Chelsea Transfers

[Wise Old Man 38]

44 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Osimhen rumours seem to have gone quiet. Julian Alvarez ones quiet too. Beier was the latest rumour I saw with Villa and us both interested as he has a 30m clause and out performed his xG in a great year last year and only 21 years old...very Clearlake type signing, if that goes anywhere.

Certainly seems like the club think NJ+Guiu is not the answer at the mo. I wonder if they have in mind that NJ could sort out the winger problem if we had a good no. 9?

Ideally Jack could be a backup LW and Striker , he’d get a lot of minutes 

[milka 3,407]

Yes Osimhen would prefer Chelsea, which is shambles  and is nowhere near to win anything soon , instead of a club from the Champions League  fight for titles same like Olise  , Alvarez . These names cannot be in Chelsea because the module in the club is not about winning.

[Thor 2,819]

6 minutes ago, milka said:

Yes Osimhen would prefer Chelsea, which is shambles  and is nowhere near to win anything soon , instead of a club from the Champions League  fight for titles same like Olise  , Alvarez . These names cannot be in Chelsea because the module in the club is not about winning.

Your module is consistent complaining. 

[OneMoSalah 9,104]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

Osimhen rumours seem to have gone quiet. Julian Alvarez ones quiet too. Beier was the latest rumour I saw with Villa and us both interested as he has a 30m clause and out performed his xG in a great year last year and only 21 years old...very Clearlake type signing, if that goes anywhere.

Certainly seems like the club think NJ+Guiu is not the answer at the mo. I wonder if they have in mind that NJ could sort out the winger problem if we had a good no. 9?

Probably waiting to sell Broja before ending up buying Eddie Nketiah or Danny Welbeck 😂 

Irrespective we need to recruit a top striker, we cannot go into the season with Jackson and Guiu as our only options.

I mean this window hasn’t been one to get excited about but a top CF and top CB would make it much better. If we are going to rely on one of Disasi and Tosin as our first choice right sided central defenders we will be fucked. Trev will be gone too. 

Realistically, any fee we could get for Disasi would be great business granted we could get a top CB in as a replacement. Badiashile maybe deserves another season but has looked a mixed bag so far.

Edited August 2, 2024 by OneMoSalah

[Reddish-Blue 2,676]

3 hours ago, King Kante said:

For me, Gallagher's sale is one thing (I appreciate he isn't a system fit) it is just the pretending that:

a) the extension wasn't a obvious ploy by the club to curry favour with the fan base and not a real offer Gallagher was ever likely to accept.

and;

B) the boards general transfer strategy.

That is winding people up. By all means, sell Gallagher and Trev, but just don't go replacing them with downgrades (Disaster/Tosin) or players of a similar level (KDH) as otherwise what is the point?

a) If Gallagher was that good, the club may have offered him a proper long term deal, clearly he's not part of the long term plans in midfield but the club also don't want to see a home grown asset walk out on a free, so they offered a 3 year deal.   "favour with the fanbase"....as if Clearlake care about that.  They are just making business decisions, Villa apparently offered close to 50 million for Gallagher and Emery would have utilised him quite well but Gallagher rejected the offer.  Even if Gallagher was to run down his contract and sit on the bench for a whole season, what top tier options does he actually have?   It's either Villa, Newcastle or Liverpool if Slot wants a runner and I highly doubt he would join Spurs considering how much he's spoken about his connection to Chelsea. 

b) I agree with this but Tosin is a squad player that came on a free, fulfils the HG criteria as well.  The bigger problem is, what do you do with Disasi/Badiashile as both look below-par.  

[Reddish-Blue 2,676]

6 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Probably waiting to sell Broja before ending up buying Eddie Nketiah or Danny Welbeck 😂 

Even a washed up Welbeck would be more use than Broja since the injury.   He went to Fulham and barely got off the bench 😆

[Reddish-Blue 2,676]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

Certainly seems like the club think NJ+Guiu is not the answer at the mo. I wonder if they have in mind that NJ could sort out the winger problem if we had a good no. 9?

Guiu is not the answer (yet), has shown signs of his promising ability in pre season though, once he gets some proper minutes under his belt, he'd be a good option (those rumors of him going on loan to Spanish clubs actually made alot of sense). 

Feel like having a proper 9 like a Diego Costa/Drogba type would help so much as it gives you that focal point even when the midfield or the key playmakers are having a bit of an off day.  

