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I believe Real Madrid Madrid was also linked with Florian Wirtz, it will be difficult for Arsenal to convince him to pick them over a club side with football heritage like Real Madrid. I will be happy if Arsenal can get a deal done with Bayern Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz, he is a world class player at 21 and has many years in his career to play. I’m not sure he has reached performance peak yet. I hope Arsenal can bargain a deal for Wirtz because if they can he will elevate Arsenal’s attack to another level. You can expect some exciting times ahead for the Premier League that's for sure.
Real Madrid is rumored to sign Florian Wirtz since the previous transfer windows. But Real Madrid wants to focus on signing a striker, Real Madrid also already Bellingham who has the same position as an attacking midfielder. However, it seems Real Madrid still continues to try singing Florian Wirtz. Ancelotti needs another midfielder to improve Real Madrid game. However, I'm not sure Florian Wirtz will consider to leave Leverkusen as long as Xabi Alonso stays in Leverkusen. But if Xabi Alonso moves to Real Madrid, I really believe that Florian Wirtz will follow Xabi Alonso.

Yep, it seems difficult for Arsenal to compete with Man City and Real Madrid. Especially Leverkusen wants to get a huge money from his transfer. It is rumored the minimum price is around €150m.

Kindly check this news: https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/2024/09/arsenal-rival-real-madrid-man-city-150m-transfer-florian-wirtz

Florian Wirtz is a very prominent player especially when Xabi Alonso became Leverkusen's coach, his abilities can be maximized very well by this young coach. Florian Wirtz's survival with Leverkusen is also inseparable from Xabi Alonso's survival in this team in my opinion. because in terms of his game he is very comfortable implementing what Xabi Alonso wants, the results we already know that it brought them to become champions in the Bundesliga and also without feeling defeated.
I agree with you, if Xabi Alonso goes to another team, then most likely he will leave, if not following in Xabi's footsteps then at least he will leave Leverkusen. because his abilities have been eyed by many big teams.
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I believe Real Madrid Madrid was also linked with Florian Wirtz, it will be difficult for Arsenal to convince him to pick them over a club side with football heritage like Real Madrid. I will be happy if Arsenal can get a deal done with Bayern Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz, he is a world class player at 21 and has many years in his career to play. I’m not sure he has reached performance peak yet. I hope Arsenal can bargain a deal for Wirtz because if they can he will elevate Arsenal’s attack to another level. You can expect some exciting times ahead for the Premier League that's for sure.
There are many clubs who want Florian Wirtz and even Liverpool are now eyeing him because of his consistent performances at such a young age. Leverkusen will certainly ask for a high price and that will affect Arsenal in their attempts to sign him because Arsenal are not used to buying players who cost more than their asking price. However, maybe they will try to negotiate a deal because Arsenal are very interested in him.

Rather than playing for Real Madrid, I would prefer him to go to the Premier League because there are so many great players there that it will be difficult for him to get a chance as a first team player. The Premier League needs young players like him because he has the type of game that clubs in England need.
Many clubs are ambitious to get Florian Wirtz at the moment, his phenomenal performance and consistency last season with Leverkusen is one of the strong reasons for him to be a hot asset in the transfer market next season, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are currently rumored to be the teams most interested in signing him next season, but if we look at the list of interested teams, of course Madrid is the top team that is most likely will get him, especially now that it is also widely rumored that Alonso is a Ancelotti successor to coach Madrid later, so that indeed Madrid chances of getting Florian Wirtz are clearly greater, especially since Madrid will not hesitate to meet the high price demand from Leverkusen later, because indeed meeting the high price requested by Leverkusen is the only way to recruit Florian Wirtz from Leverkusen at this time.
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Szczęsny is going to play for Barcelona soon and he is definitely a good experienced goalkeeper who can have a good performance in Barcelona and he can even have a better performance than Ter Stegen there. Ter Stegen was unlucky to have this situation and Barcelona is lucky to find Szczęsny when he is not playing for any team.
But the sad thing for Barcelona is they didn't use their younger goalkeeper and they didn't trust La Masia, maybe they could use Iñaki Peña instead of hiring Szczęsny.


