Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 29,131]

1 hour ago, Alabama said:

€90m for De Ligt...hell no...great and far better cb available in the market....just buy Kounde and a very good or impressive defender not overrated De Ligt

David Carmo

Goncalo inacio

Presnel Kimpembe(Tuchel previous connection) etc

there are very few actual (at this very moment) WC CB's, U rate 10 as such (and nope, so not putting the dwarf in here at all atm, not even in the 7 potentials I list after the top 10, as he is far too rash, plus he is a ball watcher far too often, has positional issues, and is too damn short for my tastes as far as the EPL goes)

we had 2 (Rudiger (sorry for the haters but he WAS absolutely WC last season) and of course Thiago Silva, but one is now gone (Rudi), and Thiago is soon 38yo)

(Bastoni regressed or would be on this list, I have developed real issues with his positional instincts, and José María Giménez is far too often injured)

the other 8 of the 10 WC ones

all in bold were one I approved of buy attempts

Rúben Dias
Matthijs de Ligt   
Marquinhos  (was always a pipe dream)
Milan Skriniar  
Virgil van Dijk   
David Alaba  (the only sub 6 footers on this list, he was so dominant at times, often made the 'deffo not WC in my book' Éder Militão look great) 
Kalidou Koulibaly    
Aymeric Laporte (rebounded with a great year, this coming year will tell if he remains WC for the next 3, 4 years or not)   

and the 'on the path' ones

Josko Gvardiol   
Ronald Araújo  (missed out when he renewed)
Fikayo Tomori
Cristian Romero    
Nico Schlotterbeck (fucking huge miss for us UMHO, time will tell)
Bremer
Ibrahima Konaté  (shocked how much he improved, big year coming to see if it was a fluke, or he pushes on to top 10)

[ZAPHOD2319 4,534]

When Matt Law or Ben Jacobs run with us in discussions with FdJ, I will believe it. Until then Laporte is using our name to try to squeeze Man Utd for more money.

[Strike 7,272]

9 minutes ago, Vesper said:

there are very few actual (at this very moment) WC CB's, U rate 10 as such (and nope, so not putting the dwarf in here at all atm, not even in the 7 potentials I list after the top 10, as he is far too rash, plus he is a ball watcher far too often, has positional issues, and is too damn short for my tastes as far as the EPL goes)

we had 2 (Rudiger (sorry for the haters but he WAS absolutely WC last season) and of course Thiago Silva, but one is now gone (Rudi), and Thiago is soon 38yo)

(Bastoni regressed or would be on this list, I have developed real issues with his positional instincts, and José María Giménez is far too often injured)

the other 8 of the 10 WC ones

all in bold were one I approved of buy attempts

 

What are your thoughts on Kimpembe? I think he's a good Rudiger replacement, the best among the left footed options. L'Equipe saying he might move is a good sign and Tuchel knows, appreciates him too

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Pizy 18,482]

Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said:

When Matt Law or Ben Jacobs run with us in discussions with FdJ, I will believe it. Until then Laporte is using our name to try to squeeze Man Utd for more money.

That’s exactly what this is. Barca have their typical Catalan mouthpieces in the media put this out to get United to pay up. And pay up in full all at once rather than the add ons United want to use.

[Costa19 858]

If we are really interested in De Jong, I think we have a greater chance of doing business with Barca than United have at the moment.
Barca apparently owe De Jong 13m + 3.4m in salary and bonuses, which United do not want to pay (from what I read).

Barca want Azpi and Alonso, which makes it possible for them to get Alonso / Azpi at a subsidized price to set off payment to De Jong, for example.
Smart accounting is important for Barca in their situation right now..

Or.... we are beeing used to pressuring United 🙄

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[OneMoSalah 8,805]

19 hours ago, Kong said:

Not really considering canvani was reportedly on 700k a week at man utd.

700k a week 🤣 no he wasn’t, not even Ronaldo was on that

[Stats 7,060]

Barcelona want virtually a whole new 11. Well besides a keeper. Azpi, Kounde, Christensen (already signed), Alonso, Kessie (Already signed), Bernardo, Raphinha, Dembele and Lewandowski. Bloody greedy shits and worse thing is they still haven't registered their free players and paid of some their past and existing players and still looking to add more players...

