⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Die_empty]

Arsenal are indeed the closest, and rumor has it they have made an offer to Madrid. But not only Arsenal, Liverpool was also rumored to be interested, but they are also waiting for the completion of the transfer of their released players. Not only from the Premier League, Barcelona is also rumored to be interested in bringing Rodrygo, although I am also not quite sure of their seriousness.
Many European clubs still have an interest in Rodrygo. I think there is no reason for him to move to Saudi to enrich himself at an age that is still very productive for competition in Europe's top leagues.

A sports news outlet football.london claimed that Barcelona is also interested in signing the Brazilian international. Rodrygo said he respects Real Madrid and wants to remain in the club. But it seems Xabi Alonso prefers other strikers, as shown in the FIFA World Club event.  So he might want to leave for a place where he would be appreciated more. Real might be open to let him leave for €100m (£85m), and it might be hard for clubs to afford that amount, except there are other agreements, like player swaps.

[aylabadia05]

The latest report says Amorim still keen to sign a new striker and midfielder, but guess who? I hope he will consider Jackson from Chelsea. I'd like to see Jackson to wear Manchester United's shirt instead of Sesko. Why? Jackson has also proven himself to be among top scorer in EPL. Meanwhile, what about Sesko? Just another flop like Hojlund/Zirkzee.

As for the new midfielder, hard to guess it as they still linked to none. Maybe, Douglas Luiz?

Jackson is not suitable to be the spearhead in goal scoring affairs at Manchester United. I have observed how Jackson played last season with Chelsea.
Compared to Benjamin Sesko, Jackson's statistics are superior but Sesko is more suitable because Sesko plays more actively in helping to create opportunities even though his main position is as an attacker.

If Manchester United have officially got Bryan Mbeumo, then Man United's left and right are already ok filled with Cunha and Mbeumo. It is necessary to find a midfielder to help Bruno considering Hojlund's potential is good but not fully developed.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

@David_Ornstein
🚨 Liverpool reach agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt to sign Hugo Ekitike. £79m (£69m fixed, £10m bonuses based on success for #LFC & 23yo forward). Below €95m+ #SGE targeted. 6yr contract. Medical then join tour.
https://x.com/david_ornstein/status/1947242026312868304

[verdinio]

Osimhen almost done to Galatasary for a 75m? +5 bonus deal.

Napoli is successfully fooling Galatasaray with this transfer. You only mention ?80M transfer fees, but forget 10% cut for the future sales of Osimhen, and a clause not sale him to the italian clubs for two years.

This news is really disheartening for all of Galatasaray fans. Their club totally outplayed by ADL in this transfer. They pay the same amount like when Napoli bought him five years ago.

Also disappointed with how Osimhen will spend his prime in turkish. 

He did well to go to Galatasaray, that's the perfect team for him, he's having a crazy season and he's happy there, Napoli would never have wanted him and in fact they did everything to put a spoke in his wheels, apparently in the contract it says that he must not and cannot go to any Italian team for 5 years, he's smart adl

[Despairo]

The latest report says Amorim still keen to sign a new striker and midfielder, but guess who? I hope he will consider Jackson from Chelsea. I'd like to see Jackson to wear Manchester United's shirt instead of Sesko. Why? Jackson has also proven himself to be among top scorer in EPL. Meanwhile, what about Sesko? Just another flop like Hojlund/Zirkzee.

As for the new midfielder, hard to guess it as they still linked to none. Maybe, Douglas Luiz?

Really? Nicolas Jackson and Dounglas Luiz?

Jackson is too pricey with the quality he has, 100 Million Euros. Douglas Luiz is a failed player, failed in both Juventus and national team. With the past signing and new target by Amorim, it's obvious he really want to ruin Manchester United.

I would say Manchester United is already too late with the present transfer window, other teams already got great players, there are only left over players who're expensive and lower quality.

[Velvet78]

I doubt that honestly.    Raphinha is in his best form these days. Why would Hansi Flick decide to cut him from the starting lineup to "rest"?

It doesn't make sense while he is one of top goal contributors. Rashford will need to earn his place there. He will need to work hard to stay fit and impress the manager. I can't say he has been in his best physical shape recently.

[W Jr.]

Arsenal are indeed the closest, and rumor has it they have made an offer to Madrid. But not only Arsenal, Liverpool was also rumored to be interested, but they are also waiting for the completion of the transfer of their released players. Not only from the Premier League, Barcelona is also rumored to be interested in bringing Rodrygo, although I am also not quite sure of their seriousness.
Many European clubs still have an interest in Rodrygo. I think there is no reason for him to move to Saudi to enrich himself at an age that is still very productive for competition in Europe's top leagues.

