Kai Havertz

[NikkiCFC 8,287]

8 minutes ago, Vesper said:

this is what we are looking at in terms of sales

 £500 to £550m or so (it dicey to say exactly) worth of players here en toto (pre-COVID valuations are over £600m when you count every single one listed) but obviously not all can be sold in one window

We need to sell

Álvaro Morata (Done)
Mario Pasalic (Done)
Andreas Christensen (he has GOT to go and be upgraded upon, I would prefer both he and Zouma be sold, but that is not happening in one window unless we get 2 incredible buy deals tossed into our laps, which is so unlikely) I just do not see what Lamps sees in our 4 main CB's, they (and Kepa) make my tummy churn every game. Even Alonso has not done that for ages.
Ross Barkley (if we can get say £30m, 35m for him, he will never be worth more (well COVID maybe lowers that a bit)plus Bayer failed to get CL, then a Barks sale plus Havertz buy is only around £40m or so net spend)
Tiemoué Bakayoko  
Emerson
Michy Batshuayi
Davide Zappacosta
Danny Drinkwater  
Jorginho  (Juve need to cough up serious cash or work a swap deal involving de Ligt for Jorgi plus cash or maybe Emerson, which is a little steep from our angle as I rate those 2 as being worth £85m-ish and not sure if de Ligt is worth that atm, that is a shedload of money, but I think I would pull the trigger, as then we only need the less costly 
Abdul Rahman Baba
Victor Moses    
Kenedy   
Marco van Ginkel
Juan Familia-Castillo (as Ajax did not exercise their option to buy, or keep him and see if he can ever be a decent LB)
Nathan   
Charly Musonda Jr.    
Danilo Pantic  
Matt Miazga    
Lewis Baker   
Jamal Blackman
Lucas Piazón 
Jake Clarke-Salter
Izzy Brown
Josh Grant    
Richard Nartey
Luke McCormick    
Jacob Maddox   

 

We could sell 

Kepa    (not likely, especially due to crazy wages for the next 5 years and his £72m transfer fee, ie. how much are we willing to lose of that overall)
Zouma (sorry, he is shit too)
Marcos Alonso (only if we buy two LB's which is not likely this window, I am oki with him as a the backup as he is curveball option in certain types of games)   
N'Golo Kanté    (not at all likely apparently)
Olivier Giroud    (I would keep him)

 

Leave on a free

Willian   (unless he renews for 2 years, which he still says no way to, the prick)
Pedro  

 

we need a GK (just buy some decent backup if we do not want to splurge for Kepa actual long term replacement atm). 1 CB for sure, would prefer 2 with both Zouma and Ac shown the door, a LB, and Havertz (on so many levels, ie blocking Victimpool and Manure and Shitty and Bayern and Real), plus he takes pressure off in so many areas, even winger, as we are down to only 2 true wingers, plus Ziyech who may be need at limes as an AMF)

it is just a matter of selling the insane amount of dregs we are carrying on the books

Nathan is also gone. 3m.

And Pantic.

 

[Vesper 30,099]

3 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said:

If we get 30 million for dross it's a massive win

which dross?

we have dross IN SPADES!!

(I do not know whether to laugh or cry, but I think I chose to sob like a baby)

it is insane how many shit (and many were very expensive) players we have on the books

[Vesper 30,099]

2 hours ago, ulsterchelsea said:

?? How would we know that she had in the past? Why is that even a question? She seems to constantly get us good deals. Not sure what you mean

this is (until recently) a big myth, that I dealt with so many times I have lost count, including MASSIVE posts that dealt with dozens of players

but we are where we are now

mind you, I can go ahead and post another monster post detailing all this yet again, but would really rather not, as it gets me so argy bargy over it all (hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds shit away at the end of the day (not all on her, but a chunk of it for sure) between her refusing sales, bad board/scouts buys, absolute shit contractual management, and bollocksed up buys that spiralled into panic buys to replace the lost sheep that would not come into the Blue pasture)

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

32 minutes ago, Vesper said:

If no COVID and Werner had 3 years, 4 years left on his contract, GOOD LUCK getting him for less than £80m or £90m

the bloke just turned 24 a few months ago, accounted for almost 50 goals in 3500 minutes (including 34 scored on his own)

is a German national team starter, and one of the fastest CF's on the planet

people are acting like he is some sort of consolation prize

SMDH

 

Correct. Delighted with his signing

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

33 minutes ago, Vesper said:

which dross?

we have dross IN SPADES!!

