⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[sokani]

Xavi Hernandez has been the subject of media speculation linking him to the Manchester United head coach position amidst the team's uncertain performance during the Amorim. If you've noticed, Zidane has also been linked with the position. The media certainly loves to stir up issues for news.

I do not think the recent speculation about a possible replacement is the media trying to stir up some shit. There's not been any meaningful improvement since Amorim took over, and I'm sure the board is deliberating on sacking him if the results do not improve.

And as you mentioned, a few names have been linked to the job, but I do not fancy Xavi's and Southgate's candidacies. Both of them are average managers, and I'm not sure they can make a difference at United. Zinedine Zidane would have been my favourite choice, but AFAIK, he's not interested in taking any job except the France national team job.

[SatoPrincess]

When Amorim was at Sporting, they spoke highly of him and made him come to the club. For the whole time he has been managing the club, it has always been at different complains, the request was to replace Ten Hag which was the problem, he came and nothing changed, it even seem like the club is going worse. Sir Alex may not have what again to save United, the team needs to be shuffled properly both players and coach.

Yes that is very possible, I say this because not every manager that comes to the EPL from a foreign league becomes successful. Mind you at Sporting Amorim had better players who could play to his strengths and level while at United he doesn’t so it’s a different situation at United. United need a coach like mikel Arteta and Guardiola who can switch tactics and try different strategies until they get it right not a one styled manager like Amorim.

[aylabadia05]

Xavi Hernandez has been the subject of media speculation linking him to the Manchester United head coach position amidst the team's uncertain performance during the Amorim. If you've noticed, Zidane has also been linked with the position. The media certainly loves to stir up issues for news.

I do not think the recent speculation about a possible replacement is the media trying to stir up some shit. There's not been any meaningful improvement since Amorim took over, and I'm sure the board is deliberating on sacking him if the results do not improve.

I don't think you've overlooked the media updates that report all the information about Manchester United, as seen in Fabrizio Romano's tweet, Transfer News Live, and other sources like the Daily Star and Mirror.
Initially, the media reported that INEOS had a good relationship and had no issues with Amorim's performance.

Recently, the information from both parties has been contradictory. Most recently, a few hours ago, reports circulated that INEOS was worried Amorim would resign before the decision was made to fire him. This is highly likely because it would damage Amorim's reputation as a manager.

And as you mentioned, a few names have been linked to the job, but I do not fancy Xavi's and Southgate's candidacies. Both of them are average managers, and I'm not sure they can make a difference at United. Zinedine Zidane would have been my favourite choice, but AFAIK, he's not interested in taking any job except the France national team job.

These names are good candidates for the Manchester United managerial position. My question is, are they willing?

[KTChampions]

He doesn't close the door for a possible departure but stays neutral in the end.

They say Atletico Madrid could price him even around 200 million euros. These are just rumours but who knows... Just to state he isn't for sale, they can really do that though.

It is still early to talk about such things of course. But I started to believe in Barcelona's interest in him for real. Lewandowski won't play forever...

Alvarez is a top forward, by the way, he was the best player on the Argentina national team in 2022, and it was thanks to him that they became champions. He's young and has room to improve. I don't see any option where Barcelona could pay market value for him, even if he became a free agent. There will always be another club with a huge signing bonus, and it will still be a question of money, not status. Barcelona couldn't even sign Nico Williams, Alvarez is even more expensive.

[SatoPrincess]

The team is considering recruiting another coach to replace Amorin:
Southgate
Glasner
Andoni Iraola

These candidates seem likely to be his replacements.
Source: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1972695867015737443

Of all three candidates and one more which happens to be Xavi Hernandez that has been the talking point lately I would prefer either Xavi or Glasner to take over from Amorim if United finally decide to sack him. Both managers have the qualities to groom young players and revive a team in declining form. I also believe both managers have the qualities to make a difference for United.

[Ale88]

Alvarez is a top forward, by the way, he was the best player on the Argentina national team in 2022, and it was thanks to him that they became champions. He's young and has room to improve. I don't see any option where Barcelona could pay market value for him, even if he became a free agent. There will always be another club with a huge signing bonus, and it will still be a question of money, not status. Barcelona couldn't even sign Nico Williams, Alvarez is even more expensive.

Atletico Madrid paid almost 100 million euros for Alvarez, and he just keeps scoring and scoring so for sure his value is going up. I don't understand either how Barcelona could somehow afford him when they already had a lot of troubles signings and registering Dani Olmo, that costed only a fraction of what Alvarez would cost.

