Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,280]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

THIS!!!

A top 3 or 4 on the planet CB atm

no way he leaves barça to play in conference league lol

only if we offer a insane amount of money

[Mário César 1,280]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

I do not want to sell him, but £60 to 70m in pure profit sure would help the FFP mess we are in

fucking idiots at Bo-Clownlake with their insane Wes Fofana buy and huge overpays for some others

gallagher has had a good season and is growing. he's one of those who I imagine will be at the club for many years to come

I have an idea that in two or three years we will regret these sales

[Vegetable 830]

It's not much about skill, more about character. Sort of Cahill type player.

Gallagher is hard working, modest and dedicated player who graduated our academy. If we don't need this kind of player, who do we need? 

I'd much more prefer seeing our academy in first team for better or worse (until they go haywire a'la Mount), than flipping our youth for profit and replacing them with meh youngsters from all over exotic corners of the world. As @Vesper pointed out, we wouldn't need profit from selling HG players, if only our owners wouldn't toss truckloads of money on players you don't need much footballing knowledge to see were worth maybe 1/3 of their price. Don't throw cash into shitter, you won't deseperately need to generate it from selling out our identity.

Edited May 29, 2024 by Vegetable

[Mário César 1,280]

7 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

It's not much about skill, more about character. Sort of Cahill type player.

Gallagher is hard working, modest and dedicated player who graduated our academy. If we don't need this kind of player, who do we need? 

I'd much more prefer seeing our academy in first team for better or worse (until they go haywire a'la Mount), than flipping our youth for profit and replacing them with meh youngsters from all over exotic corners of the world. As @Vesper pointed out, we wouldn't need profit from selling HG players, if only our owners wouldn't toss truckloads of money on players you don't need much footballing knowledge to see were worth maybe 1/3 of their price. Don't throw cash into shitter, you won't deseperately need to generate it from selling out our identity.

exactly and the same with chalobah

both finished the season in a strongly way and it is very sad to see both leaving the club

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

I am by no means a Gallagher super fan but losing  him would be catastrophic on so many levels. He is one of the few leaders in the squad (we virtually have none now silva is gone), he is clearly respected by the other players, he is a fan favourite, one of own, selling him would exacerbate the disconnect between owners and fans even more. He has to stay based on merit. Enzo, Latvia or maybe even caicedo are probably more talented but Conor has easily outperformed them last season. He is the embodiment of a working hard and fighting for the shirt, squad morale will suffer without him. Clownlake set a dangerous precedent that loyalty and blue blood is not valued at the club with academy graduates only being seen as cash cows. Then investing that money into buying duds for outrageous fees adds insult to injury 

[Mário César 1,280]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

I am by no means a Gallagher super fan but losing  him would be catastrophic on so many levels. He is one of the few leaders in the squad (we virtually have none now silva is gone), he is clearly respected by the other players, he is a fan favourite, one of own, selling him would exacerbate the disconnect between owners and fans even more. He has to stay based on merit. Enzo, Latvia or maybe even caicedo are probably more talented but Conor has easily outperformed them last season. He is the embodiment of a working hard and fighting for the shirt, squad morale will suffer without him. Clownlake set a dangerous precedent that loyalty and blue blood is not valued at the club with academy graduates only being seen as cash cows. Then investing that money into buying duds for outrageous fees adds insult to injury 

exactly! 

[Vesper 30,212]

• Matvey Safonov to Paris Saint-Germain, here we go! Agreement sealed for Russian GK to join PSG from Krasnodar as revealed on Sunday. €20m package agreed, add-ons included. Contract until June 2029 for Safonov who’s set to sign after medical tests.

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[TheHulk 2,475]

Get Mamardashvili.

[Vesper 30,212]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Get Mamardashvili.

Been saying it for a couple years now.

I no longer rate Oblak as the best option at all.

That door has closed.

His form has been pretty shit.

