⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Samlucky O]

It's a comment that doesn't make any sense because it's a discussion you can't make when talking about Cristiano Ronaldo. There are always players who are sent to warm up and then aren't used, but a player at the peak of his career, at the end of his career, at 41 years old, you don't let him warm up and then not put him on the field when you yourself had guaranteed him playing time that you would have let him play. So it's normal that a legend can't be treated this way.

At the end of the day, Ronaldo isn't bigger than the coach. If it were something about achievements, why didn't he step into the field and sub himself in just because he's at his so-called peak? Do you watch their games at all? Let's not use sentiment and our devotion to a particular player override our sense of judgement. So what if he was told to warm up and doesn't get used? The essence of making subs is because either the game needs someone to change it or the other players on the field are exhausted or injured and with how Portugal played Norway, they didn't need Ronaldo so what's the argument?
 You sound like you're more hurt and embarrassed that Ronaldo wasn't used more than the fact that they didn't actually lose.

I disagree with you, talking about bigger, his bigger than the coach himself. If you said his not bigger than the office of the coach that's different, but the coach himself, he's miles bigger than him. I still don't know why this incident is making headlines, it happened over a week ago, we are treating it like it's something that happened yesterday or two days ago. He has apologised to the people he felt he wronged which are the Portuguese people and teammates, he didn't include the coach, Fabrizio mentioned, Ronaldo didn't call his name in all of this, he was addressing him as the coach. Ronaldo and Portugal will settle themselves, it's time to move ahead and allow what happened to be

[ingiltere]

Everyone thought Julian Alvarez was going to Barcelona but a new contender has appeared. Arsenal is once again showing interest in him. We know that Atletico is interested in Gyökeres and Nwaneri. A trade between the two teams is possible. Madueke could even be included in that trade.

I understand why Atletico wouldn't want to give one of its best players to its direct rival Barcelona. They might be more open to a transfer to Arsenal. If the two teams reach an agreement, we could see one of the biggest trades in recent years. Alvarez would be a valuable addition for Arsenal. Gyökeres hasn't been as successful as he was at Sporting, so it would be good for them to let him go. This trade makes sense for both teams and players.

[Alonso_]

In the wildest dream, Jorge Jesus would be sacked  . I wouldn't believe it either, even if it was a dream.

Jorge Jesus is backed by Portugal. Hereby, above all players in his care. Any player who doesn't want to work under him will leave the team. Roberto Martínez didn't get instant results as the head coach of Portugal. It took him some time to win the UEFA Nations League in 2024-2025. Portugal can still win the Euros or the Nations League under Jorge Jesus. It is just a matter of time.

There is absolutely no reason to sack Jorge Jesus, since his arrival, Portugal has played well and hasn't lost a single match under his leadership. The whole Ronaldo saga is a thing of entitlement and respect, his decision did not affect the result negatively so sacking him should never be considered.

Ronaldo had reportedly returned to International football and could play in their next game, he should have imagined that was the wrong way to leave his country after all the efforts and recognition.

I don’t see any reason why Jorge Jesus should be sacked, if anyone should leave the team I think it should be Ronaldo who leaves the team, Portugal can play without Ronaldo now and that have already been proven by the recent performance and result from the New Manager and his team, The Portuguese manager has the backing of the Portuguese Football Association, Ronaldo should try and make amends if she still wants to stay in the team, Ronaldo also have to accept limited playing time so it would help the team in the future in bring in new young players into the squad, Portugal should start building a new team without Ronaldo, it’s time to look ahead of the future of the Portuguese National Team.

[xzone]

It seems so incredible to me that such a coach, who has truly never achieved anything in his life at a football level, can take the right to warm up a fundamental player like Cristiano Ronaldo and then even choose not to let him play, as if he actually knew what was good for the team and for Portugal, when before Cristiano, Portugal was a team that didn't exist.

Jorge Jesus is an arrogant and ungrateful coach, Ronaldo made him Al-nassr coach and Portugal coach yet he betrayed their agreements just to prove a point,  the disrespect was so much  for Ronaldo to bear leaving the national team camp was a good decision,  if he knew he won't play Ronaldo there was no need to tell him to warm up for the game.

