Chelsea Transfers

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

52 minutes ago, Vesper said:

So who (in terms of a right footed Left winger) would you go for?

Jackson looks more like a winger to me than a ST. 

[lucio 5,418]

56 minutes ago, Vesper said:

So who (in terms of a right footed Left winger) would you go for?

Sure, Mbappe, Vini Jr, Leão, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (ambipedal), Rodrygo, Martinelli, Luis Díaz, or Doku would be fucking wonderful, but they are not coming here, no chance.

The other options left (If you remove Nico) are (and some are hard AF pulls):

Kingsley Coman (but soon 28 and injury prone, plus doesn't want to leave Bayern)

Ferran Torres

Anthony Gordon    (we had the chance, I would have him here)    

Diogo Jota    

Brennan Johnson    

Serge Gnabry   (soon 29yo though)

Mathys Tel    (just renewed with Bayern though, and is more of a CF anyway)

Bradley Barcola    (would love him here but he isnt leaving PSG as he now gets Mbappe's LW position)

Federico Chiesa    (never the same after his horrid knee injury)

João Félix (very unlikely to return)

Harvey Barnes

Kaoru Mitoma (massively tegressed, as predicted, and turns 28 next season)

Yéremy Pino (regressed massively and now has a major knee injury)

Ansu Fati (perma damaged goods ot so looks like)

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (young wild card, he is HG)

Nathan Tella

Can we not have a left footed left winger ?

[Vesper 28,676]

51 minutes ago, lucio said:

Can we not have a left footed left winger ?

why are we not doing that now then?

we have an overload of left footed attacking players

I have listed them all many times before

Cole Palmer 
Diego Moreira  
Noni Madueke   
Ângelo   
Whisper Richards
Omari Hutchinson
Kendry Páez (in 15 months)

and IF Maatsen comes back, he is a lefty too (granted far more of a WB/LB)

plus we got rid of Ziyech

ALL of those are left footers

we need balance in terms of footedness

Sterling HAS to go, he is dogshit

that leaves Muddy as the only true winger who is a right footer

 

of the top 25 to 30 or so LWers in terms of valuation

ALL are right footers (or ambipedal in a very few cases) with two exceptions:

Mikel Oyarzabal (and he is basically ambipedal and DOES play a lot at RW over the years, plus they have the superb young left footer Takefusa Kubo at RW)

Sávio (he is also a bit ambipedal, plus Girona has the left footer Viktor Tsygankov at RW and shit for other LWers, so Savio is forced to play at LW)

 

plus you have 2 WC right footers (Rodrygo) or ambipedals (Dembele) playing out of postion at RW (granted more out of postion for Rodrygo than Dembele) due to Vini Jr and then Mbappe/Bradley Barcola at LW (plus with Asensio injured they have no other true RW options) respectively

 

 

[Vesper 28,676]

Chelsea's Short-Term Needs

Plus...Fabrizio Romano On Xavi Potentially Staying at Barcelona

 

https://thedailybriefing.io/p/chelseas-short-term-needs

[TheHulk 1,847]

Hope it doesn't happen. I'd rather get Sesko despite not being proven.

[ulvhedin 507]

After every game it's more and more obvious that our main transfer target should be WC CB. We can buy ten new strikers and wingers, but without some stability in the back we won't improve much.

[NikkiCFC 7,925]

1 hour ago, ulvhedin said:

After every game it's more and more obvious that our main transfer target should be WC CB. We can buy ten new strikers and wingers, but without some stability in the back we won't improve much.

What we should do regarding CBs:

Silva - thank you legend. Retirement or Brazil 

Badiashile - sell or loan 

Chalobah - it's clear he is not in plans and will be sold 

Disasi because is always available and fighter should stay but moved from first CB option to fourth. Plus you cannot change them all in one window. 

Colwill had difficult year with injuries and playing out of position but it's clear he is real deal just be patient with young player. 

Fofana, still have huge hope for him, will be back. Top talent. 

I can't see why Colwill-Fofana cannot be our Saliba-Gabriel. 

And buy another top CB, preferably experienced guy. 

 

[King Kante 1,473]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

What we should do regarding CBs:

Silva - thank you legend. Retirement or Brazil 

Badiashile - sell or loan 

Chalobah - it's clear he is not in plans and will be sold 

Disasi because is always available and fighter should stay but moved from first CB option to fourth. Plus you cannot change them all in one window. 

Colwill had difficult year with injuries and playing out of position but it's clear he is real deal just be patient with young player. 

Fofana, still have huge hope for him, will be back. Top talent. 

I can't see why Colwill-Fofana cannot be our Saliba-Gabriel. 

And buy another top CB, preferably experienced guy. 

 

Not sure where we get that. For me, I think Silva from Benfica is the one to get. I reckon he has a good chance of becoming WC in a couple of years. Need to get him and partner him with Colwill. After that allow Badi, Disasi and Fofana (too broken to be a CB1/2 - at best he becomes a Ledley King type player) to fight it out for CB 3/4. 

This said, we do need experience but I would choose to do that with a GK to guide the CB's in front of him. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

Pedro Gonçalves is having another good season at Sporting. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,465]

11 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Hope it doesn't happen. I'd rather get Sesko despite not being proven.

The more I see the of Osimhen, the more I become favorable. He is physical in his play. Something that is needed against PL center backs. 

[TheHulk 1,847]

 

[Vesper 28,676]

22 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Odds are starting to move towards fairly high that Amorin is bindipper bound.

[Clockwork 1,794]

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Odds are starting to move towards fairly high that Amorin is bindipper bound.

Think he is much beteer fit at Pool, his style is direct like Poch. think this Chelsea squad would benefit from a manager that favors positional and possession play. 

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

18 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Hope it doesn't happen. I'd rather get Sesko despite not being proven.

Sesko is basically like Broja. Big, strong, quick but a slow mind, eyes always on the  ball, never looking up. 
I am not 100% sold on any available striker but the more I see of Gyökeres the more I think he might be true better fit compared Osimhen. Also both are quite similar in height, physique, pace. The Nigerian is better in the air but the Swede is far superior technically. Could suit us better when we operate vs low blocks and in tight spaces 

Edited April 5 by Magic Lamps

[OneMoSalah 8,766]

46 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Can’t have admired him that much they fucking appointed Graham Potter ahead of him after getting rid of Tuchel.

I’m not sure he goes to us, Liverpool or Barca and does particularly well, could be wrong but just don’t see it. Just think that managing in Portugal at one of these top teams isn’t a sufficient stick to measure a supposed elite manager on these days but lets see. 

[bigbluewillie 1,858]

12 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

The more I see the of Osimhen, the more I become favorable. He is physical in his play. Something that is needed against PL center backs. 

Paris St-Germain are willing to pay Victor Osimhen's reported £111.5m release clause to sign the Nigeria striker, 25, from Napoli this summer. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

 

 

[bigbluewillie 1,858]

Can someone tell me about Victor Guyokeres I see his name cropping up quite often, but I know fuck all about him.

[Mhsc 869]

Cannot express how much I hope we do NOT sign Osimhen for big money. One insane season in a joke league. Napoli. Just NO.