Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 18,944]

So not only will Hakimi not be anywhere near the 80m we were led to believe Inter demanded, but we never even actually put a bid in. 😑😑😑

Are we asleep?

[Mário César 1,280]

Just now, Pizy said:

So not only will Hakimi not be anywhere near the 80m we were led to believe Inter demanded, but we never even actually put a bid in. 😑😑😑

Are we asleep?

Source?

[Vesper 30,216]

31 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

physically he is the whole package. can defend as well. but hoffensively he is not always as useful as today. Just one goal in whack belgian league.

wild card

he has played as a RWB

 

[Vesper 30,216]

16 minutes ago, Pizy said:

So not only will Hakimi not be anywhere near the 80m we were led to believe Inter demanded, but we never even actually put a bid in. 😑😑😑

Are we asleep?

why does everyone keep using the 80m figure and not using the pounds sterling price (£68.5m)?

if people use 80m they should specify that it is euros

Edited June 26, 2021 by Vesper

[Vesper 30,216]

19 minutes ago, Mário César said:

Source?

might be this, not sure

https://football-italia.net/inter-and-psg-down-to-details-for-hakimi/

[Vesper 30,216]

we are down to very few actual real (not me tossing in wild card players) options for RWB as I see it

1 Keep Reece there

2 Play Azpi there perm

3 CHO as the starter (or at least plays a lot at RWB)

4 Adama Traore (I am starting  to come around to and make peace with the idea, just simply based our his insane pace and potential to rip apart teams with it, which is why, I am sure, Tuchel has/had him as Plan B)

5 Denzel Dumfries (you just know he is the likely last minute panic bid IF Wolves will not come way down from their insane £70-80m Traore valuation, which I can almost guarantee they will)

6 If 1 and 2 and 3 ( a combo of Reece and Azpi and CHO again) then wait to see if Silas recovers completely from his knee injury and buy him in summer 2022

 

sure there are other names tossed out there, but I have seen posters make decent arguments against some

the huge downside to many RWBs/RBs is their lack of production (perfect example, Nordi Mukiele)

 

I cannot stress what a HUGE fucking loss missing out on Hakimi was 🤬

I would so much rather have gotten him and done fuckall (for now) at CB and LB (other than sell Emerson)

getting him and accepting that (ie. nothing done this window at CB and LB) would mean only 3 more buys (unless we ship Ziyech) CF (or course, and a Håland deal is looking real shaky I have to admit, ffs) CMF, and DMF

 

[R2D2 368]

United getting Sancho, linked to Varane and Camavinga, meanwhile Marina sunbathing on the beach.

Edited June 27, 2021 by R2D2

[Jase 43,479]

10 hours ago, Mário César said:

Source?

 

10 hours ago, Vesper said:

might be this, not sure

https://football-italia.net/inter-and-psg-down-to-details-for-hakimi/

 

[Jase 43,479]

10 hours ago, Pizy said:

So not only will Hakimi not be anywhere near the 80m we were led to believe Inter demanded, but we never even actually put a bid in. 😑😑😑

Are we asleep?

Couple of possibilities here:

1. We were interested but not too interested till the point we are desperate to throw close to £70 million for Hakimi. This is the same club that didn't want to pay over £70 million for Van Dijk few years ago and were reluctant to pay £50 million for Chilwell last summer. So maybe the club have a limit on how much they are willing to pay for a defender.

2. The club underestimated Inter's desperation for money? They wanted straight up cash while we tried to offer cash + player but that went out of the window as soon as PSG were willing to just offer cash straight up for Hakimi. It's a bit like last year where no one could really afford anything and we just came in and bought players we had the money. Different case now with some clubs able to spend again.

[Pizy 18,944]

1 hour ago, Jas said:

Couple of possibilities here:

1. We were interested but not too interested till the point we are desperate to throw close to £70 million for Hakimi. This is the same club that didn't want to pay over £70 million for Van Dijk few years ago and were reluctant to pay £50 million for Chilwell last summer. So maybe the club have a limit on how much they are willing to pay for a defender.

2. The club underestimated Inter's desperation for money? They wanted straight up cash while we tried to offer cash + player but that went out of the window as soon as PSG were willing to just offer cash straight up for Hakimi. It's a bit like last year where no one could really afford anything and we just came in and bought players we had the money. Different case now with some clubs able to spend again.

