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Mbappe has been linked with a move to Real Madrid in recent seasons but he has not announced it until now. Everything can change just like that when he is interested in the team's vision and mission for the long term, especially when he gets a higher salary offer than before.

He might stay, but either way he really wants to be a Champions League winner in his career and that can be done with any other team regardless if it's Madrid or any team.
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Zidane will never coach a team in England. That's just a team in Spain or in France
I am really curious to know your reason for stating the above categorically, has Zidane ever at anytime said he would never coach in England, and if he has then can you help me with a link to it, so i can read/watch it myself. AFAIK Zidane should be open to work anywhere, except of course for a rival to a team he has coached previously (like Barcelona). It would be interesting to see Zidane coach in England, but it will depend on the team and the offer he is approached with. I am not saying Zidane's next job is going to be with an English team, but what i am saying is that you can never rule out Zidane coaching an English team somewhere along the line in his coaching career.
I totally agree with your opinion, I have searched a lot of media, I even searched the sports media, I didn't hear a word from Zidane's mouth, that he was not interested in coaching the English team, I think all great coaches really want to coach an English club. Moreover, big clubs like Liferpol, Man City and Chelsea, before Pepguardiola coached Manchester City, there were also many rumors that he was not interested in coaching a team from England, but the proof is that now he is very happy to coach Manchester City, in my personal opinion, if there is a good agreement, and the appropriate salary is certain, any great coach would want to coach a club from England.
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Your review is very accurate in my opinion about the condition of Chelsea players when coached by Frank Lampard. In my opinion, Lampard is a bad coach for Chelsea. So many players are ignored by him.

If Reece James moves to Real Madrid, it will be a good thing for him because he is suitable to play in the Spanish capital club considering his young age. Real Madrid will be helped in attacking from the flanks because James is a good full-back in assisting the attack. On the other hand, Reece James could be a substitute for Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vasquez.
However, Reece James is also prone to injury.

Bad coach? I would say he was more like a coach putting lot of emphasis on discipline. There have been lot around and some of them have been successful also (now I don't know names) but discipline till one point is good but not too much. Lampard stretched things a bit too far and continued even when the team wasn't performing. In my opinion, he is new so not much experience but discipline is a must in manager so he got that part right..also he made some mistakes but that's part of a professional journey.. isn't it?

Another example of disciplinary coach is Arteta.
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Recee James to Real Madrid is nothing but rumours as he will end with Chelsea as a legend.
Antonio Rudiger became a better defender since the approval of Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea Coach.
He had fewer game's under Frank Lampard as Christensen had more games than Rudiger, he has the mentality of a warrior dame as Ramos, a good replacement you think?

Reece James to Madrid is pure rumour. I don't see any legit sources claiming the news but yeah he is a great talent and Madrid is a dream for young potential players so yeah can see the linkup but given the contract he has at Chelsea and no signs of discontent from the player at current club, I don't see this rumour getting real soon.

Lampard neglected lot of players when he was at club. He left out Alonso and that's why he brought in Chilwell , Rudiger was also a player left out. Lampard was a disciplinary coach and maybe he was trying to discipline them? But yeah some great talents were left out of the regular squad then but later on those players under Tuchel achieved something unreal- CL.
Your review is very accurate in my opinion about the condition of Chelsea players when coached by Frank Lampard. In my opinion, Lampard is a bad coach for Chelsea. So many players are ignored by him.

If Reece James moves to Real Madrid, it will be a good thing for him because he is suitable to play in the Spanish capital club considering his young age. Real Madrid will be helped in attacking from the flanks because James is a good full-back in assisting the attack. On the other hand, Reece James could be a substitute for Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vasquez.
However, Reece James is also prone to injury.
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Based on several sports media reports that I have read, it looks like PSG will lose a lot of players next season who decide to move to other teams. I think Mbappe and some of his friends will leave PSG for a career with another team that has a better chance of winning the Champions League title next season and this will leave a hole for PSG.

Messi has also not ruled out leaving again next season, but I'm sure he will honor his contract if Mbappe decides to move. But in other news, Pochettino and Mbappe will stay at PSG next season and I believe that is a rumor that is not certain to happen next season. If many PSG players decide to leave next season, then PSG will certainly spend a lot of money to get a replacement. Obviously they can do it thanks to their financial strength, but maybe not much if in the end the players currently rumored to end up staying next season.

I think Mbappè will stay in Paris for 2 more years otherwise why is he just not announced yet his departure for Madrid?

Unless he will go to another team.
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Recee James to Real Madrid is nothing but rumours as he will end with Chelsea as a legend.
Antonio Rudiger became a better defender since the approval of Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea Coach.
He had fewer game's under Frank Lampard as Christensen had more games than Rudiger, he has the mentality of a warrior dame as Ramos, a good replacement you think?

