Chelsea Transfers

[Artandur 939]

56 minutes ago, DDA said:

BYE BYE BARKLEY. 

Somehow including him in a Rice deal would be the dream. Marina needs to work her magic

[Pizy 18,897]

Some of these smaller PL teams will get desperate as the deadline approaches and it's at that time we can probably scam a couple of them into coming for our deadwood. Maybe even on loan if necessary. Could see Ross or RLC going on loan.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[R2D2 368]

17 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

 

Buy option which will never be activated.

[Jase 43,479]

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Give us Mendy & Rice then we can call it a day. [emoji2957] Too greedy I know, but we can certainly dream in this special summer.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Before this transfer window, we had every right to criticise her.

This window has been so extraordinary, people already forgot the awful signings we had over the years.

Drinkwater, Bakayoko, Zappacosta, Higuain, Morata (although BIG credit to her to offloading him not losing money), Barkley, resigning Alonso, Bats...

Not to mention the transfer ban (although that is more collectively the board’s fault, she IS part of it).

We had awful windows these past number of years, that’s why one of the reasons we found ourselves outside the top 4 at one point and nowhere near challenging City or Liverpool. It’s why one of the reasons last season we got mullered 7-1 in agg against Bayern.

We are having a fanatical right now with this window. You can forgive her. But don’t forget about WHY this window is so big. It’s because previously all of our past windows since 14/15 were shite.

No doubt the likes of Drinkwater and Bakayoko etc were bad signings but what’s it to do with Marina? Seriously this nonsense should stop already, Marina didn’t doesn’t won’t choose targets, she only takes orders and negotiates, no?

[R2D2 368]

3 minutes ago, Mana said:

She doesn’t just “negotiate”, she’s the chief. She has a lot more power than you think at this club. Example Conte had better targets, but he didn’t get them and we got players like Zappa instead. You don’t think she played NO part in that?

I doubt this shit will happen again now with Cech here, he seems to have a massive influence on transfers, as much as Lampard does.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

Example Conte had better targets, but he didn’t get them and we got players like Zappa instead. You don’t think she played NO part in that?

Conte had better targets? That's extremely debatable. The guy was asking for players like Fernando Llorente and Antonio Candreva. They might not be Drinkwater or Zappacosta but we would have ended up with duds too.

I know we fans always say the club should back the manager but on hindsight, am glad the club didn't do that with Conte because a lot of the players he wanted were old, bang average players or worse. 

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

She doesn’t just “negotiate”, she’s the chief. She has a lot more power than you think at this club. Example Conte had better targets, but he didn’t get them and we got players like Zappa instead. You don’t think she played NO part in that?

I truly believe she doesn’t have the power to identify targets. That’s not her job, if she’s the one to choose then I think it’s a mega stupid decision by the club as a whole. Every bad signings the club should be blamed as a whole, from scouts to the manager to the director and to the board, ironically Marina holds the least responsibility. We can only blame her for didn’t negotiate a lower fee but who are we to know what were the situations back then? Maybe the time left for her to negotiate was limited, maybe our club sent out the desperate signal to seller clubs so that she didn’t have much leverages to bargain, who knows.

[R2D2 368]

Some rumours about Umtiti being released by Barca, might be worth a punt on a free despite his injury record.

Also looking at the state of West Ham I honestly think we should try and get Rice now since Lampard likes him a lot, he isn't my favorite but is decent and can cover the centre back as well in case things go tits up again this season.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

It’s debatable I agree, but Conte just gave you the PL title, trust in the guy FFS. 

Then if it goes wrong, Conte would had zero excuses.

He did win the PL title but trust him when he's asking players like Candreva, Llorente? That's very difficult. 

Furthermore, this is a manager who refused to work with the board properly on transfer targets and reportedly turned off his mobile in 2017 off season to avoid being contacted by the club. 

[NikkiCFC 8,317]

Marina responsibilities debate number 674538467

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

15 minutes ago, Ryan Fong said:

I truly believe she doesn’t have the power to identify targets. That’s not her job, if she’s the one to choose then I think it’s a mega stupid decision by the club as a whole. Every bad signings the club should be blamed as a whole, from scouts to the manager to the director and to the board, ironically Marina holds the least responsibility. We can only blame her for didn’t negotiate a lower fee but who are we to know what were the situations back then? Maybe the time left for her to negotiate was limited, maybe our club sent out the desperate signal to seller clubs so that she didn’t have much leverages to bargain, who knows.

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[NikkiCFC 8,317]

Exactly one month left in transfer window. 

Not counting 10 players already on loan we have 46 players left! So half of them need to be sold or to go on loan. 

We really need to focus now on this.