[Vesper 29,131]

30 minutes ago, Strike said:

What are your thoughts on Kimpembe? I think he's a good Rudiger replacement, the best among the left footed options. L'Equipe saying he might move is a good sign and Tuchel knows, appreciates him too

I have always been torn on him

before I go further, I do not believe his listed height of 1.83m is correct, I think he is taller (which is rare, as usually the heights are artificially raised up) I would peg him at 1.85m or even 1.86m

he is easily taller than Thiago and Marquinhos

 

now...... on to my opinions

 

One minute he can look all worldie, and the next look a bit clueless (or rash, he has a temper on him, although Rudiger proved a temper , if harnessed, is a great thing at times)

Presnel is too inconsistent at times

he SHOULD be a top 10 CB, as he has all the tools, but he just doesn't put it all together often enough atm

perhaps he can still do so, although he turns 27 on August 13, so not a lot of time left to sort it

that said

I would do a dance IF he bought either of these three CB combos

De Ligt and Kimpembe

Škriniar and Kimpembe

 

 

 

[Strike 7,272]

2 minutes ago, Stats said:

Barcelona want virtually a whole new 11. Well besides a keeper. Azpi, Kounde, Christensen (already signed), Alonso, Kessie (Already signed), Bernardo, Raphinha, Dembele and Lewandowski. Bloody greedy shits and worse thing is they still haven't registered their free players and paid of some their past and existing players and still looking to add more players...

I don't understand Barca in this year's market at all. Is there any explanation given for why they are in the market for Kounde, Raphinha, Lewandowski. Its not like they have awful players - they do have Auba, Dembele who wants to re-sign, in the same positions, they signed Christensen too.

Why are they not using the transfer fee money to instead pay their existing players? 

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

I have always been torn on him

before I go further, I do not believe his listed height of 1.83m is correct, I think he is taller (which is rare, as usually the heights are artificially raised up) I would peg him at 1.85m or even 1.86m

he is easily taller than Thiago and Marquinhos

 

now...... on to my opinions

 

One minute he can look all worldie, and the next look a bit clueless (or rash, he has a temper on him, although Rudiger proved a temper , if harnessed, is a great thing at times)

Presnel is too inconsistent at times

he SHOULD be a top 10 CB, as he has all the tools, but he just doesn't put it all together often enough atm

perhaps he can still do so, although he turns 27 on August 13, so not a lot of time left to sort it

that said

I would do a dance IF he bought either of these three CB combos

De Ligt and Kimpembe

Škriniar and Kimpembe

 

 

 

Other than Ake, I think Kimpembe is a risk worth taking, albeit i would prefer gvardiol or ndicka for that left footed LCB role.

As you say, Kimpembe has moments of absolute horror like when singlehandedly volleyballed PSG out of the CL vs ManUre.

But him leaving is conditional on PSG signing Skriniar but I can see Kimpembe working fine alongside Silva as well.

[Clockwork 1,794]

What is the point of Ake or Kimpembe when we have Colwill? 

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

2 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

What is the point of Ake or Kimpembe when we have Colwill? 

If we want to ply with a left footed cb all the time we need at least two

[King Kante 1,519]

What would people make of this squad after the Summer window: 

GK: Mendy, Kepa/GK2, Bettinelli

CB: MDL, Silva, Ake, Trev, Colwill

WB: James, D.Sterling, Chilwell, Emerson/Maatsen 

CM: Kova, Kante, FDJ, Gallagher

AM: Sterling, Mount, Werner, Puli, CHO

CF: Havertz, Broja

Personally, I am not a fan of Ake but can see him as a obtainable player.

Edited July 7, 2022 by King Kante

[ulvhedin 508]

2 minutes ago, King Kante said:

What would people make of this squad after the Summer window: 

GK: Mendy, Kepa/GK2, Bettinelli

CB: MDL, Silva, Ake, Nate, Colwill

WB: James, D.Sterling, Chilwell, Emerson/Maatsen 

CM: Kova, Kante, FDJ, Gallagher

AM: Sterling, Mount, Werner, Puli, Mount

CF: Havertz, Broja

Personally, I am not a fan of Ake but can see him as a obtainable player.

Nate?

[ulvhedin 508]

9 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

What is the point of Ake or Kimpembe when we have Colwill? 

You know he is 19 and at least last seson was injured quite often?

[King Kante 1,519]

1 minute ago, ulvhedin said:

Nate?

Wrong brother! Edited. 😅