Chelsea Transfers

[LAM09 6,824]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

they are not a well run club overall atm

they squander so much money and fail to consistently capitalise on their position as the biggest club on the planet

even worse is Barca

Barca shit away around 3/4ers of a BILLION quid (counting fees, add-ons, salaries etc) on Coutinho, Griezmann, and Dembele

staggering

Yep. Can just look at the Alaba deal to see what state they're in.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Safe to say we will continue using the back three for next season.

[Vesper 29,169]

4 minutes ago, Jas said:

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

Otherwise, nothing new. 

fucking Wolfsburg and Eintracht collapsing at the end (a total of 16 dropped points combined in their last 4 games)

just killed me, lolol

then again

if you whack 50m euros or so off his price (if they failed to make CL) many other clubs would be all over him like a piranha

[OhForAGreavsie 5,900]

12 minutes ago, 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

Brilliant! Knew there had to be a good reason for having you around here. Somebody find this woman Marina's email address.

[milka 3,358]

 

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2 minutes ago, milka said:

 

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2 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Brilliant! Knew there had to be a good reason for having you around here. Somebody find this woman Marina's email address.

I 100% guarantee Marina is well aware of that

it is such a Russian chess play (chess is in their genes)

[Superblue 6,372]

13 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Agreed.

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.

He's been up front that his goal is to play at the World Cup, so like you said I think he'll want to be fresh and fit to participate in that. That's obviously not to say that he wouldn't be giving 100% to us, but I think he'll want to be managed next season and not flogged to death.

I think beyond the World Cup will depend on him. At the age he's at it can always go downhill very quickly and severely so I guess we'll have to see. He may also want to go back and finish his career in Brazil.

The best part of Thiago is winning the Champions League with us. For all the great years he enjoyed at PSG, he'll always have a special bond with Chelsea just from winning the one thing that has always eluded him.

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Just now, R2D2 said:

that gif is scary on multiple levels, lolol

🙅🏽‍♀️

[OhForAGreavsie 5,900]

10 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

They won't bid even if we won't compensate them. Madrid are broke atm and there's also a suggestion they won't buy any player aside Mbappe in this summer. 

I agree but my comment was only about whether we simply had to sit and wait for Real to make a matching counter offer. We don't.

[milka 3,358]

3 minutes ago, R2D2 said:

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3 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

He's been up front that his goal is to play at the World Cup, so like you said I think he'll want to be fresh and fit to participate in that. That's obviously not to say that he wouldn't be giving 100% to us, but I think he'll want to be managed next season and not flogged to death.

I think beyond the World Cup will depend on him. At the age he's at it can always go downhill very quickly and severely so I guess we'll have to see. He may also want to go back and finish his career in Brazil.

The best part of Thiago is winning the Champions League with us. For all the great years he enjoyed at PSG, he'll always have a special bond with Chelsea just from winning the one thing that has always eluded him.

he MIGHT do a short contract with us with for July to December 2022 (to keep in shape at a high level for the WC), play in the WC in December 2022, then go and play his last 2 seasons or so at Fluminense

[Superblue 6,372]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

he MIGHT do a short contract with us with for July to December 2022 (to keep in shape at a high level for the WC), play in the WC in December 2022, then go and play his last 2 seasons or so at Fluminense

I don't think that would suit Chelsea to lose him mid-season, it would be more likely he'd stay on then until the end of the season in that situation.

I keep forgetting the World Cup is in the winter!

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,900]

18 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I 100% guarantee Marina is well aware of that

it is such a Russian chess play (chess is in their genes)

Yes, I realised this.

As you might recall I often post to show my frustration with comments that assume the poster knows more about making transfer deals than the professionals do. I've said it before but I'll take the opportunity to say it again; Marina knows absolutely everything we think we know about how to put a transfer together, and a great deal more.

Your suggestion was still fun to read though.

Edited June 9, 2021 by OhForAGreavsie

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29 minutes ago, Jas said:

How much time did you spend screenshotting all of that?? 😱

not that long, I queued them all up on multiped new windows (not all the tabs on one tree)

gyazo is super fast

and I also took time to do some analysis for future refence (in terms of game outcomes, quality of opponent, etc)

I am a data freak

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4 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I don't think that would suit Chelsea to lose him mid-season, it would be more likely he'd stay on then until the end of the season in that situation.

I keep forgetting the World Cup is in the winter!

that winter WC is BULLSHIT

on so many levels

corrupt motherfuckers

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5 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Yes, I realised this.

As you might recall I often post to show my frustration with comments that assume the poster knows more about making transfer deals than the professionals do. I've said it before but I'll take the opportunity to say it again; Marina knows absolutely everything we think we know about how to put a transfer together, and a great deal more.

Your suggestion was still fun to read though.

all I do is toss out things I would like to see

and try to offer up ways it could work money-wise

I am fully away much of it is just fantasyland, lolol (like my massive AC Milan 5 players for 2 player + £20m deal)