⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I don't know who they are going to call, I can't answer that right now but I think that if Neymar is not being called up because he is always injured and doesn't play what is then the difference with a player that stays on the bench all the time? Yes, Rodrygo is not injured and he's able to play but he has no game condition right now, you can't call a player in this status.

It's not because he's not in top form, but because Rodrygo is struggling to get a place at his club, which is affecting his performance in the national team. Furthermore, Ancelotti is also Rodrygo's former coach at Real Madrid, so he knows which players are worthy of being called up. Ancelotti is trying to bring change and new enthusiasm to the Brazilian national team, and he's fully trusted by management to make changes, even though he hasn't called up some big names. Ancelotti knows what he has to do, and I believe this is aimed at ensuring the Brazilian national team performs optimally and solidly.

[CroverNo01]

I guess we have a very different opinion of what a key player is because I really don't understand how someone could say that Rodrygo is a key player. He barely plays, he barely scores, younger players have more playing time than him, he's also jeopardizing his spot for the next World Cup because, unless things change, I don't see how he deserves to be called to the Brazilian national team.

Rodrygo should do like Endrick and go somewhere else in January, it would be the best move for him.

Rodrygo will just watch his football live been driven away because he refused to stand his ground and know his worth. Rodrygo can become one of the very best players in Brazil but guess what, he can't because there are more challenges for him to fight and win. First it starts with Rodrygo and the club, this is not the Rodrygo we want to see because winning games are now classified based on the rate of player's performance.

Rodrygo been kept on the bench, this is enough reason to tell the manager that he's not in good shape and have been struggling. Xabi Alonso explicitly exclude Rodrygo from his solid plan this season and it was a golden opportunity for Rodrygo to exit Santiago Bernabéu but what did he do? He didn't push or give any EPL side greenlight and decided to stay in Real Madrid, now look at what he's facing.

[harapan]

I guess we have a very different opinion of what a key player is because I really don't understand how someone could say that Rodrygo is a key player. He barely plays, he barely scores, younger players have more playing time than him, he's also jeopardizing his spot for the next World Cup because, unless things change, I don't see how he deserves to be called to the Brazilian national team.

Rodrygo should do like Endrick and go somewhere else in January, it would be the best move for him.

When I watch Rodrygo I can see how good he can be, but for some reason he is not scoring now so it looks bad at him I agree. I can't deny that he is not playing very well with 0 games in 28 games even if he is not playing the full game time.

But he is still a top player that can maybe do something for Brazil in 2026. Who else do they need to call if not Rodrygo? Not many better players than him that play in big teams and can handle the pressure.

I don't know who they are going to call, I can't answer that right now but I think that if Neymar is not being called up because he is always injured and doesn't play what is then the difference with a player that stays on the bench all the time? Yes, Rodrygo is not injured and he's able to play but he has no game condition right now, you can't call a player in this status.

Neymar is an unbelievable talent on the pitch but he remains injury prone thee days he might want to give his all and all in the Fifa world cup competition but these injuries will either frustrate him and also take up a chance for a young player who should have been called up over him. Rodrygo might not be playing enough games but he will not be exempted trust me. Carlo Ancelotti will not do without picking him. Not picking Rodrygo because of lack of game time is obviously using your emotions.

[mikel_012]

I don't know who they are going to call, I can't answer that right now but I think that if Neymar is not being called up because he is always injured and doesn't play what is then the difference with a player that stays on the bench all the time? Yes, Rodrygo is not injured and he's able to play but he has no game condition right now, you can't call a player in this status.

Neymar is not reliable. It does not matter if Neymar is the best blayer in years if he can't play most of the games and is already getting older and tired. We need younger players like Rodrygo and Vini Jr to step up or we need to find other players that can deliver against top teams and players from the best national teams. But to have to believe in Neymar forever its not an option unfortunately. So sad that he wasted his prime with parties and not focusing to be the best in the world.

[Rampagoe004]

I don't know who they are going to call, I can't answer that right now but I think that if Neymar is not being called up because he is always injured and doesn't play what is then the difference with a player that stays on the bench all the time? Yes, Rodrygo is not injured and he's able to play but he has no game condition right now, you can't call a player in this status.

