Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 18,888]

7 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Didn't know Ziyech has so strong fan base. They are spamming every Chelsea post about Enzo on social media with #freeziyech

Morocco fans are super hardcore as we saw at the World Cup. And there are a LOT of Moroccan’s in Paris. 

They were desperate to see their hero Ziyech at PSG.

[NikkiCFC 8,313]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Morocco fans are super hardcore as we saw at the World Cup. And there are a LOT of Moroccan’s in Paris. 

They were desperate to see their hero Ziyech at PSG.

Yeah, but it sounds like Chelsea kidnapped him and is holding him in the basement 😂

[Vesper 30,139]

53 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Scored tonight for PSG. 

Mbappe missed 2 pens and went out injured in the first half. May miss Bayern. 

The only MFers (not counting AMFs)

on the planet I would take right now over Warren Zaïre-Emery, even at only 16yo

are only 5 in number

(we have one now in Enzo)

and also

Bellingham

Tchou

and the two Barca lads (who kinda are actually AMFs but I will call the CMFs)

Pedri and Gavi

and I am NOT sure on the 2 Barca lads, Zaïre-Emery may well end up better, time will tell on them (and Emery of course)

I am nor joking on how much I rate him, even at 16yo

Valverde is close btw (but sort of an AMF/winger too), and Kimmich is 28 in a few days, so nope, not enough peak years left in him

Bruno Guimarães or Barella? NOPE, Emery all the way

Foden is NOT a MFer (T-Markt finally removed Saka as a MFer, now they need to do the same with Foden) 

Saka is the best left footed winger not named Messi on the planet IMHO, I would take Saka over Salah now, and over Foden

after those listed, the drop off is huge atm

that is it

Edited February 2, 2023 by Vesper

[Hamilton 2,120]

5 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Hopefully not.

For me depends what he’s asking and if he starts to deliver

[HEREIAM 83]

7 hours ago, Pizy said:

Morocco fans are super hardcore as we saw at the World Cup. And there are a LOT of Moroccan’s in Paris. 

They were desperate to see their hero Ziyech at PSG.

If PSG were that desperate for him they should have bought him, they would have sent him back at the end of the season if they had loaned him

[Artandur 939]

We need to start calling Inter now, in order to offload KK to them in the summer.

[Special Juan 28,139]

Unfortunately Mason hasn't been good at all lately, no matter the stature he holds at the club. His performance levels must start matching what he is asking for and I damn sure what he's asking for is up there with the big earners.

Things are starting to heat up now with top class signings and this will do nothing but highlight were he is in terms of his levels. It's alright ratting about and puffing and panting every game and showing your down and sad after a defeat, but he's got to do so much more and pretty quick for me.

[LegenTerry 273]

A lot of talk and  exclusive articles  today in Croatia about us putting Mateo Kovacic on transfer list ? 

Apparently they are referred on some Guardian reports. Is there any truth in that ? I mean he was one of our best players last couple of seasons so it would be very disappointing to let him leave.

Edited February 2, 2023 by LegenTerry

[lucio 5,418]

3 minutes ago, LegenTerry said:

A lot of talk and  exclusive articles  today in Croatia about us putting Mateo Kovacic on transfer list ? 

Apparently they are referred on some Guardian reports. Is there any truth in that ? I mean he was one of our best players last couple of seasons so it would be very disappointing to let him leave.

Stories just after the close of the window are normally horseshit

[Superblue 6,372]

13 minutes ago, LegenTerry said:

A lot of talk and  exclusive articles  today in Croatia about us putting Mateo Kovacic on transfer list ? 

Apparently they are referred on some Guardian reports. Is there any truth in that ? I mean he was one of our best players last couple of seasons so it would be very disappointing to let him leave.

I think a lot of this will stem from the fact that he has only a year left come the summer and will turn 30 in 2024 when his contract is up so it's likely a difficult one for the club to try to sort out here.

Having said this, I've read nothing in recent times to suggest that there has been any discussions for a new contract with Kova. I can remember reading a while back that he was considering his future towards the end of his contract and that he might be receptive to a new challenge so he may have already put something like this out to club already?

For me personally, we don't want to go too young, too quick and unless we can get £30m+ for him in the summer to help fund a replacement and/or he's pushing to leave, I'd be inclined to look at seeing if we can get his contract extended by a year or two.

[Vesper 30,139]

2 hours ago, LegenTerry said:

A lot of talk and  exclusive articles  today in Croatia about us putting Mateo Kovacic on transfer list ? 

Apparently they are referred on some Guardian reports. Is there any truth in that ? I mean he was one of our best players last couple of seasons so it would be very disappointing to let him leave.

