Topic: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 2910. (Read 493907 times)

Yes reckless spending...^^ Players which were bought and not used. There were many clubs who made some hell of big transfer but at least there was cash flow or some kind of support I guess. And once again it goes to the poor management back then. Anyway it's a gone case now, Barcelona are slowly trying to build up which is important. I am sure  no one would have loved to see downfall of one of the Spanish giant clubs.

You have made a good point. Erik ten Hag is going to be the Manchester United manager officially this summer. This can be a big factor for Haller to prefer Manchester United over Borussia Dortmund. Therefore, Dortmund will need to provide better conditions for Haller to attract his attention to themselves. Paying more money might be helpful to do so maybe. But I still feel like he would be closer to the English side in case these teams join the race for signing him. On the other hand, we don't even know if this rumour will turn out to be true.

I actually would prefer Romelu Lukaku to Lewandowski if I am the manager of Barcelona. Lukaku is a terrific striker, he is young and prolific in front of goal. He only needs a team that will play to his strengths and trust him. The Lukaku we watched when he was at loan in the EPL and when he moved to Inter Milan are the same because those teams played him right and trusted him unlike Chelsea and Manchester United.

It doesn't matter if a particular player gave a result or not. If you buy star players in packs, then both outcomes are inevitable. Barcelona were doing just that and it hit their budget. All clubs have been affected by the covid, but the ones that have been spending more recklessly have been hit the hardest (and that turned out to be Barcelona). This is a common occurrence in crises - it has a stronger effect on those who are initially weak.

The deal on Rudiger is done and they are still looking for defenders at Chelsea to hijack at this time.
Indeed at the moment Reece James is quite good for wing back at the moment and of course this is very good enough but I still feel they now have to start facilitating the midfield rather than wingback now considering there are still some pretty good players there like Carvajal or Vasquez but for midfield now it's going to be a bit of a reshuffle to minimal regeneration because soon it's certain that Modric will end considering his current age

Manchester City need a striker badly, they can't carry on like this next season.I think Manchester City will do all they to get  Erling Haaland from Dortmund despite having Gabriel Jesus who scored 5 goals in the last two games. Jesus is a decent player and could still be in the club despite having Erling Haaland, Gabriel can come in as a substitute when Haaland is unavailable

It looks like madrid have reached an agreement with rudiger as a replacement for ramos and now they are starting to target reece james as an ideal replacement candidate for carvajal who is now getting older, it's only natural that madrid are interested in reece james because so far he has appeared quite good and strong in defending as a fullback or right wingback Chelsea , his young age and impressive performances are of course the reasons for Madrid to try to sign him next season, but as far as I know Reece James has a contract with chelsea until 2025 and it is certain that it will be very difficult for Madrid to get him, after all he has been in the chelsea main squad  and maybe it will be difficult for him to leave the team that has made his name so far.

High tendency of Cristiano Ronaldo moving the other way that's if they don't qualify for the Champions League and they seems impossible too.
Halland has a great pair with Sancho at Dortmund and they can build bonds back at old Trafford.
A good addition as he'll bring a lot to the team,can wait for pre-season games.

Rip to Riaola the Italian agent!

RIP...

I wonder what this means for the future of players like Pogba and I think he was also Haaland's agent.  And I also wonder what kind of agreement currently Haaland has with City and if City really does have Haaland's signature and what kind of complications will the death of his agent cause the deal.  I'm pretty sure Raiola has a say in every deal his players have.

I've been seeing some articles saying that Haaland's perfect destination would be at Old Trafford.    Seems like somebody wants to hijack the deal.

PSG is offering Dembele 17 million Euros per season if he decides to join them. A few months ago he was on the fringes of Barcelona's team but after Xavi came, he really revitalized him and Dembele is starting to show again that he's worth the money.

He's still waiting for Barca's offer before deciding on his next move - but Barca probably won't be able to go as high.

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In other news - Raiola unfortunately did pass away after all. It was announced by his family (and confirmed by The Athletic) so this time it is true.

It's definitely an overhaul for next season, even Erik Ten Hag has written several players who will be brought to Manchester United, maybe we've seen some articles about the names of these players, but that hasn't been confirmed, which is clear to me that big changes will definitely happen.
It's true that all management needs changes, this must also be based on Erik Ten Hag so that he chooses the money he wants in every player spend.
I think Ronaldo and Harry Maguire must be kept.