[Mame89]

When Amorim was at Sporting, they spoke highly of him and made him come to the club. For the whole time he has been managing the club, it has always been at different complains, the request was to replace Ten Hag which was the problem, he came and nothing changed, it even seem like the club is going worse. Sir Alex may not have what again to save United, the team needs to be shuffled properly both players and coach.

Yes that is very possible, I say this because not every manager that comes to the EPL from a foreign league becomes successful. Mind you at Sporting Amorim had better players who could play to his strengths and level while at United he doesn’t so it’s a different situation at United. United need a coach like mikel Arteta and Guardiola who can switch tactics and try different strategies until they get it right not a one styled manager like Amorim.

Manchester United never tires of constantly changing coaches. I think I'll trust Amorin until mid season. Many managers have come to Manchester United but ended up doing poorly. Honestly since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Mourinho was the only one who had a decent amount of success with Manchester United, but he was also fired.

The only problem at Manchester United is the fans. They're so preoccupied with the past that their current game lacks philosophy. Why? Because the fans always demand victory without addressing the club's problems, and unfortunately, the owners consistently agree to the fans' requests for coaching changes. Another problem at Manchester United is the lack of mental development. Under pressure players don't use it as encouragement; instead, they use it as a burden.

[JeffBrad12]

The team is considering recruiting another coach to replace Amorin:
Southgate
Glasner
Andoni Iraola

These candidates seem likely to be his replacements.
Source: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1972695867015737443

It seems i have to remove two candidates from your list. It's because as per the latest report, South Gate would reject any approach by Manchester United. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace's owner is also reluctant in releasing Glasner from his squad. Those reasons make Andoni is the only available choice that can be signed by MU.
I don't know whether they will add Xavi as an alternative if Andoni will be also rejecting them, but let's see. 

[Cookdata]

Manchester United never tires of constantly changing coaches. I think I'll trust Amorin until mid season. Many managers have come to Manchester United but ended up doing poorly. Honestly since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Mourinho was the only one who had a decent amount of success with Manchester United, but he was also fired.

The only problem at Manchester United is the fans. They're so preoccupied with the past that their current game lacks philosophy. Why? Because the fans always demand victory without addressing the club's problems, and unfortunately, the owners consistently agree to the fans' requests for coaching changes. Another problem at Manchester United is the lack of mental development. Under pressure players don't use it as encouragement; instead, they use it as a burden.

If there is any club that is coach tolerance, I will hive it to Manchester United considering the backlash, poor performance they have seen since 2021. Between that period when Chelsea was experience poor performance, they have change coaches upto 5 times but Manchester United has changed just 4 except now that people want Amorim to go but the what brought him to that club as a coach isn't something we can even negotiate, if they want him leave, it would have been since.

You can't blame the fans for been intolerant with the players and the coach, didn't Chelsea undergone the same transformation, they were even worse but at a point, it became a pivot and everything became good for the club, are we now going to say Manchester United isn't that good when they used to be better than Chelsea. As a fan, it's justify because you can't lose more than you win when people don't know you with such, Manchester United has never been this bad in a long time.

[Obari]

It seems i have to remove two candidates from your list. It's because as per the latest report, South Gate would reject any approach by Manchester United. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace's owner is also reluctant in releasing Glasner from his squad. Those reasons make Andoni is the only available choice that can be signed by MU.
I don't know whether they will add Xavi as an alternative if Andoni will be also rejecting them, but let's see. 

Gareth Southgate is not giving greenlight to Manchester United because he's composed and know exactly what he wants, he's not settling for some random mediocre team that depend mainly on their history. Manchester United couldn't even perform to the current expectations not to talk about them winning games on a streak. The Red Devils fallen from the top in past decades and the board have been trying so hard to make them shine and stand upright, you think it's working? Absolutely not because they go head to head with appointing and sacking managers.

What's worth in for Oliver Glasner? He proven himself for Crystal Palace and have declined all offers from the club, everyone know he's targeting one of these vast huge offers from elite teams to come for him and definitely it will come since he's done noble for Crystal Palace. Making them competitive and winning games with ease efforts.

[Umulala-alala]

Will someone like Sir Alex appear again? I don’t think so, because United from 10 or more years ago is definitely not the same  it just keeps getting worse. Xavi was a great footballer, and he wasn’t bad even in Barcelona, but the question is what he could actually achieve with United. Amorim was brought in as an excellent coach, but even that didn’t turn out to be the best solution...

Well, the current coach was just awful. He just made the team so bad that even in the last 10 Manchester United has never fallen to the lower rank of league competition. Like after Sir Alex Ferguson 5 manager were has been back tested and all of them has been failed and sacked off but no one have ever had the club worst than right now as under the management Ruben Amorim....