After watching Inaki Pena's performance for Barcelona tonight in their league game against Osasuna, I understood the main reason why Barcelona decided to go in search of a replacement for their injured goalkeeper Ter Stegan. But my problem with Barcelona is that they could've gone for a goalkeeper that's still at his best instead of Wojciech Szczęsny who's already retired and will now come out of retirement just to sign for the club. For me, I don't believe the former Poland international have all it takes to stand in between the sticks for a big club like Barcelona but since he's the only option available for them at the Moment, they've got no other option than to stick with him.

The performance of the pena in the match against Osasuna was not optimal but we cannot blame the pena for Barcelona failure to win the match, because the performance of the Barcelona defenders in the match was also not solid, so they did concede a lot of goals in the match, but even so, of course Barcelona currently needs another goalkeeper who is indeed experienced as an alternative for them to face a busy schedule, Szczesny performance and experience so far of course cannot be doubted, but the problem at the moment of course Szczesny does not want to only be Barcelona second goalkeeper so obviously it will cause a conflict between the pena, Szczesny and also hansi flick later, Barcelona is currently still in intense talks regarding the recruitment of Szczesny and most likely if he will probably be one of the players that will be registered by Barcelona to face the young boy in the Champions League.
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Newcastle is owned by the richest person in the world, spending a billion dollars for the team wouldn't even be noticed on his bank account, and yet they are still being careful because they know that if they just spend the money nilly willy, then they are not going to get anything good anyways. Sure City spent a lot too, but not as much as United, and they are doing much better, so it proves that money means something but its not the full thing and we should be considering how to get better result with time and grow the team. United spent a lot, but they got terrible players who worth much less now, they are spending a lot because they are overpaying the players.

But then, Newcastle United has won nothing in the last two seasons and this would be the third season for Eddie Howe. It's weird to see that football fans are not saying nothing about his incompetency despite all of the funds they have spent for the past two seasons. Putting much focus on Manchester United who has won two trophies in the last two seasons cracks me really. Manchester City are on another level. It'll take a whole lot to bring them down. The process of change and growth takes time, Manchester United fanbase are tiring and are without patience, yes they're serial winners from the past, but they should know all good things takes time and most things that last, has a slow start.

Manchester City also made a lot of transfers in the early days of Arab capital. But they didn't win the championship in those years. Then they realized that first of all they had to find the right transfers and the right manager. They are a good role model for Newcastle United today. Newcastle United are following their strategy today. Also, Manchester City and Newcastle United were never dominant teams in the last 30 years. Manchester City have done it in the last years. But Manchester United were always the dominant team. So they have more pressure than Manchester City and Newcastle United in this regard.
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Szczęsny is going to play for Barcelona soon and he is definitely a good experienced goalkeeper who can have a good performance in Barcelona and he can even have a better performance than Ter Stegen there. Ter Stegen was unlucky to have this situation and Barcelona is lucky to find Szczęsny when he is not playing for any team.
But the sad thing for Barcelona is they didn't use their younger goalkeeper and they didn't trust La Masia, maybe they could use Iñaki Peña instead of hiring Szczęsny.


Barcelona didn't used thier own young goalkeeper Inaki Pena for Marc-André ter Stegen replacement because I my belief is that Barcelona does not trust Inaki Pena as much as a responsible goalkeeper or that he is not capable of being a part of a club like Barcelona in a regular line up. The reason for this may be that Barcelona's main target is the Uefa Champion League and a strong and experienced goalkeeper is required in the Uefa Champion League. So for that Barcelona signed an old goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny who is actually an old and finished player but has high experience in UCL. The current situation of Barcelona is very weak fincially so in this current situation it is a good decision if the first choice goalkeeper is injured to sign the retired players on one year deal. Its quite fair with poor club like Barcelona.
I have watching Inaki Pena performance yesterday when Barcelona facing Osasuna and i have to says Inaki Pena has poor performance because Barcelona was conceded 4 goals in this match and i know all of the goals from Osasuna is not fully Inaki Pena fault because yesterday Barcelona defensive lines has displayed poor performance but i think if Marc-André ter Stegen playing on that match probably Barcelona will not lost with big scores so what i want to says is Inaki Pena is still lack of experience compared to Marc-André ter Stegen

