⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[wiss19]

I think most people are already aware of Lewandowski's departure, according to what I've read here. With Lewandowski's departure, Barcelona's attack will be somewhat weak. This is because, despite Lewandowski spending most of his time on the bench this season, he still managed to score 13 goals in the 29 La Liga games he played this season. I don't know why he didn't start most games, but perhaps it's due to his age. So, which team will Lewandowski join next season?

Lewandowski turned down a one-year deal and a reduction in his earnings. So he would be leaving the club as a free agent, except that the situation could change in the future. The Polish striker didn't play many games due to several injuries this season. His age might have also contributed to the long healing process of his injuries. Regardless of his age, he is still a good striker who can play in top European clubs. I think he would get a job from other clubs since he is a free agent.

Robert Lewandowski is going to be 38 in a few months or before the start of next season, and while his performance is also on the decline, Barcelona still feels good about offering him a new contract with a cut in salary, but he rejected it because a few media reports clearly suggest he has a good offer from the MLS and the Saudi league.

Here in UEFA, things are always challenging. Just because of this, he is facing problems and has enough injuries, but if he is going out of here, then surely this could be helpful for his remaining career.
Even a few reports are indicating that for one or two seasons, he can move to Tottenham, but all could be settled after the end of this season.

[Razmirraz]

Snip.

His failure at Real Madrid wasn't 100% his fault, because there were too many problems there when he was coach. But I also wouldn't have high expectations of him, but with what he has, he has the potential to be able to give the best.

And I think he should be more motivated now, because he has to show that before he didn't get much freedom so it affected the performance of the team he was in charge of (Real Madrid).

But this also depends on Chelsea, whether he will get everything he needs or not. I myself hope Chelsea can give him full support.

He arrived at Real Madrid at the wrong time, even though he had just won the Bundesliga trophy with Leverkusen, but the unbalanced condition of the Real Madrid squad made it difficult for him to improve the quality of the team. Hopefully, Chelsea management, coaching staff, and players will fully support Xabi coaching style so he can more freely oversee the team's development, as he did at Leverkusen.

The opportunity given by Chelsea must be used as a turning point from his failure with Real Madrid, he must prove that the slump experienced by Real Madrid is not due to his inability to manage the team. Previously, I thought Xabi Alonso would coach the team he once played for (Liverpool), but it turns out he was successfully secured by Chelsea. It looks like Arne Slot will stay at Liverpool if the management doesn't find another, more qualified coach.

[hyudien]

Hojlund is posting a farewell message to MU on his IG. So this confirms he's leaving from the club now. He's also emphasize that he's currently Napoli's player. So i guess the deal between Napoli and MU is already cleared. It's a beautiful message from him.
He's a potential player, and it's good to see him to keep his professionalism. The saddest part is that he can still give a good message though he's being hated so much.

I applause how he was accepting his reality if he was not performing like what he's expected. Wish him luck in his new club and achieve more with Napoli.

Coincidentally this morning I read the news about Hojlund, Napoli activated a permanent purchase option with a value of 44 million euros, almost half the price of Man Utd initial purchase, but still not a bad way for Man Utd to release it because Hojlund could not prove anything in the premier league. I'm pretty sure why Napoli made it permanent because they will play in the UCL, besides that Hojlund is quite capable of helping Napoli in Serie A this season.
And I also feel the Serie A environment suits him better.

[HajiBagi]

Hojlund is posting a farewell message to MU on his IG. So this confirms he's leaving from the club now. He's also emphasize that he's currently Napoli's player. So i guess the deal between Napoli and MU is already cleared. It's a beautiful message from him.
He's a potential player, and it's good to see him to keep his professionalism. The saddest part is that he can still give a good message though he's being hated so much.

I applause how he was accepting his reality if he was not performing like what he's expected. Wish him luck in his new club and achieve more with Napoli.

Hojlund is the example of a good player who want to succeed in every club he plays for, he went on a loan and he tried his best to win the heart of every Napoli players, the management and also the coach, he makes sure he help the team whenever they need him and score goals for them, he never talk bad about Manchester United because he knows that players sometimes failed to perform well in some team, he left the club because they thought he is not good enough to help the team and he is now a Napoli player.

