⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Sexylizzy2813]

@FabrizioRomano
🚨💣 Understand Alexander Isak remains a target for Liverpool even after signing Ekitike… but depends on Newcastle.

If Newcastle open doors to an exit and #LFC sell Diaz, they can bid after direct contact made 10 days ago.

Isak, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 in concrete talks with Al Hilal so far.
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1948346962413031699

What could Arne Slot and his Liverpool side be planning for next season? They already have Ekitike already signed and sealed bringing in Isak again is something else, the thought of it alone scares me lol. However Newcastle are still reluctant to let him leave even though Isak has indicated that he will like to try a new challenge elsewhere.

I love any club that is never tired of winning, that's what Slot is planning for Liverpool. They have to be at their best to face the best and to also defend their title, even in the champions league, the way they got eliminated was painful to the manager and this is how he choose to build that unstoppable force of next campaign. If Liverpool get their hands on Isak then the whole EPL clubs should be scared of playing them because you can't tell where to mark from, like we all know how fast and good Isaknis with the ball, honestly the Reds will be hard to stop.

One player alone is unlikely to radically change the situation, but I agree that it still strengthens the team, especially if the player adapts quickly and starts showing his level early on, rather than after a few matches. I wonder if they will buy anyone else or not. I think they need someone else, and someone who is just as good. Even with this lineup, they can easily reach the final stages of the Champions League.

We can't be too certain when it comes to getting into the final stage of the champions league, even with Madrid is still not sure. Liverpool squad can cause a lot of damage before the kick of any game in the EPL with the players that are on the line up but it could happen the other way that even with the hit men on the list of players to start for Liverpool, they could even struggle to get a competitive show when it matters so I still have little hope for the other clubs that are likely to compete for any title this season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I knew the heavy defeat of Real Madrid in the hands of PSG will spark and will fit e the coach and club at large to fill in the loop holes. Now it's rumoured that Real Madrid wants another Liverpool player, this time a midfielder and Alonso has identified Mac Alister as a pivotal signing to his midfield problems. Real Madrid if they will perform this coming season still needs few signings added to their players if not, it will be hell for them again.

Don’t you think that Real Madrid should stop signing midfielders and focus on making their defensive line solid? Their main weak point at this moment is the defense because that’s where PSG used to penetrate them, which led to the number of goals being scored. Almost all their defenders, excluding the new signings, are out of form and can’t even get guaranteed starting positions in many clubs in Europe; therefore, instead of wasting more money on signing midfielders, I think a central defender will be better for them right now, and maybe a defensive midfielder if they have to sign so that Jude Bellingham will have some rest sometimes or support when the need arises.

If Real Madrid didn’t sign central backs before the end of this transfer window, they might still go without trophy next season because Barcelona might take everything in the Spanish side and they can’t compete against the likes of Manchester City, PSG, and others in the Champions next season.

The MacAlister thing is not bad, as for the defence you already have a very good defence, I just hope they don't get injured, because that's the last straw, but as they have enough money they can do that, besides Liverpool need money, then Madrid as they have good money can do their business in a very clever way, Xabi asks and Florentino buys, possibly they will put together a better team, a dream team, if so let Barcelona hold on to it.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

The MacAlister thing is not bad, as for the defence you already have a very good defence, I just hope they don't get injured, because that's the last straw, but as they have enough money they can do that, besides Liverpool need money, then Madrid as they have good money can do their business in a very clever way, Xabi asks and Florentino buys, possibly they will put together a better team, a dream team, if so let Barcelona hold on to it.

Even though they have a very good defense now, it doesn't necessarily mean it will work well. When players get injured or suspended, it will affect the defense. This happened when they lost to PSG because several players were injured and couldn't play. MacAlister is a good player and I'm sure he could be a solution. There's no harm in Real Madrid considering buying him. I see Real Madrid not only having weaknesses in defense, but also in midfield, as there are no players capable of replacing Modric or Kroos.

[Woodie]

No sooner did Onana get the memo of Utd getting into the market for a backup keeper after his injury concerns than he got back on his feet to tell the world and club that his fit and ready to play lol. Just hope he keeps Arsenal quiet when the premiere league starts because goal scoring players who are tried and tested have already been brought into the squad,  now it's upto the defensive line to do their job

[joniboini]

No sooner did Onana get the memo of Utd getting into the market for a backup keeper after his injury concerns than he got back on his feet to tell the world and club that his fit and ready to play lol.

