Chelsea Transfers

[LAM09 6,735]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

agreed

we clearly are not going to drop £85m (or more, it is the poison dwarf after all, and his release clause for £85m does not, I think, kick in until 2023) on Osimhen this summer

perhaps we take a stab at Danjuma (if we dump some wingers and Werner), who is a winger but now plays more at CF 

Lautaro Martínez is never going to happen this summer (he is viable in terms of quality though)

after that, the pickings are so slim this summer (and next summer as well, barring some big breakthrough, see my two picks, Noah Okafor and Evanilson, below for that), for viable CF's.

The board really is picked clean for CF's barring the 3 above, it is just amazing (unless you count Nkunku next season as a CF as well, which I do not)

Gianluca Scamacca is now off the board as well (West Ham)

all the rest are off the board or not viable or just big gambles:

the best 5 of the gambles, but still, absolute dice rolls

Jonathan David    (not sold on him, and he is more of an SS atm anyway)  huge gamble
Amine Gouiri     wild gamble
Patrik Schick   real gamble and very expensive now

 

potentially these next 2 MAY end up being really good CF's, but not at all sure atm

Evanilson    wild gamble
Noah Okafor  wild gamble

finally:
Youssoufa Moukoko wild WILD WILD gamble (bad attitude and his play has regressed) and is too young for the summer window, would have to be in January, after he turns 18 (thanks Brexit)

Danjuma is the only interesting option left this summer that ticks a number of boxes. If Milan were willing to part with him for a reasonable fee, Leao would be in that bracket. Talk of Neymar/Ronaldo had better not reappear in the next few weeks either.

The one wildcard is Saint-Maximin; he offers something we don't have with his unpredictability, but do we really need another player with little end product, or could he magically come good in that depart? 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

9 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Danjuma is the only interesting option left this summer that ticks a number of boxes. If Milan were willing to part with him for a reasonable fee, Leao would be in that bracket. Talk of Neymar/Ronaldo had better not reappear in the next few weeks either.

The one wildcard is Saint-Maximin; he offers something we don't have with his unpredictability, but do we really need another player with little end product, or could he magically come good in that depart? 

I wouldn't  genuinely love ASM here think TT would do wonders with him. Him and sterling running  at defences 😲 

[Pizy 18,360]

Our supporters have been talking so much shit and rubbing it in Barca’s face so gleefully that if we lose out on Koundé now it’ll be so cringe. 🤣🤣🤣

Apparently Barca haven’t 100% given up, the annoying bastards.

[Vesper 28,709]

scorecard so far for our misses this window so far

    
Aurélien Tchouameni  
Christopher Nkunku  (although he now has a reasonable release clause for 2023, so all is not lost)   
Matthijs de Ligt 
Marquinhos (pretty much a pipe dream anyway, but we did try)
Milan Skriniar  (likely)
Serge Gnabry
Gavi  (was always unlikely, but damn, what a player)
Ronald Araújo 
Gabriel Jesus   
Raphinha  
Robert Lewandowski  
Presnel Kimpembe    (likely)
Bremer  
Ryan Gravenberch 
Josko Gvardiol  (although he now has a reasonable release clause for 2023, so all is not lost)
Yves Bissouma 
Niklas Süle 
Nico Schlotterbeck
Ousmane Dembélé   
Hugo Ekitiké    
Boubacar Kamara    
 

[bluesman2610 1,340]

 

these videos really informative. I’ve been watching them all day

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

Edited July 23, 2022 by Blues Forever

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[shrenshah 186]

Assuming we had a 200mn warchest

We have spent

47mn on sterling

33mn on koulibaly

55mn on kounde

Takes ourcurrent spends to 135mn

With 65mn remaining and seeing none of our players are being moved on, at best we can recoup upto 20mn in azpi, alonso sales and loan fees

With upto 85mn in hand i would love to see 60mn or so being splashed on de jong and a cheeky 10mn ronaldo bid with a 1 yr deal

He aint the ideal solution bit currently market is drained of proven strikers...ronaldo can be a stopgap, where we can buy nkunku next year and maybe gvardiol as well if colwill is not up to it

Also if we are able to get some money from a ziyech sale, would love for the club to think ahead and buy the palmeires wonderkid endrick who at 16 is playing like bloody pele

[Strike 7,212]

8 hours ago, Pizy said:

Our supporters have been talking so much shit and rubbing it in Barca’s face so gleefully that if we lose out on Koundé now it’ll be so cringe. 🤣🤣🤣

Apparently Barca haven’t 100% given up, the annoying bastards.

 

 

[Jype 6,398]

16 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

 

That's a catchy tune, has to be said. 😂

Now just got to hope all the gloating doesn't come back to bite us in the ass.

[Strike 7,212]

5 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

 

Options are only Skriniar (PSG), Gvardiol (expensive) and Kimpembe (Tuchel connection). There's a drop off after that when you consider the options are Pavard, Pau Torres, N'Dicka, Ake, Timber. Other than De Ligt, the CBs who have moved this summer - Botman, Martinez, Bremer - are a level below the ones we've signed.

 

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[Jype 6,398]

For fucks sake. 😂

Like many others here, I was never 100% fully convinced with the Kounde signing since last year but when it was 'confirmed' I was starting to get warmed up to the idea of having him, not to mention the Barca meltdowns that were good fun yesterday. Losing out on him in this manner is just embarrassing for the club, assuming it's true of course. Not to mention it will throw a huge spin in the team's preparation for the season if we have to cross yet another name off the 'shortlist' that is getting shorter and shorter every day.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

What a joke…

[lucio 5,418]

59 minutes ago, Jype said:

That's a catchy tune, has to be said. 😂

Now just got to hope all the gloating doesn't come back to bite us in the ass.

Rip 

[Marvin123 484]

🚨🚨✅| JUST IN: Jules Koundé is a FC Barcelona player. Agreement reached.

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