cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 07/08/2022 at 20:58, Superblue_1986 said: City announced Haaland before our new owners were even confirmed so even if we hadn't signed Lukaku and tried laying groundwork for Haaland it would have been scuppered by the sanctions. Fair play to City they took full advantage of the situation. I remember this: Last summer Roman offered 150 million and Dortmund said no, they wanted to keep him. That looked strange because next year -summer 22- the player was going to be free. But after this and long before the Putin events everyone said "it's over for Haaland and Chelsea - he is due for City". Why ? So we did not lose the player after the Putin events or in May. Did we pull out then because we thought Lukaku filled the place ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldportblue 547 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mário César said: I don't think we can get forfana from leicester what others targets skysports talk? I think we still might get him… if nothing happens before the end of this week, then we need to look elsewhere (we probably already are in parallel). Maybe go back to Skriniar, hope we’re not considering Pau Torres… Edited August 9, 2022 by oldportblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,288 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Hermione said: I’m guessing Depay and some of the deadwood like Umtiti that feel like they fell off the face of the earth 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,128 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, cosmicway said: I remember this: Last summer Roman offered 150 million and Dortmund said no, they wanted to keep him. That looked strange because next year -summer 22- the player was going to be free. But after this and long before the Putin events everyone said "it's over for Haaland and Chelsea - he is due for City". Why ? So we did not lose the player after the Putin events or in May. Did we pull out then because we thought Lukaku filled the place ? Agreed. In a straight shoot out between us and City we were never going to win. In fact I think we could have faced another situation where a player might have accepted a lesser contract than we offered, and chosen to play for someone else instead. We outrank clubs seen as being outside the elite group but, among the elites we are not a preferred destination. Trying to fix this needs to be a key objective for Clearlake. Edited August 10, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,228 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, Hermione said: Leipzig got Werner and Sesko I wonder if they would consider letting Nkunku go this summer. They put that release clause into his contract to remain another year but I don't think they anticipated Sesko and Werner coming back so maybe now if we overpay a bit they might let him go. Sesko will remain at Salzburg on loan this season and then link up with Leipzig in the summer of 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,112 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, cosmicway said: Last summer Roman offered 150 million and Dortmund said no, they wanted to keep him. That looked strange because next year -summer 22- the player was going to be free. not free, his release clause (which had a fixed fee of €60m OR £54m) had to be paid the fee in pounds was set when 60m euros equalled £54m, and was not a floating (at current FOREX) rate many reports looked at the 60m euros and just did a real time conversion to pounds, thus yielding £51.5m, but this was not the case Edited August 10, 2022 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,766 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Chelsea are preparing to offer a world record fee to sign French centre-back Wesley Fofana, 21, from Leicester City. (Football London) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,836 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Hermione said: Leipzig got Werner and Sesko I wonder if they would consider letting Nkunku go this summer. They put that release clause into his contract to remain another year but I don't think they anticipated Sesko and Werner coming back so maybe now if we overpay a bit they might let him go. I don’t think Nkunku will push very strong to leave this window. His place in French NT is not stable, he cannot afford joining a team and play worse or not get regular playing time. He can wait up until January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,831 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said: Chelsea are preparing to offer a world record fee to sign French centre-back Wesley Fofana, 21, from Leicester City. (Football London) Can we then do it for a forward as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,808 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 9 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: It's all on him. He needs to accept a lower wage. The wage isn't an issue according to one report. Chelsea was footing 70% of the wage. The issue between Napoli and Kepa was about image rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,112 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Thor said: Can we then do it for a forward as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,789 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Great read by Jacobs that very clued up. Sounds like both players are locked in intense talks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Let’s pray for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin123 541 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Well I'm guessing Barca need to sell so they can register players and go for Silva..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,288 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 So that’s several decent journalists reporting it. But it’s nothing different to what Ornstein said last week. We’re pushing and pushing but the player is still not ready to commit to leaving yet. Be good if we agree a fee with Barca like United did so that if he decides to go we’re ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artandur 939 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Barca has to register by Friday, so feels like this is going be settled either way in the next days OhForAGreavsie and Fernando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,789 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 The Mail now reporting this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 7 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: Agreed. In a straight shoot out between us and City we were never going to win. In fact I think we could have faced another situation where a player might have accepted a lesser contract than we offered, and chosen to play for someone else instead. We outrank clubs seen as being outside the elite group but, among the elites we are not a preferred destination. Trying to fix this needs to be a key objective for Clearlake. We are reigning champions of the world, Pep every May falls into a black hole. Is n't that a bit exaggerated ? I can think only of the proverbial crabs as a reason we are not preferred destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,128 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, cosmicway said: We are reigning champions of the world, Pep every May falls into a black hole. Is n't that a bit exaggerated ? I can think only of the proverbial crabs as a reason we are not preferred destination. OK, we have an honest disagreement then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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