⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Justbillywitt]

🚨 Arsenal are currently considering adding another attacking player AFTER the signing of Viktor Gyökeres.

Eberechi Eze and Xavi Simons are among the options.

✍️ Fabrizio Romano

Seems like Arteta has gotten the message to get good players to strengthen the squad and that's what he is doing and in a better fashion...I hope this deal to get any of these players doesn't last like that of Viktor Gyökeres...Between these two players who's next to join Viktor Gyökeres?  And who is better to be at the squad?

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Premier League experience these days doesn't tell if a player can do well or not, let's take a good look at Isak how he became one of the finest striker in the EPL, even on his first season we saw how he performed by helping Newcastle to be one of the teams that causes problems for the top teams in the EPL. From what I have seen from both players, talking about Xaxi Simons and Eze, I feel Eze would be a good match for the Arsenal squad. He can be the next option for either Odegaard or Saka since these two guys doesn't have a better replacement. After Arsenal released him at the age of thirteen till now I feel going back home would be a great addition to the squad now that he's much better and has improved than they saw him back then.

I understand what you are saying, but there are also instances where players comes to the league and struggles to fit in. Some do fits in eventually but it does take time, while some fits in immediately. I said  because, if I was the one making the decision on who to buy between these guys, this's one major criteria I will look into in my decision making. Eberechi Eze is already living in London. He's fully settled there with his family. He has been a top performer for Crystal palace over the years. To me he's the one I will go for. That doesn't mean Xavi Simons is not a good option. He is, but on my own considerations Eze is best for me, and I want him to play for Arsenal.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Even the Chelsea fans seeing this news they'll have to laugh about it because this player of theirs doesn't worth half of the amount they are tagging him with, unless they are just trying to scare clubs away which I feel is a terrible way to do so, for a player that doesn't know what next to do with the ball in a one on one situation, that's if he has a clear one on one chance of about 10 he will miss 8, hit 1 on the goalkeeper's body and score 1, he is that bad for to me honestly, a striker that lacks improvement to start with, I hope is just a rumor...does he worth that amount £80m-£100m?

It cracks me up every time I see this £80m to £100m price tag placed on Nicolas Jackson. It will be very difficult to see any English club that will be ready to pay that huge amount for Nicolas Jackson so he will be missing chances here and there except maybe one of the Saudi clubs are interested in signing him then such fee can be realized.

This is really funny honestly, I agree with you completely and also no club from outside the EPL will even pay £50m for Jackson with how he has been making a mess of himself since last season and the Saudi you talked about should have come knocking to get him since Chelsea have decided to sell him but up till now all we have been hearing are rumors and I don't see any club getting him for £80m not to talk of £100m, if I'm to be honest about this Jackson's issues and the amount placed on him, it will be a disgrace to those players who are worth the amount £100m and above in the transfer market if any club should get Jackson for that amount, not his type that should be placed with that amount.

[Fakhrulenclix]

It's getting more interesting, as Man City is back in the hunt for new players in this transfer window. They are currently targeting Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa, whose current market value is around €40,000 million, but Man City is reportedly bold and has submitted an offer of around €60 million. Diogo Costa is Portugal's mainstay goalkeeper, and his performance so far has been very promising and strong, making several crucial saves. And his height of 1.86 m is also quite helpful. Now, we are waiting to see how they are able to win the negotiation.


Source: Manchester City have made an approach to sign Diogo Costa

When it became known that Ederson was leaving City, it was clear that they would be looking for a new goalkeeper. And it was also clear that they would want to find the best possible replacement for him. I think Diogo Costa is one of the best, but I can’t remember such huge amounts ever being offered for goalkeepers. Although I’d say that Ederson was quite a good keeper, City are clearly working on strengthening their defense.

I also think this is excessive, but perhaps Manchester City wanted him so badly that they made a high offer to get Porto to let him go.

