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[Blue Armour 4,176]

3 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

 

So...maybe just wait for a year?

Think the club can survive without one for a year., especially if it means getting a quality director in next year.

Get an agreement with Edwards to start early next summer.

[Superblue 6,333]

If there was a player who was undisputed first choice target, but he wasn't available for a year I would say the club needs to wait rather than buying an alternative that may not be as good or suited.

I can't help but feel this falls into the same bracket. You can't always look too far ahead into the future as the club needs to look after themselves today, but for the new ownership they've committed a minimum of 10 years to the club and as a project therefore, can afford to take a longer term approach to some areas. They need to assess whether Michael Edwards is that much better than everybody else that they discuss the role with. If he is then he should be worth the wait. 

It's not an ideal situation but Boehly has done the very best he could do this summer and if he needs to front that area up still for another 12 months then so be it. We hopefully won't need to have such a hectic summer window next year anyway.

If the club committed to him now to start next summer the likelihood is that he'll start putting some plans in place in the background and do some light work ahead of that time anyway. 

 

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1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

 

I still stand by what I said previously. If the club has identified him as the best and outstanding candidate for the role then they should wait for him.

We'd say the exact same thing if a number one target wasn't available yet on the playing staff, so why should that be any different in the board room.

It's been chaotic at times this summer and Boehly is obviously having to learn quickly on the job but we've so far signed three excellent players in my opinion for the first team, with possibly one or two more to come despite no opportunity to plan ahead months in advance like other clubs so it's not like this summer has been a mitigated disaster.

[Vesper 27,420]

Chelsea owners left facing questions over links to Saudi Arabia after relationship emerges between club director Jonathan Goldstein and the country's Public Investment Fund - who own Premier League rivals Newcastle

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11114261/Chelsea-owners-facing-questions-Saudi-links.html

Chelsea’s owners are facing further questions about their links to Saudi Arabia after one of the club’s new directors, Jonathan Goldstein, brokered a £750million property deal with the Public Investment Fund, who also own Newcastle.

Sportsmail revealed earlier this month that PIF have billions of pounds managed by Chelsea’s new majority shareholder, Clearlake Capital, raising fears among some rivals about the potential for collaboration and possible conflicts of interest.

Those concerns will have increased on Monday with the announcement that Goldstein’s property company Cain International have agreed a joint investment with PIF in the Aman Group, who own luxury hotels and apartments.

Goldstein played a key role in facilitating Chelsea’s 4.25billion takeover earlier this summer along with LA Dodgers owner Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali of private equity firm Clearlake, who own 60 per cent of the club.

PIF paid £350m to buy Newcastle last year and are funding the LIV Series that has caused so much disruption to the world of golf, but Chelsea insist that Saudi money was not used to fund Clearlake’s purchase of Chelsea.

In another intriguing twist, however, two of Newcastle’s owners attended Chelsea’s first home game of the new regime on Sunday, with Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi guests in the executive box belonging to director Eghbali, the founding partner of Clearlake.

Staveley and Ghodoussi are believed to have used the audience with the Chelsea hierarchy to discuss transfers and press their case to take several of the club’s fringe players on loan.

Newcastle had hoped to sign Timo Werner before the German striker opted to return to RB Leipzig, but remain interested in loan moves for Conor Gallagher, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Armando Broja.

[Superblue 6,333]

They can question whatever they want.

These owners of football clubs are hugely successful business people or consortiums with multiple links and ventures. 

Journalists can try to piece together links if they wish but ultimately the Premier League cannot prevent business deals taking place that are completely outside the remit of football. So long as deals are made "above board" and there's no reasons to suggest they wouldn't be, there's not even a question to be answered here.

[Superblue 6,333]

After the Broja contract confirmation yesterday and Vale the day before, there's talk today that Charlie Webster has agreed a new deal (contract was expiring like Vale's at the end of the season) and Reece James is signing a long term deal too.

I have to say it's refreshing that these moves are being done so quickly by the new ownership. 

I have doubts Broja would have been given a new deal this summer so soon after his last one (bearing in mind that Mount and James haven't had new deals since their breakout seasons here 3 years ago), and a deal like Reece's would have been dragged out for a significant period in my opinion. With 3 years left on his deal, I have doubts we'd even have planned on discussing a new deal with him yet.

Vale and Webster would probably have been moved on for nominal fees like Bate and Livramento were last summer. 

In the case of Vale and Webster, there has to have been some sort of shift in the mentality of Boehly/Clearlake or their plans/roadmap with these players to get them to commit to the club, which they weren't doing under the old regime. 

[Fulham Broadway 16,437]

Another of the influential members of the Roman Abramovich era, head of international scouting Scott McLachlan, has now left Stamford Bridge.

[Vesper 27,420]

11 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Another of the influential members of the Roman Abramovich era, head of international scouting Scott McLachlan, has now left Stamford Bridge.

after the new Reece contract, this is the best news of the day

[Fulham Broadway 16,437]

59 minutes ago, Vesper said:

after the new Reece contract, this is the best news of the day

They are going to appoint a new scout chief and a sporting director  - Apparently its been Boehly asking Tuchels advice all the time 😃- probably why hes been so highly strung 🤪

Tuchel  made it clear he did not enjoy the added responsibility.

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[Henrique 9,133]

New owners looking for serious growth. The solution: lets hire the guy who works for the company that makes FIFA games. LOL

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Edited September 13, 2022 by Blues Forever

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