Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 19,280]

Thank goodness it looks like we aren’t going to get Brennan Johnson and that Spuds are going to spunk huge money on him instead. I’m sure he’ll be a decent player for them but he would be a gigantic overpay for us.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

13 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

I don't really watch the Bundesliga much but thought Raum looked solid at the World Cup

 

 

He is really poor defensively and a weird character tho . a great crosser and provides a threat from the left side but played a horrific first season at Leipzig. Would pass on him 

[mkh 759]

Man United and #Chelsea have held informal talks over Marc Cucurella and Chelsea would consider a potential loan move.

[via @TheAthleticFC]

[mkh 759]

Roma are closing in on a full agreement with Chelsea to loan Romelu Lukaku. As revealed, Roma unwilling to pay more than Inter did when they loaned the Belgian striker, but there is optimism a compromise is close. Key to the deal is Lukaku reducing his wage.

(Ben Jacobs)

[mkh 759]

West Ham are weighing up a late-window offer for Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher.

West Ham reportedly saw a £40million bid for Gallagher rejected earlier this summer.

 

(Football Insider)

[Vesper 31,104]

38 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Unfortunately it is very hard to get rid of Cucu. With some players, if they've fallen in transfer value this quickly, you can write down their value on the book e.g. if they have a serious injury or some other exceptional circumstance. It is rumoured we have written down Lukaku's transfer fee massively from a FFP perspective after his interview. This is why we can 'afford' to sell him for so little now. But there is no imaginable reason to do this with Cucu, he's not had done his ACL or anything, he was just an average player bought for a crazy transfer fee.

£56m it cost us to get him (+£7m in add ons potentially but lets assume we wont pay those) on a 6 year deal (£9m+ wages per year). So, his current book value is £47m-£50m. We can already not afford to lose money on any players in fact we need to create nothing but tonnes of profit from players somehow, so to get Cucu off of the books now you need someone willing to pay ~£9m wages and a £50m transfer fee. In a years time his book value will be £37m-£40m which might be doable if he's had a good season somewhere but of course £9m in wages would rule out most clubs. Maybe Arsenal or Man Utd are the only clubs stupid enough to take him off of us.

The most realistic route out might be in 2 years time when his book value is only £28m.

Then somewhat but not fully independently there is the question of what to do with Maatsen. If he does not reach the level where he's almost guaranteed in the XI then in all likelihood we will have to sell him sooner or later, because of the way FFP works. It sucks but it is the way the system is designed and our whole spending approach relies on it - if we don't want this we had to not buy Enzo, Caicedo, Mudryk, Fofana etc. It will at some point become necessary to pocket profit for Maatsen and buy some £30m option in the market ala Gusto, unless Maatsen becomes so good that we cannot realistically replace him affordably in the market.

his wages are madness

[mkh 759]

The final loan fee AS Roma will pay #Chelsea for Romelu Lukaku should be around €5million.

(@DiMarzio)

Hmm

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11 minutes ago, mkh said:

Roma are closing in on a full agreement with Chelsea to loan Romelu Lukaku. As revealed, Roma unwilling to pay more than Inter did when they loaned the Belgian striker, but there is optimism a compromise is close. Key to the deal is Lukaku reducing his wage.

(Ben Jacobs)

if he wants crazy money, then he needs to go sign with the Saudis

if he refuses to reduce his wages and also refuses to go to the Saudis, then he can go play with the teenie-boppers in the reserves league

HE is the one who poisoned the well here, ripping us and slating us in interview after interview

we are the victims here (and obviously foolish as well for dumping £182m on the cunt between fees, add-ons, and salary commitments)

[whats happening 1,666]

if its not an obligation to buy (it wont be), i dont get this cucu loan to united.

[TheHulk 2,647]

6 minutes ago, whats happening said:

if its not an obligation to buy (it wont be), i dont get this cucu loan to united.

Hope he plays good so we can sell him next summer..

[TheHulk 2,647]

8 minutes ago, Vesper said:

if he wants crazy money, then he needs to go sign with the Saudis

if he refuses to reduce his wages and also refuses to go to the Saudis, then he can go play with the teenie-boppers in the reserves league

HE is the one who poisoned the well here, ripping us and slating us in interview after interview

we are the victims here (and obviously foolish as well for dumping £182m on the cunt between fees, add-ons, and salary commitments)

Don't know why people keep talking about Saudis it was reported they withdrew the offer for him a few days ago after they got Mitrovic..

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

19 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Don't know why people keep talking about Saudis it was reported they withdrew the offer for him a few days ago after they got Mitrovic..

At this point not even the Saudis want to tarnish their reputation further by associating with Lukaku 😂

[DH1988 1,356]

33 minutes ago, whats happening said:

if its not an obligation to buy (it wont be), i dont get this cucu loan to united.

I imagine so it justifies keeping Maatsen for backup.

[Pizy 19,280]

Was just watching Younes’s latest YT video about our potential transfers and agree with him that the club must have something completely unexpected and secret planned. And it’s kinda crazy that nobody knows what or who we’re targeting. 

Every attacking player we’ve been linked with looks off the table now:

Kudus —-> done to WH

Balogun —-> done to Monaco

Doku —-> done to City

Cherki -—> Lyon are adamant that he must be kept

Barcola —-> priority target for PSG and apparently really fancies going there

Johnson —-> likely and thankfully going to Spuds

 

There haven’t been any genuine links to anyone else. I’m starting to think that there’s a greater than 0% chance that we bring João Felix back. He now knows the league, knows our club, won’t need settling in time. The club may think he’s worth another chance in a more structured setup and under a better manager.

 

 

[Vesper 31,104]

1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Don't know why people keep talking about Saudis it was reported they withdrew the offer for him a few days ago after they got Mitrovic..

there are 5 or 6  other Saudi teams that can easily buy him

[Mhsc 1,146]

1 hour ago, whats happening said:

if its not an obligation to buy (it wont be), i dont get this cucu loan to united.

£9m wages per year (base) to keep him competing with Chilly and Maatsen then?

We can't sell him for 2-3 years as I explained above (v small chance could sell him in 1 year if Utd, Arsenal, City or Saudi want to buy him for £40m), so unless we're doing Super League 2.0 and abandoning CL, we either have to loan him or commit to keeping him in the squad. Personally I think we should loan.

I don't consider this strengthening a rival either. They're effectively paying us £9m (covering his wages) to help us balance our books, plus maybe some kind of small loan fee too. And they're getting Cucurella, not someone that might genuinely help them. If they don't get him, they'll get someone else, except that wont benefit us whatsoever.

And of course, Poch asked for a small, tight squad of ~22.

Edited August 27, 2023 by Mhsc

[ZAPHOD2319 4,949]

Saudi teams have unsettled Salah….hahaha

 

 

[Vesper 31,104]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Saudi teams have unsettled Salah….hahaha

 

 

go go head choppers!

Edited August 27, 2023 by Vesper

[Mhsc 1,146]

TBH Salah might as well, no feasible route out of Liverpool for him other than Saudi and what the fuck is the point staying where he is? They need a similar level of rebuild to what we've just done. Plus he just saw his club get mega cucked over and over for midfielders by us.

[Pizy 19,280]

Liverpool are in a world of hurt without Salah this season. Still have plenty of quality in their attack but nobody who truly terrifies entire defenses by themself like Mo Salah does.