Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 970]

he choose bayern and its normal that he prefer join them than Chelsea

tbh, dont bother me, but it always a bit sad but we will have estevao so thats ok 

[LAM09 6,695]

21 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

yeah.
Reminder that we did not even get Europa.
So, we have a choice of expecting things regarding injuries to be better next season and hope that's good enough for CL, or help the team a bit with a couple of ready players to assure we get CL. In my mind, the choice is a very obvious one, but that's me.

 

Aside from two or three clubs, others will always slip up (which is why a CL spot was attainable with only a few games remaining). It's just hard to see how this current crop, along with a manager who hasn't managed a complete season in a prominent European league, will pull it off.

As has been the case over the past few seasons, I hope they make me eat my words come May 2025.

[Mário César 970]

 

[robsblubot 3,468]

2 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Aside from two or three clubs, others will always slip up (which is why a CL spot was attainable with only a few games remaining). It's just hard to see how this current crop, along with a manager who hasn't managed a complete season in a prominent European league, will pull it off.

As has been the case over the past few seasons, I hope they make me eat my words come May 2025.

Let's not forget United had a very off season, which may not be the case come next--same for Tottenham. From what I saw, I honestly suspect Villa's season has more to do with United and Tottenham than their own quality.

I don't understand why this club is OK with these risks; a smaller club can place all bets on promising youngsters and hope for the best, because they don't have any other choice. In our case though, it seems to be very much a choice.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

Olise was worth going for but now we need to put that money to other positions.

 

[Pizy 18,342]

The briefing from the club that Olise’s transfer is too expensive is hilarious. As if anyone believes that the club who in this calendar year alone has spent £100m on Enzo and £100m on Caicedo plus untold tens of millions on random teenagers can’t now spend £50-60m on a player who they’ve told every reliable reporter is our #1 priority target. A player the club have wanted badly for 2 straight summer windows. We’re about to spend about the same total on 17 year old Estevão.

It’s clear that Olise didn’t fancy us. Just like he didn’t last summer. 

can only hope we don’t go out and spunk huge money on an alternative that’s not very good. I’ve said all along that I wasn’t bothered about Olise. But if we DO still want a winger it has to be someone at his level.

[Mário César 970]

so he will cost only 50M pounds. not too much

the fact is that he wants Champions league.

its sad but it is the new reality of our club 

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

3 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Let's not forget United had a very off season, which may not be the case come next--same for Tottenham. From what I saw, I honestly suspect Villa's season has more to do with United and Tottenham than their own quality.

I don't understand why this club is OK with these risks; a smaller club can place all bets on promising youngsters and hope for the best, because they don't have any other choice. In our case though, it seems to be very much a choice.

I have always thought their main plan is to take say the dortmund/southampton etc..model and what could happen if unlike them they didnt have to sell/see their best talent leave as free agents. 

 

[robsblubot 3,468]

48 minutes ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

I have always thought their main plan is to take say the dortmund/southampton etc..model and what could happen if unlike them they didnt have to sell/see their best talent leave as free agents. 

 

yeah that'd make more sense if international football contracts were respected the same as in American sports; they aren't tho. Still the same question: why not improve the chances of CL football meanwhile -- also does not apply to AM sports as they don't qualify for international comps.

I dread the day that our top player, say Cole, says that either we take whatever RM offers or he will leave as a free agent like Mbappe just did. And Mbappe was on comparable wages at PSG--imagine the bitching his agent would've been doing otherwise.

Edited June 21 by robsblubot

[Vesper 28,385]

8 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

yeah that'd make more sense if international football contracts were respected the same way they in American sports; they aren't tho. Still the same question tho: why not improve the chances of CL football meanwhile (also does not apply to AM sports).

I dread the day that our top player, say Cole, says that either we take whatever RM offers or he will leave as a free agent like Mbappe just did. And Mbappe on very high wages at PSG--imagine the bitching his agent would've been doing otherwise.

we are on a real path to becing a feeder club for

Real

Citeh

Bayern

PSG

and eventually Barca, once they sort their financials out

 

maybe Pool, Arse, and Manure as well

 

thank fuck Inter, AC Milan and Juve are hamstrung by the low money Serie A, especially Inter, who already can block us from buying all the great players they have

[ZAPHOD2319 4,416]

 

[Thor 2,381]

I guess there is only one way to say this - most of you on here are a bunch of sad pansies. 

Booohooo a player didn't choose us, so now we are a small club and none of them want to come here because we don't have champions league. 

 

We aren't turning into a feeder club. We have Paez and Estevao who chose us. We have Enzo Fernandez who chose us - one of the best young players in the world coming off a world cup win. We had Caceido reject Liverpool for us specifically. Lavia? Us over Liverpool. 

Not every player in the world is always going to choose us, just like they didn't when we were at the peak of our powers. 

Edited June 22 by Thor

[robsblubot 3,468]

44 minutes ago, Thor said:

I guess there is only one way to say this - most of you on here are a bunch of sad pansies. 

Booohooo a player didn't choose us, so now we are a small club and none of them want to come here because we don't have champions league. 

 

We aren't turning into a feeder club. We have Paez and Estevao who chose us. We have Enzo Fernandez who chose us - one of the best young players in the world coming off a world cup win. We had Caceido reject Liverpool for us specifically. Lavia? Us over Liverpool. 

Not every player in the world is always going to choose us, just like they didn't when we were at the peak of our powers. 

Fine I will take it; and you are a Pollyanna. 😆

[LAM09 6,695]

2 hours ago, robsblubot said:

Let's not forget United had a very off season, which may not be the case come next--same for Tottenham. From what I saw, I honestly suspect Villa's season has more to do with United and Tottenham than their own quality.

I don't understand why this club is OK with these risks; a smaller club can place all bets on promising youngsters and hope for the best, because they don't have any other choice. In our case though, it seems to be very much a choice.

It's evident at this point that the club's approach is just that. Use Football Manager as their basis and hope to strike gold with one of their many purchases.

[LAM09 6,695]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

we are on a real path to becing a feeder club for

Real

Citeh

Bayern

PSG

and eventually Barca, once they sort their financials out

 

maybe Pool, Arse, and Manure as well

 

thank fuck Inter, AC Milan and Juve are hamstrung by the low money Serie A, especially Inter, who already can block us from buying all the great players they have

I've been saying for over a season that we are becoming Dortmund or teams comparable to them. If we do not obtain CL football this season, we will have to adjust to this fact much sooner.

Given the club's current course, I'm not sure how anyone could dispute with that line of thought.

[robsblubot 3,468]

10 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

It's evident at this point that the club's approach is just that. Use Football Manager as their basis and hope to strike gold with one of their many purchases.

At least they've been using an updated database. 😆 We've been linked with every freaking wonderkid out there.

[Blue Armour 4,256]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

he cleary did not want to come here, not last year, and not now

Yeah. It will be tough to get top talent line up to sign for a club that can offer nothing more than conference league football. For two seasons in a row. 

Clownlake have seen to that.

[NikkiCFC 7,903]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

I guess there is only one way to say this - most of you on here are a bunch of sad pansies. 

Booohooo a player didn't choose us, so now we are a small club and none of them want to come here because we don't have champions league. 

 

We aren't turning into a feeder club. We have Paez and Estevao who chose us. We have Enzo Fernandez who chose us - one of the best young players in the world coming off a world cup win. We had Caceido reject Liverpool for us specifically. Lavia? Us over Liverpool. 

Not every player in the world is always going to choose us, just like they didn't when we were at the peak of our powers. 

Some fans really just like to moan for the sake of it. The other day someone complained why we didn't get Musiala and Wirtz. That's so unrealistic.