Such a timely return, which is good, I guess. It's never a good thing if you suddenly have to go to the market where everybody knows you need a new player urgently. I'm on the camp that Onana can still improve; he just needs to improve his composure and stop exposing himself to social media that often. The distraction isn't going to help him improve his game.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

No sooner did Onana get the memo of Utd getting into the market for a backup keeper after his injury concerns than he got back on his feet to tell the world and club that his fit and ready to play lol. Just hope he keeps Arsenal quiet when the premiere league starts because goal scoring players who are tried and tested have already been brought into the squad,  now it's upto the defensive line to do their job

They have to replace him if they’re serious about improving and competing at the top half of the table. He’s a terrible goalkeeper, I can’t believe they haven’t bought a new goalkeeper yet.

They've improved their attacking options but Onana is awful.

[Justbillywitt]

Of course if you can spend that amount of money in getting Florian Wirtz and Ekitike, you should be ready to spend much more higher when you are going to price away one of premier league most prolific strikers. Newcastle are really holding out not to sell him, but it's really a big temptation for them. With that amount of money I think they will be force to sell. Liverpool shouldn't have gone for Ekitike as I don't see the possibility of them spending such an amount on Ekitike and still spend that much in signing Isak. They should have focused all their energy and resources in getting Isak. But if Liverpool gets Isak in addition to Ekitike, they will be unstoppable next season.

I’m not surprised to see Liverpool spending that much this season because last season they didn’t spend much on players transfer, even with a new coach, they only bought one player (Chiesa), and they even bought him at a cheaper deal i think £10m, And they won the league currently so they have the financial muscle to make such signings. They didn’t spend much last season, meaning that the money they didn’t spend last season, couple with this seasons success, their income have really improved x2. Also, I think that Liverpool are trying to learn from what happened between them in the case involving the transfer of Caicedo to Chelsea a season ago. Initially it was agreed that caicedo is joining Liverpool, but Chelsea came at the later end to sign Caicedo at the expense of Liverpool with a more improved contract structure and signing fee. Caicedo was a very important summer transfer target for Liverpool, but due to some little bit of slackness Chelsea hijacked the deal from them, so due to all of these Liverpool I think are not trying to give a little space to their other premier leagues big spending clubs before they hijack their prime transfer targets from them., so they are doing everything possible this time around to get the players they really wanted.

Well in the case of Caicedo Chelsea already had a verbal agreement with the player before they approached the club, while Liverpool approached the club first before they planned talking with the player. So Caicedo was like, look this is the club that came to me and had discussion with me so am going to join them and keep my agreement with them. The mistake Liverpool made was not speaking with the player camp first and struck a deal with them before approaching the club. So even when Brighton said okay this is the money we want to sell, Chelsea said no problem we will add more to it. So from the player side they had a deal and on club side they offered more, thereby making Liverpool look lost and not having any other choice but to move elsewhere. Yes I know Liverpool has the money to spend this season. Isak has been their main target since the beginning of the transfer window, Newcastle was waiting for them to come get Isak that's why they were pricing Ekitike and boom Liverpool from no where and stole him.Now there are still talks of them wanting to buy Isak, do you think Newcastle will still want to do business with them?

[RaltcoinsB]

We can see that Arsenal has become significantly stronger with Gyökeres' transfer. According to transfer developments we've read in the Turkish media, Turkish agent Hasan Çetinkaya has given up his €7 million commission to secure the Swedish striker's transfer to Arsenal. This is a huge example of sacrifice. An agent giving up his own commission to secure a player's transfer to Arsenal. It's truly something I haven't heard of recently. I hope his faith in Gyökeres proves him right, and the Swedish striker becomes a goalscoring machine for Arsenal next year.

[MArsland]

No sooner did Onana get the memo of Utd getting into the market for a backup keeper after his injury concerns than he got back on his feet to tell the world and club that his fit and ready to play lol. Just hope he keeps Arsenal quiet when the premiere league starts because goal scoring players who are tried and tested have already been brought into the squad,  now it's upto the defensive line to do their job

I heard this too,  
and immediately burst out laughing when Onana appeared to confirm his condition. There's always something silly about Onana and Manchester United has a great comedian on their team. Onana is worried about being displaced, but I believe that if United does bring in a new goalkeeper, he could replace Onana.

[Luzin]

No sooner did Onana get the memo of Utd getting into the market for a backup keeper after his injury concerns than he got back on his feet to tell the world and club that his fit and ready to play lol. Just hope he keeps Arsenal quiet when the premiere league starts because goal scoring players who are tried and tested have already been brought into the squad,  now it's upto the defensive line to do their job

Onana arrived because Ten Hag wanted him to play an active role in starting the attack. But in the end it seems that Ten Hag's plan failed, it seems that the EPL does not match Onana's playing type and Ten Hag's coaching style. Another problem is that inconsistent performances and declining confidence made Onana no longer the first choice of fans towards the end of last season. Second choice Altay Bayindir looked unsure on the few occasions he played in the Premier League, while third choice Tom Heaton is now 39 years old.  All three don't seem to be to Amorim's liking so it's fair to say he wants a new and improved goalkeeper.