Literally this is insane. Manchester United is dipping below the top 1o rank. Below you can see that no manager has done such an awful job after the departure of Sir Alex.

I hope Xavi Hernandez will make something good...

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Xavi Hernandez seems to be the name on the lips of every Manchester United fan now but let’s not forget that the names of the past five managers also sounded like names to change the club’s decline and it didn’t work out. However the club have not officially stated their intentions to part ways with the current manager but we will see how the coming weeks will unfold.

It’s almost certain that he will leave if Man Utd drops points against Sunderland. Xavi could definitely bring better energy into the team, but whether he will succeed in getting United back on the right track remains to be seen. Somehow the fans are hoping for him, but the team also definitely needs to be sorted out and better signings brought in

Man united coach Amorim will need to win against Sunderland to safe his job he can still be sack if he shares point with Sunderland.

All the coaches that has managed Man united since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar solskjaer did well for me compare to the rest of them, Appointing Xavi Hernandez as the new Man united coach won't solve there existing problem i don't think there problem is coming from coach, Man united need some serious players may be who can tell Xavi can change things for United if he has an eye for good players.

Ruben Amorim has been the worst coach Man united has sign so far base on the club performance last season and this season.

[Jegileman]

Yes that is very possible, I say this because not every manager that comes to the EPL from a foreign league becomes successful. Mind you at Sporting Amorim had better players who could play to his strengths and level while at United he doesn’t so it’s a different situation at United. United need a coach like mikel Arteta and Guardiola who can switch tactics and try different strategies until they get it right not a one styled manager like Amorim.

Is Amorim a one styled manager? I just feel that he’s not the best man for the job. He managed the team better at Sporting Lisbon than he does here in Manchester United. It may seem like a dream to him because till now, he’s still yet to figure out how to make this team win. He’s trying his best and since he was successful at Sporting Lisbon, he should be successful here too. The premier league is a different league from the Portuguese league though, because been not able to pull out the best of himself yet is still something to contend about him. He may not stay long is no positive result is seen from him in the nearest future.

[LUCKMCFLY]

So there's nothing to discuss as Kane's move to the MU is in the level "Impossible" to happen. 

That's how it is, that won't happen even in another universe, especially since Kane has already won titles with Bayern. In my opinion, the MU is at a level where it's unsustainable, Amorim has outgrown the team, so they should consider other options, but Kane wouldn't leave Germany for anything in the world. I see it as almost impossible. The MU has to undertake a major restructuring.

[Btcdeybodi]

Yes that is very possible, I say this because not every manager that comes to the EPL from a foreign league becomes successful. Mind you at Sporting Amorim had better players who could play to his strengths and level while at United he doesn’t so it’s a different situation at United. United need a coach like mikel Arteta and Guardiola who can switch tactics and try different strategies until they get it right not a one styled manager like Amorim.

Is Amorim a one styled manager? I just feel that he’s not the best man for the job. He managed the team better at Sporting Lisbon than he does here in Manchester United. It may seem like a dream to him because till now, he’s still yet to figure out how to make this team win. He’s trying his best and since he was successful at Sporting Lisbon, he should be successful here too. The premier league is a different league from the Portuguese league though, because been not able to pull out the best of himself yet is still something to contend about him. He may not stay long is no positive result is seen from him in the nearest future.

Should we continue to blame managers for Manchester United's deadlock? can you count the numbers of managers the club hired since the exit of Sir Alex Ferguson? why has all of them failed. I can't really figure out what is the problem with Manchester United but i think that having a coach for so many seasons makes it difficult for the incoming coaches because for them to understand the structure of the club and work in same direction is not easy especially if it involves a team that was once successful. Manchester United has been spoilt by Sir Alex Ferguson because he was coach for many years. Amorim was doing just fine at Sporting Lisbon and even while he left the team was still progressing through the legacy he built over there so tell me why Manchester United is becoming too difficult and making the coach to pass through many stress in most of their matches. I know that the premier league has a different pattern compared to other leagues but it doesn't mean that a successful coach elsewhere cannot do well in the premier league, Pep Guardiola is an example of a coach who has toured different leagues and still become successful.

[Alpha Marine]

Xavi Hernandez has been the subject of media speculation linking him to the Manchester United head coach position amidst the team's uncertain performance during the Amorim. If you've noticed, Zidane has also been linked with the position.
The media certainly loves to stir up issues for news.

