2022 Winter Transfer discussion thread
 

even though technically it opens as of 1st of January 2022


already quite some gossip going on


November 16th

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latest rumours

- Ajax already looking for replacement of winger Antony, and again in Brazil, Matheus Goncalves, 16 yr old winger of Flamengo was recently scouted by the Amsterdam's club

- Manchester United hasn't given up on Ousmane Dembele and asks him again not to renew his contract at Barcelona

- Steven Gerrard wants to sign Borna Barisic to Aston Villa from his old club Rangers, the croatian left back must help Villa out of defensive problems

- Uruguay are in talks with Marcelo Gallardo, current manager of River Plate must become the successor of Oscar Tabarez whom was sacked after 15 years

Borussia Dortmund might already have the successor for Erling Haaland

they are almost done with signing Karim Adeyemi from Red Bull Salzburg

transfer gossip of December 14th, 2021

- Dele Alli seems to be leaving Tottenham Hotspur, on short term, might be loaned out, the attacking midfielder doesn't have a future at the club under Antonio Conte and can leave (The Athletic)

- Real Madrid remains hoping for transfer free booking of Antonio Rudiger, the central defender has turned down the first contract renewal offer from Chelsea (Fabrizio Romano)

- Luca Martinez has appeared on Feyenoord's radar, the mexican forward from argentine Rosario Central is also being followed by scouts from various other european top teams (deportiva 105.9)

- Paulo Dybala remains loyal to Juventus, argentine forward will extend his contract very soon until mid 2026, with in the contract two bonusses for amount of scored goals and won trophies (Fabrizio Romano)

- Arsenal has signed Florian Bluchel as scout for the german transfer market, the international scout has worked for almost 10 years at Bayern Munich (football london)

- Chelsea hopes to take advantage as for the situation around Lucas Digne, the french left back from Everton is not happy about manager Rafa Benitez style of play and is thinking about leaving (The Sun)

gossip of december 15th, 2021

- Bayern Munich is prepared to give Niklas Sule a year salary of 10 million euro, but replacement options are Antonio Rudiger, Nico Schlotterbeck in case the defender does not renew his expiring contract (BILD)

- Barcelona fights with Real Madrid over the signature of Agustin Alvarez, an offer of 12 million should be enough to sign the midfielder of the uruguayan Penarol (Mundo Deportivo)

- Liverpool is interested in Lautaro Martinez, the forward of Inter Milan also is interest of Arsenal, he is a superb form this season so far with 10 goals in 21 games (calciomercato)

- Atletico Madrid wants to talk with Manchester United regarding the future of Anthony Martial, the french forward barely gets any playing time this season at old trafford and is also linked to Barcelona, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain (Eurosport)

- Mickael Cuisance has the chance to be leaving Bayern Munich in January, Venezia en teams from Turkey and Russia have already brought out an offer for the french midfielder, but der rekordmeister wants at least 10 million euro including bonusses (Foot mercato)

- Newcastle United has declared Kieran Trippier as its first target for the winter transfer market under the new saudi ownership, the defender of atletico madrid whose contract expires at the end of this season was previously also linked to manchester united last summer (Daily Mail)

gossip of December 24th, 2021

- Juventus wants to sign Mauro Icardi on loan from Paris Saint Germain, italian superteam is prepared to involve Arthur Melo in exchange for the argentine forward

- Olympique Marseille has again reached out to Randal Kolo Muani, however Eintracht Frankfurt still is in the running and the main candidate to takeover the central forward of Nantes on a free transfer upcoming summer

- Newcastle United wants to sign 2 defenders in January, Sven Botman is among those shortlisted, but it is waiting what the transfer offer has to be for LOSC Lille

- Edinson Cavani is no longer on the shortlist of Barcelona, because of the arrival of Ferran Torres, manager Xavi no longer is interested in him

- Juventus wants to sign Cristiano Giuntoli as the next sports director, they see in him the ideal replacement for Fabio Paratici who has recently went to Tottenham Hotspur

