⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[bangjoe]

If Napoli doesn't act fast and allow Osimhen go to the club of his choice, they'll become the loser when his contract expires. I feel that Napoli management is not looking it from this angle because they feel they have the power to dictate for Osimhen which club to go to. Osimhen does not give a fuck about all these and he didn't allow that to affect his performance.

Osimhen's contract with Napoli ends in the summer of 2026, and right now it makes no sense for them to loan him out for another year because in a year he will become a free agent and Napoli will get nothing for him. So if I were them, I wouldn’t cancel the deal with Galatasaray, especially since they have already agreed on almost everything. It's better to make some compromises on the payment terms now than to let Osimhen leave as a free agent next year.

Napoli is in a dilemma about whether to sell him or not, as they currently have a striker in their lineup. However, Osimhen has great potential and has performed well with them. Therefore, I think they are still hesitant to let him leave Napoli and are considering loaning him out as an alternative, allowing them to see his progress as he gains playing time at Galatasaray.

Of course, if they continue like this until the summer, they will lose money, and Osimhen has considerable freedom if his contract with Napoli expires without Napoli receiving payment.

[Polkeins]

I wouldn't worry about Vinicius because he seems to be willing to be bought by clubs in the Saudi league.
https://talksport.com/football/3388563/real-madrid-transfer-news-saudi-pro-league-vinicius-jr/
Of course 350 million for Vinicius is a lot, but if we remember what money the Saudi league spends on players every year, I think that finding 300 million for them is quite realistic and Vinicius will probably get 3-5 times more than in the real and this is probably the minimum.

I think if Saudis are ready to spend such money, then Vinicius and Real should agree, because with the kind of game Vinicius is showing now, he will soon have to sit on the bench, unless of course Alonso wants to lose matches.

I was about to ask if you really believe this but they are so crazy over there that it could really be that they could pay >300 million for a player. Is Vini Jr. worth that amount? No way, but I'm sure the Saudis want him.

If I were Real, I wouldn't think twice about that amount and sell immediately, regardless of which player they want. In my opinion, Vini in particular is expendable and easy to replace. There was CR7 before him and if you could replace a prime CR7, you can replace Vini 100 times over.

After buying Neymar for 220millions any transfers seem realistic now.
300 million of course is a huge amount, but Vinicius almost got the golden ball and was one of the most important players at Real Madrid, so he is a stellar and productive player.
For Real it will be just a gift of fate and I think he will gladly let Vinicius go. The only problem may be Vinicius' desire to play in Europe, because now he is 25 years old and this is the best and most productive period for the player and Vinicius may want to win more trophies in Europe, but I think Alonso is not very satisfied with his game now and may just put him on the bench.

[Barikui1]

If Napoli doesn't act fast and allow Osimhen go to the club of his choice, they'll become the loser when his contract expires. I feel that Napoli management is not looking it from this angle because they feel they have the power to dictate for Osimhen which club to go to. Osimhen does not give a fuck about all these and he didn't allow that to affect his performance.

Osimhen's contract with Napoli ends in the summer of 2026, and right now it makes no sense for them to loan him out for another year because in a year he will become a free agent and Napoli will get nothing for him. So if I were them, I wouldn’t cancel the deal with Galatasaray, especially since they have already agreed on almost everything. It's better to make some compromises on the payment terms now than to let Osimhen leave as a free agent next year.

Their is a saying in my country that says; a decision made in anger is always  very costly.
If Napoli gets more angry that they can't force victor osimhen to go to Saudi Arabia and they decide that he wouldn't be going anywhere else, they are the one that it's going to affect the most more than the player, because during his final season that he is not playing, they must pay him every penny, and they are definitely going to lose him for free, which is going to be a big blow to the finances of the club.
Then as for the player, his career will just stall just for a year, after that he will be very ok, so as it stands now, Napoli has more to lose than victor osimhen, so is either they make compromise or they foolishly let him stay back and put them in a difficult situation financially

[Despairo]

Sporting president is making one mistake, which is going back on his word, otherwise asking for a lot of money isn't really wrong at all. If he just came out and said "hey , I want 100 million, that's it" and that was the last of it,  then anyone who paid 100 million would get him, that is even more than right now, and nobody could say anything, Gyokeres is a player under contract and the team decides how much they want, end of story.