[Mhsc 1,146]

It is interesting Maresca has mentioned he considers Nkunku as someone who can play as a 9, a winger or an 8 but hasn't tried him anywhere other than as an 8 all preseason. I guess he considers that more of an emergency option than a serious one.

[Wise Old Man 38]

2 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

It is interesting Maresca has mentioned he considers Nkunku as someone who can play as a 9, a winger or an 8 but hasn't tried him anywhere other than as an 8 all preseason. I guess he considers that more of an emergency option than a serious one.

He’s been playing as an 8 ? As in a centre midfielder ?

[Mhsc 1,146]

7 minutes ago, Wise Old Man said:

He’s been playing as an 8 ? As in a centre midfielder ?

As in part of a box midfield, not in the pivot but one of the two midfielders behind the striker. I dunno whether to call it a double 10 or call them left and right 8s... It is not exactly a traditional system where the numbers make complete sense.

Edited August 2, 2024 by Mhsc

[Special Juan 28,765]

Newcastle in talks with Palace for Marc Guehi

[Pizy 19,280]

33 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Newcastle in talks with Palace for Marc Guehi

Thought they were in PSR trouble? Wonder if a monster sale of Isak or Bruno G is on the way if they’re going for Guehi who Palace apparently want £60m for.

[Wise Old Man 38]

We have the right to match any accepted offer for guehi apparently 

[DDA 10,241]

5 hours ago, Special Juan said:

We are defo fucked at the back if we start selecting Tosin week in and week out

With R.James and Colwill either side of him in a back 3.. he might just survive a season.

[Special Juan 28,765]

Gallagher has been told he will only be a squad player this season, I think that's his decision made for him

[MoroccanBlue 5,399]

I actually like the look of Tosin. Rusty as all the other players are at the moment but looks imposing when in that sweeper role. 

[King Kante 1,643]

5 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Don't need evidence, Connor doesn't come with a huge transfer fee, there is no need to give him a lengthy contract to help them out with FFP regulations. Everybody knows Connor is a bad fit and probably so do the club, so a one 1+1 gives them a season to see if he works in this new system and if he does they have a year to offer him a better deal, if they offer him 5 years and he can't do it, then you have a player sitting on your bench collecting as much as your best paid midfielders and not playing.. all depends on the way your willing to look at it, I don't look at everything the club is doing as a way to destroy the club so when I see stuff like this I don't automatically go in to conspiracy mode.

A) Noted. 

B) Erm, I do not. I was just pointing out that the transfer policy of the club has not improved the level of the squad. That is a pretty factual statement supported by our output on the pitch. 

2 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

a) If Gallagher was that good, the club may have offered him a proper long term deal, clearly he's not part of the long term plans in midfield but the club also don't want to see a home grown asset walk out on a free, so they offered a 3 year deal.   "favour with the fanbase"....as if Clearlake care about that.  They are just making business decisions, Villa apparently offered close to 50 million for Gallagher and Emery would have utilised him quite well but Gallagher rejected the offer.  Even if Gallagher was to run down his contract and sit on the bench for a whole season, what top tier options does he actually have?   It's either Villa, Newcastle or Liverpool if Slot wants a runner and I highly doubt he would join Spurs considering how much he's spoken about his connection to Chelsea. 

b) I agree with this but Tosin is a squad player that came on a free, fulfils the HG criteria as well.  The bigger problem is, what do you do with Disasi/Badiashile as both look below-par.  

The club changed the the price increases for season tickets last minute, owing to fear of backlash according to Law. There were very strong rumours that the initial increase was going to be 10%+ then got cut back. 

Erm, you go on an list top tier options, do you not?  He obviously isn't going to City, Real or Barca, but hardly any of our players would. 

[mkh 760]

According to @SamiMokbel81_DM in 2023, Chelsea old regime inserted a 20% sell on clause on Marc Guehi. Newcastle are interested and Palace value him at £60m. In that case, Chelsea would receive £12m.

[Nero 1,901]

Very good. He would hold the team back. GET OUT! 

And then Sterling please. We have to sell all these shitty players

 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,127]

44 minutes ago, mkh said:

According to @SamiMokbel81_DM in 2023, Chelsea old regime inserted a 20% sell on clause on Marc Guehi. Newcastle are interested and Palace value him at £60m. In that case, Chelsea would receive £12m.

If Palace want £60m their negotiating position is likely to be that this is the amount they want to net from the transfer. This would push the total transfer fee up to £75. Fine by me if  Palace can pull it off.