[Hanadawa]

We can see that Arsenal has become significantly stronger with Gyökeres' transfer. According to transfer developments we've read in the Turkish media, Turkish agent Hasan Çetinkaya has given up his €7 million commission to secure the Swedish striker's transfer to Arsenal. This is a huge example of sacrifice. An agent giving up his own commission to secure a player's transfer to Arsenal. It's truly something I haven't heard of recently. I hope his faith in Gyökeres proves him right, and the Swedish striker becomes a goalscoring machine for Arsenal next year.

Gyökeres is a great striker. Although he only plays in the Portuguese league, his performance is extraordinary. I'm sure Gyökeres will adapt well to the Premier League. He's strong, fast, physically strong, and possesses excellent finishing ability. He might be the piece of the puzzle Arsenal need to win the title. It's been painful for Arsenal fans to see Arsenal finish as runners-up for three consecutive seasons. With a striker like Gyökeres, I hope Arsenal can dominate this season and win their first title in a long time.

[Futurexxx]

We can see that Arsenal has become significantly stronger with Gyökeres' transfer. According to transfer developments we've read in the Turkish media, Turkish agent Hasan Çetinkaya has given up his €7 million commission to secure the Swedish striker's transfer to Arsenal. This is a huge example of sacrifice. An agent giving up his own commission to secure a player's transfer to Arsenal. It's truly something I haven't heard of recently. I hope his faith in Gyökeres proves him right, and the Swedish striker becomes a goalscoring machine for Arsenal next year.

Gyökeres is a great striker. Although he only plays in the Portuguese league, his performance is extraordinary. I'm sure Gyökeres will adapt well to the Premier League. He's strong, fast, physically strong, and possesses excellent finishing ability. He might be the piece of the puzzle Arsenal need to win the title. It's been painful for Arsenal fans to see Arsenal finish as runners-up for three consecutive seasons. With a striker like Gyökeres, I hope Arsenal can dominate this season and win their first title in a long time.

I understand your sentiment buddy, is like you are an arsenal fan?
But don't be too hopefully on this arsenal side because they never fails to disappoint their fan, am not saying that it's impossible for them to win the league, no, but by looking at the other teams, winning the English premier league title now will even be more difficult for arsenal than before that it was just Manchester city that they will have to content with, but that's by the way. I still feels like the acquisition of Gyokeres wouldn't change much in this arsenal team because their problem lies mainly on their mentality, and I don't think that this arsenal team has the winning mentality needed to be champions this upcoming season.

[X-ray]

Real Madrid feels so reluctant in fulfilling Vini's request to get the same salary as Mbappe. I know he deserves it caused by he also contributed the same to the club. However, his club doesn't accept his offer and he may be looking for an alternative way like leaving from the club.

He was so desperate in getting the same wages, and talked to his club multiple times, but never successfull. At this point he shall forget to increase his wage. if he still wants to increase his wage, he shall leave from the club.

I think that's the best decision to leave from Real Madrid, then join in a club that can pay like what he wanted.

[SatoPrincess]

Bayern Munich is still decisive on Luis Díaz deal indeed!  

Previously they sent an offer like 67.5 million euros if I remember correctly. But Liverpool turned it down. I didn't expect the German side to go way over this fee honestly. You know them. They only pay a huge sum for special players. Such as they did with Kane.

Díaz is also a really good player for sure. But is he really worth 70+ million? At the age of 28? I don't think so...

Luis Diaz is a special player in my opinion, one sort by top European clubs including Barcelona. Now that Barcelona have signed Marcus Rashford this will pave way for Bayern Munich to get him. 70 million seems way above normal for Luis Diaz but a fee around 50-60 million sounds more realistic.

[Futurexxx]

Real Madrid feels so reluctant in fulfilling Vini's request to get the same salary as Mbappe. I know he deserves it caused by he also contributed the same to the club. However, his club doesn't accept his offer and he may be looking for an alternative way like leaving from the club.

He was so desperate in getting the same wages, and talked to his club multiple times, but never successfull. At this point he shall forget to increase his wage. if he still wants to increase his wage, he shall leave from the club.

I think that's the best decision to leave from Real Madrid, then join in a club that can pay like what he wanted.