I already explained in some depth as to why there is the talk

it is complicated and will require a large judgment call

see:

 

[Vesper 30,139]

1 hour ago, Superblue said:

I'd be inclined to look at seeing if we can get his contract extended by a year or two.

If I was a soon to be (last month of this season) 29yo Kova

there is not a chance I would extend it for ONLY a year or two on my June 2024 expiring current contract

especially for only a year

as then I am assed out at 31

or, if a 2 year extension, 32

he turns 30 right before his current deal ends, so that is a hot mess too, as 30yo is when your value starts to dive (and only gets rapidly worse, especially 33yo and on, at 33yo you are 99% of the time fucked in terms of footie valuing you for big pay cheque, despite the freak of nature in Thiago that we are blessed with) unless your name is Messi or CR7 or you are a GK (and even there, for most GKers, 33, 34 is VERY often the last peak years, if they even make it to that age at peak, despite some exceptions (I documented this GK age thing long ago, in pretty detailed depth)

it is not a coincidence that the young adult human demographical cohort is so often delineated as 18 to 32yo's

it is a bad confluence of age and expiration and club transition/flux

[Vesper 30,139]

why T-Markt only shows prices in Euros now

ffs

Hello,

I've been using Transfermarkt for a very long time and, until I changed my laptop recently, all the prices I had seen were in UK Pound Sterling currency. Now, since logging in from my new laptop, all the prices are in Euros. Since I am used to see them in UK Pounds, I tried to find a way in settings to change this but I couldn't. I am entering the https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk URL so I thought the prices would automatically be seen in Pounds, but no they aren't. Please tell me if there is any way to switch from Euros to Pounds

Hi,
Sorry little late reply. For a few months it has been shown in euros because of the exchange rates, which, especially in the past, have not always been shown correctly.

So your settings are correct.

Unfortunately, you also have to say that this will not be changed back again.

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

If I was a soon to be (last month of this season) 29yo Kova

there is not a chance I would extend it for ONLY a year or two on my June 2024 expiring current contract

especially for only a year

as then I am assed out at 31

or, if a 2 year extension, 32

he turns 30 right before his current deal ends, so that is a hot mess too, as 30yo is when your value starts to dive (and only gets rapidly worse, especially 33yo and on, at 33yo you are 99% of the time fucked in terms of footie valuing you for big pay cheque, despite the freak of nature in Thiago that we are blessed with) unless your name is Messi or CR7 or you are a GK (and even there, for most GKers, 33, 34 is VERY often the last peak years, if they even make it to that age at peak, despite some exceptions (I documented this GK age thing long ago, in pretty detailed depth)

it is not a coincidence that the young adult human demographical cohort is so often delineated as 18 to 32yo's

it is a bad confluence of age and expiration and club transition/flux

Yeah, one year extension I think isn't happening.

2 year extension though could be possible if we get it thrashed out this season. It would give him still 3 years here, and at 32 he's still going to find a good club prepared to pay him a good wage, particularly with no transfer fee involved.

I've just seen GP's presser and he's injured again. There is that concern alongside Kante, that you've got two top midfielders there who should and would be involved regularly when fit but the reliability of keeping both fit is a massive concern. 

I think with Kante, they're hoping to see his recovery from surgery to assess if it's sorted a lot of his issues out. If we can get him back to full fitness and just manage his minutes moving forward then I think the club would definitely want to try and get him signed up for another couple of years. This for me, would spell trouble for Kova because I cannot see Chelsea wanting two central midfielders that are injury prone and needing their minutes managed throughout a season.

[Vesper 30,139]

6 minutes ago, Superblue said:

Yeah, one year extension I think isn't happening.

2 year extension though could be possible if we get it thrashed out this season. It would give him still 3 years here, and at 32 he's still going to find a good club prepared to pay him a good wage, particularly with no transfer fee involved.

I've just seen GP's presser and he's injured again. There is that concern alongside Kante, that you've got two top midfielders there who should and would be involved regularly when fit but the reliability of keeping both fit is a massive concern. 

I think with Kante, they're hoping to see his recovery from surgery to assess if it's sorted a lot of his issues out. If we can get him back to full fitness and just manage his minutes moving forward then I think the club would definitely want to try and get him signed up for another couple of years. This for me, would spell trouble for Kova because I cannot see Chelsea wanting two central midfielders that are injury prone and needing their minutes managed throughout a season.

IF someone offers us £40m in the summer, gone

and he is my favourite player here left from the CL and World Champions days

Sell him to Fulham or Brentford

as Kova LOVES London

he said it is the best city on the planet (other than some in Croatia, lol) and he wants to live here at least part-time after retiring, barring a coaching job elsewhere