Chelsea Transfers

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

Absolutely fair deal with one year left on contract. In same situation we paid 47.5m for Sterling who achieved much more than Mount and did not just have horrific season before transfer. 

 

[Vesper 31,037]

1 hour ago, Mário César said:

why our deal with gvardiol collapse, anyway?

because we refused to meet RB price of €110m (which is also his summer 2024 buyout clause)

we only went as high as €90m

Edited June 24, 2023 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,037]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Absolutely fair deal with one year left on contract. In same situation we paid 47.5m for Sterling who achieved much more than Mount and did not just have horrific season before transfer. 

 

£55m + £5m add-ons, done deal

[Pizy 19,252]

Just move Mount on ASAP so that Poch can get his squad settled as quickly as he can.

£55m is a fantastic deal for someone in his situation. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,942]

 

[Clockwork 1,794]

Getting linked to A.C., he is better than Tonali.

[whats happening 1,660]

doubt that.

[Pizy 19,252]

Saw you mention that kid Arda Güler, @Vesper so I just watched a video of him. Good God, he looks insane! 🤣🤣🤣

I’m genuinely shocked that with this massive buying spree of young super talents we haven’t gone in for him. 

[DDA 10,204]

3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Saw you mention that kid Arda Güler, @Vesper so I just watched a video of him. Good God, he looks insane! 🤣🤣🤣

I’m genuinely shocked that with this massive buying spree of young super talents we haven’t gone in for him. 

Barca are very interested in him. Hes probably already had the talks behind the scenes. 

[Thor 2,817]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

£55m + £5m add-ons, done deal

Wait? Mount is done? gone?

[ZAPHOD2319 4,942]

2 minutes ago, Thor said:

Wait? Mount is done? gone?

There is plenty more drama and crazy tweets between now and July!

[Clockwork 1,794]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

Barca are very interested in him. Hes probably already had the talks behind the scenes. 

Saw a quote from his coach, apparently the family wants Leipzig or Dortmund. 

[Vesper 31,037]

4 hours ago, Thor said:

Wait? Mount is done? gone?

no, that was my suggestion to the post I replied to

Edited June 25, 2023 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,037]

lol

Spanish Barca dick sucking rumourmongers starting up with this bullshit again

https://www.fichajes.net/noticias/Chelsea-vuelve-carga-raphinha-20230624.html

[Vesper 31,037]

4 hours ago, Clockwork said:

he is better than Tonali

no, he is not

[Vesper 31,037]

4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

There is plenty more drama and crazy tweets between now and July!

it was not a tweet, it was my personal opinion

[Vesper 31,037]

Poll of the board:

IF Nicolas Jackson is not going to be the main CF we buy this window, then between the two primary choices still on the board, which one do you prefer, and why?

A: Lautaro Martínez

B: Dušan Vlahović

Note: Please do not put out names we simply are not going to pay the demanded price for, like Højlund (€100m) or Kolo Muani (€100m) or Osimhen (€180). Gonçalo Ramos (€80-90m) is likely in that category too, as he is too much of a risk for that type of cash IMHO. If we are talking €50-60m, then sure, he is a viable target.

Ivan Toney is not an option (he maybe would have been my first choice, all things considered) atm due to his gambling ban. Really sucks, as next summer, we would be buying a player who turns 29yo in the winter of that season. This year was his last prime age (we would likely get 4 prime years) buying window for me.

Finally, no, Kane, Mbappe (not even a true CF), and Julián Álvarez are NOT coming here, so let's end that silliness now.

Edited June 25, 2023 by Vesper

[lucio 5,418]

Vlahovic  because tall and strong 

[Vesper 31,037]

5 minutes ago, lucio said:

Vlahovic  because tall and strong 

His regression at Juve worries me though, but I do agree on the tall and strong part.

[Vesper 31,037]

Declan Rice: Arsenal have f***ed it again after Vlahovic, Caicedo and Mudryk

https://www.football365.com/news/opinion-declan-rice-arsenal-fed-it-again-vlahovic-caicedo-mudryk

Arsenal won’t pay an extra £10m for Declan Rice, who could become the latest in a group of players destined to join who have ended up elsewhere. Guys, it’s just £10m.

