Chelsea Transfers

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

The window will end with no one coming in besides Dylan Williams off Derby.

 

the Dembele rumours are utter BS IMO

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Juventus strike €75m deal to sign Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/25/juventus-75m-deal-sign-dusan-vlahovic-from-fiorentina#:~:text=Juventus strike €75m deal to sign Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina,-Serbia striker was&text=Juventus have reached an agreement,is due to go through.

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1 hour ago, ChelseaFanUK said:

The window will end with no one coming in besides Dylan Williams off Derby.

 

the Dembele rumours are utter BS IMO

No smoke without fire. 

He's coming. 

[Jase 43,479]

15 minutes ago, DDA said:

No smoke without fire. 

He's coming. 

Maybe but pointless to spend money on him now when we can get him for free in the summer. It's not as if we are desperate for an attacker right now. That being said, the rumors seem to come about because of the connection with Tuchel rather than something more logical (at least at this point in time). 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

4 hours ago, Jase said:

Maybe but pointless to spend money on him now when we can get him for free in the summer. It's not as if we are desperate for an attacker right now. That being said, the rumors seem to come about because of the connection with Tuchel rather than something more logical (at least at this point in time). 

I would say its more that Barca are desperate to get him out right now than us wanting to get him in.

Tuchel got a tune out of him at Dortmund, where he was excellent. Whether or not he could repeat that here who knows but someone with his natural talent and considering how ambidextrous he is as a footballer, I find it strange he’s never really got going properly in Spain. Also any move really depends on Ziyech, Pulisic, Werner and CHOs positions and futures here as in who would be staying and who would be going, because we cannot have too many wide players. 

He and Santi Cazorla are the most naturally two footed footballers I’ve ever seen in recent times, like basically impeccable technique with both feet to the point where if you didn’t know what foot was their strongest, you couldn’t tell their natural one when watching them. 

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14 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

He and Santi Cazorla are the most naturally two footed footballers I’ve ever seen in recent times, like basically impeccable technique with both feet to the point where if you didn’t know what foot was their strongest, you couldn’t tell their natural one when watching them. 

Even Pedro was decent

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1 minute ago, Strike said:

Even Pedro was decent

Also true but I think those 2 were much better at it, seemed much more natural.

De Bruyne would also be in with a shout but think he and Pedro are probably similar level for that too.

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If we’ve heard ZERO from Matt Law, any of the other reliable Chelsea sources, or the Here We Go guy about Dembele then there’s nothing in it. Just junk reporting from random dudes in Spain who are stirring stuff for clicks. They’re putting our name out there because we are the only club that were loosely linked with him at one point.

[LAM09 7,061]

8 hours ago, Jase said:

Nah. Same thing with what I said regarding Dortmund. 

  There isn't going to be a step up or a move to a team of similar calibre for CHO if he can't make it here, so he'll have to choose between being a bench player or a starter at a lesser club.

8 hours ago, Jase said:

Who in Spain could want him? Barcelona are broke. Real Madrid are going after Mbappe and maybe Haaland as well. Atletico are probably the only one. 

Barcelona are seemingly broke but linked with players on a daily basis. If they really want to make a push, they'd find a way.

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46 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

  There isn't going to be a step up or a move to a team of similar calibre for CHO if he can't make it here, so he'll have to choose between being a bench player or a starter at a lesser club.

Barcelona are seemingly broke but linked with players on a daily basis. If they really want to make a push, they'd find a way.

The president of Barca said recently something along the lines of they are ‘ready to make big moves again in the transfer market’ so them being skint, would take it with a pinch of salt. The salary cap is likely what is fucking them more than anything just now re registering player. Although again, would expect this big moves in the market thing to be more meaning in the summer as this is when clubs normally make these big moves in the market. Plus they are reportedly set to be offered huge £67m a year sponsorship deal in the summer as they are negotiating this with a few potential sponsors. IIRC they got a €500m loan from Goldman Sachs in 2021 right after the end of last season.

This club X, Y or Z being skint narrative is all well and good but the supposed clubs are contradicting it heavily also. Juve are making a big signing this window in Vlahovic, Inter are buying Goosens this month, close to agreeing a summer deal for Bremer from Torino and are also heavily suspected to approach Dybala too for next summer which will apparently cost a lot in wages, around €10m per yesr. Barca went and signed Ferran Torres for 50 odd million too (albeit structured in instalments).