Sporting president want to see how much those teams who're interested with Gyokeres willing to spend, that's why they keep increasing the fees until the specific time, most likely before August 15, it's when Premier League will starts.

I'm sure at the end of the day, Arsenal will sign Gyokeres during the current transfer windows.

Their is a saying in my country that says; a decision made in anger is always  very costly.
If Napoli gets more angry that they can't force victor osimhen to go to Saudi Arabia and they decide that he wouldn't be going anywhere else, they are the one that it's going to affect the most more than the player, because during his final season that he is not playing, they must pay him every penny, and they are definitely going to lose him for free, which is going to be a big blow to the finances of the club.

Napoli want to make money because they need to cover their losses from signing and salaries for Conte, De Bruyne, Lukaku and likely other new players they want to sign next.

[ThemePen]

After buying Neymar for 220millions any transfers seem realistic now.
300 million of course is a huge amount, but Vinicius almost got the golden ball and was one of the most important players at Real Madrid, so he is a stellar and productive player.
For Real it will be just a gift of fate and I think he will gladly let Vinicius go. The only problem may be Vinicius' desire to play in Europe, because now he is 25 years old and this is the best and most productive period for the player and Vinicius may want to win more trophies in Europe, but I think Alonso is not very satisfied with his game now and may just put him on the bench.

Vinicius Jr. is fantastic and effective player and his near Ballon d'Or win and importance to Real Madrid greatly increase his market value. Real Madrid would likely see $300 million offer as huge bonus and might be happy to let him go especially if they have other players in mind or can use money well. However biggest issue is probably Vinicius Jr. own wish to stay in Europe and keep winning big trophies while he is at his best at 25. Leaving top European competition now would be massive choice as it could mean giving up more Champions League titles or chances at Ballon d'Or even for huge salary.

[MainIbem]

It seems that everyone has given up on Manchester United due to their slow progress in this summer window, they made progress in the Mbeumo deal by offer figures close to Brentford's valuation yet no ones talking about it, Manchester United have submitted a third bid of about £65m + £5m as add ons which is equivalent to the £70m package Brentford are requesting for. That offer is enough for the deal to be concluded this week, it's very fair enough and if Brentford fail to accept it this time around then it's best for Manchester United to pull out and focus on other options instead of dragging it further, it's up to a month and this deal is supposed to have been concluded before they leave for preseason.
News source; https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578?t=EwiFFU6SCLWs6e-H_p_3vg&s=19

[AprilioMP]

It seems that everyone has given up on Manchester United due to their slow progress in this summer window, they made progress in the Mbeumo deal by offer figures close to Brentford's valuation yet no ones talking about it, Manchester United have submitted a third bid of about £65m + £5m as add ons which is equivalent to the £70m package Brentford are requesting for. That offer is enough for the deal to be concluded this week, it's very fair enough and if Brentford fail to accept it this time around then it's best for Manchester United to pull out and focus on other options instead of dragging it further, it's up to a month and this deal is supposed to have been concluded before they leave for preseason.
News source; https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578?t=EwiFFU6SCLWs6e-H_p_3vg&s=19

The Premier League champions for the 2024/2025 season have signed five players. Among them is a goalkeeper.
Arsenal, who finished second last season, have bought four players. Manchester City are also four players.
Chelsea have led the list of signings.

Maybe Manchester United have no intention of competing to win the title so they are slow and only bring in Cunha.
Bryan Mbeumo is still tough.
The reason may be that Manchester United do not want to rush. Mbeumo will also fail in my opinion to be obtained even though he has made an offer at the price Brentford wants.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Sporting president is making one mistake, which is going back on his word, otherwise asking for a lot of money isn't really wrong at all. If he just came out and said "hey , I want 100 million, that's it" and that was the last of it,  then anyone who paid 100 million would get him, that is even more than right now, and nobody could say anything, Gyokeres is a player under contract and the team decides how much they want, end of story.

