Chelsea Transfers

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Raphinha:

Chelsea transfer target playing in West Yorkshire agrees on terms with Barcelona

https://astamfordbridgetoofar.com/2022/03/Chelsea-transfer-news-barcelona-personal-agreement-leeds-united-winger-raphinha/

According to the Spanish publication Sport (h/t The Sun), Chelsea have been dealt a transfer blow as Barcelona have reached a personal agreement with Leeds United attacker Raphinha. He has been one of the best players in his position at Leeds for a while and seems to be in line to leave his club this summer.

The Brazilian has a contract with Leeds until 2024, but he is expected to depart his side at the end of this season. His club was eager to tie him down on a new deal, but he has rejected the latest proposal. Barca have taken advantage of this situation and have found common ground with the winger ahead of a summer transfer.

The Blaugrana side has agreed to terms with the 25-year-old over a five-year contract and has tabled an initial bid of £29million to the Whites as well. The Spanish side enjoyed an edge over the competitors as the forward’s agent, Deco, played with them in the past and is also currently a scout for them in South America.

Chelsea still have a chance

This supposed deal is, of course, not yet a done deal as the Catalans are yet to agree to the transfer fees with Jesse Marsch’s side. Moreover, the English side is currently keeping a firm stance that his £70million release clause must be activated. As such, we can use that to make a final stand and make our case for signing the Premier League attacker.

It would not be easy at all, with the Whites ace already having made up his mind according to the piece of information stated above. However, there is always a possibility that he can change his stance in the future, so we should not give up just yet. That being said, we must be wary of Liverpool, who are also keeping tabs on his situation.

However, the sanctions imposed on Thomas Tuchel’s side prevent them from engaging in transfer dealings, which would be another blow for us. After all, we would be forced to solve this ownership uncertainty before setting things up for a potential move. Hence, we must take care of that matter as soon as possible so as not to lose out on our targets.

Since the Brazil international has already refused to sign an offer from his current club that would have doubled his wages, it’s not wrong to take that as an indication that he is looking to leave them after all. Currently, we have ample forwards in our ranks but a player like Raphinha is certainly someone we would be wise to not say no to.

Only time will tell us an answer on whether we can retaliate and pip the La Liga club in the process to strike a deal with the West Yorkshire-based club. If we miss out on him, it would, however, not be the end of the world for us.

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West Ham want £150m for Declan Rice as value peaks

https://www.Chelsea-news.co/2022/03/west-ham-want-150m-for-declan-rice-as-value-peaks/

West Ham will demand a £150m for Declan Rice this summer, according to Ian Ladyman in the Daily Mail.

The Hammer have clung onto the midfielder for a few windows now despite major demand, but the looming finish to his contract means the club have accepted they have to cash in this summer.

They are hoping for a British transfer record fee for the box to box monster, who was in the Chelsea academy before being released and moving to West Ham.

Chelsea have long seemed like his most likely destination, but the uncertainty at the club could hamstring them at the vital moment after years of hovering.

Despite their long pursuit, the Blues might find themselves plumping for a cheaper option – but it all depends on who is in charge of the club in a month’s time.

It’s yet another reason to sort the ownership situation out as quickly as possible.

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Declan Rice told why Chelsea won't splurge £150m this summer amid Man Utd and Real Madrid talk

Chelsea News: West Ham star Declan Rice has had yet another new price tag attached to him as the east Londoners make their final stance clear ahead of the summer

https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/transfer-news/declan-rice-Chelsea-real-madrid-23473756

West Ham star Declan Rice has been told that Chelsea will not be able to spend £150million on his services this summer due to current sanctions and has been recommended a Real Madrid move over any Premier League transfer as a consequence.

Rice, 23, has been a pivotal figure in David Moyes' side who continue to impress this season in English football's top flight but even the Europa League this term with Lyon on the horizon in the quarter-finals. Whilst all focus from his perspective is on trying to achieve a successful season with West Ham - which could end up resulting in a famous European trophy if things go their way - his contract situation has a number of clubs eyeing up the possibilities of a transfer swoop.

However, the Hammers' new valuation of £150million, as per the Daily Mail, has shown interested suitors that they will have to break the British transfer record set by Man City's summer signing of Jack Grealish last term. Something that will put many off, and football.london understands that West Ham do not want to sell their star player at any price despite him having just two years remaining on his current contract and an admission that he wants to win trophies.

His contract situation is something that gives hope to the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Man United and Real Madrid, but former Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor believes the latter two of the quartet have a better chance of landing the Three Lions international due to certain reasons. He explained on talkSPORT: "I look at Manchester City and they've got Rodri, haven't they.

"I know Fernandinho might be leaving but Rodri plays a lot of their games and he suits the way Man City play, so maybe that's not an option. I look at Chelsea, they haven't got the chance to buy any players. Liverpool have got Fabinho and Henderson. Manchester United is the only club in the Premier League that he'll want to go to.

