Chelsea Transfers

[shrenshah 186]

With Haaland and Hakimi we could be freaking amazing

 

Against bigger teams

...........................Mendy

........Reece...Silva/AC...Rudiger

Hakimi.....................................Chilwell

...........Kante.............Kova/Jorgi

.......Havertz.........................Mount

..........................Haaland

 

Against smaller teams using park the bus tactic

...........................Mendy

........Reece...Silva/AC...Rudiger

Hakimi.....................................Chilwell

...........Kante.............Mount

.......Havertz.........................Werner

..........................Haaland

 

We may also need a backup for Kante, someone like Tchouameni

So hoping Marina is able to close the 2 deals

[OhForAGreavsie 6,059]

1 hour ago, Fernando said:

Okay so once Inter agrees on the value then we have to wait to see if Real Madrid will match that offer?

No. Assuming that the clause makes the purchase mandatory, i.e. that the player has no right to turn down the transfer, we could negotiate directly with Real over a settlement for them to waive the buy-back. They of course would ask us to write off the remainder of Eden's transfer fee, we would offer a green Smartie, and the negotiation would proceed from there.

Edited June 9, 2021 by OhForAGreavsie

[MoroccanBlue 5,376]

hace 5 minutos, shrenshah dijo:

With Haaland and Hakimi we could be freaking amazing

 

Against bigger teams

...........................Mendy

........Reece...Silva/AC...Rudiger

Hakimi.....................................Chilwell

...........Kante.............Kova/Jorgi

.......Havertz.........................Mount

..........................Haaland

 

Against smaller teams using park the bus tactic

...........................Mendy

........Reece...Silva/AC...Rudiger

Hakimi.....................................Chilwell

...........Kante.............Mount

.......Havertz.........................Werner

..........................Haaland

 

We may also need a backup for Kante, someone like Tchouameni

So hoping Marina is able to close the 2 deals

Kovacic is technically Kante's backup. Tchouameni would be a backup to Jorginho as they are both the sitters. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

3 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

No. Assuming that the clause makes the purchase mandatory, i.e. that the player has no right to turn down the transfer, we could negotiate directly with Real over resettlement for them to waive the buy-back. They of course would ask us to write off the remainder of Eden's transfer fee, we would offer a green Smartie, and the negotiation would proceed from there.

This isn't how the first refusal work. If Real match our bid for Hakimi, Inter have to accept Real's bid.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,059]

55 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Hakimi also played a lot on the left for Dortmund, would be nice to have 2nd option there that can actually run.

I didn't know that. Assuming he is effective on the left then that would make getting him a lot more attractive. Not attractive enough to justify losing Andreas but more attractive all the same.

[Vesper 30,100]

2 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

Gladbach at that time were mostly used the back three.

really?

your credibility is on thin ice m8

you should know better than to just make up shite with someone like me around

AC played 53 games as a back 4 CB pairing in 20015/17

far more than any other position, and he was better as a pair than in a back 3 CB set-up

AC was a DMF a few times, a RB once, injured in a few, and on the bench in the very beginning of 2015/16 3 times

Gladbach played a back four 65 times

far more than any other setup

and far better as a record, including some great results in the CL

 

Edited June 9, 2021 by Vesper

[chippy 342]

41 minutes ago, Jas said:

 

I know a fair number of fans want him to move on but I'm glad he stay on and try and to make it at Chelsea.

Next season is really make or break for him though. Needs to become a lot more consistent and start delivering end product. If he can do that then he'll have a future at the club, if he can't step up then it will be time for him to move on in the summer of 22.

 

Oh, and a fucking huge no to Christensen being used in any transfer deal!  He came on leaps and bounds last season and barely put a foot wrong after the Liverpool game. I rate him and Rudi as second only to Liverpool's best two CB's and easily our best two since the heyday of Terry& Gallas and Terry & Carvalho.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,059]

16 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I could be wrong but I think even if we bombed out of all the cups at the first hurdle we still have a minimum of 48 games.

Agreed.

17 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Tuchel clearly trusts Christensen, and I see this coming season a role reversal during it where Christensen is the one preferred for the 'big' games and Thiago Silva may end up playing more against the 'lesser' teams. He'll play a huge role this season regardless.

Interesting idea. This would probably also appeal to Thiago because it holds out the possibility of a further extension for him at the end of the coming season. A new contract which would then assume him playing back up to Andreas.

[Vesper 30,100]

57 minutes ago, Jas said:

Even The Athletic are reporting it now...

And according to them, the club's offer for Hakimi doesn't yet include Emerson or Christensen. 

£56m is fair money for a world-class fullback/wingback

[Artandur 939]

10 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I didn't know that. Assuming he is effective on the left then that would make getting him a lot more attractive. Not attractive enough to justify losing Andreas but more attractive all the same.

Yeah in his first season at BVB he played more on the left than the right. I think the Christensen part is just baseless speculation by an italian journalist not being up to date with Chelsea

[Vesper 30,100]

Just now, Vesper said:

£56m is fair money for a world-class fullback/wingback

thinking multi-dimensionally, this also really puts the cosh on Real Madrid too, as IF they really want him, there goes a big chunk of their budget, thus partially blocking them for making a giant bid for Håland or Mbappe

[Jase 43,479]

29 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Basically what Di Marzio said yesterday.

The Athletic is not known to report every single transfer rumor. If they are reporting it, then maybe there is some truth to it. I don't think they have reported anything on Haaland, have they after the Fjortoft and Matt Law stories? 

[LAM09 7,043]

Just now, Vesper said:

thinking multi-dimensionally, this also really puts the cosh on Real Madrid too, as IF they really want him, there goes a big chunk of their budget, thus partially blocking them for making a giant bid for Håland or Mbappe

Still crazy to think they bought him back, just to sell him, considering their options.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Just now, Jas said:

The Athletic is not known to report every single transfer rumor. If they are reporting it, then maybe there is some truth to it. I don't think they have reported anything on Haaland, have they after the Fjortoft and Matt Law stories? 

Didn't Johnson also reported after Law and Fjortoft stories?

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Blues Forever said:

Didn't Johnson also reported after Law and Fjortoft stories?

The only thing I've seen from Simon Johnson this...

Otherwise, nothing new.