Chelsea Transfers

[Muzchap 8,966]

Off topic but an International player in Manchester has been arrested for child sex abuse allegations.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-premier-league-footballer-arrested-24571071

Sad sad world 

[Tomo 21,733]

26 minutes ago, Muzchap said:

Off topic but an International player in Manchester has been arrested for child sex abuse allegations.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-premier-league-footballer-arrested-24571071

Sad sad world 

I won't name the person as innocent until proven guilty but from what I'm hearing it isn't a player for the Manchester clubs.

[Superblue 6,370]

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

I won't name the person as innocent until proven guilty but from what I'm hearing it isn't a player for the Manchester clubs.

Yep, it seems someone has already been sentenced as guilty on Twitter if anyone wonders who it is rumoured to be.

[Pizy 18,368]

14 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I won't name the person as innocent until proven guilty but from what I'm hearing it isn't a player for the Manchester clubs.

 

12 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Yep, it seems someone has already been sentenced as guilty on Twitter if anyone wonders who it is rumoured to be.

Can’t find anything. Now I’m curious who it is.

[DDA 9,690]

I'm hearing its a player from Celtic but that's not gospel.

[Muzchap 8,966]

People are saying Gylfi from Everton.

Reading more into it - it seems like the player was messaging an underage girl. So probably a 15yr old pretending to be 20 years old or something, like Graham Rix fell foul of.

It happens and with filters and Instagram you have no idea how old the person you are talking to is. 

[Superblue 6,370]

3 minutes ago, DDA said:

I'm hearing its a player from Celtic but that's not gospel.

I think this might relate to a different incident a couple of weeks ago.

[DDA 9,690]

16 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I think this might relate to a different incident a couple of weeks ago.

Yea a fella from work just said the same thing. Either way, it's a fucked up World.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

9 minutes ago, Muzchap said:

People are saying Gylfi from Everton.

Reading more into it - it seems like the player was messaging an underage girl. So probably a 15yr old pretending to be 20 years old or something, like Graham Rix fell foul of.

It happens and with filters and Instagram you have no idea how old the person you are talking to is. 

Same thing happened to James Franco. Nothing happened in the end because he didn't knew her age or she lied she is older. 

[Vesper 28,863]

 

Gylfi Sigurdsson

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2193203/club-statement

Everton can confirm it has suspended a First-Team player pending a police investigation. The Club will continue to support the authorities with their inquiries and will not be making any further statement at this time.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

United finished 7 points ahead of us last season. They add Sancho and Varane plus will add MF. Linked with Camavinga, Rice, Saul. And RB - Trippier.

While we are doing nothing? Hoping new players from last season will come good is dangerous game. From last season Mendy and Silva did almost perfect. Chilwell was very solid, no one really expected more from him.

I am sure Kai will be much, much more effective.

Not so optimistic about Werner and problem with Ziyech is that can we really afford to give him more game time? Last season he played just 1900 mins with 6g and 4a which is solid.

But I feel Werner, Mount, Pulisic will be ahead of him.

We should improve and refresh squad in terms of quality. But not only striker. For example we have Guehi, Tomori sold, ok nice but now sell Zouma and I see many fans be like Sarr or Ampadu can fill the spot.

I disagree with that. We should buy top, world class CB who is ranked ahead of Rudi, Chris... And they fight for spot in defense... This is what top teams do. Liverpool have VVD and Gomez back but they also add Konate.

City have Laporte on the bench. UTD scored 15 goals more than us and they add Sancho who is 20g, 20a per season player.

It is naive to think we have great defense and midfield, no new players needed there. But average players are indeed not needed. We need one new world class player in every line.

Before Hakimi signed for PSG I genuinely believed our transfer window could be something like this: Varane/Romagnoli, Hakimi, Locatelli/Tielemans, Haaland.

At the moment looks like Hakimi and Haaland are off and we will sign lower quality CB and MF than expected.

