Chelsea Transfers

[lucio 5,418]

Who’s better between Fofana and Gvardiol ?

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Pizy 18,360]

Gvardiol and Cucarella both doesn’t make much sense to me. I think reports about Cucu playing at LCB are sounding more and more plausible. In which case, buying another purely left sided, left footed CB for massive money makes no sense.

If Cucu is coming in we need to target a RCB which is where Fofana comes in.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

Chelsea trio likely to leave after missing out on squad numbers

Chelsea have chosen not to give Billy Gilmour, Ethan Ampadu or Kenedy squad numbers for the forthcoming season,

If TT sees those three the same way that I, and others here, see them then being clear with them about where they stand is the right thing to do.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

4 minutes ago, lucio said:

Who’s better between Fofana and Gvardiol ?

Fofana is better defensively, but Gvardiol is better with the ball. Personally i think Gvardiol has higher potential than Fofana.

[Marvin123 484]

Tuchel pushing for Frenkie De Jong. (@SJohnsonSport @TheAthleticUK)

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

Not opposing either signing but can’t state often enough how massively risky both are. We are overpaying 80% on each 
Fofana broke bone and medial  ligament of his right ankle (he is right footed). While it is possible to regain full athleticism as that ligament can be patched together we will not know for sure for months 
Cucurella is perfectly ok but there are so many players with similar ability available for half the money… 

really hope we get this right 

also pls don’t offer crazy wages 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

19 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Gvardiol and Cucarella both doesn’t make much sense to me. I think reports about Cucu playing at LCB are sounding more and more plausible. In which case, buying another purely left sided, left footed CB for massive money makes no sense.

If Cucu is coming in we need to target a RCB which is where Fofana comes in.

Well if both Colwill and Sarr end up leaving then it make sense to me. The back five would be like this:

---------Koulibaly-----Silva------Gvardiol

James---------------------------------------Cucurella

or

---------Koulibaly------Gvardiol-------Cucurella

James------------------------------------------------Chilwell

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

18 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

So what would your thoughts be on Cucurella?

Some things that fit my template, but one that I know will irritate me if he joins.

• Technical excellence. ✅
• Ability to do ordinary things to a very high level. ✅
• Uncomplicated. Moves the ball quickly, decisively and accurately. ✅
• A competent, not excellent, defender.
• Two footedness is a great attribute for any player but a near essential one for fullbacks. ❌❌

[DDA 9,689]

If we get Cucurella/Gvardiol + Fofana+ De Jong..

I would go as far to say as this maybe being the best transfer window in the history of Todd Bohelys reign.😎

[Blues Forever 1,232]

1 minute ago, DDA said:

If we get Cucurella/Gvardiol + Fofana+ De Jong..

I would go as far to say as this maybe being the best transfer window in the history of Todd Bohelys reign.😎

I don't think we can afford both Gvardiol and Fofana together, it will be one of them for sure.

[Thor 2,392]

Surely we don't get De Jong. Seems like a pipe dream.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Special Juan 27,419]

Fofana is not messing about here

[Superblue 6,370]

51 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Some things that fit my template, but one that I know will irritate me if he joins.

• Technical excellence. ✅
• Ability to do ordinary things to a very high level. ✅
• Uncomplicated. Moves the ball quickly, decisively and accurately. ✅
• A competent, not excellent, defender.
• Two footedness is a great attribute for any player but a near essential one for fullbacks. ❌❌

Personally think he's above competent as a defender. He's no Ashley Cole by any stretch of the imagination so wouldn't fall into an 'excellent' category but I'd probably label his defending in the 'good' range. His defensive metrics and stats are strong and he does seem to possess a good defensive awareness which is key for me. I personally don't think competent or average would cut it as a defender to be able to play within the back 3, whereas you can get away with that as a wing back.

Completely agree with you on the too footedness aspect, it should be a minimum requirement for any footballer to be honest. The one thing I would say watching some clips and videos of him is that whilst I wouldn't class him as two footed, he does seem more than comfortable to play with his right foot, certainly more than Chilwell and Alonso from what I have seen. I have actually seen a few people on social media believing he could cover on the right side too. Not sure about that but I don't think he'd leave us restricted with an inability to use a weaker foot.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

The modern day transfer request? 🤣

[LAM09 6,733]

I feel like the closer it gets to the window closing, the more likely we'll end up signing Ronaldo as the sole attacking reinforcement. 

[whats happening 1,525]

if de jong is coming, jorginho is surely leaving. but theres almost no rumour about him leaving, so i dont know...i doubt that the de jong stuff is true.