I'm happy Ronaldo has been able to release a statement to explain his grievance and has apologized to the fans and players,  after his punishment he might return to the team in the next international break, he deserves a good farewell match in his name as the greatest player in history of football.

Absolutely, Messi scored a penalty in his last match and we retired him with respect. I would like Ronaldo to have a good farewell to football as well; after all, he's a world star that everyone in the world would include in their list of the top 3 players. Such an iconic and perfect footballer should always be remembered fondly. A beautiful farewell is essential for him; nobody will remember his coach, but Ronaldo will always be a name everyone remembers

[Roseline492]

There is absolutely no reason to sack Jorge Jesus, since his arrival, Portugal has played well and hasn't lost a single match under his leadership. The whole Ronaldo saga is a thing of entitlement and respect, his decision did not affect the result negatively so sacking him should never be considered.

Ronaldo had reportedly returned to International football and could play in their next game, he should have imagined that was the wrong way to leave his country after all the efforts and recognition.

Aside from what transpired between them the coach doesn't have any bad name in Portugal since he took over their national team, so i wonder why some persons will even thought of that because know country will see a coach who has been doing exceptionally well as there coach and they want to sack him, already Jorge Jesus is in favour of the country because of his results. I'm also happy as Ronaldo has returned and you are right I also believe that in Portugal next match Jorge Jesus will make peace with him in playing him on either first or second half so that the tension will be over.

[Richbased]

At the end of the day, Ronaldo isn't bigger than the coach. If it were something about achievements, why didn't he step into the field and sub himself in just because he's at his so-called peak? Do you watch their games at all? Let's not use sentiment and our devotion to a particular player override our sense of judgement. So what if he was told to warm up and doesn't get used? The essence of making subs is because either the game needs someone to change it or the other players on the field are exhausted or injured and with how Portugal played Norway, they didn't need Ronaldo so what's the argument?
 You sound like you're more hurt and embarrassed that Ronaldo wasn't used more than the fact that they didn't actually lose.

I disagree with you, talking about bigger, his bigger than the coach himself. If you said his not bigger than the office of the coach that's different, but the coach himself, he's miles bigger than him. I still don't know why this incident is making headlines, it happened over a week ago, we are treating it like it's something that happened yesterday or two days ago. He has apologised to the people he felt he wronged which are the Portuguese people and teammates, he didn't include the coach, Fabrizio mentioned, Ronaldo didn't call his name in all of this, he was addressing him as the coach. Ronaldo and Portugal will settle themselves, it's time to move ahead and allow what happened to be

What Majestic-milf meant is that Ronaldo is not bigger than office of the coach, nobody is arguing about his net worth. No matter the amount of money that a player possess, he can't be bigger than the leadership of the club. The reason why this matter hasn't died since it started trending is because of who is involved which is Cristiano Ronaldo.

If Ronaldo is not calling Jorge Jesus by his name, do we still need to pretend like he wasn't referring to Jorge? He's trying to be very diplomatic but we all know what hen did there.

[coinlary]

Everyone thought Julian Alvarez was going to Barcelona but a new contender has appeared. Arsenal is once again showing interest in him. We know that Atletico is interested in Gyökeres and Nwaneri. A trade between the two teams is possible. Madueke could even be included in that trade.

I think he doesn't want to go back to England but with the way Atletico fans are treating him, I don't  think he still wish to  continue playing for the team anymore. It's  either Barcelona come for him in the next transfer window or he eventually accept the offer from Arsenal if no other club comes for him.

I believe Barcelona still wants him anyway. I didn't see much of his performance for Argentina in the recent games but I believe he still has it . I remembered Laporta announced they still have plans to sign him despite signing Rodri but I'm not sure if it will still be possible after signing G. Jesus.

[Amphenomenon]

Everyone thought Julian Alvarez was going to Barcelona but a new contender has appeared. Arsenal is once again showing interest in him. We know that Atletico is interested in Gyökeres and Nwaneri. A trade between the two teams is possible. Madueke could even be included in that trade.

