Stats 7,230 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Blues Forever said: They having a laugh if they think they can obtain him for that fee. He was their player of the season last season and is a top prospect. Any fee should start from the £40m mark. Edited August 29, 2022 by Stats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Strike said: The Stamford Bridge hierarchy have opted to send Fofana to the US for his medical, and the 21-year-old flew out on Sunday after missing Leicester’s 2-1 defeat at Chelsea for personal reasons. There are not expected to be any problems but Fofana has agreed a six-year deal and the club’s new owners are looking for additional peace of mind. The defender broke his leg and injured ankle ligaments when caught by a horrible challenge in a pre-season friendly in August 2021, ruling him out for seven months. This is good due diligence from the club and ownership. They're clearly not taking the injury lightly. It's easy to be concerned about such a serious injury and whether they will fully recover, especially when there have been a number of players over the years at Chelsea who have succumbed to a serious injury and either retired or never been the same (Paul Elliott, Di Matteo, Casiraighi, Essien spring to mind). But I think that there are far more examples of players making a full recovery and going on to have successful careers, especially when suffering a serious injury so young and early in their careers. I don't anticipate the injury that Fofana suffered becoming a long term problem for him. One other thing on Fofana, obviously a huge amount of money being committed to signing him but when we were first being linked with him this summer the media briefings seemed to suggest Leicester wanted a world record fee, upwards of £85m and Chelsea were prepared to meet the fee needed if they couldn't bring it down. I think in the end and considering how the deal has dragged out, we've not done too bad to secure him on a £70 + 5 deal, albeit still a huge figure. Magic Lamps, manpe and kc_blue 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,381 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Not signing a forward player now would almost undue all the great work we’ve done in the window this summer. Laylabelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, turgi said: We have Mount glued to the wing, why would we need a winger? Even with mount on the wings, we are a body less. Sterling-broja-mount ?-kai-pulisic With ziyech strongly linked out to ajax, cho out to Leverkusen, we need atleast one forward/winger. I honestly would like zaha specially for the rumored 30-40m. That's 5-15m more than auba for a much more suited player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,525 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 mane was sold by 40M how palace demand such high value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,181 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Not to mention St.Etienne have a 20% sell on clause good catch! I had blanked this Leicester are only walking with away with a net profit of around £19.5m-£24.5m after they original trans fee + add-ons and the 20% sell-on are are taken out Edited August 29, 2022 by Vesper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,181 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Just now, Vesper said: good catch! I had blanked this Leicester are only walking with away with a net profit of around £19.5m-£24.5m after they original trans fee + add-ons and the 20% sell-on are are taken out so not like they have a windfall to go and buy several players with (as they are already in FFP trouble) fuck 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 14 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: You‘d think. Esp when we miss out on Gordon. Unless TT wants to try, Carney or someone else there. zaha would somewhat provide cover for striker and both wings but he is not a consistent finisher. Read somewhere Palace value him at 35-40m given his expiring deal. Never been a big fan of Zaha but value him over 33yo Auba Agree with Zaha, I've always felt when he's not "on it" he becomes almost anonymous. Having said that besides one poor year, he has scored 10+ Premier League goals in 3 of the last 4 seasons so has shown more consistency at least with his output in the last couple of years. You'd probably feel more confident that he'd give us 8 - 12 goals in the league than the likes of Ziyech and Pulisic. I just feel his time probably was a year or two ago to make that big move. For the right price, I'm not necessarily against it, but I'm not really for it either. I think better opportunities could develop over the next year for the club if they didn't sign him. And if those opportunities didn't happen, then he'd still be potentially an option to bring in next summer, and on a free transfer, to beef up the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,381 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mário César said: mane was sold by 40M how palace demand such high value? Premier League club to Premier League club tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Unless good money was put on the table (perhaps Ajax for Ziyech as an example), I'd be reluctant to let players out the door this late in the window and try to rush deals through for incomings. From what is seems Chalobah has had discussions with Tuchel and will stay and I think realistically the same should be done with the likes of Hudson Odoi. There really isn't that long before the World Cup but a lot of games between now and then to fit into the schedule. Tuchel is going to have to rotate the players at key times to keep players as fresh as possible and not overloaded. Chalobah will know first hand from last season how opportunities can open up. Loftus-Cheek found the same. Gallagher has also seen the same at the start of this season. Chances will come and it's up to players individually to seize them. If players like Chalobah aren't happy with their game time by the World Cup break then another opportunity presents itself then for a loan move away in the second half of the season and a longer period for the club to put some plans in place for transfer activity in January if they feel the need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa19 858 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) The hell is wrong with those clubs? 27M for Gallagher? If it was the other way around they would be quoting us 100M. Slap their face and tell em to f*ck off Edited August 29, 2022 by Costa19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrenshah 186 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 29 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: Agree with Zaha, I've always felt when he's not "on it" he becomes almost anonymous. Having said that besides one poor year, he has scored 10+ Premier League goals in 3 of the last 4 seasons so has shown more consistency at least with his output in the last couple of years. You'd probably feel more confident that he'd give us 8 - 12 goals in the league than the likes of Ziyech and Pulisic. I just feel his time probably was a year or two ago to make that big move. For the right price, I'm not necessarily against it, but I'm not really for it either. I think better opportunities could develop over the next year for the club if they didn't sign him. And if those opportunities didn't happen, then he'd still be potentially an option to bring in next summer, and on a free transfer, to beef up the squad. Out of the 14 goals Zaha had 6 penalties last year. So only 8 goals in open play. Doubt he will take pens at Chelsea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,181 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 39 minutes ago, Pizy said: Premier League club to Premier League club tax. also Zaha is homegrown, Mane was not, and those homegrown slots are gold for big clubs as the FA continues to crack down and demand more HG's on the 25 man rosters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 They saying maybe zaha and Ismaila Sarr over auba and Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,381 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Can’t even imagine what happens if Fofana fails the medical after all this effort to get him. It’s strange that there isn’t a renowned doctor anywhere in the UK or Europe that could’ve looked him over and he had to travel all the way over here to the States. Makes me think the worst. That something was spotted over the weekend in his medical and Boehly is now sending him to America to get a second opinion. bigbluewillie and manpe 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterchelsea 3,221 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Probably means nothing but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Pizy said: Can’t even imagine what happens if Fofana fails the medical after all this effort to get him. It’s strange that there isn’t a renowned doctor anywhere in the UK or Europe that could’ve looked him over and he had to travel all the way over here to the States. Makes me think the worst. That something was spotted over the weekend in his medical and Boehly is now sending him to America to get a second opinion. Wouldnt be too surprised to have him do some marketing as well, since he will be our record signing this summer. Expect some nice LA announcment pics on twitter when its done. didi007 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said: Probably means nothing but... His only option is either us or taking a pay cut to stay at Barca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Just now, Blues Forever said: His only option is either us or taking a pay cut to stay at Barca. What about the option of staying at Barca and refusing to take a pay cut? Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said: Probably means nothing but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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