Non-Chelsea Transfer Pub

[Shakez 755]

http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2015/monaco-marseille-fighting-arsenal-manchester-city-for-chelseas-charly-musonda/

City, Arsenal, PSG, Monaco, Marseille are all poaching us for Charly. Would absolutely hate it if he leaves us permanently :s, why not loan him out?

[DYC. 7,542]

If it does turn out to be a quiet summer, it's not exactly surprising considering the fact Mou has stated to expect low transfer activity again and again, and again.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Although we are capable, at the moment I don't think we will spent £40-£50 millions on one player. So that means no Sterling, no Griezmann.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

I've lost count of how many times Spanish outlets have said that "player X" is taking English classes for "y" months. Messi must be native in English by now. Of course Sergio Ramos is no exception.

[supporter 3,088]

I've lost count of how many times Spanish outlets have said that "player X" is taking English classes for "y" months. Messi must be native in English by now. Of course Sergio Ramos is no exception.

I think Sergio Ramos has too much work to do to learn how to speak in English :D

Regards.

[ulvhedin 508]

there are rumors of Jackson Martinez to Atletico now:

Vietto - Martinez - Griezmann

Koke

with Turan as backup, quite nice

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Bayern are interested in Douglas Costa - Di Marzio.

I think the media in Germany also reported about it weeks ago...

According to previous rumors, they were interested in Sterling and Griezmann until they heard how much they'll cost. Goes to show the market lacks options in those positions, not just for us (by 'us' i mean Chelsea fans).

[Oscar 441]

Atletico is making a run for the treble..

You can count out Real madrid from the title race next season and I think barcelona will drop quite a bit.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

there are rumors of Jackson Martinez to Atletico now:

Vietto - Martinez - Griezmann

Koke

with Turan as backup, quite nice

I think they should move Koke to the pivot, and i dont think they'll play with Vietto-Martinez-Griezmann. That would be my pick:

-----Koke-Gabi-----

Turan--------O.Torres

Martinez-Griezmann(Vietto)

They'll have a very strong squad with plenty of options from the bench. Definitely the strongest squad they had in the last few years.

Still interesting to see what will happen with Alderweireld. Miranda is off so they'll need him or other CB.

[lucio 5,418]

I think they should move Koke to the pivot, and i dont think they'll play with Vietto-Martinez-Griezmann. That would be my pick:

-----Koke-Gabi-----

Turan--------O.Torres

Martinez-Griezmann(Vietto)

They'll have a very strong squad with plenty of options from the bench. Definitely the strongest squad they had in the last few years.

Still interesting to see what will happen with Alderweireld. Miranda is off so they'll need him or other CB.

I bet they will use giminez at cb. But they might buy a backup

[nadavTKL 1,787]

I bet they will use giminez at cb. But they might buy a backup

They will but they need a 3rd CB.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I think they should move Koke to the pivot, and i dont think they'll play with Vietto-Martinez-Griezmann. That would be my pick:

-----Koke-Gabi-----

Turan--------O.Torres

Martinez-Griezmann(Vietto)

They'll have a very strong squad with plenty of options from the bench. Definitely the strongest squad they had in the last few years.

Still interesting to see what will happen with Alderweireld. Miranda is off so they'll need him or other CB.

They will probably add a LB too. Simeone wasnt particulary happy with either of their 3lbs they have.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Looks like we got a queue forming for young Charly Musonda. Gooners still on his case and Citeh.

[Barbara 15,149]

Yup but not many world class players to move this season anyway. This is the downside of the FFP monopoly. Most great players are settled in their clubs already. Shame.

Downside? I call it the biggest benefit. I liked the old days when teams had most players with them for years instead of nowadays when this is the exception. This obsession with spending mindlessly every window is what inflated price tags in the first place. I don't like this constant renovation where every season half a team is shipped. I prefer quiet windows with teams making a couple of clinical transfers and demanding managers to find other ways to make titles move from where they are. Today it feels like everything should be fixed with money injection and short term solutions.

We've done it for years, I'm not an hypocrite to deny I'm thankful for Roman's money. It changed the game, but it got out of control and I like that FFP may force teams to work within themselves to improve instead of splashing crazy amounts of money.

So I'm hopeful this is going to be a quieter window all around compared to the last few years.

[cfcs most wanted 657]

Other than Pogba, there's nothing else out there worth buying that is up for for sale

pogba is not worth buying, don't get me wrong he is a world class player. i just think we don't need him with loftus cheek around

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Ideally I'd like to see

Schweinsteiger > Ramires. Its clear we need a backup to Cesc and this is the guy for me. Sell Ramires for £8m, buy Schweinsteiger for 10. Good business.

Clyne > Luis Replacement for Iva on the RB. Azpi on LB is going nowhere imo, it's why we are only being linked with RBs instead of LBs.

Ake > - LB cover, hopefully also getting a runout at DM too in cup matches.

Traore > Drogba Depth in ST/WNG positions. Effectively a replacement for Drogs. Depending on the wing situation Solanke may well be in with a shout. Done.

Song > Mikel We should do better at DM than we have with Mikel. To those saying he's underrated, you're overrating him.

Green/Begovic > Cech New No 2.

Conforms to Jose's "Strength in depth" this transfer window. One new player in Ake because we are dangerously short staffed in terms of defenders.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Replacement for Iva on the RB. Azpi on LB is going nowhere imo, it's why we are only being linked with RBs instead of LBs.

Literally the only FB we're linked with is a LB - Baba.

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

Downside? I call it the biggest benefit. I liked the old days when teams had most players with them for years instead of nowadays when this is the exception. This obsession with spending mindlessly every window is what inflated price tags in the first place. I don't like this constant renovation where every season half a team is shipped. I prefer quiet windows with teams making a couple of clinical transfers and demanding managers to find other ways to make titles move from where they are. Today it feels like everything should be fixed with money injection and short term solutions.

We've done it for years, I'm not an hypocrite to deny I'm thankful for Roman's money. It changed the game, but it got out of control and I like that FFP may force teams to work within themselves to improve instead of splashing crazy amounts of money.

So I'm hopeful this is going to be a quieter window all around compared to the last few years.

Well, busy transfer windows are fun IMO, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. But for smaller clubs, FFP has more downsides. When they need to renovate, they can't and when they have a potential worldclass player in their ranks already he will be easily priced away from them. But I guess the latter has always been they case.

Of ocurse for Chelsea, it is easy to say, better everything stays at it is, as we are a team on the ascent anyway while currently being the best team in EPL, too. If everyone stayed where he is, we would win the league by an even bigger margin next year for sure. But it won't.

While I don't see BArca, Real or BAyern improving signficiantly with the players available. All 3 of our domestic rivals can and will improve. Instead of reacting, we should simply be proactive, replace the leavers (Mikel, Cech, Drogba) with the accoridng squad players (Begovic/Green, Song/Witsel/Schneiderlin, Falcao(please not)) and additionally improve on some aspects that have been an issure last season. With 3 of our cbs aging, we might bring in someone like Stones, also ascoring mdifielder with soem defensive prowess would be nice as the Ramires/Fabregas connection does not work in big games.

pogba is not worth buying, don't get me wrong he is a world class player. i just think we don't need him with loftus cheek around

Yeah, probably he is not what we need but saying it is because of RLC is like "we don't need Messi because we have Traore". He would not fit our system, as he does not complement Matic and Fabregas enough. But I honestly doubt that RLC will be a major factor next season.