Chelsea Transfers

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Well I think it is a fairly logical leap Zouma would be someone the club would sell, as: 

1) He clearly doesn't fit TT's style 

2) He is the type of defender a lot of PL clubs would like

3) His minutes were starting to dwindle to Tammy numbers

4) We have so many players, some will need to be sold, who could admittedly be handy, in order to raise some capital. 

I will freely admit, this is me crystal ball gazing and not based on any sort of fact. So, please take more as a projection/prediction rather than me stating it will be a fact/is happening. 

I knew it! 😪

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

With James now hopefully Zouma is merely an emergency option. 

[Vesper 29,169]

15 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

A veteran and proven goal scorer is what we need. Given the amount investment we have made in our young attackers. Haaland was never going to happen. We could do much worse.

he isn't coming here

for a multiplicity of reasons

Manure being a big one

I am just gobsmacked that a sarcastic throw-away line by Jason has been latched onto and one of the players in it is now being given weight as some sort of viable path to pursue

[Vesper 29,169]

15 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

With James now hopefully Zouma is merely an emergency option. 

we REALLY need to sell Zouma

so many teams would want him

he just doesn't fit our scheme, but he is a more than viable CB in the right situation

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

we REALLY need to sell Zouma

so many teams would want him

he just doesn't fit our scheme, but he is a more than viable CB in the right situation

If we sell Zouma, we will likely then have to get a replacement because that would leave us with just 3 out-and-out CBs and one of them is soon to be 37 years old while another 2 is like half-CB and half-RWB at the moment.

[Vesper 29,169]

16 minutes ago, Jas said:

If we sell Zouma, we will likely then have to get a replacement because that would leave us with just 3 out-and-out CBs and one of them is soon to be 37 years old while another 2 is like half-CB and half-RWB at the moment.

Romagnoli is there for the taking at a cut rate price compared to what was wanted in the past

then there is Maxence Lacroix and Sven Botman

finally, IF he really wants out and Pep truly is putting him up for sale, there is Laporte, who I absolutely still rate

Both Romagnoli and Laporte are left footers as well.

Any of these 4 are a big upgrade over Zouma, and selling him covers a lot of the cost

 

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[King Kante 1,525]

3 hours ago, Clockwork said:

A veteran and proven goal scorer is what we need. Given the amount investment we have made in our young attackers. Haaland was never going to happen. We could do much worse.

If we need a veteran striker, Benzema is the one (who is also unavailable) to go for. CR7 is far too greedy to pump up his stats to be in this side. 

[King Kante 1,525]

3 hours ago, Jas said:

If we sell Zouma, we will likely then have to get a replacement because that would leave us with just 3 out-and-out CBs and one of them is soon to be 37 years old while another 2 is like half-CB and half-RWB at the moment.

Tbh, the RCB gets played as a Half Back in the current system. Not sure you need a 'real' CB for the position. Dave and James are fine imo for that position. 

[Hashishi 148]

The problem is next season when Rudiger, Christensen, Azpi and Silva's contracts finish. We will be left with Zouma and Ampadu with no planning. A CB around Christensen's age, e.g. Romagnoli, would set us up in that position for a while. 

I think we have more pressing matters, and letting someone like Ampadu play 5th or 6th CB isn't the worst idea, even if Zouma is sold. Tuchel seems to spot player talent better than Lampard and I'm guessing a full preseason will allow him to see what we have. I think we might see one or two surprises a la Moses under Conte. 

[Jase 43,479]

27 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Tbh, the RCB gets played as a Half Back in the current system. Not sure you need a 'real' CB for the position. Dave and James are fine imo for that position. 

Well, either we get a RWB then or an out-and-out CB.

If we sell Zouma, we'll have only 3 out-and-out CBs in Rudiger, Christensen and Silva and I'm not sure Silva's fitness, especially, will hold up for an entire season. If one of them gets injured, then James or Azpi will be moved to the middle three, then leaving the other one for the RWB slot with no backup. Of course, Tuchel could switch to a back 4 or CHO can be used as a RWB but god knows where he is now in Tuchel's mind.

[Hashishi 148]

1 minute ago, Jas said:

Well, either we get a RWB then or an out-and-out CB.

If we sell Zouma, we'll have only 3 out-and-out CBs in Rudiger, Christensen and Silva and I'm not sure Silva's fitness, especially, will hold up for an entire season. If one of them gets injured, then James or Azpi will be moved to the middle three, then leaving the other one for the RWB slot with no backup. Of course, Tuchel could switch to a back 4 or CHO can be used as a RWB but god knows where he is now in Tuchel's mind.

We will sign Traore or promote Livramento. We have CBs coming back from loan and in the academy too. We need to find ways to utilise what we have before spending a 30-40m of squad players. Especially if we want to buy Haaland or Mbappe. 

[NikkiCFC 8,067]

Why are you guys concerned about MF? We have 2 ballon d'or candidates 😌

[Hashishi 148]

12 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Why are you guys concerned about MF? We have 2 ballon d'or candidates 😌

Because our depth is 1. We have 3 MFs competing for 2 spots. If Kante gets injured, we can't win the league with Jorginho/Kovacic pivot.

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

13 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

Because our depth is 1. We have 3 MFs competing for 2 spots. If Kante gets injured, we can't win the league with Jorginho/Kovacic pivot.

agree. we completely ran jorginho and kante in the ground after kova's injury and it bit us. we need another one for cover.

[King Kante 1,525]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

agree. we completely ran jorginho and kante in the ground after kova's injury and it bit us. we need another one for cover.

With Billy going, we must have someone in mind, even if that is Gallagher. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, King Kante said:

With Billy going, we must have someone in mind, even if that is Gallagher. 

Bakayoko. 🙃

[Hashishi 148]

2 minutes ago, King Kante said:

With Billy going, we must have someone in mind, even if that is Gallagher. 

I think it's because a loan is the best thing for the players development. Keeping him here to play half a role another season will stunt his growth. Gallagher spent last season at West Brom, I think he's ready to cover. I would definitely prefer someone like Barella or Locatelli to improve us though. 

[King Kante 1,525]

8 minutes ago, Jas said:

Bakayoko. 🙃

Lets hope not.