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Inside Chelsea: The clock continues to tick on the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge – will it ever happen? https://theathletic.com/1585623/2020/02/06/inside-chelsea-stamford-bridge-redevelopment/ Three years ago, the project team responsible for the proposed redevelopment of Stamford Bridge left Hammersmith Town Hall on King Street in jubilant mood and headed across the road to The Salutation, the nearest pub. Having just secured unanimous council approval for the construction of a new 60,000-seater stadium inspired by Westminster Abbey and dubbed the “Cathedral of Football”, they understandably felt like celebrating a big step forward in what promised to be one of the most transformative events in Chelsea’s history. Instead, that momentous evening in January 2017 is at real risk of going down as a monumental false dawn. Planning approval from the council for the new Stamford Bridge, subsequently endorsed by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, expires on March 31 and cannot be extended. With less than two months to go until the deadline, the first phase of the project — demolition of the buildings around the stadium, including the Millennium and Copthorne Hotels — has not begun. It is understood that Chelsea don’t have to physically begin working on the site before March 31. They can issue a pre-commencement application, notifying what labour is being carried out and when. As a source told The Athletic: “It is not necessarily a case of Chelsea knocking through a wall — they can file paperwork with the intention of knocking down the wall and when.” But if no communication is received by the deadline, the application process must be started all over again. There is, as yet, no indication that Chelsea will resume the project, paused with an abrupt 49-word statement on the club’s official website in May 2018 that cited an “unfavourable investment climate”, in time to meet the planning approval deadline. Club officials insist that if it is allowed to lapse, they are confident that a second application would not prove quite as onerous as the first one. Other obstacles — most notably a “right to light” dispute with a local family affected by the proposed redevelopment — have also been overcome. But even the revised schedule, disclosed a few months before the project was officially shelved, had Chelsea moving into their new stadium no earlier than the start of the 2024-25 season after spending as many as four years in a temporary home. With no demolition taking place, let alone the first spade in the ground, it is reasonable to question whether the new Stamford Bridge will be realised before the decade we have just entered is over — or even if it will happen at all. Chelsea’s decision to halt the redevelopment came amid owner Roman Abramovich’s stand-off with the UK government over an extension to his Tier 1 investor visa. Contrary to noise on social media around the start of the year, sources have told The Athletic that he has not applied for a new one since withdrawing his application in the spring of 2018, and those familiar with the Russian have asked why he would fund a lavishly expensive construction project that he is not welcome to visit. Questions about Abramovich’s broader commitment to owning Chelsea were answered emphatically by the revelation that he pumped £247 million of his personal wealth into the club during the last financial year, coupled with his move to use the club’s global platform as part of his broader efforts to eradicate antisemitism. Legitimate questions remain, however, as to just how much of the Stamford Bridge redevelopment he is prepared to pay for with his own money. Chelsea held talks with several investment banks in 2017 about the possibility of borrowing £500 million to fund their new stadium and the estimated overall cost of the project had ballooned to around £1 billion before it was paused. Last summer, a report by New Civil Engineer claimed that the club had instructed the design team to cut costs by as much as £500 million before the project could be resumed, and were even open to the idea of building on an alternative site. Chelsea pushed back strongly against the suggestion that a permanent departure from Stamford Bridge was being considered, insisting that they remain committed to keeping the club in its historic home on Fulham Road for the long term. Eight years have passed since the club were outbid by two Malaysian companies for Battersea Power Station, and west London is far from flush with plots of empty land or vacant property big enough to accommodate an elite modern football stadium. There is also the fact that Chelsea cannot permanently relocate anywhere without the agreement of Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO), the supporter-led group which has owned the freehold to Stamford Bridge since 1997. The club failed in an attempt to buy back the land from CPO at the direction of Abramovich in October 2011, falling well short of a required 75 per cent majority. There is no desire to revisit an episode that sparked considerable hostility from fans, as well as accusations that those acting on the club’s behalf had purchased shares to try to sway the vote in their favour. CPO remain adamant that they will not support any attempt to take Chelsea away from Stamford Bridge permanently. The club have also moved to strengthen ties with the group since 2011 and the two parties now enjoy a good working relationship. Details of how to become a CPO shareholder can be found on Chelsea’s official website, while supporters who take tours of the stadium can purchase shares in the museum reception, as well as at a variety of events. There are now around 13,000 CPO shareholders globally, owning approximately 21,000 shares in total. But while Chelsea may be committed to Stamford Bridge — by choice and by circumstance — for the long term, the design challenges of the project are at a different level of complexity to those faced by Arsenal or Tottenham with their new stadiums. Bordered by train lines on two sides, building out to accommodate 18,000 extra seats was not an option. Plans for the new Stamford Bridge required digging down, resulting in a pitch below ground level, and building up, including a raised walkway over the railway lines to reduce the number of fans accessing the ground from Fulham Road. The proposed demolition and construction phases present a myriad of logistical difficulties. Chelsea officials have privately expressed concerns about ease of access for heavy machinery and large trade vehicles to the stadium site. Building the walkways over the railway lines would need to be accomplished without disrupting National Rail or Transport for London services. Vibration levels from heavy plant machinery must also be limited to avoid disrupting the catacombs in Brompton Cemetery. When the full nature of the undertaking is considered, Chelsea’s estimate that they would need to spend four full years elsewhere — more than double the length of time that Tottenham