MoroccanBlue

I don't see the point

That was accounted for the 2019 books.

I can't remember a time we sold a player for 100 million.

GK and LB possibly. Still think we may get Dunk as well.

Remember the window closes in October. Havertz, Reguilon, Dunk/Rice/White, and a GK can realistically be done.

I think that's the very reason as to why Lampard wants to fix the attack before the defence. Having enough quality up front to close games out in the matter Liverpool and City do on a consistent basis. Having enough quality will diminish our 'predictability' in the final third, which has helped teams counter us on several occasions this season.

He and Pedro gone frees up 12 million in annual wages.

He has better stats whilst being 2 years younger than Lampard on their debut Chelsea seasons. Bit bewildering how many don't take that into consideration and the likelihood he will grow and develop into a top player.

On paper it looks good but there is zero balance with Kante+Kovacic together.

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To be quite frank (No pun intended), I think having a defensive midfielder who will sit in front of the defence will fix a lot of issues. Teams carve through us given the gaps there are in midfield. Completely imbalanced. Jorginho is slow and defensively poor. Kante isn't a natural holding midfielder, and Kovacic's best attribute is working out of a press. We have no one.

This. I want CHO to have as much game time available

Thing is, we can account the €20m for Bakayoko for the year on the books if we sell him. The same applies for every player we sell. For Havertz, I believe we only account for a portion of his fee on the books. Same goes for any player that comes in.

We were so fortunate with the timing

Right but it's up to the players. Didn't Batshuayi reject a move there recently?

He needs an experienced/composed partner. Hence why I'm all for Dunk for the time being whilst Mbuyamba develops as a player. Rudiger---Dunk that slowly transitions to Tomori---Mbuyamba would be the best thing forward.

We are going to have an abundance of talent up top next season. Not to mention the quality in depth now. Lampard's team management will be tested. Not only that, we should be expecting improvement on 'in game' management and closing games out. Zero excuses if those aren't improved.

Well that would just be an appeal to ignorance if we are ignoring Bild's initial report and their actual breakdown of Werner's contract.

I'll stick with the source that initially broke it and then everyone hopped on it. Not to mention said source have actually done a thorough and detailed breakdown of the terms. It is amusing however seeing everyone try and rule out the concept that we are paying a player ridiculously high wages.

So what are his sources then Last time I checked, Matt Law was notoriously known for taking stories from those that first broke it. BILD's report literally goes into details that the signing on fees isn't a lump sum, they are going to be distributed throughout the remainder of his contract. Equally a total of £270,000 a week. It isn't a number merely conjured up. https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/sport/fussball/fussball-international/timo-werner-zu-chelsea-top-verdiener-dank-xxl-vertrag-und-handgeld-71467720,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html You're right. The full extent of his contract wasn't discovered until a week later by Bild

And I'm pretty sure Matt law and BBC got their information from Bild when it's widely known they were the first to break the story. And the signing on fee is equally distributed throughout the duration of his contract, hence the £270,000 a week figure. Doesn't really scream 'agenda' if Blid initially said the deal was £170,000 a week figure. Look at the publication date. Weeks before Werner signed and his contract was thoroughly investigated by Bild.

But sources who reported the £170,000 a week got the information from BILD, who initially went over the contract details before the deal was completed. After things were set and stone, BILD continued their investigation on his contract and are now reporting it's £270,000 a week, which includes a massive signing fee offered to Werner.

BLID did some investigating on his contract and found he's going to be earning £270,000 a week for us. https://www.transfermarkt.com/werner-the-highest-earner-at-chelsea-forward-makes-top-5-of-best-paid-germans/view/news/363769#:~:text=As Bild report%2C the 24,more than €10 million”. Actually though he was earning more than that but doesn't look too bad now compared to Sancho

Werner's earning about that much too