Chelsea Transfers

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PLEASE stop talking bout Zaha

he´s a nightmare

[1905didierblue 748]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

If you look purely at Zaha's goals and assists stats you may not be impressed. Remember that Palace have been utterly terrible for much of his time there and he has had to be the sole player they had to make things happen. We were all frustrated when we were at times so reliant on Hazard. Now imagine how annoyed Zaha must be having to shoulder the load with much worse players around him.

Nearly as important as stats for me are things like creating space for others, putting extreme pressure on defenses with pace and skill, and the much talked about drawing of fouls in dangerous areas. I just saw a couple of days ago that Zaha has been fouled something like 500 times in the PL. He's right up there with Hazard every season with fouls drawn.

Seeing him and Pulisic both in aggressive attack mode would be frightening to any side in the world.

Have to agree with this.

Moreover given the 0 trust lamps is showing in either of michy and bats, makes it essential to have a 2nd choice striker in the winter. Zaha seems to be the best option available. 

[Nicco 927]

Playing a false nine is as good as playing this guy a ST. What exactly warrants this guy will be even good at ST? Buying someone because it's written he can play as a ST is beyond ridiculous when he hasn't done anything in that position in his whole career, if he was so good there, Palace would play him up top. 

I'd rather give Werner a fat contract and play him wide than wasting money on this guy.

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Man Utd told to organise Pogba swap for Chelsea midfielder

https://www.football365.com/news/man-utd-told-to-organise-pogba-swap-for-chelsea-midfielder

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3 hours ago, Tomo said:

Its easy to say in hindsight but I don't think anyone really foresaw VVD becoming mere world class level let alone the level he did. I remember the thread with him on here there were rumours we were prepared to sacrifice Christensen to get him and everyone was outraged at the mere thought of it, how times change

Re Jadon i think we are going to try for both which kind of lines up with Lampard saying he wants to replace Eden's productivity, plus Zaha can double up as a striker something we need now as with Tammy's emergence no one will come to be back up.

there are 4 wingers in the EPL at a certain level who can also play striker at times

Zaha is the worst of the 4

 

1 Heung-min Son

2 Anthony Martial 

3 Richarlison

4 Zaha

 

Marcus Rashford is a striker who plays on the wing often, and is better than any of those 4 (or soon will be better than Son if he is not right now)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a pure striker or SS, but also plays off the wing at times, especially when he plays with Alexandre Lacazette

[Atomiswave 6,072]

If we even attempt going close to Zaha then the fucking board have learned jack shit........we have to raise our standards not keep going below it and them somehow expect we can compete at a high level. If we go after him then the board should resign, marina and all of them.

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we have a hammer in regards to Sancho 

Bats

he was a monster for Dortmund until he got hurt

soooo stupid if we do not dangle him

[11Drogba 2,000]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

there are 4 wingers in the EPL at a certain level who can also play striker at times

Zaha is the worst of the 4

 

1 Heung-min Son

2 Anthony Martial 

3 Richarlison

4 Zaha

 

Marcus Rashford is a striker who plays on the wing often, and is better than any of those 4 (or soon will be better than Son if he is not right now)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a pure striker or SS, but also plays off the wing at times, especially when he plays with Alexandre Lacazette

What do you think of Hwang Hee Chan? I love how agile and unpredictable he is, a bit like Pulisic.

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/12/liverpool-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-salzburgs-takumi-minamino-for-725m

7.25 mil? for an insanely energetic schemer like Minamino

[Tomo 21,733]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/12/liverpool-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-salzburgs-takumi-minamino-for-725m

7.25 mil? for an insanely energetic schemer like Minamino

If we went for a player that cheap over a Haaland or a Sancho (especially after a summer of no signings) most here would lose their shit claiming it's the ultimate proof we have no ambition anymore.

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19 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

What do you think of Hwang Hee Chan? I love how agile and unpredictable he is, a bit like Pulisic.

good player for a lesser EPL team than us

Wolves want him, he would fit in there well

only 2 players off RB Salzburg I want is Håland

and perhaps

Dominik Szoboszlai

who also really intrigues me, and I would take him all day long over Hwang Hee Chan

long analysis here

 

[Nicco 927]

24 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If we went for a player that cheap over a Haaland or a Sancho (especially after a summer of no signings) most here would lose their shit claiming it's the ultimate proof we have no ambition anymore.

Case in point were about to bid 80 mil for a 27 years old dud, let that sink in. 