spent as tenants of Wembley — begins to seem almost optimistic. There are legitimate fears that the club’s supporters may not have the stomach for such a prolonged exile, and it is also likely that their absence would have a profound impact on the area surrounding Stamford Bridge. Hammersmith and Fulham Council are convinced that a redeveloped Stamford Bridge would be a significant long-term benefit to the borough but many businesses nearby fear the more immediate pain caused by the project. Many of the pubs within walking distance of the stadium estimate that between 25 and 30 per cent of their overall revenue comes from match-days. “If they did move, most of the pubs around here would end up closing,” admits Scott Kirwan, owner of the Broadway Bar and Grill on Fulham Road. Business rates and rents in the borough are high even by London standards and when the stadium redevelopment was first approved in 2017, there was no indication from the council of reductions while Chelsea would be away. “I know that when Tottenham’s new stadium opened, pubs in the area increased their trade by 3000 per cent,” Kirwan adds, though others are less convinced of the benefits. “How much better can it be though?” asks David Nahmad, GM of the Tommy Tucker. “We’re fully booked on match days, with a waiting list as well.” But the successful transition that Tottenham have made to a state-of-the-art home looms large over Chelsea. Many at Stamford Bridge are bracing themselves for some grim reading when their bitter London rivals publish their latest financial results in the coming weeks, bolstered for the first time by the increased match-day revenue made possible by their shiny new stadium. “Match days are probably where clubs can make the most difference financially, especially going forward,” Kieran Maguire, Football Finance lecturer at Liverpool University, tells The Athletic. “If you look to see what Spurs have done, going from a 35,000 capacity stadium to one that fits 62,000, they will be able to increase their match-day income from around about £35-40 million (per season) to close to £100 million. That will make a significant impact. “At present, Chelsea are reliant on Abramovich. There is no questioning his generosity — he is still putting the money in — but they’re also reliant on player sales to help them get through Financial Fair Play [FFP]. With FIFA restricting the amount of players going out on loan and subsequently being sold, Chelsea could be hit quite hard because that has been part of their business model. “Unless they can generate more match-day revenue, there is going to be a gap: Arsenal are 60,000 capacity; West Ham are 60,000; Manchester United are 75,000; Manchester City are 55,000 going to 60,000; Liverpool are 54,000 and are planning to take it to 61,000. Chelsea are sticking out like a sore thumb. “If Chelsea are able to redevelop Stamford Bridge to make it more competitive, they will be able to offer more add-ons, such as we are seeing at Spurs, which is a multi-functional stadium. Supporters are prepared to spend four hours there. Obviously, the longer you stay in the stadium, the more money they can make off you. Spurs have been really smart in the route they’ve taken and that will make a financial difference to them.” Chelsea posted a pre-tax loss of £101.8 million in January, their largest since 2005. The results covered a year in which the club won the Europa League, and their stagnant match-day revenue failed to paper over the cracks caused by the absence of Champions League participation. The financial pressure on Frank Lampard to secure fourth spot this season is considerable. “Without the benefits of a bigger ground, it makes finishing in the top four more vital for Chelsea,” Maguire adds. “The way that UEFA split the prize money means roughly 80 per cent goes to the Champions League clubs and 20 per cent to the Europa League. Chelsea and Liverpool both won their respective competitions last season but Chelsea earned just €39 million for the Europa League and Liverpool got €107 million. “Liverpool had a further advantage though because they could charge a higher price for match day last season because of the superior opposition. Everything racks up. The difference between making and not making it can be £80-100 million when you factor everything in.” The “unfavourable investment climate” cited by Chelsea when halting the stadium project was also impacted by the prolonged political and financial uncertainty that followed the Brexit vote in 2016. Now that the UK has officially left the European Union, there is at least a measure of clarity to the situation but Maguire does not expect recent events to do much to limit the already-spiralling costs of such an expansive project. “The price has gone up to an extent because the pound has fallen in value since the Brexit vote, although there has been a recovery in the last few months,” he explains. “If you look at the cost of building anything, it’s a combination of material, labour and overheads. It could be a case that raw material prices will go up if originally importing from the European Union and now there are going to be complications in terms of logistics and supply line. “It’s fair to say the construction cost will rise because there is certainly evidence that construction workers from the EU are returning there, so that will push up domestic prices for staff. Overheads in general will equally rise because if goods are being imported and there is not a free trade deal, then those costs will be passed on to the buyer, which in this case will be the football club. “I don’t think it will be a deal-breaker, though. It’s just not going to help on the cost front.” The key to Chelsea resuming the stadium project post-Brexit could well be Abramovich securing more favourable terms on bank loans, or partnering with outside investors. “Chelsea will be looking for some third-party funding,” Maguire says. “If you look at the Spurs deal, what they’ve been smart in doing is borrowing money on a very long-term interest-only mortgage of about 2.5 per cent. So let’s say Chelsea’s stadium costs £1.5 billion, of which Abramovich puts up half and the banks put up the other half — the interest cost per year at 2.5 per cent will work out at £17-18 million a year. “That’s nothing compared to the additional match-day revenue you hope to generate and also, Chelsea will be able to potentially get extra hospitality income and start to pitch for events that Wembley and Tottenham go for, like outdoor concerts and the NFL. As for spending four years away, Spurs covered that relatively easily when they played at Wembley. West Ham pay £2.5-3 million to rent the London Stadium. That’s not going to cause Abramovich to blink.” The problem for Chelsea is that their stadium redevelopment has become something of a staring contest. If next month’s planning approval deadline is allowed to lapse, the prospect of a new elite stadium fit for a modern European giant will recede beyond the horizon — and until it is brought firmly back into view, Chelsea are a club on hold.