Neymar is not reliable. It does not matter if Neymar is the best blayer in years if he can't play most of the games and is already getting older and tired. We need younger players like Rodrygo and Vini Jr to step up or we need to find other players that can deliver against top teams and players from the best national teams. But to have to believe in Neymar forever its not an option unfortunately. So sad that he wasted his prime with parties and not focusing to be the best in the world.

In the state of injury Neymar is still the mainstay of the team, it is very impossible before many young players are prone to injury who could be the mainstay of the team. Neymar no longer thinks about his career, he is ambitious for a team with a large salary even though during his time at Barcelona and PSG his achievements were extraordinary, that opportunity was wasted. To become a mainstay player, I believe in young players Rodrygo and Vini Jr.
The golden age is on their side, prime and game skills will not be inferior to the world's top players, they can still compete and are still young, Neymar is still waiting for injury recovery so it is impossible to be a mainstay player for the team at this time.

[Luzin]

Neymar is not reliable. It does not matter if Neymar is the best blayer in years if he can't play most of the games and is already getting older and tired.

Neymar's return to Santos seems to have brought new suffering. Santos is currently in the relegation zone. A few days ago I saw on social media that supporters insulted Neymar for coming just to play in the second division. Apparently, this is happening because Santos is indeed performing poorly. Frequent injuries have even made him ineffective. It seems Santos needs to immediately evaluate Neymar. The last I read, he had an injury in the rectus femoris muscle in his thigh. I think if this continues, he should soon decide to retire.

[Futurexxx]

Neymar's return to Santos seems to have brought new suffering. Santos is currently in the relegation zone. A few days ago I saw on social media that supporters insulted Neymar for coming just to play in the second division. Apparently, this is happening because Santos is indeed performing poorly. Frequent injuries have even made him ineffective. It seems Santos needs to immediately evaluate Neymar. The last I read, he had an injury in the rectus femoris muscle in his thigh. I think if this continues, he should soon decide to retire.

This a normal thing we see frequently in football because the fan of Santos will be looking at who to be made an escape goat since they are performing very bad, and since Neymar Jr is the easy target, he will be blame for the short comings of Santos by most of their fans, though am really surprised where they are in the table now because I didn't saw it coming, but if the threat and the insult persist, the only good thing he can do for himself is what you have said already, which is going into retirement since injuries has made him not to be able to recover back his form in the Santos team.

[asriloni]

Wolves have appointed Rob Edwards as their new manager, his been a very good coach after coaching with the wolves U18 and U23 leaving Middlesbrough to sigh for Wolves senior team his childhood club, where he spent most of his playing career and where he also started his coaching career as an U18 coach and U23 coach before he left for Middlesbrough as a head coach, and how it’s more important that he takes this opportunity, this kind of opportunity comes but only once, checking on his records Middlesbrough are sitting comfortably in a playoff position in the Championship.

Wolves now looks like a team that means business with this appointment that they have made, they will be looking to resurrect their season and looking to avoid relegation which will be the task for Rob Edward’s, he is yet to manage in the Premier League, so we would see what he is going to do with this wolves team, because the primary goal would be to avoid relegation, after signing a 3 and a half year contract with the Wolverhampton Wonderers.

There's nothing interesting from Rob's CV that suggest he can help the team to stay at the Premier League. This appointment is suggesting how Wolves is really committing to be relegated.  They clearly don't want premier league.

I don't underrated him, but his CV is showing if he's just another average coach. His appointment by Fosun as Wolves owner is a big mistake. Rob Edward's appointment is just telling us Wolves 99% relegated.

[tottong]

Neymar is an unbelievable talent on the pitch but he remains injury prone thee days he might want to give his all and all in the Fifa world cup competition but these injuries will either frustrate him and also take up a chance for a young player who should have been called up over him. Rodrygo might not be playing enough games but he will not be exempted trust me. Carlo Ancelotti will not do without picking him. Not picking Rodrygo because of lack of game time is obviously using your emotions.

