Topic: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 755. (Read 492816 times)

Obviously, nothing is clear at the moment, but the transfer window is about to open and if Mbappe doesn't move to Real Madrid immediately, it may become clear that other teams are competing for him and Real Madrid won't like that very much, because they won't tolerate a second transfer failure.

Most of the top brass in coaching are either going to retire or pretty washed up so giving a new blood chances to coach these top clubs seems to be quite the phenomenal nowadays. Even Xabi Alonso would most likely join one of those top clubs that is willing to get his signature on the contract rather than staying in Leverkusen for sure

Bologna is pretty impressive this season although I would argue that Thiago Motta's managerial career isnt that impressive if we look at his statistic last season, Bologna was nowhere as good as this season. Aside from that, his two last club's statistic was pretty horrible and its no where near decent atleast so this is going to be a pretty bold move from Juventus if they actually let Motta take over especially when currently Juventus is not that impressive in serie A this season

Xavi might stay at Barcelona next season. I think this rumor is plausible, but I think the possibility of them signing Haaland for 130 million euros is a weak rumor. I think Manchester City would make a big mistake if they sell Haaland for 130 million euros. Even if it is because of a clause in his contract, it would be a mistake for Manchester City. Today, even for Osimhen and Alexander Isak, there are rumors in the press about a transfer fee of 130 million euros. If they lose Haaland for 130 million euros, they will lose a lot.

Juventus is currently very down in Serie A and even their position is now starting to be threatened by Bologna in the top 4, currently Juventus is in 3rd position while Bologna who is in 4th position with a difference of 2 points is of course just waiting for time to overtake Juventus, the poor performance of Juventus in recent seasons certainly cannot be separated from Allegri's monotonous strategy and easy to read by his opponents,  Allegri has been relying on a scheme of play that I think is very old-fashioned, which is still reluctant to have the ball for too long in a match and I think that makes Juventus now increasingly lagging behind the modern style of play.

Currently it is reported that Juventus is eyeing several top coaches to replace allegri next season, but so far we have not been able to ascertain who Is worthy to replace Allegri who is now only 180 minutes away with Juventus, because reportedly if Juventus get bad results in the next two matches against Fiorentina and Torino, the management will consider sacking Allegri,  But looking at the current conditions, of course Thiago Motta is a strong candidate to replace Allegri, but the question now if Juventus again miss the Champions League next season, will Thiago Motta want to leave Bologna who will most likely play in the Champions League next season?

Yeah, I did see this very news but was too lazy to raise it up. Seeing it from you shows it has some levels of validity innit. What I feel is that, Xavi Hernandez shouldn't have been treated the way he was treated. He is not as bad as they think he is. What happened was that Barcelona lacked the finances to get players to back him up this season and it affected him hugely.

I'm cool with him staying further, he knows the club in and out. All he needs right now is to sell of players like Robert Lewandoski and Raphina and cash out huge figures from them sale to Saudi Arabian Premier League Competition. This so they can fund for players. I see Bernado Silva ha been linked to Barcelona already, that would be a great switch.

Also, they will be needing a player like Sergio Busquet. Do they have that already?
For Erling Haaland to win the Ballon d'or, he needs to leave the Premier League Competition. This eventually makes Cristiano Ronaldo the only player to win the Ballon d'or from the Premier League Competition.

Because you are using the Transfermarkt as a reference, you should know who is the most expensive player between the two. There is information listed there about the market value of every player you want, including Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden, so that question should have been answered.

Both are players with British passports whose performance is increasing with their respective teams. Bellingham and Phil Foden are the two best midfielders in England at the moment, but there are still several other good players such as Declan Rice and others. I can't compare their current market value, especially since both have high resale value at the moment. Market prices increase as they perform well, so there's nothing certain to say.

Another reason why Newcastle experienced a setback this season was due to injuries. At the start of the season, Eddie Howe squad performance was quite consistent in winning. Along the way, a storm of player injuries haunted them, and coupled with the Tonali case, their situation worsened. Meanwhile, in terms of player transfers, Newcastle can actually easily recruit players even though the prices are expensive, because after changing ownership, Newcastle has now turned into a club that has strong finances.