Alexander Isak was a 16 and 17yo star on our team here in Stockholm, AIK the kid is a scorer Year Team Apps (Goals) 2016–2017 AIK 24 (13) 2017–2019 Borussia Dortmund II 12 (5) 2017–2019 Borussia Dortmund 5 (1) 2019 → Willem II (loan) 29 (19) 2019– Real Sociedad 26 (13) 51 goals in 96 games, from the age of 16 to 20yo

woooooooooot 1 4 what a pass by Isak

Nordic power!! Norway Martin Ødegaard (22') Sweden Alexander Isak (54', 56') stream http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2020/copa-del-rey-real-madrid-vs-real-sociedad-s1/

happy birthday! congrats on leaving your teenage years behind!

Mino Raiola is Romagnoli's agent now. He will never come here and besides, try adding £30m or so to that £60m. Alaba, even with only one year left will cost at least £50m or more. The rest of your prices are fair. IMHO we should grab Declan Rice now or in summer 2021 and switch him back to CB, once we have proper DMF cover. I think a CB pair of Rice and Çağlar Söyüncü is a title winning one down the road if we fix the rest of the team as well. I like your GK pick.and the others as well. Kante needs to be sold to afford your picks btw.

Man City 'made to wait' for Leroy Sane's transfer decision amid Bayern Munich interest Sane enters the final year of his contract in the summer and will reportedly be unable to hold negotiations with City until April after changing representatives https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-city-made-wait-leroy-21440458 Manchester City will reportedly have to wait to discover Leroy Sane's future with the club amid continued interest from Bayern Munich. Sane was understood to be Bayern's top target last summer and the German giants are expected to renew their interest in the 24-year-old after the current campaign. The Germany international is set to enter the final year of his current deal at the end of the season and is yet to agree to fresh terms. Although City are understood to be keen for Sane to sign a new contract, The Telegraph and BILD report that the club will not be able to hold further negotiations with the winger until April after he switched representatives. The former Schalke star ended his arrangement with David Beckham's agency DB Ventures Limited at the turn of the year to join Malta-based LIAN Sports, who also work with Bayern defender Jerome Boateng. According to the publications, LIAN will not be able to start officially representing Sane until April 1 due to a three-month notice clause in his previous agreement with DB Ventures and are yet to list the 24-year-old on their website.

