, he just make them play the way they are, which is terrible. This is a proof that Kompany got lucky with the job he got, think about it, Kompany did the same thing that Ruud did, and one got to Bayern Munich as an offer, and the other got fired and unemployed.

You can see why this makes no sense why Bayern got Kompany. Not saying Ruud should manage Bayern, I am saying Kompany shouldn't. If you gave Ruud Bayern Munich, he could have been champions too this season. In any case, Ruud is a decent manager, I am sure he will find some job somewhere and eventually do better with time, he is good enough to prove himself, he just needs to accept an offer from a team that won't be at relegation battle. Don't care if it is in championship or in league one or even two, just take a job from a team that can fight for a title, instead of a team battling relegation.

[Coyster]

I don't know for sure why they are so slow to recruit players, is this because of caution or lack of funds?

Manchester United have not done good transfer business for a while now, it does not mean they haven't been spending money, of course they have, and lots of it actually. The thing is they hardly ever get the right players, or they get good players, but they don't turn out so good once they don the Manchester United jersey. I feel for Ruben Amorim, because i am pretty sure he would be fired next season, if he fails like he did last season.

[Lida93]

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Predictable outcome for sure. Ruud has been underperformed since he came to the Leicester City. Things worsen when he manages a club that has no materials he needed to defend his team's position in EPL. This proves how managing a terrible club was not an easy..

What are you implying exactly? Is that it wasn't Ruud Van Nistelrooy fault that a club he was managing got relegated, but because the club are lacking in talented players to manage? This were same players that fought their way into the EPL from the championship under a good  coach, and so if they have gotten a more sophisticated manager instead of Ruud Van Nistelrooy, I doubt Leicester would have been relegated.