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overrated atm IMHO he has only started one league game so far for Brighton, and then two league cup games, with one of those being an emergency LB, not at RB only 555 minutes so far toal, all comps ironic as he left us because he knew he would never be the starting RB here as long as we had Reece he also missed around 300 days with various injuries (mostly a recurrent hamstring issue) over a year and a half span

told you now Chelsea now consider move to sign £18m right-back who just shut down Vinicius Junior last week https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/report-Chelsea-now-consider-move-to-sign-18m-right-back-who-just-shut-down-vinicius-junior-last-week/ Chelsea are reportedly interested in a potential move for Real Valladolid youngster Ivan Fresneda. Fresneda, who’s just 18, is a talented right-back that’s starting to attract a lot of interest. The full-back has made just 11 senior appearances to date, but an eye-catching performance against Real Madrid last week has helped enhance his growing reputation. He was excellent last Friday when defending in direct competition against Madrid’s superstar left-winger Vinicius Junior. Fresneda was given a 7:06 match rating after making eight tackles, three clearances and two interceptions (WhoScored). Chelsea interested in Ivan Fresneda According to 90min, Fresneda is now wanted by a host of top sides across Europe. It is understood that Premier League teams Chelsea, Newcastle United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United are all considering approaches for the young defender. Also, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus have set sights on the Spaniard. The report claims that Valladolid may be prepared to cash in on their prized asset and sell him for around €20million (£18million). A lot of Chelsea fans are campaigning for the club to sign a new right-back this January. With Reece James currently out injured, combined with repeated knee problems, the Blues need better full-back cover. The Daily Mail recently claimed Chelsea are keen to accelerate their interest in Celtic right-back Josip Juranovic. However, Fresneda is a really exciting youngster to now emerge on the radar, who does fit the kind of profile the club have been investing in.

lol, how many fullbacks/wingbacks are spuds going to buy????????? Porro would make EIGHT Ryan Sessegnon Ben Davies Ivan Perisic Destiny Udogie (beast potential LB, out on loan still) Emerson Royal Djed Spence Matt Doherty

Callum Hudson-Odoi: Chelsea winger on life in Germany, Bayer Leverkusen and Chelsea (video) https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/63350452 Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, talks to BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan about playing in the Bundesliga and his club and international future.

100m euros or pounds? I assume you mean euros, in which case Benfica will tell us to fuck off likely even at £100m, even thsough that is only £5m short of the release clause of €120m (£105m) the 85m offer we short armed was euros (£74m)

Chelsea players “concerned with the situation” as injury crisis gets ridiculous https://www.Chelsea-news.co/2023/01/Chelsea-players-concerned-with-the-situation-as-injury-crisis-gets-ridiculous/ Chelsea lost two more players to injury in last night’s game, taking the total of Blues out of action to ten. That’s an astonishing number, and puts us clear of the competition as the most injured club in Europe over the last two years according to Nizaar Kinsella’s article in the Evening Standard today. A few months ago the club doctor and team physio were both sacked by the new owners, but our fortunes haven’t changed – and in fact the appointment of a private physiotherapy firm more used to dealing with pop singers has only made things worse. Worryingly, Kinsella claimed that “players are concerned with the situation” – who could blame them? A couple of years ago N’Golo Kante was the best defensive midfielder in the world, and now it’s not even certain he will get a new contract because of how little he’s featured, with setback after setback. He’s made his money and is into his 30s – it’s the players in their early 20s who will be most worried.

finally! https://vasco.com.br/boasorteandreysantos/ Vasco da Gama agreed this Friday (01/06) the definitive transfer of the athlete Andrey Santos to European football. Born in the youth ranks of Gigante da Colina, the midfielder will defend the colors of Chelsea, from England, in the coming seasons. The youngster will end his first spell at the club from São Januário at the age of 18 with 38 appearances and eight goals. ANDREY SANTOS In São Januário since 2011, Andrey Santos started his career in futsal and it didn't take long to become the main reference of the 2004 Generation. by the Hill Giant. In 2021, after debuting in a Carioca Championship match, Andrey Santos became the youngest player to ever play for Vasco da Gama in the 21st Century, leaving behind names like Talles Magno, Paulinho and Philippe Coutinho. The definitive promotion of Andrey Santos to the professional, however, only happened last season, during the dispute of the Brazilian Championship.

