Pizy

Fuck off. We’re fucking done out here, man.

Would be really silly of Villa to bid such a large amount and go through the trouble of negotiating with us if they didn’t already have the green light from Maatsen that he’d go there. But it could be possible that Dortmund tells him to wait for them to come up with the money that we’d accept and he ONLY wants to return there.

‘’Not guaranteed to be Jhon Duran?” Unless it’s Ollie Watkins I’m scared about that statement.

Yeah, I just don’t get us selling him unless we’re desperate for the money. But with Chalobah and others likely going I don’t know if that’s the case. I really like Chilwell but think he should be the prime LB on our books that we should be shopping around simply due to his repeated injury layoffs. Maatsen should be our starter and long term solution at LB and we don’t have to spend a penny. He is nailed on to be the next Guehi type where we watch him doing super well at another PL club and wonder why the hell we sold him.

So which obscure mystery striker will we be linked with today I wonder…

Depends on who we miss out on him to. If he chooses City it’s whatever. That’s the hole we’ve put ourselves in in recent years where we’ve allowed City to surpass us in the eyes of players moving clubs. If he chooses a United team that finished 8th and are a total mess on and off the pitch then even I as someone who isn’t desperate for Olise would be really annoyed.

Wonder if Olise is stalling and waiting for City in particular. City have been super quiet so far so wouldn’t be surprised if they’re just secretly waiting until they see what sort of terms Palace will accept before jumping in late. Don’t think we’d have much chance if they tell him they want him. Thankfully, unlike transfer sagas we’ve been through before for high profile players, I’m not at all invested in the Olise ordeal. If we get him, great. If we don’t I won’t be that bothered so long as we use the money we would’ve used on him on another attacker of a similar quality.

He’s a very nice player who I’m happy to have. He’s just not (yet) a TOP player.

That or playing as a second striker alongside a classic #9. If we had prime Giroud still at the club I think Nico would be brilliant playing with him.

The Guirassy link made perfect sense to me. Cheap release clause, late 20’s so experienced but not “old,” can slot right into the team and allows Nico Jackson to still get plenty of minutes. But if we’re after a young striker then why not go absolutely all out on Alvarez? I’d rather spend £70m on him than £40m on Duran or this kid we’re now linked with.

Evidently so. Which is a mistake, imo. Yes, I expect him to improve but do I think he’ll become a lethal goal scorer at the Haaland/Kane/Salah/Mané level at any point? Hell no! Jackson is the perfect #2 striker for a club of our stature. Not the main guy.

Chelsea Football Club out here trying to spend big money on strikers that aren’t even key players at small clubs, man. WTF is going on… How the hell was this last season not all the evidence that our ownership needed to see that having a super inexperienced young team is going to be WILDLY up and down? Instead they’re doubling or even tripling down on teenagers! It’s as if they’re planning for 5 years from now instead of the next season! Do they not realize how damaging it would be for us both on and off the pitch if we have another poor season and don’t get UCL football back?

We already have a young, inconsistent striker and yet we’re after multiple other young, inconsistent strikers. Make it make sense! Looks like United are doing the same. Their fans complained all season that Rasmus Hojlund was too raw and inconsistent and that they need to sign an experienced striker in the summer for him to rotate with and learn from. So instead they’re now going after Zirkzee who is the same profile as Rasmus is.

Literally never heard the name before 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, don’t know how or why any Chelsea fan would care about this Pedro Lima kid going elsewhere. Reece & Malo Gusto are both excellent and both young. The kid had no pathway to the first team anytime soon anyways. Makes perfect sense that he goes to a team that’s basically all Portuguese speaking where he can play more.

Both De Ligt and De Jong were these super hyped up young Dutchman a couple of years ago and neither has come close to living up to that hype. They’re simply okay players.

Serie A is indeed dogshit these days and I agree that it’d be super risky buying Kvara or Leão for mega money and expecting them to dominate like they do in Italy here in the PL. But Chiesa I think would absolutely kill it in England. He has the perfect game to translate well. I’d take him in a millisecond at Chelsea. Fabrizio saying once again this morning that it’s not 100% that he’ll be staying at Juve if a serious offer goes in, btw…. 👀 If the club is determined to go big in a wide attacker this summer I’d personally choose Chiesa over Olise.

Pissing off De Laurentiis probably isn’t the best idea. Kvara may not get out of there until his contract runs down now.

Not only would Kvara cost 100m but the quotes that Fabrizio tweeted made it sound like he only wants to go to a CL club. I think PSG have been linked so that’s likely where he’s eyeing.

Yep. I’m assuming we’re playing with 2 CB’s in a back 4. In which case Tosin, Fofana, and Disasi as options on the right and Colwill + Badiashile as options on the left seems like plenty. And that’s assuming Trev is sold. Buying a top young talent like Calafiori when we’ve already got a top young talent in his position like Colwill doesn’t make much sense unless you’re going to use one of them in one of those unconventional roles.

Calafiori is a LCB, right? I don’t see why we’d be after someone of his profile when we’ve got Colwill and Badiashile. The latter isn’t good enough to be an every match starter but Badiashile is perfectly fine as a squad/rotation option. Unless Maresca is going to play a back 3 I don’t think we need anymore CB signings this summer.

Wonder what’s happening with Duran and Olise. Things looked to be really heating up a few days ago and now nothing since.

Looks excellent on YouTube this last season. Classic big #9 but surprisingly good with the ball at his feet. Problem is he’s 28 (so therefore not what Clearlake go for) and that he would go to AFCON just like Nico Jackson will. So losing both of our strikers at the same time is a no-no.

Don’t know how to post a video on this forum! 😅 It’s from the channel SVMM. It’s 16 minutes long.

Okay, just watched a new, much longer YouTube video of Estevão and came away MUCH more convinced about him. The previous videos I watched of him made question if he was actually worthy of the hype and excitement. He didn’t look that special to me before. But now I’m legit excited about him coming next summer. What’s crazy is that as impressed as I now am with Estevão, Kendry Paez looks even better. The phrase “generational talent” gets thrown around too loosely these days but he looks like one. A superstar in the making if he is coached right and settles well. His close control, ability to dribble multiple players, and most of all his confidence at age 16/17 is insane. Really makes me wonder why we’re going out and potentially dropping £60m+ on Olise when these two are waiting in the wings. Unless there’s a big clear out of wide attackers planned with Sterling, Madueke, and Mudryk all going over the next 12 months.