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The next player to join the Saudi teams will be from the premier league and he is a famous player.
Jordan Henderson is a 33y old player but he is under contract with Liverpool and has two years remaining from the contract he signed with Liverpool.
Since he is getting near to the end of his career maybe playing for Al Hilal is a good move for him.

It's unlikely to happen. PSG has been threatening him to be unplayed for this season. PSG will be putting him on the bench this season. That's why PSG is looking for a new striker. PSG still hopes mbappe leaves from the club.
Just because PSG is looking for a new striker and it doesn't mean mbappe will be moving to the real madrid. There's no talk between PSG and madrid.

I think that mbappe must accept it if he gonna be benched by the club instead of given chances to play next season. PSG is not having a lot of choice. Mbappe is still trying to stay even longer in the club no matter what kind of sanction will be given by PSG.

Madrid can't afford very big amounts of money to buy him before the club sells some players first.

I don't see PSG selling Mbappè but on the other hand, I feel it is Mbappè that wants to go to Madrid.  Of a truth, PSG has all it takes to win the Champions league but it is obvious luck is rarely on their side; Mbappè desperately need to win that trophy and there is a better chance for him in Madrid than his present club.

Vlahovic would be a really good transfer if they are looking for completing the trio again with Mbappe and Neymar. However if he is a potential replacement for Mbappe then I don't feel like this would be the best move they can make. Because in that case I would expect them to spend a much higher sum to sign a player like Osimhen for example. He is technically one of the best striker options in the market now. Other than him they can go for Harry Kane by joining the race with Bayern Munich.

PSG are very rich in the end. They shouldn't refrain from paying a high sum to transfer a quality player in case they lose their most important player in the squad.

Of course, who wouldn't want to get Mbappe for free; that's an absolute no-brainer, but PSG would definitely never let that to happen, and they have unequivocally said that to Mbappe, if he tries to be stubborn, then i can see a 'war' breaking out between Mbappe and PSG. Real Madrid are the winners here, they are sure Mbappe is coming to their club, now they have to wait to see how it all unfolds, either they buy him for a fair amount since PSG are trying to do away with him (if he doesn't extend his contract), or they just wait and take him for free, they are the winners here.

With each passing season the transfer market gets more and more absurd.

Until recently, the best players and the biggest offers were concentrated only in the European market.
Even sponsors from the East invested in European football.

But teams like Al Nassr are rapidly changing that.
We have to observe, however, whether championships there will continue to attract media visibility, because if there is no sponsorship, the money does not circulate and these millionaire signings should soon decrease.

The first team to dilute the market may be Paris SG, but this year it is the Saudi Arabian league teams that have destroyed the market. They gave the footballers the money they would see in their dreams and many stars went towards that league. This has led star players who are currently in Europe to demand high contracts. Now, big transfers only happen every year.

You make a fine argument, not gonna lie. However, it's important to note that Oshimen has had two successful seasons at Napoli. There's no telling whether they'd do well or not in the coming season since they'd be having a new coach (Napoli management know of this uncertainty) and they would really love to continue their good form for a longer period that's why they're doing all they can to keep Oshimen in the team if they set the price around say €90-100M. Oshimen would be in a top team but they propped it up just so it can not be met. Or if any club is bold enough to match their asking price, they would sure be getting a hefty fee for the services of Oshimen.  Either wsy, it's a win-win situation for Napoli.

I reckon he would see out the remainder of his country at Napoli

The Mbappe scenario is dicey; reports says Real Madrid will rather wait an extra year, get Mbappe on free transfer and give him a bumper sign on contract. On the other hand, with Juventus struggling with FFP; I believe selling Vlahovic to PSG for a huge fee will help them alleviate the burdens.

Is it just me, or the current market value of so many players is just ridiculously too high due to clubs like PSG that have over diluted the market with money. I am not saying that Victor Osimhen is not a high quality player, but when we get to a situation where just one club is able to afford Victor Osimhen or Mbappe and the rest are just watching on, then we are in for the rough times.

Victor Osimehn is unquestionably a brilliant player, and his ascent to the position of one of Europe's top players while representing Lille and Napoli is evidence of both his talent and potential. I don't believe he will struggle to succeed in high leagues as you indicated because the Italian league is one of the top five leagues in Europe and he conquered the league, though I can't say for sure until he proves himself. He undoubtedly lags behind Haaland, who has demonstrated his value. We all thought Haaland would struggle to fit in in the Premier League, but he surprised us all by scoring 36 goals in his debut season. It is safe to assume that Osimhen is on par with Haaland if he can succeed in the Premier League or La Liga, two of the toughest leagues in the world that many players find challenging to adjust to.



Considering that bigger teams are interested in Osimehn, it would be better for him to leave Napoli right now. Osimehn should really consider his options carefully before making any decisions. Players who were in their finest form and resisted leaving when bigger teams wanted them have frequently ended up in ordinary teams after losing their form. Take the case of Tielemans with Leicester City as an example. Although there is more pressure when playing for larger clubs, Osimhen must do so if he wants to advance professionally and be rated as Haaland.