Newcastle management must pay close attention to its policies when wanting to buy players in each transfer market, they have to pay attention to the FFP rules too, so that they don't get sanctions like that in the future. Apart from that, currently there are 9 Newcastle players who are still struggling with injuries, while one other, namely Tonali, is still sidelined due to sanctions until the end of August. Overall, the depth of Newcastle's squad is actually quite good, but to be able to compete in the top four next season, Eddie Howe needs to reshuffle his starting XI.

more and more rumors about the probable separation between Juventus and coach Allegri.

Everything seems already set towards the end of the season with the dismissal of the current coach.

The rumors for the new coach are different but most are directed towards Tiago Motta. the only contender at the moment seems to be Antonio Conte but much less likely.

Some are already starting to assume Motta will be the next coach from the 2024/2025 season.

I almost don't believe that Mbappe will go to Manchester City and I think this is also not a good thing for football, especially for the current competition between the two best front players between Mbappe and Haaland.

I also think so, Mbappe would be the main player in the front line with full control and full support if he was at Real Madrid without any competition between teammates.
And in my opinion, that's much better than having to play on the same team as Haaland.

The performance of smaller teams this season will continually shock everyone because one wouldn't have believed if told before now that Newcastle would be in the Champions league this season, and say more and more of the recent performances of Fulham and others. These teams have taken advantage of the situation the wild teams have found themselves, in terms of competitions being played which causes less resting times, plus the team's defaults in their physical structure and player's efforts in converting goal chances to victories.

 A whole lot has changed in football. The EPL which was tough has become even tougher, La Liga just started getting competitive. It's amazing that the smaller teams are making wave and causing football to be more fun than it used to be. Gone are the days that football in these leagues were one team focused, now all teams have to be watched closely because no one knows where his defeat would lie.

 Newcastle in weeks have been doing good, they've been surprisingly excellent in a couple of games that they've been underrated in.  They're one team that didn't let the injury situation affect their performance, they were able to keep up with the games and ending them with victories. Even against PSG in both legs of the UCL group stage faceoff, they played in their highness and held PSG to ransom twice. It's just an amazing remark of their performance in football in the past weeks.

 Weeks back they lost to Everton which wasn't entirely their fault. They even went on to face City, a team who's also had huge impact on the league table, they did their best to put in extra effort. Any side had the chance to win even though City are doing exceedingly well, Newcastle were the host and they were also able to hold down City's pressure.

^ I have heard some news about some Barcelona players not being able to leave Barcelona because Barcelona have not paid them as much money as they should have. that is a very big problem.
I actually do not understand how you can go for signing new players when you cannot even provide the proper wage of the players that you already have.

You know, a few months ago Barcelona was even unable to register players because of funding problems.
And their situation cannot be turned into something so great that they start looking for players that cost more than 50 million right?


^ I still think that for any young and upcoming player who is showing good talent, it is not a good idea to go to Barcelona. Because the situation of the club is not good right now. Even though they are definitely performing better when compared to Chelsea or Manchester United. If there is any club that young players should stay away from, it is those three.

The problem is that it will not be realistic especially for the financial problems that Manchester City has now.
With some pretty expensive players at Manchester City at the moment it is clear that bringing Mbappe is difficult to do unless he takes out some of the core players they have including Haaland.
It is difficult to bring together two players of Mbappe and Haaland's caliber in the squad which makes it unrealistic to expect Mbappe to be at Manchester City for next season.

In addition, if this possibility occurs I do not dare to say they will be fine in terms of FFP because now the issue of violations in Financial Fairplay for Manchester City has always been a never-ending issue so when there is a possibility of Mbappe to be in the Manchester City squad next season I do not dare to guarantee the reaction of several other clubs in the EPL about this because it will seem partial and the financial authorities in the EPL only look at small clubs like Everton or Nottingham but do not care about the finances of big clubs like Manchester City.  

Both of them are talented young players in the current era. they can compete like Messi and Ronaldo in the past. it would be less interesting for fans to see both of them on the same team. City could be very overpowered in the Premier League.
I would prefer Mbappe to Madrid or a club in the Premier League other than City to create competition with Mbappe.

Newcastle's unwanted transfer mistakes have made this season not go well for them.
Actually for this season the steps taken by Howe are actually very good where they bring in several players including Tonali who in fact is one of the very good assets because at a very young age he became a promising player because of his good performance, it's just that there were some unexpected situations where Tonali had problems with illegal bets made him get problems and a ban on playing even until the end of this season he will not be able to compete which makes Newcastle experience problems in midfield because it cannot balance the squad because Tonali was included in Howe's previous plan.