The issue was, Gyokeres and Arsenal worked out a deal, where Gyokeres and even his agent is making less, just to make sure this deal happens, and Sporting gave a number, which everyone worked towards, but then, Sporting wanted more, and that's the real issue here. If you give a price, you stick to that price, you do not change it higher when that price is matched, that was the bad part of this deal.

That is the problem nowadays in the transfer market, a price tag will be placed on players and after the owners of a club see how interested or eager other clubs are coming for the player they will start thinking twice if they should increase the pay, is not good at all, that alone kills the relationship between the player in question and the club. Maybe FIFA should make it a rule that one's a price is placed it shouldn't be reduce or increase depending on the player if he's worth it.
I feel Sporting CP are just playing with the player and Arsenal but at the end they'll have to let the player go. What are they even trying to prove? Viktor Gyökeres served the club and has been loyal for all the number of years he spent with the club and now he had to try something else and they are making life hell for him, sometimes loyalty doesn't pay.
On second thought, I think it could be what they (Sporting CP and Arsenal) want we all to believe that the deal is becoming harder and harder and it could go down just to make headline every single day, meanwhile they have finalize the deal, just delaying it for their own interest, it could be and it might be the reason, who knows?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I think Mbuemo is a good player but Man Utd are a total mess, it’s going to take a lot more than him and what they’ve done in the market so far to compete again.

They are a pale shadow of the once great club they were. As a Liverpool fan they ruined my childhood growing up so this is good revenge ha

[Altryist]

It seems that everyone has given up on Manchester United due to their slow progress in this summer window, they made progress in the Mbeumo deal by offer figures close to Brentford's valuation yet no ones talking about it, Manchester United have submitted a third bid of about £65m + £5m as add ons which is equivalent to the £70m package Brentford are requesting for. That offer is enough for the deal to be concluded this week, it's very fair enough and if Brentford fail to accept it this time around then it's best for Manchester United to pull out and focus on other options instead of dragging it further, it's up to a month and this deal is supposed to have been concluded before they leave for preseason.
News source; https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578?t=EwiFFU6SCLWs6e-H_p_3vg&s=19

That's right, because Manchester United are acting too passively in the transfer market, and it creates the impression that they won’t be able to change anything, and things will only get worse for them. I remember when Ten Hag tried to make changes at Manchester United during the off-season, he made a lot of transfers and brought in new players. Yes, they were young players, but it gave the impression that he wanted to change something. In Amorim’s case, everything is happening very passively. I don’t know, maybe he’s counting on being able to improve the team with the players he already has, but that raises serious doubts.

[Velvet78]

Finally the happy ending is near for Osimhen! 

Napoli and Galatasaray have reached an agreement. Osimhen didn't join Napoli's summer camp even though he was asked to do so. He had no intention to play for Napoli from now on.

He didn't want to sign for Al-Hilal either despite an astronomical salary offer. All he wants is to stay in Europe and compete in the Champions League. As there is no competition by another European team, Galatasaray is about to finalize the deal easily.

[blomen]

Finally the happy ending is near for Osimhen! 

Napoli and Galatasaray have reached an agreement. Osimhen didn't join Napoli's summer camp even though he was asked to do so. He had no intention to play for Napoli from now on.

He didn't want to sign for Al-Hilal either despite an astronomical salary offer. All he wants is to stay in Europe and compete in the Champions League. As there is no competition by another European team, Galatasaray is about to finalize the deal easily.

i can't wait for the moment when the transfer is finalized. osimhen wants to come to galatasaray very much and the galatasaray fans and the management want him. we have been waiting and struggling for weeks with negotiations and price offers, but finally they started to write that the transfer is coming to an end.

i think napoli got exactly what they wanted. they made a hard bargain and they will earn 75 million euros in total. they managed to get a higher offer by saying that we will never give a lower price.

the transfer is expected to be finished later today.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Finally the happy ending is near for Osimhen! 