My guess is #1. We were probably interested and thought we could have a free run at him. But when PSG came in we never took our interest any further because we didn’t want to take part in a bidding war. We wanted him but not at a crazy price.

Missing out on Hakimi is a shame because he would’ve killed it in the PL and offered a whole new dimension to our attack. But I’m not going to cry about it as long as we kick into gear and start making moves.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

My guess is #1. We were probably interested and thought we could have a free run at him. But when PSG came in we never took our interest any further because we didn’t want to take part in a bidding war. We wanted him but not at a crazy price.

Missing out on Hakimi is a shame because he would’ve killed it in the PL and offered a whole new dimension to our attack. But I’m not going to cry about it as long as we kick into gear and start making moves.

One theory is also that we only showed interest to make Psg up the price so Inter can afford to buy our dregs 

[Jype 6,398]

11 hours ago, R2D2 said:

United getting Sancho, linked to Varane and Camavinga, meanwhile Marina sunbathing on the beach.

United's transfer dealings deserve absolutely zero praise though.

If their board had any competence at all they should have easily wrapped up Sancho a year ago already. The 'links' to Varane and Camavinga are just that, links. Those moves might materialize or they might not, but a bid has not been made and as far as I know United are not in advanced negotiations for these players.

Transfer dealings are funny. Pretty much everyone thinks their own clubs are not efficient enough because they religiously check the news multiple times every day and 99% times there's no updates so they think the club are not doing anything, but for other clubs they are not as emotionally invested and only see news of confirmed transfers when they happen so they might think the other club is more efficient in the market. In reality the other transfers take ages to complete too but you just don't follow the transfer saga as much.

Edited June 27, 2021 by Jype

[Atomiswave 6,117]

Nah Hakimi would have been quality for us, we dont need alot to compete for the title and we blew it for this one. Im looking forward how the board will back another winning manager or just blow it all once again.

[DH1988 1,348]

We have no idea of the actualities of it, but my opinion, is that Ziyech really steered this one away from us. I cannot fathom the reality of choosing PSG over a club that is challenging for leagues and just won the UCL.

[MoroccanBlue 5,383]

41 minutes ago, DH1988 said:

We have no idea of the actualities of it, but my opinion, is that Ziyech really steered this one away from us. I cannot fathom the reality of choosing PSG over a club that is challenging for leagues and just won the UCL.

We never even bid. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, DH1988 said:

We have no idea of the actualities of it, but my opinion, is that Ziyech really steered this one away from us. I cannot fathom the reality of choosing PSG over a club that is challenging for leagues and just won the UCL.

Unless someone has a bloody proof that is the case, I really can't fathom why people are choosing to stick with a conspiracy theory. Is it because Ziyech is an easy target due to his situation at the club?

Just because we just won the Champions League, it doesn't give us a god's given right to expect players should be choosing us over other clubs, regardless of whether it's PSG or not. 

If the reports are true - in that the club only tried to offer cash + player and didn't push hard for the deal compared to PSG - then is it any wonder why Hakimi chose them over us? Only one club have made him feel wanted and that club ain't us. It never looked like we got into an advanced negotiation stage with Inter because of our offer. It didn't seem like we were willing to pay up straight cash but wanted to low ball by paying smaller amount of money and offering a deadwood to them. Also, Hakimi's decision could be linked to his wife, who apparently is an actress and often goes to Paris and stays there for an extended period of time. Joining PSG would allow them to be together more often etc.

[DDA 9,941]

I'm surprisingly calm about transfers... maybe because we just won the CL and have such a young squad and a big one too. I couldn't give a flying fuck about that twat Hikimi..  he wants to play for that Sunday league team in France, so be it. I'm more interested in the striker we need... Haaland. If we only sign him... I'll be happy.

[Jase 43,479]

15 minutes ago, DDA said:

I'm surprisingly calm about transfers... maybe because we just won the CL and have such a young squad and a big one too. I couldn't give a flying fuck about that twat Hikimi..  he wants to play for that Sunday league team in France, so be it. I'm more interested in the striker we need... Haaland. If we only sign him... I'll be happy.

But how will you react if we don't sign Haaland (which has a possibility of it not happening at all)? 👀

[MoroccanBlue 5,383]

Then god have mercy on Timo Werner and the stick he’ll inevitably receive. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Then god have mercy on Timo Werner and the stick he’ll inevitably receive. 

You don't think we'll go for another striker if we don't sign Haaland?