Chelsea Transfers

[King Kante 1,476]

I have a feeling in my waters that the GK signing will be someone out of left field. I have no evidence for this, I just do not think it will be someone that we necessarily expect. 

[Vesper 28,804]

4 minutes ago, King Kante said:

I have a feeling in my waters that the GK signing will be someone out of left field. I have no evidence for this, I just do not think it will be someone that we necessarily expect. 

Add Sergio Romero to the insane list of Chels linked GKers

Jan Oblak 
Marc-André ter Stegen  
Gianluigi Donnarumma 
André Onana    
Bernd Leno  
Unai Simón   
Jordan Pickford    
Alex Meret   
Thomas Strakosha  
Dean Henderson  
Juan Musso  
Mike Maignan   
Pau López  
Ugurcan Cakir  
Neto  
Alphonse Areola  
Aaron Ramsdale    
Nick Pope    
Jasper Cillessen   
Alban Lafont   
Roman Bürki    
Péter Gulácsi     
Yann Sommer   
Kasper Schmeichel  
Predrag Rajkovic   
Emiliano Martínez  
Martin Dubravka    
Edouard Mendy 
Jack Butland   
Fraser Forster  
Salvatore Sirigu  
Sven Ulreich    
Vicente Guaita
Tim Krul

35 now, and I am sure I have forgotten some.

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[Jase 43,479]

55 minutes ago, King Kante said:

I have a feeling in my waters that the GK signing will be someone out of left field. I have no evidence for this, I just do not think it will be someone that we necessarily expect. 

Someone on the Guardian suggested Alessio Cragno from Cagliari, although it's not a transfer rumor or anything.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/05/a-transfer-target-for-each-premier-league-club-in-the-summer-window

[Vesper 28,804]

27 minutes ago, King Kante said:

I have a feeling in my waters that the GK signing will be someone out of left field. I have no evidence for this, I just do not think it will be someone that we necessarily expect. 

well, if it truly out of left field (meaning not on that list of 35 who have now been linked) here would be my best guesses

35 more names, there are reasons for each, this is not some rando list

really digging deep here and there are some great youth prospects on here as well

bold would be fine with me

Anthony Lopes  
Pierluigi Gollini  
Odysseas Vlachodimos      
Bartlomiej Dragowski   
David Soria   
Tomas Vaclík  
Dominik Livakovic   
Álex Remiro  
Benjamin Lecomte   
Koen Casteels  
Emil Audero   
Rui Silva  
Matvey Safonov   
Aleksandr Maksimenko    
Altay Bayindir  
Ionut Radu  
Walter Benítez      
Alessio Cragno   
Keylor Navas      
Mattia Perin   
Paul Bernardoni      
Jiri Pavlenka        
Andrey Lunev  
Alex McCarthy    
Luís Maximiano   
Ondrej Kolar   
Sam Johnstone       
Angus Gunn   
Robin Olsen  
Jonas Omlin          
Samir Handanovic     
Tomas Koubek     
David von Ballmoos  
Andriy Lunin   
Karl-Johan Johnsson

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[King Kante 1,476]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

 

Is he suggesting Sancho there? No chance. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

Mendy worries me. He looked poor the last game I saw him play, he is 29 in around 5 months (even though that age means nothing short term for GKers, his fees being talked about are high for that age) his distribution is meh, he has very little big game experience (no European experience and only 2 years top flight experience), and he is an African Senegal national team player (now is their starter atm) so we lose him for a month or so when AFCON starts (even though that is not right away, it is 3 of the next 4 years after this season). He is very tall (1.98m), on the plus side.

Yeah im not sold on him either, he would be second choice. Either get a quality one or wait it out, yes many are better than kepa but that doesnt mean we should settle with an average keeper. I would love Martinez or Onana.

[Vesper 28,804]

Just now, King Kante said:

Is he suggesting Sancho there? No chance. 

I think it is more just a general point

I agree on Sancho

the only way there is room for him (and it would NOT, obviously, be this window) is if two disastrous things happen (well 3, but I am NOT going to even discus Ziyech with a career ending injury, the odds are really low)

1 CHO turns complete bust

2 Pulisic is just far too often injured

[Hutcho 8,443]

Doesn't look like there's any scenario in which Kepa isn't our starting keeper for at least the first match or two. Doesn't Mendy currently have COVID? So if he is the one we buy you have that to deal with for who knows how long.
Feels like a new keeper should probably not have been left so late.

I genuinely think Frank has 0 faith in kepa that he will start willy if he has to game week 1 and we don't have a new keeper.
If we buy a keeper I can see kepa starting vs Brighton not to rock the boat as its just 1 game though

[Vesper 28,804]

5 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Yeah im not sold on him either, he would be second choice. Either get a quality one or wait it out, yes many are better than kepa but that doesnt mean we should settle with an average keeper. I would love Martinez or Onana.

