⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[karabiber]

Fenerbahçe has reached an agreement with Guondeuzi; official signatures will be put as soon as the final details are completed. He's a player who could be useful to Fenerbahçe, but Fenerbahçe needs a striker. They have many alternatives in midfield, but they lack a striker with excellent finishing skills. Lookman's name is being mentioned, but he's not a direct striker. I can't understand the management's transfer policy.

That's the case then Fenerbahçe should prioritize signing a striker over signing a midfielder, even though Guondeuzi has the advantage of being able to play in multiple positions. Fenerbahçe's problem isn't in midfield, so having several alternatives available can allow management to be more selective in selecting players, making their arrivals better, as purchases are based on the team's needs.

If this is the approach Fenerbahçe is taking, I don't think it will solve the problem and Lookman may be mentioned as a potential replacement, but he's not a pure striker, so there's a gap that needs to be addressed to make the team much better at facing its competition. Instead of buying players who are not needed by the team, it is better for them to look for figures who are needed.

In my opinion, Sorloth is the player Fenerbahçe needs. He is a good finisher and knows the Turkish League well. There is a lack of versatile midfielders, but priority should have been given to the forward line. Neither Jhon Duran nor En-Nesyri have sufficient capacity for Fenerbahçe's forward line. Jhon Duran plays well with his back to goal but is quite weak in terms of finishing. The transfer window is not over yet, and I hope the management, especially President Saran, who really wants Sorloth, can sign him for the team. Fenerbahçe needs to strengthen its attack to compete in the Europa League.

[HajiBagi]

Barcelona is changing their mind again. They're now interesting to trigger Rashford's release clause. IMO, it's a steal for Barcelona to acquire him just only for 30m while his actual value was around 60m. He can blend to the team's plan. He also provides good result for Barcelona's depth.
I know his salary may be big, but who knows he may be able to cut his salary to meet what Barcelona demanded. It's no brainer deal to acquire a good backup winger that can provide assists and scored some goals during his loan.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

Rashford will cut his salary to make Barcelona to sign him, he will do anything to make Barcelona to sign him, I know that Rashford will do everything it takes to remain in the team because he always want a winning team, a team that he can win a trophy even if he is bench in some games, Barcelona did not have money to pay Rashford the kind of salary he is earning in Manchester United because they are broke, Barcelona has to tell their striker to limit his goal scoring so that they won’t pay Bayern Munich for the goals he is scoring.

Barcelona is good for him but I think signing Rashford permanently is not a good idea, Barcelona will regret signing Rashford because he is not a player that keep performing well and Rashford that I know performance can change just like he has done in Manchester United, I don’t trust Rashford, he only choose Barcelona because it is a big club and ge recognition when the team is having a good season.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Barcelona are broke, it’s a well known fact so I don’t think they will spend their limited funds on Rashford because he simply isn’t that good. I have never been convinced about Rashford, he has spells of good form but not consistently enough to justify the wages he would command.

[shinratensei_]

Barcelona is changing their mind again. They're now interesting to trigger Rashford's release clause. IMO, it's a steal for Barcelona to acquire him just only for 30m while his actual value was around 60m. He can blend to the team's plan. He also provides good result for Barcelona's depth.
I know his salary may be big, but who knows he may be able to cut his salary to meet what Barcelona demanded. It's no brainer deal to acquire a good backup winger that can provide assists and scored some goals during his loan.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

Rashford will cut his salary to make Barcelona to sign him, he will do anything to make Barcelona to sign him, I know that Rashford will do everything it takes to remain in the team because he always want a winning team, a team that he can win a trophy even if he is bench in some games, Barcelona did not have money to pay Rashford the kind of salary he is earning in Manchester United because they are broke, Barcelona has to tell their striker to limit his goal scoring so that they won’t pay Bayern Munich for the goals he is scoring.

Barcelona is good for him but I think signing Rashford permanently is not a good idea, Barcelona will regret signing Rashford because he is not a player that keep performing well and Rashford that I know performance can change just like he has done in Manchester United, I don’t trust Rashford, he only choose Barcelona because it is a big club and ge recognition when the team is having a good season.

