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I stated that the 2018-19 numbers were for summer only. We dont know who we sell, who we buy yet for this window. And yes all those are from TM. I never stated those figures are an amortised profit/loss accounting statement nor are they representational of EBITDA. They are a simple zero sum calculus of net transfer fee spending and not inclusive of salaries, interest, insurance, or secondary expenditures such as long term conditional performance bonuses.

I need to see a link proving this. Here is a scientific study from the peer-reviewed British Journal of Sports Medicine that seems to show otherwise. Elite football teams that do not have a winter break lose on average 303 player-days more per season to injuries than those teams that do: a comparison among 35 professional European teams https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/11/14/bjsports-2018-099506 Abstract Objective To compare injury rates among professional men’s football teams that have a winter break in their league season schedule with corresponding rates in teams that do not. Methods 56 football teams from 15 European countries were prospectively followed for seven seasons (2010/2011–2016/2017)—a total of 155 team-seasons. Individual training, match exposure and time-loss injuries were registered. Four different injury rates were analysed over four periods within the season, and linear regression was performed on team-level data to analyse the effect of winter break on each of the injury rates. Crude analyses and analyses adjusted for climatic region were performed. Results 9660 injuries were reported during 1 447 011 exposure hours. English teams had no winter break scheduled in the season calendar: the other European teams had a mean winter break scheduled for 10.0 days. Teams without a winter break lost on average 303 days more per season due to injuries than teams with a winter break during the whole season (p<0.001). The results were similar across the three periods August–December (p=0.013), January–March (p<0.001) and April–May (p=0.050). Teams without a winter break also had a higher incidence of severe injuries than teams with a winter break during the whole season (2.1 severe injuries more per season for teams without a winter break, p=0.002), as well as during the period January–March (p=0.003). A winter break was not associated with higher team training attendance or team match availability. Climatic region was also associated with injury rates. Conclusions The absence of a scheduled winter break was associated with a higher injury burden, both before and during the two periods following the time that many European teams take a winter break. Teams without a winter break (English clubs) had a higher incidence of severe injuries following the time of the year that other teams (other European clubs) had their scheduled break.

Great post

Other than the first 2 years (2003-2005) Roman has NOT been a big net spender. This is one of the biggest myths in football. Here is our net transfer fee spending under Roman Transfer fee spending under Abramovich (net) 2003-04: £151.4m 2004-05: £146.8m NO MORE BIG NET SPENDING AFTER THIS 2004-5 SEASON 2005-06: £51.7m 2006-07: £32.2m 2007-08: £13.8m 2008-09: £12.7m PROFIT 2009-10: £23.6m 2010-11: £94.5m here is the last 8 years 2011-12: £57.7m 2012-13: £75.8m 2013-14 £47.6m 2014-15 £6.4m PROFIT 2015-16 £2.7m 2016-17 £21.9m 2017-18 £54.1m 2018-19 £75.1m (Summer only and we have a simply massive amount of players to sell, we turned down £620m in total hard offers in the summer of 2018 alone, not even counting Kante) total £328.5 for the last 8 years (365.8m euros) that's almost a BILLION LESS than the article https://www.talkchelsea.net/news/chelseas-spending-since-2010-has-been-revealed-and-its-ridiculous/ states, the article is tosh clickbait £41.1m per year net spend on average the last 8 years total £829.8m over the 16 year time frame that Abramovich has owned us works out to around £51.9m NET per year 36% of ALL money net spent was in the first 2 years take away those first 2 years the average net transfer fee spend over the last 14 seasons (per year) is only £37.8m

Alex Teixeira, Hulk, Jackson Martinez (around £115m in transfer fees for just those 3) predated Oscar deal. Also, Tevez was making an insane £600k per week years ago.

The Courtois deal is a perfect example of the board being inept. We could have gotten double the money if they had sold him in 2017 (as any remotely intelligent person could see he was not going to renew and had eyes on Real and they had heart set on him after the De Gea debacle). Great replacements were there, and at far cheaper prices than the clusterfuck 2018 window. They have very poor strategically focused vision when it comes down to mid to long term event horizons. Rinse wash repeat with Eden probably. It's pure normalcy bias. Reactive rather than proactive is a shit way to live life and do business.

Can we put this gaslighting about the Willian Barca bids somehow not being real to bed. I and others have tirelessly documented in dozens upon dozens of posts as it happened and now in retrospective that the bids were REAL and turned down. So sick of this revisionist and false history being pushed. And NO, I am not going to give links, as I have done this so many times already. Its on you and all other Show Me Simons to prove this false narrative.

Get back to me when the final figures are in on Big Nose, Luiz, Costa, Cesc, Cahill, Eden, Willian, Emerson, Alonso, Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Moses, Bakayoko, Bats, etc etc. Not some plazzy 'oh we paid low sold high' bollocks' but real deal fails on sales that will cost us crazy money as well as deadweight and shit players dragging us down with no replacements in sight (or very few actual positive ones). We turned down £620m in real, hard offers last summer, NOT even counting anything about Kante. My £150m loss v those figures is massively conservative against what we will end up getting for those exact same players. She is going to be (or has been already) bled out like a piggy at Oktoberfest prep. Poor contractual management, poor buys, often panic-panic in nature, and then makeweight sales is a pear-shaped business model that is going to soon steamroller us.

We are the Primark of failed strikers

Pulisic taking over the right side, while Hazard and then Hudson-Odoi rule the left. well, that's fucked, grrrrr

But sells for total losses (counting actual market value at the time and turned down offers lost, not just actual paid price v sold price accounting) of well over £150m soon.