Reece James to Madrid is pure rumour. I don't see any legit sources claiming the news but yeah he is a great talent and Madrid is a dream for young potential players so yeah can see the linkup but given the contract he has at Chelsea and no signs of discontent from the player at current club, I don't see this rumour getting real soon.

Lampard neglected lot of players when he was at club. He left out Alonso and that's why he brought in Chilwell , Rudiger was also a player left out. Lampard was a disciplinary coach and maybe he was trying to discipline them? But yeah some great talents were left out of the regular squad then but later on those players under Tuchel achieved something unreal- CL.
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Based on several sports media reports that I have read, it looks like PSG will lose a lot of players next season who decide to move to other teams. I think Mbappe and some of his friends will leave PSG for a career with another team that has a better chance of winning the Champions League title next season and this will leave a hole for PSG.

Messi has also not ruled out leaving again next season, but I'm sure he will honor his contract if Mbappe decides to move. But in other news, Pochettino and Mbappe will stay at PSG next season and I believe that is a rumor that is not certain to happen next season. If many PSG players decide to leave next season, then PSG will certainly spend a lot of money to get a replacement. Obviously they can do it thanks to their financial strength, but maybe not much if in the end the players currently rumored to end up staying next season.
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Recee James to Real Madrid is nothing but rumours as he will end with Chelsea as a legend.
Antonio Rudiger became a better defender since the approval of Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea Coach.
He had fewer game's under Frank Lampard as Christensen had more games than Rudiger, he has the mentality of a warrior dame as Ramos, a good replacement you think?
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Barcelona, long before the covid, spent space money on salaries and purchases of players such as Neymar, Ibrahimovic, Villa, etc. but before covid their debt was in adequate condition. During the covid two years, their debt has increased (if I remember the timing correctly) by more than a billion. Many clubs suffered during this period, but Barcelona was among the record holders due to their management, but the impact of covid on this cannot be denied.

I would say Neymar , Ibrahimovic ,Villa are not the ones... these were the signings which gave them result. You are going a long way back in my opinion. I would say signings like Coutinho , Griezmann which were mega signings but never proved fruitful for the club so bad management in terms of new signings in/after 17-18 is what took them. Their financial status was much much better when before 17-18. Also yes covid took an impact but you gotta see were Barca the only one on which it took an impact. Yeah it proved to be beating to the wound but the real fact is that they were about to get into financial crisis eventually. I would put the majority of blame to bad management back then , covid is also one of the reasons but that was same for every club.
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I think Barcelona won't mind selling Frenkie De Jong off for the right price though, he has not be a productive signing until recently. He was poor under Koeman who brought him to the club but seems to be instrumental in helping Barcelona earn valuable points under Xavi.
I think the rumor of Manchester United bidding or considering a move for him could be true because Erik Ten Hag knows the player since he was at Ajax FC before.
I don't think so, in fact Xavi will lose if this player leaves. Even though he is not productive enough but he is very good at guarding the Barcelona midfield and indeed he is very good at making moves as a force in the midfield.
They have to make the most of this player and if they let go of this player it will be a loss in my opinion
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The rumours about De Jong are heated, I strongly doubt De Jong will want to leave Barcelona though and except he is frustrated at the club that would be the reason he can join Manchester United. If not that, who wouldn't want to play in the champion's league? Manchester United seems like they won't make top four, maybe De Jong might consider other clubs.

The rumours are all false and its not happening; it is the usual gimmicks by top players who seek to renew the contracts at their present clubsides to a better one. De Jong is key at Barcelona and would not be leaving soon; he just wants a new Barcelona contract. Manchester United targets are nil at this point. Any links to MUFC are mere contract push by players agent
I think Barcelona won't mind selling Frenkie De Jong off for the right price though, he has not be a productive signing until recently. He was poor under Koeman who brought him to the club but seems to be instrumental in helping Barcelona earn valuable points under Xavi.
I think the rumor of Manchester United bidding or considering a move for him could be true because Erik Ten Hag knows the player since he was at Ajax FC before.
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Rudiger is going to be a really great transfer for Real Madrid defense. I really miss the times that they had a solid defense line in the past. They can strengthen their defense a lot by adding Rudiger to the team this summer. We all saw how they struggled against Manchester City for example. It is a proof for how much they need to do something about their defense certainly.
It would have been a plus had Rudiger been a member of the team already, Madrid's defence is very porous. Good thing that they will also play in the next champions League regardless of this one with Rudiger and some other additions to their team.

