Topic: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 861. (Read 495715 times)

There are many differences.

Chinese Super League can't bring one of the GOAT into their league, while Saudi Professional League done it. Oscar, Hulk, Texeira, Teves etc, who are them? but if you ask random person and he/she isn't even a football fan, he/she will know who is Ronaldo.

The booms in Chinese Super League happen before technology and digitalize booms (after Covid pandemic).

The West hates China and they didn't really hates Saudi Arabia.

How much drop though? I mean we are talking about a 31 year old player, turning into 32, and his value is high because he is contracted? Assume that he has 5 more years in his contract, would his value really be skyrocketing? I really do not think so, he is already old and I do not think that many teams are in a line to get someone at that age.

I agree that Qatar or Saudi Arabia will want him, that would make sense but that doesn't change the fact that it would not be a lot more anywhere else, and in their case they would get him even if he has one year contract anyway. So all in all, I think signing him doesn't really make sense, just keep him until the end and replace him with someone else when his contract is over.

Having a lot of money doesn't mean anything for the culture. Football is not a game of money, it is a game of passion. The Saudi League is not a league to go to for money. China tried this once and it failed. All the players who went to China for money left the country. Now the Saudi league is next. The same will happen to them. Players will learn over time that money can't buy everything and they will leave this league. The only people having fun in the Saudi league may be the fans who don't understand football. They are so far away from football that they don't even know when to cheer and when to shout.

In Xavi's hands, the tiki taka strategy worked well enough, but it wasn't as perfect as it was during their heyday. One of the problems I see with the strategy now is that it is not accompanied by a strong defense, nor do they have the goal productivity that they had before, which is why the strategy they use is problematic. I'm sure that's part of the process, the question is whether management is willing to go through that process because from what I see now they seem to want something instant, as evidenced by the pressure put on Xavi by management who demanded a title this season. Whereas in my opinion the process is the main thing because from there a strong team foundation can be formed.

Roberto De Zebri? Maybe you don't watch football well. How can you say that he is not experienced. You'd barely see Pep Guardiola vouching for a coach for Barcelona to sign up, but right now he has been trying to convince his former side and club to sign up Roberto De Zebri from Barcelona.

With Barcelona current situation, they don't need a coach who will ask fkr them to spend outrageous valuations and fee's on players, but they'd go back to them ways ( Getting players from La Ma Sia ) Same way Pep Guardiola did years ago with Barcelona.
Can you see what Roberto De Zebri is doing with Brighton? He has one of the best younger squad growing up and watch his tactical approach and build up, he is the best man to lead those young la ma sians.

Infact Ansu Fati would benefit from him alot if he becomes Barcelona head coach. Barcelona has difficulties even with paying them players. They have to take drastic measures to change.

Tiki-taka has created a brand for Barcelona, ​​but this style of play is only suitable for specific players. It requires players with high perfection like Xavi, Innesta, Messi..., and Barca currently does not have such players, so they are no longer suitable for it. I think they should hire a coach with a new style of play, bringing a new breeze to Barca. Don't try to rebuild a gameplay style that is no longer suitable for the present. The TIki-taka style of play is too picky about players, slow in deploying attacks and easily ball interception if the players do not apply this style of play masterfully.


I think it is normal that when the Saudi League offers more money, more and more great players from Serie A will start to enter the league. If you have a lot of money, then you can have world-class football players. So for me, don't be too surprised when I see lots of incidents like that in the world of football.

Roberto De Zerbi is 44 years old. Why he is too young? I don' see any problem with his age.  
It is good if a coach is ambitious, it means he wants to do a hard work to achieve a big goal. If the coach isn't ambitious, he may have no big goal for a team. So, he probably doesn't force himself to do a hard job for the team.

Yes, the problem of Roberto De Zerbi is he still can't prove to succeed with a big team. If we take a look his career history, he only managed average teams such as Brighton, Shakhtar, or Sasuolo. It will be too hard for him to manage a big team like Barcelona. People must be doubtful whether he has a proper ability to manage Barcelona or not.

Unai Emery is a better alternative. He has a good career history, he already managed some big teams such as PSG, Arsenal, Valencia, Villareal, Sevilla, and Aston Villa. He deserves to get a chance to manage Barcelona team.

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https://www.transfermarkt.com/roberto-de-zerbi/profil/trainer/32157

https://www.transfermarkt.com/unai-emery/profil/trainer/5075

Not sure about your speculation about PSG being Osimhen's final destination even though there is a good chance of winning trophies and PSG also have a lot of money to be able to sign him.
But in reality Osimhen has always idolized Chelsea. John Obi Mikel as Osimhen's agent and former Chelsea player revealed that Osimhen was very interested in joining Mauricio's team because he really loves Chelsea. Moreover, Osimhen wants to follow in the footsteps of his seniors from Nigeria who once played for the London club. Among them, there are Victor Moses to Celestine Babayaro. Not only are PSG and Chelsea interested, but Manchester United is also interested in bringing Osimhen into their squad.

This is not true. Victor Osimhen never said his childhood club is Chelsea. I believe what he said was that as a child, he wore many jerseys back home in Nigeria, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal being one of them.
I’m struggling to see where Osimhen will go, but it has to be PSG for me. It’s his best chance of winning trophies. The premier league may look more attractive than the French Ligue, you have more visibility and hype when you’re in the EPL.

Victor Osimhen is from Nigeria and just like most of the young African players, he was supporting an European club in his childhood days and that club happens to be Chelsea football club. Now that he made it to limelight in professional football, he still didn't hide love for Chelsea and how he's been supporting the club in his childhood days but that doesn't mean that the Nigeria international have ever said he's loves to play for Chelsea. It's one thing to publicly show admiration to the club that he's been supporting for a very long time and absolutely another thing to say that he'll play for that same club.