Marina Granovskaia has given herself a pause for reflection, but soon we will enter the living.

I am not liking the sound of this. Chelsea advance talks to sign Leandro Paredes ahead of Nicolo Barella https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/10/chelsea-advance-talks-sign-leandro-paredes-ahead-nicolo-barella-8328887/ Chelsea have advanced discussions with Zenit over a deal for Leandro Paredes, according to reports in Italy. Maurizio Sarri has urged the club to sign a new central midfielder this month with Cesc Fabregas set to join Monaco. Cagliari’s Nicolo Barella is on Chelsea’s shortlist and the 21-year-old has been contacted by Gianfranco Zola about a potential move to Stamford Bridge. But Sportitalia report that Chelsea’s hierarchy are unwilling to spend €45 million (£40.6m) on Barella as they also need a significant part of their budget to sign a new striker during the January transfer window. It’s claimed that Chelsea are now progressing talks with Zenit over a move for Paredes and the strong relationship between the two clubs could play a key factor in discussions. Snip Grrrrrrrr, we are talking about a £9m difference (IF Zenit sells for only £31.5m, which seems low as it is January and other clubs want him too). £40m in January for Barella is great business. Unbelievably inept board. We drop £70m on Morata, overpay by at least £35m for Drinkwater (when salary is included) will sell multiple other players at massive loses, will lose others on a free when we could have had £45m or so for them (Luiz, Cahill), bollocksed up £65m for Willian, renewed Alonso at insane money, and YET penny-fucking-pinch over £5 or £9m on one of the best young MFers in the world IN JANUARY! I am not slating Paredes at all, I rate him, but he is a different style player than Barella. He is much closer to Jorginho style, whereas Barella is like a young Nainggolan, with perhaps better passing, yet not quite same shooting (although he is far from bad there, and is improving year by year). Barella has an insane motor, like near Gatusso level. I cannot say the same for Paredes. Sandro Tonali would be better buy over Paredes, plus buy Barella and let Kovacic go back. Furthermore, we may end up dropping a ridiculous £50m or so on either Wilson, Arnautovic, or a truly lunatic perma-buy of the gamla köttbulle (old meatball) Higuain. We have an insane amount of deadwood, loan army droids, ageing players , etc to sell to finance. Plus the 40 million or so IF we are forced to sell CHO. So so not happy atm.

Yes. He did mention Piątek.

November 7, 2000. His DOB.

Unless it is proven that Bayern DID tap up CHO (and this is a possibility at least) then the 2 main people I blame in all this is Sarri to a point, but especially CHO himself. I mean, wtf, Sarri has now backed him a bit, Eden is 80% or so probably leaving, and he just turned 18. He has been Chels since a wee lad, and everything is breaking his way. How does he repay? By cutting and running, and putting us in a bad sutuation. If we dont buy a superb LW to replace Eden, and CHO also leaves, we are left with Willian (gag) and an ageing Pedro as only real options, unless we slot Pulisic there. Moses is clearly not good enough, and RLC is not a real winger. Bad situ, just bad.

Let's hope he is right. I would be over the moon with Jovic or Piątek, or Haller.

Varsågod!

Read my multiple in depth posts on him.

People bidding £35m for Arnautovic aren't helping. he supposedly will cost £50m too fuck that we need to either buy Icardi or, failing that Jovic or Haller or Piatek screw these scrubs or fatboys

Only one I want on there is Barella, he is a must buy we have no youth remotely close to him so he isnt germane to the convo I dont quite rate Mount yet, think he is overhyped and weak physically atm, but should be better in a couple years Hysaj has regressed We need a true upgrade over Azpi, if Reece isnt ready we need to go buy out fullbacks are shit in one form (both are shit on offence) or the other or both (Alonso is pure shit on defence too, and to be honest Azpi hasnt looked great in most games)

Callum Hudson-Odoi will refuse to sign new Chelsea contract if club block Bayern Munich transfer https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/09/callum-hudson-odoi-will-refuse-to-sign-new-chelsea-contract-if-club-block-bayern-munich-transfer-8326769/ Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi has warned the club they risk losing him on a free if they block his wish to join Bayern Munich. The 18-year-old is keen on moving to the Allianz Arena but Bayern have seen three bids rejected for the winger. Bayern’s latest bid of around £40million is believed to be close to Chelsea’s valuation of the teenager but the club are reluctant to let him go without a series of clauses, included a buy-back option. Hudson-Odoi started Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, in a move from Maurizio Sarri that was designed to persuade the winger to stay at Stamford Bridge. However, the midfielder has made up his mind on a move to Bayern and will not sign a new deal at Chelsea if they continue to reject the Bundesliga giants’ advances. That would leave Chelsea in a difficult situation given he has 18 months to run on his deal and they’re unlikely to command such a fee this summer when he’ll have a year left on his deal. Bayern Munich have made no secret of their desire to sign Hudson-Odoi, with sporting director Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic confirming on Wednesday that the club are working on a deal. ‘What I can say: We like the player and take a great interest in signing him. We’ll see about the rest,’ he said. Chelsea star Antonio Rudiger has admitted speaking to the winger about life in Germany. The German says he can see the lure of joining Bayern but hopes the teenager stays with Chelsea. ‘He asked me about Germany,’ said Rudiger. ‘It was a general question from him. ‘He is still young, I can advise him, but at the end of the day he decides about his future. snip

I feel so bad for RLC, right when he was finally making break-through his back goes out

Chelsea may report Bayern Munich to FIFA for tapping up teenage wonderkid Callum Hudson-Odoi https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6575095/Chelsea-report-Bayern-Munich-tapping-Callum-Hudson-Odoi.html