30m for Rashford is very bargain price. I agreed his salary was the thing that really burdening the team. If he can lower it, he's the worthiest winger that can be signed for under 50m. I'd rather spend 30m for proven winger instead of gambling more than 30m for unproven players.
Especially if he can keep up his performance next season. At least, Barca showed the love to him, but still waiting for the final decision.

[Princess Leah]

30m for Rashford is very bargain price. I agreed his salary was the thing that really burdening the team. If he can lower it, he's the worthiest winger that can be signed for under 50m. I'd rather spend 30m for proven winger instead of gambling more than 30m for unproven players.
Especially if he can keep up his performance next season. At least, Barca showed the love to him, but still waiting for the final decision.

Rashford is a proven player suitable for playing at Barcelona cause he's improved since he joined them, it would've been lovely to have hom permanently at Barcelona and I know he'll be willing to sign for them if they can afford $30m plus to sign him permanently from Manchester United.

 I really understand how Barcelona became so broke that they can't afford top players, they should be able to pay Rashford wages but the financial issues they're undergoing would hinder it. Well I have this feeling that if Ole succeed in becoming the Interim manager, and manage to finish top four or in a position to play European football then given an opportunity to become the head coach i think he'll want to work with Rashford since he was one of the players that made his first season with Manchester United successful.

[Mame89]

Barcelona are broke, it’s a well known fact so I don’t think they will spend their limited funds on Rashford because he simply isn’t that good. I have never been convinced about Rashford, he has spells of good form but not consistently enough to justify the wages he would command.

Barcelona has indeed experienced a crisis but the situation has slowly begun to improve over the past few seasons. Barcelona has consistently taken concrete steps to reduce its financial burden, such as reducing player salaries and increasing revenue. Of course, Barcelona will need time and patience to truly recover and their finances will stabilize.

I mean Barcelona has been trying to recover from bankruptcy which is why they already have the option to sign Rashford permanently. The deal with Man United is estimated to be around €30 million. But in my personal opinion to save money Barcelona should focus on buying a new striker. Unless Rashford's transfer doesn't affect the purchase of a striker, that's fine. But if the permanent purchase prevents Barca from buying a replacement for Lewy, it's better not to force Rashford. Because Barcelona should prioritize buying a striker first, then Rashford.

[dezoel]

On the other hand it is reported that Liverpool has the potential to sign Antoine Semenyo (Source). Liverpool is reportedly still not planning to bring Semenyo into the team. But that possibility still could happen. And things could change beyond what has been predicted. I personally believe that Semenyo will sign a contract with City. And Semenyo is reported to have chosen Manchester City because he wants to be under Pep Guardiola's coaching (Source).

He has already become a Manchester City player officially. The contract signed until 2031.



Transfermarkt says that his transfer fee was 72 million euros. I already am looking forward to watching him there.    Right before joining their forces he scored for Bournemouth one last time against Tottenham.

Now there is around a break of 10 days in the Premier League. Good enough for him to start adapting to the ways of the team.

Is it just me, or is that overpriced? I get that the world of football is growing to a point where we are super used to seeing 50+ million euro moves, but 72 million for Semenyo? Who had maybe a 1.5 good season so far? I do not think that's actually good. We are seeing teams spending this level of money for everything these days, players that used to be 20-30 million at most becoming 70+ million is the new reality. However, I highly doubt it's sustainable and will revert back to normal levels a bit more.

[abhiseshakana]

Almost all the coaches that Manchester United acquired within the years are coaches that have already achieved great feats before being contracted by Manchester United perhaps that was the reason they were contracted by the club in the first place, coaches like Jose Mourinho, Luis van gaal, Rangnick,  Erik Ten Hag etc, these are household names, so you saying most of these coach weren't good enough isn't factual but the main point is that most of the problems that the team is experiencing is as a result of the poor management pattern at the board level and it doesn't seem as if there's going to an improvement soon.

