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Chelsea’s unbelievable £224m loss before Todd Boehly’s arrival https://www.caughtoffside.com/2023/07/25/chelseas-unbelievable-224m-loss-before-todd-boehlys-arrival/ It’s almost as if supporters want things to go back to how they were under Roman Abramovich, but it may surprise many to know that the west Londoners were by far the worst off Premier League team in terms of Operating Profit/Loss during the recently published figures which take into account the 2021/22 season – before Todd Boehly took over. As can be seen by the graphic below, courtesy of Swiss Ramble, only West Ham (£22m) and Brentford (£26m) were profitable during that period, whilst all the other clubs operated at a loss. The amount includes non-cash expenses for player amortisation and depreciation, though it doesn’t include profit from player sales. Looking at the graphic, Chelsea’s £224m loss is frankly unbelievable when you consider that Everton, the next worst of club, had a loss of only £92m. Though it’s accepted that most clubs do lose money at an operating level, Chelsea are clearly going to have to work harder than most to get things on a more even keel.

ffs 🤬 Lazio choose between Zakharyan and Hudson-Odoi, for now https://football-italia.net/lazio-choose-between-zakharyan-and-hudson-odoi-for-now/ A deal is imminent with Eintracht Frankfurt for Djibril Sow, but Lazio are also reported to be in advanced talks with Dinamo Moscow for Arsen Zakharyan, which would be a problem for Callum Hudson-Odoi. The Biancocelesti have moved very slowly to replace Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in midfield, despite needing to reinforce the squad after qualifying for the Champions League. According to Sportitalia, a deal is essentially done worth €15m plus bonuses for Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Sow. Meanwhile, Sky Sport Italia are confident that Lazio are also on the verge of securing Zakharyan from Dinamo Moscow. The Russia international only turned 20 in May and has been linked with Chelsea, Ajax and Feyenoord as well this summer. His contract with Dinamo Moscow only runs to June 2024 and the deal is likely to be struck for circa €10m plus €4m in bonuses (£12m total) . However, as he is a non-EU player, that would take up the only remaining slot in the squad. If the current rules stay as they are, then that means Lazio would also be unable to bring in Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea, as after Brexit the UK players are no longer part of the European Union rules on freedom of movement. That could change, as the FIGC has made a formal request to consider the UK players part of the EU for registering them this summer.

to be determined

I think that is still TBD especially if we offload Gallagher

2 years ago they finished higher (11th) in the EPL than we did last year (12th) they were 7 points off qualifying for European footie we were 17 points off qualifying come on at least look before you post m8

that team was/is loaded with mad experience including a lot of international Sr national teams players smdh

are you having a laugh? # Player Date of birth / Age Nat. Current club Market value 22 Nick Pope Goalkeeper Apr 19, 1992 (30) €20.00m 1 Martin Dúbravka Goalkeeper Jan 15, 1989 (33) €1.50m 18 Loris Karius Goalkeeper Jun 22, 1993 (29) €1.20m - Karl Darlow Goalkeeper Oct 8, 1990 (31) €1.00m 29 Mark Gillespie Goalkeeper Mar 27, 1992 (30) €300k 4 Sven Botman Centre-Back Jan 12, 2000 (22) €45.00m 5 Fabian Schär Centre-Back Dec 20, 1991 (30) €10.00m 6 Jamaal Lascelles Centre-Back Nov 11, 1993 (28) €4.50m - Federico Fernández Centre-Back Feb 21, 1989 (33) €700k - Ciaran Clark Centre-Back Sep 26, 1989 (32) €600k - Kell Watts Centre-Back Nov 3, 1999 (22) €300k 13 Matt Targett Left-Back Sep 18, 1995 (26) €13.00m 33 Dan Burn Left-Back May 9, 1992 (30) €10.00m 12 Jamal Lewis Left-Back Jan 25, 1998 (24) €6.00m 3 Paul Dummett Left-Back Sep 26, 1991 (30) €1.00m 2 Kieran Trippier Right-Back Sep 19, 1990 (31) €11.00m 17 Emil Krafth Right-Back Aug 2, 1994 (27) €3.00m 19 Javier Manquillo Right-Back May 5, 1994 (28) €2.50m 30 Harrison Ashby Right-Back Nov 14, 2001 (20) €1.00m 39 Bruno Guimarães Defensive Midfield Nov 16, 1997 (24) €70.00m - Isaac Hayden Defensive Midfield Mar 22, 1995 (27) €3.50m 28 Joe Willock Central Midfield Aug 20, 1999 (22) €38.00m 36 Sean Longstaff Central Midfield Oct 30, 1997 (24) €25.00m - Jonjo Shelvey Central Midfield Feb 27, 1992 (30) €5.00m - Jeff Hendrick Central Midfield Jan 31, 1992 (30) €1.50m - Matty Longstaff Central Midfield Mar 21, 2000 (22) €1.00m 11 Matt Ritchie Right Midfield Sep 10, 1989 (32) €1.00m 7 Joelinton Attacking Midfield Aug 14, 1996 (25) €42.00m 32 Elliot Anderson Attacking Midfield Nov 6, 2002 (19) €8.00m - Lewis Miley Attacking Midfield May 1, 2006 (16) 8 Anthony Gordon Left Winger Feb 24, 2001 (21) €35.00m 10 Allan Saint-Maximin Left Winger Mar 12, 1997 (25) €32.00m 21 Ryan Fraser Left Winger Feb 24, 1994 (28) €6.00m 24 Miguel Almirón Right Winger Feb 10, 1994 (28) €32.00m 23 Jacob Murphy Right Winger Feb 24, 1995 (27) €15.00m 14 Alexander Isak Centre-Forward Sep 21, 1999 (22) €70.00m 9 Callum Wilson Centre-Forward Feb 27, 1992 (30) €16.00m - Chris Wood Centre-Forward Dec 7, 1991 (30) €8.00m