Agbonlahor then went on to recommend a certain move abroad instead of a big money transfer to Old Trafford: "But will he really want to go to Manchester United? He wants to win trophies and play Champions League football. They might not have that next season and they don't look like they are going to win the Premier League anytime soon.

"Maybe Declan Rice will be looking at somewhere else in Europe. If I'm him [Rice], then I'm not ruling out somewhere else in Europe- I'm not ruling out Real Madrid. You look at Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, they are still doing it but are getting on a bit- why not? If Real Madrid have the money to go for him, he'd rather choose Real Madrid over Man United at the moment, 100%."

If Rice were to move in a shock transfer to the Santiago Bernabeu this summer, it could open the door for Chelsea to swoop in on long term target Aurelien Tchouameni if sanction restrictions are lifted.

Edited March 23, 2022 by Vesper

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So in other words, Declan Rice has Harry Kane’d himself by signing that super long contract. He’s going nowhere until his contract expires. Even when he’s down to his final year he’ll only be 25 so WH will still have no desire to sell their best player for cheaper than £100m.

Any young footballer who agrees to a contract longer than like 3 years these days is a gigantic idiot.

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The MARCA reports with regards to Tchou are a little worrying. 

I still do firmly believe we have the best relationship with Monaco and Tchou given our interaction with them the past few years. Just hope this gets sorted quick because missing out on him would be terrible. 

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24 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

The MARCA reports with regards to Tchou are a little worrying. 

I still do firmly believe we have the best relationship with Monaco and Tchou given our interaction with them the past few years. Just hope this gets sorted quick because missing out on him would be terrible. 

he battered PSG

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3 hours ago, Pizy said:

So in other words, Declan Rice has Harry Kane’d himself by signing that super long contract. He’s going nowhere until his contract expires. Even when he’s down to his final year he’ll only be 25 so WH will still have no desire to sell their best player for cheaper than £100m.

Any young footballer who agrees to a contract longer than like 3 years these days is a gigantic idiot.

Five year's isn't too much of an issue at 19 as that means that you get out at 23/24 while he probably thought that they would continue to flirt with relegation and be sold earlier to raise cash at some point. The issue has been that West Ham have significantly improved and he gave them a further year option. Now he has to ride or die with them until 2024 most likely. 

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Serge Gnabry apparently does not want to renew his contract at Bayern. 

Us and Arsenal reportedly interested. 

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Man Utd 'must pay £25m eye-watering signing-on fee' to land Chelsea star Antonio Rudiger

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1584778/Man-Utd-transfer-news-Antonio-Rudiger-signing-on-fee-Chelsea

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Nigel Winterburn urges Arsenal sign Tammy Abraham this summer as he insists the former Chelsea forward is a 'young player with huge potential' that is excelling with Roma

• Nigel Winterburn says Arsenal should try to sign Tammy Abraham in the summer
• The England striker has been a huge hit in Italy at Roma after leaving Chelsea FC
• Abraham has scored 23 goals in 37 starts and been recalled to the England team
• The former Arsenal star thinks Abraham is a 'young player with huge potential' 
• However, he says Abraham may be reluctant to return to the Premier League

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10649119/Nigel-Winterburn-urges-Arsenal-cash-Tammy-Abraham.html

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Losing Rüdiger in a free alone would be horrible. Losing him for free to a direct rival who he instantly and dramatically improves would be a sackable offense.

I’d like to think that Toni has built up such a good relationship with the fans that he’d never consider going to a rival PL club. But if United offer an insane salary and signing-on fee he may be tempted.

I’ll be absolutely livid if that’s allowed to happen. 

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2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Losing Rüdiger in a free alone would be horrible. Losing him for free to a direct rival who he instantly and dramatically improves would be a sackable offense.

I’d like to think that Toni has built up such a good relationship with the fans that he’d never consider going to a rival PL club. But if United offer an insane salary and signing-on fee he may be tempted.

I’ll be absolutely livid if that’s allowed to happen. 

If he ends up there, for sure they try and dump Slabhead

so a possible nightmare quintuple blow:

we lose a WC CB

We get ZERO for him

Manure is massively upgraded with Rudiger

Manure is upgraded by getting rid of Slabby, who has just fucked them so many times

Lastly, Manure WILL get a a nice chunk of change for Slabby, even if it is half of what they paid, it still will be enough to buy another fairly top quality player

Edited March 24, 2022 by Vesper

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10 hours ago, Hermione said:

Apparently Hakimi unhappy at PSG and wants to leave, probably realized a joke league doesn't necessary mean better, could've been here in the summer and reunite with Tuchel be part of something special and maybe even avoid us spending the following money on Lukaku unfortunate how this went.