If not Oblak (next year unless we truly do a ever before in history liquidation this window) then Predrag Rajković is still my number one

 

[Rekin 835]

It's a shame our scouting team seems so dead-set on tall GK's from France currently (Areola, Maignan, Mendy like wtf maybe stop being such a broken record).

Italy in my opinion has some of the most promising GK's out there, and while few would be cheap it still feels like better investments than spending 30-40m on what seems like competition for Kepa. 

Alex Meret, Strakosha and Musso are all players I would take ahead of any of the French options.
If we took someone like Areola for a loan then it would be fine, as we could focus the next summer window fully on GK and CB, but buying say Mendy for 30-35 m just increases the total spending on the Gk position without a clear WC GK between the posts. 

Onana would also be fine with me, I like him quite a bit. 

[killer1257 3,282]

Someone on the Guardian suggested Alessio Cragno from Cagliari, although it's not a transfer rumor or anything.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/05/a-transfer-target-for-each-premier-league-club-in-the-summer-window

He is smaller than Kepa. I am pretty sure Cech and Lollichon only want tall GKs.


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[DDA 9,690]

Really, really not feeling this Mendy fella. 

[Pizy 18,368]

I'm fine with Mendy since he reminds me of Courtois. Massive, commanding presence but weak with the ball at his feet. Serviceable, maybe, but nowhere close to many modern, ball playing keepers.

We just need someone steady and assertive first and foremost. We can sacrifice ball playing ability if Mendy can stop us getting destroyed on corners and crosses. Or holding our breath every time a long range shot heads toward our goal.

[Vesper 28,804]

3 minutes ago, Rekin said:

It's a shame our scouting team seems so dead-set on tall GK's from France currently (Areola, Maignan, Mendy like wtf maybe stop being such a broken record).

Italy in my opinion has some of the most promising GK's out there, and while few would be cheap it still feels like better investments than spending 30-40m on what seems like competition for Kepa. 

Alex Meret, Strakosha and Musso are all players I would take ahead of any of the French options.
If we took someone like Areola for a loan then it would be fine, as we could focus the next summer window fully on GK and CB, but buying say Mendy for 30-35 m just increases the total spending on the Gk position without a clear WC GK between the posts. 

Onana would also be fine with me, I like him quite a bit. 

heights (I am going to say 1.93m ie. 6-4, and up are 'tall' keepers)

some of your tall ones are shorter than some of your shorter ones

 

Alessio Cragno 1.84m

Anthony Lopes 1.84m

Kepa  1.86m (was listed at 1.88m for years)

Marc-André ter Stegen  1.87m

Jan Oblak 1.88m

André Onana 1.90m

Alex Meret  1.90m

Ugurcan Cakir  1.91m

Mike Maignan 1.91m

Juan Musso  1.91m

Predrag Rajkovic 1,92m

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Thomas Strakosha 1.93m

Pierluigi Gollini  1.94m

Alphonse Areola  1.95m

Emiliano Martínez  1.95m

Gianluigi Donnarumma 1.96m

Edouard Mendy   1.97m

Cuntois 1.99m

Fraser Forster  2.01m

 

here are the tallest keepers 

 

 

now here are the top rated ones at each height (1.98m and down)

 

 

 

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[Rekin 835]

17 minutes ago, Vesper said:

heights (I am going to say 1.93m ie. 6-4, and up are 'tall' keepers)

some of your tall ones are shorter than some of your shorter ones

 

Alessio Cragno 1.84m

Anthony Lopes 1.84m

Kepa  1.86m (was listed at 1.88m for years)

Marc-André ter Stegen  1.87m

Jan Oblak 1.88m

André Onana 1.90m

Alex Meret  1.90m

Ugurcan Cakir  1.91m

Mike Maignan 1.91m

Juan Musso  1.91m

Predrag Rajkovic 1,92m

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Thomas Strakosha 1.93m

Pierluigi Gollini  1.94m

Alphonse Areola  1.95m

Emiliano Martínez  1.95m

Gianluigi Donnarumma 1.96m

Edouard Mendy   1.97m

Cuntois 1.99m

Fraser Forster  2.01m

 

here are the tallest keepers 

 

I appreciate the effort you put into your post, but I honestly dont know what below is referring to: 

"some of your tall ones are shorter than some of your shorter ones"

The point was just that all the names and Cech/Lollichon connections so far were tall keepers playing in France, there was no further analysis on height or anything from my side. 
My preference of the other three names was not so much coming from their height, but other qualities they contribute with. 

 

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