Sanchez, Young, and Moses are all on loan, the last 2 for 5 months. Godin, who is still a beast, especially for Serie A in the short term, was on a free. Inter did not ransom their future with them at all. They went for a title push with vets who cost them peanuts, and can sort the long term out at their leisure.

the new Ben White? Chelsea amongst the Premier League sides eyeing Welsh centre-back https://www.caughtoffside.com/2020/02/05/chelsea-amongst-the-premier-league-sides-eyeing-welsh-centre-back/ According to the MailOnline, Chelsea are amongst one of several Premier League sides to be keeping a close eye on Swansea City defender Joe Rodon. The Blues’ rivals – Manchester City and Chelsea have also cast an eye over the 22-year-old, as well as top-flight sides Bournemouth, Everton and Leicester. Chelsea could certainly do with strengthening their defence, the west London outfit have conceded the most goals (34) of any side in the top eight of the Premier League this season. The Mail claim that Man City are hoping to sign two central-defenders this summer, the Manchester outfit may be Chelsea’s biggest competition for Rodon’s signature. Rodon has made 42 Championship appearances since breaking into the Swans’ side last season. Rodon’s impressive performances have led to him winning four caps for Ryan Giggs’ Wales side. The Mail claim that Rodon is comfortable on the ball for a centre-back, this would make the ace an attractive signing to Chelsea – who attempt to build from the defence under Frank Lampard. Rodon stands at 6ft 4in tall as well, the Welshman would add some height to Chelsea’s backline – whilst also being confident on the ball. Chelsea may not even have to enlist their scouts to attempt to get the inside track on the defender, the Blues could just ask for information from aces Conor Gallagher and Marc Guehi, who are currently on loan at Swansea. Guehi actually partnered Rodon in the heart of Swansea’s defence during their last Championship clash against Preston. snip

Willian needs to be sent packing we are some truly numpty twats if we cave in and pay him £30m for the next 3 years as he eases the afro into the retirement home he is poison and has collapsed again 2 league goals since October is NOT good enough and both those came in the same game we can replace him with Boga and/or Ziyech and work on Sancho, although Sancho is not going to be able to be purchased budget-wise unless we do what I suggest and sell Kante bottom line is that it was criminal that the cunt Marina turned down £65m for him from Barca and now he walks on a free we could have sold him and Alonso in summer 2018 for £110m combined and bought Richarlison and Telles for a combined £68m then IF we had done that the rolling 3 year FFP cumulative loss of £40m disappears completely as the salary rates would have been about the same or even less fuck the board

A back 4 of CB Caglar Söyüncü CB Declan Rice LB Theo Hernández -- not Chilwell RB Reece James is eventually good enough to win the league

UEFA referee admits mistakes were made during Ajax vs Chelsea in the Champions league and may have cost the Dutch side €11.3m https://www.caughtoffside.com/2020/02/06/uefa-referee-admits-mistakes-were-made-during-ajax-vs-chelsea-in-the-champions-league-and-may-have-cost-the-dutch-side-e11-3m/

This striker needed a club, Manchester United and Chelsea needed a striker. But he thought they weren’t good enough https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/transfers/epl-transfer-news-manchester-united-chelsea-edinson-cavani-atletico-madrid-gossip-rumours-david-beckham-inter-miami/news-story/cf9afd48a494ac994dfe05ded0fbfb95 Edinson Cavani would have joined Chelsea or Manchester United in January if he was driven by money, according to the Paris Saint-Germain forward's mother. The 32-year-old, who has only six months left on his contract at the French champions, had been expected to move on in January amid interest from a host of clubs. Chelsea and United were among the clubs credited with an interest, along with Atletico Madrid and David Beckham's newly-formed MLS franchise Inter Miami. But Cavani's mother, Berta Gomez, insists a big-money move to the Premier League was never considered by her son. "Edinson didn't want money to be the reason, because if it was about money, he would have gone to Manchester United, Chelsea or Inter Miami, who made a big offer for him," Gomez told Spanish newspaper AS. Instead, Gomez suggested Cavani did "everything" possible to secure a move to Atletico and disputed claims made by the Spanish club's president, Enrique Cerezo, that the deal collapsed due to "greed". "It's not impossible that Edinson goes to Atletico Madrid in the summer, if and when the president takes back what he said," she said. "We don't understand why the president said such nonsense. It was out of place and it hurt us a lot. It is absolutely false to say that Walter (his brother and agent) asked for a fee from the signing. "He should have told the fans why Cavani really didn't go to Atletico. It's because, firstly, PSG didn't want him to leave and secondly, Atletico never reached the amount PSG wanted when they negotiated. "My son did everything he could to go to Atletico. He put pressure on by not playing at PSG and told his brother that he was willing to drop his wages to sign with Atletico. "He wanted to play with Cholo (Diego Simeone) and he showed that at every turn."

