⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[jaberwock]

Chelsea finally able to offload Nkuku from their team. He's now moving to the AC milan with five years contract. They recoup 37m + 5m addons. I know they suffer a small lose here, but they're also getting his wages out of the books. So it's still a win win situation for them.
This transfer makes a spot for Xavi Simon available in Chelsea. I hope Xavi will come very soon. Always feeling amaze with how Chelsea really good in cutting loss.

That is definitely a good move, Chelsea needs to do that a lot more often because they are a team that has a lot of players they are no tusing and that's not acceptable. Nkunku would also be a good addition to Milan, he is a decent enough player and they did not spend all that much on him, maybe for Milan standards it is a lot, but normally that's cheap in this market.

So when you think of this, we are talking about a team that is making good strides and that is a lot more important. If they can do that, then I am sure that we are going to end up with a lot better returns for sure. Because if they play him, and he plays great, then he could be sold for a lot more and they could make some profit from this move easily.

[Furious 7]

Chelsea finally able to offload Nkuku from their team. He's now moving to the AC milan with five years contract. They recoup 37m + 5m addons. I know they suffer a small lose here, but they're also getting his wages out of the books. So it's still a win win situation for them.
This transfer makes a spot for Xavi Simon available in Chelsea. I hope Xavi will come very soon. Always feeling amaze with how Chelsea really good in cutting loss.

This is a very good move by Chelsea because, after all, we know that after their irregular transfers before the Enzo Maresca era, the main step at the moment, apart from maintaining their already excellent condition, is to release some players who do not really fit into Enzo's long-term plans, as Chelsea still has too many players at the moment.

Nkunku is a very good player, but his popularity and performance have declined during his time at Chelsea, especially since he has become fragile, which has prevented Nkunku from adapting well to Chelsea's attack.

This is certainly a wise move by Chelsea, and for Nkunku, it could also help him regain his lost form. After all, leaving a club where adaptation has been difficult and trying his luck at a club with a more comfortable competitive environment is a prudent decision for Nkunku.

[Nheer]

Their inability to qualify for the Champions League might have contributed to the reason why the Portuguese coach was sacked.  They played good football in the first leg but struggled in the second leg in Lisbon. Jose would have to reevaluate his coaching strategy because it seems not to be working effectively.

Of course, Mourinho's dismissal was due to his failure to lead Fenerbahce to qualify for the 2024/2025 Champions League league phase, a 1-0 aggregate defeat to Benfica in the playoff round was the reason Fenerbahce management terminated their cooperation with Mourinho. It seems Mourinho magic is starting to become ineffective in modern football, before joining the Turkish club, he was also fired by AS Roma in early 2024. Mourinho is not the first person to be sacked at the start of the 2025/2026 season. Previously, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was also fired by Besiktas after failing to qualify for the UEFA Conference League phase.

It's quite unfortunate for him but if you look at football now you will see it's quite different from back in the days so maybe football has advanced pass his time and understanding. The new era coaches seems to be taking over maybe it's time he leaves Europe or settle for smaller teams. He is already a legendary coach that football cannot forget.
Failing to qualify for the champions league really got the management concerned and also not winning the Turkish league also means failure, it seems he didn't meet the target goal for the season that's why he was sacked. So what will be his new destination, which club will look to hire him now? It's bad getting sacked in Italy and Turkey now, maybe he should start considering retirement or coaching a country as Thomas Tuchel and Ancellotti.

[Nightwalker(NW)]

There's a news flying around that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Fenerbahçe after 15 months of an unsuccessful attempt to move the club forward. I knew this was going to happen, but it came in even more quicker than I thought. Teams are beginning to realize that it's not really about the agent's name, neither is about their legacies in different leagues -- it's about their most recent successes and an ability to perform more after the contract has been signed.

I think it's time for him to close the curtains, he has tried and written his name on the list of managers that matters in history. His triumphs won't be forgotten so easily and will stay a long long time in the football history books. If he stayed for 15 months, then it simply means that his been there for more than a year, if he was unsuccessful in this period, then the club tried to have retained him that long.

