Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 29,165]

Pumping PSG full of cash is FAR better than pumping most other teams. Number one, the have hundreds of billions backing them anyway, 2, they, as long as they do not grab Håland next season, plus like 4 other WC players, are not a year after year CL threat. Take away Mbappe and they are left with a soon (in half a year) 30yo and oft-injured Neymar and a shit MF atm. Di Maria is 34yo the same month Neymar is 30. Icardi was a bust this year. Their fullbacks are shit. They would need to buy so many players when they lose Mbappe just to get to 2019-2020 levels. So 150m or so isn't going to fix them.

[lucio 5,418]

Grealish is ass , just a basic English lad who did a rabona vs Fulham or something 

[Vesper 29,165]

silly season is fully underway now

we are being linked to almost every player remotely thought to MAYBE, perhaps, possibly be leaving some big club

it is like the 'reporters' are just going down the T-Markt listings and making up a shit rumour

for instance

this dross

Chelsea have edge over Manchester United in race for potential £55m transfer

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2021/06/06/coman-Chelsea-manchester-united-transfer-battle/

Chelsea and Manchester United are both being linked with a potential transfer swoop for Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman.

However, it could be that the Blues are more likely to sign Coman for a variety of reasons.

 

smdh

his league stats the last 6 years

he is always injured too

so frail, the EPL would eat him alive

[lucio 5,418]

+1 for Pedro Neto , seems to have very high potential 

[Jase 43,479]

18 minutes ago, Vesper said:

silly season is fully underway now

we are being linked to almost every player remotely thought to MAYBE, perhaps, possibly be leaving some big club

it is like the 'reporters' are just going down the T-Markt listings and making up a shit rumour

for instance

this dross

Chelsea have edge over Manchester United in race for potential £55m transfer

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2021/06/06/coman-Chelsea-manchester-united-transfer-battle/

Chelsea and Manchester United are both being linked with a potential transfer swoop for Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman.

However, it could be that the Blues are more likely to sign Coman for a variety of reasons.

 

smdh

his league stats the last 6 years

he is always injured too

so frail, the EPL would eat him alive

He has a good track record when it comes to winning league titles though. Could be our lucky charm. 🤣

[Vesper 29,165]

8 minutes ago, Jas said:

He has a good track record when it comes to winning league titles though. Could be our lucky charm. 🤣

10 in 9 years, no?

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

10 in 9 years, no?

 

[Vesper 29,165]

oh, please let this be true 🙏🏽

Chelsea handed fresh transfer blow as Carlo Ancelotti makes £68m decision

The Sevilla defender has been linked with a move to Chelsea this summer but Real Madrid are now rumoured to want the Frenchman

https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/news/Chelsea-transfer-blow-ancelotti-decision-20752165

Jules Kounde has been heavily linked with a move to Chelsea in the summer transfer window, but Thomas Tuchel's team may have suffered a big blow.

Despite having five central defenders to choose from, the Blues are reportedly in the market for another option, with Kounde the man touted to move to Stamford Bridge.

However, according to Le10 Sport, newly-appointed Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti sees the centre-back department a "priority" to add to this summer and the Sevilla man, as well as Pau Torres, are the two men name checked.

Sergio Ramos looks set to leave the Spanish capital, with his contract due to expire at the end of this month, with Raphael Varane also being linked with a departure.

 

[Vesper 29,165]

Insider puts talk of Chelsea ace joining West Ham to bed once and for all

https://www.hammers.news/transfer-news/ross-barkley-to-west-ham-rumour-clarified-by-high-level-insider/

Ross Barkley will not be joining West Ham this summer according to club insiders Claret and Hugh.

The 27-year-old Chelsea ace has been heavily linked with a move to the London Stadium over the past week or so (Calcio Mercato and The Telegraph).

With David Moyes thought to be been on bolstering his midfield ranks, links with Barkley seemed to make at least some sense.

It appears as though the Hammers boss has other priorities, however.

Ross Barkley WILL NOT join West Ham

The Blues ace is not at all on the Hammers’ radar according to club insiders Claret and Hugh.

David Moyes is instead keen to sign Jesse Lingard as an attacking midfield option.

[Vesper 29,165]

We are going to get stuck with every single shit player we have

almost no teams want the shit we have to sell, other than for free or ridiculously low money compared to what he could have gotten

and the few decent ones we have, may not be sold because we are asking such high fees in a COVID market

we turned down fair offers on so many in the past, and extraordinary offers for some

and it is now going to bite us in the arse for an insane loss of money

we chucked away damn near £55-60m on Drinkwater alone (counting fees, add-ons, salary minus the little loan fees and little salary pickup we got in return, and he is unsaleable now, he will walk on a free)

Edited June 6, 2021 by Vesper

[King Kante 1,524]

8 hours ago, Jas said:

You have literally said it so yourself - it's only been a week since the season ended and with Euro 2020 taking place this summer, it's not going to be straightforward or fast to complete a transfer especially if that player is playing at the tournament. Some of the agitation that has been going on around here seems to be down to people's transfer fantasy not happening more than anything else. 