I think the decision to look for another goalkeeper was quite appropriate, as the goalkeeping position is very central, and Manchester City had already prepared to replace Anderson, especially with rumors that he would leave. So, this was a very quick move.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Seems like Arteta has gotten the message to get good players to strengthen the squad and that's what he is doing and in a better fashion...I hope this deal to get any of these players doesn't last like that of Viktor Gyökeres...Between these two players who's next to join Viktor Gyökeres?  And who is better to be at the squad?

Arsenal are tired of ending the season always as runner up, they now choose to upgrade the squad most likely where they are having problems.

Both midfielders/winger are top class, but it seems Eze might do better due to experience playing in Premier League, it won't mean much to him adapting to the team, while Xavi Simon despite how good he is might want to take some time to resize into Premier League standard, may end up not being better than Eze.

Upgrading the squad is good but another thing is how good they are in handling business when the time comes, because we have situations like this where the team has been upgraded like you said but they can't go 5 games without avoiding defeat not that I'm saying it will happen to Arsenal but it can happen.
Eze has been playing in EPL for long and that doesn't give us the assurance that he will excel with Arsenal that's if they eventually get him, it could be that oppositions have understood how he operates and does his things and he might find it hard to replicate all he has been doing at Palace but Xaxi Simons can come and boom he has gotten that spark on him that defenders can't stop him because is the first time they are playing against him so it goes both ways, so we can't say what is what until then, they are good players but the Gunners should make a positive move first.

[hyudien]

When it became known that Ederson was leaving City, it was clear that they would be looking for a new goalkeeper. And it was also clear that they would want to find the best possible replacement for him. I think Diogo Costa is one of the best, but I can’t remember such huge amounts ever being offered for goalkeepers. Although I’d say that Ederson was quite a good keeper, City are clearly working on strengthening their defense.

Yep 60 Million Euros is too expensive for a goalkeeper, especially Diogo Costa only have experience in Portugal. Manchester willing to overpay I think because they really want him, I doubt Porto will reject their offer or there's an other team want to spend more than 60 Million Euros.

Happy to see Pep considering to replace the goalkeeper, Ederson wasn't a good, he looks good because Manchester City were having good defense. Anyway, Manchester City include Ederson on transfer market, Galatasaray is interested with him, but they ask for 3 Million Euros lol.

I think 60 million euros is still quite reasonable even though Diogo Costa only plays in the Portuguese league but he has proven his ability with the Portuguese national team and led them to victory in the UEFA Nations League, moreover Diogo's release clause at Porto is worth 75 million euros so the figure of 60 has been lowered by Porto so I think Manchester City should secure his signature, considering Ederson is no longer young and Diogo Costa is considered suitable. In addition, there are many offers from the SPL for Ederson and Manchester City can take advantage of this situation rather than letting Ederson go to Galatasaray.

[Adbitco]

I'm not sure if all of the players you mentioned will be sold, or if Chelsea will be willing to sell them. Raheem Sterling, Nicholas Jackson, and Noni Madueke, for example, I believe later joined Arsenal. As of right now, I'm really impressed with Chelsea's ability to make a lot of money from their sales; they seem to have good business sense and talent selection skills. It should also be interesting to see how these transfers will affect Chelsea's future and the careers of the players involved. Chelsea is actively managing their squad, bulling and selling players to maximise profits and build strong terms.

I'm still shocked as to how Chelsea managed to sell a player like Madueke to Arsenal and more surprised at the fee, €50+ million for such a player and to Arsenal of all teams. Wow, this Chelsea is really making good use of this and I just wonder who brokers deal for Chelsea, that person must surely be a genius and good at his/her job. I'm seeing from this forum that Chelsea are demanding £80 million for Nicholas Jackson, lol. You can imagine, a player like Jackson for that huge amount of money. It's better that Manchester United doesn't sign any other player again in this transfer than to purchase Jackson and for such an outrageous fee.

[Fiatless]

This is really funny honestly, I agree with you completely and also no club from outside the EPL will even pay £50m for Jackson with how he has been making a mess of himself since last season and the Saudi you talked about should have come knocking to get him since Chelsea have decided to sell him but up till now all we have been hearing are rumors and I don't see any club getting him for £80m not to talk of £100m, if I'm to be honest about this Jackson's issues and the amount placed on him, it will be a disgrace to those players who are worth the amount £100m and above in the transfer market if any club should get Jackson for that amount, not his type that should be placed with that amount.