Manchester United need to sell Rashford the way they sell Hojlund and use the money to sign another player that will help them in the Champions League next season, Napoli sign Hojlund and Barcelona did not want to sign Rashford and still requesting for another loan, selling Rashford will be a good option for them because if he keeps going to loan no team will see him as a player that they will want to pay 30 million euros for.

[Oluwa-btc]

Hojlund is posting a farewell message to MU on his IG. So this confirms he's leaving from the club now. He's also emphasize that he's currently Napoli's player. So i guess the deal between Napoli and MU is already cleared. It's a beautiful message from him.
He's a potential player, and it's good to see him to keep his professionalism. The saddest part is that he can still give a good message though he's being hated so much.

I applause how he was accepting his reality if he was not performing like what he's expected. Wish him luck in his new club and achieve more with Napoli.

Godspeed to Rasmus Hojlund but then, he will not be missed in the slightest way by Manchester United fans.

I know how much defending I did on his behalf both online and in real life but truth must be told, he is completely horrible player for Manchester United. Again, Goodluck to him in his new club. They will be in the Champions League competition next season, with Lukaku having a fight with Antonio Conte, he will be the first choice.

[Lida93]

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Lewandowski turned down a one-year deal and a reduction in his earnings. So he would be leaving the club as a free agent, except that the situation could change in the future. The Polish striker didn't play many games due to several injuries this season. His age might have also contributed to the long healing process of his injuries. Regardless of his age, he is still a good striker who can play in top European clubs. I think he would get a job from other clubs since he is a free agent.

Robert Lewandowski is going to be 38 in a few months or before the start of next season, and while his performance is also on the decline, Barcelona still feels good about offering him a new contract with a cut in salary, but he rejected it because a few media reports clearly suggest he has a good offer from the MLS and the Saudi league.

Here in UEFA, things are always challenging. Just because of this, he is facing problems and has enough injuries, but if he is going out of here, then surely this could be helpful for his remaining career.
Even a few reports are indicating that for one or two seasons, he can move to Tottenham, but all could be settled after the end of this season.

Robert Lewandowski has had a very wonderful and fulfilling football career with several outfits across Europe, he played for Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Germany and won so many trophies with both teams respectively and then he moved over to spain to join Barcelona which being a life long ambition for the polish man.

But recently he has being battling with injuries which has affected his playing time at Barcelona thereby making the coach to improvise this season and this means a new striker has to be brought in next season because the likes of Ferran Torres can't be trusted to adequately handle that striking position.

[KTChampions]

Deal done! Xabi Alonso will become Chelsea's new coach shortly after club will make an official statement very soon. He's getting 4 years contract, which is valid until 2030. He will be fully backed by the club related to the squad and players transfers.

So we can expect him to have input related to the players transfers. We have seen how bad the management of Chelsea handled the transfers by themsleves, and it's never end with good result.

I think this deal is super beneficial not only for him, but also for Chelsea's side who is facing difficulty to find a proper coach after Maresca.

Hopefully, his system can work with Chelsea properly.

On the one hand, I'm happy for Chelsea that they'll get a good coach, but on the other hand, I'm worried about Xabi. Chelsea can swallow up anyone, they're like United now  A four-year contract suggests a serious deal, but I still think Xabi is gambling, too much depends on luck. But I hope he can get Chelsea back on track and they'll be challenging for silver (United should be taking the gold!). It looks like Chelsea won't qualify for European competition next season, so they'll have a definite advantage over those in the Champions League.

[SquallLeonhart]

Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski is set to leave the club after four years and 3 La Liga titles. He has done an impressive job during his stay here at Camp Nou recently, media reports clearly showing he rejected a cut in salary for having an extension. After this, now five clubs are set to talk with him about the future.

Lewandowski already rejected a few offers from Saudi Pro League clubs, but currently Al Hilal is still in front with their €90 million per season. After this, Chicago Fire is also running for signing him because they feel he is going to be one of the best in MLS if he arrives here. After these two, AC Milan and Old Lady Juventus are also looking to sign him, with AC Milan having a better chance because they always love players like him, with Luka Modric being one of them. At the end, Manchester United is also keeping an eye on the situation because they are also looking for him to join them and boost their Champions League chances.

