Chelsea Transfers

[Blues Forever 1,232]

2 minutes ago, Marvin123 said:

There's talk of a swap deal involving Werner with RB Leipzig. Who do we think it's for?

Most likely Gvardiol, also could be Nkunku and Simakan.

[Pizy 18,360]

I just don’t think overall we’ve improved or taken a step back from last season. I can see us being equal parts great at times and frustrating/infuriating just like ‘21/‘22. We’ve kinda just maintained our level.

Our problem of course is that while we will have essentially treaded water the two sides who finished right on our tails last season have dramatically improved their squads. That’s not to say they’ve signed a bunch of stars I’m jealous of but they’ve both made a handful of buys that address their biggest weaknesses compared to us which was quality squad depth.

I can already envision match after match against the dross of the league where we dominate possession, have a dozen attempts on goal, and end up drawing because we don’t have goal scorers. Meanwhile, our two closest rivals for 3rd/4th have Kane/Jesus/Son/CR7. 

In so many matches we will play poorly in we will draw. In matches Spuds/United/Arse play poorly in they’ll have star forwards to bail them out again and again. As we saw last season. It’s insane we haven’t addressed this.

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

Virtually no way Tuchel is happy with this team. 
 

Also may as well sell Gallagher because he is misused in the pivot. 

[Special Juan 27,419]

36 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I don’t think we’ll make another “wow” signing but I do think we’ll panic buy someone decent soon. Like Pavard. All the talk over the past few months about how active we’d be and how massive the investment would be turned out well… 😒

Oh, and I just saw on Twitter that Jesus scored a hat trick. He’s been scoring for fun all preseason. For the life of me I can’t understand why we didn’t make him a priority in addition to Sterling. 

Said before and I will say again, Jesus is fucking quality. He will be up there in the top scorers this season, elite player

[Tomo 21,733]

47 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I don’t think we’ll make another “wow” signing but I do think we’ll panic buy someone decent soon. Like Pavard. All the talk over the past few months about how active we’d be and how massive the investment would be turned out well… 😒

Oh, and I just saw on Twitter that Jesus scored a hat trick. He’s been scoring for fun all preseason. For the life of me I can’t understand why we didn’t make him a priority in addition to Sterling. 

Let's see how he does when it actually matters. Arteta's system turned Aubameyang and Lacazette from the most feared partnership in this league to memes.

[Blue Armour 4,275]

@Tomo

I know you said top 4 would not be as difficult as people make it out to be, because the chasing pack (namely Arsenal & United) are hardly any better from last season.

Granted, Arsenal were poor in terms of chance creation last season, but now you have Gabriel Jesus scoring for fun in this team., in preseason at least. 

 

[Blue Armour 4,275]

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

Let's see how he does when it actually matters. Arteta's system turned Aubameyang and Lacazette from the most feared partnership in this league to memes.

Lol. I pinged you right when you posted this. 

[Tomo 21,733]

26 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I just don’t think overall we’ve improved or taken a step back from last season. I can see us being equal parts great at times and frustrating/infuriating just like ‘21/‘22. We’ve kinda just maintained our level.

Our problem of course is that while we will have essentially treaded water the two sides who finished right on our tails last season have dramatically improved their squads. That’s not to say they’ve signed a bunch of stars I’m jealous of but they’ve both made a handful of buys that address their biggest weaknesses compared to us which was quality squad depth.

I can already envision match after match against the dross of the league where we dominate possession, have a dozen attempts on goal, and end up drawing because we don’t have goal scorers. Meanwhile, our two closest rivals for 3rd/4th have Kane/Jesus/Son/CR7. 

In so many matches we will play poorly in we will draw. In matches Spuds/United/Arse play poorly in they’ll have star forwards to bail them out again and again. As we saw last season. It’s insane we haven’t addressed this.

Spurs have had Kane and Son for years while we haven't had a reliable 20 plus scorer yet they haven't gazumped us.

How is Jesus a safer bet for goals than Sterling? Especially with Arteta tax.

Also they finished right on our coattails because we had 5 tournaments to juggle alongside a massive injury crisis and unprecedented ownership crisis while they both only had the league to focus on. 

[Tomo 21,733]

5 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

@Tomo

I know you said top 4 would not be as difficult as people make it out to be, because the chasing pack (namely Arsenal & United) are hardly any better from last season.

Granted, Arsenal were poor in terms of chance creation last season, but now you have Gabriel Jesus scoring for fun in this team., in preseason at least. 

 

Let's see what happens when it really matters.

For years now we've been getting told Arsenal have sorted themselves out and will gazump us and it never happens, even with us starting to offer some helping hands in the head to heads.

[Blue Armour 4,275]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

insane we are not making a move for him when all they want is around £58.8m

Yeah it's annoying that we chase a goose in Kounde, but do fuck all with regards to Skriniar.

Really wondering if someone in the club just decided that he doesn't fit the style of play..

[Strike 7,212]

Everton are not interested in Chelsea’s Ross Barkley (The Athletic)

Knew the rumor was too good to be true

[DDA 9,689]

7 minutes ago, Strike said:

Everton are not interested in Chelsea’s Ross Barkley (The Athletic)

Knew the rumor was too good to be true

Dunno why, they could do with him tbh.

[Norfolkblue1961 52]

49 minutes ago, Strike said:

Everton are not interested in Chelsea’s Ross Barkley (The Athletic)

Knew the rumor was too good to be true

Nobody is interested in Ross Barkley 😀

[ZAPHOD2319 4,466]

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

Lovely there are outgoings at least. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

I feel like we are very indecisive who we want to sell. The only time I will give Lukaku any credit is when he demanded to be sent back to Inter. If he was not adamant about leaving he would still probably be here.

Selling CHO on a permanent basis would probably one of my least preferences. 

 

[oldportblue 547]

torn on CHO, seems to have potential but he hasn’t done anything since his big injury, doesn’t seem as quick and agile as before too… We should have taken that £70M from bayern a few years back lol

[Pizy 18,360]

Not fussed even a tiny bit if CHO goes. Don’t think he’ll ever become more than a decent player for a midtable club. Just like RLC, he has the talent and physical tools to become a top player but doesn’t have the attitude or mentality to match.