Chelsea Transfers

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

On 22/02/2024 at 06:47, Strike said:

Just stay away from young players for a while. 

Yeah we a team that lacks consistency in terms of performance and some actual proven quality yet folk want to keep signing young players who are just as likely to dip and need time to develop as opposed to looking for ready made quality. Its a weird one.

[lucio 5,418]

need players of proven technical ability. No more carrying passion merchants and speedsters who can’t control the ball 

[MoroccanBlue 5,381]

16 hours ago, whats happening said:

people here are never happy. if we signed tomorrow prime messi there would be some moaning i bet.

 

btw im surprised gimenez is not talked about more.

Can you blame them? With the amount of big money flops we've had over the years, its normal for us fans to have PTSD when ever we are linked with a big money striker. 

[ulvhedin 526]

18 hours ago, whats happening said:

people here are never happy. if we signed tomorrow prime messi there would be some moaning i bet.

 

btw im surprised gimenez is not talked about more.

Gimenez from Atletico? With his injuries he would fit like a glove

[lucio 5,418]

12 minutes ago, ulvhedin said:

Gimenez from Atletico? With his injuries he would fit like a glove

The Mexican striker 

[MoroccanBlue 5,381]

There is a decent market for strikers this summer compared to last. 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

33 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

There is a decent market for strikers this summer compared to last. 

Is there really? Its pretty much the same as it always has been the last few seasons. Particularly compared to last summer where it seemed to be clubs chasing a lot of young/unproven players who could become top strikers as opposed to actual top strikers.

Barring Kane to Bayern and Benzema to Saudi, did anyone else actually sign a top quality number 9? I don’t think so. Likes of Holjund and Ramos are players who could be good CFs but nowhere near top quality yet. And cost a shit tonne of money.

Barring Oshimen and then Toney this summer, I don’t really see any top/good options being realistically available (Mbappe - lets assume he is 100% a Madrid player).

Then we have the likes of Gimenez at Feyenoord, Gyokeres at Sporting, Ferguson at Brighton & Sesko at Leipzig - are all very much in the same mould as Hojlund and Ramos - they could be very good strikers but they aren’t yet. And will cost premium prices because there isn’t enough realistically attainable top centre forwards. My favourite 2 that has been mentioned for seasons is Latauro Martinez and Dusan Vlahovic, both players who haven’t wanted to leave Inter and Juventus for seasons. Yet people still think we can sign them 😂

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,381]

33 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Is there really? Its pretty much the same as it always has been the last few seasons. Particularly compared to last summer where it seemed to be clubs chasing a lot of young/unproven players who could become top strikers as opposed to actual top strikers.

Barring Kane to Bayern and Benzema to Saudi, did anyone else actually sign a top quality number 9? I don’t think so. Likes of Holjund and Ramos are players who could be good CFs but nowhere near top quality yet. And cost a shit tonne of money.

Barring Oshimen and then Toney this summer, I don’t really see any top/good options being realistically available (Mbappe - lets assume he is 100% a Madrid player).

Then we have the likes of Gimenez at Feyenoord, Gyokeres at Sporting, Ferguson at Brighton & Sesko at Leipzig - are all very much in the same mould as Hojlund and Ramos - they could be very good strikers but they aren’t yet. And will cost premium prices because there isn’t enough realistically attainable top centre forwards. My favourite 2 that has been mentioned for seasons is Latauro Martinez and Dusan Vlahovic, both players who haven’t wanted to leave Inter and Juventus for seasons. Yet people still think we can sign them 😂

 

Think these 4 in particular have really stood out this season. Last summer you couldn't name anyone other than Osimhen or Kane it felt like. 

Guirassy

Openda

Gyökeres

Gimenez

 

We are truly in the era where the market price for anyone that can put the ball in the back of the net to be ridiculous. Aiming closer to 150m for strikers that have a track record behind them. 

 

 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

5 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Think these 4 in particular have really stood out this season. Last summer you couldn't name anyone other than Osimhen or Kane it felt like. 

Guirassy

Openda

Gyökeres

Gimenez

 

We are truly in the era where the market price for anyone that can put the ball in the back of the net to be ridiculous. Aiming closer to 150m for strikers that have a track record behind them. 

 

 

Guirassy is the most established out of them you listed but I think its still unlikely he is going to be that effective at a bigger team or even a regular starter. I think if he was good enough, for his rumoured release clause £15m, some bigger teams would of made a move for him in January..

Openda is one I forgot, consistent goal record everywhere he has been apart from Belgium when he first turned pro. Leipzig will be rubbing their hands together when it comes the time to sell but I doubt it’ll be going after 1 season.

The prices being bandied about for potential top CFs is borderline ridiculous. I mean Gyokeres is valued at near £90m and he played for Coventry over a year ago. No doubt, we will be the stupid cunts who pay it and think we got a good deal out of it. Like with Mudryk, Caicedo, Fofana, Cucurella and even Fernandez.