[Adbitco]

Having been a Real Madrid player since 2015, the 34-year-old right-back finally made a free transfer to Leverkusen. The deal is valid until June 30, 2027. He will wear the number 21 shirt. Despite his advanced age, he could still be a key member of Leverkusen's defense. At least for the next two seasons.

Source: Official, Lucas Vázquez joins Bayer Leverkusen on two year contract.

Congratulations to him, his one player that I admire at Real Madrid not because he was good at the RB position but because he didn't complain when his role was changed. He was never a RB but a winger along the line his role was changed because Real Madrid didn't have a stable RB then, he didn't complain and started adapting to that role. No drama of pay rise or playing time, just a man who loves his team.

[LUCKMCFLY]

when we have a such plans I don't think that will gamble wrongly because we all know that the gambling is all about the risk at the many people do accept it in such way

What works for me is that my biggest plan is to have the Money willing to lose in order to take risks and have a lot of discipline to do the things I say and want to Accomplish There is no other challenge , I can do So , in view of this, we are people who are basically made of habits , but we must also be more intelligent If there is an additional plan to not lose money , it seems incredible to me.

[Smack That Ace]

After losing out on Xavi Simons to their fellow London rival Tottenham, Chelsea are now on the very close to Leicester star boy Facundo Buonanotte. This is a kid with a huge potential and would cost very less than Xavi simons, for sure Xavi have a lot of qualities but with time I believe this kid will make wave in the chelsea team.

I know chelsea are trying to get a substitute for cole Palmer in that position, a lot have players have been linked to Chelsea in that position, Even ferin Lopez was linked to Chelsea but I don’t think that transfer would happen. Fucundo buonanotte have already agreed personal terms with Chelsea, so this is very likely to happen. The big thing about this transfer is that he won’t be shift to Chelsea sister club Strassborg rather he will train with Chelsea first team till the end of season.

No, Chelsea is not gonna send him to Strasbourg to get trained with the first team. Just ignore these baseless gossips. Fabrizio Romano & David Ornstein have reported that Buonanotte has settled on his contract details and is literally very close to move out from Brighton & join Chelsea for a season on a loan. And he would be joining his squad at Chelsea ASAP, mate. So, just forget about that Strasbourg chatter, it is complete nonsense and the deal is directly set for the Blues.

Duke Khan

[Jaycoinz]

There's a news flying around that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Fenerbahçe after 15 months of an unsuccessful attempt to move the club forward. I knew this was going to happen, but it came in even more quicker than I thought. Teams are beginning to realize that it's not really about the agent's name, neither is about their legacies in different leagues -- it's about their most recent successes and an ability to perform more after the contract has been signed.

I think it's time for him to close the curtains, he has tried and written his name on the list of managers that matters in history. His triumphs won't be forgotten so easily and will stay a long long time in the football history books. If he stayed for 15 months, then it simply means that his been there for more than a year, if he was unsuccessful in this period, then the club tried to have retained him that long.

Well i really dont know what to say since Mourinho has been one of the greatest coaches and for now it's just too bad that things aren't really playing out that well for him in all his previous managed clubs but that aside apart from Manchester United, i don't really think the man has landed any important deals with a top club that would give him all the necessary tools and players lf his choice to make a stance.

[coinlocket$]

Crazy how it ended.
Xavi Simons is now a Spurs player for a price of 60m€.
He wanted Chelsea for the entire session but it ended to Tottenham.

I guess Premier is always the premier and you are happy to join any team after all.

[Abu-Naim]

There's a news flying around that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Fenerbahçe after 15 months of an unsuccessful attempt to move the club forward. I knew this was going to happen, but it came in even more quicker than I thought. Teams are beginning to realize that it's not really about the agent's name, neither is about their legacies in different leagues -- it's about their most recent successes and an ability to perform more after the contract has been signed.

It is not more a news that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Fenerbahçe earlier today, their main reason was due to lack of qualification to the UEFA Champions League this season. The team are tired of him because he has get achieved anything tangible since joining the team, and since Osimhen joined Galatasaray, the team took the lead in the Turkish league and they are now in the Champions League again, and from the players they have signed in addition to their existing squad, they are planning to dominate the Turkish League, that is why Fenerbahçe made their decision to sack Mourinho and look for a better coach that will play modern football just like any other teams.

