Chelsea Transfers

[LAM09 6,733]

19 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

In EXCESS of 52.5. 
most expensive left back in history by quite a margin 

 

Mendy cost £51.75m, so there's only a slight difference.

[Maravel21 36]

62m£ for cucurella wow to keep cowil 

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

7 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

They are writing the rules for the new FFP. It has been said that this year is almost a free pass. It is why Barca does not give two fucks about all the players they are getting.

Any links to reports stating such? 

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

5 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Mendy cost £51.75m, so there's only a slight difference.

yeah and that should have been a warning as well

at that time 51,75m pounds were only 57m euros tho

[Tomo 21,733]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

So much for Chelsea going broke without Roman. I just hope they have a way to make it sustainable.

If i had to guess it's looking like a similar plan to the early Roman years, spend our way to parity with the big two then focus on the sustainablity profit side of things once the success arrives which is where i'd guess the big money signings while still happening will be less frequent and we'd be looking at getting Slonina, Colwill, Hutchinson etc in the side.

Hopefully we do that second bit better this time as we really stood still with squad building circa 07-10.

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

6 minutes ago, Maravel21 said:

62m£ for cucurella wow to keep cowil 

where did you read that

the highest figure I read were 68m euros which is 57m gbp.

anway, we should walk away at this point. this is just too much. it is crazy. Cucu is good but not world class. That fee should get you every lb in the world bar phonzie&theo.

[Maravel21 36]

Just now, Magic Lamps said:

where did you read that

the highest figure I read were 68m euros which is 57m gbp.

anway, we should walk away at this point. this is just too much. it is crazy. Cucu is good but not world class. That fee should get you every lb in the world bar phonzie&theo.

 

[Superblue 6,370]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

where did you read that

the highest figure I read were 68m euros which is 57m gbp.

anway, we should walk away at this point. this is just too much. it is crazy. Cucu is good but not world class. That fee should get you every lb in the world bar phonzie&theo.

Apparently it will be around £55m and £7m potential add ons.

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

1 minute ago, Maravel21 said:

 

k thx

this is just absurd.

Sorry we should walk from that deal. If we offered that kind of money to bayern or milan they would start thinking.

[LAM09 6,733]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

yeah and that should have been a warning as well

at that time 51,75m pounds were only 57m euros tho

The conversion rate should have no bearing when we're discussing English clubs. Either way, it's a bit rich, IMO.

Paying that much for someone that isn't of the level of Hakimi (he cost just under £60m twelve months ago) or such isn't great business. Hope he turns out to be a good investment, though.  

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

k thx

this is just absurd.

Sorry we should walk from that deal. If we offered that kind of money to bayern or milan they would start thinking.

We essentially paid more to keep Colwill. Let's hope he has some season.

Edited August 4, 2022 by LAM09

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

k thx

this is just absurd.

Sorry we should walk from that deal. If we offered that kind of money to bayern or milan they would start thinking.

I will not, repeat, will not endure another season with Alonso at LWB. 

Sorry, just not going to happen. 

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

24 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Any experts out there can explain to me how we are able to achieve this and comply with FFP?

@Vesper?

One word...Barca!

If they're OK everyone is ok

[Superblue 6,370]

3 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If i had to guess it's looking like a similar plan to the early Roman years, spend our way to parity with the big two then focus on the sustainablity profit side of things once the success arrives which is where i'd guess the big money signings while still happening will be less frequent and we'd be looking at getting Slonina, Colwill, Hutchinson etc in the side.

Hopefully we do that second bit better this time as we really stood still with squad building circa 07-10.

I agree, I think they'll try and spend quickly to catch up over this summer and next before looking to maintain that position. Remember that Pep spent around £400m across his first two summers at City to reshape a squad that already had a strong, title winning core.

In theory so long as the club is successful, it should be able to sustain a transfer budget of roughly £100m each summer, which should be ample if used correctly to bring in one or two players each summer to freshen the squad up.

 

[Pizy 18,360]

Think Alonso will be in Barca by this time next week. Emerson will probably be gone, too.

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

Just now, MoroccanBlue said:

I will not, repeat, will not endure another season with Alonso at LWB. 

Sorry, just not going to happen. 

yeah no one said anything about alonso. if we are prepared to pay this much for a leftback, there are tons of options not named alonso

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

yeah no one said anything about alonso. if we are prepared to pay this much for a leftback, there are tons of options not named alonso

And who is available that is proven in the PL along with having metrics suitable for our system? 

[LAM09 6,733]

1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said:

And who is available that is proven in the PL along with having metrics suitable for our system? 

Can someone be deemed "proven in the PL" after one season?

If Cucurella doesn't start the majority of our games this season, someone like Hickey would have been far cheaper option and four years younger.

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said:

And who is available that is proven in the PL along with having metrics suitable for our system? 

Pl proven is a myth

but even with there are Tyrick Mitchel, Kieran Tierney and Rayan At-Nouri. at a stretch Aaron Hickey, Mykolenko, Angelino, Jonny Otto or Rico Henry.

if we offered that moeny to liverpool for robertson, chances are they would take it.