I am not Barcelona fans but after watching the match against Osasuna i think they still required to bought more goalkeeper because it's too risky to rely on Inaki Pena to playing as their main goalkeeper for this season and for Szczęsny the latest news about this rumour is both representatives hasn't reach an agreement yet this because Szczęsny demanding want to be the first goalkeeper of Barcelona and most likely Barcelona cannot be grant his demand because if Marc-André ter Stegen recover from his injury then he will always being an the main goalkeeper for Barcelona
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I believe Real Madrid Madrid was also linked with Florian Wirtz, it will be difficult for Arsenal to convince him to pick them over a club side with football heritage like Real Madrid. I will be happy if Arsenal can get a deal done with Bayern Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz, he is a world class player at 21 and has many years in his career to play. I’m not sure he has reached performance peak yet. I hope Arsenal can bargain a deal for Wirtz because if they can he will elevate Arsenal’s attack to another level. You can expect some exciting times ahead for the Premier League that's for sure.
There are many clubs who want Florian Wirtz and even Liverpool are now eyeing him because of his consistent performances at such a young age. Leverkusen will certainly ask for a high price and that will affect Arsenal in their attempts to sign him because Arsenal are not used to buying players who cost more than their asking price. However, maybe they will try to negotiate a deal because Arsenal are very interested in him.

Rather than playing for Real Madrid, I would prefer him to go to the Premier League because there are so many great players there that it will be difficult for him to get a chance as a first team player. The Premier League needs young players like him because he has the type of game that clubs in England need.
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Manchester United has spent more than 400 million euros during ten hag's tenure as their coach but they have only won 1 FA trophy and Carabao cup so far, honestly if other teams coached by ten hag of course they would has fired him immediately now because of his inability to coach, previously Manchester United have evaluated ten hag performance in the last two seasons and I don't know what they see from ten hag is actually for them offering a new contract extension to Ten Hag as a coach, not enough to stop there, Manchester United actually increased the  budget buy player for Ten Hag this season but what we see is of course not in accordance with the expectations expected by fans today, to be honest, seeing the poor performance and inconsistency coupled with the poor strategy that Ten Hag has implemented so far actually makes me doubt that they will be able to talk much in the Premier League and Europa League this season.
While some of that is certainly because of ETH, we need to realize that most of this season was mostly because of INEOS as well, and aside from Antony, it is not really that different. I get that Klopp spent much less, that is not a shock, United is a richer team so they spend more, it is not spending more that shocks me, that's basically what was expected, it is the lack of success that is shocking. Kiopp spent some money but he won both premier league and UCL during his tenure, on different seasons but he did. Whereas ETH won just one efl and one fa cup, nothing more, while spending more.

I think United could just look at this alone and have a reason to fire ETH and yet they are still not doing it and I do not know why, why keep him, why are they still insisting that he could do fine. I am not just some fan who is complaining, I am not even a United fan, I am not British, but at the same time I am seeing this team being managed terribly and yet see them still insist on the person who makes the team play terrible.

I guess they are sick and tired of keep hiring and firing managers and wanted to give some more time. Sure, keep one more season, be terrible, and then maybe they can finally get some good manager.
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Recently Arsenal has been linked with Florian Wirtz I would be happy if this club recruited the attacking midfielder who would help the team strengthen the front line while Man City lost Rodri for 1 season and this is Arsenal's opportunity to break Man City's dominance but what I know is the price is very expensive but the management might be able to discuss it with Leverkusen management to get a suitable price.

Florian Wirtz is a very good player that will suit Arsenal style of play perfectly so if Arsenal should sign him to the club it will be a huge boost to their squad and also a good move for the player himself. Let’s just hope Arsenal is not scared away this time because of the price on him because Arsenal are known to be very mindful of the way they spend their money. To break Manchester City dominance i think Arsenal needs to sign more players like a prolific striker and an additional winger as well as signing Florian Wirtz it will make them more competitive and they would be able to win the league easily.
Well that's right I would also really agree if Arsenal recruits this player because they actually need an active attacking line if they want to win the league race, I think it's okay to spend big money if Arsenal really needs this player so far I rarely see Arsenal waste money to buy many expensive players but this time they really need him, he is a great player and Leverkusen actually doesn't want to lose this player but if Arsenal is interested and willing to accept the price clause I think Leverkusen will find it difficult to refuse.
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I believe the Osimhen episode is a forgotten one for Chelsea and I don't know why you believe they are kin to this guy this much. If they are so desired they would have done it as they had enough time before he was loaned to Galatasaray and I believe the guy himself is happy where he is now dusting off the ugly episode related to the transfer.

