Chelsea Transfers

[mkh 235]

Micheal Golding currently having his medical ahead of move to Leicester. #LCFC 

18-year-old will sign 4 year deal.

Understand Chelsea will receive a fee of around £4m 

😒😒

[DH1988 1,263]

£4m offsetting £30m for KDH, £26m, I'm happy with that. At least KDH knows what it takes to go the distance, albeit in the championship, there are way more positives than negatives on this transfer - Very happy.

Edited June 30 by DH1988

[OhForAGreavsie 5,876]

1 hour ago, Mário César said:

well I think was some of the both things

olise wanted ucl football and we cant afford his demanded wage

Someone from Olise's 'team' has apparently denied that money was the issue. Reportedly they say the player simply preferred Bayern.

[Superblue 6,370]

58 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Someone from Olise's 'team' has apparently denied that money was the issue. Reportedly they say the player simply preferred Bayern.

That makes sense. I think people sometimes forget just how big Bayern are. Arguably only second to Madrid in Europe.

[Strike 7,202]

5 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Because he is an average over the road player, least Archie was an interesting talent, this guy? A complete meh player and by all means a stop gap, was hoping were done with this crap but nope.

When they sign a 18 year old - "Why aren't they signing a 25 year old for first team"

When they sign a 25 year old - "Why aren't they signing this 18 yo wonderkid"

[YorkshireBlue 3,118]

6 minutes ago, Strike said:

When they sign a 18 year old - "Why aren't they signing a 25 year old for first team"

When they sign a 25 year old - "Why aren't they signing this 18 yo wonderkid"

Glad somebody said it.

[TheHulk 1,825]

15 minutes ago, Strike said:

When they sign a 18 year old - "Why aren't they signing a 25 year old for first team"

When they sign a 25 year old - "Why aren't they signing this 18 yo wonderkid"

Age is irrelevant as long as you have quality/potential. Archie has potential, Hall has none.

[Beorn 11]

3 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Age is irrelevant as long as you have quality/potential. Archie has potential, Hall has none.

He has some quality though 

[YorkshireBlue 3,118]

3 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Age is irrelevant as long as you have quality/potential. Archie has potential, Hall has none.

I think you will be saying different soon, atleast give the lad a chance.

[robsblubot 3,468]

20 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Age is irrelevant as long as you have quality/potential. Archie has potential, Hall has none.

It's absolutely NOT irrelevant.

Not in life and evidently not in football either. It affects athleticism, mentality, and to lesser degree, skill.

Never seen a team filled with 19-21 players win shit. 🤷‍♂️

[YorkshireBlue 3,118]

Just now, robsblubot said:

It's absolutely NOT irrelevant.

Not in life and evidently not in football either. It affects athleticism, mentality, and to lesser degree, skill.

Never seen a team filled with 19-21 players win shit. 🤷‍♂️

I think once you get passed the point of thinking we are going to win stuff in the here and now and realise this is for the future it becomes easier to watch and observe 

[Tomo 21,730]

1 minute ago, robsblubot said:

It's absolutely NOT irrelevant.

Not in life and evidently not in football either. It affects athleticism, mentality, and to lesser degree, skill.

Never seen a team filled with 19-21 players win shit. 🤷‍♂️

I'm not using it as an argument because it was a) a completely different era and b) a freak set of footballers but I'm pretty sure the Busby Babes were almost exclusively teens/early 20s.

[Pizy 18,344]

Imagine what a signing Mamardasvili would be for this team if we didn’t have Sanchez and Kepa on our books.

[robsblubot 3,468]

35 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I'm not using it as an argument because it was a) a completely different era and b) a freak set of footballers but I'm pretty sure the Busby Babes were almost exclusively teens/early 20s.

wow that's dug up from the 1950s. 😆 I'd suggest it's the opposite nowadays 

36 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I think once you get passed the point of thinking we are going to win stuff in the here and now and realise this is for the future it becomes easier to watch and observe 

I think the plan is pretty self-evident and it's really not the first time I've seen it done. I don't believe this approach for a big club because you lose too much during the process as you hinder the development of these players because they don't have the leadership and experience that provide the foundation necessary to fully develop the younger players. That's why I like getting a couple/few players who are at their peaks, like KDH, to help make the team more robust -- increases the chances of CL and in turn not losing talent (current and future) due to lacking CL football.

Edited June 30 by robsblubot

[Vesper 28,396]

21 hours ago, Vesper said:

would so rather have landed him than Dewsbury-Hall

Brentford close in on £40m Leeds midfielder Gray

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cd1enxgrkxeo

 

Tottenham favourites for Archie Gray after £40m move to Brentford collapses

Gray returns to Leeds but could soon return to London

Newcastle’s Elliot Anderson on his way to Forest for £35m

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/30/tottenham-favourites-for-archie-gray-after-40m-move-to-brentford-collapses

[TheHulk 1,825]

 

[TheHulk 1,825]

 

[TheHulk 1,825]

1 hour ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I think you will be saying different soon, atleast give the lad a chance.

Hope you're right, but Leicester fans seem puzzled why a team wanting to fight for trophies would go for him since he has obvious limitations.