Napoli and Galatasaray have reached an agreement. Osimhen didn't join Napoli's summer camp even though he was asked to do so. He had no intention to play for Napoli from now on.

He didn't want to sign for Al-Hilal either despite an astronomical salary offer. All he wants is to stay in Europe and compete in the Champions League. As there is no competition by another European team, Galatasaray is about to finalize the deal easily.

Is good to hear that both side have come to an agreement and the striker will have his peace of mind. Many of us never thought of him going back to Galatasaray even myself because the EPL teams are the ones looking likely to get him especially Chelsea in particular but it seems they ain't serious about him. If he had player for Napoli then whatever comes he shouldn't complain about it because they really hurt him when he was seriously showing how much he love the club.
Al-Hilal are never in the mood to give up on getting him and if care is not taken they could still be checking up on him like 2 to 3 years later to see if he's willing to join them. But I was thinking that he would have joined one of these Europe clubs maybe any of the power house that always shows up in the champions league but Galatasaray is not that consistent if you ask me, maybe he'll only struggle with the team to stop at the round of 16 or quarter finals...let's hope he continues showcasing his ability in the Turkish league.

[Polkeins]

It seems that everyone has given up on Manchester United due to their slow progress in this summer window, they made progress in the Mbeumo deal by offer figures close to Brentford's valuation yet no ones talking about it, Manchester United have submitted a third bid of about £65m + £5m as add ons which is equivalent to the £70m package Brentford are requesting for. That offer is enough for the deal to be concluded this week, it's very fair enough and if Brentford fail to accept it this time around then it's best for Manchester United to pull out and focus on other options instead of dragging it further, it's up to a month and this deal is supposed to have been concluded before they leave for preseason.
News source; https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945834536471826578?t=EwiFFU6SCLWs6e-H_p_3vg&s=19

I think as soon as EPL clubs see Manchester United's interest in their players, they start increasing the price just because it's Manchester United and they can pay overprice for players.
After seeing how much Ten Hag bought and now everyone wants to squeeze as much money out of United as possible.
Transfers of Heylund, Anthony, Zirkise shows to all EPL clubs that they can sell their players to United at a good markup.
Mbeumo is a good forward, but the fact that he scored 20 goals once in his career in a season does not say that he is worth 70 million pounds.
Maybe it's better for United to get out of this transfer race with Mbeumo and buy 2-3 young and promising players for 20-30 million.

[Adbitco]

Well I'm not doubting the number of goals his scored for the team but the thing is the fluidity of the team. Have you noticed that after Ancelotti brushed Vini, his been superb consecutively for the team? If I'm not mistaken can you mention one bad season of Vini from 2021 - 2024? Of course you can't, because his been the teams best player since that very time. But last season, immediately the team added Mbappe, Vini declined in form, isn't that supposed to be a course of concern for the team? Yes, Real Madrid will still maintain its wage policy structure and won't change it for any player.

From 2021-2024? Wasn’t the best player in this periods, the 2023/2024 season was the season he was the best player and was lined up as favourite for the Balon d’or and even at that particular period Real Madrid league highest scorer then was Jude Bellingham who was also excellent in his first season at the club. The years before that season it was Benzema who was Real Madrid best player then, but yes he was having a very good season then too. Many seemed to be blaming Mbappe for Vinicius poor season but they have failed to understand that it was the entire Real Madrid squad that was poor last season. Vinicius on his own wasn’t himself when he lost the Balon D’or and that was what affected his performance at first coupled with the Club bad season too. Rodrigo also suffered from same poor season too

I wouldn't really be able to pin point the problem of Real Madrid, since after 2020, this was their worst season no doubt. Real Madrid injury crises didn't start just last season, the thing the team was still effect in 2023/34 season and they went ahead to win the UCL and the league with defensive injuries. In the season that Mbappe was included into the team they still had the same problem of the previous season which was also defence, so what went wrong?