That being said, I'm not trying rule out a possible transfer of Victor Osimhen to Chelsea in the summer but considering the performance of the London club in recent seasons and the fact that they won't be playing in the UEFA Champions League competition next season, I think it'll be extremely difficult to convince the Nigeria striker to commit his future to Chelsea. Victor Osimhen have already announced himself to the world as well as making it very obvious that he has all it takes to succeed in any big European club should he leave Napoli and that's why expect him to go to a club that's playing in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea I think have some internal tactical crises at the moment which is why their performance in all competitions in the past two seasons have been awful so signing for them will likely affect the performance of Victor Osimhen

This is the first I’m hearing Chelsea is the preferred destination of Victor Osimhen. PSG and Arsenal have shown interest in the player. He’s a prolific striker, Mark Obi is a reputable figure and has influence amongst Nigerian footballers. I hope he doesn’t convince Victor Osimhen to join Chelsea. I do not want Victor Osimhen to move to Chelsea. They are not in good form, they are not winning the league in the next two years in my opinion. There’s no glory to be had at Chelsea.

Cause there is no money in Seria A and in any other leagues.

Besides Premier League, Real Madrid PSG and Bayern nobody has money.

Did Paul Pogba make a mistake by moving to Manchester United at his peak? Maybe YES or NO because we all have our own motivating factors, but in my personal view and from my perspective, it was one of the best moves and a step into the spotlight in the eyes of English elite clubs. Paul Pogba was merely overhyped by EPL clubs because it is what they are widely recognized doing. The Frenchman was in excellent physical condition during his time at Juventus, where he was the club's most important player. He represented the team with jersey number 10 and was a key player for the club, but what is happening to him now does not fit with his previous activities.

Juventus still in contracts if the board will terminate his contract for good. He's currently of no use for the club but due to the status he have climbed to build, there's still presence of small respect for the player. Paul Pogba accused for doping, the case have been investigated thoroughly and it turns out the information about the player is true, he's been convicted for doping and his punishment is 4 years ban from any football and sports activities, it's really frustrating bad news for Paul Pogba and his family. I don't think he will be able to come back stronger since he's aging and will no longer be eager to play good style football as usual.

I think I've said this before, I loved him like he is my direct elder brother, he has been joy to watch since them days with the old ladies Juventus right?
I don't listen to all of these criticisms because they know or should have known Paul Pogba is not a defensive midfielder like they want him to be, he cannot be doing the defensive midfielder role and also the attacking midfielder's role.
He failed at Manchester United because he never played behind a world class defensive midfielder just like he did with Blaise Matuidi ans then the same goes with Ngolo Kante.

People can go ahead and cry. I stan Paul Pogba till whenever. He'd be 34years old by then, he should have moved on with life completely.

Usually whenever a team has good performance the other team will try to have their players or coaches when they know a team doesn't have good players and the only reason for Barcelona to hire De Zerbi I think was the good performance of this coach because regardless of the players they had, he had perfect performances so far in this team.
However, I think think if Brighton will easily let De Zerbi leave and De Zerbi is just an option for Barcelona if everything goes well for them and they can supply the money for it which is hard for Barcelona in this station they have.

I really liked Paul Pogba. I think Pogba had potential to be one of the greats. At some point, he was the most expensive player in the world. I think his fall began when he joined Manchester United, the Red Devils were not at the best form when he came in and Pogba was expected to be their savior and who can blame them considering the price tag of the player. I don’t know if he will be able to maintain form or have top clubs coming for him after his 4year ban.

Real Madrid is the first most profitable club for the 2022/2023 season, their income amounted to 831 million euros. They have no financial problems at all (unlike Barcelona, which seems to be close - in 4th place, but taking into account the debts, the situation there is completely different). They can afford to buy all three at once, but I doubt that this is their plan, rather they are looking at options, firstly so that each individual option does not think too much about itself, and secondly, this is a long-term game, see how long they wait return on their investment in Endrick.
And I don’t agree that they are building the Galacticos again, it was a set of stars and not a team, you can’t say the same about Real for many years. Everyone (maybe except Mbappe) are pros at the “regular” level of media exposure, this is not at all the situation when Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Owen, etc. played in Real Madrid.

At the moment it looks like Bayern must be more careful when making decisions in recruiting players, especially for defenders.
Araujo is indeed a pretty good game but Bayern must pay attention to whether Araujo can immediately fit in with the players or the philosophy of Bayern or not?

Because after all, in my opinion this is quite important considering that Bayern in the last few seasons have brought in some pretty expensive defenders but sometimes with the philosophy that Bayern has sometimes these players cannot reach their best performance when they are at Bayern even though at their previous club they played very well and became irreplaceable main pillars.

We can see some players like De Ligt or last season Kim Min Jae who until now in my opinion have performed like ordinary players without anything special from their performance even though previously in Serie A when De Ligt played for Juventus and Kim played for Napoli they were very good so this must be taken into consideration in the end not to waste money again for Araujo.

May, it's crystal clear he is already old and worn out in that midfield even if he's been a decent ball passer,  he doesn't have the energy and strength needed to thrive in that midfield and also in the Premier League.
The movement of Jorginho outta the club is a big must and I don't see no-one stopping that from happening.

I see Arsenal  would get the chances of signing Douglas Luis finally,  Aston Villa has to sell two or three of them players reasons to these is because they want to avoid the FFP rules.
It's gonna be a good signature to Arsenal,  he has always been a top target for them.

Juventus for Jorginhð? Never?