You are right to an extent that the problem of Manchester United is caused by the bad decision making of the hierarchy, but we can't exempt the lapse of those managers you made mentioned because they can't say that they are not aware of the poor quality of the team before they took the job, if they discussed with the hierarchy about it and how to improve it, and they weren't given a listening ear, what a manager that really knows his job should be doing is walking away, not staying back and managing players that are not good enough, then when they are performing really bad, they will still be blame for that, so they also have a share of the blame because they didn't take some vital decisions they should have made due to the financial benefits of playing along.

Changing coaches/managers too often is not a good thing, in my opinion,  because each coach has their own style and strategy, so players are always expected to get used to the new system. So it is  conceivable that some of them may not live up to expectations because each player did not have the same talent and intelligence.

That is also a wasteful expense, because most new coaches have their own lists,  which means they will need fresh funds and they will also get rid of players they don't like. There will always be players who feel dissatisfied, and that can  cause tension in the dressing room.

[jakdanyel]

It is nice to hear about Cancelo's return to Barcelona by the way. Maybe once again it is a loan signing until the summer but nothing to do about it...

You know their financial condition is still bad. They even asked of Lewandowski not to score anymore if possible. I got astonished when I heard about it first.

Is this for the winter transfer? If it is then pretty yeah Arsenal and City gonna lead this, those two teams are currently running the front for the trophy so yeah.

Yeah as far as I know they are both after Marc Guéhi in winter transfer window. They want to bring him to the team as soon as possible. I guess he would be willing to leave no matter it is in the middle of the season or not.

[Nheer]

Barcelona is changing their mind again. They're now interesting to trigger Rashford's release clause. IMO, it's a steal for Barcelona to acquire him just only for 30m while his actual value was around 60m. He can blend to the team's plan. He also provides good result for Barcelona's depth.
I know his salary may be big, but who knows he may be able to cut his salary to meet what Barcelona demanded. It's no brainer deal to acquire a good backup winger that can provide assists and scored some goals during his loan.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

It's a good thing for them if they can finalize Marcus Rashford move and sign him permanently, 30m is a good bargain for them. They have been struggling to have a perfect LW player for years and now they finally got Rashford who have been really helpful and have blend into the team quite well. He might not be as good as back in the days at Manchester United but he is still far better than every player they've signed on that position.

They are not fit financially to get a better winger, not that they are even capable of getting this deal done but I believe they can try and work things out as they have always done. The salary can also be a problem but if Rashford really likes the club and wants to stay he shouldn't have any problems with pay cut as many players are doing. It's a normal thing there at Barcelona LOL. They are impressed with Rashford so they will do anything to get him permanently.

[Accardo]

Is it just me, or is that overpriced? I get that the world of football is growing to a point where we are super used to seeing 50+ million euro moves, but 72 million for Semenyo? Who had maybe a 1.5 good season so far? I do not think that's actually good. We are seeing teams spending this level of money for everything these days, players that used to be 20-30 million at most becoming 70+ million is the new reality. However, I highly doubt it's sustainable and will revert back to normal levels a bit more.

Semenyo started great this season and his value went high when other suitors like Liverpool, and Chelsea sensed his importance and looked forward to add him to their squad, the release clause may have been kept that way by Bournemouth to retain him in their club, but city happens to be very serious on purchasing the forward notwithstanding the price.

[X-ray]

Marc Guéhi has been a name after whom top Premier League teams have been going recently. You know Liverpool got so close to signing him last summer but they were a bit of late for preparing documents.

This time it doesn't look like they will be able to get that lucky. Arsenal or Manchester City would definitely be more convincing places for him. Considering how problematic this season has been for Liverpool...

Guehi has not yet decides in what club he will be going. It's most probably he will leave at the summer window, not now. Other than EPL team, he's also being linked with Barcelona and Madrid. If he's smart enough, he must be going to Madrid caused by majority of Madrid centre back often injury and getting older. So he can get regular minutes there.

[Sarah Azhari]

Almost all the coaches that Manchester United acquired within the years are coaches that have already achieved great feats before being contracted by Manchester United perhaps that was the reason they were contracted by the club in the first place, coaches like Jose Mourinho, Luis van gaal, Rangnick,  Erik Ten Hag etc, these are household names, so you saying most of these coach weren't good enough isn't factual but the main point is that most of the problems that the team is experiencing is as a result of the poor management pattern at the board level and it doesn't seem as if there's going to an improvement soon.