It's very sad and regrettable that in modern football, most top clubs mostly pays those that was signed with a lot of money more  than those that was signed on a smaller amount, even though the player that was signed with a smaller fees is doing well more than player signed on a huge contract, and if he demands the same pay rate they starts feeling cheated. I have seen situation like this countless times and it's heartbreaking, but for the love of the game, I think he should stay put, allowing this  salary issue drives him away from real madrid is not ideal because their is no better club than real madrid.
Though he wouldn't be short of suitors, but I still think that he is overrating himself, he is not better than mbape, Kyler mbape is not on the same league with him because mbape gives out more numbers than him, in goals and assist, so leaving real madrid because of this is not proper in my own opinion.

[Alpha Marine]

Don’t you think that Real Madrid should stop signing midfielders and focus on making their defensive line solid? Their main weak point at this moment is the defense because that’s where PSG used to penetrate them, which led to the number of goals being scored. Almost all their defenders, excluding the new signings, are out of form and can’t even get guaranteed starting positions in many clubs in Europe; therefore, instead of wasting more money on signing midfielders, I think a central defender will be better for them right now, and maybe a defensive midfielder if they have to sign so that Jude Bellingham will have some rest sometimes or support when the need arises.

I disagree. What Madrid needs most right now are midfielders. The midfielders they have right now are good, but they won't be able to do their jobs without the right profile to complement them in midfield.
If I were Madrid, I would sign two midfielders, even if it means breaking the bank to sign them. They need a defensive midfielder like Rodri, and they also need a central midfielder who will be a controller like Kroos. It is because they lacked these profiles in midfield that PSG were able to exploit them so easily. No matter how good your defence is, if your midfield is not solid, the defence will suffer like Madrid did.
They need midfielders who can press to win back the ball and control the game.

If Real Madrid didn’t sign central backs before the end of this transfer window, they might still go without trophy next season because Barcelona might take everything in the Spanish side and they can’t compete against the likes of Manchester City, PSG, and others in the Champions next season.

Madrid has Dean Hujsen and Rudiger as solid defenders; they also have Militao as a backup, even though he's no longer as solid as he used to be. Madrid will be fine without adding a CB if only they sign midfielders, but if they don't, they will suffer. I read reports that they wanted Konate. He will be a level raiser to their defence if they get him.

[SatoPrincess]

It seems that Xabi is not satisfied with the players he currently has. Especially the current condition of the center players because they were left behind by Beligham who had shoulder surgery. Xabi still sees many shortcomings in his young players. I think this makes a lot of rumors he still wants to buy a midfielder. One of his targets is Man City midfielder Rodri. Real Madrid are ready to bid £100 million to sign the Manchester City star. Although Rodri's condition last season rested a lot due to injury and made Man City not get good achievements.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/35984346/real-madrid-transfer-rodri-man-city-offer/

Since the departure of Toni Kroos and now Luka Modric Real Madrid’s midfield have lost its balance and it is good that Xabi has identified this void early and wants to fix it. Rodri to Real Madrid sounds like a perfect fit to solve the problems of Real Madrid’s midfield and a £100 million bid in my opinion should be enough to push a deal with Manchester City for the Ballon d’Or winner.

[Mustang Shelby]

We can see that Arsenal has become significantly stronger with Gyökeres' transfer. According to transfer developments we've read in the Turkish media, Turkish agent Hasan Çetinkaya has given up his €7 million commission to secure the Swedish striker's transfer to Arsenal. This is a huge example of sacrifice. An agent giving up his own commission to secure a player's transfer to Arsenal. It's truly something I haven't heard of recently. I hope his faith in Gyökeres proves him right, and the Swedish striker becomes a goalscoring machine for Arsenal next year.

Gyökeres is a great striker. Although he only plays in the Portuguese league, his performance is extraordinary. I'm sure Gyökeres will adapt well to the Premier League. He's strong, fast, physically strong, and possesses excellent finishing ability. He might be the piece of the puzzle Arsenal need to win the title. It's been painful for Arsenal fans to see Arsenal finish as runners-up for three consecutive seasons. With a striker like Gyökeres, I hope Arsenal can dominate this season and win their first title in a long time.

This is a very good signing for Arsenal. A tougher Premier League season awaits them than the Portuguese one. Gyökeres had a fantastic season in Portugal, scoring over 50 goals. While it seems unlikely he'll reach that number in the Premier League, he's still expected to be a productive striker for Arsenal. He cost Arsenal a hefty fee, and I hope manager Arteta can make good use of him.

