Chelsea Transfers

[TheHulk 2,647]

 

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18 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

I mean. It’s probably happening. This stuff always leads to it. 

[lluubbeenn 188]

We are in silly season at its best. We are close to buying or selling a different player every two days. All this information confuses me. I am really not sure what I want for the club. There are a lot of pros and cons with most of these transfers both ins and outs. 
The only thing I know is that we have zero leeway because of the past two horrendous seasons. We MUST get it right and be one of the top teams this season in order to keep our reputation. Let’s hope we manage to build a fit, competitive and exciting squad and support it with all our hearts! COYB! 🔵

Edited June 7, 2024 by lluubbeenn

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6 hours ago, robsblubot said:

9 assists looks pretty good as someone who often played as an AM https://www.transfermarkt.us/julian-alvarez/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/576024/wettbewerb/GB1/saison/2023

Assists is good but if we are wanting him to be our main man, he isn't the answer imo. 

6 hours ago, Mário César said:

there always be a context in this kind of a number

we are paying to city. he is only 24 years old and a very decent ratio goals/minute 

He had several games last season where he played up front and he was underwhelming in most of them. If people are clamouring for Alvarez as our main man ahead of Jackson, clearly did not watch him last season. I watched him a lot last season and he was really underwhelming based on the team he is playing for and considering he got several opportunities up front as Haaland had a few injured spells last season.

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6 hours ago, robsblubot said:

Similar in a way that he play in multiple attacking positions, but I'd say Nkunku is more of a ST/LW while Alvarez is, like you said, more of a passer and operates better in a CAM, so ST/CAM/RW. Still see them all complementary to some degree and he could be backup for Cole as well. Still unsure about Nkunku's fitness to entirely honest.

I no longer try to second guess the transfer market as fees are completely nuts tho.

If we're looking for more of an attacking mid/winger type, surely the guy to go after is Eze at Palace.  

Alvarez is a good overall player but spending that much is crazy, he would end up like Havertz here...

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11 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

We have a good chance with Alvarez because:

1) he's only 100k/pw

2) can promise starting spot which in City is not gonna happen 

3)  Pep have this philosophy when player says I want to leave he just says ok 

4) Enzo best buddy 

If Alvarez is determined to leave City then I think he may prefer a Champions League destination like PSG. 

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On 05/06/2024 at 22:33, Mário César said:

80M pounds its too much but I prefer give this for him that 100M pounds for oimhen, for example

Osimhen's release clause is €130m (£111m as the pound is bit up versus the euro since March, when it was as high as £113m)

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On 05/06/2024 at 23:53, whats happening said:

no one is dumb enough to buy sterling

[Special Juan 28,765]

Alvarez over Osimhen all day

Alvarez would be a superb bit of business

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On 06/06/2024 at 00:00, Mário César said:

 

£70-75m or fuck off

and I really do not want to sell him

but £70-75m is a lot

£50m?

fuck off

he is a vital player and his stats back that up

his all-round stats are off the charts when taken as a holistic package

Edited June 7, 2024 by Vesper

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Tosin is now confirmed by the club

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After watching a lot of clips of Omari, I am convinced he can play and do well on the LEFT wing as well

 

 

 

plus at AMF where he assisted from the left side or scored a goal with his right foot

 

 

 

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[Costa19 858]

Im not hot at all on Alvarez. 
Maybe for £30-40m maximum. 
 
If Jackson played for City, people would beg the club to pay £80-100m if we had the chance.

Jackson is better and younger. 

Edited June 7, 2024 by Costa19

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2 minutes ago, Costa19 said:

Im not hot at all on Alvarez. 
Maybe for £30-40m maximum. 
 
If Jackson played for City, people would beg the club to pay £80-100m if we had the chance.

Jackson is better and younger. 

what world you live for think that city will allow alvarez come to Chelsea for 40M pounds? Lol

Edited June 7, 2024 by Mário César

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Tosin for me can be the next Azpi or Cahill sort of defensive signing. Those two were bought for absolute peanuts and turned out to be some of the best pound for pound signings we’ve ever made. But in this case it’s FREE. 

As for Alvarez, I’m getting more and more convinced that he can be the guy we’re looking for. He has been “pretty good” at City where he has forced to be more of a supporting cast player but just a short time ago when he was at River Plate he looked like he was going to become a genuine £100m player. He could seriously be primed to explode into what his potential showed in the same way we saw with Cole Palmer. Maybe just needs to leave City and be given the faith.confidence to become “the man” instead of just another cog in the Guardiola machine.

 

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14 hours ago, TheHulk said:

 

If PSG have half a brain (questionable) they would take that €300m (£256m) or so they saved with Mbappe (they do not have to pay the massive loyalty payment plus his huge salary) and buy Osimhen and Leão (Leão now has a crazy £148m release clause but AC Milan will take 5 payments over 5 years and I wager they would come down a bit as no other huge club will drop or can drop that type of money)

or swap out Leão for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

or swap out Lautaro Martínez for Osimhen

the only other top 35 valued players who are actually available that PSG doesnt already have are

Wirtz

Musiala

Bruno Guimarães

Julián Álvarez (perhaps available)


 

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Alvarez for the right money / salary no brainer imo. Hard to say what the right price is though. 

I think it is pretty normal that when you're stuck playing second fiddle to Haaland your form / confidence / motivation drops off. I'd go after him or Sesko to compete with NJ and open up the option to play one of them as a LW in a 4-3-3, similar to how we had Malouda or Anelka playing out there when really they were more of a forward and a clinical finisher. Those were the golden days...

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Alvarez is decent, no doubt. 80m would be expensive but not outrageous for a player who has won it all and is still to reach his prime. Definitely more justified than what we paid for caicedo, fofana, mudryk etc. would he be the ultimate solution to our striker woes and bag us 20 PL goals per season? Probably not. But does he add something we don’t already have? Definitely. 
personally, I prefer strong, tall, athletic strikers in 1 striker systems. But marescas football requires someone who has excellent technique, close control, an eye for spaces and who can win a 1 on 1. Alvarez offers all of this. 
there are plenty of good reasons why this can happen. The argument that does not count is the ‚playing second fiddle to Haaland‘ IMO. He has played more PL games and minutes than Haaland last season and I can see this trend continuing as Haaland will continue to pick up smaller injuries with how he is targeted by CBs and pep looking for alternatives within games where he looks out of the loop.