He was a generation after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and was touted as the next superstar, but his career in Europe quickly faded due to injuries. Even after his move from Barcelona, we saw Neymar lose his place in the national football scene.
Ancelotti does have his views on this situation, whether to call Rodrygo or not, but whatever the reason, there should be a view that this position requires a player with more experience and playing time.
Brazil is known for its talented players, and there may be many names available, but overall, Rodrygo is a much more experienced player and should be given a chance.

[Velvet78]

Another blow to Napoli... Their options are getting narrower in time. Anguissa has been an important part of their midfield you know.

Losing him for around 3 months according to Transfermarkt will affect them negatively.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/frank-anguissa/verletzungen/spieler/354361

Napoli have already been in a really bad form recently. I think Conte would think of at least one midfielder signing in January.

[aylabadia05]

Anyway, the goal of team management replacing the coach is to save the team and provide a positive situation that can make the team able to compete with other great teams.
I think Rob Edward will be successful in carrying out his duties at Wolverhampton.
Welcome Rob.

Competing with other teams is out of their bucket, main goal is to escape relegation. Only 2 points in 11 games is a bad record for a manager to continue, he deserves to be sacked, maybe Rob Edward can help them for the season to remain in the league, the players also needs to be accessed, poor performance from a club don't always mean a fault from the manager, not  having good players in the squad is also a strong disadvantage.

It's been said that a team isn't just about the players; the coach is also involved. Blaming the coach for the team's declining performance, resulting in a winless streak like Wolverhampton's, is naive, as the players also contribute to the results, except it's not football.
However, behind a team's good and bad sides, the coach's role is more visible, as he sets the strategy and the players execute it.

Rob is expected to be able to turn the situation around. Wolverhampton has conceded 25 goals in 11 matches so far. This is a major problem because it shows the integrity of the players, who have been fielded in every Wolves match, and they seem to lack responsibility for working together.
If Wolverhampton's position remains unchanged and they remain unable to escape the relegation zone, then the Championship is their place.
With 11 matches under their belt, the management has decided to change the coach. This is a good step, and we hope it will change before it's too late.

[Pandu Geddon]

Rob is expected to be able to turn the situation around. Wolverhampton has conceded 25 goals in 11 matches so far. This is a major problem because it shows the integrity of the players, who have been fielded in every Wolves match, and they seem to lack responsibility for working together.
If Wolverhampton's position remains unchanged and they remain unable to escape the relegation zone, then the Championship is their place.
With 11 matches under their belt, the management has decided to change the coach. This is a good step, and we hope it will change before it's too late.

It is not an easy challenge for Rob Edwards to improve Wolves' league position and save the team from relegation. But since he accepted this tough job, it means he already has strategies and plans to enhance the players' performance. I think it's not just the individual performance of the players that needs attention, but also the teamwork tactics that must be developed, especially for the defensive line.

[aylabadia05]

Rob is expected to be able to turn the situation around. Wolverhampton has conceded 25 goals in 11 matches so far. This is a major problem because it shows the integrity of the players, who have been fielded in every Wolves match, and they seem to lack responsibility for working together.
If Wolverhampton's position remains unchanged and they remain unable to escape the relegation zone, then the Championship is their place.
With 11 matches under their belt, the management has decided to change the coach. This is a good step, and we hope it will change before it's too late.

It is not an easy challenge for Rob Edwards to improve Wolves' league position and save the team from relegation. But since he accepted this tough job, it means he already has strategies and plans to enhance the players' performance. I think it's not just the individual performance of the players that needs attention, but also the teamwork tactics that must be developed, especially for the defensive line.

When Wolverhampton announced Rob Edwards, the first thing that crossed my mind was why Rob was so willing to risk something so seemingly impossible to achieve: lifting a team out of the relegation zone, considering Wolverhampton only had two points, eight points behind West Ham United, who were in 18th place, the relegation zone.

This is why I said Rob Edwards would succeed in his mission, and I ended with a big welcome, Rob.
Unless Wolverhampton's points gap is close to the other teams. This is a crazy job, and the first team Rob Edwards will face as Wolverhampton manager will be CP.

