⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Sometimes things are like that in football. For me, the selection of players is sometimes a matter of luck or a lottery. Just look at Real Madrid, all the money they spent on Mastautono, Carreras, and the TAA. Mastautono turned out to be a scam. The others have held up, but they spent a lot on bad players. They believed that with them they would make the difference, and it never happened. So sometimes it's a lottery. That's what happened to Liverpool.

Every team looking to recruit new players had certain criteria they were looking for, but now we see that every team looking to recruit new players no longer adheres to those criteria, resulting in many players being recruited who simply don't adapt. I think this isn't because the players are bad, but rather because the coach can't maximize their potential, or perhaps because the recruited players aren't able to adapt to the coach's scheme or strategy. TAA impressed with Liverpool, but when he joined Real Madrid, his performance declined. Similarly Liverpool signed several players who haven't fully contributed to the team to date.

[Die_empty]

Sometimes things are like that in football. For me, the selection of players is sometimes a matter of luck or a lottery. Just look at Real Madrid, all the money they spent on Mastautono, Carreras, and the TAA. Mastautono turned out to be a scam. The others have held up, but they spent a lot on bad players. They believed that with them they would make the difference, and it never happened. So sometimes it's a lottery. That's what happened to Liverpool.

Buying players is like gambling. A player might be doing well in his former club and become a flop after moving to a new club. This might be caused by a lack of experience or even injuries. A recent case is Alexander Isak who was bought at a very high price, yet has not contributed anything to Liverpool. The club spent so much that many sports analysts predicted that they would be the major contenders for the EPL and even the UCL. But it turned out negative and out of frustration they sacked Arne Slot.

I am sure Andoni Iraola will want to overhaul the Liverpool squad. Some player would have to leave as they bring in their choice. The club would have to spend more money or force him to use the available players. I don't think sacking Slot was the right decision. One bad season is not enough reason for a sack.

[Barikui1]

Every team looking to recruit new players had certain criteria they were looking for, but now we see that every team looking to recruit new players no longer adheres to those criteria, resulting in many players being recruited who simply don't adapt. I think this isn't because the players are bad, but rather because the coach can't maximize their potential, or perhaps because the recruited players aren't able to adapt to the coach's scheme or strategy. TAA impressed with Liverpool, but when he joined Real Madrid, his performance declined. Similarly Liverpool signed several players who haven't fully contributed to the team to date.

So many things can happen or go wrong that can influence the form of a new player that are recruited, like struggling to adapt to the playing pattern of his new manager, struggling with the weather and the atmosphere, constant injuries, and sometimes it's fear, but I think that after a failed season by a new player, he has no other excuses to give because he should have adapted by then, that's why signing a top player from the same league is the best because they will not start struggling with adaptation, which has been a problem to most of this new players signed from abroad.

[snipie]

So many things can happen or go wrong that can influence the form of a new player that are recruited, like struggling to adapt to the playing pattern of his new manager, struggling with the weather and the atmosphere, constant injuries, and sometimes it's fear, but I think that after a failed season by a new player, he has no other excuses to give because he should have adapted by then, that's why signing a top player from the same league is the best because they will not start struggling with adaptation, which has been a problem to most of this new players signed from abroad.

Well we have Isak from Newcastle that moved to Liverpool and his performance dropped and there are other names that moved from a place to another with big flop or at least less than expected results.
Of course moving from a team to another inside the same league is less risky because some influencing factors didn't change for the player like the weather, the opponents... Yet an adaptation period and especially good communication with the coach, teammates and the staff are very important factors to take on consideration.

[Livingleged]

Every team looking to recruit new players had certain criteria they were looking for, but now we see that every team looking to recruit new players no longer adheres to those criteria, resulting in many players being recruited who simply don't adapt. I think this isn't because the players are bad, but rather because the coach can't maximize their potential, or perhaps because the recruited players aren't able to adapt to the coach's scheme or strategy. TAA impressed with Liverpool, but when he joined Real Madrid, his performance declined. Similarly Liverpool signed several players who haven't fully contributed to the team to date.