For me, Napoli is trying to punish Osimhen one way or another, that's why no deal was struck despite notable clubs bidding for him. If they could cause issues for him this time, what could have changed in January or the next summer? It is not until his contract ends at the end of next season that we can truly talk of Chelsea move or any notable club fairly bidding for him, but for now, let him prove himself to the world again, that's how he can continue to have a good price tag attached to his name.


I don’t think it matters so much now whether Napoli are trying to punish Victor Osimhen or not because his mind is made up and he wants to leave the club. Whether Napoli decides to inflate his transfer price to stall his departure they will also have to lose him on a free transfer at the end of his contract and I don’t think they will want that to happen. We shall see what will happen in January if Chelsea will return with a better offer for his signature or will another top side come for Osimhen.
Why did Napoli punish Oshimen? even though this player has contributed a lot to Napoli, does the club feel hurt by Oshimen's? but in my opinion, the club made the first mistake before causing a feud so it's not Oshimen's fault if he doesn't want to be in Napoli anymore, moreover, the club has also insisted on recruiting Lukaku and selling him but by setting a high price so that no one dares to recruit him I just hope Oshimen will stay until his contract runs out and he can leave Napoli as a free agent that way he can make Napoli feel frustrated because they lost a star player without getting any benefits as Napoli's response to him.
I believe there was a general feeling in the Napoli board that Victor Osimhen disrespected the club by deleting all pictures of himself on Napoli jerseys on all his social media accounts even after the club had apologized for the coconut video. I agree the club start the feud so they should have been more proactive to squash it before it developed into what it is today. They should have settled with Osimhen instead of playing hard ball. Now they stand the risk of losing him to a free transfer.
You are right about Napoli's apology, Osimhen's deletion of pictures and Napoli starting the whole thing but the issue lingered even if many would not know what was going on. And for Osimhen to have deleted the pictures then could only be human, he was bitter with the club and it could be anyone. Although I don't know if he deleted this after an apology, I doubt that because people condemned Napoli's action and even rebuked the club strongly before they deleted the nonsense video made to mock him.

Regardless, as it is, it seems Napoli wants the issue to linger irrespective of how they pretend, it's obvious in their body language. No wonder the legendary Italian agent Antonio Caliendo blasted them on how they handled the Osimhen transfer that landed him in Galatasaray and did not also spare Osimhen's agent in it.
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Szczęsny is going to play for Barcelona soon and he is definitely a good experienced goalkeeper who can have a good performance in Barcelona and he can even have a better performance than Ter Stegen there. Ter Stegen was unlucky to have this situation and Barcelona is lucky to find Szczęsny when he is not playing for any team.
But the sad thing for Barcelona is they didn't use their younger goalkeeper and they didn't trust La Masia, maybe they could use Iñaki Peña instead of hiring Szczęsny.
Barcelona didn't used thier own young goalkeeper Inaki Pena for Marc-André ter Stegen replacement because I my belief is that Barcelona does not trust Inaki Pena as much as a responsible goalkeeper or that he is not capable of being a part of a club like Barcelona in a regular line up. The reason for this may be that Barcelona's main target is the Uefa Champion League and a strong and experienced goalkeeper is required in the Uefa Champion League. So for that Barcelona signed an old goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny who is actually an old and finished player but has high experience in UCL. The current situation of Barcelona is very weak fincially so in this current situation it is a good decision if the first choice goalkeeper is injured to sign the retired players on one year deal. Its quite fair with poor club like Barcelona.


Its Not That Simple Barcelona Is Facing Difficulties In Signing Szczsny

So, they even delaying to sign Szczęsny due to financial problem. I understand that they have made this decision because they do not have good enough funds to bring in a very good goalkeeper. At the same time, I am scared that Szczęsny is pretty old and that's why his reflexes are not as good as before. that happens with all the players, actually happens with all the human beings.

So I wonder if he is going to be good enough for Barcelona. If he is able to show a good performance, of course, it is going to be great for the club but it is also going to be a little unexpected. Nobody is expecting a 34-year-old goalkeeper to be a great defense for Barcelona in front of the goalpost. And Barcelona have obviously made the mistake of not playing their young goalkeepers at all. I understand that they do not trust the young goalkeepers. But if they had given them somewhat good amount of playing time, probably they would have been ready for a situation like this.
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125M EUR is a fantastic figure but it's worth it for Wirtz as long as he performs similarly at Leverkusen.

