Chelsea Transfers

[mkh 577]

Understand Chelsea will depending on Outgoings look at Signing a central Defender before the window Slams Shut ✅

Club have monitored Murillo from Nottingham Forrest for a long time now but fee at this stage looks unlikely but one to keep an eye on late in window 🔵✅

[mkh 577]

With Napoli finally willing to go below £100million for Victor Osimhen, Chelsea would also have to substantially lower Romelu Lukaku’s price.

(@HITCfootball)

🤣🤣

[mkh 577]

Exclusive: Chelsea striker Mason Burstow is closing in on a permanent move to Hull City. The club are ready to sell a host of players who didn't get on the club's pre-season tour of the US.

 

via@NizaarKinsella

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

21 hours ago, Wise Old Man said:

We’d be stupid not to pick him up for £42m , especially as we’d be recouping a lot of it by selling a terrible footballer in Gallagher 

The Gallagher deal collapsing with other player is only reason he’s in the picture: he wasn’t even a target until then. So yes it is stupid. Plus as keep saying - where does he play? As a 10? Nkunku is better and Cole is a good shout for there. Maresca’s winger stay high and wide to provide the width. He isn’t a natural winger so another poor fit given he tends to try and play in the pockets.

Edited August 14, 2024 by OneMoSalah

[YorkshireBlue 3,271]

4 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

The Gallagher deal collapsing with other player is only reason he’s in the picture: he wasn’t even a target until then. So yes it is stupid. Plus as keep saying - where does he play? As a 10? Nkunku is better and Cole is a good shout for there. Maresca’s winger stay high and wide to provide the width. He isn’t a natural winger so another poor fit.

So wouldn't that render cole and neto surplus as well? 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

22 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

So wouldn't that render cole and neto surplus as well? 

Not really, that actually suits Neto a lot as it allows him to isolate his fullback in 1 on 1s a lot more easier because usually with fullbacks tucked infield the opposite either wide man follows them creating those sort of passing opportunities for the winger or lets them go and we have another man in MF. 

Cole also has shown he can do this role starting a lot wider but I do think we may see him more centrally eventually with Maresca if he implements this inverted fullbacks and wingers high and wide. 

Edited August 14, 2024 by OneMoSalah

[Wise Old Man 38]

28 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

The Gallagher deal collapsing with other player is only reason he’s in the picture: he wasn’t even a target until then. So yes it is stupid. Plus as keep saying - where does he play? As a 10? Nkunku is better and Cole is a good shout for there. Maresca’s winger stay high and wide to provide the width. He isn’t a natural winger so another poor fit given he tends to try and play in the pockets.

We will have 50+ games and injuries , the other options Mudryk and sterling suck too

[Pizy 18,891]

1 minute ago, Wise Old Man said:

We will have 50+ games and injuries , the other options Mudryk and sterling suck too

This is what it comes down to for me. Would I rather see Sterling/Mudryk as options or João Felix? Felix BY FAR. 

But at least one of those has to be sold because we really don’t have room for Felix as it stands.

[robsblubot 3,595]

24 minutes ago, Pizy said:

This is what it comes down to for me. Would I rather see Sterling/Mudryk as options or João Felix? Felix BY FAR. 

But at least one of those has to be sold because we really don’t have room for Felix as it stands.

I fully agree on Mudryk, but I'm not sure I see that much difference between (our) Sterling and Felix. They both seem to go hot and cold even within the same match. Felix is a lot younger tho, so there is always that hope he turns a corner.

Tbf, Felix is the more skillful player for sure... relies less on pace. Actually wish Felix were a bit quicker tbh.

Edited August 14, 2024 by robsblubot

[YorkshireBlue 3,271]

2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

I fully agree on Mudryk, but I'm not sure I see that much difference between (our) Sterling and Felix. They both seem to go hot and cold even within the same match. Felix is a lot younger tho, so there is always that hope he turns a corner.

Tbf, Felix is the more skillful player for sure... relies less on pace. Actually wish Felix were a bit quicker tbh.

Raheem "run into people Sterling

[Wise Old Man 38]

Players that rely on pace suck. This isn’t Crystal Palace 

[robsblubot 3,595]

6 minutes ago, Wise Old Man said:

Players that rely on pace suck. This isn’t Crystal Palace 

Or Brighton? 😅 I'd counter that at this level few players rely exclusively on pace.
From our roster, the most obvious case is Mudryk, but Madueke is also somewhat over-reliant on pace, which is the reason I thought he was a limitation as a starter (diff case if rotation/back).

[Pizy 18,891]

14 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

I fully agree on Mudryk, but I'm not sure I see that much difference between (our) Sterling and Felix. They both seem to go hot and cold even within the same match. Felix is a lot younger tho, so there is always that hope he turns a corner.

Tbf, Felix is the more skillful player for sure... relies less on pace. Actually wish Felix were a bit quicker tbh.

 

10 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Raheem "run into people Sterling

As @YorkshireBluesays, Sterling infuriates me because of his signature “get the ball and run fail to beat his man” move. Raheem in top form is still a very dangerous player but most of the time he looks like he can’t be bothered.

Even if he’s not scoring I’d rather have Felix out there than Sterling.

[Vegetable 830]

22 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Felix is a lot younger tho, so there is always that hope he turns a corner.

…Thought Atletico board 5 years ago.

Felix is massively experienced player, who has never really lived up to the hype of world's biggest talent from 2018/19, but largely a done product. There is hardly a reason to expect any incredible development from him, he is not the same thing as our two team buses of young and promising players of similar age.

Edited August 14, 2024 by Vegetable

[robsblubot 3,595]

7 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

…Thought Atletico board 5 years ago.

Felix is massively experienced player, who has never really lived up to the hype of world's biggest talent from 2018/19, but largely a done product. There is hardly a reason to expect any incredible development from him, he is not the same thing as our two team buses of young and promising players of similar age.

Sure, I'm not suggesting he's about to reach new levels... that ship has sailed. What I was referring to was a marginal improvement, even if tactical. Say that he learns a few things by working with Maresca in that new system... stranger things have happened.
In comparison, I'd not expect Sterling at 29 to change a whole lot.

Edited August 14, 2024 by robsblubot