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They will try for sure, yes. The problem is that clubs don't have that much money and that a lot of really good strikers will be on the market.

Dortmund took a hard stance on Sancho last year and was not able to take 100 mil from United with the same tactic, I think they'd have that chance with Haaland if that release clause was not so much lower (double) than what they are currently asking.

According to the German newspaper Sportbild, Bielefeld goalkeeper Stefan Ortega is not an option for FC Bayern München. The manager and the board of directors have spoken out against a transfer of Ortega.


Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1374516571180208147

It seems to be more difficult than expected to find a good second goalkeeper who accepts his role behind Manuel Neuer.

@cryptofrka this is a clever ploy by Dortmund as they know they need to sell Halland to raise cash, and now they’re trying to spread rumours that teams will pay $150 million for him, and whichever team wants him will immediately table a slightly lower bid due to the fear of missing out on his transfer, and this lower bid will be accepted by Dortmund.

Also Real Madrid is targeting Kane who I also feel will help Real Madrid compete in all tournaments, but I don’t think that Tottenham will sell their main striker.

Sources:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/rumor-reports-borussia-dortmund-sell-several-stars-including-jadon-sancho-fail-qualify-champions-league

https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-transfers-real-madrid-make-harry-kane-their-number-one-transfer-target-20210324

I'd be really surprised if that happened. Haaland has a release clause in his Dortmund contract that can be triggered in summer of 2022 and it is 75 mil. euro. Somebody would have to be crazy to pay double the amount for 1 year difference.

If Haaland will be sold this summer, I assume that 100 mil euros would be the limit clubs would go with. Real has other priorities as well, they will try with Mbappe first.

Yes, it's complicated. I always loved Pirlo as a player, one of the top of all time. But definitely, there is something wrong and the results show that. I'm not even sure if there is a better solution in currently free managers.
interesting that Allegri still doesn’t have a new job, although there were has been open positions. Maybe he waiting for Real Madrid, Zidane is also close to being sacked.

If it was a normal coach, yes but as a Juvenuts fan, I have some doubts about it.
Pirlo is the man chosen by Agnelli, the president himself he does not listen to his market assistants, the president wanted Pirlo.

Sacking Pirlo is like saying publicly "I screw it up"

Will he do it? Not sure.

Pirlo will be sacked for sure. Did not bring any improvement to the team. Allegri sounds like the best choice.
Firing Mou is very expensive. I don't think Leavy will decide to take such a step. He is too big a miser. Even if they do not change anything there, they risk losing Kane, which will want to make any step more in his career.

According to elchiringuito who it seems very close to real Madrid, Halaand is basically a deal done for next summer to Blancos for 150m€.



Source: https://twitter.com/elchiringuitotv/status/1374157935631290371

I have been also thinking about it for some time. Because they aren't having their best season surely.    After getting eliminated shockingly by D. Zagreb in the Europa League, they started focusing completely on the EPL. And they lost only one time in their last 5 games in the league which is good for them. They are right behind West Ham in the table by 1 point. They have nothing to do rather than giving battle for qualifying for the EL at least. But even if they qualify for the EL or the CL, still the board may decide to sack Mourinho.

Some rumors

Allegri wants to be back in June, IMHO possible solutions Roma Napoli JuveBis Manchester United Spurs.
Pirlo while 2 weeks ago was sure to stay in Juventus now is not for sure.
Juventus may go for kean again.
Mou can be sacked.

To be honest I am very surprised that Marco Rose's replacement is Xabi Alonso, who I think is still inexperienced as a coach. Even though
for now Xabi Alonso is the coach of Real Sociedad B, it is still not enough to prove the quality of Xabi Alonso as a coach. But maybe
Moenchengladbach's management has other considerations why they chose Xabi Alonso as a coach, but there is no doubt about Xabi Alonso's
leadership when he was still a player. Many great coaches praise Xabi Alonso, including Guardiola once gave a statement that Xabi Alonso would be
a good manager. Hopefully Xabi Alonso can make Moenchengladbach's performance even better next season. compared to this season whose
performance continues to decline.

Xabi Alonso, coach of Borussia Moenchengladbach, starting from next season .
an ideal opportunity to enter the world of limelight, first because of the team's ambitions, as it is not looking for the league championship, but rather to be present in the European championships and then the kind of German league loved in the beginnings due to the lack of the need for exaggerated tactics and the situation of the competitors It allows him to learn .
he was rained under the leadership of , Guardiola , Mourinho , Ancelotti in addition to his leadership personality in midfield and years of experience in clubs and the national team make of all this a global coach project looms on the horizon .

He could be a good addition to the squad, especially since he is free but I don't think he can make it in starting eleven. He may be a good rotation player. Barcelona need to transfer better players to squad in midfield position. Pedri and Busquets is playing in central midfield lately, since Xavi and Iniesta gone they couldn't replace them with big players. Pjanic transfer was a very bad move, at that cost they could've gotten better players. Wijnaldum is free though, I don't think anyone would complain about this transfer.

Georginio Wijnaldum could go to Barcelona for free


Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/georginio-wijnaldum-on-his-way-to-barcelona-in-the-summer-gqrt7ksg7?fbclid=IwAR3_XRmiE3VTBPiePpZMg_GPtJfiG6SBZgmIuaynzo2rJ-lidtw1M9fnTUM

It seems that the rumors of Simakan going to AC Milan will not happen. Today I read some news if he has agreed to join RB Leipzig. Actually from January Simakan did not play for Strasbourg. Simakan suffered an injury and had to undergo Knee Surgery. Seeing that he is still 20 years old, it is a long-term plan from Leipzig. He will join in July. Leipzig will have to pay € 15.00m to get the Simakan.

Do you have any concrete links for that? I'm really interested to dig more into the Wijnaldum situation.
He definitely isn't good enough for a top 5 salary but is a decent player I'm really unhappy we did not reach terms with so I'd like to read more about what he was expecting and what we were offering.

Wherever I look, I can't get concrete numbers from reliable sources.

Ultimately - he's a player we will be able to replace. It's just a shame we have to - because he was always fit and was really important to us.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk recently rejected FC Bayern München's €25 million offer for 22-year-old defender Dodô.


Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1373335091288678400

Shame about Wijnaldum but he is 30 & if reports are to be believed, he wanted to be the 3rd highest paid player on a 4 year contract. That would take him to age 34, he’s been a good player for LFC but losing him is far from terminal.

Transfer rumours:

The Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, has agreed a pre-contract deal to join Barcelona on a free transfer when his Liverpool contract expires this summer. Due to their financial problems, Barcelona will find it very difficult to bring in top and expensive players this summer.
Bayern Munich's Austrian defender David Alaba is set to join Real Madrid after the Spanish giants offered the 28-year-old £165,000-per-week and a £17m bonus. It seems like a great deal for both clubs.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is doing everything to keep Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, at Old Trafford next season despite him tipped for a move to Argentina and Boca Juniors. Will they really manage to keep him at the club?
Napoli's efforts to reduce their wage bill means they will consider selling 29-year-old defender Kalidou Koulibaly for less than the £69m asking price previously set for the Senegal international, who has been linked with Liverpool and Manchester United. Looks like they had no choice but to lower the price so they could sell him this summer.
Barcelona want to move Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho on in the summer and will consider loan offers for the 28-year-old. Barcelona fail to get rid of Coutinho despite all efforts.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/56470167

We are getting closer to the summer every week and my excitement level goes higher. This is the transfer I am curious the most and it is really hard to predict which side will succeed in this. There are many big clubs after him and it really means that Dortmund will make an incredible amount of money thanks to Haaland. I feel like he won't go under €125-130m.