Chelsea Transfers

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lol, you knew it was coming

Real Madrid’s scouting director Juni Calafat pushing Real Madrid to pursue Antonio Nusa

https://thehardtackle.com/transfer-news/2023/09/09/juni-calafat-pushing-real-madrid-to-pursue-antonio-nusa/

 

 

this makes NO sense

assuming (a damn good assumption IMHO) they land Mbappe next year

Real already would have 3 of the top 5 right footed wingers (massive drop off after these 5, and when you count ALL wingers, the only 2 atm at these 5's level are leftie Saka and Foden)  on the planet

they would have the top 3 in terms of valuation atm

and all 3 prefer the LW

Kylian Mbappé 
Vinicius Junior 
Rodrygo (right footed and already forced out of position from the LW to the RW due to Vini)
Rafael Leão 
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia  (ambipedal but plays 95% at LW) 

Nusa is a righter footed LWer as well 

IF he blows up up that level, they would have FOUR of the top 6 right footed/ambipedal wingers

Plus they have Endrick coming in! (granted a lefty, but he will be a winger as well!!!!!)

PLUS they have the right footed Valverde who also plays at winger at at times, lolol

assuming that (a lefty like Saka, Foden, and Endrick) that Lamine Yamal blows up too

and assuming Nusa does as well (the biggest IF of the 10)

this would be the top ten wingers in a few years (barring so new one not listed coming on, and also assuming all these stay at or go to this level

bold are Real Madrid in this scenario

left footers are in italics

no real order (other than the top 2 atm)

Kylian Mbappé LW
Vinicius Junior LW
Rodrygo LW but forced already to RW
Rafael Leão (also linked to Real!) LW
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (also linked to Real!) LW
Bukayo Saka RW
Phil Foden RW
Lamine Yamal RW
Endrick  RW
Antonio Nusa LW

LOLOLOL

Madness!

will never happen

PLUS they will move for Håland, (or Osimhen if Håland doesn't happen) so there is their CF filled

 

 

 

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best targets atm for positions of need (plus I list a youth DMF)

 

Right Footed CB

António Silva
Bremer 
Jean-Clair Todibo 
Mohamed Simakan   

youth

Leny Yoro 
Luka Vuskovic

 

LB

Alphonso Davies
Nuno Mendes

youth

Caleb Wiley

 

RB  (if Reeces leaves)

Achraf Hakimi 
Jeremie Frimpong 
Arnau Martínez

 

DMF

youth

Gabriel Moscardo
 

AMF

Florian Wirtz
Lucas Paquetá 
Xavi Simons  
Dani Olmo  
Arsen Zakharyan (no longer on a Russian team)

youth

Désiré Doué 
Georgiy Sudakov   
Jobe Bellingham

 

Winger

Rafael Leão
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Pedro Gonçalves
Nico Williams
Nicolás González
Marcus Edwards
Kevin Schade
Amine Adli

youth

Antonio Nusa
Estevão Willian (16yo)
Rayan Vitor    
 

CF

Victor Osimhen
Lautaro Martínez
Dusan Vlahovic
Jonathan David
Ollie Watkins
Ivan Toney    (January?)
Evan Ferguson
Benjamin Sesko
 

youth

Kauã Elias

[milka 3,407]

The management and the club should focus on improving the current asset obviously  just mainly buying players is not helping 

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8 hours ago, Vesper said:

youth

Leny Yoro 
Luka Vuskovic

fuck

(this lad is by far the most likely to be the next Gvardiol ie great Croatian CB (right footed versus Gvardiol being left footed)

Tottenham to complete centre-back signing this week

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/136922241/tottenham-to-complete-centre-back-signing-this-week

Fantastic news for Tottenham fans as the club is closing in on the signing of Croatian wonderkid defender Luka Vuskovic. Born in 2007, this centre-back looks an exciting signing for the future for Spurs.

Many other clubs also tried to approach Hajduk Split over Vuskovic, with interest last January, February, and March, as I reported across my platforms at that time, but now we have an imminent ‘here we go’ for Vuskovic to go to Tottenham. The deal is nearly ready, a decision has been made, with Vuskovic only wanting to go to Tottenham - it was impossible to change his mind.

Spurs have been monitoring him for more than one year, but I can also reveal that Vuskovic was in the list of five European top clubs including Manchester City, PSG and Bayern... and one more.

