Chelsea Transfers

[Special Juan 27,429]

Another fucking garbage signing that we will hardly ever see

[Pizy 18,368]

I take a quick 2 hour nap, wake up, and we’ve signed some dude I’ve literally never heard of.

🤣🤣🤣

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

He played a couple of games in Bundesliga when he was on loan in Augsburg but I don’t remember anything of note from him except that he already looked 40 back then. He also hardly had a breakthrough season and we are paying 5x over market value so no surprise there 

good thing is he is versatile can play all defensive positions plus quite tall. Probably a 2nd backup for Cucurella and Colwill in the Ugo mould. 

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

@Vesper need your insight here??

Also, that kid had a very tough paper round growing up!! 20? 🤣🤣

[Pizy 18,368]

Tbf, now watching his highlights he does play a lot like Calafiori so you can see why he was the next one “on the list.” Appears to have all the physical tools to make the massive leap from Basel to Chelsea. But will he have the quality is the question.

When it comes to Chelsea signing relatively low profile defenders for low fees I’m going to be optimistic. Those have often turned out to be our best signings. Azpi, Cahill, Malo Gusto, etc

[Tomo 21,733]

3 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Will see how Maresca gets on but I am not confident at all. Totally different philosophy again and even then, a very small sample size to judge him from. 

I think a second season for Poch maybe would have allowed him to build on what was improvement in the last wee period of the season but agree he is definitely not the guy who would’ve taken us to competing for trophies and leagues. I think before his appointment several people felt this.

Although the squad still isn’t particularly great and still offers more questions than answers for me irrespective of the manager also. I also wouldn’t be surprised if we have appointed another manager by this time next year. Seems to be the pattern.

I disagree, even if the top line of results improved we'd still have the same structural flaws and him wasting a lot of our players.

I've been a big advocate of us twisting for a while now when it comes to coaches even if it meant not getting a supposed big name. You can argue it's wrong/boring whatever but there's a reason many clubs are doing the same because rightly or wrongly it's where the game is heading.

[Strike 7,217]

36 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Another fucking garbage signing that we will hardly ever see

Ornstein saying he will be used as an inverted full-back

[bluesman2610 1,341]

1 minute ago, Strike said:

Ornstein saying he will be used as an inverted full-back

He looks like a really tall player I'd be surprised if he doesn't go on loan this season.

[Pizy 18,368]

Also, this kid looks much more DM than fullback. So I guess he is being considered purely for that inverted fullback role where he’s almost always in midfield?

[Strike 7,217]

Arsenal are getting a serious upgrade. We are experimenting with another 20 year old. 

Missing an opportunity to put together a strong XI

Edited July 5 by Strike

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

 

When it comes to Chelsea signing relatively low profile defenders for low fees I’m going to be optimistic. Those have often turned out to be our best signings. Azpi, Cahill, Malo Gusto, etc

Edited July 5 by NikkiCFC

[mkh 277]

Renato's father Nelson Veiga [a few weeks ago]:

🗣️ "Renato is very ambitious. The idea has always been to join Basel, have a good season and help the club achieve its goals.

At the end of the season he wants to take the next step, if the conditions suit him and Basel. He is now capable of playing at a higher level."

[chelsea_4_eva 1,159]

I thought we signed someone experienced... turns out we signed another 20 year old...

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

1 hour ago, Vytis33 said:

What?

 

 

If he's 20 ,he's been living in a cardboard box under a bridge sipping cheap wine for the last 5 years.

[robsblubot 3,508]

30 minutes ago, Strike said:

Arsenal are getting a serious upgrade. We are experimenting with another 20 year old. 

Missing an opportunity to put together a strong XI

It's really crazy times when people who simply ask for a couple of good players in the 25yo range are called "spoilt brats" or impatient.
It's as if signing young talent made signing established players an impossible task for some strange reason.

I'm convinced this is all a blind implementation of a system that did work in other circumstances, other sport, which completely disregards the peculiarities of the contact sport football is. Even American Football, which is evidently also a contact sport, isn't really that similar to football.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

At the same time people also call and rightly so to drop/sell every experienced player we have. Now Sterling and Chilwell being last ones. It was the same with Silva last season and Azpi, Jorginho and others before... Last couple of days I watched games where most experienced players are biggest problem. Valencia, Messi, Ronaldo, Pepe...

[robsblubot 3,508]

20 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

At the same time people also call and rightly so to drop/sell every experienced player we have. Now Sterling and Chilwell being last ones. It was the same with Silva last season and Azpi, Jorginho and others before... Last couple of days I watched games where most experienced players are biggest problem. Valencia, Messi, Ronaldo, Pepe...

Except that the youngest player you listed above is 34yo (Valencia). The others are closer to 40 than 30; Pepe is 41.

I think Chilwell is a good player, but his constant injuries turned him into a lesser player IMO.
Sterling seems like a similar case, but perhaps for different reasons: burnout maybe?

Afaik the main reason to sell the players was to lower the wage bill -- not really about quality. Except Andreas, which is the one sale I don't understand at all.

Edited July 5 by robsblubot

[mkh 277]

Maresca will assess Veiga in pre-season and judge whether he is first-team ready or requires a loan spell to aid his development.

~ @liam_twomey