A sports news outlet football.london claimed that Barcelona is also interested in signing the Brazilian international. Rodrygo said he respects Real Madrid and wants to remain in the club. But it seems Xabi Alonso prefers other strikers, as shown in the FIFA World Club event.  So he might want to leave for a place where he would be appreciated more. Real might be open to let him leave for €100m (£85m), and it might be hard for clubs to afford that amount, except there are other agreements, like player swaps.

Yes, a player swap could make sense in this situation. If the player swap isn't accepted, Real Madrid will want to sell him for cash. In this case, Barcelona will be out of the picture. Barcelona has no chance in this transfer because they're not in a good financial position. I don't think Real Madrid will prioritize their arch-rival. If they sign him, Premier League teams will. Arsenal, Liverpool, or Chelsea are likely in the running for this position.

[GiftedMAN]

I think Rodrygo considers a moves to Saudi Arabia as a wrong move at this time of his career and rather favors a move that keeps him in Europe, he has been linked to Arsenal in recent weeks. I also agree that any club that gets to sign Rodrygo will be grateful in years to come that they did, I really wish it would be Arsenal that gets to sign Rodrygo and he comes to the EPL.

Arsenal are indeed the closest, and rumor has it they have made an offer to Madrid. But not only Arsenal, Liverpool was also rumored to be interested, but they are also waiting for the completion of the transfer of their released players. Not only from the Premier League, Barcelona is also rumored to be interested in bringing Rodrygo, although I am also not quite sure of their seriousness.
Many European clubs still have an interest in Rodrygo. I think there is no reason for him to move to Saudi to enrich himself at an age that is still very productive for competition in Europe's top leagues.

Arsenal should focus on signing a striker than another winger I really don't be this rumor cause from what I understand they've already got Madueke and they're working signing Gyokeres maybe Liverpool are the more interested club for Rodrygo since he could be used as a replacement for Diaz incase he moves to Bayern Munich. As for Barcelona I wonder if they think Real Madrid would allow them sign Rodrygo on loan like they did with Marcus Rashford.

[Justbillywitt]

I don't have any doubts in these players to perform for their new clubs. At least 3 of those guys performed very well for their individual clubs last season. They were all part of the main team. So am really expecting all of them to be in their best performances next season. It's really difficult to determine who will perform best next season, but my top two is between Elanga of Newcastle and Joao Pedro of Chelsea.
João Pedro has already set the tempo high with his performance against PSG in the final. So he will work very hard to maintain the standard.

I still don’t understand why Arsenal went all in for Noni Madeuke, I’m going to see how he fits into the Arsenal team and how many games he will be starting, Well he can play both wings but, but I can’t see him getting into the starting lineup, maybe probably when there is an injury to Saka or Martinelli so it might look like a ridiculous decision from Arteta, I know all managers have there plans I will have to see the plan the Manager have for him, Tottenham have done something significant by sighing Kudus who I think have been a very good player for westHam is a good deal for Thomas Frank, Joao Pedro will be a very exceptional player for Chelsea, we’ve been familiar with him in Brighton and we understand his game, Anthony Elanga will be quite sensational for Newcastle it’s been a good deal, but I’m mostly interested in what Arteta will do with Noni Madueke

Well I think it Arteta was just looking for a back up player that will cover for the team when either players you mentioned go on injury. Although I don't think they promised Noni Madueke a bench role before he decided to join Arsenal and leave Chelsea were he was seeing game time. Maybe Arteta promised him game time if he's able to impress him in training, so it's going to be anyone who impresses that coach will get the match day call up. Although Arteta is trying to remove some of the work load on saka. The guy almost started all games for Arsenal last season before he was hit with injury. So I think Madueke will get his game time in Arsenal. The question is, will he up his games now that he's now in Arsenal or will it be the same old Madueke of Chelsea that we knew?

[HajiBagi]

Osimhen almost done to Galatasary for a 75m€ +5 bonus deal.

Napoli is successfully fooling Galatasaray with this transfer. You only mention €80M transfer fees, but forget 10% cut for the future sales of Osimhen, and a clause not sale him to the italian clubs for two years.

This news is really disheartening for all of Galatasaray fans. Their club totally outplayed by ADL in this transfer. They pay the same amount like when Napoli bought him five years ago.

Also disappointed with how Osimhen will spend his prime in turkish. 

I agree with you, it will be a disappointed if a player like Osimhen end his career at Turkish league, Victor Osimhen is a player that should be playing in top leagues, I know that Galatasary like him and with the way he help the team last season they will want to have him permanent in the team, I’m happy for Osimhen because he is now free from the problem of Napoli and to be honest Napoli is not good and with what they are doing to their players that want to leave the club some players will not want to join the club again.

Signing Osimhen is going to help Galatasaray, but I don’t think Osimhen will have any offers from any big clubs. Galatasaray will give him a long contract, Galatasaray will make sure they keep Osimhen for a long time, and they will give him a 4 to 5-year contract and which shows he can end his career in the club.  I was expecting Osimhen to get signed by a team like Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United, but in the end, no team brig him an offer.

