⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Spaceman1000$]

A big early-season shopping spree hasn't stopped Liverpool. Reportedly, this coming winter Liverpool is ready to buy Bournemouth and Ghana striker Antoine Semenyo, 25 years old, again. Liverpool is ready to bid 75 million euros. Another news is that Barcelona's transfers for some players are not yet complete. They still owe quite a lot to several clubs. The transfer fees amount to £138 million, including £36.5 million to Leeds United for Brazilian winger Raphinha, 28, and £12 million to Manchester City for Spanish striker Ferran Torres.

Considering the huge amount of money Liverpool spent in the previous transfer window, they haven't shown good results after a series of defeats. I don't see Liverpool's weakness in strikers, but rather their focus on finding players in that position. Liverpool has a weakness in wingers, so buying players in that position will only create competition. We've seen this recruitment in the previous transfer window, where the two players they brought in with fantastic value as strikers haven't been able to deliver good results.

I don't really want to blame Liverpool too much on this particular situation they are facing now especially with the quality of players they bought and the result they are not getting, some players can be doing very well in their previous club but struggle to fit in their new club and  Alexander isak is perfect example. Manchester United too have fallen into the same kind of trap some seasons back, were hundreds of millions were spent in getting  players and yet those players cannot give you expected result. Arne Slot is even confused at this point in time on what to do.

[AirtelBuzz]

Real Madrid and gimme tactics, why sign a player that is the talk of the town only to be bench without any use. They have wasted some of his time and now ready to used him for business as usual, pay small amount of money as wages and make more money from transfer with loan. I knew this was expected because the attention Endrick was getting was much and it's putting Real Madrid in a compromised situation, if they move him to another club now they will be free and still making money.

I hope Manchester united are not in for this boy, it's their choice, however,  it's going to be foolish of them to take Endrick as loan but sold Rashford to Barcelona who is now doing 2 times better than how he was doing in Manchester United. They should allow other clubs that are more interested in him and be more useful instead of going from worse to calamity, it's going to be laughable if Endrick goes to Manchester United and nothing changes about their performance.

Yes Real Madrid signs young talents such as Endrick mostly to sell and make money, and usually puts them on loan or bench to manage risks and sell them later, which is good business to club though fans may not be happy. With purchasing at early stage to be seen and then selling or using grown player, this is sure way of them always making money out of investment. You are correct to be worried about Manchester United following way. Should they accept Endrick on loan and sell player like Rashford, it would be sign that they are more interested in exciting signings than in building team, and that would cause further poor performances and show that club does not have long term plan.

Yes, Madrid basically buys talents like Endrick and they just keep them on the bench without being able to use them properly, the Brazilian player certainly had potential, but Real Madrid are not evaluating him right now, in fact their main goal is to sell him.This is not a new thing as we have seen them sell several talented young players before,One of them is that Argentine player Nico Paz is currently attracting attention in Italy. The match between Juventus and Como showed Nico Paz's potential to a great extent, which even impressed the new Madrid coach with his performance.

Xabi Alonso has already mentioned that the player's name, currently linked to Como Football Club, will be linked to Real Madrid's plans next year, this suggests that this manager now regrets selling this talented player, maybe in the future, Endrik will strive to improve like Nico Paz and then he too will be able to attract the attention of managers.

Xabi Alonso on Nico Páz: “For sure Nico made a very intelligent step joining Como last year”.“Of course I watched Juventus vs Como last day, he did and they did very well”.Real Madrid keep including Nico Páz’s name as part of their plans from next year, as revealed.

[Adbitco]

Yes, Madrid basically buys talents like Endric and they just keep them on the bench without being able to use them properly,The Brazilian player certainly had potential, but Real Madrid are not evaluating him right now, in fact their main goal is to sell him.This is not a new thing as we have seen them sell several talented young players before,One of them is that Argentine player Nico Paz is currently attracting attention in Italy.The match between Juventus and Como showed Nico Paz's potential to a great extent, which even impressed the new Madrid coach with his performance. Xabi Alonso has already mentioned that the player's name, currently linked to Como Football Club, will be linked to Real Madrid's plans next year, this suggests that this manager now regrets selling this talented player, maybe in the future, Andrico will improve even more and then he too will continue to accept everyone's dignity.

