Topic: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 1587. (Read 484627 times)

For a team that nearly clinched the PR title, I'm not surprised by their high level of activeness in this transfer market. I heard that Arteta is one of the driving forces of their current negotiations and signings. I believe he knows what he wants and will do what he needs to get the results he needs next season. I wouldn't say Havertz is top class player even though he was the deciding factor in Chelsea's victory against Man city in the champions league final in 2021. Congratulations and good luck to Arsenal.

It's worth noting that Arteta is strengthening only midfield and attack sections of his squad. Looks like a plan to me.

It would be better to be at Arsenal than Chelsea, Kai Havertz has chosen the best team this season (despite not getting the EPL trophy) because Arsenal have been quite great in the previous season and Kai can show his best performance in the team now.

I assume it is Chelsea's failure they are back chattering so many players in this transfer season.

Usually quality players will look at the Champions League competition. It will be a little difficult if Chelsea want high quality players, but I believe they will get it if the offer is bigger, but basically European players always want to appear in the champions league, for that Chelsea is now not do any competition in Europe.

I'm even more surprised not by Arsenal, who are willing to pay big money, they think that this will help them win the Premier League in the new season, I'm more surprised at how easily Chelsea let so many players go. Will Poccettino rely only on those who remain in the team, or will they also buy new players? I think Boehly is happy that the money is returned to the team and the payroll will decrease significantly, but for a good result, the remaining players may not be enough.

As we know, Havertz did not perform very well with Chelsea in the 2022/2023 season. also, he did not appear impressive when competing in the Qatar world cup with Germany. in fact we wonder why Arsenal would want Havertz even at such a hefty price tag. What's unique is that previously Carlo Ancelotti also wanted to bring him to the Santiago Bernabeu. at least, there are two coaches who are interested in the services of this player from Germany.

Well, referring to these two coaches, it seems that Havertz has added value from their point of view. also remember, that Havertz is a player who has talent who can play in various positions. maybe that's why, Arteta wants to use his services. maybe Arteta will put him to play on the wing, or attacking midfielder. point is, I'm sure Arteta won't play Havertz as a replacement for Gabriel Jesus. I mean, Havertz wouldn't be the main starter if he was a centre-forward. most likely, he will play another position. or, it can also be rotated according to the needs of the team.

Speaking of which, it looks like Declan Rise will be joining the Gunners. as quoted by Romano, the final discussion and then... the deal is done. So, it seems that Arteta is planning his project more seriously than in previous seasons. and, we can only hope that what Arteta is doing with his staff and team gives us what we want as Gunners fans.

Coach Pochettino is trying to put things in order for the club, by selling out players he doesn't need, just to give chance for the younger stars they brought last season. The club management was the reason they had  backward season, and if the right things is not being done, they might struggle this season again. Regardless how experienced Pochettino is, he needs time to set this club to winning way, it will take time , but pochettino will succeed at chelsea.

What's the point of spending a lot of money to end in the other half of the table?
They spent +€600m on new players last season and they ended up with huge deficit.
This season they got Nkunku from Leipzig for the moment while letting Havertz, Kovacic going to their main opponents and Koulibaly, Mendy and Kante to Saudi Arabia teams. There's others who are rumoured to leave the club in this transfer window. Replacing these players while keeping good substitutes in case of injuries or red cards will not be that easy at all..

The players that Chelsea brought in last season were just a waste of money, because the new players who arrived did not give a new color to the game from Chelsea. Building a foundation from the start has to be done, if they want a solid foundation, because I can see that now they have no vision of how they want to play and we will see the results from how they felt in the past season. The arrival of a new coach must be followed by a squad overhaul because the coach must have his own criteria about the players he really needs. I think we will see some big changes that Chelsea will make to navigate the 2023/2024 season.

Chelsea needs to do regeneration for its players. That's what already planned by pochettino for next season. The club needs to rebuild its chemistry again. It's caused by there will be so many new players to come soon.
I can only expect if the performance from chelsea will not be so good during the pre match. Adaptation is actually needed by all of players to build chemistry.
There will be new striker too. Some old players were leaving from the club. It's the time for young players to shine again. Chelsea needs to do that to make sure if it has long term project.

To be precise, Chelsea performance has declined, Havertz cannot improve Chelsea own performance without the support of other players. Even though the club he defended failed to finish in the best place last season, Havertz selling value has not decreased, he is still the superstar he has been waiting for at his new club. Arteta will not sign players if he does not see something of value in these players, Arteta is very confident in Havertz ability to improve the quality of Arsenal game.
Arteta is very confident that he can unleash Havertz potential, his failure with Chelsea last season was not his fault, no one can blame his efforts for Chelsea failure. Havertz is very lucky to get a positive response from Arteta, it will be easier for him to develop his talent with a coach who can put him in the right position.