the release clause was €120m, I am sure the extra €7m or whatever was floated to see that if we overpaid a wee bit, would that get them to accept a better (for us with FFP) instalment payment scheme zero chance Benfica and Enzo would have went and continued if we had laid out €85m officially to start

Chelsea Women hold minute's silence for Gianluca Vialli at training, as fans begin to leave flowers at Stamford Bridge in tribute to 'Luca' after the death of their former manager at 58 A minute's silence was held before Chelsea Women trained on Friday afternoon Gianluca Vialli dead: Ex-Chelsea and Italy striker dies from cancer aged 58 Vialli was incredibly popular at Chelsea as a player and then a manager later on OBITUARY: Vialli was football's 'Lion King' and he showed his class until the end LIVE: Follow all the latest updates as tributes pour in for the popular Italian https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11606671/Chelsea-Women-hold-minutes-silence-Gianluca-Vialli-training.html

yep, and meanwhile there is now revisionism going on that tries to gaslight and paint Boehly as an innocent party, that the bid all along was always portrayed to Benfica from the start as €85m, as if they would have given that the time of day, as if Enzo would have agreed to terms for an offer that was guaranteed to be rejected instantly

There was no (or very little) media manipulation. The reporting on the instalments (for paying the full release clause) came because that is what we lead Benfica to believe we were going to do. They have confirmed thsi at multiple levels. We also agreed to terms with the player. Benfica would never have held multiple meetings if we walked in and said from the beginning, well we think he is worth €85m, not €120m, so that is our offer. Enzo would have never bothered talking terms with us if he knew we were going to make an official bid that was 100% guaranteed to be rejected. It is not rocket science to see what happened.

It's just LUDICROUS that some here are still saying nothing out of the normal happened between us and Benfica. That we did nothing except make one official offer of €85m, and that was it. We agreed to terms with the lad, ffs. He was already halfway (or more) in his head in London. We discussed instalment payments based off the release clause (where the hell do you think that overpay came from??? We floated that to see if Benfica would let us really break up the payments). Why the hell would Benfica discuss instalment terms on a TOTAL offer that was €35m UNDER the release clause? Come on!

every player you listed IS INJURED! and Chilwell and Fofana are fucked atm (quality wise) due to multiple injuries (especially Fofana), which is likely going to be the case for Broja too, when he comes back in late 2023 or early 2024

let's see him do it game in, game out

Nope, Benfica confirmed what happened. I am not going to let revisionism take hold and the gaslighting start without some serious pushback. We discussed FFP-friendly installment payment terms based off the release clause (where do you think that overpay figure came from?? come on!), but then, when the official offer was made by us, we low balled the RC by 35m euros, after also winding up Enzo by agreeing to personal terms. It was a cunt move. End of story. Marina, for all her faults, NEVER would have done that. I can totally understand us not wanting to spend the full €120m, absolutely I can, and would have completely accepted that, no problem, but don't play games and string them (including the player) along, then insult them with an offer you KNOW is never going to be accepted. There is NO chance Benfica would have talked to us for so long if they knew we were coming in with an offer that was wilfully €35m light. To suggest otherwise beggars belief, sorry.

great post

LOL good luck finding any takers for a 33+yo (turns 33 next season) oft-injured DMF on £340K PW (that's £17.7m per year in salary) until 2026 I am sure they will be queueing up like it was one of the Oasis gigs at Knebworth in 1996 Tickets went on sale at 9am on Saturday 11 May 1996 - the same day Manchester United beat Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup Final. 2.6 million people applied for tickets - which was 5% of the British population at the time. The band could have sold out the venue for two solid weeks.