Where is the Issue if I may ask? Sometimes it’s not that the players are finding it difficult to adapt but rather the expectation from the fans base is way higher than the players quality. Trent for example is just playing his ball but Madrid thought he was better and it’s only a few case that we see players move to a bigger club like real Madrid and perform just like they did in their previous club. Look at what happened to Eden hazard he moved from Chelsea to realmadrid when he was the best player in the English premier league at that moment time but still yet he struggled there. The expectations from him were higher when playing for a team like Madrid you need to build your stats as a player. My point is that Trent isn’t struggle at Madrid currently and not like he’s not adapting but he is just doing what he literally can do and probably thats not Madrid standard.

[Giwagi56]

Every team looking to recruit new players had certain criteria they were looking for, but now we see that every team looking to recruit new players no longer adheres to those criteria, resulting in many players being recruited who simply don't adapt. I think this isn't because the players are bad, but rather because the coach can't maximize their potential, or perhaps because the recruited players aren't able to adapt to the coach's scheme or strategy. TAA impressed with Liverpool, but when he joined Real Madrid, his performance declined. Similarly Liverpool signed several players who haven't fully contributed to the team to date.

Where is the Issue if I may ask? Sometimes it’s not that the players are finding it difficult to adapt but rather the expectation from the fans base is way higher than the players quality. Trent for example is just playing his ball but Madrid thought he was better and it’s only a few case that we see players move to a bigger club like real Madrid and perform just like they did in their previous club. Look at what happened to Eden hazard he moved from Chelsea to realmadrid when he was the best player in the English premier league at that moment time but still yet he struggled there. The expectations from him were higher when playing for a team like Madrid you need to build your stats as a player. My point is that Trent isn’t struggle at Madrid currently and not like he’s not adapting but he is just doing what he literally can do and probably thats not Madrid standard.

No any Real Madrid fan will deny that since Trent joined Real Madrid he has had a bad game, Trent has been one of the best players in Real Madrid this season and we have seen it in big games where he created chances for the attackers and making assists, many people think that Trent is going to fail at Real Madrid the same way Hazard did but they forgot that there is no a good right back in the football currently that is good like Trent when it comes to balancing the defence and creating dangerous chances.

Even against Bayern Munich he was not dribble once in the first leg and second leg and we all know how dangerous Luis Diaz is in 1v1 against right backs, one of Real Madrid problem since last season is defense but Trent is not one of them because he performed well like a player that has been in the team for years and after the season he said that he will tried his best next season to help the team win a trophy next season, no one in Real Madrid doubted Trent and he will remain a starter for the team next season.

[hyudien]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

We will never know if Iraola would have made Liverpool better, but considering his track record at Bournemouth during his time in charge, he did a great job, improving Bournemouth's performance every season and culminating in taking them to the Europa League for the first time. So it's pretty clear that there's hope that in his hands Liverpool can get back into contention. One thing I wonder why Iraola decided to leave? Could Liverpool have approached him when Iraola was still Bournemouth coach and offered a much more lucrative deal? Because it makes little sense when Bournemouth will be playing in the Europa League Iraola is leaving.

[Cryptmuster]

Barcelona just last week coughed out a fee around the region of 80 million for Anthony Gordon who is naturally a left winger so I don’t see them going for any left winger right now, they would rather retain Marcus Rashford as the back up for Gordon or deploy Raphinha there like they use to do when the need arises but I don’t think they will actually be interested in signing Raphael Leao. They will rather use that funds to get themselves a proper striker for Lewandowski replacement and there target is already Julian Alvarez.

As for Rafael Leao I think he will need the World Cup again to showcase his talent ones more for more suitors because last season he definitely had a very poor season that will be making clubs very skeptical at getting him now.

I think Leao is not very attractive on the transfer market at the moment because he has not had his best season. For now, it seems to me that he is in relatively poor form. If he can show in the upcoming matches that something has changed and that he is capable of playing much better, that could increase interest in him. However I think he has almost no chance of joining Barcelona because Barcelona will be looking for a stronger striker to replace Lewandowski.

