Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 28,386]

5 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said:

There appears to be a love of complaining for the sake of it on here. Never happy

I ALWAYS offer up what I think should be done, ofttimes WELL in advance.

I just do not go on a whinge-fest retroactively

and I back my shit up usually with a lot of detailed analysis on most players I truly rate

as for

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Never happy

are you happy with the current situ??

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8 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Todd Boehly stands down as Chelsea's interim sporting director

Exclusive: The bulk of Chelsea's transfer business will now be handled by recent appointments Christopher Vivell and Paul Winstanley

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/01/09/todd-boehly-stands-chelseas-interim-sporting-director/

Todd Boehly has relinquished his title as Chelsea’s interim sporting director and remains steadfastly supportive of head coach Graham Potter. 

 

Chelsea’s co-controlling owner Boehly made himself interim sporting director following the departures of Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech last summer and led transfer negotiations himself.

 

But, after hiring a new recruitment team, some of whom have started work in this month’s transfer window, Boehly has dropped the sporting director title and is now just Chelsea’s chairman.

 

While Boehly will still take a part in Chelsea’s spending, the American and his co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali have handed the bulk of the responsibility of Chelsea’s transfers to new technical director Christopher Vivell and Paul Winstanley, who was appointed as director of global talent and transfers.

 

Vivell and Winstanley were pictured either side of new signing Benoit Badiashile last week and the duo are leading Chelsea’s strategy, not just for this month but beyond.

 

The pair will be officially joined by Joe Shields, who has been appointed as co-director of recruitment and talent, and Laurence Stewart, who has been given the title of technical director to focus on football globally, when they start work next month.

 

Boehly only ever saw his interim sporting director position as a short-term role to help get Chelsea through the summer window and to plug a gap while he and Eghbali searched for the right recruitment specialists.

 

Winstanley and Vivell have been charged with combining Chelsea’s strategy of trying to buy some of the best young talent in the world along with attempting to strengthen Potter’s squad.

 

Chelsea ideally want to sign a back-up right-back to Reece James, a new midfielder and a wide forward but it remains to be seen whether or not they will be able to fill all of those positions this month.

 

Benfica rejected a bid for Enzo Fernandez, while talks have been held with Shakhtar Donetsk over Mykhailo Mudryk and Atletico Madrid about taking Joao Felix on an initial loan. But finding a deputy to James is considered one of the most important and difficult tasks.

 

With James considered one of the best right-backs in the world and due back from injury next month, Chelsea face a tough task in trying to sell the position as his stand-in to players of the required quality.

 

Telegraph Sport reported last week that Chelsea’s owners remain supportive of Potter and that has not changed following the FA Cup defeat to Manchester City.

 

Boehly and Co are understanding of the impact made by the crippling injury crisis that has hit Potter, while there is also acknowledgement that the likes of Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta were all given time at Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal.

 

There is confidence that results and performances will improve as players start to return from injury and the Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership have not been swayed in their faith by chants for former coach Thomas Tuchel and ex-owner Roman Abramovich at the FA Cup defeat to City.

 

Chelsea are waiting on the result of a second scan on Raheem Sterling, who pulled his hamstring in the first minute of last Thursday night’s League defeat to City.

This is connected to the Enzo blunder IMO, he would've stepped down before January if so but I guess after the episode with Benfica he received a lot of backlash and became a meme online so pulled one step back.

[YorkshireBlue 3,118]

9 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I ALWAYS offer up what I think should be done, ofttimes WELL in advance.

I just do not go on a whinge-fest retroactively

and I back my shit up usually with a lot of detailed analysis on most players I truly rate

as for

are you happy with the current situ??

While this is true, your recommendations are as useful as the rest of ours , we are just supporters not, employees, lets not forget ourselves here.

[YorkshireBlue 3,118]

6 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

This is connected to the Enzo blunder IMO, he would've stepped down before January if so but I guess after the episode with Benfica he received a lot of backlash and became a meme online so pulled one step back.

It's connected to the fact he has his staff in place now.

[TheHulk 1,825]

Just now, YorkshireBlue said:

It's connected to the fact he has his staff in place now.

He had the staff in place for months now, didn't need to step down in the middle of January.

[Pizy 18,342]

Maybe he’s being viewed as someone to provide a bit of a spark for us in the CL? Idk…

If we made this signing this last summer I’d actually be excited just out of hopeful curiosity. But now it just feels like an aimless, “any big name will do” sort of move.

[YorkshireBlue 3,118]

8 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

He had the staff in place for months now, didn't need to step down in the middle of January.

Hardly call the 9th the middle of January 

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"Negotiating intensely" 

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1 hour ago, milka said:

 

This club will slowly finish me

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I haven't heard of anything regarding Moukoko in weeks..

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Least he looks nice in blue.

[Pizy 18,342]

Don’t sign a midfielder this month, PLEASE Chelsea. Since Enzo is off the table do NOT go and settle for our 3rd or 4th choice alternative. That’s how we’re in this mess right now as it is. Settling instead of waiting for the right player.

 

[DDA 9,684]

Felix is a classy player... and ig we get his full potential then obviously he will be a great addition. To those who say what's he difference between him, Mount and Havertz... I mean really !! Is that even a question!! Felix is lightyears ahead in technical ability.

Although this transfer is only a 6 month loan? It reeks of desperation. How does this help the rebuilding process or help GP in the long term... you can't build an attack around a player who is on a 6 month loan for fuck sake.

 

 

 

 

[Vegetable 830]

Yeah, paying big time for third fourth best choice for positions we have already covered doesn't really sound like very new way of doing transfer business here

Edited January 9, 2023 by Vegetable

[TheHulk 1,825]

2 minutes ago, DDA said:

Felix is a classy player... and ig we get his full potential then obviously he will be a great addition. To those who say what's he difference between him, Mount and Havertz... I mean really !! Is that even a question!! Felix is lightyears ahead in technical ability.

Although this transfer is only a 6 month loan? It reeks of desperation. How does this help the rebuilding process or help GP in the long term... you can't build an attack around a player who is on a 6 month loan for fuck sake.

 

 

 

 

I want to believe there is gentleman agreement if he does good and we have some sort of first buy option, I mean I know Boehly and co don't respect agreements but other clubs might.

[DDA 9,684]

7 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

I want to believe there is gentleman agreement if he does good and we have some sort of first buy option, I mean I know Boehly and co don't respect agreements but other clubs might.

Hahaha you really can't help but take any opportunity to swipe a dig at Todd lol. 

 

[Vegetable 830]

6 minutes ago, DDA said:

Felix is a classy player... and ig we get his full potential then obviously he will be a great addition. To those who say what's he difference between him, Mount and Havertz... I mean really !! Is that even a question!! Felix is lightyears ahead in technical ability.

Yeah, but it's not like he is desperately looking for a way out of Atleti because he is at his prime… This really have Saul written all over it. And I remember the analysis that pointed he is falling apart with Simeone because he is not doing well in rigid system where he has to defend, so… ehrm, not quite what we need from player I guess. We already tried to integrate player outside the tactics in form of Lukkaku…

Edited January 9, 2023 by Vegetable