Chelsea Transfers

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Definitely needs a new LB, CB, ST, RW, and probably AM. No idea when RLC will be back but, Mount current form is pretty poor almost offer zero creativity and Barkley is bang average.

[BDTips 34]

We will burn all the money and solve nothing.

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

At this rate, we need a transfer window that is better and more efficient than the 2014/15 one to become competitive again. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

12 minutes ago, BDTips said:

We will burn all the money and solve nothing.

It will solve half the problems if we buy the right players. We are definitely lack a quality players and had inexperienced coach.

[BDTips 34]

4 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

It will solve half the problems if we buy the right players. We are definitely lack a quality players and had inexperienced coach.

As I often say and as we all know, it is very rare to get a good buy in January, very rare.

And with this crisis, surely we will act on impulse and despair, we will not have the necessary calm and planning.

Now nobody knows what Frankie can give or how far he can go.

What a bad day .

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

People were talking about us, Arsenal and Liverpool looking at Ryan Fraser in the summer.

I know its ironic because he played very well today but last season I thought he was excellent for Bournemouth and IIRC he was in double figures for assists. Real pace and capable of providing assists from outwide, maybe be worth a punt as a squad player here? Someone who could spin a game against tired legs? Not be the most popular choice but hes at a good age, 25, and will only get better. I think having seen how good Andy Robertson has become at Liverpool after showing good signs at Hull, he could potentially be another buy in that mould. Maybe not. Would rather we had him to spin a game than the likes of a Ross Barkley.

[Tomo 21,751]

4 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

At this rate, we need a transfer window that is better and more efficient than the 2014/15 one to become competitive again. 

Depends in what context you mean, if you mean competitive straight away I don't even think that will do it, we have too many holes right now to compete with what's on offer at the top of this league.

However I think a good few windows and we can actually be challenging the year after next. Since we've changed our style of play our transfers have been very promising, for example we've gone from probably the worst midfield in the top 10 to the best outside of City.

[Tomo 21,751]

5 hours ago, BDTips said:

As I often say and as we all know, it is very rare to get a good buy in January, very rare.

And with this crisis, surely we will act on impulse and despair, we will not have the necessary calm and planning.

Now nobody knows what Frankie can give or how far he can go.

What a bad day .

Is it? I don't think it's anywhere near as rare as people make out, for starters the two best CBs are January buys.

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Depends in what context you mean, if you mean competitive straight away I don't even think that will do it, we have too many holes right now to compete with what's on offer at the top of this league.

However I think a good few windows and we can actually be challenging the year after next. Since we've changed our style of play our transfers have been very promising, for example we've gone from probably the worst midfield in the top 10 to the best outside of City.

There's no getting away from the poor run of form we're on at present but there has to be more patience at times from our fan base. It's no surprise that our midfield is a particular strong point in our team. Kovacic, Jorginho and Kante are all in their mid to late 20's, in or around their peak.

Compare this to our main attacking players, with the exception of Willian, who are all in their early 20's and need time to develop. Consistency was always going to be an issue this season for them.

I've mentioned in previous posts, Liverpool's front three are all in the 27-28 age bracket, all in the prime of their careers. And if you delve deeper into their squad, nearly all of them are in the 25 - 30 age bracket. The only two younger players I believe they have who play regularly are Trent and Gomez and both have about 3 years worth of experience under their belt now.

City have a few younger players, but they also have some key players that are now well into their 30's such as Fernandinho, Silva and Aguero, whilst Walker will be 30 in the summer and Mahrez and De Bruyne will both turn 30 next season. 

We have a glut of players in their early 20's and very inexperienced at the top level, and a fair few players in their 30's and regressing. We don't have a huge amount of players in that similar age bracket throughout our squad (and some of those we do aren't good enough anyway).

Even with a top drawer window, we would be hard pressed to touch Liverpool at present, whilst you'd also expect City to go again. We need a couple of years realistically to be challenging them. In that time you would expect these younger players to have the experience levels that someone like Trent does, and will hopefully continue to develop to be a big influence for us. Transfer wise, we either need to make a decision of buying similar younger players with the plan for them all to develop together over the next couple of years, or some more players within that 25-30 age bracket which will help to bridge the gap now whilst some of our younger players develop.

 

[Vesper 30,119]

WHITE NOISE 

Chelsea to make shock January move for £25million-rated Ben White after Brighton defender impresses on loan at Leeds

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10553083/chelsea-january-switch-ben-white-leeds-brighton/

 

Chelsea consider January move for Ben White with Brighton centre-back impressing on loan at Leeds

Chelsea are considering a move for Ben White in the January transfer window
Brighton defender White has been very impressive on loan at Leeds this season 
Although Brighton are reluctant to sell they could accept a bid of £25million 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7793357/Chelsea-consider-January-Ben-White-Brighton-centre-impressing-loan-Leeds.html

[Rapkun 668]

It's The Sun so it's probably fake but this is way more exciting than being linked with Ake. For having watched the player a few times, he's very promising. I doubt Brighton will be able to keep him.

[Superblue 6,372]

33 minutes ago, Vesper said:

WHITE NOISE 

Chelsea to make shock January move for £25million-rated Ben White after Brighton defender impresses on loan at Leeds

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10553083/chelsea-january-switch-ben-white-leeds-brighton/

 

Chelsea consider January move for Ben White with Brighton centre-back impressing on loan at Leeds

Chelsea are considering a move for Ben White in the January transfer window
Brighton defender White has been very impressive on loan at Leeds this season 
Although Brighton are reluctant to sell they could accept a bid of £25million 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7793357/Chelsea-consider-January-Ben-White-Brighton-centre-impressing-loan-Leeds.html

Don't really know much about him to be honest, but I wouldn't be against thinking outside of the box with some of our transfer targets. If this is the sort of player we are targeting though it looks like our rebuilding plans are much more long term than trying to plug short term needs.

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

We are desperate. We need to drop 80m to Milan for Romagnoli. Something they can't reject! 

[whats happening 1,615]

lacazette is benched again. i would go for him

[Vesper 30,119]

Exclusive: Chelsea Consider January Move for Bordeaux Forward Josh Maja

https://www.90min.com/posts/6518038-exclusive-chelsea-consider-january-move-for-bordeaux-forward-josh-maja?utm_source=RSS

 

ffs, this is a player LEEDS should be looking at, NOT CHELSEA

take away his fluke hat trick versus bottom of the table Nimes, he has two league goals, one back in August

he cannot even break into their lineup as a full time starter and he is 21yo in 11 days, so is not a teen