The price tag is too high but that doesn't mean that Nicolas Jackson is a worthless player. He is strong and has pace, but he needs to play under a coach who can understand his weaknesses and help him correct them and improve on his strength. Chelsea is a big club and might not have such space to experiment and develop players. Moving to an average club might help build his confidence.

The Saudi Professional League targets players who are in good form, experienced, and popular. I doubt Jackson has such qualities now. He might end up going on loan or remain at Chelsea if the club fails to reduce his transfer fee.

[Jatiluhung]

When it became known that Ederson was leaving City, it was clear that they would be looking for a new goalkeeper. And it was also clear that they would want to find the best possible replacement for him. I think Diogo Costa is one of the best, but I can’t remember such huge amounts ever being offered for goalkeepers. Although I’d say that Ederson was quite a good keeper, City are clearly working on strengthening their defense.

Yep 60 Million Euros is too expensive for a goalkeeper, especially Diogo Costa only have experience in Portugal. Manchester willing to overpay I think because they really want him, I doubt Porto will reject their offer or there's an other team want to spend more than 60 Million Euros.

Happy to see Pep considering to replace the goalkeeper, Ederson wasn't a good, he looks good because Manchester City were having good defense. Anyway, Manchester City include Ederson on transfer market, Galatasaray is interested with him, but they ask for 3 Million Euros lol.

When talking about Diogo Costa, we must remember how this goalkeeper became a savior for the Portuguese national team at the 2024 European Championship. I think it’s hard to forget that moment when he managed to keep his goal safe from several penalty kicks. If I’m not mistaken, he successfully saved three consecutive penalty kicks. And at that moment, I even started thinking that this goalkeeper is one of the best in the world today. I anticipate that this goalkeeper’s value will skyrocket in the transfer market. So I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts receiving high offers. And I think whether it’s Manchester United or Manchester City, whichever team secures this goalkeeper will be the luckiest, no matter the price.

[Sexylizzy2813]

This is really funny honestly, I agree with you completely and also no club from outside the EPL will even pay £50m for Jackson with how he has been making a mess of himself since last season and the Saudi you talked about should have come knocking to get him since Chelsea have decided to sell him but up till now all we have been hearing are rumors and I don't see any club getting him for £80m not to talk of £100m, if I'm to be honest about this Jackson's issues and the amount placed on him, it will be a disgrace to those players who are worth the amount £100m and above in the transfer market if any club should get Jackson for that amount, not his type that should be placed with that amount.

The price tag is too high but that doesn't mean that Nicolas Jackson is a worthless player. He is strong and has pace, but he needs to play under a coach who can understand his weaknesses and help him correct them and improve on his strength. Chelsea is a big club and might not have such space to experiment and develop players. Moving to an average club might help build his confidence.

The Saudi Professional League targets players who are in good form, experienced, and popular. I doubt Jackson has such qualities now. He might end up going on loan or remain at Chelsea if the club fails to reduce his transfer fee.

Do you know that Jackson has already played for an average club well not that average before Chelsea? What I'm saying is that he has come past that level. He's suppose to be one of the best in the EPL when he arrives but he couldn't get things right even when the manager Enzo Maresca always see him as the best nothing impressive came out of him and you don't expect him to continue wasting chances and the manager continue to give him more time till the club stop competing for the EPL title, no it can't happen.
He has pace but he's always off color whenever he comes face to face with the goalkeeper like a one on one situation, Jackson doesn't have it at all so that amount should be reduced to maybe £25m because hebis the ine who reduce his value.
Like you said, Saudi clubs go for experience and players with good form, now Jackson doesn't have all of it and any team that spend that amount on him should go back and take their balance because he'll definitely continue making things hard for whichever club he finds him self.
I honestly want to be surprised when I see him banging goals and doing the impossible. Currently Manchester United have him on their radar but that doesn't mean they'll be happy to cash in on Jackson with that amount, his performance doesn't fit that amount.

