Chelsea Transfers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

"sources" means they don't know.

[Vesper 30,219]

28 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

"sources" means they don't know.

I think it means the source is The Athletic, who are are as tier one as you can get

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1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Expected, were stuck with this guy.

those 5 summer buys are all going to so destructive to the club at the end of the day

unless Sterling somehow squares his shit and the against the historical grain happens and Wes Fofana full recovers to pre Leicester injury form

 KK and Auba are both pure shite now

and the £30-35m overpaid-for CuCu was always nothing but a scrub backup

hell, Emerson was a better backup LB back in the day (no, not joking, Emerson at least understands the basics of defence and sometimes passes the ball forward)

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21 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I think it means the source is The Athletic, who are are as tier one as you can get

Even then, it means the journalist did not want their name mentioned, which means it isn't that great. He will not be easy to move if he is not wanting to leave, with his wages, that is for sure.

[Vegetable 830]

Well, if our motto is "giving time" this year, I wouldn't throw away KK yet. I'd have more hope in him bouncing back to some usable level with right system and right coach, than in Cucu's case tbh…

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20 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Even then, it means the journalist did not want their name mentioned, which means it isn't that great. He will not be easy to move if he is not wanting to leave, with his wages, that is for sure.

no, I think you are misreading it

that was my point

re-read the tweet

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According to sources at the Athletic, Kalidou Koulibaly is

the tweet means The Athletic is reporting this

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Sell Mount and Gallagher.

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1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Sell Mount and Gallagher.

And Chalobah, RLC, CHO, Ampadu. That's at least 170m pounds right there. And add Ziyech, Pulisic, Lukaku, Auba, KK, Mendy... 

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1 hour ago, Hashishi said:

 

CuCu cant even conceive of that, let alone do it

I want him sold

he is garbage

I really have no more fucks left to give for the dregs we have

 

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5 hours ago, Vesper said:

no, I think you are misreading it

that was my point

re-read the tweet

the tweet means The Athletic is reporting this

I am reading it perfectly. The journalist at the Athletic is not willing to put his name with the statement. When the source is not willing to put out the statement with their name, it means they are not willing to stand behind the statement. Whether that source is a part of the Athletic or anywhere else.

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5 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I am reading it perfectly. The journalist at the Athletic is not willing to put his name with the statement. When the source is not willing to put out the statement with their name, it means they are not willing to stand behind the statement. Whether that source is a part of the Athletic or anywhere else.

I went and found the original article at the Athletic.

By Simon Johnson 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theathletic.com/4189842/2023/02/14/koulibaly-Chelsea-champions-league/%3famp=1

The tweeter misworded their tweet, the anonymous spurces were NOT The Athletic writers

 

Johnson says this:

Sources close to Koulibaly, who spoke to The Athletic anonymously to protect their relationships, explain nothing untoward is to blame, just a scenario that frequently occurs with new signings.

After spending eight years at Napoli, building an understanding with his team-mates and feeling comfortable in the city, Koulibaly has found it difficult to adjust to a new working environment.

He is still getting used to the pace of the Premier League and this hasn’t been helped by Chelsea’s patchy form. The team also keeps changing, which makes it more difficult to develop an understanding with team-mates.

And though Badiashile has played well under the same circumstances, the pressure and expectation on him aren’t as great as they are on Koulibaly.

After helping Chelsea secure a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on December 27 (the club’s seventh win of the league season from 15 matches), Koulibaly admitted he had not been performing as well as expected. That match was Chelsea’s first since the World Cup, where Koulibaly had played for Senegal. The break from club football had given him a chance to reflect.

Koulibaly said: “I took some moments to think about everything — about football, about Chelsea — and to come with more motivation because the impact with this team didn’t come like I wanted.

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But Koulibaly does not come across as someone who is ready to give up on making his Chelsea move a success. According to the sources referred to above, he is enjoying being around London and is in the process of buying a new house in the city.

 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by Vesper

[Superblue 6,372]

Koulibaly doesn't really bother me because he's already been replaced. It's not a situation like we had with Torres years ago for example where he was automatic first choice and in stages the only real striker we had at the club which hindered things further.

If we can all move on in the summer and Koulibaly goes back to Italy or somewhere for not too much damage then all good. If we can't though then he sits at the club as 4th or 5th choice. Not ideal but it shouldn't impact significantly on the squad.

He's already seen Jorginho leave, Mendy likely to leave too, and in his position Badiashile join, Fofana coming back to fitness and Colwill potentially coming back in the summer. I think he'll see the writing will be on the wall for his Chelsea career and whilst money is a big factor, he still has some years left in the tank, especially if he goes back to Italy. Personally I think he'll prefer to find a solution than dig his heels in if the club decides he's surplus to requirements.

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[Mário César 1,281]

matt law said that will maybe sell some players from our academy to help in fpf 

probably gallegher, mount and cho 

with this 3 we can get at least 100M

[Pizy 18,946]

I think the only slim shot we’d have at Bellingham is if we show considerable improvement and finish the season extremely well. Prove to him that we’re stable and that the project is 100% heading in the right direction.

Despite all the noise about him and Liverpool I still find it impossible to believe that they’d pay the required fee. I can never see cheap ass FSG putting down €150m or whatever it’ll be in any player. Perhaps if they rapidly change ownership which doesn’t appear to be happening with any sort of pace currently.

I was of the thought that City would be heavy favorites for him but I wonder if that mountain of financial breaches affects their spending this summer. Imagine United will also try hard for him.

[Mário César 1,281]

well I think that Bellingham is a young player and maybe, like havertz, we want to go to epl before joining barcelona or real madrid 

if we can make the team around him and buy another players like felix and nwoku maybe we can sell him like the center figure (head) of the this exciting project 

lets see if we can have a chance