[X-ray]

I doubt that honestly.    Raphinha is in his best form these days. Why would Hansi Flick decide to cut him from the starting lineup to "rest"?

It doesn't make sense while he is one of top goal contributors. Rashford will need to earn his place there. He will need to work hard to stay fit and impress the manager. I can't say he has been in his best physical shape recently.

It's a non sense decision by Barcelona. They wasted 270k weekly to sign someone who will always be benched the whole time because of his competitor is still in the prime performance. I'm sorry, but it seems no place available for Rashford. I don't think he can compete with Raphina for LW position.

[AprilioMP]

@David_Ornstein
🚨 Liverpool reach agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt to sign Hugo Ekitike. £79m (£69m fixed, £10m bonuses based on success for #LFC & 23yo forward). Below €95m+ #SGE targeted. 6yr contract. Medical then join tour.
https://x.com/david_ornstein/status/1947242026312868304

Success again Liverpool get the target player. Different from the neighboring club. I am curious about Liverpool's transfers during Arne Slot's stint as head coach. From their successful transfers, only in this transfer did they buy at a relatively high price.
Usually Liverpool bring in players with lower transfer fees and on their way to Liverpool, the players they buy will have a high market value.
Is it really like that or is this just my mind?

[Slow death]

@David_Ornstein
🚨 Liverpool reach agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt to sign Hugo Ekitike. £79m (£69m fixed, £10m bonuses based on success for #LFC & 23yo forward). Below €95m+ #SGE targeted. 6yr contract. Medical then join tour.
https://x.com/david_ornstein/status/1947242026312868304

Liverpool spent a lot of money on signings in this transfer window. I hope these recently signed players perform well, because if they perform poorly, Liverpool fans will criticize them. I personally would have preferred Liverpool to sign Alexander Isak instead of Hugo Ekitike. This is because Hugo Ekitike comes from the Bundesliga, a weak league compared to the Premier League. He may not perform well. He played 33 games and only scored 15 goals.

Even playing in the Bundesliga, I believe he won't be able to score 15 goals in the Premier League, while Alexander Isak, who already plays in the Premier League, performed better. But unfortunately, Newcastle doesn't want to sell him. It makes sense, but the price Liverpool paid for Hugo Ekitike is too high, in my opinion.

[Justbillywitt]

I doubt that honestly.    Raphinha is in his best form these days. Why would Hansi Flick decide to cut him from the starting lineup to "rest"?

It doesn't make sense while he is one of top goal contributors. Rashford will need to earn his place there. He will need to work hard to stay fit and impress the manager. I can't say he has been in his best physical shape recently.

Let's not forget that Rashford can also play as No 9 sometimes. Besides there are many games to play and Raphinha can't play all the time let's be realistic with ourselves. And also to avoid overdependence in one particular player, Barcelona had to bring Rashford in. We have to be applauding Barcelona for have two good players in one position. How many clubs in the world can of having two quality players in LW? The world cup is coming up next summer and every player wants to be fit and available. If Raphinha plays all their games next season, he risk having long term injury.

[bitLeap]

I doubt that honestly.    Raphinha is in his best form these days. Why would Hansi Flick decide to cut him from the starting lineup to "rest"?

It doesn't make sense while he is one of top goal contributors. Rashford will need to earn his place there. He will need to work hard to stay fit and impress the manager. I can't say he has been in his best physical shape recently.

Barcelona only take benefit from his loan status, and ditching Raphinha would be the club's biggest mistake. I have my doubts about Rashford, he is the type of player who is lazy to work hard, always waiting for a pass, not suitable for Barcelona's style of play which is all active in carrying out roles. For that Rashford will have a hard time if he stays with his poor playing style.

[cande86]

I think Rodrygo considers a moves to Saudi Arabia as a wrong move at this time of his career and rather favors a move that keeps him in Europe, he has been linked to Arsenal in recent weeks. I also agree that any club that gets to sign Rodrygo will be grateful in years to come that they did, I really wish it would be Arsenal that gets to sign Rodrygo and he comes to the EPL.

Arsenal are indeed the closest, and rumor has it they have made an offer to Madrid. But not only Arsenal, Liverpool was also rumored to be interested, but they are also waiting for the completion of the transfer of their released players. Not only from the Premier League, Barcelona is also rumored to be interested in bringing Rodrygo, although I am also not quite sure of their seriousness.
Many European clubs still have an interest in Rodrygo. I think there is no reason for him to move to Saudi to enrich himself at an age that is still very productive for competition in Europe's top leagues.

