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[Nicco 927]

14 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Sorry but did you see Ziyechs performances last season and this season in CL? Different player to Sancho but I dont think Sancho has replicated anything like some of his Bundesliga games in the CL against bigger teams either. Could be wrong but again didnt Dortmund crash out in last 16 losing 5-0 v Spurs? Wouldny say Sancho is an superior player to Ziyech and not to the degree your making out.

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Mbappe, Sancho and now Haaland look to be on course to be next gen best players in the world. Would be incredibly stupid from our club not to try signing Sancho or even Haaland given we have plenty of cash and we need new players in attack

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Starting to lean with Tomo on this, we may need to bite the bullet and get Sancho. Looking like a generational talent. 

[killer1257 3,282]

Mbappe, Sancho and now Haaland look to be on course to be next gen best players in the world. Would be incredibly stupid from our club not to try signing Sancho or even Haaland given we have plenty of cash and we need new players in attack

I would not sign Haaland because of his stupid agent. He would leave us in one or two seasons regardless. I would rather go for Sancho, but only if we still can sign other players.

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[killer1257 3,282]

Yeah I agree. Unless we start challenging for titles, Haaland will leave us as he and his agent wouldn't want to waste years fighting for 4th.

Finally we agree on something hahaha

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[BlueLyon 9,359]

8 hours ago, killer1257 said:

I would not sign Haaland because of his stupid agent. He would leave us in one or two seasons regardless. I would rather go for Sancho, but only if we still can sign other players.

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In that case we would make about 100m profit.

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https://financialfootballnews.com/chelsea-fcs-2019-finances-sarri-ball-sorry-losses/

We fucking need CL footy theres no around it....the amounts we have pissed away on utter dross is fucking insane man.

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[Chelsea_firstlove 178]

8 hours ago, Atomiswave said:

  

    

So how much can we spend next summer?

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9 hours ago, Chelsea_firstlove said:

So how much can we spend next summer?

I couldnt make a guess really cuz I would most likley be off

[King Kante 1,643]

On 07/03/2020 at 3:46 AM, Chelsea_firstlove said:

So how much can we spend next summer?

I reckon £100m net, which gives us approximately £15m left over atm with Ziyech and Werner. In my opinion, most of our buys going forward will have to be funded by sales.

[Jype 6,398]

3 minutes ago, King Kante said:

I reckon £100m net, which gives us approximately £15m left over atm with Ziyech and Werner. In my opinion, most of our buys going forward will have to be funded by sales.

You're forgetting Morata and Pasalic sales. That's roughly 65m from sales of two players who've not even been a part of the squad.

So around 20m net spend after Werner and Ziyech. I'd think there's still enough money for a LB signing, but any other big transfers (ie. Havertz) would have to be covered by sales. One can only hope Marina is successful in selling the deadwood (Batshuayi, Barkley, Bakayoko etc.)

[Jase 43,479]

13 minutes ago, King Kante said:

I reckon £100m net, which gives us approximately £15m left over atm with Ziyech and Werner. In my opinion, most of our buys going forward will have to be funded by sales.

 

3 minutes ago, Jype said:

You're forgetting Morata and Pasalic sales. That's roughly 65m from sales of two players who've not even been a part of the squad.

So around 20m net spend after Werner and Ziyech. I'd think there's still enough money for a LB signing, but any other big transfers (ie. Havertz) would have to be covered by sales. One can only hope Marina is successful in selling the deadwood (Batshuayi, Barkley, Bakayoko etc.)

Even though we are in better place financially than some other clubs, I'd assume money from player sales would also be used to cover the losses suffered during this pandemic. Don't think it would be as straightforward as us selling Player X for XX million means we can use that to buy someone new. 

[Jype 6,398]

Just now, Jason said:

Even though we are in better place financially than some other clubs, I'd assume money from player sales would also be used to cover the losses suffered during this pandemic. Don't think it would be as straightforward as us selling Player X for XX million means we can use that to buy someone new. 

Of course. It's a well known fact the club's business model is heavily reliant in player sales even before COVID, and now even more so.

Last year's big sales and being transfer banned probably helped a lot here though. I'm not an expert but without the financial losses resulting from the pandemic the club would probably have posted a healthy profit this year, mainly thanks to Hazard sale and return of CL income.

Regarding FFP the club are fine either way. I read on Swiss Ramble that the 3-year rolling FFP result (with managerial sackings etc. excluded) from 2017-19 was £63M in the black, even with the heavy financial losses of the 2018-19 season. And there's some new leeway in the FFP rules due to the pandemic, which could help a lot.

The fees are amortised anyway so it doesn't make that much of an impact whether the club spends 100m or 200m but in this climate I don't think there's many clubs with that much extra money lying around their accounts so that's where sales like Morata and Pasalic help. Some of the income may go into covering losses on the books, but the money is still there to be spent and taking advantage of the market when others cannot sounds like a pretty good plan to me. The question is, how much Abramovich is willing to invest his own money this year? He can't cover excessive losses like he did pre-FFP or buff the club's finances with make-believe sponsorships like Manchester City, but if he's willing to invest capital into the club it would make new signings a lot easier.

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1 hour ago, Jason said:

 

Even though we are in better place financially than some other clubs, I'd assume money from player sales would also be used to cover the losses suffered during this pandemic. Don't think it would be as straightforward as us selling Player X for XX million means we can use that to buy someone new. 

We could if we wanted to or at least to a greater extent than believed cuz FFP has been lightened for a season