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Source : Giorgi Mamardashvili

Finally Liverpool have announced their first recruit this summer after a long journey, even though I initially thought Liverpool did not recruit players because so far their movement has been quite slow in the transfer market but Liverpool have officially recruited new goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia the club must spend 35 million euros to get the services of this player, but Giorgi Mamardashvili will only join Liverpool next season entering the 2025/26 season.

Not only that, reportedly Liverpool will also recruit Federico Chiesa from Juventus at a relatively cheap price of only 11 million euros, it is known that Federico Chiesa is not included in Thiago Motta's plans, of course he has to find a new club that is willing to use his services, he was linked by several clubs but it turns out that Liverpool will soon get his signature and reportedly today Federico Chiesa is flying to Merseyside to complete his transfer.
Source: https://www.goal.com/id/daftar/liverpool-federico-chiesa-juventus/blt8bb384230ade4153#cs46096b985c52e78c

When the player's performance decreases due to age, they will be faced with conditions of uncertainty in playing because the club needs consistent players to maintain the opportunity to compete with other teams.
Returning to Brazil is a good choice because he will feel like returning to his hometown, but if an offer from Saudi Arabia ever comes and he does not accept the offer, it will be very detrimental.
Even though playing there can improve finances better than playing in Brazil because the salary will definitely be bigger in Saudi Arabia.

Yes you are right, indeed Chiesa presence with Liverpool will be able to make Liverpool this season much better and allow them to compete with Arsenal in the fight for the Premier League title.
Not only Arsenal but also the defending champion Manchester City will definitely feel the same thing where they get pressure from Liverpool increasingly strong performance and make the competition for points to occupy the top of the standings even fiercer.

But even though it is now believed that Liverpool can perform well, it will also be difficult for them to win the title, especially since this is Arne Slot first season.
It is still very rare for coach to be able to bring team in just his first season leading, at least it takes one or two season to be able to realize all that, but if Arne Slot succeeds then he will be great coach and recognized by many people.

Alex Sandro had started to show a decline in performance due to his age. Motta, who calculated the best for Juventus, had shown from the very beginning that he would follow a different transfer policy by not wanting him on the team. I think Alex made his best choice by returning to Brazil. Maybe it would have been better to go to the Saudi league, but instead he chose Brazil.

Until now I still cannot fathom why the Juventus board or even Thiago Motta were just not having it with him. Federico Chiesa is my favourite Italian player currently because of his playing style, Chiesa can play all the three rows upfront and he will do well at them. Yes I understand that ethe Juventus team will need a massive clear out to begin another chapter again as they have simply been a shadow of themselves over this few years. But even during a period of clear out one needs to show support to some players just to have them as senior players in the club and Chiesa is definitely one of those leader needed to help build a new project.

Personally I think his exit has to be a personal problem with the coach or management than a his performance or impact. juventus on the other hand are just looking for his replacement even the likes of Jordan Sancho of Manchester United and Chelsea’s training banned Sterling have been considered. To me Chiesa is better currently than both except maybe Sancho whose poor performance can be said to be because of his attitude as he continues to win Ten Hag’s trust again or because he doesn’t want to be in the United team anymore. My thoughts were Manchester United or even Chelsea would have use this opportunity to do a swap deal involving the club’s unwanted players but none of the two premier league sides actually picked interest. To Liverpool got a gem here for a very little money and in todays Market it is a good buy

Initially, Osimhen really did not want to move to the Saudi League. However, if you look at the current situation, it has started to change, especially since the transfer market is almost closed. If you consider a transfer fee of that size and a promising salary, then the choice is Al-Ahli or other Saudi Arabian clubs.

Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

Source: EXCL: Al Ahli management set to travel to Italy today to advance in talks with Victor Osimhen.

