Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 31,108]

Almost all transfer news articles about us are pure rubbish. New lows in stupidity and bollocks.

Just reading them lowers my IQ.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,127]

4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Many other clubs can compete for Leao, if they want to. If they don't want to then there is a reason for that. By all means take the risk of buying him if we think our recruitment team have got their assessment of Leao right, while all the non-competing teams have underestimated him. Just be sure to pay a risk price. Time and again we have allowed ourselves to bid over the odds when there didn't seam to be anybody competing for the player's signature. Most recently with Cucu for example.

[YorkshireBlue 3,345]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Almost all transfer news articles about us are pure rubbish. New lows in stupidity and bollocks.

Just reading them lowers my IQ.

Don't know why you even bother reading it. I don't believe any rumours about Chelsea any more, until they are holding the shirt! Been on this rodeo to many times!!!! 

[Tomo 21,751]

11 hours ago, Hashishi said:

How is he agreeing to be a rotation option?

I think if haaland wasn't tearing it up, people would be calling him the next aguero.

Said from the summer that Alvarez is a lot more suited to City's system than Haaland.

No matter what goal records he breaks I'd feel a lot more convinced we could compete with City (if/when we get our house in order) with Haaland as the main striker over Alvarez.

[Tomo 21,751]

15 hours ago, Vesper said:

they look pretty damn settled to me

I honestly thought they were pretty poor against us which is what annoyed me about the loss even more.

Ultimately despite how shit we were the result came down to Willock hitting his shot a little bit better than what Gallagher did.

[Pizy 19,280]

Let’s be real here, there is no quick fix option in January that’s going to suddenly turn our miserable season around. Not Leāo, not Vlahovic, not Felix. If we are going to reverse the rot it’s almost certain to come down to all of our injured players returning and hitting top form.

Any business we do next month should be with the future in mind rather than short term thinking. If that means overpaying then so be it because these players will likely be off the table when we don’t have CL football next season.

Sadly, the crown jewel target Gvardiol is surely off the table after the World Cup he just had and the position we find ourselves in. Much like Haaland we’ll probably be cursed to watch him kill it at City for the next decade.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,954]

Vlahovic is still injured.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,954]

Chelsea is working on the deal. It is the hope that kills you.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,954]

 

[OneMoSalah 9,104]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Seems like he would be better suited to playing for City than Liverpool tbf, although they did buy Kalvin Phillips and already have Rodri there.

If Liverpool go for him instead of Bellingham even then - it would be a good signing. Although Thiago sort of does what he does and more but he is younger and a long term signing if done.

Also has an aggressiveness about him like most typical South American CMs. 

[Vesper 31,108]

1 hour ago, OneMoSalah said:

Seems like he would be better suited to playing for City than Liverpool tbf, although they did buy Kalvin Phillips and already have Rodri there.

If Liverpool go for him instead of Bellingham even then - it would be a good signing. Although Thiago sort of does what he does and more but he is younger and a long term signing if done.

Also has an aggressiveness about him like most typical South American CMs. 

 

 

 

https://www.si.com/soccer/liverpool/transfers/liverpool-willing-to-pay-release-clause-for-argentinas-enzo-fernandez-personal-agreement-close

Liverpool Paying Up

According to reports by Argentinian journalist Gustavo Yarroch, via ESPN Futbol Argentina, Liverpool are willing to pay the €120m release clause for Benfica star Enzo Fernandez. 

The report also states that a personal agreement is close. These new statements follow up from the weekend's reports suggesting that Liverpool had a pre-contract agreement to sign the Argentinian midfielder. 

His former side River Plate are attentive to the situation, as they will receive 25% of the fee.

[Vesper 31,108]

2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Marca?

Every single source, including Romano, the Athletic, Sports Illustrated , The Guardian, etc have said its €120m

and remember, Benfica have to pay 25% of that to River Plate.

have a REALLY hard time believing Benfica would sign him with RC that would net them only £48m (as they paid 10m quid for him)

[whats happening 1,666]

would love this griezmann in Chelsea.

[Vesper 31,108]

we need to try this

Silvio Berlusconi Promises 'Busload of Whores' if His Soccer Team Wins

https://www.thedailybeast.com/silvio-berlusconi-promises-busload-of-whores-if-his-soccer-team-wins

Silvio “Bunga-Bunga” Berlusconi, who was recently lofted to power in the ruling Italian government, is back to his old misogynistic ways, it would seem.
When introducing a new coach for his Monza A.C. soccer squad, whom he described as “good, nice, kind, and able to stimulate our boys,” he added another incentive. “I added extra stimulation ... if you win against one of these great teams, I’ll send a bus full of whores to the locker room.”
The 86-year-old was thrice elected prime minister and twice charged for sex crimes, including abetting prostitution tied to an underage dancer. He is the leader of the Forza Italia party. It is unclear what his 32-year-old girlfriend thinks of his promise to his team.

 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

thank god we did not get Kounde, what an absolute waste of space, terrible defender.

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

1 hour ago, whats happening said:

would love this griezmann in Chelsea.

Was my number one target in Conte era. Getting him to play instead of Willian would have been amazing. But he never wanted actually to leave Spain. Barca system didn't work for him but yeah still great player. 

[Vesper 31,108]

IF we miss out on Josko Gvardiol, these are pretty much all the main non youth CB options atm 

the ones in italics are do or die time in terms of age and paying a fa(all are born in early to mid 1995, except for Laporte, who is mid 1994, so all except Kimpembe will be 29yo in the coming season, and Presnel is only 6 months younger than the youngest of the others, we would get 2 full sub 30yo season out of him, one full sub 30yo season for all the others)

I did not list the left footer Nathan Aké, who is yet another born in early 1995 (so do or die as well in terms of age), I think that ship sailed when we sold him
  
Milan Skriniar  (on a free unless he renews)  
Alessandro Bastoni   left footer (likely the most expensive on this list, and a crazy hard pull, especially if Skriniar leaves on a free)
Pau Torres   left footer (to show you how time flies, he turns 27 in around a year)
Jurrien Timber 
Presnel Kimpembe  left footer
José María Giménez   
Aymeric Laporte  left footer, surely Citehs sells him if they buy Gvardiol (they would have then have three left footed CBs PLUS Dias, Stones, and Akanji, no chance they carry 6 starting level CBs), but he turns 30yo right at the end of next season, and he does have a history of injuries
Benoît Badiashile left footer
Robin Le Normand 
Evan Ndicka left footer
Edmond Tapsoba    
Mohamed Simakan (can play RB too)
Merih Demiral 
Gonçalo Inácio    left footer
Piero Hincapié left footer
Adam Webster  
Odilon Kossounou 
David Carmo   left footer    
Maxence Lacroix       
Armel Bella-Kotchap 
Attila Szalai    left footer  
Ilya Zabarnyi 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,108]

12 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Was my number one target in Conte era. Getting him to play instead of Willian would have been amazing. But he never wanted actually to leave Spain. Barca system didn't work for him but yeah still great player. 

toplight for club and country at age 31: 734 games, 276 goals, 133 assists, plus great defence

[Superblue 6,372]

Just a note that this kid was being linked with Brighton, amongst other teams a few weeks ago so you'd assume that this might be the first player with Winstanley's prints over it.

Edited December 15, 2022 by Superblue

[Pizy 19,280]

Guess we truly are back to our hoarding of young talents phase. We went through that period where a bunch were sold or left and now this last few months we’re going crazy again.