Vesper

FUCK BARCA with some bolt cutters

lol, the Ginger Mourinho rides again

I have big hopes for this lad! super excited

£125m to £135m it will take I fear he is one of the Four Horses of the winter 2022 to summer 2024 Apocalypse Bellingham Enzo Gvardiol Osimhen only bigger players out there not resolved for more than 2 or so years are Mbappe Håland below those 6 is the last of the 'for sure available' who is close to £100m level Rafael Leão then a notch down again Dušan Vlahović after those 8 you drop down into pure speculation, and pure hope of ripping away a player from Barca or Real (basically impossible) or PSG or Bayern or Citeh (only clubs who can do that are Real and Barca)

they must have rendering of a new stadium as well!! along with Enzo and a few other things (combine those others into a big bag or two) the stadium is a HUGE issue for me Worse than that Until COVID-19 (this has perhaps put a kink or two into some clubs, as this list was from a post I did here on March 29, 2020, so a wee bit changed now, but not much at the end of the day, eventually) We were on track to be the only top 32 European club with no new or large, renovated stadium within 2 to 3 or so years I comment on each this list was in order per player total value, not in terms of quality of club ( the values have changed in the past 3 years, but you get the general idea) 1 Manchester City modern, giant stadium 2 Liverpool FC adding even more new expansions 3 Real Madrid soon, along with Barca, will have the biggest football only brand new billion euro renovated stadium, I have documented both multiple times 4 FC Barcelona see Real Madrid, just they are delayed now a bit 5 Paris Saint-Germain massive new renovation part of a billion euro overall upgrade of all their physical plant (or now may leave and build a monster from scratch) 6 Bayern Munich modern, giant stadium 7 Atlético Madrid recently opened monster new stadium 8 Tottenham Hotspur recently opened monster new stadium 9 Chelsea FC fucked 10 Manchester United panning huge renovation and expansion of OT 11 Juventus FC recently opened monster new stadium 12 Arsenal FC massive renovation planned for the Emirates 13 Borussia Dortmund more renovations planned, already is a HUGE stadium 14 Inter Milan brand new huge stadium planned to start soon, along with AC Milan 15 SSC Napoli brand new stadium to be soon built finally, they had THE WORST stadium (despite the atmospherics and intimidation factor) on this list, it was a true shithole 16 RB Leipzig modern, large newer stadium 17 Valencia CF brand new stadium finally will be finished in a couple years 18 Everton FC brand new stadium to open soon 19 Leicester City modern stadium, planned expansion to well over 40,000 with far more luxe boxes 20 Olympique Lyon giant new stadium built several years back 21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen soon a large renovation/expansion of BayArena 22 Ajax Amsterdam renovation already coming 23 AS Roma brand new stadium, Stadio Della Roma, soon started 24 AC Milan see Inter (I understand the money situ, but I still find it insane these two monster clubs will still share a pitch) 25 SS Lazio giant new stadium, Stadio delle Aquile soon built 26 SL Benfica renovated huge stadium 27 Sevilla FC complete renovation and massive expansion (entire new third tier and massive luxe boxes) soon starts 28 FC Porto renovated huge stadium 29 Olympique Marseille recently renovated and another planned expansion coming 30 FC Schalke 04 modern, huge stadium, and total renovation/expansion planned 31 Villarreal CF brand new stadium, Estadio de la Cerámica, being built 32 Hertha BSC renovated Olympiastadion a couple years back, and eventually they will very likely move to a new giant one other notable clubs Sporting CP large, modern stadium, renovation coming once their financials are sorted Real Sociedad New Anoeta opened in 2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers massive new ground up renovation expansion soon started West Ham United not ideal but they do have a huge stadium, a new one, with tonnes of luxe boxes Borussia Mönchengladbach modern stadium, expansion/renovation on the books soon ACF Fiorentina Nuovo Stadio Fiorentina, over 40,000 cap, soon started Real Betis Balompié recently renovated and increased to 61,000 capacity Athletic Bilbao new modern, 52K cap stadium recently built VfL Wolfsburg modern large stadium, with renovations coming Eintracht Frankfurt massive expansion to over 60,000 soon started

