Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,232]

 

 

[TheHulk 2,402]

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

10 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I think Enzo would definitely be worth the 100m if we had a proper midfield structure around him. Which is what Caicedo provides. Him surrounded by literal kids or slightly average players like Gallagher or Adams would really be hamstringing him.

I don’t think it’ll ever be justifiable paying that money for a central midfielder. Never mind having 2 of them for £100m+ but if they do the business will soon forget that. 

Not any of the £100m+ players faults, its just that the market is the way it is and theres a severe lack of top quality younger central midfielders and everyone knows that.

Also I think if Enzo is going to become a truly truly elite midfielder then he needs the right partner/partners 100% because he still has a lot to work on. Particularly defensively and positionally. But yeah agree Adams, Gallagher etc not going to help either.

Edited August 10, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

 

[TheHulk 2,402]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

If they convince him in less than 24 hours least we will know this board is crap and they have no clue what they doing.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

1 minute ago, TheHulk said:

If they convince him in less than 24 hours least we will know this board is crap and they have no clue what they doing.

That is a strange take. This board has done the same with players. 

[Pizy 18,850]

So it’s all on Caicedo then. Need to hope a Spanish speaking manager and some of our Spanish speaking players (including a couple of his former teammates!) can convince him tonight.

[whats happening 1,612]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

So it’s all on Caicedo then. Need to hope a Spanish speaking manager and some of our Spanish speaking players (including a couple of his former teammates!) can convince him tonight.

let cucurella talk to him, convice him, and sell him after we secure caicedo.

[NikkiCFC 8,285]

4 minutes ago, Pizy said:

So it’s all on Caicedo then. Need to hope a Spanish speaking manager and some of our Spanish speaking players (including a couple of his former teammates!) can convince him tonight.

Finally some use of Cucurella. 

[Pizy 18,850]

Sanchez was literally just around him days ago. We need to put him to use and have him on WhatsApp or whatever telling him how amazing Chelsea has been for his first few days.

[cfccrost 23]

But liverpool havent oficially submited a bid for caicedo, i do think this is only gossip to make presure on us.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

Enzo is a big draw for Caicedo.

[Vegetable 830]

Some people are getting so hard into it it reminds me of the Raphinia saga like he was our long awaited one and only saviour 😂 I wouldn't put much "incompetence" on the board in this instance - it's quite clear those negotiations are ridiculously long because that's the tactic for them. Contrary to people thinking we are desperate to get him at all costs, I think the board's stance is rather "get him if the price is within our valuation", otherwise we'll do away with what we have for now, just like it was with Kepa.

Like nah, seriously, we don't need no Cucurella to "convince" the guy. If he isn't convinced to come here already, no problem, let him be a slave for Brighton, he ain't no Mbappe.

Edited August 10, 2023 by Vegetable

[Vesper 30,085]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

Not surprised if does end up this way..it's mostly the same thing..we have a target faff around for ages and bam off they go somewhere else..

See what occurs but wouldn't surprise me...

if we lose him you can add him (and perhaps Kudus, Mamardashvili, and Lavia as well) to list of super to big big fails (we had and lost or failed to close the deals on or failed to sign early on or just fucked off on) since 2010

this list makes me weep (no other club has this level of fail over these years, not even close)

remember some of these were before they blew up to £100m players 

Erling Haaland  (this is the only one on here that is a bit harsh, as the deal was so expensive)
Kylian Mbappé (didn't sign him after trial)
Jude Bellingham (Birmingham days)
Victor Osimhen (Lille days)
Jamal Musiala (not the strongest case, BUT we should have trued much harder to keep him)
Eduardo Camavinga  
Aurélien Tchouaméni    
Declan Rice (youth release)
Bernardo Silva (instead we fucked off with donkey Baka off that team)
Josko Gvardiol 
Frenkie de Jong  
Nicolò Barella  (Cagliari days especially)
Bruno Guimarães (CAP days)
Kevin De Bruyne  (no buyback, insane)
Nuno Mendes  
Achraf Hakimi 
Leroy Sané  (twice, Schalke days and then when Citeh sold him)
Marquinhos
Mohamed Salah  
Ousmane Dembélé
Manuel Ugarte 
Milan Skriniar
Thibaut Courtois   (NEVER loan a player for multiple years to the same big club!)  
Álisson   (Roma days)
Jan Oblak  (sigh, this yielded Kepa)
Leonardo Spinazzola (pre injury)
Luka Modric   
Alex Sandro (the ultimate 'Italians leading Marina around like a pet dog on a leash' job, FUCK JUVE)
Edin Džeko (VfL Wolfsburg days)
Radja Nainggolan  (Cagliari days)

 

 

[Vegetable 830]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

this list makes me weep

Quite a big chunk of them I don't remember even being seriously considered by the club, but at least some I remember quite clearly stated they want to go somewhere else, so not much was to be done there…