I agree, Manchester United's real problem lies with the poor management or top brass, not the coach. With every new coach brought in, the club never builds a solid system to support their philosophy. Management always forces their coaches to adapt to the players they inherit, making it difficult for them to implement their tactics, leading to inconsistent performance and ultimately dismissal. If management policies remain as they are, even great coaches will inevitably fail. If a club has a philosophy, even unknown coaches can succeed, for example, Barcelona. Most of the coaches they hired previously had no great track record, but when they coached at Barcelona, ​​they achieved extraordinary success, like Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique, and several others. This is because Barcelona adhered to their philosophy, a philosophy Manchester United has lacked since the Alex Ferguson era.

[MArsland]

Barcelona is changing their mind again. They're now interesting to trigger Rashford's release clause. IMO, it's a steal for Barcelona to acquire him just only for 30m while his actual value was around 60m. He can blend to the team's plan. He also provides good result for Barcelona's depth.
I know his salary may be big, but who knows he may be able to cut his salary to meet what Barcelona demanded. It's no brainer deal to acquire a good backup winger that can provide assists and scored some goals during his loan.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

Yes you know how Barcelona is, if not loans then what else? so it is difficult for this club to spend even 30 million. For Barcelona Rashford free contribution during the loan period is enough and there is no agenda to seriously sign him permanently. We have seen this for a long time every time a loan player comes to Barcelona.

[BlackBaron]

Is it just me, or is that overpriced? I get that the world of football is growing to a point where we are super used to seeing 50+ million euro moves, but 72 million for Semenyo? Who had maybe a 1.5 good season so far? I do not think that's actually good. We are seeing teams spending this level of money for everything these days, players that used to be 20-30 million at most becoming 70+ million is the new reality. However, I highly doubt it's sustainable and will revert back to normal levels a bit more.

Semenyo started great this season and his value went high when other suitors like Liverpool, and Chelsea sensed his importance and looked forward to add him to their squad, the release clause may have been kept that way by Bournemouth to retain him in their club, but city happens to be very serious on purchasing the forward notwithstanding the price.

Recently, we've sometimes been presented with fantastic figures that we consider too high for a player. However, when the team signing the player agrees to that price, it's their decision, and we can only wonder why they'd dare to spend such a large sum.

In the past, we've even seen many unreasonable transfers, usually carried out by Paris Saint-Germain. In my opinion, this largely depends on a team's financial capabilities. If they can afford it and are interested in the player, they'll pay whatever is agreed upon.

[Oluwa-btc]

Barcelona is changing their mind again. They're now interesting to trigger Rashford's release clause. IMO, it's a steal for Barcelona to acquire him just only for 30m while his actual value was around 60m. He can blend to the team's plan. He also provides good result for Barcelona's depth.
I know his salary may be big, but who knows he may be able to cut his salary to meet what Barcelona demanded. It's no brainer deal to acquire a good backup winger that can provide assists and scored some goals during his loan.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

Barcelona never changed their mind about Marcus Rashford. That speculations moving on here where simply speculations. I have said it a billion times, if the news or information is not coming from a verified football journalist, then you can just forget it or regard the information or news to be false. Having a right fullback like Cancelo will unlock him quite well. He is very good when it comes to 2v2 as he works well with his fullbacks. Manchester United fans will sure love this information and news.

[Alpha Marine]

Please, this is your opinion, but in terms of achievements, in his second season Amorim showed an increase or improvement.

Manchester United under Amorim this season won only 8 out of 21 matches. Does that look like improvement to you? That is not the kind of improvement that can prevent a club from firing a manager. It just goes on to show how bad they were last season. They were better than they were last season, but they were still awful.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

I don't think they're dumb if they don't keep Rashford. Rashford has not shown that he deserves to be kept. Yes, he has shown a few times that he has quality, but he is not consistent. At best, he will be good as a squad player.
They can let him go and look for another player who will earn less than him and be a squad player in the team. Plus, when you look at the qualities of a winger, Barcelona needs a different profile from Rashford.
I believe they will keep him, though, because the news came from reliable sources, unless some complication happens in the deal.