This is what makes Newcastle troublesome even though their momentum last season was very good but because of some unexpected mistakes it made them this season experience destruction.

It's an impossible scenario. Please look into Manchester City's case which is having issues with FFP breaches. It would be ridiculous if City signed Mbappe because he demands excessive signing fees from the club that successfully recruits him as a new player which is impossible to happen with city and mbappe. The better for city to complete its problems rather than thinking about how to recruit mbappe.

The city's problem with financial fair play has not yet been resolved, so how can we predict whether the city will be able to sign the mbappe here? it's totally a non sense thing to be talked. I would prefer that City keep playing with their current wingers because they are good since the early season. Grealish and Doku were very capable of playing on City and the club doesn't need a new winger again to play in the club and the better to use the available talents.

The club does not need someone like Mbappe, and Pep was obviously aware of this. This is why the city was rarely connected with the mbappe even when many big teams massively linked with mbappe's movements, as the team had no interest in recruiting him as a new player. It's that simple.
Pep is a coach who prioritizes efficiency over everything. It does not make sense for him to spend so much money on an expensive player like him. Allow the city to be done with its FFP breach problem.

It would be great to watch Mbappe at Manchester City. I'm sure every Manchester City fan would want that. But we know that Mbappe had some problems before when he was in the same team with Neymar and Messi. He might have similar problems playing with Haaland. There are younger players at Real Madrid, so he can gain respect from them. And we can see him as a dominant character at Real Madrid. But when he plays with Haaland he might not be the dominant character. I think he will be more successful at Real Madrid.

From what I have noticed regarding Newcastle decline, it is because they did not make good use of the transfer market season and had too much confidence in the squad they had last season. Meanwhile, other teams that are currently at the top are making improvements so that they are at least able to maintain their performance in the EPL. Not only that, the strong reason behind Newcastle setback is the mental factor of the players, mental matters cannot be taken lightly, because speaking of the EPL you need to be mentally strong enough to be able to compete. As a result Newcastle lost its best performance, and we can't expect much from Newcastle club management other than having to go through a bad phase because of its own mistakes.

Barcelona doesn't seem to want to spend any more money to sign a new coach and as long as Xavi can still be retained, they will try everything to prevent him from leaving. Barcelona is smart enough to take advantage of the existing situation and they don't want to just let Xavi go and it's better to give him the salary they still have allocated than to hire a new coach whose costs will be much more expensive.

Haaland to Barcelona? I think it will just be a dream that won't come true and considering the value of the clause which is very expensive, I don't think Barcelona can afford to sign him because we all know the existing financial forces will never be able to bring in Haaland. Unless Barcelona is willing to sell some of its players, that could possibly happen. But if that happens then Barcelona will lose several key players. Other problems that are quite easy, such as making Joao Felix's transfer permanent, they can't let alone bring in Haaland, right?

We can be relaxing and watching most of these competitive clubs folding up. Newcastle United are ranked 8th position on the table and they've been brilliant for final phases. The English Premier League have become an interesting League for everyone to watch. Newcastle United have more players to lose at the end of the season and I would say it will be downtime for the Magpies headcoach, Eddie Howe. Alot of things will change when these key players finally departs and leaving ordinary players that have zero impacts to make.

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Im feeling another drama between chelsea and lukaku will be back again soon as per the recent news stated that if chelsea tried to raises some money from selling him to the saudi club. The Blues are now perplexed about how to raise additional funds in the mission to avoid FFP sanction and i have heard that if chelsea plan to sell some additional players too, and Chelsea's representative has been contacting Saudi Arabia directly to offer Lukaku. It is unclear whether Saudi Arabia accepted or rejected such an offer. the main problem if lukaku never feel interested to play in the saudi pro laegue club.

I recall Chelsea having similar issues with Lukaku last season. This is the second time the Blues have tried to sell him to a Saudi Pro League club, but it is unclear whether Lukaku will change his mind this time. I consder that how happy lukaku when he played in his preferable club.
It was caused by Lukaku's refusal to respond positively when Chelsea attempted to send him to the Saudi Professional League. Lukaku enjoys playing in European competitions because they challenge him, and he dislikes playing in the Saudi Professional League.
I strongly believe that Chelsea will miss this again. Since the player will completely disagree with it.