hate to say it, but that is when

if we had not signed him to that insane wage of £295K PW for FOUR years, we so could have dumped him off NOW to Inter of all the crazy bad 5 summer 2022 deals, KK at £95 fucking million total (W T F !) is THE WORST by far IMHO, as Wesley Fofana still (even though I have some real doubts due to what looks like a possible permanent loss of pace, at least so far) can come good in a huge way (I SO hope he does!!!!) I still wish we had just signed Simakan, before he renewed, for 50m or so less, and less on salary too, OR, even better, signed my REAL wish at RCB, Skriniar (too late now, ffs) CuCu was just a £30m or so overpay, he is not a disaster, if we had paid £30-32m or so, not much more than a peep from me, and he is not on cray money, Auba the wuthless is soon gone and didn't cost THAT much, and Sterling still can deffo help (and damn well better!!)

yes, they need a LB as well (Walker is not getting any younger at RB, which is why I suggested those 2) LB is their curse position over the years they never effectively filled it with a remotely WC player, Cancelo did oki at times there as a right footer there, but he has weirdly flamed out they have spent (this is cray!) over £250m on just fullbacks (just in t fees, and add-ons, lol) since Pep has arrived soon over £300m I wager 🤪 Lewis looks pretty decent at right back, but not WC and if Walker leaves/ages out, they literally are down to only one other fullback the pedestrian, very meh LB Sergio Gómez Ake is far better at CB (he is actually quite decent there, not great, but decent) than LB, its one big reason we let him go overall Citeh are FUCKED at fullback, especially if the soon to be 33yo Walker goes down alleged raper Mendy is still in deep shit legally, and he was never that great anyway I was surprised they left Spuds buy Destiny Udogie (bruising speed merchant 20yo 1.88m LB from Italy via Nigeria) on the cheap last summer Destiny on the left and Dumfries on the right, in the Pep system, would be twin 6-2 American footie NFL free safety-bodied terrors

we should have taken Bayern's £40m back in the day before he blew out his Achilles

will they move for their ex player Pedro Porro now that Sporting fucked Spuds? perhaps they move for Dumfries?

two that are easy pickings and still productive from the same club my favourite happy hunting grounds in Italy (their transfer team is great) Atalanta same home country (Colombia) as well same country (Colombia) born 15 days apart, in April 1991 free in July 2023: and one year left in July 2023

Clearlake should hire him for their financial press releases! Here we go! CLEARLAKE SELLS MAJORITY INTEREST IN FLOWORKS TO WYNNCHURCH CAPITAL Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) today announced it has completed the sale of a majority interest in FloWorks International, LLC (“FloWorks” or the “Company”) to Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. (“Wynnchurch”).

Clearlake is an extremely aggressive private equity and hedge fund management firm with a boatload of quants who can twist 55,000 page (not joking, many are THAT complex) derivative contracts until they scream. In just two years, Clearlake quadrupled its assets under management to about $72 billion as of May 2022, since its predecessor flagship fund closed in May 2020. I would not be shocked at all to see their May 2023 report show well over 100 billion USD under management now, as they shorted the hell out of the stock market right before it started to crash and burn last year and also bought up distressed assets at pennies on the pound (well on the dollar, lol).

I think we can send U21s still out on loan

wow, treacherous Portuguese Ornstein: https://theathletic.com/4135097/2023/01/30/ornstein-porro-spurs-Chelsea-world-cup-fernandez/ Tottenham Hotspur’s move for Pedro Porro is off after Sporting Lisbon reneged on terms of the proposed deal. The 23-year-old right wing-back was set to join Spurs and has been left distraught after Sporting president Frederico Varandas told him he would be allowed to leave following Saturday’s Portuguese League Cup final. Porro now looks set to miss out on the switch despite talks reaching an advanced stage and Sporting lining up Barcelona’s Hector Bellerin as a replacement. The performances of Porro for Sporting were rewarded with an international debut for Spain in March 2021, which came in a World Cup qualifier against Georgia. This campaign, he has been a regular presence for Ruben Amorim’s side, recording three goals and 11 assists in 25 matches across all competitions. Sporting sit fourth in the Primeira Liga.