not seeing calls to sell Kepa, just calls for a better keeper to make Kepa the backup as for the other 3 they are all mega busts £260m in transfer fees for the 4 plus crazy salaries

of course they need the money they are subject to FFP just like everyone else, and Mbappe's total cost for Real will likely be (for 5 years) well over €300m (easily could be much more, if he is paid anything near Messi money it's over €400m) if they have to pay a monster transfer fee now those numbers are conservative compared to the Saudi offer (€300m transfer fee and €200m per year salary, IF it was for 2 years, they said they will pay him a €100m signing bonus, so total 2 years cost of €800m, €1 billion if 3 years, which is drop in the bucket for them as they have what is likely closing in on to 2 TRILLION usd backstopping them) Real have other needs as well and are also going to (I have always said Håland ends up at Real) go for Håland in summer 2024 (perhaps) or summer 2025 (very likely)

You really are saying that BOTH Reece AND Thiago will each miss at least 70% of our games?

so now it appears we see Olise as more of a RWer than an AMF a straight Ziyech replacement I am still very wary of that bad hamstring tear and also Kudus can play RW too Kudus just seems more of an explosive athlete, plus scores more goals most games (including the WC) I watched him he looked a true threat

yes, thus my 'lol' I think they MIGHT take 45m, but likely will want the full 50m

lol Pool bid only £37m???

doubt what part?

well, PSG is not suicidal, they would not toss him on the reserves

£100m for Caicedo is madness IMHO the only 5 or 6 DMFs and/or CMFs on the planet I would pay £100m or more for are (atm) Jude Bellingham Pedri Federico Valverde Gavi Rodri Eduardo Camavinga (maybe) Joshua Kimmich turns 29yo in the winter of this season, so nope then the close but not quite £100m Aurélien Tchouaméni Frenkie de Jong Nicolò Barella Bruno Guimarães then Moisés Caicedo and Kimmich (due to age), below those 4 that's IT on the planet large drop off after all those down to Manuel Ugarte (grrrrrrrrrrrrrr) Declan Rice Sandro Tonali Alexis Mac Allister Leon Goretzka Romeo Lavia João Palhinha (if he was 3 or 4 years younger then he would be higher) Warren Zaïre-Emery (17yo) then even more of a drop off to more players who are more dice rolls like (no order) Manu Kone, Khéphren Thuram, Amadou Onana, Mikel Merino, Martín Zubimendi, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Vitinha, Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo de Paul, Rúben Neves, Adrien Rabiot, Orkun Kökcü, Seko Fofana, Gabri Veiga, Ryan Gravenberch, Teun Koopmeiners, Sofyan Amrabat, Manuel Locatelli, Danilo, Guido Rodríguez, Eljif Elmas, Youssouf Fofana, Maxence Caqueret, Carlos Soler, Franck Kessié, Frank Anguissa, Nicolò Fagioli, Wendel, Florentino Luis, Luka Sucic, Yves Bissouma, Arthur Vermeeren, Alex Scott, Fabio Miretti, Habib Diarra

absolutely We all know I tossed the toys from the pram when our board refused to buy him (fucking scouts said they had major doubts, the cunts) for £40m to £50m from Monaco the season before he moved to Real.

Cannot Mbappe just say fuck it and refuse to move until next season, so go to Real om a free and for massive wages/bonus as he can insist on a bump due to no transfer fee? He has €150m from PSG coming for this season due to the loyalty bonus plus his wages, so the lad is not hurting for cash at all.

it would not take £100m for Tchou I think £77m to £82m (€90 to €95m) would do it Real need cash for Mbappe Camavinga would be a harder pull, they rate him more than Tchou

well Hakim Ziyech Callum Hudson-Odoi are actually worse (how depressing is that!) , but BOTH need to be sold ASAP and I would sell Sterling too (Saudis want him badly) I wonder what Poch thinks of Nicolás González 14 goals, 5 assists as a LWer last season in only 2,663 minutes that is around 30 total goals produced per 4000 minutes 24 caps for Argentina Sr national team good size (5-11, ie. 1.80m) and pacy turned 25yo in April, so is in prime years

do this! why the hell would we buy a player (Michael Olise) who just ripped up his hamstring and had major surgery???? are we fucking that stupid to buy MORE damaged goods?????

Klopp in dreamland as midfielder Roméo Lavia chooses Liverpool over Arsenal, Chelsea; agreement reached https://www.teamtalk.com/liverpool/klopp-in-dreamland-midfielder-chooses-liverpool-over-arsenal-Chelsea-agreement-reached