In as much as I want to see Endrick in the lineup for Real Madrid, the question that's begging to be answered is, where exactly will he play or better still who exactly will he bench in the team? Every has to field 11 players in every match, the numbers can't go beyond that, so who will be replaced? Is it Mbappe? Is it Vini, is it Bellingham, is it Rodrygo and Diaz that doesn't have a guaranteed spot in the starting 11? Even Vini is been benched at times. His best bet was going for a loan. Do you know of Kubo Take, do you also know that he was a Real Madrid player. Tha guy is so talented but the Real Madrid midfield didn't accommodate him because Modric, Kroos and Casemiro were operating their other midfielders had to wait for turns.

[Nheer]

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It's good news to hear he is finally open to a loan move because there is no way he will have enough playing time to prove himself at Real Madrid. He is a talented young player and even sitting on the bench I think some players will look at his quality and may consider signing him. I am not sure which team would want him but I doubt that he will get interest from top clubs in Spain and England. English top clubs already signed a striker the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool and Manchester City has Haaland already so it will be difficult for him to join any of the above mentioned English club. I don't think Real Madrid will let him move to Barcelona or Athletico Madrid and I won't advise he moves to Italy. Germany top teams also have strikers already so I am not sure yet which team will want him.

Let's just wait till January and see which team comes for him.

Being a superstar player doesn't always mean playing for Real Madrid, right? Therefore, if Endrick truly possesses the quality, he could play for another club. Just look at some of the players currently shining after deciding to leave Madrid, such as Nico Paz di Como, who has made a significant impact, scoring four goals and providing four assists in his last seven games. If his performances continue to attract attention, Madrid will surely call him back, and for now it's better to seek experience elsewhere that can provide a place.

Exactly, we have seen a lot players leave a top club because of lack of playing time and go out to be superstars. If we want to name them I think we will have a long list of players. Nico Paz id a very good example, Martin Odegaard is also a good example, he left Real Madrid to join Arsenal and now he is one of the best midfielders in the world and a key player for Arsenal. Same thing happened to Cole Palmer and now he is a star at Chelsea so leaving Real Madrid is not the end of his career rather it's the start of his career.
Sometimes a player needs to accept that the only option is to leave to their worth because not every player can be used.

I don't really want to blame Liverpool too much on this particular situation they are facing now especially with the quality of players they bought and the result they are not getting, some players can be doing very well in their previous club but struggle to fit in their new club and  Alexander isak is perfect example. Manchester United too have fallen into the same kind of trap some seasons back, were hundreds of millions were spent in getting  players and yet those players cannot give you expected result. Arne Slot is even confused at this point in time on what to do.

Not all players are able to adapt immediately after joining a club no matter how good they are. Some players need time to adapt but with the amount of money spent they expect them to perform immediately. So far Isak has not live to expectations and the coach really believed in him and thought his introduction will change things but things are even getting worse. I hope they improve soon, let's see if they can start with winning Frankfurt today.

[Velvet78]

This looks interesting... I didn't know Barcelona still owe to these teams a really serious amount of money in total.    And they have to pay ~90% of this amount to stay safe.

After paying for this until the end of the season, I wonder how much money they will be able to allocate for signings. The revenues must have increased at least after big sponsorship deals but their finances still don't look very stable.

[joniboini]

After paying for this until the end of the season, I wonder how much money they will be able to allocate for signings. The revenues must have increased at least after big sponsorship deals but their finances still don't look very stable.

Probably still a decent amount. That's what a big club usually gets. I wonder if their board manages their finances better, will we see an even better Barcelona or not, considering how many academy graduates they produce in the last few years or so. Hard to say it's a blessing in disguise because managing finances terribly is still a huge issue, regardless of what the academy did. CMIIW.

If they failed to generate any profit, there's always a loan option or just promote new kids and hope it works out.

[karabiber]

I understand Endrick wishes, and he's now open to a loan move because he needs more playing time rather than constantly sitting on the bench. We'll see which teams are interested in taking him on loan in January.
Which club do you think would be a good fit for him? Are there any Premier League teams interested?