Since Motta joined Juventus he made some changes and stopped working with some players while he tried to hire some other player for this team. Alex Sandro is one of these players who left Juventus. Alex Sandro was playing Juvetos for 9 years and he had a good performance for this team.
His performance in Porto made Juvetos to hire this Brazilian player in 2015 and he played in 230 games for Juventus during this time.
Now this 33-year-old player is going to play for Flamengo.

Running football club is a business and every club owners try to make decisions that are beneficial to the club for profit and in order for the club to continue running.
As this strategy is not working well he should opt for other options, it's obvious Investing in Cobham is better since we make more money selling them at least or they can make it to the first team, I don't have to speak much of how much profit we have gained from them especially this season from Conor Gallagher and Ian Maasten.

You got something wrong here, this had actually started since he came to Chelsea, don't forget the likes of Andrey Santos, Datro Fofana and the likes still yet there haven't been much positive talks around them except for Andrey Santos who is still quite doing well, but there are others who he had signed also

Ugarte deal is certainly a good one for United, there is no doubt that he will be very good for them, I think it's clear that they needed someone that can replace Casemiro and been trying a few names there so far, but they finally got the one they wanted. Amrabat has been on the transfer list for a while, but they were looking for a lot of money since they didn't had anyone else, now that they have Ugarte, I guess that Amrabat has one foot out the door, I have no idea who they will sell him to, but I am sure he is too much for the squad.

Interestingly, not everyone is like Chelsea, keep buying players and not sell them and just balloon up the size of the team, most teams like United, buy a player, and then try to sell another one to make room. That is why I feel like Amrabat is gone, and as soon as Hojlund and Yoro makes a come back, I am sure that United will be much better than people expect, they just had a very unlucky start, but they will be fine.

I have a different opinion. There was a time when Victor Osimhen was a very hot name in the transfer market. In the context of the football world lacking good strikers, the Nigerian player is sought after by many big teams in Europe. Now, even if the selling price of Osimhen is reduced to only about 70-80 million euros, it will not be easy for Napoli to liquidate him. I see his appeal has decreased significantly, European teams are also very willing to spend on the transfer market. But no team is willing to spend a lot of money to get Osimhen.
It can be seen that Osimhen wants to move to play for a big team and wants to receive generous treatment. At the moment, it is very difficult for both of his wishes to come true. The offer from Al-Ahli can help him receive a high salary.

Chelsea  are keen to add a quality striker to their squad before the transfer window closes. While they may have failed in their pursuit of Victor Osimhen, the club could look to Brentford's Ivan Toney as an alternative.

I have already commented several times on how I cannot understand what the hell Chelsea wants. In this transfer window, Chelsea was the team that made the most signings and the saddest part is that they were meaningless signings, they signed very young players who at this moment will not be of much help to the team, as everyone has already said. But the most shocking thing about all this is that the coach and the management of Chelsea are sending away good players, they are even making threats. Look at this news:~


source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1828863270796628006

Sterling is a good player and does not deserve to be treated this way. It seems to me that Chelsea no longer has any respect for its players. The management and the coach are arrogant. I hope that Sterling and all the players who are being sent away from Chelsea get a better team and shine in this other team.

Cheaslea is trying to get more players 
This time is Ivan Toney from Brentford.
Newcaste and Manchester united may do a move for Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Evertoon.
Chiesa is deal done with Liverpool-
Mangala will do medical with Everton.
Chelsea may go for Jhon Duran if they will fail in getting Osimhen fron Napoli.


Source BBC

What's Chelsea actually doing? This is the biggest mystery in the world of football right now, because they keep buying players, one after another. And no club in the world needs that much depth, really.

Now we have seen Enzo Maresca saying that he only works 21 of them, and the rest of them trains somewhere else. If so, what is the point of buying so many players? Where are they supposed to play? Do they care about gametime, or are they here just for vibes, just to warm the bench? I have no clue, but if this is a business plan of Todd Boehly, the man has lost the plot. This will ensure nothing but a worse future for Chelsea.



Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5714238/2024/08/21/chelsea-squad-enzo-maresca/

Stefan Bejcetic to Barcelona is a deal I want to happen. Before he got injured I watched him a couple of times and he was very good. A very technical player. He's not physically strong, but he makes up for it with his technical skills. He will most likely not play many games for Liverpool but in Barcelona, there is a high probability he will be a starter, not an undisputed starter, but he would be a starter nevertheless because of the recent injury of Barcelona starlet Marc Bernal. I would not like him to be on the bench with all his qualities, he needs to develop and Barcelona might be a good place to do that.

A loan to Barcelona is a good option for all parties. If he performs well and develops properly Liverpool can either take him back or Barcelona tries to sign him and if so Liverpool will request a reasonable fee depending on his improvement. Let's see what happens in the few days of the transfer window that remains.

But at this point, any transfer news will trend, at the end of it all, the window will shut, and Arsenal won’t sign any player.
They’ll probably throw in several last minute bids (which they know won’t be accepted by the selling club) in the final hours of the window closing.
But if this rumors are true, Nunez won’t be a bad signing for them at all. He can play on the wings and as CF. What worries me is his conversion rate but he’ll surely cause chaos in opponent’s defense line.

Good thing is, Nunez has the body of work, he delivered at Benfica, so chances that he will do it again exists. Same way Kai Havertz did it at Leverkusen and Arteta hoped he will do it at Arsenal (and is somewhat doing it).

What they are currently doing in terms of planning is actually quite raw because Todd only wants change in an instant period of time so they do all forms of means including using their money recklessly which we can even see their losses in the last 2 seasons.

This clearly makes their situation even more difficult but it seems like Todd still doesn't want to stop and this season they also continue to make transfers that really don't need to be done because it's just a waste of money.

Looking at the depth of the current squad we must understand how he let the club lose financially. for example in the goalkeeping position. Currently there are so many Chelsea goalkeepers that even if you look at transfermarkt there are at least 6 goalkeepers they have and in my opinion this is a waste and their plans are not mature enough for a big club.

Until now, the Osimhen drama has not resulted in recruitment for the club that wants him. PSG is currently no longer interested, Chelsea is still trying to find the ideal option. Meanwhile, Al-Ahli, reportedly the talks will be continued directly with Al-Ahli management in Italy, quoted from Fabrio Romano. In the same report, Chelsea is still negotiating the terms of the contract with the Nigerian international striker. Interestingly, the transfer window is only a matter of days for European clubs. If Chelsea is interested in bringing Osimhen to Stamford Bridge, they must be quick because there is only a little time left. Even so, I'm actually not sure. It would be a shame, a player of Osimhen's level is so difficult to leave because his club wants a price according to the release clause.

Sancho basically has a deal with Juventus.
The medical are booked for Friday if nothing else will happen.
Big transfer window for Juve if they will have him.

Today was also the day of Koominers.

Inter has now a contender.

Chelsea is trying to flip the player for profit. They try to do that by recruiting as many talents as possible. Then, they hope 2-3 of them reach world-class potential. They plan to sell these fully developed goal keepers that successfully reach world-class potential to recover their investments.

Yeah, it sounds crazy to have see Pender came as Chelsea's 7th goal keepers. I'd build a goalkeeper FC with all of those goal keepers available at Chelsea. It's so hard to predict what's they gonna do with more than 40 players in their bench. It's impossible to give fair minutes to all of those players.

According to my understanding, Enzo Maresca is just trying to offload all Chelsea former players to start using all the players he signed which is why he is making such moves, and the new owners wants quick change in the club which is why they are spending such money in the transfer window.
I hope they don’t get into financial troubles because the way they are signing players is much and I am sure they will add one striker before the end of the transfer window.

I will like Chelsea to sign Osimhen instead of Ivan Toney because Osimhen will be a better nine that will fit Chelsea’s style of play than Ivan Toney, and even though Ivan Toney already have Premier League experience, he lost form last season which was why Ole Watkins of Aston Villa outshined him among the strikers in the EPL last season.