Topic: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 3375. (Read 476242 times)

It was a good move by Dortmund's management to hand Favre the termination letter. Dortmund's performance this season has been nothing to write home about both in the domestic Bundesliga matches or in the Champions league which they made it out of the group stage only because they didn't have stronger opponents in group F. It's also too early to start getting worried about how Edin Terzic  would fare. We would know in a couple of games but from what I know, he'd be serving as an interim manager till the end of the season.

I don't know if the new guy Edin Terzic is going to cut it for Dortmund.
He is yet any professional experience as a manager his only thing that is working for him is that he spent 2 and half years as an assistant manager at Dortmund under Lucien Favre. After that defeat against Stuttgart he should probably have walked out with the manager. I'm afraid that Dortmund is going to lose some of their stars if they see that the team is not headed in the right direction and by then it will be like a sinking ship and everyone will be trying to jum out.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/borussia-dortmund/story/4261493/favres-dortmund-future-decided-following-5-1-thrashing

I say good riddance! 

It's happening, Raiola-Pogba are still in the team and they are going away from Manchester.



Source: https://twitter.com/MinoRaiola/status/1337886398746140672



Source: https://twitter.com/capuanogio/status/1338008470214336512


Let's see if he moves in January  

Regarding Mbappe - his parents act like his agents/representatives as well. His father takes care of the contract stuff and his mother about the image/commercial side.
So, it's not really the case of 'my mum doesn't let me leave' thing

They did good things for his carreer so far (chosing PSG when he was leaving Monaco), so he will probably listen to their advice in picking his next club too. He's a fan of Real Madrid so he'll probably go there, but it might be a bad time to pick Madrid. I hope his mum will tell him Liverpool's better

Transfer rumours:

West Bromwich Albion are eager to sign Newcastle United's 30-year-old English striker Dwight Gayle, whose contract is due to expire at the end of this season. Have they already been late with that decision?
Chelsea are struggling to find buyers for goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. The Covid crisis seems to have changed a lot and there is not as much money available in the market as there used to be.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has not ruled out German playmaker Mesut Ozil playing for the Gunners before the 32-year-old's contract ends in the summer. Is a reversal happening in the difficult and complicated relationship between Ozil and Arsenal?
United have already rejected a swap deal with Juve involving Brazilian winger Douglas Costa, 30, and Barcelona's Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic, 30, for Pogba. What will happen to Pogba in the end?
France striker Kylian Mbappe, has hinted that the chances of him leaving Paris St-Germain could depend on the approval of his parents. Really? It means nothing without parents 

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/55289349

Gvardiol plays for a Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb. Ukrainian team is called Dynamo Kiev.

That transfer really did come as a shock to most of us in Croatia because Gvardiol didn't really play in the first division before that transfer. When Leeds came with that 22 million offer, we thought it was a joke. Some people even asked who that Gvardiol guy is.

I think that the transfer to Leipzig is worth around 20 mil. Euros and I'm quite sure Dinamo would have sold him for half that amount. A really weird deal.

The shocking news came from Real Madrid coach Zidane, who threatened to resign at the end of this season if Madrid failed to bring in the player he wanted like Paul Poga, which is certainly very disappointing considering that Zidane is a coach who successfully awarded the La Liga title and also the Champions League for Madrid, but the conditions Madrid, which increasingly does not support Zidane, could be a trigger for him to leave his position as Madrid coach, especially this season Madrid did not buy a single player in the transfer market yesterday.

You'll barely see any football team owners that has passion on the sport and the city or place they are representing. These guys will always see profit that's why you will see some teams when a player had a breakout season they will immediately accept a transfer because they want the huge amount some even don't care about how the season will be affected because of that transfer. Right now you really don't have to look far to see that the current situation will always be about profit and how they will be maximizing the value of their assets and that is including players.

Since Pogba has not worked in Italy in the last 2 years he can eligible for the law called "Decreto Crescita".
For this law, any worker coming to Italy and work for a period with a duration equal or over 24 months will have to pay fewer taxes.

For Example, if Pogba wants 12m/y in his pocket for Juventus will cost 16ish with taxes while Real will cost 24 ish with taxes.

Dybala is not eligible for this law and he takes 7.5m € and it costs 15m € for Juventus with taxes yearly.

Now if they can exchange these 2 players with an iper-evaluation around 80milions (like Pjanic-Arthur) il will basically have no cost for Juventus BUT they will need also a striker and to sell one in midfield, probably Ramsey or Rabiot.

I do not really find this foreign investor thing as a great idea for many football teams. The fact is that in many american sports teams you can see that owners try for two things, either make profit directly each season, or get their team worth more even if they lose money but gain overall from increase of team value.