If they are really that skint, why are these things happening? They must be able to manoeuvre some sort of money around to get these deals done/make moves. 

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1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

Barcelona are seemingly broke but linked with players on a daily basis. If they really want to make a push, they'd find a way.

They have mostly been linked with cheap players/free agents, no? It's no secret that their debt is still over 1 million and that they have been trying to bring down their wages to meet La Liga's salary cap rules. 

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12 hours ago, Vesper said:

Levi Colwill may be ready. he really looks a potential beast

I think Colwill will be better served having another year on loan, hopefully being able to step up to playing for a team in the Prem.

With the likes of Mount and James stepping up immediately from the Championship they were at least walking into a squad they had a very good chance of playing regularly within. I don't think Colwill is in that position yet, even more so if we were to play with a back 4 more often moving forward. Whilst Tuchel rotates the midfielders and attackers a lot, he doesn't do it nearly as much with the defence unless players are unavailable.

I think coming back to play 4th or 5th choice won't help him. He needs chance to develop further. Gallagher and Broja probably would have experienced something similar here this year if they'd stayed and going out on loan has really seen their development reach a new level.

Whilst Sarr isn't the greatest on the ball he has filled in admirably recently and defensively has been pretty good in recent games. He reminds me of Zouma somewhat where I don't think he's good enough to be playing regularly but he's solid and dependable as a squad option. 

The best thing in my opinion Chelsea could do is retain Sarr for another year as a squad player and loan out Colwill for a year in the hope he kicks on even more and can come back in the summer of 2023 to take Thiago Silva's place in the squad, as I assume that will likely be the time he decides to go back to Brazil.

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4 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Inter are buying Goosens this month, close to agreeing a summer deal for Bremer from Torino and are also heavily suspected to approach Dybala too for next summer which will apparently cost a lot in wages, around €10m per yesr. 

If they are really that skint, why are these things happening? They must be able to manoeuvre some sort of money around to get these deals done/make moves. 

Conte should have just stayed at Inter.

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55 minutes ago, Jase said:

Conte should have just stayed at Inter.

Probably looking back on it, he should have. 

[LAM09 7,061]

7 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

The president of Barca said recently something along the lines of they are ‘ready to make big moves again in the transfer market’ so them being skint, would take it with a pinch of salt. The salary cap is likely what is fucking them more than anything just now re registering player. Although again, would expect this big moves in the market thing to be more meaning in the summer as this is when clubs normally make these big moves in the market. Plus they are reportedly set to be offered huge £67m a year sponsorship deal in the summer as they are negotiating this with a few potential sponsors. IIRC they got a €500m loan from Goldman Sachs in 2021 right after the end of last season.

This club X, Y or Z being skint narrative is all well and good but the supposed clubs are contradicting it heavily also. Juve are making a big signing this window in Vlahovic, Inter are buying Goosens this month, close to agreeing a summer deal for Bremer from Torino and are also heavily suspected to approach Dybala too for next summer which will apparently cost a lot in wages, around €10m per yesr. Barca went and signed Ferran Torres for 50 odd million too (albeit structured in instalments).

If they are really that skint, why are these things happening? They must be able to manoeuvre some sort of money around to get these deals done/make moves. 

  It's all noise. They might not be powering over the rest of the respective teams in their leagues, but they aren't strapped for cash either & normal business will resume. 

7 hours ago, Jase said:

They have mostly been linked with cheap players/free agents, no? It's no secret that their debt is still over 1 million and that they have been trying to bring down their wages to meet La Liga's salary cap rules. 

They just bought Torres & are linked with Morata. As @OneMoSalah mentioned, wages are the issue for them. Also, they have a few players that could rake in a decent fee for them, de Jong being one of them.

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3 hours ago, Jase said:

Conte should have just stayed at Inter.

he went from BARELLA to Harry Winks!!!!

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[Mário César 1,280]

ffs no news yet?

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7 minutes ago, Mário César said:

ffs no news yet?

Reece James is back in training. Kenedy recalled and we bought Derby's LB. Don't know why you expect more. 

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At least we have Lukaku for the next 5 years.