I understand why Atletico wouldn't want to give one of its best players to its direct rival Barcelona. They might be more open to a transfer to Arsenal. If the two teams reach an agreement, we could see one of the biggest trades in recent years. Alvarez would be a valuable addition for Arsenal. Gyökeres hasn't been as successful as he was at Sporting, so it would be good for them to let him go. This trade makes sense for both teams and players.

In as much as Atletico Madrid doesn't want to let Julian Alvarez go or sell to Barcelona, they are ready to let him leave to a far league and Arsenal is not a team they would hold him against joining.

I feel like the major issue comes from Julian Alvarez accepting to move to Arsenal. This is the issue especially from the fact that all he wanted was Barcelona last season but he was held against his wish.

[Churchillvv]

Perhaps I would agree with you on this, even though I'm not a Ronaldo fan, what the manager is doing right now is completely embarrassing for a player like Ronaldo not even anyone should face that humiliation, someone who left the team. With a level of disrespect and the whole them does not want him or maybe most let don't want him, how then does the manager want him to come to the team and play or maybe he is going to keep him on suspense like you said that will be more embarrassing.

He is a coach who has literally never achieved anything in his career and who believes he is above a player who has written the history of the sport.

Therefore he is a coach who does not deserve any kind of recognition but who must learn what respect means, especially for a player of this caliber.

Perhaps I will still have to disagree with you, if a player regardless of his achievements does not appreciate his team then he deserves whatever that is happening to him, I have learnt recently that he is all about him self breaking records and not the team achieving what they are a team for, which is very bad and more embarrassing than what the said coach is doing or has done.

If only Ronaldo had put the team above his personal interest he won’t be facing that but perhaps what I do not like is the fact that he was brought out and not featured in the game, that is wrong but whatever he is facing I don’t think he should be facing anything outside that.

[Zoomic]

Everyone thought Julian Alvarez was going to Barcelona but a new contender has appeared. Arsenal is once again showing interest in him. We know that Atletico is interested in Gyökeres and Nwaneri. A trade between the two teams is possible. Madueke could even be included in that trade.

I understand why Atletico wouldn't want to give one of its best players to its direct rival Barcelona. They might be more open to a transfer to Arsenal. If the two teams reach an agreement, we could see one of the biggest trades in recent years. Alvarez would be a valuable addition for Arsenal. Gyökeres hasn't been as successful as he was at Sporting, so it would be good for them to let him go. This trade makes sense for both teams and players.

If Arsenal are interested in Julian Alvarez because they think he'll bring solution to their no.9 striker problem, Atletico Madrid should ask that they include a deal that'll see Viktor Gyokeres move to the Metropolitano. The swedish striker was one of the  best player players in the just concluded FIFA international break scoring multiple goals for his country.

I think his problem at Arsenal is that the coach doesn't trust him that much to let him play freely, he'll make a very good player under Diego Simeone.

[Hewlet]

It seems so incredible to me that such a coach, who has truly never achieved anything in his life at a football level, can take the right to warm up a fundamental player like Cristiano Ronaldo and then even choose not to let him play, as if he actually knew what was good for the team and for Portugal, when before Cristiano, Portugal was a team that didn't exist.

Jorge Jesus is an arrogant and ungrateful coach, Ronaldo made him Al-nassr coach and Portugal coach yet he betrayed their agreements just to prove a point,  the disrespect was so much  for Ronaldo to bear leaving the national team camp was a good decision,  if he knew he won't play Ronaldo there was no need to tell him to warm up for the game.

I'm happy Ronaldo has been able to release a statement to explain his grievance and has apologized to the fans and players,  after his punishment he might return to the team in the next international break, he deserves a good farewell match in his name as the greatest player in history of football.

Absolutely, Messi scored a penalty in his last match and we retired him with respect. I would like Ronaldo to have a good farewell to football as well; after all, he's a world star that everyone in the world would include in their list of the top 3 players. Such an iconic and perfect footballer should always be remembered fondly. A beautiful farewell is essential for him; nobody will remember his coach, but Ronaldo will always be a name everyone remembers

The way in which a coach gets her recognition is mainly by our his players performs and so you can’t factor out the role that the portugal coach played in Ronaldo’s career. Ronaldo being a good player doesn’t take out the fact that he’s got a lot of things to work on as far as his character is concerned.


