Chelsea Transfers

[Clockwork 1,794]

18 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

For now I have only read as far as this sentence in the post to which I'm responding but, 👏

They moved past us because of Pep Guardiola, he is arguably the best manager ever. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

3 hours ago, Clockwork said:

They moved past us because of Pep Guardiola, he is arguably the best manager ever. 

I don't agree. I think they got Pep because they had already moved beyond us in terms of the way they were, and are, regarded by the football world. Roman courted Pep more than once but he was simply not interested. Many of the reasons for our poor reputation are a consequence of Roman's approach in my opinion. One Pep will remember I think was however the Jose inspired nonsense with the pitch in that CL game vs Barca. (2006 I think.) I was angry about it at the time and, now that I've recalled it, I find that I still am.

BTW, I want to be clear that I'm glad Roman was here and he will always have my gratitude for what he did for CFC. It's just that like all of us, he comes with positive and negative attributes. 

Edited August 12, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

3 hours ago, KEVINAA said:

Chelsea + Princewill Ehibhatiomham taken from Reading u18

https://www.transfermarkt.com/princewill-ehibhatiomhan/profil/spieler/930568

 

 

 

Between him,”Dave”, Cruella,Koulibaly and CC we would become a commentators nitemare.need a few eastern europeans to tip them over the edge.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

 

I think others will be better judges of Nunes than I can be. I do not like flashy footballers. I don't find the flicks and the tricks impressive and there are too many extravagant touches from Nunes. So it seems to me anyway. Perhaps people who don't dislike the things I call 'flashy' as much as I dislike them might have a more rounded opinion of Nunes than I do. 

Edited August 12, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

2 hours ago, ChelseaFanUK said:

I still reckon we get a CB and forward.  Tuchel has said today he wants more depth in them areas.

 

Midfield, i think we want to, but wont panic

More depth and more quality he said. Not that there's anyone here who will disagree.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

He's been on Barcelona's board of directors on 4 separate occasions and even funded millions to help get Laporta his presidency. How on earth has this sale been allowed, especially when Barcelona tried cooking the books just days ago? 

Again, this just screams favoritism by FIFA/UEFA yet again. God forbid if we did anything like this. 

I haven't had the interest to read the details of the sale but the only thing I think those bodies could want to examine is whether or not the price paid puts a realistic valuation on the company. If it looks like the price has been inflated to bail Barca out then football's regulators should step in.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

Deleted. Bad.

Edited August 12, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[Clockwork 1,794]

18 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I don't agree. I think they got Pep because they had already moved beyond us in term of the way they were, and are, regarded by the football world. Roman courted Pep but he was simply not interested. Many of the reasons for our poor reputation are a consequence of Roman's approach in my opinion but one Pep will remember I think was the Jose inspired nonsense with the pitch in that CL game vs Barca. (2006 I think.) I was angry about it at the time and, now that I've recalled it, I find that I still am.

BTW, I want to be clear that I'm glad Roman was here and he will always have my gratitude for what he did for CFC. It's just that like all of us, he comes with positive and negative attributes. 

City did a good job of recruiting Pep by hiring a bunch of ex Barcelona guys while he was a Bayern. They did a good job of long term planning it. On the other hand we did a terrible job, rehiring Mourniho was a terrible mistake. We wasted a lot of talent under him. 

I agree with you, Roman definitely had it is positive, but everything was short term. We had our success, but with a clear limitation.

I am very hopeful with our new owner, i think if we are going to take the next step it would have to be with a different approach than Roman. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

 

[Jype 6,398]

3 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

 

Didn't they sign him on a free transfer earlier this year? 😂

We'd be doing them a favor by taking him off their wage bill and they don't even need him after Lewandowski signing so why bother offering any fee?

Didn't want him to begin with and even then I thought he'd be a free transfer. Paying a fee would be madness.

[Strike 7,217]

6 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

 

Sure. As long as Marcos Alonso is sold for 21m

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

17 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

City did a good job of recruiting Pep by hiring a bunch of ex Barcelona guys while he was a Bayern. They did a good job of long term planning it. On the other hand we did a terrible job, rehiring Mourniho was a terrible mistake. We wasted a lot of talent under him. 

I agree with you, Roman definitely had it is positive, but everything was short term. We had our success, but with a clear limitation.

I am very hopeful with our new owner, i think if we are going to take the next step it would have to be with a different approach than Roman. 

I agree with all of this. The only slight twist I would put on this, and it in no way contradicts what you say, is that I think the deal was already done with Pep for his next stop to be Manchester. This would mean that decisions to bring him and the backroom staff were simultaneous rather than the one following the others, or the one being a part of the plan to lead to the other.

I hated the way Roman and our club were treated in the sanctions fiasco. I have still seen no evidence that justifies his treatment to my satisfaction. (I've read both of Bill Browther's books on dirty Russian money and, though he names other names, he does not mention Roman once.) Nevertheless, a change of method was required and, like you, I have belief that Clearlake can get the job done. It will require the fanbase to be calm and patient however.

Edited August 12, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[Maravel21 36]

Hmmm 

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1558124454223413249?s=21&t=MvgbXzezC4wmOTbFWbbETA

[Pizy 18,368]

Any permanent deal for Auba would be silly of us. But IF we do, any more than a few million is even sillier. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/tuchel-updates-on-chelseas-transfer-activity-and-rules-two-out-of-spurs

[Maravel21 36]

 Ok we will sign him 

[Maravel21 36]

4 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Go already and leave us alone.

Yes but if we don’t sign de jong nothing will happen