[King Kante 1,643]

11 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

I am by no means a Gallagher super fan but losing  him would be catastrophic on so many levels. He is one of the few leaders in the squad (we virtually have none now silva is gone), he is clearly respected by the other players, he is a fan favourite, one of own, selling him would exacerbate the disconnect between owners and fans even more. He has to stay based on merit. Enzo, Latvia or maybe even caicedo are probably more talented but Conor has easily outperformed them last season. He is the embodiment of a working hard and fighting for the shirt, squad morale will suffer without him. Clownlake set a dangerous precedent that loyalty and blue blood is not valued at the club with academy graduates only being seen as cash cows. Then investing that money into buying duds for outrageous fees adds insult to injury 

Excellent post. I this also applies to Trev who was our best CB last year. Both of those players need to stay, rather than sell them to buy some injury prone player or some brain dead player like Disaster. For sure, if we are getting Bellingham and Silva to come in and replace then sure, but we obviously aren't. 

As for the overall positions, my areas of priority are: 

CB

GK

CB

CF

AM

For me, Disaster and Fofana cannot be relied upon, Disaster because he is a complete and utter liability on the pitch and Fofana because of injuries. If Trev gets sold, then we can only really bank on Colwill and Badi but both of those players are green and had injuries as well. 

At GK, I think something needs to be done Sanchez isn't good enough and Petro is good GK2 level. In addition to this, it looks like we are going for possession football, which means both Sanchez and Petro will give away disastrous goals if forced to play in that style. 

After that, I think we need a CF and a RWF/AM. At RWF/AM I would go for Eze. Olise is the sexier player at Palace but he looks better in counter attacking situations so he can use his direct running, power and pace. Eze on the other hand has the better feet in tight spaces and workratte, for me Eze is the one that slides into the team easier and complements Palmer better. 

At CF I do not have much of a clue, for me we could ideally do with a Giroud type player from 4-5 years ago to help out Jackson. 

 

Edited May 30, 2024 by King Kante

[Vesper 30,212]

46 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Disaster and Fofana

🤣

[Gundalf 806]

Is Mamardashvili even good on the ball?

Ball playing abilities seem to be even more important than shot stopping for Marescas system. 

[Pizy 18,942]

Not that o actually care that much about yet another teenager who may be years away from being first team ready, but I wonder what the deal is with Estevao. Thought it was a done deal and was supposed to be announced a week ago?

 

[King Kante 1,643]

24 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Not that o actually care that much about yet another teenager who may be years away from being first team ready, but I wonder what the deal is with Estevao. Thought it was a done deal and was supposed to be announced a week ago?

 

With these types of deals, the delay is probably due to family related payments. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,509]

27 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Not that o actually care that much about yet another teenager who may be years away from being first team ready, but I wonder what the deal is with Estevao. Thought it was a done deal and was supposed to be announced a week ago?

 

I don't expect that deal to conclude anytime soon, there will be third party payments, agents and many other people involved. 

And then there's other clubs like PSG who could swoop in last minute (and it would make sense to get the next wonderkid with Mbappe no longer there). 

[Strike 7,492]

4 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Get Mamardashvili.

Right call to get in a new GK. How are these two keepers with their ball-playing? 

[Fulham Broadway 17,331]

Why Chelsea should sign Benjamin Sesko

Along with his similarities to Drogba from a physical and stylistic perspective, the 20-year-old star is also a prolific goalscorer who has the potential to be a lethal finisher for the incoming Blues boss.

The Chelsea target plundered a whopping 16 goals in 23 Austrian Bundesliga starts for RB Salzburg last season before his move to Leipzig ahead of the current campaign.

 

He followed that up with a return of 18 goals and two assists in 42 appearances in all competitions for the German side, despite not earning himself a spot as a regular starter until the second half of the term.

Sesko only started 17 of his 31 matches in the Bundesliga for Leipzig but still managed to rack up an impressive tally of 14 goals in his first year in a major European league.

[King Kante 1,643]

If we sell Trev for £25m then the transfer strategy people need sacking after blowing £80m on Fofana and £40m on Disaster. 

[Mário César 1,280]

8 minutes ago, King Kante said:

If we sell Trev for £25m then the transfer strategy people need sacking after blowing £80m on Fofana and £40m on Disaster. 

exactly 

[Mário César 1,280]