(I do not know whether to laugh or cry, but I think I chose to sob like a baby)

it is insane how many shit (and many were very expensive) players we have on the books

Lol sorry, should have said. In my household we call Ross Barkley dross Barkley

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

23 minutes ago, Vesper said:

this is (until recently) a big myth, that I dealt with so many times I have lost count, including MASSIVE posts that dealt with dozens of players

but we are where we are now

mind you, I can go ahead and post another monster post detailing all this yet again, but would really rather not, as it gets me so argy bargy over it all (hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds shit away at the end of the day (not all on her, but a chunk of it for sure) between her refusing sales, bad board/scouts buys, absolute shit contractual management, and bollocksed up buys that spiralled into panic buys to replace the lost sheep that would not come into the Blue pasture)

I'm sorry but whilst I don't doubt your commitment to transfer targets and the likes I can't have people who do not have any actual knowledge of dealing with mega money moves chastising people who do. If, as you think, she (not all on her as you say) shit away hundreds of millions of pounds then I'm fairly certain our multi billionaire owner would have her axed. Instead she had actually rose further up the ranks in his trust. The thing is none of us know the exact way of transfer dealings. We can speculate and choose to believe certain outlets but at the end of the day it's only guess work. This club is good with keeping dealings in-house.

[Vesper 30,099]

1 hour ago, ulsterchelsea said:

Well that was a rumoured fee plus there's the managers preference when it comes to selling him. We don't know the exact ins and outs

smdh

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

smdh

But you don't!

[Vesper 30,099]

1 minute ago, ulsterchelsea said:

I'm sorry but whilst I don't doubt your commitment to transfer targets and the likes I can't have people who do not have any actual knowledge of dealing with mega money moves chastising people who do. If, as you think, she (not all on her as you say) shit away hundreds of millions of pounds then I'm fairly certain our multi billionaire owner would have her axed. Instead she had actually rose further up the ranks in his trust. The thing is none of us know the exact way of transfer dealings. We can speculate and choose to believe certain outlets but at the end of the day it's only guess work. This club is good with keeping dealings in-house.

I deal with financial transactions that, when taken as a whole, dwarf the scope of this. I am extremely well versed in hyper-complex 'mega money'  transactions. Have you every read a standard derivatives contract involving a synthetic CDO (collateralised debt obligation) that utilises credit default swaps in fully distributed tranches (ie not a single-tranche structure)?  The average one is around 35,000 pages long. I have not (obviously), but I do have a team of quants to break down even that level of complexity into a manageable form in order to estimate the overarching fundamental risk v ROI vectors. The same premiss works for rough estimations of the transfer balance sheets. You do not have to have extreme granular detail to get a general grasp on the amounts, amounts which I NEVER claim to be exact nor definitive.

I do not have access to the actual club ledgers, but it certainly is not that difficult to keep a running tally on transfers in, transfers out and the associated monies (ie fees, salaries, etc) involved. I have no desire to do a truly deep forensic dive into the underlying financials of the club (unless they pay me a shedload of cash) but you do not need an electron microscope to see a boil.

You have no clue what Abramovich's pain tolerance is when it comes to balance sheets for CFC (both those innately germane to FFP strictures and also exogenous profit/loss totals that fall outside of that purview), so tossing out a simplistic 'oh, if she actually was that bad she would have been sacked' positing is pure tosh. I suggest you go learn the history of Roman (if you have not) and how he rose to become a multi-billionaire (and the people involved, especially those colloquially known as the 'SIBNEFT mafia', of which Marina is definitely a long time member as he sold it off back in 2005 well after she started at the petrol firm) before tossing out simplistic and futile rejoinders like that. He has a tremendous sense of loyalty toward his inner core from everything that I have witnessed to date. He obviously chalks off a tremendous amount of financial loss tied to CFC, which I have ZERO interest in as a methodology of operation, as it is his billions not mine. I care only when the losses interface in a negatively impactful way with FFP constraints and preclude many advantageous moves we otherwise could have quite possibly completed.

[Vesper 30,099]

37 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said:

But you don't!

I have documented this all so many times and with enough collaboration to warrant that posting. Go search the site.I am done with this subject.

[Vesper 30,099]

1 hour ago, ulsterchelsea said:

Lol sorry, should have said. In my household we call Ross Barkley dross Barkley

makes sense

I would certainly be happy with that amount, maybe £35m (extra 5m for the ubiquitous English tax)

[Puliiszola 519]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

Conte and Sarri played Willian initially but went with Pedro later on anyway. 

Lovely...then why do we even having discussions? Why do we even have forums? Let's just pack it in and be passive fans...

This 'reasoning' is such a convenient or lazy one to be thrown around when you happen to agree with a certain scenario. Because when you don't agree with it, this 'reasoning' won't even be mentioned at all. 

My bad on Benitez. 

Conte used willian throughout. Despite their fall out. 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/pedro/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/65278/plus/0?saison=2018&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

https://www.transfermarkt.com/willian/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/52769/plus/0?saison=2018&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

Willian had 3533 minutes under sarri compared to Pedro's 3099, so don't think sarri had a change of heart.

 

It's paramount to have discussions. I gave you my reasoning why willian was not sold, and the "trust in the board" was an after thought. Your post was judgemental that the board fucked without thinking about how the sale would affect the balance of the squad, did sarri even want to sell willian, did willian want to leave, did we think that we could replace what he gave us. 

