Last Sicarius 610 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 50 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: We have several, the other aspect is we have Colwill. We have options. I dont see top CBs after Kounde. Kimbempe does not want to leave, Gvardiol will have big price tag, Pavard/Upamecano lol I would move on and focus on sells and one attacker. We are still shit there. Change formation for 4 at back and try K2-Silva/Chalobah. Colwill and Ampadu stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 🚨 CONFIRMED: Jules Koundé wants to play for Barcelona and is slowing the Chelsea move down in order to wait for the club. (Source: @gbsans) Laylabelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,280 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 minute ago, xPetrCechx said: 🚨 CONFIRMED: Jules Koundé wants to play for Barcelona and is slowing the Chelsea move down in order to wait for the club. (Source: @gbsans) this fell worst than raphinha situation 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Jules Koundé wants to play for Barcelona and is slowing the Chelsea move down in order to wait for the club. We need players who wants to be here. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 The club really should learn from the Raphinha situation and just give the fucker till midnight today to make a clear decision whether he'll join or not. If yes, complete the deal within the next 24 hours. If he hesitates, tell him he's free to wait for a Barcelona bid that may never come and the Chelsea offer isn't on the table anymore. Enough of this waiting around, the season starts in two weeks. Alabama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alabama 1,992 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Just now, Jype said: The club really should learn from the Raphinha situation and just give the fucker till midnight today to make a clear decision whether he'll join or not. If yes, complete the deal within the next 24 hours. If he hesitates, tell him he's free to wait for a Barcelona bid that may never come and the Chelsea offer isn't on the table anymore. Enough of this waiting around, the season starts in two weeks. That's the deal... Its not funny anymore....I don't even give a fukc if a player rejects or doesn't want to play for us....I can't cope with Lukaku situation again next season....move on Raphinha and Kounde though good doesn't want this transfer paparazzi.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Shame on you Chelsea… Again we make the same mistakes. Almost begging for players to sign for us… What the problem to give him a deadline?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,941 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Never, EVER again should we table a bid until the player himself gives their word that they want to come. It makes us look like total amateurs and a small club. Looks like two identical chains of events now. Bid massive money, agree with the selling club, player himself finds terms acceptable, then the player decides on Barca. DO NOT BID FOR A PLAYER WITHOUT THEIR IRONCLAD COMMITMENT TO MOVE TO Chelsea! Laylabelle, xPetrCechx, bigbluewillie and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Not to say Kounde to Barca won't happen but how the fuck can Gerard Romero not have a clue that Kounde was going to Portugal, but suddenly he knows all the ins and outs. He's a waffler. Sevilla's number 1 source still claims we are exchanging documents and he has travelled simply to not be on his own training; and is awaiting news from his agent re. Chelsea deal. So lets see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pizy said: Never, EVER again should we table a bid until the player himself gives their word that they want to come. It makes us look like total amateurs and a small club. Looks like two identical chains of events now. Bid massive money, agree with the selling club, player himself finds terms acceptable, then the player decides on Barca. DO NOT BID FOR A PLAYER WITHOUT THEIR IRONCLAD COMMITMENT TO MOVE TO Chelsea! Was always going to pose a problem this summer with the sanctions. I've said it multiple times, so many of these deals are being worked on for months in advance. Few will still end up coming to fruition or into the public eye. Players can also change their mind up to the last minute before its confirmed. We all took great pleasure in Willian's song being sung to bait Spurs fans for years. Unfortunately for us, we've targeted a number of players this window that other teams have also courted and likely worked on longer than us. We've also got someone with no experience leading transfers this summer trying to literally do everything to run the club. I think the likes of Bayern and Barca have shown a cuter/cunning side to turning players heads without even making bids for players, buying them time to sort deals or leveraging their power in transfer negotiations. Once this window is over, we'll have the opportunity to rebuild properly for the long term with a new sporting director, etc. It feels a bit of a train wreck at present but ultimately there's only so many players at the higher end of the market available and multiple clubs will want these players. We've been stuffed by the sanctions and been swimming against a tide all summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Boehly has been made to look like a proper mug by Barcelona. Laporta inviting him for dinner then immediately beating him to both Raphinha and Kounde. Its as if Laporta got Boehly drunk and got him to admit all of his transfer plans. Pathetic. Stats, DDA, didi007 and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,061 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 If Kounde does end up at Barcelona (not much of a loss IMO), it will be down to us. We've blown hot & cold for the last three windows, so blame should be pointed in the right direction. The only similarity to the Raphinha saga is Barcelona being involved. Alabama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,941 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 We’ll probably do something monumentally dumb after this like bidding such crazy money for Aké that City will privately laugh their heads off at and drive him to Cobham themselves. bigbluewillie, Laylabelle and Boycie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 If it was happening to another club we'd be laughing..unfortunately it's us!! Seriously twice this window! Losing to the same club.... Feels like a waste of a window in a way which you knew would be. Hopefully we have enough to get top 4 cause we aint competing for the title really..maybe to start with but once gets going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Oh well. Use that money on Nkunku/Leao or a striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,212 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 looking like we just might get fucked in the arse by a dwarf I can assure one and assure all that THAT was never on my bucket list 🧟♀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 This is Sevilla's arguably number 1 source giving his view of Romeros "Barca asked him to go to Portugal, should have had medical with us today etc but chose to listen to barca instead" The Sevilla guys view "Dumb, Dumb Dumb" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 minute ago, ChelseaFanUK said: This is Sevilla's arguably number 1 source giving his view of Romeros "Barca asked him to go to Portugal, should have had medical with us today etc but chose to listen to barca instead" The Sevilla guys view "Dumb, Dumb Dumb" Romero should be gospel now after Raphinha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 As long as RJ and Chilly stay fit and TT plays his 343 we can basically stick two training cones next to Thiago and still be defensively resilient. so I am not too bothered about how this saga ends. It is always frustrating when You lose out on your primary targets. Esp vs Brokealona. But there are still a few great cheap cb options out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,212 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said: If we don't get him, I just hope we don't panic buy someone. @Vesperput a list on here last night of centre backs remaining on the market and bar maybe Skriniar and Gvardiol, none stand out to me as worth pursuing. I'd rather just rely on Chalobah developing and playing more regularly next season in that role, or target a right wing back to allow James to play more regularly in the back 3. if the Kounde deal is actually scuppered by Barca, and if you take Gvardiol (2023 release clause in only viable way to buy him) off the board then we are down to these CB buy options Milan Skriniar Alessandro Bastoni Pau Torres José María Giménez Presnel Kimpembe Evan Ndicka Robin Le Normand Stefan de Vrij Merih Demiral Gonçalo Inácio Roger Ibañez Thilo Kehrer Odilon Kossounou Castello Lukeba Maxence Lacroix Abdou Diallo Piero Hincapié Adam Webster David Carmo Min-jae Kim Attila Szalai Armel Bella-Kotchap Superblue and Blues11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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