Strike

Even I like the financials but I am sure people said there's no downside in signing Malang Sarr for free and look at us now. Haven't been able to shift him for years.

It's a quid pro quo with Villa to ensure we are within PSR rules. I wouldn't get too hung up over the 19m fee. It's likely the club needed to sell someone for pure profit by June 30. And Villa agreed to come in for Maatsen at 37.5 which is also an inflated fee.

Yup. This is the case. Villa payed 8-10m extra for Maatsen and we paid the same extra amount for Kellyman. I saw the BBC main writer questioning these moves. But teams do flip academy players for profit. City - Palmer, Trafford, Bazunu last year for example. They are now paying attention because two teams are making mutually beneficial moves?

Surprising that this could actually go ahead

I agree our options are not the best. But we can't use limited funds we have on another CB. We have to roll with the options we have which are plenty RCB - Fofana, Tosin, Disasi LCB - Colwill, Badiashile + Trevoh, Alfie, Malang in reserves + Reece, Cucu able to fill in an emergency

Never considered as a serious option even as backup. Loan at best

Kellyman's fee is vastly inflated. Maatsen deal is also inflated but not to the same extent as Kellyman.

Been wondering what has held teams back from picking him up? He seems to be the 2nd or 3rd name on most shortlists for strikers. But no one has had the confidence to make a move for him yet even at that price

At that release clause, you can't really complain. Seems like he has got a bit of physicality and YouTube shows him managing a number of different finishes.

Just one striker is enough. There's Jackson and Nkunku + we have to still sell Broja, D Fofana, Lukaku

We hear this every year. They will still make signings by holding cake sales in the Camp Nou

Doesn't help that we've arrived at David after public moves for Duran, Omorodion and interest in Solanke, Sesko, Gyokeres and Osimhen

Smacks of PSR adjustment to me

Unai seems to rate him, . Tall, left-footed AM/FW. Athletic saying deal is close at 19m pounds

What a fall from Osimhen, Sesko, Gyokeres

This is the number from BILD. Would make him a high earner at the club, close to Reece James contract

Guiu has a tiny release clause and is a low-risk signing. But don't need to spend 30m euros on another young striker. There's Broja, Datro Fofana, Deivid, at the club. Few years down the line we will be trying to shift this fellow for 10 million

Time to retire this theory. Caicedo, Lavia, Nkunku, Mudryk etc signed when there was no European football.

I don't see it that way. We can't match Bayern's offer when we are trying to be disciplined about the wage bill but that doesn't mean we don't try to sign a clearly great talent.

Any new info? This is from April

Seems like Chelsea is still an autocomplete for hacks trying to create transfer rumours.