I don't disagree that we need some additions but again, compared to past summers or those years you mentioned, the current squad is much better than those back then. We have already got good players coming through the academy and we already spent big last summer. 2-3 new additions needed yes but at the same time, it's also about improving the current group of players that we have, something that Tuchel has already spoken about and is relishing to do.

Getting a new striker may or may not happen for obvious reasons. Spurs won't sell Kane to us. Haaland isn't going anywhere. Lukaku already said he wants to stay at Inter and Inter don't want to sell him, although that could depend if they are able to sell 1-2 others but even then, not everyone seems to think he's good, including you. Other than those 3, there's no one obvious and we would then have to take a risk with someone low key. Either that or we somehow stick with what we have, including Giroud. 

For sure, no one should be getting worried about the situation at the moment, as the season has just finished and we as a club are very tight lipped. 

My point was more that I do understand why people worry, owing to our previous, and that we do need two first XI players in the shape of a CM and CF. A CM should be achievable, although I do recognise the CF will be tough. 

So in a nutshell, no one should worry atm, but the club do need to try their best over the next two months to try and remedy CM and CF (even if CM is the only one that they can sort.) 

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

We can’t persist with Zouma so a CB also. 
And back up GK

[King Kante 1,524]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

We can’t persist with Zouma so a CB also. 
And back up GK

Yeah, I think Zouma will be gone as he isn't good enough on the ball to play in TT's system. Fortunately, be fits into the easily sold for a decent price category like Tammy (if another CF is found), Ziyech (if we decide to sell) and Tomori. 

That said, not too sure about the need for another CB to be brought as we have: Silva, AC, Rudi, Dave and James that can all play CB, while we could also bring back Guehi or Ampadu to pad it out further. For that reason, CB is a position that is much lower in terms of need than it was 6 months ago. 

As for a GK2 those are normally easy to pick up. Areola would be my personal choice. 

[avrobsws 29]

Are we not not going for Sancho, really ??

[chippy 342]

4 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

We can’t persist with Zouma so a CB also. 
And back up GK

So he's not good enough as a 5th choice CB☹️

We're not going to find a better player who's happy enough being 5th choice, so I don't see the point in selling Zouma at this point.

[chippy 342]

9 hours ago, Jas said:

You would be hard pressed to find any club that would be willing to take a loss on someone that still has 4 years left on the contract.

In Ziyech's case, there's no reliable source that says he wants to leave or the club want to sell him at the moment. For all we know, Tuchel would probably look to get more out of him next season and/or Ziyech himself wants to give it a good go next season. This first season, this past season has not been easy on anyone. Also, trying to sell Ziyech and find a replacement would also give us unwanted problems when we already trying to look for key additions in other areas. 

It's about all the players who are not good, not just Ziyech.

The club has two options. 

Avoid the financial loss and keep the deadwood and suffer the long-term consequences of doing that.

Or we take the short term hit and bring in better players who can help take the team to another level.

Personally, I think the second option is by far the better one.

 

[King Kante 1,524]

1 hour ago, avrobsws said:

Are we not not going for Sancho, really ??

In AM we have:

Mount, Puli, Havertz, Ziyech, CHO and Werner (he can play LWF)

At the moment we have too many numbers here. If we could find buyers for both Ziyech and CHO then maybe we would be but we cannot continuously add to the squad in areas we are stacked. I mean we also have Dross Barkley and RLC on loan who both can play there as well. 

14 minutes ago, chippy said:

So he's not good enough as a 5th choice CB☹️

We're not going to find a better player who's happy enough being 5th choice, so I don't see the point in selling Zouma at this point.

Zouma is one of the few players who if we sold wouldn't cause many issues with our squad but at the same time would bring in decent money as a number of clubs would want him. 

What needs to be remembered is that we have some serious dregs like: 

Drinky, Baka, Batsh*t, RLC, Barkley, Kepa, Baba etc 

Who are on serious dollar and cannot be sold owing to their contracts. Those players need to be paid for somehow. 

[Jase 43,479]

44 minutes ago, chippy said:

It's about all the players who are not good, not just Ziyech.

The club has two options. 

Avoid the financial loss and keep the deadwood and suffer the long-term consequences of doing that.

Or we take the short term hit and bring in better players who can help take the team to another level.

Personally, I think the second option is by far the better one.

For the obvious deadwoods, sure. I just wouldn't put Ziyech in that group at the moment.