[tygeade]

manchester united is a world brand in raising expectations and making fiasco transfers. in the past they have bought players for that kind of money, sometimes even more, and the player didn't deliver what they wanted. pogba, lukaku, maguire and many more examples.

i think they will never change their transfer policy because i don't think they have a financial problem. if they did they wouldn't be so comfortable paying more than 70 million pounds for a player.

there are also some players who have paid a lot of money and have been successful. for instance bruno fernandes or casemiro are examples. but i think manchester united's success rate in high cost transfers is very low.

I am starting to think, as soon as United asks for a player, other teams start to ask for more. Like for example, in this case, Mbuemo was from Brentford, and lets say some smaller team, like for example Aston Villa, approached them and asked for him, maybe they would have let him go for 40-50 million, I mean he was still too good to sell for 10-20 or whatever, but 40-50 could have happened but when teams hear United ring them up for a player, they start to charge more? Maybe that is the case?

Like there is a tax for being United and rich and made same mistakes before? You do not ask from other rich clubs the same thing, because if you do, they just leave the table, but when you do that to United, they accept, so people take advantage of their situation maybe?

[ibuddy122505]

manchester united is a world brand in raising expectations and making fiasco transfers. in the past they have bought players for that kind of money, sometimes even more, and the player didn't deliver what they wanted. pogba, lukaku, maguire and many more examples.

i think they will never change their transfer policy because i don't think they have a financial problem. if they did they wouldn't be so comfortable paying more than 70 million pounds for a player.

there are also some players who have paid a lot of money and have been successful. for instance bruno fernandes or casemiro are examples. but i think manchester united's success rate in high cost transfers is very low.

I am starting to think, as soon as United asks for a player, other teams start to ask for more. Like for example, in this case, Mbuemo was from Brentford, and lets say some smaller team, like for example Aston Villa, approached them and asked for him, maybe they would have let him go for 40-50 million, I mean he was still too good to sell for 10-20 or whatever, but 40-50 could have happened but when teams hear United ring them up for a player, they start to charge more? Maybe that is the case?

Like there is a tax for being United and rich and made same mistakes before? You do not ask from other rich clubs the same thing, because if you do, they just leave the table, but when you do that to United, they accept, so people take advantage of their situation maybe?

yeah make sense to me. In past Man United made some expensive signings that didn’t work out like Pogba, Maguire, or Lukaku. At the same time, players like Bruno or Casemiro did well. But overall, their success rate turns out pretty low. Also, the idea that other clubs increase prices when United shows interest makes sense. Probably because of their history of overpaying. Smaller clubs know United will likely pay more, so they push it. Until United continues this attitude, this trend might continue.

[Futurexxx]

Do you know that Jackson has already played for an average club well not that average before Chelsea? What I'm saying is that he has come past that level. He's suppose to be one of the best in the EPL when he arrives but he couldn't get things right even when the manager Enzo Maresca always see him as the best nothing impressive came out of him and you don't expect him to continue wasting chances and the manager continue to give him more time till the club stop competing for the EPL title, no it can't happen.
He has pace but he's always off color whenever he comes face to face with the goalkeeper like a one on one situation, Jackson doesn't have it at all so that amount should be reduced to maybe £25m because hebis the ine who reduce his value.
Like you said, Saudi clubs go for experience and players with good form, now Jackson doesn't have all of it and any team that spend that amount on him should go back and take their balance because he'll definitely continue making things hard for whichever club he finds him self.
I honestly want to be surprised when I see him banging goals and doing the impossible. Currently Manchester United have him on their radar but that doesn't mean they'll be happy to cash in on Jackson with that amount, his performance doesn't fit that amount.

You shouldn't be stressing yourself over this, Chelsea as a club rate him very high, that's why they place so much figure on his head. It's true that it's too high for an average player like him but that's didn't disputed the fact that he is better than most of the strikers at Manchester united, it's left for Manchester united to either negotiate his transfer fee down or look for someone else, it's not a do or die affair.
I know that everyone that dislike him will just think that he brings nothing to the table due to his wastefulness in front of goal, but honestly speaking, he is good, but his finishing is what has let him down all through his stay at Chelsea.

