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2022-23 English Premier League Chelsea Manchester City https://www.sportfacts.net/sports/2023/premier-league-Chelsea-vs-manchester-city-s1/ https://www.vipleague.st/Chelsea-vs-manchester-city-1-live-streaming https://www.vipleague.st/Chelsea-vs-manchester-city-2-live-streaming

here is my list of the only acceptable wingers for me atm (and we really need a RWer above all else on the wing) Right wingers all 4 are having good to great seasons Moussa Diaby (lefty) Leroy Sané (lefty) (if available) Ousmane Dembélé (ambipedal) (if available) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (ambipedal) (if available) then the one advanced youth Karim Adeyemi (lefty) youth (hard pull as well, he renewed this summer until 2027) then a player who is NOT at all ready to buy now Federico Chiesa (if fully recovered) (mostly right footed but can player either wing, seems to prefer the RW) Left wingers Rafael Leão (if available) Mykhaylo Mudryk (like Leão, he is completely a right footed LW, those two are the only ones of the eight wingers listed who never play on the right, and Mudryk is the only one listed who has no Big 5 experience at all) wild card perhaps Nico Williams, who is a right footed RWer, but lately is playing on the LW needs another year I think, to make a full call on whether to buy or not

he may well have in the past, I am not 100% sure of that, but he did not state that in that article now is all I am saying

BREAKING: CRAZY ENZO! What happened with Chelsea, what’s next & the real BID Fabrizio Romano

that was a poor take by the other poster, Law didn't say those things

that is a poor framing of what he wrote he never complains about not making a move for Rice, and he is only saying (about the cost of Enzo) it is surprising given our strong historical interest in Rice

Chaotic Chelsea must call a halt to scattergun strategy Matt Law https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/chaotic-Chelsea-must-call-a-halt-to-scattergun-strategy-42263102.html At the start of September, Thomas Tuchel was introduced to Chelsea’s final signing of the summer transfer window. But for a split second, the club’s former head coach could not immediately put a name to the face. Fortunately, Tuchel was able to identify Denis Zakaria quickly enough that the moment did not become embarrassing, but it served to underline the chaotic nature of Chelsea’s business. There is a certain irony in the fact that Tuchel was sacked a few days after Zakaria’s arrival, which he had no knowledge of until their introduction, for not being collaborative enough for the liking of Chelsea’s Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership. Tuchel had been very much part of the rest of Chelsea’s business, identifying Raheem Sterling as his top target and helping the club to sign Carney Chukwuemeka by speaking personally to the midfielder, even though there was little prospect of the teen making an immediate impact in his team. Zakaria, however, was signed on loan for the season with no input from Tuchel and it was not until November that the Switzerland international made his Chelsea debut, long after Tuchel had been replaced by Graham Potter. Having previously only started in the Champions League and the Carabao Cup, Zakaria made his first Premier League appearances in Chelsea’s last two games. As Chelsea prepare to welcome Manchester City tonight, it is clear that the chaos of the summer needs to be replaced by clear thinking if the Potter project is to prove successful. The approach to the January window already appears to be somewhat scattergun, with a move for Monaco’s 21-year-old defender Benoit Badiashile quickly being arranged, which places a question mark against the long-term interest in Josko Gvardiol, over whom Chelsea held talks during the summer and since. There is also the issue of what it means for the future of Levi Colwill, who is two years younger than Badiashile and is excelling on loan at Brighton, whom Chelsea trail by two points despite them taking Potter, his backroom staff, recruitment guru Paul Winstanley and wing-back Marc Cucurella from the club. Boehly and his co-controlling partner Behdad Eghbali have spent time making inroads into the Jude Bellingham camp, and have been planning to take part in what promises to be a summer auction for the midfielder. Strong interest has also been retained in West Ham’s Declan Rice, a player Potter is known to admire, and yet Chelsea have now offered to pay more than £100m (€113.7m) for Enzo Fernandez, who enjoyed an excellent World Cup with Argentina but has made only 14 league appearances for Benfica. At least there appears to be a succession plan of sorts for midfielders N’Golo Kante and Jorginho, who remain in talks over signing new contracts but are now both aged over 30 and arguably past their peaks. Chelsea confirmed the final appointment of their new recruitment team, Christopher Vivell as technical director, just before Christmas and it is yet to be made clear how decisions are being arrived at. Indeed, it is Boehly who is believed to have scheduled talks with Shakhtar Donetsk over winger Mykhailo Mudryk, who has agreed personal terms with Arsenal. A deal has already been agreed for forward Christopher Nkunku to join in the summer, which begs the question over whether enough thought has gone into how Potter would be expected to incorporate the Frenchman, Sterling, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Kai Havertz and Mudryk, were he to join, into his plans. Arsenal’s rise to the top of the league has given Chelsea food for thought over what can be achieved by sticking by a coach they believe in and assembling a talented young squad free of egos. City, Liverpool and Arsenal have also provided examples of why sales will be just as important as new signings if Chelsea are to be successful. Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta were all allowed to cull their squads, taking hits on players the club had previously invested heavily in. Crucially, they were also given plenty of time and patience for their overhauls to be completed. Guardiola ended his first season in charge of City without a trophy and having completed his worst-ever run, failing to win in six games. Liverpool finished Klopp’s first season in charge in eighth place and did not win the league until he had been at the club almost five years. Arteta survived one of Arsenal’s worst-ever starts to a season and failure to qualify for the Champions League. Any realistic hope of Chelsea finishing in the top four this season might be extinguished by City tonight, but it will take rational thinking, rather than chaos and desperation, to put them back on the same path as their opponents.

