Chelsea Transfers

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12 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

 

Contract expires:
Jun 30, 2026

just pay the bloody release clause of £17.5m

his salary demands will not be huge

and he can play so many positions

he is almost ambipedal (left footer but decent on his right)

LWB, LB, RMF, LMF, LW, RW, SS and even a false 9

he scored 9 EPL goals for an absolute shit team in only 1774 minutes

60 goals, 30 assists in 15,117 minutes in his largest topflight comps

and is in his peak years

Date of birth/Age: Sep 27, 1996 (25)

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1 hour ago, Nero said:

 

£10m + £2.2m or so in add-ons is not bad (US dollar is strong v the pound (and most all else) or would have been even less)

he is one of the best young (very young, he only turned 18yo right at the end of last season) GKers on the planet

good athlete, very good height (1.93m with long arms) youngest homegrown MLS signing ever at 14 when he signed in 2019, started at 16yo

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Just now, Vesper said:

£10m + £2.2m or so in add-ons is not bad (US dollar is strong v the pound (and most all else) or would have been even less)

he is one of the best young (very young, he only turned 18yo right at the end of last season) GKers on the planet

good athlete, very good height (1.93m with long arms) youngest homegrown MLS signing ever at 14 when he signed in 2019, started at 16yo

needs a new nickname though,

Gaga?

 eeeeek

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8 hours ago, Clockwork said:

I feel like we are very indecisive who we want to sell.

 

That was one of Marina's greatest weaknesses. She refused to take mild losses on the pure shit buys we did, plus turned down huge profits at times

now we either take utter shit prices or lose on frees for nothing

they sum total when the books are closed an he reign in terms of net losses is going to be insane, especially when wages are factored in

between shit buys, shit sales, refused sales, refused buys, botched buys (the Italians just ran the road with her over and over and over), botched sales, insanely poor contract management, way too high of salaries, etc etc, it could easily top £700m cumulative over the past 6, 7 years if we lose most all of the remaining dregs on frees

she did great on a few sales thanks to the utter stupidity of Atletico and then Hazard to Real, but that only tends to gloss over the wreckage, not just in lost monies, put also the pickles we kept getting ourselves into (including now)

hats off for the trophies we won, but the cost was so so unnecessarily high

Edited July 31, 2022 by Vesper

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5 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Just a rumor….

 

Dean Jones???

LOLOLOLOLOL

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hard to believe he is only 30yo 

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watching the replay of the CS, and a PERFECT example of why I do not like short CB's in the EPL

Ake smoked in the air for the first goal, if he was 6cms taller (so 1.86m) he would have easily blocked it

or (and this goes to his lack of quality) if he had the positioning of Thiago Silva, he might have as well, as he could have been on balance to leap more

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France right-back Nordi Mukiele, 24, says he turned down a late approach from Chelsea before signing for Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe, via Metro)

What can we do? players just don't want to come here.

And ffs stop blaming TT

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1 hour ago, bigbluewillie said:

France right-back Nordi Mukiele, 24, says he turned down a late approach from Chelsea before signing for Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe, via Metro)

What can we do? players just don't want to come here.

And ffs stop blaming TT

How about targeting him before he agreed personals terms and not on the eve of signing for PSG. We literally approached him when it was practically official he was heading to PSG.

Like I said no plan

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3 hours ago, Vesper said:

£10m + £2.2m or so in add-ons is not bad (US dollar is strong v the pound (and most all else) or would have been even less)

he is one of the best young (very young, he only turned 18yo right at the end of last season) GKers on the planet

good athlete, very good height (1.93m with long arms) youngest homegrown MLS signing ever at 14 when he signed in 2019, started at 16yo

At 18 years old and still early in the season has the most clean sheets in MLS with 10. He could be a huge signing at a great price.

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1 hour ago, bigbluewillie said:

France right-back Nordi Mukiele, 24, says he turned down a late approach from Chelsea before signing for Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe, via Metro)

What can we do? players just don't want to come here.

And ffs stop blaming TT

we are simply losing out to bigger clubs (Real, Barca, Bayern), plus PSG is so hard to compete with for French players like Hugo Ekitiké, Kimpembe (born just north of Paris), who didn't want to leave Paris (and Algerian, Moroccan (Hakimi for example, even though born in Madrid), and Francophone sub Saharan African too)

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5 hours ago, Pizy said:

I’m assuming he’s going to be our #2 when he comes in January if we’ve been chasing him so hard and paying a decent fee for him. Would explain why we’re fine letting Kepa go on loan.

We might be fucked if Mendy gets an injury in the meantime, though.

There was talk of club exploring the backup GK market- Strakosha was mentioned before he joined Brentford. Will need a backup keeper for this season and can't have Bettinelli as GK 2.

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Chelsea 'PULLED OUT' OF JULES KOUNDE DEAL DUE TO 'DOUBTS' BEFORE BARCELONA MOVE, SEVILLA'S MONCHI REVEALS

Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement to sign Kounde on Thursday in an apparent blow for Chelsea, who had been heavily linked with the French defender. However Monchi, director of football at Sevilla, has now suggested that Thomas Tuchel's side backed out of a deal, opening the opportunity for Barcelona to make a better offer.

https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2022-2023/Chelsea-pulled-out-of-jules-kounde-deal-due-to-doubts-before-barcelona-move-sevilla-s-monchi-reveals_sto9066830/story.shtml

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Well I am happy that the club didnt go ahead with the Kounde deal if they had doubts. Yes we made a mistake of wasting our time chasing him but at least we realized our mistake and fixed it instead of making another mistake in signing him.

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16 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

 

Should be all over this since we are considering selling Alonso, Werner, Ziyech. Left-footed. Has a bit of bulldog about him. Plays LWB, LF, even as striker.

[lucio 5,418]

He’d probably end up first choice lwb . No way we make sensible move like that. Too badly run

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Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing: Sunday 31st July - Cristiano Ronaldo, Marc Cucurella, Mikel Arteta on transfers, and more

My exclusive round-up of the latest transfer news, featuring Cristiano Ronaldo's future, Manchester City's pursuit of Marc Cucurella, and Mikel Arteta on potential new transfers.

https://caughtoffside.substack.com/p/the-daily-briefing-sunday-31st-july

Chelsea

Chelsea will allow Timo Werner to leave on loan this summer, with an option to buy included. Juventus and RB Leipzig are both showing an interest, but as it stands, nothing is close to completion.

Newcastle are yet to make an approach to sign Werner.

"We've never offered de Jong to Chelsea. No, no, no. We had a nice dinner with Boehly in Barcelona and we talked about football,” said Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president.

Talks are progressing well between Napoli and Kepa Arrizabalaga over a potential loan move this summer. Napoli plan to bring in Kepa to replace David Ospina, who recently joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

🚨Exclusive: Will Chelsea be in the market for a striker this summer?

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Edited July 31, 2022 by Vesper

[lucio 5,418]

Napoli need a new goalkeeper ? Well they can pay for one then. Charity FC again.