[Ale88]

Now that Semenyo reached City, there are talks that Silva will be leaving the club, they are looking for ways to unload him. They want to sell him of course, not really good to just let him go for free, but they are not looking for a lot of money, they are ok with cheap price.

Silva realizes he is not as good as he used to be neither, and he knows that he should be leaving and playing somewhere with lower competition so he can still be great. Not sure where Silva will end up, but I sure do hope he stays in UCL level teams and not go to Saudi league.

Semenyo's arrival will create competition within the squad. The player who will feel the competition the most is Doku because they play in the same position. Bernardo Silva will also feel the competition, but he is the player Pep wants the most. It is possible that Pep is preparing a long-term project to anticipate Silva's decline by bringing in Semenyo.

Regarding Semenyo, playing at the elite level is a matter of suitability, as being at Bournemouth is two levels below being at Manchester City.

Manchester City already have a ton of offensive players, the only reason I can explain the purchase of Semenyo is that they are already preparing in advance for Bernardo Silva's departure: his contract expires in June and he is going to leave the team so, maybe, the idea is to get Semenyo more used to the team during this 6 months so he is going to be ready for next season. Oh, I also almost forgot the release clause, that's another reason, I guess buying the player during the summer would have been more expensive.

[Lida93]

Almost all the coaches that Manchester United acquired within the years are coaches that have already achieved great feats before being contracted by Manchester United perhaps that was the reason they were contracted by the club in the first place, coaches like Jose Mourinho, Luis van gaal, Rangnick,  Erik Ten Hag etc, these are household names, so you saying most of these coach weren't good enough isn't factual but the main point is that most of the problems that the team is experiencing is as a result of the poor management pattern at the board level and it doesn't seem as if there's going to an improvement soon.

You are right to an extent that the problem of Manchester United is caused by the bad decision making of the hierarchy, but we can't exempt the lapse of those managers you made mentioned because they can't say that they are not aware of the poor quality of the team before they took the job, if they discussed with the hierarchy about it and how to improve it, and they weren't given a listening ear, what a manager that really knows his job should be doing is walking away, not staying back and managing players that are not good enough, then when they are performing really bad, they will still be blame for that, so they also have a share of the blame because they didn't take some vital decisions they should have made due to the financial benefits of playing along.

It's not really as you have thought it to be for the managers because Manchester United is a very big club in EPL and Europe at large and it's almost like an honour for any coach to have the manager position in the club, perhaps why they can't just walk away immediately about try to give their best to see if anything of improvement might surface.  Perhaps someday a more passionate owner might evolve as I heard a rumour about CR7 making it known as his dream to buy the club someday.

[DYOR+BTC]

Barcelona is changing their mind again. They're now interesting to trigger Rashford's release clause. IMO, it's a steal for Barcelona to acquire him just only for 30m while his actual value was around 60m. He can blend to the team's plan. He also provides good result for Barcelona's depth.
I know his salary may be big, but who knows he may be able to cut his salary to meet what Barcelona demanded. It's no brainer deal to acquire a good backup winger that can provide assists and scored some goals during his loan.

They're dumb enough if they miss 30m bargain deal for Rashford.

Barcelona never changed their mind about Marcus Rashford. That speculations moving on here where simply speculations. I have said it a billion times, if the news or information is not coming from a verified football journalist, then you can just forget it or regard the information or news to be false. Having a right fullback like Cancelo will unlock him quite well. He is very good when it comes to 2v2 as he works well with his fullbacks. Manchester United fans will sure love this information and news.

Since the introduction of marcus Rashford in the Barcelona squad, he has been an important figure but in chance creation and conversion when it matters most for Barcelona which is enough reason they need to keep him as part of there squad this season. Day in they out are lot of rumours about his exit from Barcelona surfaces which we all are supposed to know they are just news with intentions of getting more views, so i strongly support you on that because i know Barcelona can not afford to let he go now because of his full adaptation to the teams technique. Do let us stop following those rumours about his departure because he is going know where