Chelsea Transfers

[Blue Armour 4,312]

8 hours ago, Vesper said:

and shit CBs

Wesley Fofana was perma damaged when we STUPIDLY bought him, so his injuries with us do not count (as in his injuries hurt us, he already was wrecked)

And inexperience in central midfield.

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

18 hours ago, Vesper said:

 

Yup Kobel is off the table, yellow black through and trough

the only remotely class young goalie available for reasonable money is still Marma. Coming off another solid season at Valencia. The bats have a similar squad structure like ours with only 2 players in their early 30ies and most under 25. Still a respectable season with Marma being one of their more experienced ones and a leadership figure within the team. I was surprised Bayern did not deem him ready and bet on Nübel instead but surely Marma is ripe for a big transfer in summer 

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

A durable LB that can defend well.  (Sell Cucurella)

An experienced RCB that is fast, can read the game well and is an aerial specialist. (Sell Chalobah + Silva leaving)

A fox in the box striker. (Jackson bench option or LW)

An experienced CM/DM that wouldn't mind being given the 'Mikel' role. (Loan out Lesly)

 

Honestly think these are the only 4 pressing matters at the moment. Bring those 4 in and solve our injury issues, we look way better. 

Edited April 17 by MoroccanBlue

[bluesman2610 1,348]

3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Yup Kobel is off the table, yellow black through and trough

the only remotely class young goalie available for reasonable money is still Marma. Coming off another solid season at Valencia. The bats have a similar squad structure like ours with only 2 players in their early 30ies and most under 25. Still a respectable season with Marma being one of their more experienced ones and a leadership figure within the team. I was surprised Bayern did not deem him ready and bet on Nübel instead but surely Marma is ripe for a big transfer in summer 

My only concern is Marmar gives out huge rebounds and without a sure defensive line I can see us shipping more goals than this year

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

31 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

My only concern is Marmar gives out huge rebounds and without a sure defensive line I can see us shipping more goals than this year

You are absolutely right about the rebounds being a concern. It is similar to Courtois who also used to parry balls straight back into the danger zone earlier in his career. But i do believe this can be ironed out here too. It is more difficult for guys like Kepa or Piggie who just have weak wrists and short reach they will just let in some balls mamar easily rebounds and they will never be able to improve upon that. But I do believe there are drills that help with directing reaction parries and also gaining more experience will help. 

[Vesper 29,017]

https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost459

Issue number 459 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the world's top 100 players who have not yet turned 23 and whose transfer value* has increased the most over the last six months. Barcelona's and Spain's 16-year-old prodigy Lamine Yamal tops the list with an increase of €134m (from €11m to €145m).

Benfica's Portuguese João Neves (+€72m) and Girona's new Brazilian full international Sávio Moreira (+€70m) complete the podium. Other promising youngsters in the top positions include England's and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (fourth), Brazil’s and Palmeiras (on loan from Real Madrid) Endrick Felipe (sixth), as well as Belgium’s and Manchester City’s outstanding winger Jérémy Doku (seventh).

Players from 12 leagues and 55 clubs feature in the top 100 rankings, with a maximum of 29 footballers from the English Premier League, followed by the Spanish Liga (17), the German Bundesliga (14) and the French Ligue 1 (11). Brighton & Hove Albion is the most represented club in the top 100 (6 players), followed by Chelsea, Tottenham, Ajax and Eintracht Frankfurt (4 footballers).

*Estimated according to CIES Football Observatory statistical model.

Transfer value increase since Octobre 2023, Under-23 players

€ Million, [NContr]: Players whose contracts have been extended between 01/10/2023 and 01/04/2024, [NInter]: Players who made their debut for a national A-team

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

Would be hard to accept one of our own to a rival. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,318]

6 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Would be hard to accept one of our own to a rival. 

Shift Sterling out and bring Musiala home I say. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,517]

 

[lucio 5,418]

Imagine Palmer musiala, nkunku and a new striker under a better manager 

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

Our fans with X platform should spam Boehly about Musiala. It worked with Enzo and he likes to make our fans happy 😊 

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

1 hour ago, lucio said:

Imagine Palmer musiala, nkunku and a new striker under a better manager 

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

[TheHulk 1,882]

4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Would be so incredible if we could get him home but we all know Boehly and the owners prefer some random young player over a top class talent.

Edited April 18 by TheHulk

[lucio 5,418]

37 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

New defence along with a new coach for sure 

[Vesper 29,017]

Man City given hands-off warning. Bayern Munich determined to keep Jamal Musiala amid rumours of huge summer move

Jamal Musiala is reportedly not for sale this summer and Bayern Munich 'won't consider any offers' for the youngster amid Manchester City links.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/man-city-warning-bayern-munich-keep-jamal-musiala-rumours-huge-summer-move/blt8681d71720a5188a

[robsblubot 3,529]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

Indeed, but it's all about the balance. Defense is not the defense line alone.

If Mudryk does not jump for the ball on the edge of box and we end up conceding, it counts against D. If Caidedo passes the ball straight to the opposition, it counts against D as well.

That's why while I'm never opposed to upgrading on the manager, that alone will only buy us so much.

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Indeed, but it's all about the balance. Defense is not the defense line alone.

If Mudryk does not jump for the ball on the edge of box and we end up conceding, it counts against D. If Caidedo passes the ball straight to the opposition, it counts against D as well.

That's why while I'm never opposed to upgrading on the manager, that alone will only buy us so much.

Agree on balance. It's hard for us to find it. When we are good defensively we are bad in offense. And opposite... 

[Fernando 6,484]

15 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

Yes that is what I been saying. 

Yes Poch is not world class like Pep or Klopp but he did build a good team in Spurs. 

We can do the same with him, he will help us improve players of good quality in certain areas we need. We can let him go in 2 or 3 season. 

He has help us improve the scoring as you mentioned that was very bad especially last two seasons. 

Now we are just shy of fixing the defense to be more competitive. If we sack Poch we risk of staying with the same dudes that need to be changed for other better players. This was the reason why we slid a lot for many years as there was no continuity. New coach comes in and wants to try everyone to see how they are.....

Besides it seems like with Poch we might have hit bottom, we are on the up and I suspect next season we will be the same more on the up. 

Would be dumb to sack him, let him continue next season and focus on improving the defense. If we can get a striker awesome....but the way we playing with Palmer and company a conventional striker might not be good. Example City with Haaland, they are a better team without him. So not sure if we need an old fashioned striker. 

Edited April 19 by Fernando