[TastyChillySauce00]

There's a news flying around that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Fenerbahçe after 15 months of an unsuccessful attempt to move the club forward. I knew this was going to happen, but it came in even more quicker than I thought. Teams are beginning to realize that it's not really about the agent's name, neither is about their legacies in different leagues -- it's about their most recent successes and an ability to perform more after the contract has been signed.

Jose is old, and it's time for him to retire. He get ssacked by Fener, but he got 9m as his compensation. He has recorded total 100m income being as top manager, and it's up to him. He can still manage a team, but not sure if a big club will come for him.
I hope he realizes his condition if he's not good enough as what he used to be.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Of course, Mourinho's dismissal was due to his failure to lead Fenerbahce to qualify for the 2024/2025 Champions League league phase, a 1-0 aggregate defeat to Benfica in the playoff round was the reason Fenerbahce management terminated their cooperation with Mourinho. It seems Mourinho magic is starting to become ineffective in modern football, before joining the Turkish club, he was also fired by AS Roma in early 2024.

Sometimes, I feel like these clubs are too much in a hurry to get results -- it doesn't just happen like a miracle, maybe he would have adapted to a different strategy? Maybe not... If it has gotten to a point where a team in the Turkish league doesn't want Jose, maybe he should call it a quit for his career? After all he has already made all the money he wants.

Mourinho is not the first person to be sacked at the start of the 2025/2026 season. Previously, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was also fired by Besiktas after failing to qualify for the UEFA Conference League phase.

Football has evolved big time and I believe this is even going to get to more coaches, even in the premier League... The next person in line could be Amorim, then Guardiola If there are still no signs of improvement.

[SatoPrincess]

This will be some unpopular opinion, but if Saudi Arabia is interested in Bruno Fernández, I think Manchester United should consider this move to complete the total overhaul of this club...After seeing Bruno miss that penalty I think it could be pressure from the new signings who are big names and had better stats last season and it just makes sense that to get the optimal performance from these lads, then the team needs to be rebuilt around these..and also why did Amorim get Sesko if he keeps starting from the bench..doesnt make sense tbh..

Amorim is not an experienced coach in my opinion, since his employment he has not shown even a glimpse of experience coaching this Manchester United team, look at the game against Grimsby last night how can an experienced coach managing a big team like United be clueless against Grimsby last night. The hope that this season will be better is the only reason Fernandez agreed to stay back at the club, probably by January he will reconsider that decision I’m sure.

[Fiatless]

Amorim is not an experienced coach in my opinion, since his employment he has not shown even a glimpse of experience coaching this Manchester United team, look at the game against Grimsby last night how can an experienced coach managing a big team like United be clueless against Grimsby last night. The hope that this season will be better is the only reason Fernandez agreed to stay back at the club, probably by January he will reconsider that decision I’m sure.

The loss to Grimsby shouldn't be used to write off the technical ability of Ruben Amorim.  This is football game, where anything can happen. Even Bayern Munich struggled to beat a third-tier side, Wehen Wiesbaden, in the DFB Pokal competition. It took Harry Kane's extra-time goal for the Bundesliga champions to win the game 3-2. Amorim still needs more time for his players to blend well, maybe they will start getting positive results.

[arallmuus]

I still feel United are making a mistake by letting Hojlund go, in my opinion Hojlund would have done great as a back up to Sesko if he was staying.

He needs to go or else he will be warming the bench. We signed 3 upfront players and with Zirkjee on the bench as well, its pretty clear that he wont be getting any play time. I personally think that he is a decent young player but currently Manchester United doesnt have any privilleges to nurture young players because we need better players right now to help us get back to top 4

Its pretty much the same case with Garnacho as well, if he stays on the club then he will most likely stay on the bench hence that they need to move out to another club

[red4slash]

Their inability to qualify for the Champions League might have contributed to the reason why the Portuguese coach was sacked.  They played good football in the first leg but struggled in the second leg in Lisbon. Jose would have to reevaluate his coaching strategy because it seems not to be working effectively.