Source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1980538086615556409

Endrick will likely be sent to a team where he can get playing time to assess his performance, as he has not been able to get playing time at Real Madrid this season. For this reason, it makes more sense for Endrick to stay in La Liga rather than move to the Premier League. This is because the matches he will play in La Liga will be a good opportunity for Real Madrid to evaluate him. Furthermore, Endrick going to a team within La Liga will be advantageous in terms of adaptation.

[W Jr.]

I understand Endrick wishes, and he's now open to a loan move because he needs more playing time rather than constantly sitting on the bench. We'll see which teams are interested in taking him on loan in January.
Which club do you think would be a good fit for him? Are there any Premier League teams interested?

Source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1980538086615556409

Endrick will likely be sent to a team where he can get playing time to assess his performance, as he has not been able to get playing time at Real Madrid this season. For this reason, it makes more sense for Endrick to stay in La Liga rather than move to the Premier League. This is because the matches he will play in La Liga will be a good opportunity for Real Madrid to evaluate him. Furthermore, Endrick going to a team within La Liga will be advantageous in terms of adaptation.

A move to France or Germany would be beneficial for him, but training for Real Madrid in Spain seems like a more logical option. Many teams in Spain who could loan him out could send him back to Real Madrid in peak form. Furthermore, he's still young, and there's a fantastic player like Mbappé in his position. Therefore, it seems unlikely he'll find playing time. I think a loan move would be the healthiest and wisest option for him.

[Silence Scream]

I understand Endrick wishes, and he's now open to a loan move because he needs more playing time rather than constantly sitting on the bench. We'll see which teams are interested in taking him on loan in January.
Which club do you think would be a good fit for him? Are there any Premier League teams interested?

Source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1980538086615556409

Endrick will likely be sent to a team where he can get playing time to assess his performance, as he has not been able to get playing time at Real Madrid this season. For this reason, it makes more sense for Endrick to stay in La Liga rather than move to the Premier League. This is because the matches he will play in La Liga will be a good opportunity for Real Madrid to evaluate him. Furthermore, Endrick going to a team within La Liga will be advantageous in terms of adaptation.

A move to France or Germany would be beneficial for him, but training for Real Madrid in Spain seems like a more logical option. Many teams in Spain who could loan him out could send him back to Real Madrid in peak form. Furthermore, he's still young, and there's a fantastic player like Mbappé in his position. Therefore, it seems unlikely he'll find playing time. I think a loan move would be the healthiest and wisest option for him.

I think it would be much more logical for him to stay in Spain. If he's going to be loaned out, he should be loaned out to a team in Spain or Italy. Milan or Real Betis might be the best options for the young Brazilian. Furthermore, considering the fierce competition in Italy and the abundance of experienced players, Endrick could learn a lot from them. Therefore, if I were to consider the two options, I think the Italian league would be the better option.

[Adbitco]

This looks interesting... I didn't know Barcelona still owe to these teams a really serious amount of money in total.    And they have to pay ~90% of this amount to stay safe.

After paying for this until the end of the season, I wonder how much money they will be able to allocate for signings. The revenues must have increased at least after big sponsorship deals but their finances still don't look very stable.

They signed all these players on credit? No wonder there was a meme I saw some time ago when Barcelona asked about the price of a Bundesliga team and the replies by saying, pay us the money you owe us first. I still can't believe that they are owing Bayern Munich for Lewandowski, it's been very long since his move to Barca and they still owe Bayern till date and funny enough the list consists of German and English teams.

[RaltcoinsB]

This looks interesting... I didn't know Barcelona still owe to these teams a really serious amount of money in total.    And they have to pay ~90% of this amount to stay safe.

After paying for this until the end of the season, I wonder how much money they will be able to allocate for signings. The revenues must have increased at least after big sponsorship deals but their finances still don't look very stable.

Barcelona's financial problems have been ongoing for years, and they need to end. They must pay the players' wages. I have no doubt Barcelona will pay them due to financial regulations, but they may try selling a few players later this year to generate revenue. We know that even selling Yamal alone would provide the club with significant financial relief, but it's safe to say that selling him at his current age would leave Barcelona far from the success they desire. Therefore, Yamal will remain with the team.

