Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,045]

6 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Fear of missing out on CL without him? That is €30m-€60m right there. 

They could spend that money to increase the quality of the squad. And don't forget they probably will sell Sancho. So.... they could receive aroud 220M€ with selling Halaand and sancho

[King Kante 1,530]

29 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Physical plant expenditures do not count against the main club balance sheet (the one used for FFP).

Yeah, but someone still needs to pay for it. Roman is rich, but £1bn still leaves a hole in the pocket. That is even before we get to the fact that £1bn for our stadium is an underestimation. Spud bowl was meant to be £500m and went to over a bill and they didn't have to do such things as: 

Rip down existing site to build a new one on

Excavate to the same extent (this also causes issues if anything is found of historical importance (possible).)

Only have access from one road

Have the building work occur in one of the most expensive areas of London. I mean feck me, the area around the Spud Bowl is like something out of a Mad Max film. 

Building access over a tube line (if something goes wrong with that it is a political and financial nightmare) 

This is even before we get to commodity prices currently (have gone through the roof, like 300-500% increases depending on the material) and wage increase. Pre-pandemic my uncle (a builder) was asking £200 per day now has work to next year at £2k a week.

Best bet for Chelsea is that Hammersmith council take over Earls Court (they look like they will.) If they do, they will require an anchor tenant (they have admitted this.) We move there, build on a site that needs no excavating, is already flattened and has ample space/access and has much better infrastructure (it has three tube stops around it.) We then sell SB off or redevelop it for housing reaping serious £££££. 

Edited June 22, 2021 by King Kante

[King Kante 1,530]

31 minutes ago, Mário César said:

They could spend that money to increase the quality of the squad. And don't forget they probably will sell Sancho. So.... they could receive aroud 220M€ with selling Halaand and sancho

Yeah, but what if the players they buy end up like a Morata. It isn't as simple as just having the dollar then buying players. They'll have to get it right. I mean they were in serious trouble this year for top 4, it was only because Frankfurt shat the bed and Wolfsburg's form fell off a cliff that they got 3rd and that was with Håland and Sancho. 

Edited June 22, 2021 by King Kante

[Jase 43,479]

21 minutes ago, Mário César said:

They could spend that money to increase the quality of the squad. And don't forget they probably will sell Sancho. So.... they could receive aroud 220M€ with selling Halaand and sancho

To add onto what @King Kante said, you're talking about a club that chose to let Lewandowski go to Bayern for free as opposed to selling him (they even increased his salary for that final year to get him to stay, IIRC) and a club that could have sold Sancho last year for more money as opposed to this year, albeit not by much it seems. Dortmund are a club that seem to know what they want and when they decide on a stance, they won't budge from it (unless something unforeseen/unexpected happens).

The money there may be tempting and Dortmund have suffered a financial hit like everyone else in this pandemic but they aren't in a desperate financial situation, like Inter for example. They are still a club that wants to be competitive - be it winning a domestic cup, ensuring the CL money continues to pour in (finish in the Top 4 more importantly), making a run in the CL and/or maybe challenging/winning the Bundesliga. 

[Mário César 1,045]

That's a good point. No doubt about that.

[Styl1994 188]

Haaland is a world class player who will be linked to everyone of course Bayern would like him on the cheep next summer I doubt he and his team will want to stay in Germany they will probably want to go to a different league. 

[Special Juan 27,541]

Hakimi is off to PSG, that's that done.

[Mário César 1,045]

15 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Hakimi is off to PSG, that's that done.

source?

[Styl1994 188]

Tomato ketchup 

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

9 minutes ago, Mário César said:

source?

DiMarzio claiming PSG will bid 75 million + bonuses soon. 

I personally would feel sick if we bid more than that on Hakimi. And I'm Moroccan myself. 

[Mário César 1,045]

that's a lot of money

[Styl1994 188]

People who still go on about FFP need to look at PSG and their wage structure. 

[Mário César 1,045]

With regard PSG, they have unlimited money? Jesus christ. I never see a club that spend what they spend

[Mário César 1,045]

200M€ with neymar and 180M€ with mbappe... jesus christ 

[Styl1994 188]

7 minutes ago, Mário César said:

200M€ with neymar and 180M€ with mbappe... jesus christ 

Be funny if they don’t win Champions League and Mbappe walks out next summer for nothing 

[R2D2 368]

He is off to PSG only because he wants to go there to begin with, we can thank Sponge Bob for this, there were rumours a few days ago that filthy Ziyech told him to stay away from us because he doesn't like it here, fucking useless fraud.

Edited June 22, 2021 by R2D2

[Mário César 1,045]

4 minutes ago, R2D2 said:

He is off to PSG only because he wants to go there to begin with, we can thank Sponge Bob for this, there were rumours a few days ago that filthy Ziyech told him to stay away from us because he doesn't like it here, fucking useless fraud.

source?

[R2D2 368]

3 minutes ago, Mário César said:

source?

Saw it on the other Chelsea forum and the more I think about it the more I believe it, Ziyech one of the biggest frauds to ever play for us, one of the worst transfers ever.

Aye, rumours about that he has told Inter not to bothered entertaining are bid as he has not heard good things from Ziyech nor been impressed by how his countryman has been "treated". Basically told Inter if you want me to leave it is PSG or I stay.

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/Chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2021/6/18/22540196/psg-move-closer-to-70m-hakimi-Chelsea-not-his-priority-report

Edited June 22, 2021 by R2D2