[LUCKMCFLY]

He arrived at Real Madrid at the wrong time, even though he had just won the Bundesliga trophy with Leverkusen, but the unbalanced condition of the Real Madrid squad made it difficult for him to improve the quality of the team. Hopefully, Chelsea management, coaching staff, and players will fully support Xabi coaching style so he can more freely oversee the team's development, as he did at Leverkusen.

The opportunity given by Chelsea must be used as a turning point from his failure with Real Madrid, he must prove that the slump experienced by Real Madrid is not due to his inability to manage the team. Previously, I thought Xabi Alonso would coach the team he once played for (Liverpool), but it turns out he was successfully secured by Chelsea. It looks like Arne Slot will stay at Liverpool if the management doesn't find another, more qualified coach.

He's right, I agree with everything he says. I just hope Xabi does a good job. Besides, Chelsea's squad will never be like Real Madrid's, which is currently ungovernable. It's crazy, full of egos, just a bunch of kids. So, because I think it's a done deal that Mourinho will arrive, he's the only one who can bring order to the whole club. That's why he'll come with a lot of conditions, and it seems Florentino Pérez has accepted them.

[letteredhub]

£100M for Elliot Anderson is just too laughable because the English media is at it again, and if Manchester United falls for this trap, they are going to be ofne of the most exploited team of the century. I have watched this player on several occasions, their is nothing special about him for them to be putting or speculating on such an amount, I think that £40M is ok, but anything higher than that is pure exaggeration for the player.

Bullshit!!

You obviously never watched him play. The market I agree messed up but Anderson Elliott worthy of that figure. If Chelsea could get Caicedo for that huge bucks from Brighton, then there's nothing laughable about this deal. Like I said, you've never watched him or see what he brings to Manchester United or Manchester City.
And if you've done that and yet nothing special about him, then you've been watching the back of your TV. Elliott Anderson has got to be one of the finest British talents in midfield.

Stop losing your temper and being coherent mate, because the specialty I refer to here is in relation to the amount he's being speculated for in the transfer market. You talk about Caicedo which I wasn't also in support of his fees tag at that time because a lot of fees has just being exaggerated these days on most players in modern football. Well, if you suggest I watch back of my TV then thumbs up to you mate.

I just wish he could be bought at that £100m fee and we wait to watch him perform in what could be said to equate that price by next season. These high prices are what mounts excessive pressures on the player to deliver according to his bought fees of which many couldn't keep up.

[BitBakerr1]

Deal done! Xabi Alonso will become Chelsea's new coach shortly after club will make an official statement very soon. He's getting 4 years contract, which is valid until 2030. He will be fully backed by the club related to the squad and players transfers.

So we can expect him to have input related to the players transfers. We have seen how bad the management of Chelsea handled the transfers by themsleves, and it's never end with good result.

I think this deal is super beneficial not only for him, but also for Chelsea's side who is facing difficulty to find a proper coach after Maresca.

Hopefully, his system can work with Chelsea properly.

Chelsea made the right choice I believe his going to do very well in Chelsea and the players should just work with him and the team will start performing better, the only problem Chelsea was having was lack of a good manager now that they have gotten a good manager the problem of Chelsea is solved from next season Chelsea will be on fire everything will change for good for them, Xabi Alonso is a great coach and I’m expecting him to do better in Chelsea, congratulations to him and congratulations to Chelsea football club.

[SquallLeonhart]

Xabi accepting Chelsea offer is basically similar to him accepting the Madrid offer as well. He always accepts clubs that are not doing good and have high expectations. If he takes over Chelsea now, which is a done deal as we see, then he does like sixth place, that is actually improvement but people will not be happy with that many losses and he will once again not be seen as good.

If you take over a team and do better than previous season but that is considered bad? I do not think that's a job you should want. Normally if you take a job where you do better than previous season then you should be considered good, but even at 7th or 8th place he will be improved and yet seen as not a good improvement enough for him in this case.