Reece James is also under the Madrid radar, with both of them, the Madrid's defense will be better and Cavarjal will have a replacement. Reece James also due to his style of play will be very beneficial to Mbappe, he is needed.

Although Reece James may not come in as immediately as Rudiger, it is rumoured that Real Madrid plan to get Reece James in the 2023 transfer window and not this one, so Rudiger will come in first.
Rudiger career really got resuscitated at Chelsea, he became a big defender to be recon with, so it is really a shame Chelsea is in a situation of losing him. No doubt, he has been so good to watch this season. I hope he doesn't end up like Hazard and others who were great at their team but became a flop when they move to Real Madrid.
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Barcelona's debts are about 5 times higher than the amount they received from the sale of Neymar. I think the main reason for Barcelona's debts is the mistakes of the management that inflated the budget and did not think about the risks. As soon as the risks occurred - covid happened and the clubs' revenues plummeted. Barcelona flew into a financial abyss very quickly.

I dont think that covid had the biggest part in Barcelona`s financial problems. They made huge salaries and bought some outrage transfers that killed them. They now will need at least 10 years to go back into positive. The good thing is their deal with spotify that will help them financially really big. They need to focus on their youth academy and getting free transfers.

Barcelona, long before the covid, spent space money on salaries and purchases of players such as Neymar, Ibrahimovic, Villa, etc. but before covid their debt was in adequate condition. During the covid two years, their debt has increased (if I remember the timing correctly) by more than a billion. Many clubs suffered during this period, but Barcelona was among the record holders due to their management, but the impact of covid on this cannot be denied.
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Rudiger is going to be a really great transfer for Real Madrid defense. I really miss the times that they had a solid defense line in the past. They can strengthen their defense a lot by adding Rudiger to the team this summer. We all saw how they struggled against Manchester City for example. It is a proof for how much they need to do something about their defense certainly.
It would have been a plus had Rudiger been a member of the team already, Madrid's defence is very porous. Good thing that they will also play in the next champions League regardless of this one with Rudiger and some other additions to their team.

Reece James is also under the Madrid radar, with both of them, the Madrid's defense will be better and Cavarjal will have a replacement. Reece James also due to his style of play will be very beneficial to Mbappe, he is needed.

Although Reece James may not come in as immediately as Rudiger, it is rumoured that Real Madrid plan to get Reece James in the 2023 transfer window and not this one, so Rudiger will come in first.
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I don't see how Coutinho contributed to the debt Barcelona is in now. Barcelona is in debt because they mismanaged the funds gotten from Neymar's sale and Coutinho contract wasn't the most elaborate amongst the players at Barcelona then. Barcelona wasn't the right fit for him and since he wasn't producing the kind of performances he had at Liverpool, it was quite easy to make him scapegoat.

Barcelona's debts are about 5 times higher than the amount they received from the sale of Neymar. I think the main reason for Barcelona's debts is the mistakes of the management that inflated the budget and did not think about the risks. As soon as the risks occurred - covid happened and the clubs' revenues plummeted. Barcelona flew into a financial abyss very quickly.

I dont think that covid had the biggest part in Barcelona`s financial problems. They made huge salaries and bought some outrage transfers that killed them. They now will need at least 10 years to go back into positive. The good thing is their deal with spotify that will help them financially really big. They need to focus on their youth academy and getting free transfers.
The biggest cause of Barcelona financial problems cannot be separated from previous mismanagement, management who managed the club carelessly made them experience the current financial crisis, the purchase and provision of player salaries that did not match the contribution also triggered Barcelona to be entangled with large debts, besides that the pandemic the covid situation also triggered their problems to get bigger because they lost their source of financial income from tickets.
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Zidane? For PSG? I doubt they can sign him. He's certainly a great coach and one of the best players in the past, who has proven by the example of Real Madrid that he can coach excellently. But things are different in the French league. PSG have few rivals in the league, I don't think Zidane would be interested in that offer, I think he is more interested in coaching where the competition is high
zidane is a former madrid coach and also a french citizen so I think it will be a new challenge for Zidane if he is the coach of PSG

I wouldn't be surprised if Zidane became the next PSG coach because this news and rumors have been circulating since a few months ago

Rumours are rumours. Is there any credible confirmation that Zidane has been in contact with PSG? I don't think so, only theories and speculation and the fact that he is French says nothing. If you had said he could be the coach of the French national team I would have agreed but the French club is different.
Don't you think PSG can go any length to convince Zidane and as a french citizen he can easily be won over to PSG. in my opinion PSG currently is the most perfect club that will be suitable for his game tactics seeing the caliber of players the club has at the moment. The probability he will settle for PSG is 4/6 if a dice was rolled

I don't know what bones you're going to roll there if there has been absolutely no confirmed information about his move to PSG as head coach, just rumours that are unsubstantiated and unsubstantiated in any way. The only substantiation I see in your post is that he is a French citizen. About the tactics of the game, why not Manchester City? They are similar in some ways, should Zidane be City's coach then?

