Chelsea Transfers

[LAM09 6,733]

1 hour ago, Jype said:

Why? Is Gvardiol supposed to be better than Fofana? 

I don't agree. As long as Fofana has fully healed from his leg break I'd say he's currently the better player of the two and they're both still equally young and developing. Fofana is already settled in the PL and will probably settle quicker.

I'd say so, and the former has European experience under his belt (CL & EL) plus 10 caps for Croatia.

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

I think with KK and now Cucu, Tuchel is considering the left side of our defense settled. So Gvardiol wouldn’t make much sense now. We want a right sided CB which Fofana is. 

KK can play on either side, so that shouldn't be the deciding factor on who we should or shouldn't go for.

[oldportblue 547]

12 minutes ago, Tomo said:

In what way is Gvardiol any more proven?

exactly, if anything Fofana is more proven (has been great in PL already)… but I do like Gvardiol too

[Jype 6,398]

I really do wonder if the people creaming their pants over Gvardiol have even watched him for more than 5 full matches or if it's just the good old bandwagon effect where everyone just pretends to be an expert on him despite knowing next to nothing about the player aside from the fact he's young and highly rated.

Don't get me wrong, I too have heard plenty of good things about him and would happily take him in the squad but I just find it funny how he's somehow gained this god-like status on this forum despite actually proving very little in his career so far. 

Edited August 8, 2022 by Jype

[Pizy 18,360]

2 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I'd say so, and the former has European experience under his belt (CL & EL) plus 10 caps for Croatia.

KK can play on either side, so that shouldn't be the deciding factor on who we should or shouldn't go for.

He CAN play on the right for sure. But as evidenced by where he has appeared thus far in a Chelsea shirt and where I saw him play most in the Napoli footage, I think he looks best on the left.

What that means for Cucurella if/when we do sign Fofana is what I’m curious about. Because we ain’t spending £55m for a player to sit on the bench.

[Tomo 21,733]

12 minutes ago, Pizy said:

He CAN play on the right for sure. But as evidenced by where he has appeared thus far in a Chelsea shirt and where I saw him play most in the Napoli footage, I think he looks best on the left.

What that means for Cucurella if/when we do sign Fofana is what I’m curious about. Because we ain’t spending £55m for a player to sit on the bench.

If we go as far in all comps as we did last season we'll be lucky to get a midweek off for the remaineder of the season once the UCL kicks in.

There's more than enough games to go round.

Edited August 8, 2022 by Tomo

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

19 minutes ago, Tomo said:

 

There's more than enough games to go round.

Bewilders me how even after last season people still can’t grasp this. 
 

We are always going to pay more for depth given we need real quality that takes us closer to the top two. 

[Pizy 18,360]

21 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If we go as far in all comps as we did last season we'll be lucky to get a midweek off for the remaineder of the season once the UCL kicks in.

There's more than enough games to go round.

True. I’m just saying that there’s going to be some tough decisions for Tuchel to make if he has KK, Fofana, Cucurella, and a fully fit Chilly to consider. 

[Special Juan 27,419]

Chilwell will be the one who's finding it tough, Cuca is different level

[Tomo 21,733]

15 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Bewilders me how even after last season people still can’t grasp this. 
 

We are always going to pay more for depth given we need real quality that takes us closer to the top two. 

I "played" this season on FM last year and if it's the reality this year it will make everything of the last two seasons and even the restart period feel like a once a week stroll of a schedule (if we try for everything), especially after the world cup.

I wouldn't be surprised if we have to pull a Klopp and unleash the U23's on a cup tie at some point and it would be out of sheer necessity.

[Blue Armour 4,275]

4 hours ago, Tomo said:

If we're sticking to recent times then United got world cup and 4x UCL winner Varane for around half the price they spent on Maguire.

Seems like the EFL cup is still on for this year (no surprises there)? Wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Vesper 28,683]

13 hours ago, Mário César said:

he had 3 years left of contract

a feed around 30M would be OK but not 20M....

very little money for him.

According to Sky in Germany, a fee of £25.3m (€30m) plus bonuses has been agreed

[shrenshah 186]

Perfect window

Buy Fofana, frenkie de jong, endrick (crazy talent), ronaldo (instead of auba or depay, he is goals guranteed which we are lacking), zaha (1 yr left on his conyract, if we get him for 15mn then worth it)

Sell or loan werner, ziyech, cho, jorginho, barkley, batshuayi, rlc, emerson, alonso, etc

New contracts for kante, mount, reece and mendy

Boehly will have a lot of work to do

[Strike 7,212]

10 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

The market for cbs is still decent. We can find alternatives. Also Trev, RJ and K2 can play rcb as well. It is not Fofana or bust 

An elite athlete like Fofana will allow the team to play a high-line attacking game. Fofana - Koulibaly as the outbacks gives insane recovery pace and allows the whole team to confidently push up. Playing with a Pavard or any of the alternatives, wouldn't give that security

[DDA 9,689]

Well came on here for some transfer updates instead we find the forum updated and it looks brilliant.👍

Well in TC.

[Special Juan 27,419]

I'm not getting this Aubameyang shit.

[shrenshah 186]

17 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I'm not getting this Aubameyang shit.

I wouldnt want him here..rather play broja up top

[DDA 9,689]

If we get Aubameyang in and sideline Broja who wants first team football then I wouldn't blame the lad for wanting to leave for good. Aubameyang is past it. If we are going in for an OAP then just get Ronald.