[Tomo 21,733]

22 minutes ago, Nicco said:

Case in point were about to bid 80 mil for a 27 years old dud, let that sink in. 

And if he proves to be a hit you'll just dismiss it as mere luck like you did us outplaying Ajax in Amsterdam.

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Chelsea should just skip ahead and sign Kylian Mbappe already

https://theprideoflondon.com/2019/12/12/chelsea-skip-ahead-sign-kylian-mbappe-already/

It is transfer rumour season so the thinnest of reasons leads Chelsea towards signing players. Following the same lines, the Blues are signing Kylian Mbappe.

Chelsea can buy players again and is loaded with cash. How much cash? Enough to buy a new left back, center back, winger, striker, goal keeper, stadium, yacht, and a pizza party apparently. A quick look at Twitter shows that the possibilities are limitless. Limitless!

But it is not enough for the Blues to simply buy just any player. There is certain criteria that makes them vastly better targets than other players. Things like stats, facts, or whatever else? That is all nonsense. The true sign of an excellent target falls into a few narrow parameters.

Does the player play for another team? The grass is truly always greener. Are they moderately available for some reason or another? If so what is the holdup? And do they have a previous connection to Chelsea, no matter how tentative? They will jump at the chance to sign for the Blues. All together, these three criteria yield but one conclusion. Not Jadon Sancho or Nathan Ake. That is small time thinking. Chelsea should skip those extra steps and just get the signing of Kylian Mbappe out of the way and over with.

Crazy? No, it just follows the same lines of logic that Sancho and Ake follow. Obviously all three play for another team, and because of that, they must immediately be better than the options the Blues already have available. After all, who cares about the likes of Tammy Abraham, Callum Hudson-Odoi, or Fikayo Tomori when there is literally anyone new that could fill in.

Sancho is available because Dortmund was real mean to him when he showed up late for training or returning from break. Very rude of them to not let him live his life. Ake is available because Chelsea put a buy back clause on him when he went back to Bournemouth a few years ago. Mbappe is already getting the itch to get out of Paris Saint Germain and go somewhere a little more visible.

But those reasons are nothing compared to the last one. They just let any old club put their put in the door. Chelsea gets through the door, stretches out on the coach, and grinds mud all over it because of their previous connection to these players.

Sancho was allegedly a boyhood Chelsea fan. Were he a Manchester United fan in his youth, would Chelsea fans care? Probably not nearly as much. Ake was in Chelsea’s academy and was brought into the first team briefly before mean ole Antonio Conte kicked him back out. Despite being statistically on par with Chelsea’s current defenders, he would come in and become the new Virgil van Dijk such is the power of a blue kit. Oh and Mbappe? Well he trialed at Chelsea briefly and finally got his picture with Didier Drogba. That picture will have meant so much that if Chelsea called he would surely force the move.

Fans are just dipping their toes in the water with calls for Sancho and Ake, even if one is low priority and the other just a big enough increase on what Chelsea already has. The Blues should just skip all those steps and go full out for Mbappe because that makes as much sense as anything else.

Transfer rumour season is back. Why do it half way? Lean into the crazy and assume every single rumour seen on Twitter is totally real. Even this completely crazy, satirical article is real if you believe. Or something.

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3 minutes ago, Tomo said:

And if he proves to be a hit you'll just dismiss it as mere luck like you did us outplaying Ajax in Amsterdam.

I think the big risk is IF we buy Zaha, then that probably precludes a Sancho (who is a vastly better player IMHO and is eight years younger) buy.

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Pulisic and Kovacic's purchases, for example, were very smart and wise. Young people of great talent and some experience, reasonable prices within the current reality, movements to applaud.

This is the line we have to follow. Being smart, acting in advance, not letting ourselves be driven by impulses.

Reading Zaha's name every day is almost like cutting my wrists. It would be the most ridiculous purchase possible.

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Chelsea prepare player-plus-cash offer for £80million Eagle, eager to land Crystal Palace's £80million Zaha

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/18098263.chelsea-eager-land-crystal-palaces-80million-zaha/

 

[Nicco 927]

20 minutes ago, Tomo said:

And if he proves to be a hit you'll just dismiss it as mere luck like you did us outplaying Ajax in Amsterdam.

And if he proves to be a miss you'll dismiss it as this things happen in football even thought the writing is on the wall with him. 

As for Ajax, we marginally played better than them away and they had an overruled goal which was never offside while we were getting outplayed at home before the refs did us a huge favor again, sure thing.