[Zoomic]

This looks interesting... I didn't know Barcelona still owe to these teams a really serious amount of money in total.    And they have to pay ~90% of this amount to stay safe.

After paying for this until the end of the season, I wonder how much money they will be able to allocate for signings. The revenues must have increased at least after big sponsorship deals but their finances still don't look very stable.

Haaa! I though that Barcelona is done with their financial crisis. How come I no longer hear of them owing or under paying their players?
NO wonder, I thought about it, that how manage Barcelona bought so many players when they were having financial crisis, not knowing they decided to even borrow more.

How are they going to solve this problem? I think they should consider to sell one of their important player and use the money to augment everything. Maybe they should sell Yamal lol.

[Obari]

Barcelona's financial problems have been ongoing for years, and they need to end. They must pay the players' wages. I have no doubt Barcelona will pay them due to financial regulations, but they may try selling a few players later this year to generate revenue. We know that even selling Yamal alone would provide the club with significant financial relief, but it's safe to say that selling him at his current age would leave Barcelona far from the success they desire. Therefore, Yamal will remain with the team.

Lamine Yamal is the core investment of Barcelona and this kid is not making any move for an exits plan.  Barcelona have been facing major financial setback in decades all originated because Barcelona management made improper decisions that cause the team whole lot of money. Barcelona would have been one of the very best team in European football but they ended up not having financial stability.  Barcelona have face couple of financial problems this season. The president is doing his best to ensure he's doing everything to bring Barcelona out of this crucial situation.

[DYOR+BTC]

This looks interesting... I didn't know Barcelona still owe to these teams a really serious amount of money in total.    And they have to pay ~90% of this amount to stay safe.

After paying for this until the end of the season, I wonder how much money they will be able to allocate for signings. The revenues must have increased at least after big sponsorship deals but their finances still don't look very stable.

Haaa! I though that Barcelona is done with their financial crisis. How come I no longer hear of them owing or under paying their players?
NO wonder, I thought about it, that how manage Barcelona bought so many players when they were having financial crisis, not knowing they decided to even borrow more.

How are they going to solve this problem? I think they should consider to sell one of their important player and use the money to augment everything. Maybe they should sell Yamal lol.

Selling one important player to clear that financial crisis is
not the only way out because there other ways of generating money apart from that option.  Considering other source of fund I think selling shares could also help but the easiest and most reliable source is player selling the same way arsenal was doing during the time of Arsene wenger. If they could consider the option I think the saudi arebia team request to land yamal could be enough to clear up the full expenses and even settle some internal issues affecting the team.

[GiftedMAN]

I don't really want to blame Liverpool too much on this particular situation they are facing now especially with the quality of players they bought and the result they are not getting, some players can be doing very well in their previous club but struggle to fit in their new club and  Alexander isak is perfect example. Manchester United too have fallen into the same kind of trap some seasons back, were hundreds of millions were spent in getting  players and yet those players cannot give you expected result. Arne Slot is even confused at this point in time on what to do.

The same thing happened to Real Madrid last season everyone was expecting them to be undefeated when they sign Mbappe but they became too easy to be defeated which if not for the arrival of Xabi Alonso this season who is helping them to get bask to good form. The problem of Liverpool is gradually affecting the whole team Alexander isak is  not the problem of the team but if the Liverpool manager is able to identify the problem you will be surprised to see the same player scoring goals.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Manchester United are usually one time wonder teams, in a while they win games we least expect, their next match is against Brighton, the imaginable might happen, MU and Brighton are very close let's see how the match unfolds.

Without a doubt it is like that, let's wait and see what happens with that match, but they must have very high morale, if the MU takes advantage of that good moment then it would be ideal for them to be able to go up again because they are not in a very good position, I as a fan would be very worried about this team, they caught a Liverpool with their Pants down and beat them, good for the MU, I hope they continue like this so that they continue changing the face of the PL.