The media isn't stirring anything up. If a club like Manchester United are not exploring other options for the position of a manager right now, then they are more foolish than I thought. Amorim has shown that he doesn't know what he is doing. Even a basic thing as playing Bruno as an AM is a difficulty for Amorim, forcing him to play as a CM in a two-man midfield. The way Leverkusen treated Ten Hag is exactly how Man United should have treated Amorim. He is a very bad manager. As long as United don't have the right environment, system and manager, every player that goes to their club will struggle.  The names I'm seeing are not even convincing names. I don't think Xavi and Zidane can make Madid a serious team.

[Africolo]

All the coaches that has managed Man united since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar solskjaer did well for me compare to the rest of them, Appointing Xavi Hernandez as the new Man united coach won't solve there existing problem i don't think there problem is coming from coach, Man united need some serious players may be who can tell Xavi can change things for United if he has an eye for good players.

Ruben Amorim has been the worst coach Man united has sign so far base on the club performance last season and this season.

If you believe that the players are the problem, why is it that everyone who has gone is performing better at their new teams than all of the players at Manutd?  This has shown that the problem is not with the players, but with the management and the club as a whole.

He has stated several times that he isn't going to change his tactics for anyone. He's indirectly sending message to the club that he needs players who can play In his system and that the current set of players are not suitable.

[Donneski]

He doesn't close the door for a possible departure but stays neutral in the end.

They say Atletico Madrid could price him even around 200 million euros. These are just rumours but who knows... Just to state he isn't for sale, they can really do that though.

It is still early to talk about such things of course. But I started to believe in Barcelona's interest in him for real. Lewandowski won't play forever...

I understand that Robert Lewandowski's time at Barcelona is very likely to end at the end of this season so it's expected that speculations will be flying around on who'll likely be signed as a replacement for the Poland international but financially speaking, I don't think Barcelona is strong enough to fork out over £150 million to sign a striker. They've been struggling financially lately which has limited them from registering their newly signed players.

And away from the the financial state of Barcelona, I also doubt that Julian Alvarez will want to leave Atletico Madrid anytime soon when the team is already built around him.

[Sandra_hakeem]

You should not be surprised when that thing came from Barcelona. They always gated their players with non sense release clause. Don't you remember when they gated Fati with 1b release clause, then ended as a flop? The only reason is that they're not willing to let their young talents being targeted by other clubs.
So, they give non sense release clause as the solution, and i think it's wise enough.

Even though that seem like a very wise decision to keep other clubs Uninterested, it places them at a huge risk of losing these players for life. WHAT has been the impact of such a mindset on most of them? Let's talk about the Ansu Fati you just made mention of; they sold him out to the public on a charisma, but he wasn't even up that level yet.

Now, the media did a good job of promoting what was like an "unfinished" product to the public and that affected his ego. He began to imagine himself in the shadows of what he was known for, even though he wasn't all that-- The price came in heavily and he lost his confidence and form.

[logfiles]

You should not be surprised when that thing came from Barcelona. They always gated their players with non sense release clause. Don't you remember when they gated Fati with 1b release clause, then ended as a flop? The only reason is that they're not willing to let their young talents being targeted by other clubs.
So, they give non sense release clause as the solution, and i think it's wise enough.

It's not just Barcelona, by the way. I think it's a la Liga thing or culture. Even Real Madrid has a tendency of adding release clauses on to their players. That is why it's very hard for a player to leave the club without Real Madrid letting them go when the contract is about to expire because they seem too expensive for other clubs. Triggering a $500M or $1B release clause is no joke.

It's so unfortunate that some of the players or Young talents end up flopping, and this makes the release clause they carry look like a very big joke.

[GiftedMAN]

All the coaches that has managed Man united since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar solskjaer did well for me compare to the rest of them, Appointing Xavi Hernandez as the new Man united coach won't solve there existing problem i don't think there problem is coming from coach, Man united need some serious players may be who can tell Xavi can change things for United if he has an eye for good players.

Ruben Amorim has been the worst coach Man united has sign so far base on the club performance last season and this season.

If you believe that the players are the problem, why is it that everyone who has gone is performing better at their new teams than all of the players at Manutd?  This has shown that the problem is not with the players, but with the management and the club as a whole.

It is obvious that the problem of Manchester United is not the players but the management and the manager of the team, the current players in the team is finding it difficult to play his formation same thing that affected all the players that has left the team in the name of them not good for his formation is it not better the manager move to a different formation so that his team can get better and start getting the needed results? Amorim's tactics is the problem of them team if he thinks what works for him in sporting can work in England he will keeping trying until the management gets tired of him then fire him.