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€130m (£116m) in salary LOCKED in, for rapidly ageing out players, one who is perpetually injured and the other who looks profoundly out of his depth already is NOT better KK NEVER should have been purchased, let alone given an insane 4 year €70m contract I called it over 2 seasons ago, that he was no longer worth buying for the money we would pay Kante should have been sold in summer 2021 (again, another thing I called for back then), as what we could have gotten for him then would have EASILY paid for Tchou plus a decent backup RB, as Azpi was clearly rinsed as a RB (just look at last season, 2021/22 to see his turgid play there) If you think that all of sudden Kante is going to spring back to fully fit all or even most of the time, and KK is going to magically turn into prime (or even semi prime) Sol Campbell, well I also have a bridge for sale, gently used

WTF that's €130m (£116m) in salary (would be over €150m if Kante signed for 4 years like KK) combined over the next 3 years for Kante and 4 for KK!!!!!!! #fuckthisshit

Jim Fraser promoted to Head of Youth Development & Recruitment by Chelsea https://trainingground.guru/articles/fraser-promoted-to-head-of-youth-development-and-recruitment-by-Chelsea Jim Fraser (right) with Ethan Wady. JIM FRASER has been promoted to Head of Youth Development and Recruitment by Chelsea following Neil Bath’s elevation to Director of Football Development and Operations. TGG reported Bath’s promotion in November after the news was communicated to club staff via email. His new role means he will continue his Vision 2030 project - which we wrote in detail about here - and will also remain in overall charge of youth development at the club. However, he will also now have greater involvement with the first team, particularly in terms of the transition of players from Academy to senior football. Bath, who was described as “the fabric of Chelsea” by former Premier League Head of Youth Ged Roddy MBE, is a lifelong Blues fan who joined the club in 1993 as a part-time schoolboy coach. He went on to become their Academy Manager, in 2004, and Head of Youth Development, in 2011. This year, the Blues topped TGG’s Academy Productivity Rankings for the first time (the rankings covered the 2021/22 season). With Bath taking on an even more senior role, his long-time lieutenant, Fraser, has also taken on greater responsibilities. He has now been appointed Head of Youth Development and Recruitment, having previously been Assistant Head of Youth. Fraser joined Chelsea in November 2004 as Assistant Academy Manager for the 7s to 14s and became Assistant Head of Youth Development and Recruitment in 2010. Meanwhile, Jack Francis has been promoted to Academy Manager for the 9s to 14s, having previously been Head of Player Care and 15s/16s programme lead. Francis, who has been with the Blues for 12 years, will be responsible for football, player care, education and all supporting departments for youngsters before they sign their first professional contracts.

Jude Soonsup-Bell to leave Chelsea this month 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.

Gianluca Vialli dies aged 58 https://theathletic.com/4018445/2023/01/06/gianluca-vialli-dies-age-58/ Gianluca Vialli has died at the age of 58. The former Chelsea player and manager had announced last month that he was stepping away from his role with Italy’s national team after being diagnosed for a second time with pancreatic cancer in 2021. The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed his death on Friday morning. President Gabriele Gravina said: “I hoped until the last that he could perform another miracle, yet I am comforted by the certainty that what he did for Italian football and the blue shirt will never be forgotten. “Gianluca was a wonderful person and leaves an unfillable void, in the national team and in all those who appreciated his extraordinary human qualities”. Vialli enjoyed an illustrious career with Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea after starting out at Cremonese. He scored 21 goals in 58 premier league appearances for Chelsea, winning an FA Cup, a League Cup and a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. He earned 59 caps for Italy and played at World Cups in 1986 and 1990, before retiring from his playing career in 1999. He has also managed Watford and Chelsea, winning the FA Cup with the latter. In October 2019, he was appointed as the new delegation chief of the Italy national football team under head coach Roberto Mancini. The FIGC said “a minute of recollection” for Vialli would take place before matches scheduled for next weekend.

you are conflating 2 seperate things, between holding talks that insinuated we were going to pay it with inner circle intent to apparently NOT pay it