Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,475]

how much money we already got from sales? 

[King Kante 1,643]

6 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Thats the thing: just over 1 year ago, a certain 25yo Gyökeres war playing in the Championship as well. And now, people here are willing to pay over 70-80m for him. 

Some people are also crackheads and even worse tried to either say Lukaku was a good signing or tried to reason the transfer. So there is always that. 

4 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

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

Yeah, I think Bayern makes sense. Germany is probably the best league to play in as a AM. On top of that at Bayern you get top money (same as the PL), guaranteed CL, play for a De Facto Top 5 European side and you play slightly less games in a less physically demanding league. It is a no brainer really. 

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

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

Yeah, it really is shocking. GK, even in this day and age, has the main responsibility to save shots, push them away from goal and control their area aerially on set pieces - so long as they're not awful on the ball. 

1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

 

Have been impressed with what I have seen but we will need to shift two CB's imo if he is to come. Trev will be fairly easy to do if £25m is true and anyone has bothered to scout him (personally I would keep.) Disaster is hopefully the second as I think Badman will prove a few doubters wrong next season. 

Edited June 30, 2024 by King Kante

[Superblue 6,372]

Will happily sit on the fence regarding Dewsbury-Hall and hope that it works out.

I do think he's better technically than he's maybe being given credit for, and could well bring some balance to the squad being a more attacking threat than we already carry from central midfield.

The key is has this last season gone in the Championship developed and matured him into a better player who can translate that form into the Premier League.

Struggle with the knock on the Championship though, a lot of good talent comes from that league, and there are plenty unhappy that Omari Hutchinson wasn't given an opportunity after his season in the Championship.

[Vesper 31,037]

Swedish site, translated

Sky: Manchester United try to hijack Bayern's Olise deal

https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/bloggar/sillybloggen/2024/06/30/sky-manchester-united-forsoker-kapa-bayerns-olise-affar/

Just over a week ago, The Athletic stated that Michael Olise, 22, had decided to go to Bayern Munich. All parties were expected to reach an agreement shortly.

But since then it has been quiet around Crystal Palace's star winger. Until now.

German Sky states on Sunday that the deal is not in danger - for now. However, Bayern Munich are said to want to complete the transfer as soon as possible as "many clubs" are trying to hijack the transfer, including Manchester United.

At the moment, the giant from Old Trafford has not been successful in his attempts. Olise still wants to go to Bayern, where he is offered a contract until 2029.

According to Sky, small details remain to be resolved between Bayern and Crystal Palace before the matter is signed, sealed and delivered. The mandatory medical examination is scheduled to take place next week if everything goes as planned, writes the television channel. The price tag is expected to be between 50-60 million pounds (around 660-800 million kroner).

It remains to be seen if the Bundesliga giants manage to complete the transfer. Chelsea, Newcastle and Manchester City are other clubs rumoured to be interested in the 22-year-old.

Olise has a strong CV to show. From his outside position, Olise accounted for ten goals and six assists in just 19 games in the Premier League last season.

[Blue Armour 4,710]

3 hours 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"

KDH is exactly the type of signing we need atm. Whether he can deliver is another question., but that remains to be seen.

A week or so ago I was ranting about how it was looking unlikely that the new regime would sign another CM, let alone an experienced one.

I'm happy to be proven wrong. 

This signing has the potential to make a world of difference next season.

If he can bring balance to the team in midfield, we will start to see a more consistently well-performing Chelsea next season.

 

[Mário César 1,475]

im reading leicester forum and I dont see so many complements to him 

[Blue Armour 4,710]

15 hours ago, robsblubot said:

Very much like adding a CM, and Kiernan may have the manager's trust, so it makes sense. I understand we don't have Europe, but I just dislike the idea of having players with pretty much guaranteed spots in the starting XI however well they play; gotta have some competition within the team. That does not only improve match performance, but training too.

I'm relaly not a fan of Isak -- he can finish, but he's just too slow for the modern game IMO. For me Jackson is the better footballer even today.

Same. I'm really pleased with this signing, my friend.

I think you and I were one of the few on here who were complaining about the lack of an experienced head in the midfield last season.