[GbitG]

Robert Lewandowski has had a very wonderful and fulfilling football career with several outfits across Europe, he played for Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Germany and won so many trophies with both teams respectively and then he moved over to spain to join Barcelona which being a life long ambition for the polish man.

But recently he has being battling with injuries which has affected his playing time at Barcelona thereby making the coach to improvise this season and this means a new striker has to be brought in next season because the likes of Ferran Torres can't be trusted to adequately handle that striking position.

Dude you just need to understand that Robert Lewandowski is 37 years old and if you know that in old age, injuries are suspected to be higher, like, due to old age, injuries are happening again and again. So similarly he was also facing the same situation but still he did a lot for Barcelona like Hansi Flick was not even gives him much more minutes but still he has a lot of impact of attack gear. In entire competition he spotted 18 goals, 13 in La Liga and the rest in other competition.

However, this obvious that Robert Lewandowski has an extraordinary career in modern football like in every single club he has an amazing goal record, whether it's in Dortmund or it's in Bryan Munich and even in Barcelona too. Today he played his last home ground match against Real Betis and soo  til the end of the season he will closed the chapter of his career.

Now where is the next destination.
Saudi Arabia or MLS

[Slow death]

Well, I just saw this news coming from the Bundesliga; apparently, the Eintracht Frankfurt management wasn't satisfied with the coach's performance and decided to terminate his contract. According to Fabrizio Romano in this post. Probably the biggest source of dissatisfaction for the Eintracht Frankfurt management is related to the fact that Eintracht Frankfurt failed to qualify for European competitions; they didn't even manage to qualify for the conference league. the coach Albert Riera He's a free agent, and I'm wondering which team will sign him next.

[Victorybit1]

Xabi accepting Chelsea offer is basically similar to him accepting the Madrid offer as well. He always accepts clubs that are not doing good and have high expectations. If he takes over Chelsea now, which is a done deal as we see, then he does like sixth place, that is actually improvement but people will not be happy with that many losses and he will once again not be seen as good.

If you take over a team and do better than previous season but that is considered bad? I do not think that's a job you should want. Normally if you take a job where you do better than previous season then you should be considered good, but even at 7th or 8th place he will be improved and yet seen as not a good improvement enough for him in this case.

Am no coach but I feel Coaches like when the job is actually a challenge for them because it helps them showcase their ability and to also help them improve in their coaching career and also I don't know why you will even compare this Chelsea job to that of Real Madrid, I mean at Real Madrid he had all the player powers and player stats to make his job a lot easier but at Chelsea that's a totally different case as he would need more players that would suit he style and the demand standards set after this dreadful Season will also be high since Chelsea is known as one of the big five.

[Webutxo]

Robert Lewandowski is going to be 38 in a few months or before the start of next season, and while his performance is also on the decline, Barcelona still feels good about offering him a new contract with a cut in salary, but he rejected it because a few media reports clearly suggest he has a good offer from the MLS and the Saudi league.

Here in UEFA, things are always challenging. Just because of this, he is facing problems and has enough injuries, but if he is going out of here, then surely this could be helpful for his remaining career.
Even a few reports are indicating that for one or two seasons, he can move to Tottenham, but all could be settled after the end of this season.

How do you come up with less performance with a player that has less appearance for club and was able to make 18 goals and 2 assist, those that look less performance? Remember he went to injury and skipped many matches for Barcelona which is why he couldn't do well this season and even the club knew about his exit that's why they didn't give him full pressure, they let him has his time to rest instead of putting work on him that will affect his next transfer.

I have notice though that the way are not giving this guy much attention that he deserves. This guy is the third best player, after Messi and Ronaldo, he has about 700 goals and nobody is even looking at these numbers and lucky him, he doesn't care about the PR too, he is just playing what he loves and focus on the money despite the fact that Barcelona had his wages reduce. I hope he find better club to retire.

[Stable090]

On the one hand, I'm happy for Chelsea that they'll get a good coach, but on the other hand, I'm worried about Xabi. Chelsea can swallow up anyone, they're like United now  A four-year contract suggests a serious deal, but I still think Xabi is gambling, too much depends on luck. But I hope he can get Chelsea back on track and they'll be challenging for silver (United should be taking the gold!). It looks like Chelsea won't qualify for European competition next season, so they'll have a definite advantage over those in the Champions League.