"You're talking about someone who didn't want to sell Willian for 60-70 million..."

It's not like marina was so invested in willian and his afro that she just would not let him go. 

 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, Puliiszola said:

Conte used willian throughout. Despite their fall out. 

If we want to talk about minutes, then Pedro had played more than Willian across the 2 seasons under Conte. 5,232 to 5,079.

3 hours ago, Puliiszola said:

https://www.transfermarkt.com/pedro/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/65278/plus/0?saison=2018&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

https://www.transfermarkt.com/willian/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/52769/plus/0?saison=2018&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

Willian had 3533 minutes under sarri compared to Pedro's 3099, so don't think sarri had a change of heart.

You're not wrong but the major difference in the minutes came in the Premier League and if you look closer at the games towards the end of the season, Pedro did start to play more and he was selected to start the Europa League final ahead of Willian, for example.

3 hours ago, Puliiszola said:

It's paramount to have discussions. I gave you my reasoning why willian was not sold, and the "trust in the board" was an after thought. Your post was judgemental that the board fucked without thinking about how the sale would affect the balance of the squad, did sarri even want to sell willian, did willian want to leave, did we think that we could replace what he gave us. 

If Willian is someone like Hazard, then sure selling him would just be stupid but he isn't. The point is we could have sold him for the big fee that was mentioned, the fee that is way more than he is worth and we could have used that money to reinvest in the squad. Plus with Willian's contract situation, we've basically come to the same point again with him but without getting any fee in return - do we let him go or keep him around because it would affect the balance of the squad? Do we give him the 3-year contract?

[Puliiszola 519]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

If we want to talk about minutes, then Pedro had played more than Willian across the 2 seasons under Conte. 5,232 to 5,079.

You're not wrong but the major difference in the minutes came in the Premier League and if you look closer at the games towards the end of the season, Pedro did start to play more and he was selected to start the Europa League final ahead of Willian, for example.

If Willian is someone like Hazard, then sure selling him would just be stupid but he isn't. The point is we could have sold him for the big fee that was mentioned, the fee that is way more than he is worth and we could have used that money to reinvest in the squad. Plus with Willian's contract situation, we've basically come to the same point again with him but without getting any fee in return - do we let him go or keep him around because it would affect the balance of the squad? Do we give him the 3-year contract?

Minutes wise I just wanted to show that willian and Pedro were as important as each other. 2500-3000 mins are massive minutes. 

Obviously we could have. Not saying it could not have happened, and I am sure this would have been discussed in length. Not just among the board but also with the manager. I had read that during the whole Courtois situation sarri was asked if he wanted to persist with Courtois or buy someone else. We bought jorgi for him, even bought in higuain. So obviously manager input was paramount.

Add to that the prior knowledge the board must have had about eden (hence we bought Puli) as well as the ban (hence we bought Puli in the winter window itself). They must have felt that going into this season with 3 young and very less PL experience wingers would be hard on the team (puli, cho and whoever we bought to replace willian). I don't think it was as clear cut as "we should have sold him" or "marina screwed up". Also willian barely costs us in the amortization and wages where as replacing him with a 50mil on 100kpw winger would have been a more expensive option for the board to take. Only thing I am saying, it's no where near as clear cut as fans make it out to be. There are massive arguments in the pro willian side too -

1. Known quality, 2. Manager preference, 3. Squad experience and instability with hazard surely leaving. 

Those 60mil would have been a loss if we had sold and replaced him with some Italian league winger that sarri would have wanted (let's be fair all of sarri and conte's transfers were crap) and we would not have got CL 2 years in a row.

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8 hours ago, ulsterchelsea said:

It's simple to sit on here picking players we should sign and picking players we should sell for this amount or that. But the point he's making is the people placed in charge of it all are there for a reason. They know what they are doing whether we agree or not. 

Exactly. We pick players here without any responsibility. 

This is some of the names some of our fans wanted to sign in the last 3 years based on this forum.

Not criticizing anyone, I also pushed for some of them. This is how we would look:

Pickford, Firpo, Rugani, Gibson, Lazaro, Seri, Golovin, Zaha, Malcom, Neres, Piatek.

Plus Sessegnon, Coutinho, Alexis, Benteke, Jovic, Lozano, Pepe, Bailey, Paredes, Militao, Wilson, Arnautovic, Suso...

This time would be mid table at best.

Pulisic was for almost every fan on here behind Suso, Pepe, Bailey, Lozano, Malcom as a target... And look where is he now and where they are? He is our best player.

So everyone would do mistakes in charge.

We still won 2 titles in the last 5 years. 2017 summer transfer window was horrific of course.

But we did not sign any players (which played games for us) last 18 months. And last two signings were Pulisic and Kovacic (our 2 best players) and now Ziyech, Werner, possibly Havertz... This is all great...

Lets see but I have trust in our board.