[Spaceman1000$]

Even the Chelsea fans seeing this news they'll have to laugh about it because this player of theirs doesn't worth half of the amount they are tagging him with, unless they are just trying to scare clubs away which I feel is a terrible way to do so, for a player that doesn't know what next to do with the ball in a one on one situation, that's if he has a clear one on one chance of about 10 he will miss 8, hit 1 on the goalkeeper's body and score 1, he is that bad for to me honestly, a striker that lacks improvement to start with, I hope is just a rumor...does he worth that amount £80m-£100m?

It cracks me up every time I see this £80m to £100m price tag placed on Nicolas Jackson. It will be very difficult to see any English club that will be ready to pay that huge amount for Nicolas Jackson so he will be missing chances here and there except maybe one of the Saudi clubs are interested in signing him then such fee can be realized.

This is really funny honestly, I agree with you completely and also no club from outside the EPL will even pay £50m for Jackson with how he has been making a mess of himself since last season and the Saudi you talked about should have come knocking to get him since Chelsea have decided to sell him but up till now all we have been hearing are rumors and I don't see any club getting him for £80m not to talk of £100m, if I'm to be honest about this Jackson's issues and the amount placed on him, it will be a disgrace to those players who are worth the amount £100m and above in the transfer market if any club should get Jackson for that amount, not his type that should be placed with that amount.

I feel Chelsea don't really want to sell Jackson, it's more like, if for any reason for them to sell him, then the amount must be something significant, so that's why his release clause is that high. Nobody has officially come for Jackson, just like you've said, we've been hearing only rumours of Manchester United picking interest which so far with the signing of Bryan Mbeumo, it has shown that they weren't serious, however I believe Jackson will be an integral part of Chelsea squad next season as the club has not shown much sign about letting him go.

[coinlocket$]

Chealsea is talking with Ajax for Hato, the player already gave his green light.
Joao Mario to Juventus will be official after the coming medical tests.
Chealsea is pushing for Xavi Simmons.
Al Ittihad is talking with Ac Milan for Bennacer.

News of the day from Fabrizio.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Even the Chelsea fans seeing this news they'll have to laugh about it because this player of theirs doesn't worth half of the amount they are tagging him with, unless they are just trying to scare clubs away which I feel is a terrible way to do so, for a player that doesn't know what next to do with the ball in a one on one situation, that's if he has a clear one on one chance of about 10 he will miss 8, hit 1 on the goalkeeper's body and score 1, he is that bad for to me honestly, a striker that lacks improvement to start with, I hope is just a rumor...does he worth that amount £80m-£100m?

It's obvious he does, why not? If liverpool could pay 79m pounds for Ekitike who scored 4 goals 23/24, 15 goals, 24/25 in BUNDESLIGA. Why should we laugh on Chelsea's 80m - 100m asking price for Jackson? They're also open in lowering the fees too.
That price actually makes sense, and can't be argued. 

[Toro iskandar]

I feel Chelsea don't really want to sell Jackson, it's more like, if for any reason for them to sell him, then the amount must be something significant, so that's why his release clause is that high. Nobody has officially come for Jackson, just like you've said, we've been hearing only rumours of Manchester United picking interest which so far with the signing of Bryan Mbeumo, it has shown that they weren't serious, however I believe Jackson will be an integral part of Chelsea squad next season as the club has not shown much sign about letting him go.

I think Manchester United's interest in Nicolas Jackson will also remain just a rumor.
Chelsea is unlikely to let one of its best players join a rival club.

I also agree with your argument that when Chelsea set a high price for Nicolas Jackson, it meant Chelsea was simply looking for a chance to make money from the sale.
In fact, Chelsea set a high price to prevent other clubs from being able to sign Jackson and keep him at Chelsea.