[Oluwa-btc]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

As far as i know Iraola is a coach identical with attacking football. He's also often push his players to press the opponent. So i think we will see a totally different team when he's coaching.

Nevertheless i don't wanna expect too much for him. Who knows he will end like Rodgers appointment.

Liverpool management are careful with carrying out their research on managers before they're signed up. If they have done for Andoni Iraola, then he could be the right man for them, there's no reason to panic or assume, you just enjoy the flow as it goes.

Jesus Christ! He is tested and approved in the Premier League. Chill man, I do not see it that way, I think he will do better than Bedran Rodgers. Who knows if Mo Salah will remain with Arne Slot gone, do you all think he is going to have a change of mind?! Although there are young talents lined up to replace him.

[Frankolala]

Every team looking to recruit new players had certain criteria they were looking for, but now we see that every team looking to recruit new players no longer adheres to those criteria, resulting in many players being recruited who simply don't adapt. I think this isn't because the players are bad, but rather because the coach can't maximize their potential, or perhaps because the recruited players aren't able to adapt to the coach's scheme or strategy. TAA impressed with Liverpool, but when he joined Real Madrid, his performance declined. Similarly Liverpool signed several players who haven't fully contributed to the team to date.

So many things can happen or go wrong that can influence the form of a new player that are recruited, like struggling to adapt to the playing pattern of his new manager, struggling with the weather and the atmosphere, constant injuries, and sometimes it's fear, but I think that after a failed season by a new player, he has no other excuses to give because he should have adapted by then, that's why signing a top player from the same league is the best because they will not start struggling with adaptation, which has been a problem to most of this new players signed from abroad.

There is no guarantee that if you signing a top player from the same league will make the player maintain his quality in the new club. Look at Isak from Newcastle that couldn't perform as expected in Liverpool. In fact, he's the highest flop so far that was bought very expensive last season. I believe it all boils down the injury and adapting to the club game pattern.

[Abbatty]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

As far as i know Iraola is a coach identical with attacking football. He's also often push his players to press the opponent. So i think we will see a totally different team when he's coaching.

Nevertheless i don't wanna expect too much for him. Who knows he will end like Rodgers appointment.

I don’t see any competent manager available. The only manager they should have hire was that would have been competent enough was Xabi Alonso and they messed it up but saying they would stick to Slot. If they knew they would later sack Slot this same season then they should have secured Alonso a couple of weeks back.

For me Iraola seems to be the best possible option available for them, considering he plays a very similar style to the kind of football Liverpool is known for. Well it a big test for him, now we just need to see if he can get it right a Liverpool.

Liverpool management are careful with carrying out their research on managers before they're signed up. If they have done for Andoni Iraola, then he could be the right man for them, there's no reason to panic or assume, you just enjoy the flow as it goes.

Jesus Christ! He is tested and approved in the Premier League. Chill man, I do not see it that way, I think he will do better than Bedran Rodgers. Who knows if Mo Salah will remain with Arne Slot gone, do you all think he is going to have a change of mind?! Although there are young talents lined up to replace him.

Same management was careful to assign Slot and jus see where it got them. I agreed with you though on one thing which is Iraola is a premier league tested but still that doesn’t guarantee his success at Liverpool. For me with the limited options available, he his the best they can get, the only mistake was they should have got Alonso if they knew slot Would still be sacked this season.

[Slow death]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

As far as i know Iraola is a coach identical with attacking football. He's also often push his players to press the opponent. So i think we will see a totally different team when he's coaching.

Nevertheless i don't wanna expect too much for him. Who knows he will end like Rodgers appointment.

As time goes on, it's becoming very clear that in some cases the best option is to hire a coach who is in the same league and who has managed to succeed with a team with fewer financial resources in the same league. This will cause less headaches for the management and the players. Because he is a coach with Premier League experience, he knows how to handle each team, and having done better with a smaller team, the chances of him doing much better with a big team in the same league are greater. I see the decision to hire Andoni Iraola as correct. Liverpool's style of play needs someone like Andoni Iraola.