[Agbamoni]

In as much as I want to see Endrick in the lineup for Real Madrid, the question that's begging to be answered is, where exactly will he play or better still who exactly will he bench in the team? Every has to field 11 players in every match, the numbers can't go beyond that, so who will be replaced? Is it Mbappe? Is it Vini, is it Bellingham, is it Rodrygo and Diaz that doesn't have a guaranteed spot in the starting 11? Even Vini is been benched at times. His best bet was going for a loan. Do you know of Kubo Take, do you also know that he was a Real Madrid player. Tha guy is so talented but the Real Madrid midfield didn't accommodate him because Modric, Kroos and Casemiro were operating their other midfielders had to wait for turns.

Forget about it. You wont see Endrick in the lineup anytime soon. He is never getting a chance, not in the UCL, in their domestic league, or any other competition . Even if Real Madrid is winning 5 goals to nothing against a team, he wont sub Endrick in. It is very clear, he wont be having a space in the team. If Xabi Alonso had any intention, at least he will bring him in for one game just like he did for Rodrygo.

When we look at the Madrid team, there is no one they can bench for Endrick. Unless Xabi is trying to use a different formation. Like 4,4,2. He can play two striker, Mbape and Endrick but in the meantime he has no intention of playing it.

[Antotena]

Endrick still has something to offer to United but him getting starting position will be something he will really need to fight for and that won't come easily. He will definitely improve their attacking prowess especially with those his shots from outside the box. Although the lack of game time might affect him or actually make him want to grab any opportunity given to him.

In January I aspect teams notably mid tier to come for him, and this will likely be from the EPL, La Liga and League one.

I don't want to think that Endrick will not be useful in Manchester United but will his presence change anything about the situation of the team. One person can't change everything about a team, when Real Madrid was having hard times last season and Anceloti was given him a fair time to play what was his contribution and one thing he tried to change because I don't see any, he was even bullied for been selfish as forward during those times.

Something is telling me, Manchester United need him but that's not exactly what they need. Let's start again from the time Erik Ten Hag was the manager of Manchester United, that team can play with good forward line up without a real striker. They had Rashford that was doing everything as striker for them but what did Ten Hag did with him, he refused to use him and was bench. Remember what was happening at the back line with Maguire and Onana, another bad combination, to me that club need fumigation and not one replacement.

[Issa56]

Considering the huge amount of money Liverpool spent in the previous transfer window, they haven't shown good results after a series of defeats.

Liverpool spent so much amount of money during the transfer window, but as we can see, Liverpool performance isn’t so good this season, they lost 4 matches in a row, a club that spent that amount of money isn’t suppose to have that kind of result. Liverpool make some mistakes when they were signing players, they focused more on attackers, and didn’t pay much attention to the defenders, which is really affecting them right now, because Liverpool defense is just so weak right now, and I don’t know how they going to fix things.

I feel some players which Liverpool signed haven’t adapted to the team yet, I don’t really know what’s wrong with Isak, since he joined Liverpool, his performance has been poor, he doesn’t score or make any goal contribution for Liverpool, I just hope with time he will be back to form, because his performance is so terrible right now.

[Zaguru12]

Barcelona's financial problems have been ongoing for years, and they need to end. They must pay the players' wages. I have no doubt Barcelona will pay them due to financial regulations, but they may try selling a few players later this year to generate revenue. We know that even selling Yamal alone would provide the club with significant financial relief, but it's safe to say that selling him at his current age would leave Barcelona far from the success they desire. Therefore, Yamal will remain with the team.

This are issues not necessarily associated with them selling players but rather reoccurring issues, the past players had wages that were owed or even bonuses and yearly or time after time this bonuses are been due this is the reason for this repeated cycle of money owed, this kind of debts you don’t get to pay them off immediately because you cannot since it’s reoccurring and you just simply wait for the players time to be up and then they stopped accumulating.

Ok regardless of this again I don’t even think  that this Barcelona team will sell Yamal just to make money for debt clearance it is with constant winning that they attract investors, get trophy bonuses and many more thing associated with winning and this will help them clear more debt, isn’t it with players like Yamal that things like this are possible with? So this is why I don’t even think they will ever consider selling him.