It means they see this as a purely business deal and nothing more, they do not feel anything about the team at all, this works for other nations investing as well. For example if a team from burnley that means someone from burnley should probably own it, either born there or raise there or lives there whatever. When you have absolutely no connection at all, it becomes just a business and that may bring success but doesn't have that type of soul anymore at all.

@Avirunes I believe that it’ll be a big mistake to sack him so soon, because he needs to be given some more time, but if he yet continues to falter then I believe that Arsenal board will be right sack him. Furthermore I thought Ole is the next manager to be sacked, and if Manchester United doesn’t win tonight, then Manchester United board will have no other option but to sack him to save their season.

Sources:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/12/11/mikel-arteta-needs-time-courage-stand-super-agents-succeed/

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/solskjaer-next-manager-sacked-leeds-19425365

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9046013/Paul-Merson-believes-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-SACKED-Manchester-United-lose-rivals-City.html

Transfer rumours:

The £200m takeover of Premier League side Burnley by an American sports investment firm is set to signed off next week. Premier League has become a real magnet for foreign investors.
Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, turned down both Juventus and Inter Milan to join Manchester United on a free transfer in the summer. Personally, it seems to me that he made a mistake and that Italy would be a better choice for him.
Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman remains keen on signing Liverpool's 30-year-old Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum. Will Koeman stay long enough as a coach to make it happen?
Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder Koke, has spoken about how he would love to persuade Argentine striker Lionel Messi, 33 to join from Barcelona, but admitted it would be difficult "for him to get out of there". Everyone's in love with Messi 
Bayern Munich defender David Alaba, whose contract with the club expires next summer, is keen to move to Real Madrid but the Spanish side face competition from Chelsea and Paris St-Germain for the 28-year-old Austria international's signature. Everybody wants Alaba and the question is what does he want??
Manchester City and Manchester United are both expected to express an interest in signing Borussia Dortmund's Norwegian striker Erling Braut Haaland, over the coming months. Where Haaland will eventually go? Is England really the only choice for him?

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/55278089

Arsenal are really performing bad in PL but given the immediate achievements he had last season I think board is still gonna trust him for a bit more time maybe. Here he is being supported by Arsenal's chief executive: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12158647/mikel-arteta-will-succeed-at-arsenal-says-chief-executive . Things are just going wrong in attacking end for now for Arsenal and I think it is gonna solve up soon.

Seeing that Juventus refused to sign Ozil in 5 attempts ^{[by Arsenal]} in the past year ^{[source #1 and source #2]}, it's safe to say we could ignore the rumor of them signing him and according to ESPN, Ozil prefers a move to MLS but I have a feeling he'll stay for the rest of the season, then leaves for free.

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With Arteta's job at stake, Looks like their next target is going to be Allegri ^[source]...
^{- Having said that, I hope "Man U" doesn't sign him first.}

Kroos is not an offensive player he is more of a control and hold possession midfielder unlike Pogba whom contribute more in attack I think he is more to replace Modric but at the end it's all going to depend on Zidane power in persuading Perez to get him. Manchester is now asking 55€ million instead of 100€ million that they have been asking before. It's a good price considering that he have seen better days and the impact of Corona virus on teams budget. If Unites didn't get a buyer in january surely they will trade him for another player in summer their only problem is going to convince Pogba to cut down his wages
 

I agree that most of the players Juventus have are under 30 years of age. This is a positive thing for the future of Juventus,
especially if it is true that Paul Pogba can move to Juventus. Will make the composition of Juventus players even more solid,
I am optimistic that Pogba will join Juventus. Based on the words of Mino Raiola as an agent, Pogba said that his client was
unhappy at Manchester United and wanted to leave immediately. Then based on the news from The Times, Pogba prefers to
return to playing with Juventus. Let's wait and see.

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Juventus has one of the youngest teams in Europe now, time has been changed.
We actually have only 3 over 30 years old in the best 11 formations.

Ronaldo 35
Bonucci 33
Cuadrado 32

(Chiellini and Buffon play if they are not broken only when the games are easier).


Besides this, we have increasing rumors of a possible deal for Pogba (55 million). The Sun.

That age can still work at Juventus (if you know what I mean )
I was disappointed at how Arsenal treated him. I would really like to see him end his career on a high. Pairing up with form teammate Ronaldo would be absolutely awesome.

Seems so, also Sky. de is talking about it.
Last year he got a clause of 24 million... they tried to brought him but he said he wanted to stay 1 more year so there is no way to get him out.