[Futurexxx]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

We will never know if Iraola would have made Liverpool better, but considering his track record at Bournemouth during his time in charge, he did a great job, improving Bournemouth's performance every season and culminating in taking them to the Europa League for the first time. So it's pretty clear that there's hope that in his hands Liverpool can get back into contention.

I think otherwise though, because to me, he is a mediocre coach that may not be able to withstand the pressure at Liverpool. I think that signing him will be more of an experiment than someone that will guarantee top performance and maintain the competitive level of Liverpool. So arne slot should have been retained if their were no better coaches out there because this is not the type of coach that can guarantee them with a winning mentality.

One thing I wonder why Iraola decided to leave?

Life is all about interest, so if he finds a better job or better thing doing that he found peace in, he will leave, and I expect him to be replaced because Bournemouth will still be Bournemouth regardless of his absence.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

As far as i know Iraola is a coach identical with attacking football. He's also often push his players to press the opponent. So i think we will see a totally different team when he's coaching.

Nevertheless i don't wanna expect too much for him. Who knows he will end like Rodgers appointment.

Sometimes I wonder if these coaches do hide their full potential, see how long he has been with Bournemouth we never saw a more dominant side that went close to not losing 19 games, like how are they doing this? He did well for Bournemouth and I was even surprised when I heard him leaving the club at the end of the season, with that kind of performance I expected him to stay at least another season but he has already made the decision, come to think of it, is it that Liverpool or should I say Slot knew was going to be sacked but he just used words to cover up? Mehn, there are things that are happening that we the supporters don't know about.
Well, Andoni Iraola is officially the new Liverpool manager but we shouldn't say he'd lift them to that wonderful former they were before Slot came in, let's see how much change he'd bring to the club, next season will be a difficult one for the big clubs in the EPL, th the title race could be a tough one than this just concluded season.

[Jostern]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

As far as i know Iraola is a coach identical with attacking football. He's also often push his players to press the opponent. So i think we will see a totally different team when he's coaching.

Nevertheless i don't wanna expect too much for him. Who knows he will end like Rodgers appointment.

Liverpool management are careful with carrying out their research on managers before they're signed up. If they have done for Andoni Iraola, then he could be the right man for them, there's no reason to panic or assume, you just enjoy the flow as it goes.

Jesus Christ! He is tested and approved in the Premier League. Chill man, I do not see it that way, I think he will do better than Bedran Rodgers. Who knows if Mo Salah will remain with Arne Slot gone, do you all think he is going to have a change of mind?! Although there are young talents lined up to replace him.

Liverpool management knows how to make a good plan and research about the Manager they’re trying to Appoint for the team, Andoni Iraola is the favorite manager for the job well his not been confirmed yet, but I’m believing he is going to be the new manager of Liverpool, but the problem is that he is coming to a new big club with different pressure and with so many expectations, his not managed a big team yet, and he is obviously a good manager, but I’m not 100% convinced about his appointment, it’s a huge risk for the Liverpool Management, his not a proven manager yet, but his a good manager.

I don’t see any reason why Salah should be coming back to Liverpool, I think Liverpool is going to have a new plan with the replacement of Salah, his replacement are already lined up, so we would see what signings they will make for the new manage, we would also see the style of the new manager, and if his appointed, then his style is what Liverpool wants because of his high intensity style of play, ginger pressing style which is know by Jurgen Klopp, heavy metal football style.

[KTChampions]

Buying players is like gambling. A player might be doing well in his former club and become a flop after moving to a new club. This might be caused by a lack of experience or even injuries. A recent case is Alexander Isak who was bought at a very high price, yet has not contributed anything to Liverpool. The club spent so much that many sports analysts predicted that they would be the major contenders for the EPL and even the UCL. But it turned out negative and out of frustration they sacked Arne Slot.

I am sure Andoni Iraola will want to overhaul the Liverpool squad. Some player would have to leave as they bring in their choice. The club would have to spend more money or force him to use the available players. I don't think sacking Slot was the right decision. One bad season is not enough reason for a sack.

