Chelsea Transfers

[Strike 7,212]

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Nero 1,838]

12 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

It's so ridiculous that in these days every PL club wants 200 million 

[LAM09 6,733]

3 minutes ago, Nero said:

It's so ridiculous that in these days every PL club wants 200 million 

That's what happens when a team sets a bad precedent. Maguire going for stupid money comes to mind.

[Alabama 1,992]

3 hours ago, LAM09 said:

Fair price point - Danjuma.

All in & best CF that's obtainable - Your fellow countryman, Osimhen. 

Two names I've been mentioning for a number of months, or years in the case of the latter.

Good...

Napoli will not sale us Osimhen...

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11 minutes ago, Alabama said:

Good...

Napoli will not sale us Osimhen...

Every player has their price. Also, this sort of thing might drive them out - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11076351/Napoli-President-not-sign-African-players-unless-agree-not-play-AFCON.html

 

[shrenshah 186]

Dont think lb cover with a 50mn player should be priority for us

Eapecially if it means if we loose colwill.

Someone like a maehle would have worked. Cucu at lcb wont be ideal given his height...really not getting the boards thinking here...this is going to be a transition year, might as well give colwill the minutes

[cosmicway 1,313]

I don't believe Chelsea's scoring problem are the forwards are such.
Ok Lukaku proved wanting and Werner is one of the inglorious league of chance wasters.
But Kai-Pulisic and Ziyech ? Why ?
The real problem is we don't have players to open up defenses and free spaces. Hazard was definitely one and Cesc with his accurate passing.
Really I don't see how if we had signed Haaland he could pull things out of the fire without a Hazard to do the preliminary work for him.

Edited August 4, 2022 by cosmicway

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7 hours ago, Vesper said:

he is 1.72m!

that's only an inch and a half taller than KANTE

we will get ROASTED ALIVE with him playing CB

and even height aside, that does NOT address the insane price

when you toss in the £20m more it would cost us to buy back Colwill

we are dropping 87m euros (£72.5m) on this deal!

NOT HAPPY

AT ALL

 

it is madness

Cucurella for 30m + Colwill with a buyback. That's a good deal.

I would overlook the lack of height if the player has the technical ability, ball progression of Cucurella. With another CB (Fofana), we won't need Cucurella starting every week at LCB either since Fofana, Silva, Koulibaly can be fielded.

This is actually a massive Alonso/Emerson upgrade and one that we were crying out for since the Chilwell injury derailed our season.

 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

7 minutes ago, Strike said:

Chilwell injury derailed our season

Don't agree with this. 

 

7 minutes ago, Strike said:

This [signing Cucurella] is actually a massive Alonso/Emerson upgrade

I agree it's an upgrade on Emerson and on Alonso's defending but whether his overall attacking impact would be better than Alonso's is possible but not certain I think.

[Clockwork 1,794]

8 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Don't agree with this. 

 

I agree it's an upgrade on Emerson and on Alonso's defending but whether his overall attacking impact would be better than Alonso's is possible but not certain I think.

Cucurella is much more rounded than Alonso from an attacking perspective; better at carrying the ball, against the press, passer, and linking up. That adds a lot more to the overall team. 
 

I do agree with your point on Chilly.

Edited August 4, 2022 by Clockwork

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

7 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Cucurella is much more rounded than Alonso from an attacking perspective; better at carrying the ball, against the press, passer, and linking up. That adds a lot more to the overall team. 

Yes, I agree with all of this. It's Marcus's goal contributions, and the goal threat at the far post which opponents have to account for, that I would put on the other side of the ledger. 

Edited August 4, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

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8 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Yes, I agree with all of this. It's Marcus's goal contributions, and the goal threat at the far post which opponents have to account for, that I would put on the other side of the ledger. 

The goal threat from Alonso came at a big cost to the team balance and defensive solidity imo. Credit to him, he put in good shifts in the two cup finals but he lacked pace which makes a big difference in this wingback system.

I feel Cucurella even without similar assist/goal numbers - will help the team progress the ball up-field and maintain possession there. Should improve our attack as well with his mobility, passing.

[oldportblue 547]

I’m not sure why we’re trying for de jong.. He’s a very nice player but would be super expensive + he is really bad defensively and is a very similar profile to kovacic, who isn’t going anywhere. 

 

 

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[manpe 10,861]

Aubameyang has flop written all over him if he joined us. He's 33, toxic and we'd be doing Farca a favour. Plus he just joined them in January, why would he leave so soon?

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