It is possible that bringing in Wirtz will kick Havertz out because this player is not so impressive while at Arsenal or indeed as you say Arteta does not want when there is a problem of attacking line injuries lack of players so before that happens it is better to bring in players first, in addition to the current schedule.

Still asking if Arsenal will give so much money for this one player? Arteta's desire seems clear that Wirtz is a great player and fits at Arsenal.
I agree that it's a huge amount, but also Wirtz definitely deserves that kind of value as well. Think about it, this guy is the best player of a team that ended the 10+ year run of Bayern Munich, that means he definitely worths a lot of money, and I think there could be some teams who will want to get someone like him as well, I do not think that we are going to see anyone changing a team as much as him for that price range so I think it should be a fine deal.

I think if KDB goes to Saudi league, which there are talks of for next summer, then maybe City could think about a move like this. I know even though Wirtz is an awesome and young star, he will not be as good as KDB, but he can at least cover that loss a bit and could help them.
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Newcastle is owned by the richest person in the world, spending a billion dollars for the team wouldn't even be noticed on his bank account, and yet they are still being careful because they know that if they just spend the money nilly willy, then they are not going to get anything good anyways. Sure City spent a lot too, but not as much as United, and they are doing much better, so it proves that money means something but its not the full thing and we should be considering how to get better result with time and grow the team. United spent a lot, but they got terrible players who worth much less now, they are spending a lot because they are overpaying the players.

But then, Newcastle United has won nothing in the last two seasons and this would be the third season for Eddie Howe. It's weird to see that football fans are not saying nothing about his incompetency despite all of the funds they have spent for the past two seasons. Putting much focus on Manchester United who has won two trophies in the last two seasons cracks me really. Manchester City are on another level. It'll take a whole lot to bring them down. The process of change and growth takes time, Manchester United fanbase are tiring and are without patience, yes they're serial winners from the past, but they should know all good things takes time and most things that last, has a slow start.
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Erik ten Hag's reputation on the MU board of directors is increasingly declining, as the Red Devils were held to a 1-1 draw by Twente in their Europa League debut. Despite spending a large sum of money, bringing to Old Trafford 5 new players to upgrade the squad in the summer transfer market, MU has not shown any change after a difficult start.
In my eyes, MU's performance this season is really bad. Even though some key players were injured, what Ten Hag and his team did was unacceptable. "Putting injuries aside, the team's form is very bad. Most other teams have injuries, not just MU. Ultimately, a coach who has no specific tactics, poor purchasing ability, and is not consistently motivating - I think he deserves to be fired.
Recently Manchester United has spent a lot of money on new players to change the game tactics which were very bad last year. Even though there have been corrections to MU players, there were also no changes in the first match in the Europa League against Twente, physically and the team's performance was very poor which is normal.
Many of MU key players were injured but it was not a fatal problem. At least the management can see a replacement for Erik ten Hag who can help Manchester United win the Europa League and their Domestic League, which has very tight competition this season.

The money spent by United gave no impact to their performance. I dunno what they're doing, but they're getting even worsening. They missed the sharpness on their attack, they lack of consistency on their defence, too. They added new players to their offense and defense. But, they still looked garbage.

I think their coach, ten hag, should be blamed over this. They wasted 400 millions to achieve nothing other than non major cup trophies. That's not good considering it was not paying them off.

They should have consistently playing in the Champion League to paid off it. But they keep disappoint us with how they were playing.

THey shall have sacked their coach if there will still no improvement till the end of season.
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A lot will depend on how Florian Wirtz will get through this season and what his impact will be on the biggest European stage in the CL. If he can become an important player for Bayer Leverkusen in the CL, I think that Arsenal would be out because there will be Real Madrid. And Real Madrid is sometimes willing to pay whatever is needed and I believe his contract is going to end in 2026, which means that Bayer Leverkusen has to make a big decision. But since they are not as rich as the sheikh clubs, I suppose they will sell Wirtz. But it won't probably be €150m. There aren't too many clubs that could afford him anyway if he plays an excellent season. Bayern Munich has said at some point that they would be willing to spend a lot of money for top talents from Germany, so who knows what they will have to say when they throw their hat into the ring.
If Florian Wirtz is able to perform impressively this season with Leverkusen, in every competition, it is possible that his market value will reach 150 million. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Arsenal are reportedly ready to compete to get the young talent of the German National Team. The factor that can influence an important decision in Florian Wirtz future career is Xabi Alonso. Last summer the manager decided to stay with Leverkusen, if he leaves at the end of the season, it is likely that Florian Wirtz will also decide to leave, maybe even work together again at their new club. In terms of finance, the three clubs will not mind paying Florian Wirtz release clause which is considered very expensive. A good choice in my opinion is Real Madrid.
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As usual Arsenal will continue to be linked with many star players in the transfer market but in the end we only see the interest as just a rumor without any approach made by Arsenal to recruit the player, I think the news is no different from when Arsenal were linked with Osimhen, Gyokeres and also several other players so far, Florian Wirtz is an up-and-coming player at the moment after his performance with Leverkusen is quite consistent and good so it's not surprising that he is the target of many big teams today, although Arsenal may be able to buy Florian Wirtz but I don't think if Arsenal will be willing to spend a lot of money to recruit him, besides that isn't Arsenal rival to get Florian Wirtz is Madrid?
So we know how much chance Arsenal has to get Florian Wirtz from Leverkusen later?