the summer 2019 war chest from sales minus buys unless we sort out the dregs this summer it is FAR smaller then it could have been due to massive cock-ups, mis-time sales, no sales, and free-walkers it is looking grim to be honest atm, as we REALLY need to liquidate the loan army and clear out the main dregs on the roster all thsi only furthers my hardcore belive that Kante simply MUST be sold, as we already have an almsot £100m loss on the books for last year, and FFP is going to rear its ugly head a missing out of CL will just be devastiong as well no Kante sale AND missing out on CL, AND a failure to sell off most of the dregs and we are FUCKED Buys since summer 2019 Kovavcic £40m Sales the already done deals £90m from Eden (we got £90m up front) £50.5m from Morata £9m from Ola Aina £8m from Tomas Kalas £5m from Kenneth Omeruo £13.5m from Mario Pašalić (Atalanta have already said they buy him on the option price this summer) £8m from David Luiz £8m from Michael Hector £3.5m from Kasey Palmer £4.5m from Juan Familia-Castillo (Ajax has option to buy for 5m euros which they will use) total done or optioned sales revenue £200m minus Kovacic spend leaves £160m net to spend the potential sales £25m from Alonso £25m from Emerson £13m from Zappacosta £30m from Bats £8m from Jake Clarke-Salter £5m from Izzy Brown £10m from Baba Rahman £30m from Bakayoko £4m from Musonda £8m from Moses £5m from Miazga £8m from Drinkwater (if we are lucky) £3m from Nathan £3m from Lucas Piazon £3m from Danilo Pantic £3m from Lewis Baker £30m from Ross Barkley total potential sales revenue £223m in a perfect world, and I can see us get A LOT LESS by next summer, say $140m or so unless we sell AC and/or Zouma too, which looks unlikely and then the big one, Kante which looks even less likely also we are going to get NOTHING in terms of t-fees from Kenedy (unless we renew him he walks on a free) Willian Pedro Giroud Marco van Ginkel (unless we renew him he walks on a free, his injury cost us around 12m quid) total loss from mistimed sales, shit buys, turned down sales: around £105m, flushed straight down the shitter, and that includes only these five, when you add in the others we will cock-up on it will be over £400m when salaries are added in (Drinkwater, Hazard, and Courtois alone add on around £185-200m to that 105m loss, so right there we are already at around £300m) my guess is that the total net spending total monies we will have is around £250-300m MAX. We have a rolling FFP 3 year total, meaning ALL things included, not just transfers club loss of minus £40m as we made £15m in 2017, made £42m in 2018, but lost £97m in 2019 BUT my totals already included the £40m Kovacic buy subtracted, which perfectly covers that £40m, which if I had not included Kova,, I would have now subtracted from our budget I will lastly list the barebones want list and its price CF Dembele £60m LB Chillwell £80m Winger Sancho £130m AMF/winger Ziyech £50m DMF Soumare £50m total £370m meaning those all are so not happening only way it COULD is if we sold basically EVERY single player I listed except AC, Zouma, and Kante and got what I listed as sales value which would yield £383m net spend money but selling them all means we would need to buy ANOTHER LB as well, as both Alonso and Emerson are included in that £383m total. so say we did buy Telles for 33m that leaves a net loss of 20m quid now, as it is impossible to sell every player listed you see why I say Kante HAS to sold if we do not, forget Sancho for sure, and plug in Boga that is the only way the money will work and do forget I did not include ANY GK action at all, no Kepa sale at a huge net loss, and also no buy of his replacement bottom line adding Dembele, Chillwell, Boga, Ziyech and Soumare is probably the best we can hope for, plus a GK who is NOT going to be anywhere near top 5, top 10 class but will at least be better than Kepa will we be a better team than now? yes, definitely but nowhere near title time or CL deep semi-final/final run level IMHO I also would say fuck Soumare, spend the extra 25m, and buy Declan Rice, who I actually think is our eventual CB great hope, I think THAT is where he will be truly WC, the best we have had since Terry, and is also a great DMF as well

