Chelsea Transfers

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

The options behind Hakim Ziyech to replace Antony are from a much lower level. Either Chelsea will lower their price tag or another alternative from the same quality will have to be found. Otherwise Ajax won't sell Antony to United. 

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Antony is really good and I hope he does not go to United 😕

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Superblue 6,372]

Intrigued about the link to Zakharyan. I had heard of him before and was aware that he's highly rated in his country, and although you can't take too much from clips packages his comfort on both feet and vision/execution for a pass at his age do look impressive.

This is the sort of player I've championed the club to be targeting now for some time. We need to be looking to buy players who can immediately slot into the team, but we should also be looking at players who in another year or two with the right development could become extremely useful players for the squad. In the case of Gordon, the risk is far too high in my opinion with the price tag but if its correct that this deal looks like being around 15m euros, a couple of these I think are always worth taking a chance on if the scouting reports suggest. If he's not quite ready for the Chelsea first team, then give him a loan for a season to continue his development.

He is the sort of player you feel will otherwise end up at a Benfica or Monaco in a year's time and if he continues to develop bigger teams will be looking at him when he's 21/22 for 3-4x the price. Far too many times we've stumped up or been prepared to stump up big money on players who could have been obtained a year or two prior for a fraction of the price. This transfer market is now so competitive and so expensive that you have to give yourself every chance of making it work and finding advantages in it.

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13 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Intrigued about the link to Zakharyan. I had heard of him before and was aware that he's highly rated in his country, and although you can't take too much from clips packages his comfort on both feet and vision/execution for a pass at his age do look impressive.

This is the sort of player I've championed the club to be targeting now for some time. We need to be looking to buy players who can immediately slot into the team, but we should also be looking at players who in another year or two with the right development could become extremely useful players for the squad. In the case of Gordon, the risk is far too high in my opinion with the price tag but if its correct that this deal looks like being around 15m euros, a couple of these I think are always worth taking a chance on if the scouting reports suggest. If he's not quite ready for the Chelsea first team, then give him a loan for a season to continue his development.

He is the sort of player you feel will otherwise end up at a Benfica or Monaco in a year's time and if he continues to develop bigger teams will be looking at him when he's 21/22 for 3-4x the price. Far too many times we've stumped up or been prepared to stump up big money on players who could have been obtained a year or two prior for a fraction of the price. This transfer market is now so competitive and so expensive that you have to give yourself every chance of making it work and finding advantages in it.

Though too early...but I can see the qualities of KDB in him...

[Superblue 6,372]

4 minutes ago, Alabama said:

Though too early...but I can see the qualities of KDB in him...

A young KDB I agree. I see similarities to him and KDB when he was at Genk and then Bremen.

History isn't too kind to him, I can't think of too many Russian players that have lit up the bigger leagues in Europe, let alone the Premier League and even some of their better talents in recent years like Arshavin and Zhirkov have been nothing more than decent on these shores. In such a case moving from the Russian league at a younger age to develop elsewhere may be a good thing, who knows?

[Vesper 30,186]

Tuchel told to fix transfer mistake as Fofana deal turns ugly

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-tuchel-mistake-fofana-comments-27836534

The Chelsea boss has been urged to correct a mistake the Blues made in the market years ago while Blues fans are coming to terms with finding out this season's Champions League opponents

 

Chelsea currently look like a shadow of their former selves following a shaky start to the new Premier League season.

The Blues most recent outing saw them on the wrong side of a 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Leeds United in a contest that also saw summer signing Kalidou Koulibaly receive his marching orders after picking up two yellow cards in an afternoon he'll want to forget in a hurry.

Mirror Football has collated all the Chelsea headlines and main talking points as they gear up for another huge tie at home to Leicester City this weekend.

Tuchel urged to correct transfer error

The Chelsea boss has received some words of wisdom from a former Blues player in the form of Glenn Johnson, who has called on his old side to sign Wesley Fofana.

