Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 18,323]

1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said:

So fourth choice CM is.....?

Sadly, it’s looking like one of RLC or Ampadu I guess. Which is scary if we pick up an injury or two.

[Atomiswave 6,072]

5 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

So fourth choice CM is.....?

When needed its gonna be Mount I guess

[Styl1994 188]

20 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

When needed its gonna be Mount I guess

James can play there 

Christensen 

Mount 

RLC 

Chalobah 

Kounde if he comes could be tried there 

 

sounds to me like Tuchel really wanted Rice and is prepared to make do until next summer. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

2 hours ago, Milan said:

Zouma seems fairly popular in the squad, but less talented than say Christensen and not really suited for the TT style of football. He is still a good option though.

Chalobah is probably ahead of him now, I would sell. His ball playing ability is a liability. 

[Special Juan 27,387]

Have to get rid of Zouma and get Kounde, no brainer.

[MoroccanBlue 5,281]

2 hours ago, Styl1994 said:

James can play there 

Christensen 

Mount 

RLC 

Chalobah 

Kounde if he comes could be tried there 

 

sounds to me like Tuchel really wanted Rice and is prepared to make do until next summer. 

This is just going to lead to Jorginho getting overplayed and more frequent individual errors. 

[NikkiCFC 7,899]

I hope John knows this is not going to happen so it is just a joke otherwise it would be stupid to put pressure on Zouma about this and fuck club because we really need to sell him to the club who offers money we want even if it is Spurs.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,416]

I have a hard time believing Levy ever does business with us. 

[NikkiCFC 7,899]

On 17/07/2021 at 00:29, NikkiCFC said:

We want 4th midfielder but from the perspective of that player is not that simply.

Jorginho and Kante had strong finish of the season. According to bookies they are in top7 most likely winners of Ballon d Or! So they are certain starters.

Kova is also someone TT likes a lot and will play his regular 2500-3000 mins. So where would that leave our 4th MF? Look how much was space there for Billy.

I spoke about this month ago and this is the reason why we dont have 4th MF yet. Youngsters want regular minutes and targets are too good to be 4th choice.

 

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[Pizy 18,323]

I think Rice will be our Lukaku-like marquee signing next summer as he’ll probably cost Grealish money. 
 

No midfielder this summer as we’re going to wait for him is my guess. Our incoming business looks finished.

[LAM09 6,687]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

I think Rice will be our Lukaku-like marquee signing next summer as he’ll probably cost Grealish money. 
 

No midfielder this summer as we’re going to wait for him is my guess. Our incoming business looks finished.

I'm against the signing at £60-70m, let alone £100m~. We shouldn't even think about entertaining such offers.

Edited August 18, 2021 by LAM09

[ZAPHOD2319 4,416]

I dont think our board cares anything about Rice. They told Lampard to stop it about Rice. He was there all this window and he never looked his way. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Jype 6,398]

3 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I dont think our board cares anything about Rice. They told Lampard to stop it about Rice. He was there all this window and he never looked his way. 

I think reason why the board & Tuchel never went after Rice this summer was clear. Like Nizaar Kinsella and Liam Twomey said in the tweets above, Rice is not a player being bought as a 4th midfielder and currently that's what the club needs. Zero sense buying Rice for a huge fee and have him compete for playing time with the same three midfielders who just convincingly won the club the UCL title, two of whom are even tipped to be among the top5 in this years Ballon d'Or voting.

Last year the club already spent a HUGE amount of money on Werner, Havertz, Ziyech, Chilwell and Mendy so they told Lampard he can't have Rice too. Maybe the board weren't completely convinced by Rice at the time, and more importantly they weren't fully convinced by Frank himself so they were unwilling to pay a huge fee for a midfielder that the next manager might not rate.Now Rice had another stellar season and Tuchel got interested as well, but not enough to replace Kante, Jorginho or Kovacic who all performed really well. 

I've said it many times that the time to get Rice is in 1-2 years, assuming he's still available by then, because without him signing a new contract at West Ham the price can't keep increasing forever and there will come a time when he'll have less time left on his current deal and West Ham will be forced to sell for a lower fee (still probably £60-70M but nowhere near £90-100M they seem to be demanding now). Kante is already 30 and Jorginho will be in a few months as well, so Rice could well be a long term target to get in later.

[Strike 7,192]

12 hours ago, Styl1994 said:

James can play there 

Christensen 

Mount 

RLC 

Chalobah 

Kounde if he comes could be tried there

sounds to me like Tuchel really wanted Rice and is prepared to make do until next summer. 

Even Ampadu. Not overly worried about CM 4

Squad is also stacked in attacking positions - Pulisic, CHO, Ziyech - one of them is going to find it hard to be in the XI without injuries

[Strike 7,192]

Credit to Marina/board tbh - lot of the dregs are out/on the way out. Striker is in. Some questionable deals like Guehi, Tomori but overall a good summer. A month ago people on her were constantly at it saying we're repeating 2017 all over again - its been nothing like it.

[Pizy 18,323]

7 hours ago, LAM09 said:

I'm against the signing at £60-70m, let alone £100m~. We shouldn't even think about entertaining such offers.

Tbh, if he has another top class season like the last one (and judging by the first game the other day he will) I definitely think someone will pay £85-100m for him, be it ourselves, City, or United. No reason for West Ham to sell for a pound less than Grealish since they’re similar situations. Multiple years left on their contracts, their best/most important player, and he’s very young + English.

He’s going to cost a bomb for sure. I can see us doing it if Kante has an injury ravaged season.