A lot will depend on how Florian Wirtz will get through this season and what his impact will be on the biggest European stage in the CL. If he can become an important player for Bayer Leverkusen in the CL, I think that Arsenal would be out because there will be Real Madrid. And Real Madrid is sometimes willing to pay whatever is needed and I believe his contract is going to end in 2026, which means that Bayer Leverkusen has to make a big decision. But since they are not as rich as the sheikh clubs, I suppose they will sell Wirtz. But it won't probably be €150m. There aren't too many clubs that could afford him anyway if he plays an excellent season. Bayern Munich has said at some point that they would be willing to spend a lot of money for top talents from Germany, so who knows what they will have to say when they throw their hat into the ring.
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Szczęsny is going to play for Barcelona soon and he is definitely a good experienced goalkeeper who can have a good performance in Barcelona and he can even have a better performance than Ter Stegen there. Ter Stegen was unlucky to have this situation and Barcelona is lucky to find Szczęsny when he is not playing for any team.
But the sad thing for Barcelona is they didn't use their younger goalkeeper and they didn't trust La Masia, maybe they could use Iñaki Peña instead of hiring Szczęsny.


After watching Inaki Pena's performance for Barcelona tonight in their league game against Osasuna, I understood the main reason why Barcelona decided to go in search of a replacement for their injured goalkeeper Ter Stegan. But my problem with Barcelona is that they could've gone for a goalkeeper that's still at his best instead of Wojciech Szczęsny who's already retired and will now come out of retirement just to sign for the club. For me, I don't believe the former Poland international have all it takes to stand in between the sticks for a big club like Barcelona but since he's the only option available for them at the Moment, they've got no other option than to stick with him.
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I believe Real Madrid Madrid was also linked with Florian Wirtz, it will be difficult for Arsenal to convince him to pick them over a club side with football heritage like Real Madrid. I will be happy if Arsenal can get a deal done with Bayern Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz, he is a world class player at 21 and has many years in his career to play. I’m not sure he has reached performance peak yet. I hope Arsenal can bargain a deal for Wirtz because if they can he will elevate Arsenal’s attack to another level. You can expect some exciting times ahead for the Premier League that's for sure.
Real Madrid is rumored to sign Florian Wirtz since the previous transfer windows. But Real Madrid wants to focus on signing a striker, Real Madrid also already Bellingham who has the same position as an attacking midfielder. However, it seems Real Madrid still continues to try singing Florian Wirtz. Ancelotti needs another midfielder to improve Real Madrid game. However, I'm not sure Florian Wirtz will consider to leave Leverkusen as long as Xabi Alonso stays in Leverkusen. But if Xabi Alonso moves to Real Madrid, I really believe that Florian Wirtz will follow Xabi Alonso.

Yep, it seems difficult for Arsenal to compete with Man City and Real Madrid. Especially Leverkusen wants to get a huge money from his transfer. It is rumored the minimum price is around €150m.

Kindly check this news: https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/2024/09/arsenal-rival-real-madrid-man-city-150m-transfer-florian-wirtz


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This is a wise choice in their current predicament because after all, with their finances not in the best shape and Ter Stegen injured at the wrong time, Barcelona had to look for options.
Szczesny has indeed reached his prime at Arsenal and Juventus so he decided to retire at the end of last season but it looks like Barcelona's offer is too promising even though in terms of finance it is not very good but in terms of prestige then anyone is difficult to refuse especially a direct offer for a major player option in Szczesny's current condition.