The two clubs are now finalising the deal, it’s just about final details and documents now, and then Vuskovic can have his medical and sign his contract. It’s imminent now, I expect Spurs to complete the deal this week - this talented young centre-back will 100% be a Spurs player.

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Just now, Vesper said:

Tottenham to complete centre-back signing this week

To be fair, they've made some good young signings in recent times.

Udogie, Sarr, that Argentinian young striker, Vuskovic...

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On 09/09/2023 at 22:50, Vesper said:

Manchester City now want £31.5m Ian Maatsen, who is refusing to sign a new contract

https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/manchester-city-now-want-32m-Chelsea-player-who-is-refusing-to-sign-a-new-contract/

 

I so hope he doesn’t fuck us. He may well do so. 

 

Maybe that's why he didn't join Burnley on deadline day, probably had better offers on the table. 

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2 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Maybe that's why he didn't join Burnley on deadline day, probably had better offers on the table. 

we should have sold him to Citeh

I think it is likely he refuse to renew and will refuse to go anywhere but Citeh, and may well wait until summer to go there on a free, unless they offer us something in January (which will likely be FAR below £31.5m if they do decide they do not want to wait)

we will just be training him for Citeh the rest of the season

and lose a pure profit £31.5m for FFP purposes

arsed again

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28 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

that Argentinian young striker,

 Alejo Véliz,

sigh

Edited September 11, 2023 by Vesper

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No more 'wonder kids' 

We really should have spent all that money on Kvaratskhelia (kind of a wonder kid lol) and Osimhen.

Edited September 11, 2023 by DDA

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lol, here goes the crazy bullshit rumours

 

Chelsea secure secret agreement to sign world’s most-wanted striker in 2024 – report

https://www.teamtalk.com/Chelsea/secure-secret-agreement-sign-worlds-most-wanted-striker-2024-report

Chelsea are leading the race to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli and the report saying so claims they may even have agreed a deal already.

Osimhen was arguably the most coveted striker in the transfer market this summer, but Napoli held firm and kept their centre-forward. However, interest in the Nigeria international from other clubs is not going to fade away ahead of the new year.

According to Football Transfers, Chelsea have decided to make Osimhen their top target for the summer of 2024. Meanwhile, they are said to have taken the lead in the race to sign him, ahead of rival suitors such as Arsenal.

The report even hints they might have agreed a deal with Osimhen already, which is why they were happy enough just to add Nicolas Jackson up front this summer.

How much substance there is to those suggestions, only time will tell. But when Osimhen is on the move in the transfer market, Chelsea will be one of the main clubs to watch out for.

Centre-forward has been something of a problem position for Chelsea for a while now. Players like Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner have been prolific elsewhere but have struggled to replicate those talents at Stamford Bridge in recent years.

Chelsea evolving their attack

This season, Mauricio Pochettino can choose between Jackson and Armando Broja as his main options at centre-forward, as well as another new arrival, Deivid Washington.

Christopher Nkunku was brought in over the summer from RB Leipzig to add a new element to their attack, but he has since suffered an injury.

Osimhen became one of the most highly-rated strikers on the planet last season when his goals helped Napoli to a rare Serie A title. During his time in Italy, he has scored 62 goals from 104 appearances for his current club.

By the time next summer comes around, there will only be one year remaining on his contract with Napoli, unless they are able to find a way to extend it.

Depending on how they do this season, Chelsea could be in a strong position to offer Osimhen the next step and a first taste of Premier League football. They will have to make major progress in Pochettino’s first season in charge to right some wrongs from last term, but adding a player like the former Lille star could be the missing piece they have been trying to find.

Osimhen will be 25 years old by the time Chelsea can try to sign him, thus approaching his peak years.

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Chelsea set to sanction Turkish move for star who has ‘no chance’ of playing for Pochettino

https://www.teamtalk.com/Chelsea/set-sanction-turkish-move-star-no-chance-playing-pochettino

Chelsea are actively trying to offload Malang Sarr after the defender emerged as a target for clubs in Turkey before their transfer deadline, a report has revealed.

The Turkish transfer window is still open until Friday, which gives Premier League clubs the chance to offload players to Super Lig sides. With most other major markets now closed, there could be a flurry of late activity towards Turkey.

According to Football Insider, Chelsea defender Sarr is someone who could make such a switch. The website claims there is ‘no chance’ of him convincing Mauricio Pochettino to promote him into his plans.