Ronaldo is still trying to break his highest goal scoring record making it more deficult for any other player to break it.  Till that is done, he’s likely going to continue playing and waiting for the actualization of that feet.

[davis196]

Cesc Fabregas replacing Michael Carrick as a Manchester United manager is the weirdest rumor I've heard so far. AFAIK, Fabregas is coaching the small Italian ream of Como and he's gonna play in the UEFA Champions League against Man United. Fabregas is doing to good job in Italy and I doubt that he would risk his career taking United's offer. He will return to the Premier League at some point for sure, but gaining experience in a smaller club should be his top priority.

[Silence Scream]

Cesc Fabregas replacing Michael Carrick as a Manchester United manager is the weirdest rumor I've heard so far. AFAIK, Fabregas is coaching the small Italian ream of Como and he's gonna play in the UEFA Champions League against Man United. Fabregas is doing to good job in Italy and I doubt that he would risk his career taking United's offer. He will return to the Premier League at some point for sure, but gaining experience in a smaller club should be his top priority.

As far as I know, Fabregas received offers from some big clubs at the start of this season. However, he turned them down because he believed in his career path with Como. I don't believe he will take charge of Manchester United. Besides, I don't think Manchester United would change their manager this early on. These are just rumors, you know how it is in football things like this always happen.

[Barikui1]

Cesc Fabregas replacing Michael Carrick as a Manchester United manager is the weirdest rumor I've heard so far. AFAIK, Fabregas is coaching the small Italian ream of Como and he's gonna play in the UEFA Champions League against Man United. Fabregas is doing to good job in Italy and I doubt that he would risk his career taking United's offer. He will return to the Premier League at some point for sure, but gaining experience in a smaller club should be his top priority.

It also baffles me that such thing is being speculated, but if the interest of Manchester United is really on cesc fabregas to replace Micheal Carrick, he should stay off such offer, because if someone like Jose Mourinho and Luis van gaal struggled at the club, he should be smart enough to understand that the problem of Manchester United is not just about coach or manager, but it has more to do with the management, which is the main reason no manager has flourish at the club since sir Alex Ferguson left. As you have said, at a point in his coaching career, he may decide to make the move to the Epl, but he should gain more experience especially at a bigger team that comes with higher pressure, so that he wouldn't struggle to cope with it when he eventually make such move.

[Antotena]

I don’t see any reason why Jorge Jesus should be sacked, if anyone should leave the team I think it should be Ronaldo who leaves the team, Portugal can play without Ronaldo now and that have already been proven by the recent performance and result from the New Manager and his team, The Portuguese manager has the backing of the Portuguese Football Association, Ronaldo should try and make amends if she still wants to stay in the team, Ronaldo also have to accept limited playing time so it would help the team in the future in bring in new young players into the squad, Portugal should start building a new team without Ronaldo, it’s time to look ahead of the future of the Portuguese National Team.

There was no any reason for him to be sack. He was appointed to lead the club, the club country believes in him and it's his responsibility to deal and he dealt with if any player misbehave. There is no any player in history of football that is always bigger than his team. If you know you can't obey the rules and regulations, don't come even if you were invited. There are many people that are saying it was Jesus thy called him to play but that doesn't mean he is going to disobey the team.

I don't really know why a 41 years old with good legacy is going to be forcing himself into playing for the team. The years of hard work he has done for the club, he has wasted everything with one mistake. But are we going to call that a mistake? Didn't he did the same thing in Manchester United with Ten Hag? He left the club like they never important.

[asriloni]

Cesc Fabregas replacing Michael Carrick as a Manchester United manager is the weirdest rumor I've heard so far. AFAIK, Fabregas is coaching the small Italian ream of Como and he's gonna play in the UEFA Champions League against Man United. Fabregas is doing to good job in Italy and I doubt that he would risk his career taking United's offer. He will return to the Premier League at some point for sure, but gaining experience in a smaller club should be his top priority.

It's a baseless rumor, and i think it's most probably a fake one. As far as i know Cesc Fabregas only have Arsenal or Chelsea as the possible destination to coach. He has zero clue about Manchester United, and he will not go there. Aside that he also has Barcelona as alternative option. So i think this rumor has zero possibility to be real.