Still the list doesn’t seem much better or different from last summer at all. There was Kane, Osimhen followed by the likes of Holjund, Goncalo Ramos, Kolo Muani. Barely any standout top top CFs. Same again this summer, barring Osimhen, maybe Toney who is the bracket below then the could be top top CFs in 2 or 3 years

Edited February 23, 2024 by OneMoSalah

[Vesper 30,164]

roflmao

fuck off

The next £100m transfer battle? Arsenal join Chelsea in pursuit of prodigious Brighton hitman Evan Ferguson

Brighton striker Evan Ferguson is reportedly being monitored by Arsenal ahead of a possible summer transfer, with Chelsea showing interest as well.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/-arsenal-join-Chelsea-in-pursuit-of-prodigious-brighton-hitman-evan-ferguson/blt2ffab56a14fb4f80

 

 

[Blue Armour 4,439]

49 minutes ago, Vesper said:

roflmao

fuck off

The next £100m transfer battle? Arsenal join Chelsea in pursuit of prodigious Brighton hitman Evan Ferguson

Brighton striker Evan Ferguson is reportedly being monitored by Arsenal ahead of a possible summer transfer, with Chelsea showing interest as well.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/-arsenal-join-Chelsea-in-pursuit-of-prodigious-brighton-hitman-evan-ferguson/blt2ffab56a14fb4f80

 

 

Clownlake whenever Brighton are involved:

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Can we please sign someone with a footballing brain and technical ability.. i swear if we sign another braindead pace merchant.. i will lose all hope of our scouts

[Vesper 30,164]

3 hours ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

Can we please sign someone with a footballing brain and technical ability.. i swear if we sign another braindead pace merchant.. i will lose all hope of our scouts

 
Lautaro Martínez    Centre-Forward

Florian Wirtz    Attacking Midfield    

Lucas Paquetá    Attacking Midfield

Rafael Leão    Left Winger

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia    Left Winger

Frenkie de Jong    Central Midfield
 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,814]

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,814]

We have become a target for Big Sam. How far we have fallen. 
 

 

[TheHulk 2,437]

3 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

We have become a target for Big Sam. How far we have fallen. 
 

 

Everyone taking the piss and laughing at us. Fuck Todd and Clearlake.

[MoroccanBlue 5,381]

1 minute ago, TheHulk said:

Everyone taking the piss and laughing at us. Fuck Todd and Clearlake.

It's becoming clearer what their ambitions are. They don't know football. 

Never seen such naivety and ignorance from billionaires. 

[Vesper 30,164]

No chance for Kylian Mbappe to U-turn on PSG exit

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/142122583/no-chance-for-kylian-mbappe-to-u-turn-on-psg-exit

It’s important to clarify once again that there is no chance for Kylian Mbappe to stay at Paris Saint-Germain and sign a new contract, despite some reports circulating due to the player’s meeting with the Emir of Qatar.

Mbappe’s meeting was to discuss other topics, with the player already communicating in a very strong way to PSG that he isn’t going to be staying at the club, it’s over for him at the Parc des Princes. He told this to Nasser Al-Khelaifi, to his teammates, and everyone at PSG, so everyone at the club knows that very well, and there is no expectation that this could change.

Mbappe remains in very advanced talks with Real Madrid - he wants this move, so the conversations are advancing very well. Everything is looking positive and it should be done soon, so there is no chance of him staying at PSG, and that is not the intention of the meeting with the Emir of Qatar.

[Vesper 30,164]

Bayern’s plans for Alphonso Davies and Mathys Tel

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/142122583/bayerns-plans-for-alphonso-davies-and-mathys-tel

Real Madrid remain keen on a deal for Alphonso Davies. This has been the case for some time and there is currently no issue on the contract, or his salary, so everything on the player side should be quite easy - the player wants Real Madrid and they would be very happy with this signing.

However, one important thing to say is that the fee Bayern Munich ask for will be crucial. Bayern don’t want to lose the player, and they will keep trying until around May/June to extend his contract. Davies’ agent was in Munich last week for conversations with Bayern, and they will try until the end. If it doesn’t happen, they would be prepared to sell Davies this summer, and Real Madrid remain the favourites for this signing. It will just depend on the asking price, as Real Madrid don’t want to pay crazy money for him.

One of the priorities for Bayern is to keep Mathys Tel at the club. We’ve had rumours about Manchester United, but there is nothing going on there. First of all, before United decide if they want an experienced striker or a young striker, they want the new structure in place at the club. So for now United haven’t started any concrete conversations for Tel.

As for Bayern, they’ve had a very positive meeting with Tel’s agent. They want him to stay and be part of the project, they’ve communicated this to him, and the boy also wants to stay and be an important part of their future. It looks like Tel is staying at Bayern - this is the message from both the player and club side.

[Vesper 30,164]

Do Chelsea need to make player sales this summer?

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/142122583/do-Chelsea-need-to-make-player-sales-this-summer

Chelsea fans have been asking me about some reports relating to Financial Fair Play and needing to make sales this summer to avoid being in breach of regulations, so I thought I’d clarify what I’ve been told here.

I don’t have precise information on Financial Fair Play and how much money they should make to avoid problems; this is more of a financial question, but my information is that Chelsea are not worried with current situation. Of course there will be sales, but it already happened last summer and it always happens in modern football.

I also posted on X yesterday about Omari Hutchinson attracting interest after impressing on loan at Ipswich Town. His future is not decided yet, Chelsea will discuss that around May. There are clubs from different leagues keen on Omari, for example including Germany and of course England. But Chels