Therefore, some clubs in Turkey – though none are named in the report – are queuing up for the chance to take Sarr away from Stamford Bridge this week.

 

Whoever takes him, it is deemed that the deal would most likely be a loan. Sarr still has two years remaining on his contract with Chelsea, who signed him on a free transfer back in 2020.

After temporary spells with Porto and Monaco, Sarr now seems set for a third loan exit of his Chelsea career, which has only included 21 appearances for his parent club.

Other former Chelsea players currently active in the Turkish Super Lig include Michy Batshuayi at Fenerbahce and Hakim Ziyech at Galatasaray.

Sarr is also now in line to secure a similar move, which will be a relief to Chelsea given they are believed to be paying him more than £100,000 per week not to be anywhere near their first-team project.

Pochettino would prefer to use Benoit Badiashile, Axel Disasi, Levi Colwill, Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah and the injured Wesley Fofana at centre-back than Sarr, whom he seems to have little knowledge of anyway.

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20 hours ago, Vesper said:

we should have sold him to Citeh

I think it is likely he refuse to renew and will refuse to go anywhere but Citeh, and may well wait until summer to go there on a free, unless they offer us something in January (which will likely be FAR below £31.5m if they do decide they do not want to wait)

we will just be training him for Citeh the rest of the season

and lose a pure profit £31.5m for FFP purposes

arsed again

We have option to extend his contract for one more year

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4 hours ago, ulvhedin said:

We have option to extend his contract for one more year

I think one article ages ago claimed this but it has otherwise not been repeated at all. You'd have thought if we had option we'd have already activated it while he was doing well at Burnley?

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We are leading the race for Toney apparently..  could get it done in Jan.

I'll be happy with that 

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8 hours ago, ulvhedin said:

We have option to extend his contract for one more year

the only time I ever saw it even hinted at was here:

 

10 Mar 2020

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/ian-maatsen-agrees-new-Chelsea-contract

 

never (that I have seen) confirmed that there was one or if there was, that it is still in effect, and also there a lot of articles saying he can leave on a free in the summer

 

 

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Yeah Toney looking like it needs to happen, and we have free shot at him unless Arsenal come to their senses. 

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21 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Yeah Toney looking like it needs to happen, and we have free shot at him unless Arsenal come to their senses. 

£70m is too much IMHO

We will only get one full sub 30yo season out of him, and he is not a Benz or Lewa type who is going to be WC until 35yo or so IMHO

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Real Madrid can go fuck themselves if this is true (I have my doubts, they are not that stupid)

£34.4m for Reece???? LOLOL

that is less than we got for LEWIS HALL

 

Real Madrid ready to offer €40 million for Chelsea’s homegrown talent next summer

https://madriduniversal.com/real-madrid-ready-to-offer-e40-million-for-chelseas-homegrown-talent-next-summer/

The new generation has well and truly taken over at Real Madrid. Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo Goes, Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni and Eder Militao all represent the core of the team for the long haul, leaving very few spots for the veteran stars.

One department that continues to be under the care of the old guard is right-back. Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vazquez continue to be Carlo Ancelotti’s only options in the department, but Real Madrid are actively looking for a new younger name.

Objective Reece James

According to SPORT, Real Madrid have locked in on Chelsea’s Reece James as their next right-back and will not give up on his pursuit.

The men in white plan to activate the mission to sign him next summer, although it will be far from easy.

James has been at Chelsea for his entire career and has racked up 11 goals and 20 assists in that duration. He is currently valued at €65 million on the transfer market, but Real Madrid will not exceed the €40 million barrier for him next June.

His signing is most complicated by the fact that his contract with Chelsea runs until 2028, giving Los Blancos little space to negotiate the transfer fee.

Chelsea are under pressure to sell

Not all is bleak for Florentino Perez in pursuit of his latest target.

Chelsea are under strict scrutiny after their recent splurges on the transfer market and are under pressure to sell players.

The story will be no different next summer. Considering that James is one of the club’s most saleable assets, a departure for the Englishman may not be seen with bad eyes.

However, it is unlikely that Chelsea would consider letting their captain leave very easily, and it will likely take an offer more than the €40 million proposal being lined up.

 

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I don't think the Ivan Toney rumours are true tbh, it seems clear that we have an U25 policy. I imagine if we make any signings for over 25s it will be where there are favourable release clauses or free agents.