I also remind you that Fabregas is in a serious project built by Como, and they may be consistently playing in UCL any season with the proper team. Why do he need to go to MU with the risk of getting sacked early? This rumor is not going to happen.

[karabiber]

Everyone thought Julian Alvarez was going to Barcelona but a new contender has appeared. Arsenal is once again showing interest in him. We know that Atletico is interested in Gyökeres and Nwaneri. A trade between the two teams is possible. Madueke could even be included in that trade.

I understand why Atletico wouldn't want to give one of its best players to its direct rival Barcelona. They might be more open to a transfer to Arsenal. If the two teams reach an agreement, we could see one of the biggest trades in recent years. Alvarez would be a valuable addition for Arsenal. Gyökeres hasn't been as successful as he was at Sporting, so it would be good for them to let him go. This trade makes sense for both teams and players.

Gyökeres is one of my favorite soccer players, but since his transfer to Arsenal, his performance has been very inconsistent. I never thought he wouldn’t be able to make an impact at Arsenal. When he’s on, he’s great, but on his off days, he’s a total disaster. He especially puts in disastrous performances in crucial matches, and in those kinds of games, he sometimes can’t take control which prevents him from becoming a top tier forward. Julian Alvarez is a player who fits Arsenal’s style of play, and I think he’ll contribute much more than Gyökeres.

[Silikiem]

Cesc Fabregas replacing Michael Carrick as a Manchester United manager is the weirdest rumor I've heard so far. AFAIK, Fabregas is coaching the small Italian ream of Como and he's gonna play in the UEFA Champions League against Man United. Fabregas is doing to good job in Italy and I doubt that he would risk his career taking United's offer. He will return to the Premier League at some point for sure, but gaining experience in a smaller club should be his top priority.

I’m not surprised to see man United going after Cesc Fabregas, it clearly shows that Fabregas is doing a great job in his current club Como. Cesc Fabregas is still a young Coach who is still coming up and during the last transfer window there was a rumored interest from Chelsea in the same Cesc Fabregas which he decided not to sign for Chelsea sighting he still wants to gain more experience at Como. Right now Manchester United is not stable and most of the young coaches they’ve hired in the past didn’t end up well, some end up ruining their reputation as good coaches who were doing better in their present clubs before they later joined man united. Cesc Fabregas needs to develop more experience before choosing such a difficult higher job whether man united or elsewhere because I think he have that potential of coaching a big team in the future.

[bisasam]

Arda Guler is a proper Midfielder and his role is very effective in the Real Madrid team this season and under the new manager, José Mourinho. Unlike Endrick who have to fight for this position of CF when a top player like Kylian Mbappe is there, you and I know that's not going to work. Mbappe is a top experience CF and have been able to bang goals and delivering masterclass week in and week out.

Endrick should have just stay at Lyon because he's one of the generational upcoming talent and at his age, he's supposed to be improving and making smarter choices. But what did he get for that? He's not just biased but he put full hope on Real Madrid project not knowing that he's not part of it.

Arda Güler is a player who makes the difference in Real Madrid's midfield, having arrived at a time when two great midfielders left. He found himself in an empty space that he had to fill and he did it excellently, while Endrick, since his arrival, had to compete for the place with decidedly important names and for this reason he didn't find the space he was hoping for.

[kennycryptoitalia]

I think think it a case of feeling entitled, sometimes you just really need to get things ironed out. If a player of his status feel is not treated right, then I don’t see anything wrong in saying it. He was wrong to leave the Portugal camp, and he realized it. He had apologized and he have been suspended. He said he his available to still play for Portugal after the suspension.

When a player of his quality and history is still available to play, you need a o revolve the team around him. We have seen other teams do it. The problem is there is so many ego at this Portugal team and that why it difficult to revolve the team around him.

He his back at Al nassr and his chase for a thousand goals still continues. Let the old man enjoy his football for the rest of his remaining time to play.

What I can say is that maybe he shouldn't have left the retreat, but waited for news. But what was wrong wasn't just what happened on the pitch, where a coach went back on his word, but it was also what was said in the press conference, where he disrespected the most important player of the national team and who literally wrote the history of that country. Behavior that should not have taken place.