I think that Rodrygo at that age would be useful to any European team, and that's something that all international clubs have seen.
So there will be an assault from all the big European clubs who want to take him home, an excellent player who will most likely be sold off by Real Madrid

[Felicity_Tide]

~snip

Even playing in the Bundesliga, I believe he won't be able to score 15 goals in the Premier League, while Alexander Isak, who already plays in the Premier League, performed better. But unfortunately, Newcastle doesn't want to sell him. It makes sense, but the price Liverpool paid for Hugo Ekitike is too high, in my opinion.

Liverpool signed expensive players in this window, and so many people would be looking forward to seeing what they can do and how they can help the team in  the coming season. I hope they really meet up to expectations though, because we all know how the English media tends to involve themselves in such a situation.

15 goals in the Bundesliga for a striker isn't that bad though, but I doubt if that is what Liverpool fans would be looking forward to. They couldn't get Isak because Newcastle was never interested in selling him, and I don't know why they even placed the £120M on his head in the first place. Isak would have being a perfect signing for the reds. But let's see what Ekitike has to offer in the coming season.

[Sim_card]

Arsenal are indeed the closest, and rumor has it they have made an offer to Madrid. But not only Arsenal, Liverpool was also rumored to be interested, but they are also waiting for the completion of the transfer of their released players. Not only from the Premier League, Barcelona is also rumored to be interested in bringing Rodrygo, although I am also not quite sure of their seriousness.
Many European clubs still have an interest in Rodrygo. I think there is no reason for him to move to Saudi to enrich himself at an age that is still very productive for competition in Europe's top leagues.

A sports news outlet football.london claimed that Barcelona is also interested in signing the Brazilian international. Rodrygo said he respects Real Madrid and wants to remain in the club. But it seems Xabi Alonso prefers other strikers, as shown in the FIFA World Club event.  So he might want to leave for a place where he would be appreciated more. Real might be open to let him leave for €100m (£85m), and it might be hard for clubs to afford that amount, except there are other agreements, like player swaps.

No doubts about this, but how do you think that Real Madrid will be able to pay such amount to Madrid when they are not financially buoyant or is there something that I am missing. We saw how Barcelona have been deprived on signing one of their dream player Nico Williams that's cheaper than Rodrygo. Looks like Barcelona wants all the quality players with empty pocket.

[Polkeins]

I doubt that honestly.    Raphinha is in his best form these days. Why would Hansi Flick decide to cut him from the starting lineup to "rest"?

It doesn't make sense while he is one of top goal contributors. Rashford will need to earn his place there. He will need to work hard to stay fit and impress the manager. I can't say he has been in his best physical shape recently.

Looks like Rashford really wants to go on loan to Barcelona and has already passed his medical there.
https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20250721/1002503443/marcha-revision-medica-rashford.html

This deal doesn't seem to be favorable for both sides, because Rashford hasn't played well at a high level for about 3 years and Rashford should say 'thank you' for Emery that gives him a chance to play at Aston Villa. For the other side Barcelona have a huge number of their youngsters like Pedri, Gavi, Ferran Torres and other young players who are ready to play and can bring more value to Barcelona than Rashford, who is likely to lose the competition and will sit on the bench until the end of the loan.

[jems]

Arsenal are indeed the closest, and rumor has it they have made an offer to Madrid. But not only Arsenal, Liverpool was also rumored to be interested, but they are also waiting for the completion of the transfer of their released players. Not only from the Premier League, Barcelona is also rumored to be interested in bringing Rodrygo, although I am also not quite sure of their seriousness.
Many European clubs still have an interest in Rodrygo. I think there is no reason for him to move to Saudi to enrich himself at an age that is still very productive for competition in Europe's top leagues.

A sports news outlet football.london claimed that Barcelona is also interested in signing the Brazilian international. Rodrygo said he respects Real Madrid and wants to remain in the club. But it seems Xabi Alonso prefers other strikers, as shown in the FIFA World Club event.  So he might want to leave for a place where he would be appreciated more. Real might be open to let him leave for €100m (£85m), and it might be hard for clubs to afford that amount, except there are other agreements, like player swaps.

No doubts about this, but how do you think that Real Madrid will be able to pay such amount to Madrid when they are not financially buoyant or is there something that I am missing. We saw how Barcelona have been deprived on signing one of their dream player Nico Williams that's cheaper than Rodrygo. Looks like Barcelona wants all the quality players with empty pocket.

That's true. I don't believe those rumors, especially since Barcelona's finances are in such dire straits right now, so it's highly unlikely. I also believe that if Rodrygo weren't willing to play for Barcelona, it would certainly put pressure on him.

Several Premier League teams are currently interested in Rodrygo, but so far there haven't been any strong rumors in the media. However, I'm sure whatever happens, there's a strong possibility that Rodrygo will leave for a new team next season. There could be a surprise at the end of the transfer window.