[Oluwa-btc]

I think Mbuemo is a good player but Man Utd are a total mess, it’s going to take a lot more than him and what they’ve done in the market so far to compete again.

They are a pale shadow of the once great club they were. As a Liverpool fan they ruined my childhood growing up so this is good revenge ha

As much as we're shite, the future isn't bleak,  good thing we can now work week on week out alone on the Premier League Competition. It feels refreshing to read such a post about Manchester United doing uglies to your childhood, that is nothing compared to what they'll do to your adulthood. ⏳️ .... Glad for the Mbeumo news but we need a CF, GK and CM. Ahead of the Ekitikie's transfer to Liverpool,  this is what he brings over Darwin Nunez.

[Majestic-milf]

Sporting president is making one mistake, which is going back on his word, otherwise asking for a lot of money isn't really wrong at all. If he just came out and said "hey , I want 100 million, that's it" and that was the last of it,  then anyone who paid 100 million would get him, that is even more than right now, and nobody could say anything, Gyokeres is a player under contract and the team decides how much they want, end of story.

The issue was, Gyokeres and Arsenal worked out a deal, where Gyokeres and even his agent is making less, just to make sure this deal happens, and Sporting gave a number, which everyone worked towards, but then, Sporting wanted more, and that's the real issue here. If you give a price, you stick to that price, you do not change it higher when that price is matched, that was the bad part of this deal.

The president refused to agree to the "gentleman" offer and is seeking to gain more from the player more than is necessary. If you don't want to sell the player, why not just say so instead of delaying the inevitable.
I'm actually curious to see if after the Gunners have secured the Swede, if he'd be able to take in as much goals at Arsenal like he did at Sporting.
I just hope that his presence will bring in more confidence to the team and their errors in times past that stopped them from winning trophies will be corrected.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Finally Manchester United have gotten their man and it seems many clubs  who have been pushing hard to get the players they wanted might happen for them today and tomorrow or maybe next.
Can Mbuemo play much better than he was with Brentford? Is he the missing piece?
He's a good player but the way things have been going on with new players going to Man UTD is something to worry about, with them losing their good form completely is what we have to look out for when they get new players. I wouldn't want to see Mbuemo struggling like Anthony did... Just like Bill Goldberg always ask, "who's next"?
What's your take on this player and his new club?

[Just Say]

Barcelona signed lewandowski for the sum of €50, (£42/$51) at the age of 33 years old and you think ademola lookman is too much for €50? Hell no he is still 27 and still at his peak to my own opinion he's worth more than that because I strongly believe he still have more to give, isak that is being tag £130m let's go into stat ademola lookman and isak head to head and isak is 25 years old so what's the difference? Lookman is a good baller that can give any team what ever they desire of him, I don't just think he's worth it I know he's worth more than that with no doubt

Maybe it's true that Ademola Lookman is a great talent as a young player but it must be said that Robert Lewandowski could be even better in terms of experience. We have even seen that he has been able to make a very good contribution to the Atlanta Football Club from the midfield position, meaning that he has been able to make the best contribution of his career over the last three seasons. Moreover as far as I know Ademola Lookman may be insignificant compared to the achievements of Robert Lewandowski.
At this moment Inter Milan Football Club has been very keen on acquiring this game-changer for Atlanta in recent times, and it is even reasonable to say that they might want to take him at any cost.

[$crypto$]

I'm very surprised to read that Liverpool has already contacted Ekitike and got a personal commitment from him. Sounds like it's moving very fast because a few days ago the rumour said they haven't even begun any talk yet. Seems like both clubs also want to get the deal done quickly since another report claims they want to finish it in the next 24 hours or so.

The reaction from social media seems to be mixed, so it's up to him to prove whether he'll score goals or not.

Because initially Liverpool wanted Isak but Newcastle refused with a large amount maybe because this was not possible for Liverpool then the club moved quickly with the name Ekitike but do not know for sure how much Frankfurt wants for this player? He is a young player that could be better for the long term for Liverpool.