Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 19,250]

7 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Calafiori does look like an interesting player, and apparently he might be taking £65k per week at Arsenal. Last year Eghbali and Boehly would have boarded a private jet to personally persuade everyone involved that he is coming to Chelsea but now we just quietly buy another player that we think is better value without the need to start a bidding war.

Not sure what to think on that but to be fair we have a good record at these kind of signings and I'll wait to see this lad before judging.

Been an underwhelming transfer window so far but the thing is it always will be if we are going to pick up players before they make a big name for themselves, so I guess we should just get used to it.

Most baffling thing to me at the moment is what is going on with the new manager? Why isn't he giving interviews and getting us excited about what he is going to do with our players?

The Maresca thing is definitely weird. He was appointed over a month ago and there hasn’t been so much as a picture or quote from him since. It almost feels as if the club have forgotten that they appointed a new guy who the supporters want to hear from.

Look at Leicester with Maresca’s replacement. He has already been unveiled and spoken. Liverpool have had Arne Slot speaking numerous times already.

I know Maresca only “officially” started on July 1 but even that was a week ago and still nothing. It’s not like I’m dying to hear from him because he’s going to reveal a bunch of super interesting things. I just think it’s strange. 

[Tomo 21,751]

2 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Would be good if you named the players.  Other than KDH, I'm not sure which of our signings were seriously linked to Brighton/Benfica. 

There's a reason why City/Arsenal aren't going after these 'project' players and that will once again show at the end of the season when we are barely in the top 6 and they are 20+ points away from us. 

A large chunk of Arsenal's current squad arrived at the club as project players or players that would have caused a meltdown here had we got them (same with many Liverpool players that formed their eventual title winning side). City are City, they're playing in a totally different market to any of us so unfair to compare but even they had the likes of Fabian Delph forming their centurions.

As for listing the players. Palmer, Jackson, Paez, Andre Santos, Gusto and Carney are all likely snapped up by the Benficas/Brightons off this world (then sold for a insane cash) had they not been signed by us. Being proactive and getting Enzo and Caicedo out of South America would have saved us the best part of £200m.

Edited July 6, 2024 by Tomo

[TheHulk 2,636]

Oh, fuck off already with this Samu trash, where the fuck is Jonathan.

[LAM09 7,085]

Chiesa is supposedly available for €25m as his contract expires next season & he isn't part of Motta's plans. I'd be all over that if we were able to get rid of someone like Sterling.

27 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Calafiori does look like an interesting player, and apparently he might be taking £65k per week at Arsenal. Last year Eghbali and Boehly would have boarded a private jet to personally persuade everyone involved that he is coming to Chelsea but now we just quietly buy another player that we think is better value without the need to start a bidding war.

Not sure what to think on that but to be fair we have a good record at these kind of signings and I'll wait to see this lad before judging.

Basel will receive more money for a player who is no longer theirs than they will for Veiga. No one knows if Veiga will have a similar ascent. One thing is certain: based on his father's recent statement, he does not appear to be lacking in ambition.

Edited July 6, 2024 by LAM09

[DH1988 1,356]

Chiesa pre injury, absolutely, what a player but he's done for unfortunately. Sad to see because I rated him so so highly before.

[TheHulk 2,636]

I have no belief we making Top 8.

[TheHulk 2,636]

🤣🤣

[bluesman2610 1,430]

4 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Funny that, every rival fan I've spoken to on building sites in the UK all day the same, Chelsea will be back this season, any even more so alot are actually praising what we are doing as a club now.

I don’t know why you responded to that he’s been doom and gloom since the transfer window opened. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,341]

23 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

I don’t know why you responded to that he’s been doom and gloom since the transfer window opened. 

Fair point 🤣

[bluesman2610 1,430]

2 hours ago, Thor said:

Spoke to my Canadian mate - and he doesn't rate Jonathan David. At least not in the national team. Said he hasn't watched him for club but seen just about most of his games for country. 

Says he is a passenger in games and found it interesting bigger clubs were linked with him, but also said its telling he is going for cheap and still no one has come knocking. 

 

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

I’ve seen similar sentiment about him with the Canadian national team. He basically does nothing with his country. But then you watch him at Lille and he looks genuinely good. Not great, but good.

