Erling Haaland

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According to journalist Kristof Terreur, the asking price for the Norweigan hitman is thought to be in the region of €180m (£154.5m) - with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich ready to fund it.

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3 minutes ago, R2D2 said:

According to journalist Kristof Terreur, the asking price for the Norweigan hitman is thought to be in the region of €180m (£154.5m) - with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich ready to fund it.

Basically almost our entire transfer budget. 🤔

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1 minute ago, Blues Forever said:

Basically almost our entire transfer budget. 🤔

Would like to think it's all when you throw in the signing-on fees, agent fees etc.

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2 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Basically almost our entire transfer budget. 🤔

Only 10% of it is accrued on the financial statement. 

The very reason why we've been able to bypass FFP all those years. 

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1 minute ago, Jas said:

Would like to think it's all when you throw in the signing-on fees, agent fees etc.

Think Raiola will demand at least €20m, he asking that sum for Donnarumma as well.

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Considering Haaland looks to be a generational talent, and the continued rumors Roman wants him at all costs, I reckon there may be some truth here. 

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Matt Law with the latest on Haaland. Seems like we're just testing the waters at the moment...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/06/07/Chelsea-pursuing-erling-haaland-transfer-interest-looking-whether/

Chelsea are pursuing their interest in trying to sign Erling Haaland this summer, despite acknowledging that any deal would be incredibly complicated and difficult to negotiate.

And Telegraph Sport understands that Chelsea have already made attempts to explore whether or not Dortmund would be interested in Tammy Abraham, either as part of a deal for Haaland or in a separate transfer.

It is still unclear whether Chelsea will make an official bid for Haaland, given the full cost of a deal for the striker would be more than £150million and smash their wage structure, but they are working behind the scenes to find out if a transfer could be viable.

With Manchester City favourites to land Harry Kane if he does leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer and Romelu Lukaku insisting he will stay at Inter Milan, Chelsea are unwilling to give up on Haaland before fully exhausting all possibilities.

A new striker remains a priority for head coach Thomas Tuchel, who is also interested in midfielder Declan Rice and would like a right-sided player.

Dortmund have claimed they will not sell 20-year-old Haaland this summer, but that will not stop Chelsea testing their resolve if they receive enough encouragement from the player’s camp.

City are also interested in Haaland and whether or not they move for Kane may also impact Chelsea’s next move, given the threat of an auction would undoubtedly keep the Norwegian’s price extremely high.

Were City to effectively take themselves out of the race to sign Haaland by bidding for Kane, then Chelsea may seize the opportunity to try to negotiate a deal with Dortmund. 

As first revealed by Telegraph Sport, Chelsea are willing to listen to offers of £40million for Abraham and his sale could help to fund a bid for Haaland. Similarly, the Blues are also aware that Dortmund would most likely want a replacement lined up.

It is unclear whether or not Dortmund are interested in Abraham, but Chelsea are understood to have made attempts to find out whether or not the German club could be a potential destination for him.

Dortmund have been linked with a move for Callum Hudson-Odoi if, as expected, they sell Jadon Sancho to Manchester United, but Chelsea are more reluctant to let him go.

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------Haaland-------

Mount-----Havertz

 

Mental. 

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9 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

------Haaland-------

Mount-----Havertz

 

Mental. 

Unlikely Tuchel will bench Werner, he is crucial for our attack.

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Edited June 7, 2021 by R2D2

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6 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Unlikely Tuchel will bench Werner, he is crucial for our attack.

True but Haaland is rapid as well and could offer a similar outcome. Also, I'd wager Mount and Havertz would be seen as priorities over Werner. 

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8 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Unlikely Tuchel will bench Werner, he is crucial for our attack.

I feel like Tuchel is gonna have problems trying to keep everyone happy next season as well as tactically in terms of trying to fit everyone into a cohesive unit. The back 3 or back 4 will have its problems with the attackers that we've got.

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He’s a transformational, truly generational player on the same level as Neymar & Mbappe. And in my personal opinion when you take into account his physique and overpowering skill set I’d much rather have Haaland than Neymar. 
 

If you as a club have any slim chance to potentially sign this sort of player with minimal competition you must at least try. And I hope that’s how our club are viewing this. It’s an absurd, gargantuan amount of money but if he is finally the 25+ league goals per season guy we’ve been craving for a decade then it’s worth it. He’s only 22 for goodness sake. 

Even if he and Raiola start trying to engineer a move in 4 years time it’s worth it. Because we’d make our money back and then some and can sign the next Haaland.

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3 minutes ago, Jas said:

I feel like Tuchel is gonna have problems trying to keep everyone happy next season as well as tactically in terms of trying to fit everyone into a cohesive unit. The back 3 or back 4 will have its problems with the attackers that we've got.

7 players for 3 roles in a 343

7 players for 4 roles in a 4231 and 433

 

Either we sell an attacker or two or Tuchel will definitely have some unhappy players. 

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Falk just confirmed the rumors

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2 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

7 players for 3 roles in a 343

7 players for 4 roles in a 4231 and 433

Either we sell an attacker or two or Tuchel will definitely have some unhappy players. 

If we sell two players, we could potentially take away the squad depth. If we sell one, then it's probably still okay. But again, how long can we rotate before someone complains about the playing time? That's for the back 3.

If we go to a back 4, then comes the tactical problems. If we play 4-2-3-1, where does Havertz fit in? Where does Mount fit in? Where does Werner fit in? Havertz may or may not be as the #10. Mount doesn't seem good in the pivot and isn't really creative enough as a #10. Werner isn't going to create too much from wide areas. If we play 4-3-3, where does Havertz fit in? He's not really suited to playing in the midfield or wide areas. Also the same question mark with Werner in the wide areas. Then we also gotta make sure everyone else, including the midfielders and defenders can function in a back 4 and not have a system breakdown like we saw under Lampard. Tuchel used the back 3 to help paper over those cracks.