Summer 2023 Gossip/Transfer News
 

Barcelona boss Xavi says he is in talks with 35-year-old Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi over a sensational summer return to the Camp Nou. (Standard)

But Messi's father and agent Jorge has agreed a two-year deal with Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal worth 1.2bn euros (£1.1bn)

Messi has to sign on the dotted line though and he’s hardly chasing the £€$ ..

He’s available on a free transfer in a week or so I expect him to sign for Barca again unless that crazy La Liga president scuppers the deal ..


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Yeah it was reported on the local news that he was saying his goodbyes on the pitch to his teammates after the Villa match. Fully expect him to leave Brighton.

As for Chelsea I think one of the most important jobs for Poch is getting rid of a lot of the current squad, not signing new players

Yeah and Poch needs time. Though we gave Potter a decent amount of time and that went nowhere.

But yes, a clear out is needed for sure. Though i think we're in desperate need of a striker. I think it was the lowest goal scoring tally for Chelsea this season in almost 100 years.

yep the last time you had a decent striker was drogba

Absolutely loved Drogba. I feel like Costa did well for us too tbh. His passion, and grit was always appealing to the Chelsea fans.

oh yeah, forgot about Costa

that is exactly the type of player they need now!

He’s already sent Felix packing back to Atletico !!


Shame .. I love watching him play .. although he may end up at my beloved Barca now !!


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Chelsea will have no European distractions..
I see them top 4 EASY


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I think there will be so many players available this summer it is going to be like a bargain basement for all but the elite players. All fuelled by the chelsea overspend in the last 2 windows

Yeah he wouldn't of taken it lying down like a lot of the Chelsea players have.

Yeah he had his moments, and i reckon he'd of done better with a firing Chelsea team.
I really don't see top 4 for Chelsea next season, but i hope you're right.

We wont be able to give half these playing away imo. I mean, Havertz for example, what team is gonna want him after his poor showing this season?!

send him out on loan to a championship side, thats his level

Man U wouldn't have been top 4 this season without bringing in Casemiro

Havertz is a class player !!

He’s been played out of position

Bet Poch builds around him and Fernandes


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sky
 

"Joao Felix to return to Atletico Madrid after Mauricio Pochettino tells Chelsea he
does not want forward"

Havertz is good on his day, but seriously lacks any kind of consistency. He was a 1 in 5, at best, good game player before this season. This season i've not seen him have more than one or two good games.

Sterling on the other hand, he needs to go. I've never rated him. I know he's had a decent career, but i was in the half of Chelsea fans very much "meh" when we signed him.

I’d agree on Sterling

He just got lucky playing for that Liverpool side then that City side


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Yeah he's no good, would be happy to see him go.

If I had to choose between Saka and Sterling, because they play pretty similar roles, it's simply no contest

who gets wonderkid Fabio Silva from Wolves next season

will he stay with PSV for another season or will Ajax sign him?

Ajax looking at Ivorian duo in sweden, Benié Traore and Amane Romeo
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and in eindhoven the search for a new coach has started

rumoured are

Peter Bosz

Adil Ramzi

Pascal Jansen

but it isn't clear yet who they will go for

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i personally hope for former Man United assistent Rene Meulensteen as our new manager, he is good (learned a lot too from the likes of Sir Alex, Hiddink)

Mac Allister for £60m is a steal

Looks like Thuram will be joining Alexis soon

Brentford signs dutch goalkeeper Mark Flekken from SC Freiburg for 13 million


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amazing transfer for him, after few stunning seasons over in Freiburg, where he helped them this season secure group stage EL for next season :D

it's no longer the question if, but to which club Milos Kerkez will go to this summer

the hungarian has had a superb season at AZ, possibly even the best left back on dutch fields

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main candidate who might sign him is Benfica of former PSV coach Roger Schmidt, and that might mean Champions League for him as they secured the league title last weekend

well let some Chelsea b team players come to eindhoven pls, preferably some central defenders, we are in desperate need of something talented for once


hope we can keep Xavi Simons, extend Fabio Silva for one more season, keep Patrick van Aanholt


few new goalkeepers as Benitez, Drommel can go if you ask me

Waterman although has to make a promotion to 2nd choice for the cup matches where we can need his experience most


ditch Jordan Teze asap and sign a proper and actual right back for **** sake


backstabber Veerman can go if you ask me, the one whom was main cause for Van Nistelrooy's departure



the transfer window certainly will be interesting this summer


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Ajax too, Van der Sar has left board of directors too there, sooo Sven Mislintat will begin his term as sports director with a whole board, coaching staff, new manager

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Fortuna Sittard might make another move on PEC Zwolle coach Dick Schreuder whom they wanted to sign last summer


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Vitesse their coach Cocu has upped the main mission for the club, be more ambitious for left side of the leaderboard and he wants to sign Jeroen Zoet as a replacement for the loaned Kjell Scherpen from Brighton, he knows Zoet well from his PSV days

I’m sure someone will go in for Felix ..

What a talent !


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He has been offered to Newcastle on loan!

He’s too good for those tough tackling , hard pressing thugz

:)


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I know he's not a rough player, but i actually think he'd fit in well at Newcastle. They would allow him time and space to do his thing

Eddie would have him pressing hard and flying into tackles .. like Jose did with Joa Cole when he ruined his career


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Branco van den Boomen is a nice signing for Ajax i think


his teammate from Toulouse, Stijn Spierings might move to PSV


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AZ has signed Ruben van Bommel, son of former international Mark van Bommel, from MVV where the midfielder had a expiring contract

Arsenal have declared interest in Xavi Simons


idk if he should do that, with already many players departing PSV (and his main reason for possibly staying was CL football, that 2nd place goal was a success, fellow topscorer here next to Utrecht's Douvikas with 30 goals) for his development i'd say stay one more year in eindhoven


he already earned lots of money from his years at PSG, Barcelona anyway so

am curious what we're gonna do on the market


first a coach, might be Dick Schreuder i guess, but secretly hoping Bert van Marwijk comeback


we need a forward, not a big name ala yilmaz but lesser ego, more quality teamplayer pls, surprise me i'd say

i hope Siovas, Embalo, Cordoba, Ferati, and also might be unrealistic but Cox too i hope, he is our very solid left back, am happy we extended contracts of Pandur, are negotiating with Bistrovic, i do hope Erdogan stays, although first half of season i disliked him, he is getting better and better

Maddison will surely go to newcastle.

He’d be wasted in their kick and rush , pressure game ..


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PSV is going ALL IN for Peter Bosz to be their new manager


:facepalm: Brands has literally gone insane now i think


also will be funny if Bosz is our new manager, but most players leaving the club :laugh3: and he has to start from scratch again with 20 new signings

confirmed to be leaving are

- Benitez
- Sangare
- Teze
- Baumgartl
- Drommel
- Mwene
- Ramalho
- Til


could leave, could stay unsure: Xavi Simons