So I don’t know what to believe. There’s got to be a reason that in this current era of an extreme striker shortage no big club has ever moved for him. But for £20-30m perhaps he’s worth a punt?

As a Canadian who watches our National team constantly the quality around David doesn’t help how he performs on the International stage but he is still one of Canada leading all time scorers at such a young age(not that difficult in CONCACAF). However I do believe he has the ability to go up another level as I’ve seen him be unplayable in games at international and club level as well. I think he would be a good signing at the right age for us that would also give us tactical flexibility.

[Strike 7,761]

2 hours ago, Tomo said:

And if we signed Calafiori a couple of years ago or even last year that would have been an "issue" too.

Maybe we're just trying to get ahead of the game this time?

Not every signing needs to be based on potential. I think Clearlake have done well so far after a rocky start but there are some spots in the squad which could really use a senior player who can come in and play at a high level straight away. Calafiori at 42m is not an expensive deal either unlike Enzo and Caicedo.  

 

 

[TheHulk 2,636]

 

[Strike 7,761]

4 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Plenty of better options. Nico Williams is the same age and has a 46m pounds release clause.

[TheHulk 2,636]

1 minute ago, Strike said:

Plenty of better options. Nico Williams is the same age and has a 46m pounds release clause.

They don't wanna pay his wages.

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Oh, fuck off already with this Samu trash, where the fuck is Jonathan.

What a weird sentence to use. Ofc we are not done. Did we even started?

[Pizy 19,250]

Adeyemi has huge bust potential if he moved to the PL in my opinion. His pace and burst is insane as we’ve seen for Dortmund but his end product has been dreadful most of the time I’ve seen him. 

Don’t think we need another player like that. A smaller club like West Ham or Brighton taking a risk in a player like him would make sense as he’s got a lot of potential. But whatever wide player we sign needs to be more clinical I think.

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

3 hours ago, Thor said:

Spoke to my Canadian mate - and he doesn't rate Jonathan David. At least not in the national team. Said he hasn't watched him for club but seen just about most of his games for country. 

Says he is a passenger in games and found it interesting bigger clubs were linked with him, but also said its telling he is going for cheap and still no one has come knocking. 

I would tell you the same thing about Haaland based on 3 games I watched when Serbia faced Norway. So it's irrelevant. 

[Blue Armour 4,710]

5 hours ago, TheHulk said:

I have no belief we making Top 8.

Disappointing, but I'll still maintain that central midfield is where we needed the big fix, and I think we've got that. Going to make a big difference in each game's result next season. With more draws turning into wins.

[robsblubot 3,595]

☝️ agreed and gotta have some competition internally to keep players on their toes. Starter who looks at the bench and only sees kids who would never take his place isn't going to give that extra 10%.

Nkunku is the player we've missed tho. Established 26yo player pacy and skillful who can play striker or on the left (twice the player Muddy is).
Will we see more of him tho?

Edited July 6, 2024 by robsblubot

[King Kante 1,643]

9 hours ago, Thor said:

Spoke to my Canadian mate - and he doesn't rate Jonathan David. At least not in the national team. Said he hasn't watched him for club but seen just about most of his games for country. 

Says he is a passenger in games and found it interesting bigger clubs were linked with him, but also said its telling he is going for cheap and still no one has come knocking. 

 

9 hours ago, Pizy said:

I’ve seen similar sentiment about him with the Canadian national team. He basically does nothing with his country. But then you watch him at Lille and he looks genuinely good. Not great, but good.

So I don’t know what to believe. There’s got to be a reason that in this current era of an extreme striker shortage no big club has ever moved for him. But for £20-30m perhaps he’s worth a punt?

David really isn't that good. Sure he has some decent stats in France but he really isn't a player I am thinking is going to be much of an upgrade on Jackson - in fact I think Jackson is actually a player suited more to the PL than David. 

When people discuss this player, I question if they have seen much of him? Sure he is an good finisher (but not excellent) and has some decent off the ball movement however he has some real weaknesses in his game with those being his aerial ability which is awful and his losing of psycial duels - honestly I think his arse would get owned very quickly in the PL as a CF.

Only way he works in the PL for me is if he is given licence to operate as a 'fox in the box' type of CF (no one plays this anymore) of if you have him coming in off the left - however, I would still rather just do this with Jackson and play a false 9 with Palmer or Nkunku. 

Edited July 6, 2024 by King Kante