[Jostern]

Considering how outstanding Alexander Isak has been, I will really would love to see him play in a top-notch club, the youngster has the ability to improve over time and it will be a delight to watch him play among top players that will contribute to his improvement. As Newcastle united stands now, he is there talisman, letting him go is what I cannot envisage at that moment but Liverpool will seriously be breaking the Bank to buy him considering how much they've just spent in buying Ekitike.

Liverpool can still break the balcony for him, realised they haven't been spending for some recent seasons in comparison with other top teams their recent transfer records are nothing and not that they were being held by any restrictions.

Now they can strengthen their squad way more for a long term but the fee requested by Newcastle is really huge and I think this is because of the amount they spent on Florian Wirtz and Ekitike.

Of course if you can spend that amount of money in getting Florian Wirtz and Ekitike, you should be ready to spend much more higher when you are going to price away one of premier league most prolific strikers. Newcastle are really holding out not to sell him, but it's really a big temptation for them. With that amount of money I think they will be force to sell. Liverpool shouldn't have gone for Ekitike as I don't see the possibility of them spending such an amount on Ekitike and still spend that much in signing Isak. They should have focused all their energy and resources in getting Isak. But if Liverpool gets Isak in addition to Ekitike, they will be unstoppable next season.

I’m not surprised to see Liverpool spending that much this season because last season they didn’t spend much on players transfer, even with a new coach, they only bought one player (Chiesa), and they even bought him at a cheaper deal i think £10m, And they won the league currently so they have the financial muscle to make such signings. They didn’t spend much last season, meaning that the money they didn’t spend last season, couple with this seasons success, their income have really improved x2. Also, I think that Liverpool are trying to learn from what happened between them in the case involving the transfer of Caicedo to Chelsea a season ago. Initially it was agreed that caicedo is joining Liverpool, but Chelsea came at the later end to sign Caicedo at the expense of Liverpool with a more improved contract structure and signing fee. Caicedo was a very important summer transfer target for Liverpool, but due to some little bit of slackness Chelsea hijacked the deal from them, so due to all of these Liverpool I think are not trying to give a little space to their other premier leagues big spending clubs before they hijack their prime transfer targets from them., so they are doing everything possible this time around to get the players they really wanted.

I think people are surprised with the level of amount that Liverpool is spending in the transfer window because they aren't know for spending such amount of money, And I still think it was a factor of Jurgen Klopp who doesn't have a philosophy of spending so much money on players. Slot know that Liverpool have won the the league and they're a team that everyone will want to beat in the coming season, and other teams are strengthning and they have to also strengthen and making themselves stronger to defend their tittle.

Now in the case of Caicedo transfer, Liverpool wasn't interested from the beginning, because they had Fabinho, and When Fabinho decided to leave for Saudi that Liverpool needed a player to replace him, then they decided to go for Caicedo when Caicedo have already given his words to Chelsea and agreed personal terms, Chelsea  didn't want to make such amount bid for Caicedo it was because Liverpool made that outrageous bid and Chelsea have no choice but to bid like what Liverpool did. I think if Liverpool had know they will loose Fabinho, they would have gone in for him earlier. It was quite a late move for them, so they had to settle for what they have in there disposal.

[X-ray]

Real Madrid feels so reluctant in fulfilling Vini's request to get the same salary as Mbappe. I know he deserves it caused by he also contributed the same to the club. However, his club doesn't accept his offer and he may be looking for an alternative way like leaving from the club.

He was so desperate in getting the same wages, and talked to his club multiple times, but never successfull. At this point he shall forget to increase his wage. if he still wants to increase his wage, he shall leave from the club.

I think that's the best decision to leave from Real Madrid, then join in a club that can pay like what he wanted.

It's very sad and regrettable that in modern football, most top clubs mostly pays those that was signed with a lot of money more  than those that was signed on a smaller amount, even though the player that was signed with a smaller fees is doing well more than player signed on a huge contract, and if he demands the same pay rate they starts feeling cheated. I have seen situation like this countless times and it's heartbreaking, but for the love of the game, I think he should stay put, allowing this  salary issue drives him away from real madrid is not ideal because their is no better club than real madrid.
Though he wouldn't be short of suitors, but I still think that he is overrating himself, he is not better than mbape, Kyler mbape is not on the same league with him because mbape gives out more numbers than him, in goals and assist, so leaving real madrid because of this is not proper in my own opinion.

Yeah. i think he deserves it consider he helped Madrid won so many trophies. It's kinda weird when they gave a new player far higher salary compared to him while the new player still gives nothing to the club.

I meant his club has no respect to his loyality. Seeing him demanding same wage as Mbappe is totally making sense.