He is a passionate, high-energy player who can fit in well in the Premier League, but if they still want him, I would prefer that he move to Madrid since his prospects of winning the Champions League there are higher than when he joins a Premier League team. The only team from the Premier League that is consistently competitive in the Champions League is Manchester City, and they already have Haaland and Alvarez on their team.  It is not ideal for a player who wants to win the Champions League to move to Chelsea or Manchester United.

PSG will probably do a bid this week for Vlahovic.

This means Mbappè will probably be sold to Real Madrid too.

Juventus is expecting 70-80m for him

While some of what you say may be true, I still believe a key factor on why a lot of clubs aren’t after him is they simply can’t afford to cough out that amount. They may as well be watching and checking out his performance. I also know that a player could have a good spell in a current season and a very bad one the next.
You can’t deny that Oshimen is a talented player and under a coach that knows his onions, he would only get better and better. I believe he would be consistent in his performance next season.

You mentioned Napoli having a new coach would bring about change that would make the club unsuccessful and consequently, Oshimen won’t be successful either. Have you thought about the possibility of the new coach bringing about positive change that would make the club go on to win more league trophies thereby making Oshimen more successful and wanted that he already is?

The problem is that winning the Scudetto twice in a row will obviously not be easy because when looking at the last few seasons, the Scudetto title has always moved and no one can really secure 2 consecutive seasons for the last few seasons.
Likewise this time, Napoli still seems to have a gap to do that especially if Osimhen finally stays but of course things like this will not be easy with a new coach.
At the moment even if it does maintain their form last season except for Kim who left it is still very good but on the other hand, the chemistry of coaches and players is also important because there can be some setbacks when the coach is different including for Osimhen's performance.

I can understand if Newcastle wants to add young talent to their squad,  but Chelsea?  Chelsea already has a lot of young talent,  a lot of players with potential in their squad.  A team shouldn't have that much young talent in their squad and still looking for more.  Team's need a blend of young talent and experience. 
The risk is signing a lot of young players is that it is almost certain that not all of them will leave up to their potential and that would be a wasted investment.  There are situations where experience is needed,  like in the bug stages of the champions league. 

I had already commented on something similar but I will repeat myself again, teams know perfectly well that just because a team and a player won or were better in a certain season does not mean that the following season they will be better again, by that I mean that the Oshimen is probably not being sought after by many teams due to the fact that many teams are still afraid if what he sees was a performance thanks to luck or he will repeat the same or almost the same performance this season, so the teams are watching the Oshimen this season

and if Oshimen has a good performance like last season or at least a performance very close to what he had last season then I have no doubt that many teams will want him, but the problem with that is that it is a problem for napooli is that, this season napoli will have another coach and things will change, so napoli will hardly be successful and consequently oshimen will not be successful either, i believe that napoli's management got too greedy for having won serie a that they forgot that it won't be constant and forever and they will regret having priced too high for Oshimen

Age isn't a risk in that regard, but a fact and you are right that 31 sounds quite different than 30 even though it is so close, but 30 sounds like a tipping point anyway and every year after that definitely makes his value decline but also his personal position in negotiations about the salary. He could still wait until next year, but if he wants to achieve the maximum for his career then now is the time. Also, he is totally healthy right now. What happens if he decides to wait one more year and he is without luck and injures himself like tearing some ligament in his knee. That should also be included in any considerations. Nobody would pay him the salary that he could get now if he makes the decision to leave and Tottenham agrees.

If I own Napoli, I will not sell him either because it is just like training a to become Champion and decide to discard him to the enemy that will use him against you. They clearly have Champions League to fight and they still need him to achieve more Seria A title, so I don't see him goin anywhere, I hope he doesn't fuck up and disappoind the club the second year because Seria A are known to hate a player when he doesn't meet their expectation, Lukaku is an example.

on a serious note, Osimhen deserves whatever Napoli is doing to other clubs that want to sign him, been long they had good stricker like this and when he is absent in a game, it use to affect them, I am very certain that he will remain in Napoli for now till have another guy that is good as Osimhen.

Yeah, now it's time for him to move on, because next year when he turns 31, it might happen that almost no club will be interested in him, so he might just get his career ruined, that's all.... Although maybe he's too loyal to his club and doesn't think about trophies, I don't know....... But I agree with you that it would be a real shame to be left without trophies, being such a good player.

24 is the time to take some risk. I would understand what you said when he was 18 or 19, but at 24, for how long should he wait until he takes some risk? This is the right time to go for it and even if it ends in a setback, then his age comes into play and he knows that he will get another chance with 25 or 26, but now letting go a chance without even trying doesn't sound like a good plan to me. Roma is not Real Madrid and I think it is the right club to make progress as a player.