The Foxes defender has been the subject of interest to the West London-based outfit all summer given their own exodus at the back saw departures for both Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen, while Thiago Silva is not getting any younger.

Chelsea have made multiple bids for the young Frenchman, all of which have been rejected so far. However, the Blues are reportedly willing to fork out as much as £80million on Fofana to try and force Leicester's into selling.

“It does possibly make Chelsea ’s defence the strongest in the Premier League on paper. You’d have experience and youth as well as three athletes, so you’d struggle to get better than that," Johnson told Betting Odds.

 

"Chelsea should have bought Fofana years ago. I’m surprised he’s been at Leicester this long because a few years ago he was one of the best defenders around and he couldn’t even get in the French team."

Find Johnson's full assessment HERE.

Rodgers makes pointed Fofana remark

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Fofana will continue to sit out of the Foxes action due to trying to force the club's hand into cashing in on him.

The defender has made it clear he wants out amid interest from those over at Stamford Bridge, but his current club are standing firm in their stance he is only available for the right price.

Chelsea's most recent offer came in at £70m, reportedly £10m short of even remotely tempting the Foxes. Fofana has been forced to train with the Under 23s after he failed to attend a first-team training session earlier in the week.

"He won’t be available for the weekend. He has trained with our Under-21 squad," Rodgers explained.

"For me, it’s always about the commitment and when the players are ready to commit to the ethos of the team. If they’re not in the right frame of mind, we have to move on. The window will shut and then things will become clearer."

Read Rodgers' comments in full HERE.

 

Boss Thomas Tuchel continues to cut an increasingly concerned figure as the transfer window's deadline draws closer with Chelsea yet to sign their desired number of players with the clock ticking.

 

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On 25/08/2022 at 13:10, Blues Forever said:

 

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Chelsea are demanding €44M for their player.

wtf

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1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

A young KDB I agree. I see similarities to him and KDB when he was at Genk and then Bremen.

History isn't too kind to him, I can't think of too many Russian players that have lit up the bigger leagues in Europe, let alone the Premier League and even some of their better talents in recent years like Arshavin and Zhirkov have been nothing more than decent on these shores. In such a case moving from the Russian league at a younger age to develop elsewhere may be a good thing, who knows?

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21 hours ago, Kong said:

I feel Bellingham is Manchester bound 

Pool wants him so so badly

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15 hours ago, Maravel21 said:

 

who is he ? Haha

Arsen Zakharyan: Meet the teenage magician taking Russia by storm

https://www.goal.com/en-kw/news/arsen-zakharyan-teenage-magician-taking-russia-by-storm/1ote8ap8labix1vswcrehm9gwo

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24 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Pool wants him so so badly

Money talks tho we all know this.

[Superblue 6,372]

55 minutes ago, Vesper said:

wtf

Makes complete sense for us to go in high on this one seeing as Ajax are buying him to replace Antony who they're going to be getting over double that money for. It's a starting point from our perspective to negotiate.

Realistically if we got somewhere between 30-35m euros for him I think that would be an excellent deal for us, but I also don't think that's a bad deal at all for Ajax either as they're picking up a player they know has absolutely ruined that league with a much higher output than Antony ever has and is still 29 and could quite comfortably with his play style have another 3 - 4 top years in the Eredivisie. If they can pick him up and bank 50-60m euros extra for Antony, they should be pretty content with that.

[Superblue 6,372]

40 minutes ago, Vesper said:

He obviously doesn't have the milky bar kid hairdo like that haha

But definitely that awareness to spot the runs being made in front of you and the ability to execute them, he looks like he has a lot of promise in his game.

[lucio 5,418]

get the Russian and get him in the first team ASAP 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,382]

Mental how similar he is to KDB

[Blue Armour 4,442]

Now Tuchel is saying 'maybe no one comes in' because there's very little time remain this window.

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5 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Now Tuchel is saying 'maybe no one comes in' because there's very little time remain this window.

Honestly would not mind it.