You mean if we had spent on Hakimi we would not then have felt we could afford Rom too? Possible I suppose though I doubt it. In any case the way the decision makers seemed to be leaning my guess is that if they had had to choose between Rom and Hakimi Rom would still have come here and Hakimi would still have wound up in Paris.

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11 hours ago, Hermione said:

reunite with Tuchel

Tuchel was not manager when he was at Dortmund

Lucien Favre was

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the only players who are WC or soon will be, and that we have even a remote shot at AND who are remotely available (so no Nuno Mendes for example) AND who are not too old for us to buy now (see Salah, Mane etc) at the price that will be demanded (and those 2 will never come here anyway)

Håland and Mbappe are both ZERO chance

 

There is no order (in bold are ones we at least have to try for in the summer, and as long as we somehow keep Rudiger, we only need one of the CBs on here)

there are no WC LBs or RBs we have a shot at (unless it is true that Hakimi actual want to bail)

RB overall is so weak that these are the number 5 to number 10 global listings on TM

I have never seen a weaker position, it is absolutely crazy that there are (ATM) on 4 WC RB's on the planet (thank fuck we have one of them)

 
Aaron Wan-Bissaka 
Benjamin Pavard   
Timothy Castagne  
Pedro Porro 
Emerson Royal 
Nordi Mukiele  

LOLOLOL

 

the list (there are 20 players who fit all the criteria, but some are a stretch for multiple reasons):

 

Milan Škriniar 

Aurélien Tchouameni  (we really blew that one last season grrrrr)

Jude Bellingham

Declan Rice (BUT his cost is now INSANE, West Ham can fuck off with their £150m valuation, this is not happening until his contract runs down, if then)

Federico Chiesa (but he is off the table until 2023 due to his bad knee injury, plus it is far from certain he will want to leave Italy)

Nicolò Barella (hardest pull on this list, I doubt he leaves Italy, but who knows)

Florian Wirtz (on edit, he will have to wait until 2023 or beyond, due to a bad knee injury a couple weeks back, H/T to Hermione)

Matthijs de Ligt

Serge Gnabry (if he doesn't renew with Bayern he is the best winger we have a chance at, due to Chiesa's knee)

Ronald Araújo   (BUT he likely re-signs with Barca)

Mikel Oyarzabal 

Christopher Nkunku 

Victor Osimhen (IF we can dump Donkeykaku, but certain clubs could more than scupper us with him, plus the evil dwarf wants at least £100m, so this is very unlikely, 2nd most unlikely)

Kalidou Koulibaly (but certain clubs could scupper us with him, plus he is soon 31, and again, its the evil dwarf)

Lewa (maybe, if we could take him on a free, although not sure we would even make a move, and if he would come here, and this is more for 2023, 2024, or so)

Moussa Diaby 

Pau Torres  

Carlos Soler   

Karim Adeyemi

Sergej Milinković-Savić (last year for him on my lists, as if we bought him in 2023, we only get ONE full sub 30yo season out of him)

 

 

Jules Koundé doesn't count, as I do NOT consider him WC, nor do I think he will become so, we need to forget about him ASAP, he is too short, too rash, not a baller IMHO

Edited March 27, 2022 by Vesper

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5 hours ago, Hermione said:

Wirtz got a ACL tear so he might be out of sight until he recovers..

Damn, I just saw that. It is so bad he might miss the WC. FFS

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raphinha will go to Barcelona, sadly 😕 

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36 minutes ago, Mário César said:

raphinha will go to Barcelona, sadly 😕 

that is why he was not on my list 😿

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So Dembele to PSG, Raphinha to Barcelona. 

Please tell me we are not going to be stuck with Timo Werner for another season. 

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12 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

So Dembele to PSG, Raphinha to Barcelona. 

Please tell me we are not going to be stuck with Timo Werner for another season. 

assuming those two are off the board, and Chiesa and Wtrz are bow too, due to injury

here are our many options for Winger/AMF/SS

I am listing every remotely possible option of any decent quality

 

Serge Gnabry (if he doesn't renew with Bayern)

Mikel Oyarzabal 

Christopher Nkunku  (Insane production at AMF/winger, over 40 goals produced already)

Moussa Diaby 

Carlos Soler  (AMF/CMF/Winger combo) 

Karim Adeyemi (more of a CF/SS, but can play winger, he is very young, just tuned 20)

Arnaut Danjuma

Jarrod Bowen

Paulo Dybala (on a free)

Yéremy Pino

Allan Saint-Maximin

Pedro Neto

Domenico Berardi

Rafael Leão

Antony

Hirving Lozano

Ridle Baku (can play RB as well)

Dominik Szoboszlai

Ismaïla Sarr

Cody Gakpo

Charles De Ketelaere

Noa Lang

Kamaldeen Sulemana

Jérémy Doku

Samuel Chukwueze