I don't think buying players is gambling, rather, it's an integral part of modern football, as you can't build a club solely on academy players. As for injuries, they can happen to current players too. There's always a random, but it's not gambling.
As for Iraola, I don't think he will have the same budget as Liverpool had last summer, there may be some changes, but I think he is expected to succeed with the squad he has, Slot was terrible and was sacked too late.

[9ja Amaka]

Iraola will become Liverpool's new manager. I take their decision as a big gamble for sure. It's okay they need a new refresh, but will Iraola becomes the right answer for this? So many competent managers available, but it seems they put PL experience as priority when choosing a manager.

I think Iraola is a decent coach, we could see what he just did this season with a team like Bournemouth. I am not saying he is going to succeed of fail at Liverpool,  but my only issue is the kind of pressure that comes with this job. At Bournemouth he is not expected to win the premier league,  so getting the European spot is a big one for the team, but in a team like Liverpool you will be expected to win trophies and that's where the pressure comes in, but I really think he is a decent manager and I will be looking to see what he is going to do at Liverpool.

[GiftedMAN]

Barcelona just last week coughed out a fee around the region of 80 million for Anthony Gordon who is naturally a left winger so I don’t see them going for any left winger right now, they would rather retain Marcus Rashford as the back up for Gordon or deploy Raphinha there like they use to do when the need arises but I don’t think they will actually be interested in signing Raphael Leao. They will rather use that funds to get themselves a proper striker for Lewandowski replacement and there target is already Julian Alvarez.

As for Rafael Leao I think he will need the World Cup again to showcase his talent ones more for more suitors because last season he definitely had a very poor season that will be making clubs very skeptical at getting him now.

I think Leao is not very attractive on the transfer market at the moment because he has not had his best season. For now, it seems to me that he is in relatively poor form. If he can show in the upcoming matches that something has changed and that he is capable of playing much better, that could increase interest in him. However I think he has almost no chance of joining Barcelona because Barcelona will be looking for a stronger striker to replace Lewandowski.

The just concluded campaign was a difficult one for Rafael Leao, he wasn't impressive like he used to be for AC Milan and now that he's handed a transfer request to the club management, I think he'll get limited offers especially from the big European clubs he'll want to play for. That said, I think it'll be extremely strange for him to request that he moves away from the club when he's not sure of his next destination. So I'll wait and see what plans he actually has for his future.

[Cyber_warrior]

Sometimes things are like that in football. For me, the selection of players is sometimes a matter of luck or a lottery. Just look at Real Madrid, all the money they spent on Mastautono, Carreras, and the TAA. Mastautono turned out to be a scam. The others have held up, but they spent a lot on bad players. They believed that with them they would make the difference, and it never happened. So sometimes it's a lottery. That's what happened to Liverpool.

Every team looking to recruit new players had certain criteria they were looking for, but now we see that every team looking to recruit new players no longer adheres to those criteria, resulting in many players being recruited who simply don't adapt. I think this isn't because the players are bad, but rather because the coach can't maximize their potential, or perhaps because the recruited players aren't able to adapt to the coach's scheme or strategy. TAA impressed with Liverpool, but when he joined Real Madrid, his performance declined. Similarly Liverpool signed several players who haven't fully contributed to the team to date.

Well Real Madrid didn’t spend a dime on Trent, it was free transfer, and secondly judging a player after just one season at the club doesn’t sit right with me. We have seen a lot of players struggled at their first year in Real Madrid, the likes of Bale, Vini and so on all had a very awful season in their first year. Some players just need time to adapt, they need to get familiar with the environment and even the league system before they start showing off the quality the have.
For me I still have a lot of hope in Trent, I know his qualities and he his capable of. It a good thing jose morihno will be at the club next season, he his a fan of Trent kind of football, I believe he will bring the best out of him.

[Velvet78]

It is really happening then... How did Liverpool miss the chance of signing Xabi Alonso man? It is just unbelievable... They were late for him and I believe that was amateurish.

If they were thinking of sacking Slot then what the hell were they waiting for this long? Now I don't know what would happen with Iraola. He had a great year with Bournemouth but we haven't watched him at a bigger team yet so...