Manchester United do need a lot of changes in their lineups. Aside from the goalkeepers, every other department needs to be changed. The team seem like one filled with dead woods. The defense is nothing to write about, with Maguire still the captain of the team too after been horrific defensively tells a lot of how badly a change is needed.

I totally agree here. If the reports are true and the sources of that reports seem to be pretty trustful, then FC Barcelona paid Lionel Messi 555 Million € for only 4 years. That are 138,75 Million € per year which is just absolutely crazy and no single player should earn that much money. Then the covid pandemic came and FC Barcelona's extremely unstable financial construct immediately collapsed. Now they have more than 1,3 Billion € of debts but they still signed Ferran Torres for 55 M€ from ManCity and there even were reports that they wanted to sign Haaland and now there are rumours that they are trying everything to sign Lewandowski.
I really think that they should stop making such transfers until most of their debts are paid back. That is what a responsible company and club would do.

The problem with this de Jong situation is that I believe he was hyped up too much by the media and the fans. I am not saying that he is a bad player or anything but he was obviously too much hyped up by the outside world and  I believe right now the role given to him by Xavi is not the same that was agreed on the contract. 

so, it's obvious that the player is going to be angry and frustrated. but at the same time, I think he should have understood the situation of the team. 

Anyway, I think he is not going to go to Manchester United. I believe better teams are going to be interested in him.

The problem that Barcelona is in right now did not just happen suddenly and also it was not the result of only one ‘transfer gone wrong’ situation. Barcelona did not manage their money well at all and they have made some questionable transfers along the line. This problem was caused gradually over time. If we are talking about managing layers and managing money I think we also need to talk about the money that was given to Messi as a wage.

Barcelona was reckless with their spending, they made quite a fortune from PSG by selling Neymar. They were just spending the funds in buying players they didn’t need. From Dembele to Coutinho, Griezemane etc. To add to Barcelona's problems is the financial fair play because right now the club salary margin is about €144m and it could be even get worse in the coming weeks.

Transfer rumours:

Barcelona will turn to Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku, 28, in their search for a striker. The Belgium centre-forward is believed to be Barca's 'plan C' after moves for Norway's Erling Haaland, 21, and Poland's Robert Lewandowski, 33, were thwarted. Will this Plan C be successful for Barcelona? How much Lukaku can really help Barcelona?
Manchester City may consider the sale of 31-year-old Algeria forward Riyad Mahrez this summer. I’m a little surprised with this news considering how well Mahrez has been playing lately.
Arsenal and Newcastle have joined the chase to sign Juventus and Argentina forward Paulo Dybala. The 28-year-old will leave Turin as a free agent in the summer and Manchester United and Tottenham have already made enquiries. I think Juve are making a mistake with this decision. What Dybala will decide?
Pep Guardiola will not rush into extending his contract at Manchester City in the wake of Jurgen Klopp's new deal at rivals Liverpool. The 51-year-old Spaniard is under contract at City until 2023. Will Guardiola also extend his contract?
Liverpool fans have moved to tweak the words of a chant to feature the name of Jurgen Klopp's wife after the German revealed she was key in his decision to extend his contract at Anfield. Personally, I think that some other reasons, primarily the vision of the club and the fans, were much more important for this decision of Klopp.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/61276510

I have heard that Kylian Mbappe is waiting for the season to end officially to announce his final decision about staying or leaving. The season is going to end for PSG on May 21 with the match vs Metz. I think that he will decide to leave and join Real Madrid this summer. I'm like why wouldn't he do so? He already said before that he was dreaming of playing for Real Madrid in the future. This is his biggest opportunity to take advantage of. I don't think that the team are going to be able to convince him to stay longer. Even signing a new manager wouldn't be enough for this I think.

Yeah, but while Haaland is still under contract Mbappè is a free agent and does whatever he wants.

The season of PSG is basically over, they won the league and they are out of the Champions League.
Why he is not announcing what he will do if he has already chosen Real Madrid?


Or he has not chosen yet?

How did you analyse this without mentioning the most important problem of Manchester United?
You said their most problem is defense and striker. Hmmm!
If I were to be Manchester United coach today, my first signing will be a defensive midfielder. This has been the major problem of Manchester United after Micheal Carrick retired. Defence is week because midfield doesn't exist.
Just imagine that you have midfielders like Ndidi and Kante in Manchester United squad, the defenders will perform brilliantly well. Manchester United major problem is defensiveness midfielder.