Edited July 20, 2021 by NikkiCFC

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Same thing happened to James Franco. Nothing happened in the end because he didn't knew her age or she lied she is older. 

That’s not what happened with James Franco. 

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

14 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

That’s not what happened with James Franco. 

https://www.her.ie/celeb/james-franco-accused-of-trying-to-meet-underage-girl-in-hotel-122159

Yes, this is his first incident. Very similar to this football player.

Years after, many more women accused him of improper behavior and his career is destroyed. And now he has to pay 2m. But I was not speaking about this.

[Blue Armour 4,290]

I'll admit, if the Haaland situation doesn't improve, Kalajdzic is an intriguing option, especially its for relatively low transfer fees and wages. 

I like the fact that he seems to be more than a striker, and rather a true CF that can set up others for goals too. 

However Havertz and Werner can do that too.The question is about what he offers that our current forwards can't. Aerial ability, maybe? With Giroud's departure we are lacking in that department for sure.

[robsblubot 3,508]

5 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

United finished 7 points ahead of us last season. They add Sancho and Varane plus will add MF. Linked with Camavinga, Rice, Saul. And RB - Trippier.

While we are doing nothing? Hoping new players from last season will come good is dangerous game. From last season Mendy and Silva did almost perfect. Chilwell was very solid, no one really expected more from him.

I am sure Kai will be much, much more effective.

Not so optimistic about Werner and problem with Ziyech is that can we really afford to give him more game time? Last season he played just 1900 mins with 6g and 4a which is solid.

But I feel Werner, Mount, Pulisic will be ahead of him.

We should improve and refresh squad in terms of quality. But not only striker. For example we have Guehi, Tomori sold, ok nice but now sell Zouma and I see many fans be like Sarr or Ampadu can fill the spot.

I disagree with that. We should buy top, world class CB who is ranked ahead of Rudi, Chris... And they fight for spot in defense... This is what top teams do. Liverpool have VVD and Gomez back but they also add Konate.

CIty have Laporte on the bench. UTD scored 15 goals more than us and they add Sancho who is 20g, 20a per season player.

It is naive to think we have great defense and midfield, no new players needed there. But average players are indeed not needed. We need one new world class player in every line.

Before Hakimi signed for PSG I genuinely believed our transfer window could be something like this: Varane/Romagnoli, Hakimi, Locatelli/Tielemans, Haaland.

At the moment looks like Hakimi and Haaland are off and we will sign lower quality CB and MF than expected.

Zouma is sellable, but not sure Ziyech - we are prob giving him wages he couldn't get anywhere else, which makes it hard to get him out of the club. I suspect he's an easy game performer. Will do his MotM performance against a small club, but vanish against anything tougher.

Laporte on the bench for City looks attainable indeed, and a ball-playing CB at that. 

I understand why you are not optimistic about Werner, but I think even small tweaks in his game can turn him into a much more lethal weapon. Yes, easier said than done, but have faith.

The issue with the striker position is that either we get a Haaland type, or it's simply not an improvement over the players we've got. We are not going to bench Kai to field a mindless standing pole, regardless how many goals he can tap in.

BTW, United will be held back by Fred, the same way City has been by Fernandinho - both not good enough at this level for very different reasons.

Edited July 20, 2021 by robsblubot

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

Ziyech also scored 3 of his 6 goals in big games. City x2 and Atletico.

Edited July 20, 2021 by NikkiCFC

[robsblubot 3,508]

19 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Ziyech also scored 3 of his 6 goals in big games. City x2 and Atletico.

Good point, but I do see him a bit like a soft footballer. So, not sure he can consistently turn up, and by that I don't mean the occasional goal and assist, but I mean really compete. Can't imagine he trains a whole lot better hence why he does not play often regardless of manager. Mata was like that too, got that goal and assist in, but wasn't a participant for most of the game.

This is one of the occasions I'd very much like to be wrong, but don't think I am.
 

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

Announce 3rd candidate! We would really use any of them (except Neymar).

Plus I posted this to annoy some people with photo on bottom left 😁