[Antotena]

I don't know who they are going to call, I can't answer that right now but I think that if Neymar is not being called up because he is always injured and doesn't play what is then the difference with a player that stays on the bench all the time? Yes, Rodrygo is not injured and he's able to play but he has no game condition right now, you can't call a player in this status.

It's not because he's not in top form, but because Rodrygo is struggling to get a place at his club, which is affecting his performance in the national team. Furthermore, Ancelotti is also Rodrygo's former coach at Real Madrid, so he knows which players are worthy of being called up. Ancelotti is trying to bring change and new enthusiasm to the Brazilian national team, and he's fully trusted by management to make changes, even though he hasn't called up some big names. Ancelotti knows what he has to do, and I believe this is aimed at ensuring the Brazilian national team performs optimally and solidly.

How do we even expect him to have a better place at the club when he doesn't have much playing time. Most of his appearances are between 60 and 70+ time which is the team might be tired to make contributions for him to score. He is been treated like a loan player and that's not fair. What changes all of a sudden is beyond my understanding, Xabi can't say he is going to use the rest of the players in the starting 11 but decide to say I'm going to sit Rodrigo, doesn't make any sense.

The only excuse I can point out from last season was the team front line weren't productive with 3 of them, Vinicious, Mbape and Rodrigo together but that doesn't warrant him been sideline. There are better ways he can make it work out for him considering the effort he has made for this team. Anyways, the trabsfer period is a month and weeks away, if the team doesn't need his service for now, they should at least let him go to another club even if it's for loan.

[jostorres]

The statement that Rodrygo is a top player is debated. He is known for his exceptional dribbling skills and his ability to perform in important games. He has proved in the past that his individual effort can change the course of important games. But has faced stiff competition in Real Madrid which has limited his playing time. Due to this inconsistency in playing time, he has not fully proved himself to be in the same class as his competitors. Lack of playing time could affect the morale of players and reduce their productivity. My take is that the Brazilian would become a well-recognised top player. Maybe he should consider moving away from Real Madrid, where he would play in every game, no matter how bad he performs.

You are contradicting yourself, if he has great dribbling skills and has proven himself on important games (literally won them UCL) then how come he is not a great player? Why is that debated?

I can tell you why he has not done that great at Real Madrid and got chance to play a lot, it's mainly because of Xabi, because before Xbai, Ancelotti played Rodrygo as much as he can, for a while Ancelotti even just removed Joselu and did not have any striker and used Vini and Rodrygo as the only attackers and it still worked out for them.

So I can tell you that he is a great player and wherever he goes to, he is going to play great. Spurs seems like a smaller team I would have expected him to move to, but it's still a move and he needs a move.

[JeffBrad12]

Another blow to Napoli... Their options are getting narrower in time. Anguissa has been an important part of their midfield you know.

Losing him for around 3 months according to Transfermarkt will affect them negatively.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/frank-anguissa/verletzungen/spieler/354361

Napoli have already been in a really bad form recently. I think Conte would think of at least one midfielder signing in January.

Conte is aware with the crisis happen to his club. That's why he's projecting Mainoo as most priority target to be signed during the winter transfer window. His chance to sign Mainoo is also getting bigger since the player is keen in leaving from the club.
He's also planning a squad clear-out during the january window.

I predict there will be some players to come, and not only one. Despite the crisis in the midfield, Napoli is also facing a crisis in their wingers.
There must be a new midfielder & new winger to come.

[red4slash]

Wolves have appointed Rob Edwards as their new manager, his been a very good coach after coaching with the wolves U18 and U23 leaving Middlesbrough to sigh for Wolves senior team his childhood club, where he spent most of his playing career and where he also started his coaching career as an U18 coach and U23 coach before he left for Middlesbrough as a head coach, and how it’s more important that he takes this opportunity, this kind of opportunity comes but only once, checking on his records Middlesbrough are sitting comfortably in a playoff position in the Championship.
 

I've never heard of this name because indeed when I saw what you wrote he was in the youth squad and I didn't watch it which made me a little unfamiliar but at least maybe this will be used as a hope because the new coach already knows the vision and mission of the club so he only needs to do his best in the senior squad that he will lead.