Zidane will never coach a team in England. That's just a team in Spain or in France. And Pochetino is also just a mediocre trainer. The problem is that with this team you have to win everything there is to win, if you don't you have automatically failed. Not winning the Champions League in 2 seasons means being fired. Louis van gaal would be an option next year, but I don't think he speaks French. It is not easy to find a good and experienced coach. Zidane would be a perfect option for PSG.
It seems like Zidane is not interested at the PSG job, he is constantly distancing himself from the speculation. Zidane should have be the most suitable candidate for the job because he has excellent player's management which would make him in handling ego's in the team. Pochettino term at PSG will end this season and with Antonio Conte seen jockeying for the PSG job last week, it likely he will quit Tottenham at any time, giving Pochettino an opportunity to get back to the EPL.
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Rugider is such a complete defender who as well overlap and attack his opponent aggressively and very powerful in aerial ball and has ability to play long range on target shots, it's a pity Chelsea will lose his services to Real Madrid who had offered him a juicy and better contract. I think his combination with Alaba at the back line of Real Madrid defence line will be more stronger and formidable, truly Militao is not that competent after Verane left Bernabeu to old trafford and Ramos to PSG, Madrid defence had not very too solid except Alaba who had been helpful at the back.
With Rudiger's presence indirectly, this will further strengthen Real Madrid's defense now because after Sergio's departure there is a little gap there.
Talking about Militao actually he is still quite good but he is still very young and still needs to be honed but that doesn't mean he's incompetent because in my opinion this season even though Real Madrid have conceded a lot of goals, Militao performance is still quite impressive
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Rudiger is going to be a really great transfer for Real Madrid defense. I really miss the times that they had a solid defense line in the past. They can strengthen their defense a lot by adding Rudiger to the team this summer. We all saw how they struggled against Manchester City for example. It is a proof for how much they need to do something about their defense certainly. I would really like to see Real Madrid bringing back their old times by getting stronger in defense and offense both next season. I say offense too because they are close to signing Mbappe as well.

He'll bring Agression and Vibrancy into that defense, Alaba and Militao are all bag of disgrace at times, take a good example at the game in the UEFA Champions League. Militao also flopped during the game against Chelsea.
I know this are back up player's for the main timeaa they won't represent in the far future, good luck to Rudiger ahead in Spanish La Liga.
Rugider is such a complete defender who as well overlap and attack his opponent aggressively and very powerful in aerial ball and has ability to play long range on target shots, it's a pity Chelsea will lose his services to Real Madrid who had offered him a juicy and better contract. I think his combination with Alaba at the back line of Real Madrid defence line will be more stronger and formidable, truly Militao is not that competent after Verane left Bernabeu to old trafford and Ramos to PSG, Madrid defence had not very too solid except Alaba who had been helpful at the back.
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I don't see how Coutinho contributed to the debt Barcelona is in now. Barcelona is in debt because they mismanaged the funds gotten from Neymar's sale and Coutinho contract wasn't the most elaborate amongst the players at Barcelona then. Barcelona wasn't the right fit for him and since he wasn't producing the kind of performances he had at Liverpool, it was quite easy to make him scapegoat.

Barcelona's debts are about 5 times higher than the amount they received from the sale of Neymar. I think the main reason for Barcelona's debts is the mistakes of the management that inflated the budget and did not think about the risks. As soon as the risks occurred - covid happened and the clubs' revenues plummeted. Barcelona flew into a financial abyss very quickly.

I dont think that covid had the biggest part in Barcelona`s financial problems. They made huge salaries and bought some outrage transfers that killed them. They now will need at least 10 years to go back into positive. The good thing is their deal with spotify that will help them financially really big. They need to focus on their youth academy and getting free transfers.
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Zidane will never coach a team in England. That's just a team in Spain or in France
I am really curious to know your reason for stating the above categorically, has Zidane ever at anytime said he would never coach in England, and if he has then can you help me with a link to it, so i can read/watch it myself. AFAIK Zidane should be open to work anywhere, except of course for a rival to a team he has coached previously (like Barcelona). It would be interesting to see Zidane coach in England, but it will depend on the team and the offer he is approached with. I am not saying Zidane's next job is going to be with an English team, but what i am saying is that you can never rule out Zidane coaching an English team somewhere along the line in his coaching career.
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