- Stole Dimitrievski can be delighted he is in the shortlist of Barcelona, the negotiations for the goalkeeper of Rayo Vallecano who still has a contract until 2024 have started

Brian Brobbey returns to Ajax, on loan for the rest of the season from RB Leipzig where he didn't get much playing time

PSV will compete with Feyenoord for Joey Veerman of SC Heerenveen

PSV signed Joey Veerman as a back up option for Ibrahim Sangaré while he is away for africa cup

Coutinho to Aston Villa from Barca on loan

Newcastle brought out an offer of 48 million for Sven Botman from LOSC Lille

surprise transfer in Belgium

Shinji Kagawa will play for Sint Truiden


former Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund, and Japanese national team supertalented midfielder

youth product from PSV youth academy will return to Eindhoven but not for PSV, but eindhoven's oldest club FC Eindhoven

he was released by Waasland-Beveren on free transfer and can sign a contract until the end of this current season at the Keukenkampioendivisie team

the belgian attacking midfielder (23) is a surprise signing for FC Eindhoven whom don't have a huge budget, so manager Rob Penders is delighted of Matthias's choice to sign with them a player of his qualities normally unrealistic to sign how he chooses for the cult club story what Eindhoven got with them

- Aston Villa want Everton's Lucas Digne, and want to use Anwar el-Ghazi as a trade object

David Neres from Ajax to ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk for 15 million

Chris Wood very likely to get transferred from Burnley to Newcastle.

This transfer is set to be confirmed today.

done deal

Aston Villa signs Lucas Digne, for 25 million

FC Groningen signs Melayro Bogarde on loan from Hoffenheim for the remainder of this season, the 19 yr old who can play in both midfield and defence, moves at the age of 16 from Feyenoord to Hoffenheim

Arsenal target Arthur Melo - reports

The newcastle signings are interesting. They are both pretty mediocre players on fairly short contracts. They are obviously looking at it from the view that they will likely be relegated

Jesus Corona to Sevilla, 25 yr old winger comes over from FC Porto, and FC Twente can because of this transfer expect a nice sum of money too where he played from 2013 to 2015, between the 2 and 3 million euro


the 63 time mexican international has won with Porto the league title twice (2017/18 and 2019/20) once the cup (2019) and twice the super cup (2019 and 2021)

some transfer gossip

- Manuel Neuer is close to renewing his contract at Bayern Munich which expires around summer of 2023, this is disappointing for Alexander Nubel who was loaned out to AS Monaco who was hoping to become their no.1 goalkeeper next season

- PSG has again opened negotiations with Kylian Mbappe for a short renewal of his contract, the superstar who seems to be going on free transfer to Real Madrid next season wants to focus on his match performances and hasn't decided on this contract offer yet

- Lille has reached a agreement to sign Hatem Ben Arfa on a free transfer, the forward who left Bordeaux last summer becomes the replacement for Yusuf Yazici who moves to CSKA Moscow

- Barcelona, Bayern Munich are interested in Chelsea's defender Anders Christensen, the danish defender also has a renewal offer from Chelsea under consideration and will soon decide about his future plans

- Aston Villa are close to signing swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen of AS Roma, whom will end his loan spell at Sheffield United earlier than expected

- it is uncertain if Sergino Dest will finish his season at Barcelona, Chelsea and Bayern Munich are interested in signing the right wing defender on loan

Man United's Anthony Martial on loan to Sevilla for rest of the season

NEC signs forward Wilfried Bony, former goalscorer of rivals Vitesse

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Jorrit Hendrix on loan from Spartak Moscow to Feyenoord



and FC Utrecht signs forward Henk Veerman from SC Heerenveen (so both Veerman's left Friesland this winter transfer period)



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Frank Wormuth is as of next season the manager for FC Groningen, 61 yr old german will replace Danny Buijs of whom his contract won't get renewed

Wormuth comes over from Heracles Almelo where he currently is at his 4th league season, before that he worked for over 10 years at the German FA as manager of national youth teams, he signs a contract in Groningen for 3 years