Paper Talk: Man Utd slash Pogba price as star makes clear exit plan https://www.teamtalk.com/news/transfer-gossip-paul-pogba-price-slashed-as-star-makes-exit-plan PAUL POGBA MAKES CLEAR HIS INTENTIONS TO QUIT MAN UTD Paul Pogba has told his Manchester United teammates he fully intends to quit Old Trafford at the end of the season. The troubled midfielder has managed just six appearances for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side this season due to a persistent ankle injury, with question marks being raised about his commitment to the cause. The World Cup winner tried to engineer a route out of the club last summer when he said he was tempted to take up a fresh challenge elsewhere, and this season’s increased match action has only furthered claims that he will be allowed to move on. And now according to the Manchester Evening News, Pogba is determined to end his time with the Red Devils and has his heart set on a return to Juventus, with Real Madrid also firmly in the running to sign him. Dressing room sources have told the MEN that Pogba’s ‘head is not currently at the club’ and the majority of players believe it is in United’s best interests he moves on. Pogba remains a very popular figure among friends and teammates, who understand his stance. And with the midfielder still recovering from an ankle injury, there is a growing belief that the player may not even play again for the Red Devils, with his agent Mino Raiola also doing his bit to engineer Pogba a route out of the club. United value Pogba at £180million, but with the player currently having just 18 months left on his deal – though United do have an option to extend that by 12 months – and due to his huge inactivity thanks to his ankle issue, it’s believed the club will now accept just £120million for the player, with his value dropping by a third. Pogba has had his cast removed from his ankle, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says it’s unlikely he’ll be considered for their next game at Chelsea on February 17, while he has also been left behind for their warm-weather training camp to Marbella. snip

Mateo Kovacic compares Frank Lampard to Zinedine Zidane - and slams Maurizio Sarri Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic was far from a fan of Maurizio Sarri’s methods but sees many similarities between Frank Lampard and Zinedine Zidane as managers https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/mateo-kovacic-compares-frank-lampard-21439948

many shit calls all season that has nothing to do with his horrendous diving record

Chelsea: Lots of fans slam Kepa after damming stat puts bad form into perspective https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league/chelsea/chelsea-lots-of-fans-slam-kepa-after-damming-stat-puts-bad-form-into-perspective/ Lots of Chelsea fans have taken aim at Kepa Arrizabalaga after a stat has revealed how poor the Spanish goalkeeper has been for the club this season. Stats from Odds Checker via CFC-Blues show that the 25-year-old shot-stopper has the worst save percentage out of any player in the Premier League this season, with Kepa having a poorer campaign than the likes of Norwich City keeper Tim Krul, Tottenham’s second-choice option Paulo Gazzaniga and Arsenal number one Bernd Leno. Kepa’s form has dived off a cliff this season, with The Mirror reporting that Frank Lampard is leaning towards shipping off the young shot-stopper in the summer transfer window. The former Athletic Bilbao keeper was dropped last weekend in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Leicester City.

'Perfect' - Aston Villa star tipped to complete stunning Chelsea transfer Aston Villa transfer news includes former AVFC striker's verdict on a potential summer move for Jack Grealish https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jack-grealish-chelsea-transfer-villa-17697413

all transfer news is speculation to put up targets that would fit in and potentially improve the club is why this forum exists

did I post something already posted elsewhere?

Chelsea considering a move for Ziyech http://www.football-oranje.com/chelsea-considering-a-move-for-ziyech/ According to the Evening Standard, Chelsea are considering a move for Ajax midfielder Hakim Ziyech next summer. Chelsea are reportedly set to spend big next summer with Frank Lampard set to be handed a £150 million transfer budget. According to the Evening Standard, Ajax attacking midfielder Hakim Ziyech is one of the London club’s targets. Ziyech is reportedly seen as an alternative to their top target Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho. The 26-year-old Moroccan has been in top form for Ajax again this season, scoring eight goals and contributing 21 assists in 29 games. snip

I rate the hell out of him when he is healthy, but I have said hard pass overall due to his injury record

Son and Salah