Chelsea Transfers

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Just take dembele and raphinha to spite Barca and then loan raphinha out and sell him  next year ^^

[Superblue 6,372]

If it was ourselves or one of the teams at the top of the table challenging for trophies then there might be more willing to give a discount to a team abroad as opposed to joining a rival.

But in Leeds case, it doesn't greatly affect them in their position selling to us. The expectation is that we'll finish above them regardless and whilst they play the player twice a season, said player will also play twice a season against all the teams Leeds will be rivalling for league position.

For them just getting a bigger deal and more money to reinvest is a better solution. They might be willing to bend very slightly but if we've played our cards and the offer is on the table, they're not going to make a deal with Barca for a lot less and I don't see how Barca can negotiate a deal anywhere near the bid we've put in. Leeds would probably happily keep him another season.

If Raphinha wants to do that and wait for Barca then nothing we can really do but move on.

I'd still like him and I guess we'll see over the next couple of days how this plays out, but what I don't want is in a year or two of coming here he wants a move to Barca and becomes a problem we could do without.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Maybe its all a ruse to get Dembele to re-sign on lower wages... 

[YorkshireBlue 3,265]

Fabrizio has said nothing of this. So until then I aint worried.

[Mário César 1,242]

Just now, Kong said:

Fabrizio has said nothing of this. So until then I aint worried.

the fact that his twitter don't has a single recently update 

the last one was five hours ago 

[YorkshireBlue 3,265]

10 minutes ago, Mário César said:

the fact that his twitter don't has a single recently update 

the last one was five hours ago 

Just a quiet day at the office.

Edited June 29, 2022 by Kong

[Superblue 6,372]

6 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

Maybe its all a ruse to get Dembele to re-sign on lower wages... 

It feels Dembele is sat somewhere in the middle of all this. 

The bid for Raphinha last night from us seemed to be a statement to Dembele that we won't get strung along, and in turn Barca's posturing today might be similar.

Either way it feels that Dembele has completely lost any leverage in negotiating with either club. He almost appears to be the runners up prize now.

Edited June 29, 2022 by Superblue_1986

[Mário César 1,242]

 

 

[Superblue 6,372]

4 minutes ago, Kong said:

Fabrizio has said nothing of this. So until then I aint worried.

 

3 minutes ago, Mário César said:

the fact that his twitter don't has a single recently update 

the last one was five hours ago 

There you go.

[Mário César 1,242]

I don't believe that Barça has almost 70M€€ to pay without any bonus 

[Pizy 18,863]

Why would we bid such a huge amount without knowing with 100% certainty that the player fancied it? As I wondered about before, personal terms are usually a formality.

Now it’ll be a massive embarrassment if we bid, had it accepted by Leeds, and then the player chooses a completely broke, dusted Barca who are a shell of themselves instead.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

2 minutes ago, Mário César said:

I don't believe that Barça has almost 70M€€ to pay without any bonus 

De Jong and activating the economic levers should give them enough money.

[Clockwork 1,794]

Dembele wage demand is really not that high, he was on 11m and Barca are offering 6m. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,265]

25 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

 

There you go.

That means same as yesterday. Talks planned tomorrow and says deco agreed with Barca 4 months ago so means fuck all