Pizy 19,259 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said: With who we currently have and who is coming, there is no room for Gordon, and the other mentioned, I would keep Jorginho on the decline first. Yeah, Onana at least makes some sense as he’s the type of player we need. Don’t think he’s nearly Chelsea quality, though. The Gordon ship should have LONG since sailed. It would’ve been a poor signing (that I actually reluctantly thought would be decent at the time) in the summer but now makes less than zero sense. We’ve just signed two vastly superior wingers and I wouldn’t even have him over any of the underperforming ones we already had. Hopefully we don’t panic at the deadline and sign some average jokers who aren’t anywhere near the required standard. Hamilton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pizy 19,259 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, DDA said: Comon man I don't have Twitter Says that we’re still interested in Anthony Gordon and also now Onana. Perhaps try to take advantage of Everton’s financial and on pitch turmoil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 One thing about this transfer window that gives me hope is that we are looking at absolute ballers!! Even with us in 10th, they are still wanting to come. I would love to know the "project pitch" they are giving these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,209 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 16 minutes ago, Pizy said: Says that we’re still interested in Anthony Gordon and also now Onana. Perhaps try to take advantage of Everton’s financial and on pitch turmoil. You know how to ruin a man's day. Pizy and ZAPHOD2319 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,259 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 minute ago, DDA said: You know how to ruin a man's day. Seriously, where would Gordon even play? Even if we sold Pulisic and Ziyech we’d still have Sterling, Mudryk, Madueke, and CHO on our books. I’d rather bring CHO back than spend silly money on Gordon. Even the idea that he could be turned into a wingback makes no sense as we’re after Gusto who is a natural at the position and is way better than Gordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterchelsea 3,221 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 shite source but anyway Costa19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa19 858 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said: shite source but anyway Lol he is a fraud. Last time he backed his friend who said it was 100% done. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Still, Onana is only 21, could use someone with his strength en power, would give us options. Not our lvl yet, but has potential imo Vesper and Fernando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,259 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 This is pathetic 🤣🤣🤣 A smart business group finds a clever way of using the established rules to their advantage, a bunch of rival clubs around Europe who weren’t savvy enough to think of it themselves complain to UEFA that Chelsea are ruining everything, and now UEFA is changing the rules. Fernando, Vesper, Vegetable and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post! Costa19 858 Posted January 23, 2023 Popular Post! Share Posted January 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Pizy said: This is pathetic 🤣🤣🤣 A smart business group finds a clever way of using the established rules to their advantage, a bunch of rival clubs around Europe who weren’t savvy enough to think of it themselves complain to UEFA that Chelsea are ruining everything, and now UEFA is changing the rules. Basically, a contract can be longer than 5 years, but the amortisation will only be applied to the first 5 years. Example: if this was applied to Mudryk's transfer, then given the €100m total fee, the amortisation will be €20m/year instead of ~€11.76m/year Other clubs raised concerns over Chelsea's transfer activity. This new policy will be established before the 2023 summer transfer window. Reminder: FIFA restricts contract lengths to a max. of 5 years except if a country's laws allow for longer contracts England has no contract length restrictions. Existing players with contracts longer than 5 years will not be affected by this ruling. Only players acquired from summer 2023 onwards will be affected. OK guys and girls fasten your seatbelts because we gotta finish some businesses this january before the new rules get established in the summer 😎 Maybe this is the reason Gusto & Enzo (sounds like a fecking cartoon lol) rumours kicked off today? And to UEFA and everyone else…. 🖕 Blue Armour, NikkiCFC, Fernando and 5 others 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,209 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 20 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Great signing. Very pleased with this one. Fernando and OhForAGreavsie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, DDA said: Great signing. Very pleased with this one. No signing yet. Lyon rejected the first bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Also: where are the people that said we dont have a pull with Potter and our current position??? 😂 Mhsc, Fernando, guddy69 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Costa19 said: Basically, a contract can be longer than 5 years, but the amortisation will only be applied to the first 5 years. Example: if this was applied to Mudryk's transfer, then given the €100m total fee, the amortisation will be €20m/year instead of ~€11.76m/year Other clubs raised concerns over Chelsea's transfer activity. This new policy will be established before the 2023 summer transfer window. Reminder: FIFA restricts contract lengths to a max. of 5 years except if a country's laws allow for longer contracts England has no contract length restrictions. Existing players with contracts longer than 5 years will not be affected by this ruling. Only players acquired from summer 2023 onwards will be affected. OK guys and girls fasten your seatbelts because we gotta finish some businesses this january before the new rules get established in the summer 😎 Maybe this is the reason Gusto & Enzo (sounds like a fecking cartoon lol) rumours kicked off today? And to UEFA and everyone else…. 🖕 Actually thats pretty good. Im sure a lot of clubs would have copied us from now on. So if UEFA bans this now just means we took advantage of sth other clubs cant do in the future. Costa19, Fernando, OhForAGreavsie and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,093 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: 100m is genuinely as much as they will ever get for him. How long is the release clause active for? Until he leaves Benfica. It’s written into his contract. And if he renews there it will undoubtedly increase. I don’t know why people think now so more than ever that Benfica will sell Enzo, with just over a week left to go in the window, for anything less than the release clause. Not even considering the circus around the failed attempt at the beginning of the month. If thats the consensus at the club also then Todd Boehly’s “world class infrastructure” is truly full of morons. Just pay the fee if we want him. We’ve already overspent on Mudryk and Cucurella. 45 minutes ago, Pizy said: This is pathetic 🤣🤣🤣 A smart business group finds a clever way of using the established rules to their advantage, a bunch of rival clubs around Europe who weren’t savvy enough to think of it themselves complain to UEFA that Chelsea are ruining everything, and now UEFA is changing the rules. Well lets be honest if it was any other club it would be complained about also and actions would be taken. UEFA have always been gearing up towards making FFP much more stricter and better structured over the years and we’ve really given them ammunition to do this. I mean it would be naive to think a club that has spent nearly £500m in not even one full season wouldn’t raise suspicions/make them interested into how they can get around their rules. Particularly considering we've had very little sales. Then, to look at it another way, it isn’t necessarily going to be feasible forever because not every player will sign a 7 or 8 year contract, particularly players over the age of 25. And eventually we will go for players who are in their prime because we cannot just keep buying u21 footballers forever. If it were Newcastle or City doing it and spending say 400-500m (speculative figures but they have the 2 richest owners in the PL) per window on similar deals there would be uproar. Just like the whole issues with their sponsorships etc. Edited January 23, 2023 by OneMoSalah Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,259 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 So this window well and truly may be the only opportunity for us to sign Enzo for huge money and take advantage of the amortization rules. Even more incentive for us to push like crazy to seal it. Getting him in on a 7-8 year contract and spreading the cost out can only happen this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Gundalf said: Also: where are the people that said we dont have a pull with Potter and our current position??? 😂 Here I am. We are not buying any high-profile players (as this seems to be a TB vision) and I wouldn't necessarily call throwing surreal boatloads of cash on youth/small-club/anonymous players that no other club bids for a "pull" in objective terms and we are getting publicly rejected by a lot of targets. Still, if those players will form some chemistry and spirit, it's certainly a right step in direction of creating an actual pull. Edited January 23, 2023 by Vegetable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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