[Adbitco]

Even the Chelsea fans seeing this news they'll have to laugh about it because this player of theirs doesn't worth half of the amount they are tagging him with, unless they are just trying to scare clubs away which I feel is a terrible way to do so, for a player that doesn't know what next to do with the ball in a one on one situation, that's if he has a clear one on one chance of about 10 he will miss 8, hit 1 on the goalkeeper's body and score 1, he is that bad for to me honestly, a striker that lacks improvement to start with, I hope is just a rumor...does he worth that amount £80m-£100m?

It's funny and annoying at the same time, what do they take the transfer market for that they would value a flop for this amount of money. It's just making me angry because if I haven't watched or seen Jackson perform in several occasions I wouldn't have been bothered because I didn't know how he played, but this time I know how and what his done so far in Chelsea and his so terrible with the ball. This can can literally miss an empty post if a defender is chasing him from far behind. It's just unfortunate that clubs are making mockery of the market as it stands.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I'm really sad for Victor Osimhen for going to Napoli. I have never seen a controversial move of a football player like Osimhen with Napoli, they are been consumed by greed. They want to risk it all just to milk this guy efforts with money, same player they bought for $50m and was able to give them frost trophy after 30 years plus without nobody even knowing there existence, I personally didn't even pay any attention to them until Victor came to the club.

If you look at it from the most basic point of view, Napoli need Osimhen's services, it's as simple as that, if they had no intention of bringing the forward they don't do this kind of strange things, they need him and that's it , well that's How I see it and the other is that they need money and they want to sell him to the highest bidder , it's as Simple as that.

[mv1986]

I think inheriting a good squad can be such a big present from your predecessor. When you think about the coaches that became the successors of prime Guardiola Barcelona, it was like Christmas for them. They still had to manage the team and you could see that Koeman for example couldn't do it as well, but it's a huge advantage.

Slot did much better than expected, but he benefitted from two main conditions. One is that he did indeed inherit an outstanding squad from Klopp and that is a big deal. The second big advantage he had last season was that there was no competition. Remember the seasons when Liverpool and Man City were head to head until the last day and it was only a point and goal difference. The pressure never stopped and the tiniest of mistakes could cost them the title. It wasn't like that last season. In that regard last season was more of a relaxing walk than a marathon. Liverpool was the best team by far in the first 30 matches, but the other teams were losing points all the time. After 13 weeks into the season, Liverpool was leading by 9 points and Arsenal and Chelsea followed them with a rate of merely above 50% winning their games.

That is true, he definitely did inherited a great team, but majority of people are saying while it is true that the team was good, it is also important that Slot did a great job at it as well. We have seen him do a great job with a great squad. The trick is to make sure that you partner a good team with a good manager and Liverpool did just that.

The only difference is now shown during the summer, team spent a ton of money, I do not remember the last time any team spent 300+ million in a summer, so Slot now has a much bigger responsibility compared to last season. It is not enough to win Premier league this year, he should do that, but that's not enough, he needs to win one more, preferably UCL, but even if he fails at that, then he should get EFL and FA to round it up.

"The trick is...", well I would rephrase it because not every good manager fits to every good team. You need the right manager for the right team. Some managers had tremendous success with one team, but then went somewhere else and couldn't win much. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think Mourinho had good times and bad times with different teams. Sometimes it is the perfect match and then other teams conclude that the coach would be the best for them, too. But that is not necessarily true.

[Franctoshi]

Chealsea is talking with Ajax for Hato, the player already gave his green light.
Joao Mario to Juventus will be official after the coming medical tests.
Chealsea is pushing for Xavi Simmons.
Al Ittihad is talking with Ac Milan for Bennacer.

News of the day from Fabrizio.

I want Chelsea to complete the signing of Xavi Simmons as his a highly promising attacking midfielder, also he can play as winger, which makes him a versatile player, and one of the key players in RB Leipzig, I love his explosive creativity at the midfield, ending last season with an impressive stats. Signing of Xavi Simmons will definitely help boost the Chelsea football club going into next season, they've got a good frontline players, Pedro and Delap coupled with Palmer's role, Therefore they should look forward into building a stronger midfield with fewer signings.