Arsenal have done an awful lot right in the transfer market under manager Mikel Arteta and sporting director Edu. Gabriel Magalhaes, Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Aaron Ramsdale, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko have all joined under their watch. That’s a lot of talent for just over £200m.

But they’ve also been the cause of great frustration, or amusement depending on your allegiances. Their haggling, futile negotiations and general dilly-dallying has cost them dear, both in terms of the players they’ve missed out on and what those players could have done to improve their outcomes in the last two seasons.

Declan Rice is the latest player seemingly destined for Arsenal who could be pinched at the last minute, in a turn of events that would increase a gap that was supposed to be closed by his transfer between them and the hijackers Manchester City, who pipped the Gunners to the title last season. A title that Arteta’s side may well have won without their previous Rice-like missteps in the transfer market.

With Arsenal’s interest stretching back well over a year, Dusan Vlahovic joined Juventus for £67m in January 2022. ‘Interest’ is understating what had become an obsession for Arsenal. It was Vlahovic or bust for the Gunners, who were desperate to sign a striker and attempted to land one who at that time was beyond their means.

He’s had a lean time of it since but Vlahovic was the striker, along with Erling Haaland, before he moved to Turin. He had scored 17 goals in 21 games for Fiorentina in the first half of the season and made what was at that point – though the tables have very much turned since – the obvious choice to join Juventus over Arsenal: “Juventus is Juventus, there is nothing else to say.”

It’s not that Arsenal didn’t get Vlahovic – which may actually have been blessing given his struggles since – but that they pursued him with no indication that he had any interest in joining, and continued to do so even when it became clear he only had eyes for Juventus, to the point where they had no time to source, negotiate for and buy an alternative.

Arsenal ended up with no-one despite Arteta insisting they had to “maximise the window” when asked about links with Vlahovic, and they finished the season fifth having been pipped to the Champions League qualification spots by Tottenham.

At least they met his asking price. The money clubs want for their players has apparently been irrelevant to Arsenal since, with their opening gambits bordering on derogatory and any bids between the initial offer and the point at which said deal is hijacked or the selling club tells them to f*** off, crucially, and very simply, not the asking price.

Brighton wanted £80m for Moises Caicedo in January, he asked to leave, but Arsenal bid £60m then £70m. They then saw Chelsea swoop to steal Mykhaylo Mudryk because the Blues offered what Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin explained were “achievable bonuses”. They included winning the Premier League and Champions League. Which has to make you wonder what the unachievable bonuses were in Arsenal’s package – winning the Premier League and Champions League perhaps. They will certainly be unachievable if their top transfer targets continue to move elsewhere.

Although Mudryk is yet to shine at Chelsea, while alternative signing Leandro Trossard was excellent for Arsenal, Mudryk’s ceiling is far higher and Arteta would likely rather have the Ukrainian to call upon even now, let alone in two years’ time, when he’ll be 24 and Trossard 30.

And there’s little doubt the Arsenal board regretted not spending an extra £10m on Caicedo as they watched Thomas Partey’s body break down before their very eyes as they ceded the Premier League title to City. The Ecuadorian also looks as though he will be a Chelsea player next season.

It looks as though £10m is again the difference between Arsenal’s bid and West Ham’s valuation of Declan Rice, who would reportedly still rather join Arsenal over City. And despite Financial Fair Play considerations, the cost of other targets and money made from potential sales, it’s difficult to get past it only being £10m.

Arteta is desperate for Rice, as he was desperate for Vlahovic, Mudryk and Caicedo. And for good reason: he’s a brilliant footballer who looks as though he would fit perfectly into his system and provide the evolution he’s gunning for. He could be the difference between them winning the title or not next season, just as Caicedo could have been this season.

And what’s this, Arsenal have bid £30m for £50m Jurrien Timber? FFS.