Currently Wolves are in a very bad slump because from 11 appearances so far in the EPL only 2 points they get from 2 draws against Brighton and Tottenham, the rest they always lose which makes them stuck at the bottom of the table for now.
On the other hand, this could be a very good stepping stone for Rob Edwards because if he manages to turn Wolves in a better direction of course this could be a very good stepping stone for him in exploring his current coaching career.

[Frankolala]

I guess we have a very different opinion of what a key player is because I really don't understand how someone could say that Rodrygo is a key player. He barely plays, he barely scores, younger players have more playing time than him, he's also jeopardizing his spot for the next World Cup because, unless things change, I don't see how he deserves to be called to the Brazilian national team.

Rodrygo should do like Endrick and go somewhere else in January, it would be the best move for him.

Rodrygo will just watch his football live been driven away because he refused to stand his ground and know his worth. Rodrygo can become one of the very best players in Brazil but guess what, he can't because there are more challenges for him to fight and win. First it starts with Rodrygo and the club, this is not the Rodrygo we want to see because winning games are now classified based on the rate of player's performance.

Rodrygo been kept on the bench, this is enough reason to tell the manager that he's not in good shape and have been struggling. Xabi Alonso explicitly exclude Rodrygo from his solid plan this season and it was a golden opportunity for Rodrygo to exit Santiago Bernabéu but what did he do? He didn't push or give any EPL side greenlight and decided to stay in Real Madrid, now look at what he's facing.

Maybe, this will send a message to Rodrygo that he needs to be in a club that will put him among their first choice players and not on the bench. The more he stays on the bench, the more he misses the opportunity to improve his performance. Brazil is a country that people respects when it comes to football but they're losing the rep gradually. Therefore, players on the bench in the club isn't fit to play in Barzil squad because there are younger players who are playing regularly in their club.

[Adams0001]

Rodrygo been kept on the bench, this is enough reason to tell the manager that he's not in good shape and have been struggling. Xabi Alonso explicitly exclude Rodrygo from his solid plan this season and it was a golden opportunity for Rodrygo to exit Santiago Bernabéu but what did he do? He didn't push or give any EPL side greenlight and decided to stay in Real Madrid, now look at what he's facing.

After this season ends, the best thing Rodrigo should do for him self is to leave real madrid and go to new club because with how xabi Alonso is benching him in the club is losing is fitness and that will make him not to get opportunities to play for is country, I just think that xabi Alonso don't trust the player and that is why he didn't usually get him a spot from the first eleven always but let see how he will be if he can get a chance to be playing tough games since Mastantuono as injured and they need Rodrigo.

When Ancelotti is coaching Real Madrid he make Rodrigo a key player and the fans believe with him and if is not in the pitch many fans complains but current coach as change everything in the club and they need to be staying some players to task there ability in the pitch when playing big clubs. Am hearing some news that vini Jr is trying to leave real madrid he won't try to renew is contract and if vini Jr leave madrid I think Rodrigo will definitely get a place in the club very well and he will be comfortable with xabi Alonso pattern.

But I don't think if madrid will likely make Vinicius leave the club so easily but he as achieve what he need in the club so he will like to play in another club to see is performance in other clubs let see how things will goes or he will move to other club or probably he will renew with madrid and continue playing for the club.

[sokani]

I guess we have a very different opinion of what a key player is because I really don't understand how someone could say that Rodrygo is a key player. He barely plays, he barely scores, younger players have more playing time than him, he's also jeopardizing his spot for the next World Cup because, unless things change, I don't see how he deserves to be called to the Brazilian national team.

Rodrygo should do like Endrick and go somewhere else in January, it would be the best move for him.

As Rodrigo is not playing often, it may affect his confidence level and ability to score goals. If not getting enough minutes eventually costs him not to go to the World Cup, it serves him right. The signs were evident during the preseason that he's not an important player under Alonso, but he chooses to stay. IMO, there's no need to stick around, he has won everything he needed to win with Real. He should just move on.