Happy to see that the club is going back to making more sensible signings.

[LAM09 7,085]

5 hours ago, Mário César said:

well I think was some of the both things

olise wanted ucl football and we cant afford his demanded wage

There's a difference between not wanting to upset the wage structure & flat-out not having the finances. If Mbappe had expressed a desire to join us, I'm more than sure the club wouldn't have been worried about offering £400k+.

[Thor 2,817]

24 minutes ago, Mário César said:

im reading leicester forum and I dont see so many complements to him 

Leicester fans on reddit are saying they’re losing their best player. So… don’t know what kind of praise you’re expecting. 
 

He isn’t Messi. But he is undoubtably their best player from the looks. 

[King Kante 1,643]

Hall for me is a squad player with a bit of experience who knows the managers system. I am not expecting a WC player from what I have seen of him in the past but he probably fits the category of 'handy to have around', especially with how injury prone our CM's are. 

Where this puts Santos, Lesley, Gallagher, Carney and Casedei is another matter. I am expecting two loans minimum and Gallagher to be sold with an outside chance Carney or Casedei get sold too. 

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12 hours ago, Pizy said:

If João Cancelo were a few years younger he’d probably be a good, cheap signing

On 7 August 2019, Cancelo signed for Premier League club Manchester City on a six-year contract worth £27.4 million plus Danilo being sent to Juventus in part-exchange, equalling to £60 million, making him the most expensive right back ever.

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12 hours ago, Beorn said:

It’s a tough league but the level is shit. I’d rather watch Sevilla and sociedad than plymouth and QPR. 

Chalk and cheese as you cherry-picked from La Liga with 2 really solid, european qualifying teams versus poor ones from the Championship.

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12 hours ago, Tomo said:

Some fans when we appointed Maresca "fuck sake yes he won the Championship but he did it with a PL team in waiting hardly an achievement".

Same fans when we sign best player in the same team "fuck sake why we signing Championship players?"

Indeed, it is sophistry, and not even skillful sophistry.

Wankistry?

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7 hours ago, Superblue said:

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

I heard he also has a lederhosen fetish

[TheHulk 2,636]

 

[bigbluewillie 1,974]

Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham are all interested in 22-year-old Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori but will have to pay in excess of £40m to prise him away from Bologna. (Express)

That’s cheap methinks.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,125]

9 hours ago, TheHulk said:

 

So Golding's fee covers 5/6 of the first year's amortisation of the KDH transfer. If another youngster does well enough to earn a £5m move this time next year that will basically be two payments down and three to go on KDH.

As long as the outgoing kids are accepting these transfers for the right reasons, and are not players we should be retaining as likely or potential future first-teamers, I'm ok with this. I do wonder what Neil bath makes of it all however.

[DH1988 1,356]

40 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

So Golding's fee covers 5/6 of the first year's amortisation of the KDH transfer. If another youngster does well enough to earn a £5m move this time next year that will basically be two payments down and three to go on KDH.

As long as the outgoing kids are accepting these transfers for the right reasons, and are not players we should be retaining as likely or potential future first-teamers, I'm ok with this. I do wonder what Neil bath makes of it all however.

I don't think they are beyond recognising if someone is a talent ie. Josh A for example. At the end of the day we probably ended up losing the Goldings of the world for free, £500k compensation or tumbling down the leagues years gone by. Time will tell.

I think the real judgement will come when the Paez's and the Estevao's come in vs academy talent, another fork in the road.

[Reddish-Blue 2,663]

46 minutes ago, DH1988 said:

I think the real judgement will come when the Paez's and the Estevao's come in vs academy talent, another fork in the road.

What academy talent do we have that is close to the level of Paez and Estevao? 

I'm more interested in seeing what the club do with guys like Ugo, Santos, Casadei as there aren't many minutes available in midfield.  Maybe they get sold off just like Maatsen to help balance the books on PSR. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,663]

3 hours ago, TheHulk said:

 

That would be a very very nice signing.  I don't expect us to get Calafiori but we desperately need talent at CB.    Tosin isn't enough as there are still question marks over Disasi/Badiashile and even Colwill.