Fernando

Interesting buy, I approve these type of signing instead of wasting money down the tube on players like Lukaku and Aubameyang.

Awesome. Is he eligible to play with us now? Or we will loan him?

Not excited. My expectations are those of Higuain, Morata and lukaku. I thinking his performance will fare on those type of players.

Going to be another flop ala Gonzalo, Falco and such.

Might be the first time we back a manager. Just bench those that don't want to follow and go with the youth!

I think that should be it for our transfer. Would be surprised if we get Enzo. He can have better choices in the summer as right now we are a mess.

Meh meaningless talking about the sack when he ain't going anywhere. Say we get into relagation battle. As mentioned a season where he gets a free pass.

Just like arsenal with arteta.

For 18 million is not much to lose. He might have better return then Lukaku yearly wages.

Obviously was a hard year because of all the games and the WC. That adds to the toll. Hopefully next season will be a bit better then this one.

Last time we dealt you guys got Matic and then we end up buying back for a higher price. Would have been great to take advantage and get some player from us on the cheap. I think if you ask for Gallagher I'm sure we would cave in and send him over to Benfica.

Chelsea paid the Serie A club £97.5m for Lukaku in August 2021. 106 million for Enzo is close to what we paid for Lukaku. I say do it!

Benfica angry with ‘disrespectful’ Chelsea over Enzo Fernández pursuit Chelsea have been accused by Benfica’s manager, Roger Schmidt, of “disrespectful” behaviour in their pursuit of Enzo Fernández. Schmidt said the Premier League club had unsettled the Argentina midfielder and changed the basis of discussions. Chelsea, who on Thursday confirmed the signing of the defender Benoît Badiashile from Monaco for €38m (£33.6m), have made Fernández a priority target. There have been days of talks and Fernández has told Benfica he does not want to play for them again but Schmidt insisted a deal was possible only if Chelsea paid the World Cup winner’s release clause, understood to be €120m. “There’s a club who want our player,” Schmidt said. “They know we don’t want to sell the player. They try to get the player on their side and they know that they only can get this player when they pay the clause. So it’s a very clear situation. What the club is doing who want to buy Enzo is disrespectful against all of us – against Benfica – and I cannot accept what they are doing. “So to make the player crazy and then to pretend they can pay the clause and later they want to negotiate, I think it’s not what I understand about a good relationship between clubs who maybe want to discuss about the player.” Fernández has angered Benfica by returning to Argentina without their permission as he pushes for the move. Benfica would like to keep the 21-year-old until the summer and Chelsea maintain they do not want to overpay and will walk away if a deal cannot be agreed. Lavish spending under the co-owner Todd Boehly continued with Badiashile signing on a seven-and-a-half-year deal. He is the third centre-half bought since the end of last season, after Kalidou Koulibaly and the injured Wesley Fofana. Badiashile is Chelsea’s second January acquisition, after the striker David Datro Fofana. The club are also interested in the Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk but the Ukrainian’s preference is to join Arsenal. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/05/benfica-Chelsea-disrespectful-enzo-fernandez-benoit-badiashile

Looking forward to see him play. Welcome and hope by next season we see some great progress and say to ourselves that the money we spent was a steal.

Well that's what it is, because no matter what Potter does he will continue to be here. Well bar being in relegation fight, that might do it. But I think ever if we finish 10th he will be still be here next season, hence free pass. Todd no way will he kick Potter out, he will keep at all cost.

Where's the thread for him?

I'm happy with the approach of getting these younger guys. It reminds me of 2012 when we had a lot of younger players, but we screwed up by getting Mourinho. The real work of Potter is to blend those younger guys in. I remember reading how he did that at Brighton. That's why this season is a free pass, he needs to get rid of a lot of deadwood and older guys that don't fit with what we are aiming for.

I don't expect anything positive from this game and neither the whole world. When that happens is when Chelsea tend to surprise us. Let's see if that happens here.

Think Colwill if progress, because we have Gallagher that did good in loan and so far with us not much, then we shall see if he's worth it.

I think this is more the case. Let's see what happens, because 85 million upfront and the other in parts was a good as it gets.

I still rather pay that amout for Enzo over those two. I think if we get Caicedo we should be good for the midfield.

I'm fine with him getting a free pass. I remember arsenal with arteta was very bad. But the club back him and now doing well. I'm sure the owners are aware of this and because of that they will give this season a pass and next season about the same.

I thought the same but we are still many games to play. Don't be surprised if the screw it up ala Newcastle.

I remember reading that wars would stop to watch Pele play. It's hard to say who was the best as many people say different ages, style of game and such. To me, the best futbol I have ever seen was Ronaldinho. I don't consider Ronaldinho in the same bracket as Maradona, Messi, Pele, BUT I have never seen a player play the way Ronaldinho did in that short time span, he was just too good. That was the best futbol I ever seen from a player, ever.

Something has to be done about this. Are the club managing bad the players coming back from injuries? Just like they fired other people because of doing bad work, they need to look into this carefully and put the right people of making the best medical decisions for these player.