8 hours ago22:19 Charlie Gordon Fernandez to Chelsea 'collapses' Chelsea's move for Enzo Fernandez has tumbled rapidly downhill this evening and it may now be over altogether. Representatives from Benfica and the Blues met in London today but couldn't come to an agreement, and transfer expert Cesar Luis Merlo claims that the deal has 'collapsed'. Meanwhile, Fabrizio Romano reports that Chelsea's offer was nowhere near as big as first thought, with the proposal totalling just under £75million - well short of the Argentine's release clause.

Most of the legit sources are now saying we went in with the official offer at only €85m (£74m) TOTAL (not 85m euros upfront and then installments) we tried to lowball Benfica after saying we would meet the release clause we never made an actual official offer anywhere near the RC Benfica said hell no, and the talks have collapsed atm they are pissed, have publicly said we negotiated in bad faith (if that view becomes entrenched out there we are FUCKED in the market) and Enzo is now left out on a an island, as he is all in to come here, was even trying to stop training with them if all this is true, then a true shitshow by Boehly

fuck I am raging we cocked this up fucking yank amatuer cunts clueless

that's what I have said all along

this is gaslighting Roman left the club in a long term mess as well years of shit decisions and also externalities (like his relationship with Putin getting him visa blocked by the home office and thus the new stadium was pulled) were already coming home to roost

yep, our cred (as I too said above) will be in the bin and we can really forget any move for

great post and wow, I thought this was from tonight!, not new years day so, YES, he was BANG on he also said we value Mac Allister at £30-40m, NOT 60m and that we will walk away from a deal if we think it bad

absolute MADNESS if true!

that's what I thought too, but now, well it seems like that is a distinct possibility time will tell BUT if we did do that, we are fucking bonkers

ZERO (sub ZERO) chance Benfica accepts €85m (£74m) so either we cough up the €120m (£105m) or its no sale I don't blame Benfica AT ALL they have no obligation to fuck themselves we are likely going to be the laughingstocks of the last TWO transfer windows the club is already in serious crisis mode we fuck around and make bad choices this January and then in the summer 2023 window and then combine that with the disastrous last 2 summers, and we may well be headed for years without CL that is an insane loss of revenue combine that with the massive loss of revenue (and prestige) each season from having an ancient, small, woefully inadequate stadium, PLUS the horrid wage bill from our shitbox buys (example: 70m euros in salary for KK over the next 4 years!!!!!) and we are well down the path to being fucked in regards to FFP on a medium to long term event horizon

€85m (£74m) is only £12m more than we paid for a backup LB (CuCu) and I have never heard 130m euros (let alone pounds) that is 3m to 10m more than most reports said (and were apparently massively off the the other way in terms of what our actual off was)

that is NOT what I understand to have happened I thought that we had agreed to something simlar to what you said BUT apparently it is NOT what happened the €85m offer was the total, not the initial payment @FabrizioRomano Excl: Chelsea official proposal for Enzo Fernández was never €120m or €127m. The final proposal made to Benfica was €85m fee.

fucking CLOWNS try to short stroke Benfica for €35-€42m after saying the would pay €120-127m then tossing out only €85m on official offer YET had no problem dumping €72m (£62m) on fucking CuCu and €40m (£33.4 at the time) on the turgid KK (AND PAY HIM almost £300K (295) PW which works out to 70m fucking euros just in salary over the next 4 years!!!!!) idiots!!!!

that is a real stretch m8 bookmark this one of us will perhaps (if we actually buy him) have to eat our words

WTF We are CLOWNS if we think that Benfica would accept only making £38.5m or so profit on Enzo (€85m minus River Plate's 25% cut from their sell-on clause, and also minus the €18m Benfica paid in fees and add-ons, and minus half a year's salary they paid) I am RAPIDLY becoming disenchanted with Boehly

fucking Spuds going to win in a trot and Kane now is on a hat trick, ffs

an impasse doesn't me we tried to pull a lowball offer AFTER we said we pay the full RC IF we did indeed do that, I am FAR more closer to Boehly out than I am atm IF we did do that, our credibility is soon shredded for all her faults, Marina's word was bond with all the major actors, to a person they ALL said that when(if asked

so now we are on to treating the hack Manc lover Duncan Castles as the word of god?