Of course, Mourinho's dismissal was due to his failure to lead Fenerbahce to qualify for the 2024/2025 Champions League league phase, a 1-0 aggregate defeat to Benfica in the playoff round was the reason Fenerbahce management terminated their cooperation with Mourinho. It seems Mourinho magic is starting to become ineffective in modern football, before joining the Turkish club, he was also fired by AS Roma in early 2024. Mourinho is not the first person to be sacked at the start of the 2025/2026 season. Previously, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was also fired by Besiktas after failing to qualify for the UEFA Conference League phase.

Mou's emphasis on conventional schemes and game plans, while a very good thing, will ultimately prove to be of little use in modern football today.
It is indeed excellent when a coach maintains their distinctive style, but the risks are clearly enormous. For Mou, this is not the first time he has lost his job mid-season simply because of his idealism regarding conventional game schemes, which he always emphasizes when coaching a club.

Fenerbahce knows that they must make a quick decision, even if it is risky, but they are still at the beginning of the season, which means that the new coach can adjust the conditions so that they can survive in the current situation with regeneration and new adjustments with the new coach. However, there is still no further news about who will replace Mou in the coaching position.

[Ale88]

Crazy how it ended.
Xavi Simons is now a Spurs player for a price of 60m€.
He wanted Chelsea for the entire session but it ended to Tottenham.

I guess Premier is always the premier and you are happy to join any team after all.

Tottenham can be an excellent stepping stone for Simons: it makes sense to stay in the Bundesliga only if you play for Bayern Munich otherwise there is no point. Anyway he's moving to a pretty good team, for sure the salary is excellent, and he'll be living in London while playing for the best league in the world. Smart move in my opinion.

[SatoPrincess]

If Donnarumma and PSG don't capitalize on the current transfer window, both will suffer losses. Gigio will likely be benched, potentially for almost a season. For PSG, this represents a financial loss, given that Gigio only has one season left on his contract, meaning they likely won't receive anything in the future. One option is to lower the price; I'm sure Manchester City will try to meet this requirement so they don't have to wait to sell Ederson.

Last time I checked Donnarumma already said goodbye to the club supporters which means his departure is imminent so whether it lingers until the final day of the window I still think a deal will be agreed on and he will either join Manchester City or elsewhere but for now Manchester City are the only club in the race.

[Sim_card]

There's a news flying around that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Fenerbahçe after 15 months of an unsuccessful attempt to move the club forward. I knew this was going to happen, but it came in even more quicker than I thought. Teams are beginning to realize that it's not really about the agent's name, neither is about their legacies in different leagues -- it's about their most recent successes and an ability to perform more after the contract has been signed.

I think it's time for him to close the curtains, he has tried and written his name on the list of managers that matters in history. His triumphs won't be forgotten so easily and will stay a long long time in the football history books. If he stayed for 15 months, then it simply means that his been there for more than a year, if he was unsuccessful in this period, then the club tried to have retained him that long.

Mourinho game pattern has faded and very easy for other clubs to outsmart because they already understand it. I feel this is why he is no longer progressing in his coaching job but being sacked by different clubs. He should go and rest, he can't fit into this new era of football.

[Africolo]

He needs to go or else he will be warming the bench. We signed 3 upfront players and with Zirkjee on the bench as well, its pretty clear that he wont be getting any play time. I personally think that he is a decent young player but currently Manchester United doesnt have any privilleges to nurture young players because we need better players right now to help us get back to top 4

Its pretty much the same case with Garnacho as well, if he stays on the club then he will most likely stay on the bench hence that they need to move out to another club

I don't get why Hojlund doesn't want to make the transfer knowing he would be spending more time on the bench as  Seskos and Zirkzee are now a head of him in picking order.  Napoli could be the path to saving his career; he should make the move.

He needs it more than anyone else right now.  He is not part of Amorim's plan. Mainoo has also requested to be sold or loaned this season in order to get more playing time; the World Cup is approaching, and he cannot afford to sit on the bench and play second-string to Bruno and Cunha.