ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 £18M is the price for Kante Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guddy69 174 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 "Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney. His initials are 'IBET'. We should have known....🙂" Hamilton, laura90, Magic Lamps and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,715 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 17/11/2022 at 09:01, ZAPHOD2319 said: £18M is the price for Kante Would be dumb and absolutely predictable if we moved him on in Jan when he's on the verge of fitness We are short on midfield cover. Best thing to do is keep him till the summer and then assess. But no, we'll sell him in Jan so that he doesn't leave on a free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,052 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Sigh so he will still be injured when the January window closes, ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,209 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Is it a situation where we need to get him even if he is injured just to take him off the market ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,666 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Blue Armour said: Would be dumb and absolutely predictable if we moved him on in Jan when he's on the verge of fitness We are short on midfield cover. Best thing to do is keep him till the summer and then assess. But no, we'll sell him in Jan so that he doesn't leave on a free I don't think the new ownership group wants players to leave on a free, we lost out on at least 60-70 million from the Rudiger & Christensen contract sagas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,666 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 hours ago, DDA said: Is it a situation where we need to get him even if he is injured just to take him off the market ? I just hope it's not another Fofana situation. He only just got back from a bad injury and then we splashed all the cash on "potential". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 9 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Lol, can't wait for the first time he storms off the pitch after being subbed or refuses to come on after not being selected to start. Also can't wait for his comments dissing Potter a la "of course I didn't know who that guy was". It would be massively beneficial to Potter's career here NOT to sign that has-been. But those Americans probably saw him breaking the shirt sales record and thought he would be a great tool to boost Chelsea's marketability. laura90 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I wouldn’t trust any of the CR7 rumors. I also wouldn’t trust any Frenkie rumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,661 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 looks like whu will listen to offers from Chelsea for rice next summer. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,052 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, whats happening said: looks like whu will listen to offers from Chelsea for rice next summer. £80m to 90m they can shove it up their arse if they want £100m plus (those old pests talking about £150m last summer!!!!) he is not even having a great year so far at £80-90m that means IF we get £18m for Kante in January Rice will cost a net £62m to 72m which is fine with me if we do not buy him this coming summer I am going to start to chop value off him as he is putting on CRAY mileage on his legs season after season, and if we buy him in summer 2024 that means we only get 4 full sub 30yo seasons out of him and we all know what happens to 95+% of trad crunching DMF's once they hit 30 and over Edited November 21, 2022 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,093 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Vesper said: £80m to 90m they can shove it up their arse if they want £100m plus (those old pests talking about £150m last summer!!!!) he is not even having a great year so far at £80-90m that means IF we get £18m for Kante in January Rice will cost a net £62m to 72m which is fine with me if we do not buy him this coming summer I am going to start to chop value off him as he is putting on CRAY mileage on his legs season after season, and if we buy him in summer 2024 that means we only get 4 full sub 30yo seasons out of him and we all know what happens to 95+% of trad crunching DMF's once they hit 30 and over Selling Kante for 18m would be a mistake. Couldn't believe the reports and if their true, then whatever little faith left in Boehly I have - virtually none existent as it is - will be gone completely. We need to get someone in younger yes but selling Kante outright would be a huge error - still can deliver in big games. Fitness has been a problem but you can see the difference in our team with a fully fit Kante compared to without, its night and day. I think he could be used in the same way Jose used Maka in his last season. Be like the Matic-Bakayoko thing all over again although those two weren’t at the level of Kante and Rice. For me, Matic definitely had another season at least of use here and he would of got the minutes for sure as Conte was a huge fan. Just the financial offer was too great to say no to at that age although even Conte admitted he wanted to keep him. I am still skeptical at how good Rice will be at a top club, considering the inevitable 100m+ price. I mean his progression has been good and steady but West Ham are still a pretty pragmatic team a lot of the time. England are also a pragmatic team too. He suits the profile of what we need though. Its just if he can go and up his game and compete against some of these top top level MFers out there regularly. Edited November 21, 2022 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vytis33 1,377 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Please don't let these Jordan Pickford rumors be true bigbluewillie and guddy69 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Stats and bigbluewillie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: The same article also says Christoph Freund is Chelsea's new sporting director and was influential in securing the Nkunku signing so I wouldn't exactly put them down as reliable. Going by other reports Nkunku will still 99% sign but that source is most definitely not a confirmation of anything. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 laura90 and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,661 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 bellingham and rice would be a good buy next summer. wouldnt need another midfielder then. sterling said that reece james and bellingham are very close and like bff, so i hope that would help bringing him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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