Chelsea bought a lot of players last season and with the way things have been going this summer, it seems they want a new era of young players and I can understand why they’re allowing their old players with 1-2 years contract to leave. They have a plan and they waiting for the outgoings before they can reinforce the team. For you it might not look like they’re serious but they have their targets, once they can finish with the players leaving, I think they’ll begin to buy their targets.

I really like Havertz and think he'll be great in this Arsenal team.
Transfer after transfer Chelsea keeps making even less sense, their midfield and striker options are horrible.

People might think 'OK, they will buy a few players' - sure, they might. But they cannot bring quality players without CL football so I don't expect them to fill these spots (Havertz, Kovačić) with better players.

We shall wait it even longer since glazer has not made it clear about what was the final decision that has taken by them. This family is still thinking so hard about that but most of united fans are supporting jassim to acquire manchester united as soon as possible.
It's caused by jassim already made a very big project for united. The competition is still going on between jassim and sir jim. I can only hope jassim gonna win this fight as manchester united actually needs oil money to compete with manchester city which was also having the same resource of money. It will make the competition between city and united become very competitive again unlike this time which is having very big gap.

I hope the process for MU to get a new owner will be done asap. It's caused by the transfer season is still open but it will not be so long.

Pep is a very smart person when it comes to recruiting and releasing players for the team he is coaching now, so Pep will not carelessly recruit players even if it is for alternative players. Because previously all the reserve players at Manchester City were also quite good and in fact almost all of them were good to strengthen the Manchester City team and yes, Pep always has a better plan to make Manchester City strong next season one way or another.

Finally, after a week ago the agreement between Arsenal and Chelsea was revealed through Fabrizio Romano and now Arsenal have officially introduced Kai Havertz at the Emirates Stadium. Of course, The Gooners are very pleased with his arrival and can't wait to see Havertz wearing the Arsenal jersey next season. With this transfer fee, it is actually quite reasonable and currently Arsenal really need an AMF figure like Havertz to help the attack line become more optimal. Now it's just the deal with Declan Rice from West Ham and it's a phenomenal transfer that would break the club's transfer record if it goes through.

So good, so far! Just think about what happened with Manchester United. It's good move from Bayern Munich secured this deal. I initially believed that the player's heart was set on joining Manchester United.

Min-Jae Kim is truly a great defender. Bayern Munich succeeds in signing him, it will be a significant addition for the team. Their defense struggles from the previous season, which ultimately led to their defeat against Manchester City. Adding Kim's boost up their defense.

Munich made a 5 year direct contract deal for Min Jae Kim. it looks like Munich has high hopes for this defender. Even though Kim will be able to enter the Munich squad directly, the long contract that was carried out seems to have optimism from Munich to develop Kim in the coming seasons.
somehow I prefer Kim to United. in the Premier League, he can have a bigger challenge I feel than in the Bundesliga. which in terms of competition I think is still better in Serie A.

Why has no club shown real interest in Arda Guler?
He should be among the hottest prospect in the market right now. Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona, Madrid, and Sevilla all want him. All these clubs are interested, but none of them has taken a bold step to go after him.
As a player I have watched a couple of times for Fenebache, that release clause of 18 million euros is a giveaway price.
Guler can play as an attacking midfielder and also as a right winger. He has a Bernardo Silva profile. He can dribble effortlessly, crease spaces and chances and he can also score.
He has chosen Sevilla which is a pretty good choice for a player that is still developing, but it would be a big mistake for these big clubs to let him go to Sevilla because, in a couple of years, he may cost around 80 to 100 million.

One of the obstacles to his signature is the amount his agent wants as a commission. They have asked for about 20 million. It's a ridiculous price but if a club is actually very interested they can come to some arrangement. Besides 38 million for an 18-year-old star like Guler is not bad business.

Havertz is an amazing player and showed good games in Chelsea when they won the champions league. Last season his form dropped but i still dont think he is worth 70mil. Maybe between 30-40 mil but this is a huge amount and Arsenal is just throwing money around and this is wierd for this club because they didnt due this in the last couple of seasons.

Arsenal are the big losers here in terms of amount paid, Chelsea paid 80m and Havertz have already played for 3 seasons at the club, Chelsea weren't desperate to keep Havertz and were looking to offload significant amount players, and I don't think Kai Havertz was an exception, but Arsenal appearing desperate is surely why Chelsea had needed to play hard to get, because Mason Mount to Man United deal is supposedly going back and forth for within the range of 50-55m, I don't understand why Havertz should be significantly costlier than even an English player (that are supposedly costlier due the hype/tax and whatnot) for Arsenal. I understand the age factor, but Man City had just signed Mateo Kovacic for just 25m from the same Chelsea, while Declan Rice with one year contract left on his contract (with an option of one year more) will cost them 100m or nothing.  

I dont think Pep was looking for an Alternative for Rodri, if it was that, then they have Phillips, and surely pep wouldn't bid over 80m at first for a prospective alternative player... Hence, i think Pep had another plan for Rice in his team, he always had a plan right??... And i don't think we can call Rice world class or not... For you to stand the World Class test, You have to play or have played for a World class team surely!!!.