Hopefully this is the right choice to return because after all the Barcelona presure for Szczesny is still very large especially with their condition which is currently still in the top standings with unbeaten then it could make this presure even more difficult. However, I still feel that it was the right decision for Barcelona and Szczesny when he decided to return to the competition.


Szczęsny is going to play for Barcelona soon and he is definitely a good experienced goalkeeper who can have a good performance in Barcelona and he can even have a better performance than Ter Stegen there. Ter Stegen was unlucky to have this situation and Barcelona is lucky to find Szczęsny when he is not playing for any team.
But the sad thing for Barcelona is they didn't use their younger goalkeeper and they didn't trust La Masia, maybe they could use Iñaki Peña instead of hiring Szczęsny.
I thought it would be easy but given Szczesny's absence from the current squad it looks like a move that should have gone easily could have turned into a more serious situation.
According to some local media that I read there are several reasons why Szczesny has not been able to join the Barcelona squad such as the desire for guaranteed regular playing time with the starting line-up and there are several things that must be paid to Juventus as compensation even though Szczesny has decided to retire before.
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This seems to be another problem for Szczesny and Barcelona at the moment although it can be confirmed earlier that Szczesny has agreed and will join but the situation could be not easy now. He is an unquestionable goalkeeper but with the current problems there could be some changes later although it is likely that Szczesny will remain at Barcelona.
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I believe Real Madrid Madrid was also linked with Florian Wirtz, it will be difficult for Arsenal to convince him to pick them over a club side with football heritage like Real Madrid. I will be happy if Arsenal can get a deal done with Bayern Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz, he is a world class player at 21 and has many years in his career to play. I’m not sure he has reached performance peak yet. I hope Arsenal can bargain a deal for Wirtz because if they can he will elevate Arsenal’s attack to another level. You can expect some exciting times ahead for the Premier League that's for sure.

Real Madrid are very smart with their choice of players, when they signed Mbape, it was a free deal because the player was willing but I'm not sure if Wirtz is willing to go they there, so far it's Arsenal that are on the lead for the deal. It could be possible that Real Madrid are interested but the offer for the salary will below what he is earning in his current club Leverkusen beside he has played in the club his entire life, he will definitely be getting good payroll.

Another reason why I think they might pay him like Arsenal is that Real Madrid don't really need Midfielder that much, they have much in the bench and Modric is still around with them unless they are making preparation for come 2025. Arsenal really need more midfield to smoothing their defense and attack simultaneously which is why the deal possible to be seal by them.
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The expectations that are too big for Hojlund make his condition difficult for now because it cannot be denied that when he was at Atalanta he was quite good but for Manchester United and the EPL it seems that Hojlund is not the right choice at this point.
His performance at Manchester United is still far from expectations even though previously in the last season there was a good momentum for Hojlund when he always managed to create goals in several matches only for his luck to stop because of an injury that made his performance return to its original form.

It is undeniable that at this time he is still quite young, it's just that when reasons like this always become a wall it will not allow him to continue to survive because in big competitions like the EPL there is no reason whether it is young or old when his performance is still quite far from expectations then he must be prepared with all the worst possibilities that will happen later.

Since being recruited from Atalanta, Hojlund started the season with an injury, which has hampered his development. With a background playing in Serie A, Hojlund needs more time to adapt to the Premier League which we know is more competitive. It is only natural that fans have high hopes for him, because he was recruited at a fairly high price. The momentum created last season failed to continue, and it seems that he can only appear on fire when entering the second half of the season. The arrival of Joshua Zirkzee will create healthy competition in the Man United front line, which will encourage both attackers to play better in every match.
Right from the start, it was a risky transfer because we know that players who have been in Serie A end up not doing too well in terms of their careers at Manchester United because there are many cases where they fail to play optimally after being in Serie A because Pogba, Hojlund and even Cristiano experienced the same thing, although in Cristiano's case it was a little different.

But for now I don't think we need to discuss that decision because it has already happened because the most important thing for Hojlund at the moment is to give his best performance so that he is not considered a failure for Manchester United because honestly when he fails then all the potential he has achieved at Atalanta will only be a waste in the end and he will have to start over from scratch.

The arrival of Zirkzee does provide competition but in the end regardless of the line up given whether it is Zirkzee or Hojlund everything remains the same where they are still unable to make a difference to Manchester United's attacking line.
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