Chelsea: Emma Hayes shuts down talk of signing Arsenal's Katie McCabe https://www.givemesport.com/88110273-Chelsea-emma-hayes-shuts-down-talk-of-signing-arsenal-katie-mccabe-from-arsenal

The only other time in the last 5 years or more I have been this sure of a young CMF or DMF as I am about Bellingham and Enzo was Aurélien Tchouaméni Bellingham is a pipe dream and tbh, given our needs, Enzo in my opinion will have a bigger impact than Bells would have atm there are so few world class or near or potenetially (as in next year or so) world class CMF/DMF's out there 20 on the planet that I put there (and I am sure many here will say hell no to some of my stretches), and even fewer 25yo and under and deep holding defensive playmakers are the rarest of all (in red) other than Kante-style disruptors (only 2m or 3 of those, Kante, Barella, maybe Caicedo, not convinced on him as that, you maybe could make a case for Camavinga, and then the non listed Manu Kone, but they are not there yet in terms of that unique role, only Barella really is for sure, and even he is not prime Kante level) Jude Bellingham Joshua Kimmich Pedri Enzo Fernández Aurélien Tchouameni Gavi Federico Valverde Nicolò Barella Bruno Guimarães Kante when fit Casemiro Frenkie de Jong Rodri Luka Modric Leon Goretzka Marco Verratti Sergej Milinković-Savić Declan Rice (I can hear the howls now) Eduardo Camavinga Moisés Caicedo Bernardo Silva is too much of an AMF to list here, and Foden is NOT a CMF, no clue why T-Markt keeps listing him there

Benz is not coming here zero chance

the pic is scary AF ☹️

Osimhen is something special, but I do not think we can afford him this coming summer I am not sure if we rate Dušan Vlahović that much, we never have made a move for him, under two ownership regimes now there were two young ones I so wanted and we missed out on both last summer (we tried for both, especially Šeško) Hugo Ekitiké (no way PSG gives him up now) Benjamin Šeško (RB Salzburg, so there is a chance still) other than those, the best conventional deals are Ivan Toney, IF he doesn't get suspended for gambling, and Jonathan David BUT they will be very expensive as well and so that leaves (for me) Rasmus Højlund (19yo, 1.91m Dane at Atalanta, and not crazy expensive yet, huge potential) the rest not listed and who are actually available bore me a bit atm (the thought of them coming here is not awe-inspiring, lol) I think DDF has huge potential, and would love to buy Højlund and then call it a day this summer I am not going to get my hopes up for Osimhen (he is in the same league for us as Bellingham, ie. it would be insanely good to get both or one, but its likely a pipe dream for both or even one)

yikes!

I do not have an immense amount of hope atm for Broja and I rate our offensive incomings higher than you apparently do

https://theathletic.com/4060920/2023/01/06/jude-soonsup-bell-Chelsea-departure/ Chelsea academy striker Jude Soonsup-Bell is going to leave the club this month. The Athletic reported in November that the highly-rated forward, who turns 19 next week, was considering his future at Chelsea and this was likely going to be his last season at Stamford Bridge. Soonsup-Bell’s current deal expires in the summer, but talks over an extension stalled last January when he began to consider his future. The teenager has now decided to bring forward his departure. Clubs in the Premier League and elsewhere in Europe have been monitoring the situation and are ready to take advantage of Soonsup-Bell becoming available. The terms of his exit will have to be discussed between Chelsea and his next team, but won’t be a problem. The teenager made his senior debut for Chelsea under previous coach Thomas Tuchel just 13 months ago and has been touted as a great prospect at the club’s academy for some time. For example, during the 2019-20 campaign, he scored 26 goals in all competitions for various Chelsea youth sides in just 17 appearances. In February 2021, he became the first Chelsea player in 59 years to score four times in a FA Youth Cup tie. Despite playing just 122 minutes for the Under-21s in the Premier League 2 this season, he has still scored two goals and registered an assist. One of the reasons for Soonsup-Bell’s departure, after seven enjoyable years at Chelsea, is that he is considering the pathway into the first team and that he will benefit from going elsewhere.

he has been good longer than 9 months, he really started to rise with that loan to the smaller club, Defensa y Justicia, which he helped drag to 2 continental trophies in 2020/21, then helped River Plate win the league title