Chelsea signing Xabi is really a nice one, Chelsea fans are so happy with his signing. Chelsea lost to Manchester city in the FA cup final yesterday, but they not even disturb about that just because of Xabi that was announced to be the new coach. Chelsea not playing in any European competition is really an advantage for xabi, as Chelsea won’t be qualifying for any European competition by next season, Chelsea players won’t be so stressed, since they don’t have much matches to play, which is going to give Xabi opportunity to rebuild the team. I have confidence in Xabi I just hope he won’t end up disappointing us. Since he will be given opportunity to sign players which he wants, am sure he will be signing experienced players this time around, and not young players which Chelsea are always signing.

[abhiseshakana]

Do you think Xabi Alonso is doing the right thing? I'm not sure honestly... Because Chelsea isn't managed by people who knows what they are doing now. If they don't listen to him for signings and all, his arrival won't change things much.

If Chelsea appoint Alonso as manager and acquire the players he wants, he will be successful at Chelsea.
Chelsea have had three managerial changes this year. This is unusual for big teams in the Premier League. When Alonso arrives, they need to be patient with him.
I was expecting Alonso to become Liverpool's manager. The Chelsea news surprised me, but it's not something that shouldn't happen. I think Alonso will be successful.

Ever since Roman Abramovich was forced to leave Chelsea , I’ve felt that the new owner isn’t entirely sincere and he seems to have a tendency towards  business rather than pursuing quality. As a result, Chelsea have gradually begun to lose their identity and  are also starting to miss out on the chance to fight for the title. Xabi Alonso is a good  manager, but it will take him a long time to get Chelsea back to the top, and for that to happen,  he really needs to be given a free hand. But, if the board interferes too much, I doubt  that Xabi Alonso can make a difference

[coinlary]

Robert Lewandowski is going to be 38 in a few months or before the start of next season, and while his performance is also on the decline, Barcelona still feels good about offering him a new contract with a cut in salary, but he rejected it because a few media reports clearly suggest he has a good offer from the MLS and the Saudi league.
~snip~

How do you come up with less performance with a player that has less appearance for club and was able to make 18 goals and 2 assist, those that look less performance?

(Edited out)

I have notice though that the way are not giving this guy much attention that he deserves. This guy is the third best player, after Messi and Ronaldo, he has about 700 goals and nobody is even looking at these numbers and lucky him, he doesn't care about the PR too, he is just playing what he loves and focus on the money despite the fact that Barcelona had his wages reduce. I hope he find better club to retire.

His performance is actually declining, those stats are result of excess assists from players and most especially Yamal, in which most of it was still wasted by him and Ferran Torres. If you check Ferran Torres stats too you will understand what I meant right there.

I know you don't watch Barca games that's why you think it's really a good stats for him but it is fair and tbh, at his age i dont expect that much from him . Every player can't  be like Messi.
I know he will see a good club but Barca need to compete. They were willing to keep him at the same time , they can't  do that if they don't reduce his pay to enable them to get a new striker.


Any latest update about Barca hunt for a striker? Specifically Joao Pedro. Anyone?

[Finebone]

On the one hand, I'm happy for Chelsea that they'll get a good coach, but on the other hand, I'm worried about Xabi. Chelsea can swallow up anyone, they're like United now  A four-year contract suggests a serious deal, but I still think Xabi is gambling, too much depends on luck. But I hope he can get Chelsea back on track and they'll be challenging for silver (United should be taking the gold!). It looks like Chelsea won't qualify for European competition next season, so they'll have a definite advantage over those in the Champions League.

The number of year given on his contract is not that important because Liam his predecessor was even given a higher number of year, but he was sacked without even thinking twice, so I don't think that it would be enough to stop Chelsea from sacking him if his Chelsea team do not live up to expectations.

I heard that he is going to have full control on their transfer dealings, so if that is actually true, then he may succeed at Chelsea, because that was the main problem why most of these coaches that has been hired under this new owners has failed, so