Chelsea Transfers

[robsblubot 3,595]

27 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Tbh, I can't see him leaving England. He has always striked me as someone who has any interest leaving the country. 

Unless he gets desperate enough to play.

Leaving his family in London might be just enough to remind him about the demands of being an elite footballer.

Being a family man can be as detrimental to an elite athlete as being a party guy; it really depends on the balance and dedication. 

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@football24tv reporting that the West London club and Southampton are interested in acquiring this summer’s official Euro U19 GK of the tournament - Vladyslav Krapyvtsov!

Chelsea offering the 19 y/o a U23 spot / Soton as 3rd choice GK

 

More Goalkeeper🤣🤣

Ben Roberts and Ross Turnbull are 🔥🔥🔥🫡

[Tomo 21,751]

 

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Napoli are waiting for Chelsea's response. They are not budging from the €25m plus €5m in bonuses offered to Chelsea for Romelu Lukaku, on the basis of a loan with an obligation to buy.

~ @DiMarzio

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11 hours ago, manpe said:

Does anybody even care who we sign anymore? I don't, they're all average mercenaries anyway. I couldn't care less about anybody in the squad once Gallagher and Chalobah leave, the last carriers of Chelsea DNA (Reece also but he's not gonna play a lot). A team of average mercenaries is what we've become and no signing is gonna change that.

at this point, as most of my targets are off the table, I have little hope

unless we are talking a great CF (obviously we are talking about Osimhen but I see PSG grabbing him now) then there is not much left who I see ius buying other than Jhon Duran

 

in terms of CBs

 

so many of my CB targets are gone (Leny Yoro, Riccardo Calafiori, Robin Le Normand, Willian Pacho, Jean-Clair Todibo, Alessandro Buongiorno, Josip Sutalo)

or on the verge of being gone (Gonçalo Inácio, Piero Hincapié)

or will not move (Alessandro Bastoni, Bremer, Marquinhos, Pau Cubarsí)

or simply too expensive (£85m demanded for António Silva and also for a player I am not 100% sold on, Jarrad Branthwaite)

or long term injured (Ronald Araujo, Giorgio Scalvini)

 

the  2 non youth left who I really say BUY

Cristhian Mosquera (right footed) 20yo beast, 1.91m, pacey, so strong, was ranked as La Liga's best CB last season (as a 19yo, which is just madness) by LALIGA EA Sports partner Olocip. He won a Gold Medal at the Olympics as he was on the Spanish Sr team.

The Valencia CF centre back is the outfield player with the most expected goals prevented, with seven, and tops the table for young players in Europe with the most minutes this season (3,076).

 

and the 2nd is

Dávid Hancko (lefty)

then the rest of the top 15 left on the table

Ousmane Diomande  
Castello Lukeba
Murillo
Odilon Kossounou
Mohamed Simakan  
Jorrel Hato  (youth)
Evan Ndicka  
Malick Thiaw 
Jarell Quansah  
Isak Hien  
Yarek Gasiorowski (youth)
El Chadaille Bitshiabu (youth)
Mikayil Faye (youth)

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Time is ticking for Napoli and Victor Osimhen

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/147883037/time-is-ticking-for-napoli-and-victor-osimhen

There have been no real advances between Napoli and Chelsea for Victor Osimhen. It's true that they are in talks for Romelu Lukaku, but when it comes to Osimhen, it's pretty quiet right now. It's an issue that Napoli still have to resolve. There were, in the past, enquiries from Saudi Arabia, but not currently. Paris Saint-Germain are not moving for him either, and at this moment in time, neither are Chelsea.

Even if Napoli continue to say publicly that he has a contract with them, which is obviously true, all of the parties involved are looking for a solution, because Osimhen wants to leave. But patently he earns a lot of money, and Napoli are not going to give him away on the cheap. It's up to Napoli and Osimhen to find a solution, they're absolutely crazy about doing so. We are approaching the final stages of the transfer window, and it may be that some conditions can change if things get tight for time. It would be a risk for Napoli to hang onto him until the final moments of the transfer market.

 

Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling won't end up in Serie A

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/147883037/chelseas-raheem-sterling-wont-end-up-in-serie-a

Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling was left out of their squad for their opening game of the season, and then there was the statement from his camp, declaring they want clarity on why that was the case. This has thrown his future in the air.

Although he has been linked with multiple Serie A teams, honestly the truth is I don't think there's any chance he ends up in Italy. The main reason is his salary, the cost of the transfer. In addition, I have not received any information about Italian sides being interested in him, and in reality, I just don't see it happening.

[Pizy 19,276]

Yeah, we might be in a real bind with Sterling. His salary is way too monstrous. Only a handful of clubs in the world can afford those wages if he insists on not taking a pay cut.

He’s got the potential to be a Lukaku or Kepa style anchor around our necks for the remainder of his contract.

 

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8 hours ago, Vytis33 said:

How could the Lukaku deal be that difficult?  We want him gone and Conte only wants him.  Seems simple enough

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10 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Mudryk will never ever make it as a top player, ever

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8 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Yes but we paid 26m more for Mudryk a player who any time I've watched doesn't even look like a footballer. 

I would like to know how much of the add-ons we end up paying

the transfer fee was £59.75m (€70m)

and there is a potential £25.6m in add-ons (€30m)

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8 hours ago, KEVINAA said:

I am currently watching carefreelewisg stream and one of his mods said to remember this name.

15 year old Hungarian [number #13] Levente Bősze

Who plays for DAC Dunajska Streda U19.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/levente-bosze/profil/spieler/1060893

Date of birth/Age: Feb 18, 2009 (15)

Place of birth: Győr

Citizenship: Hungary

 

Main position:

Central Midfield

Other position:

Attacking Midfield

Left Winger

[bigbluewillie 1,976]

11 hours ago, Pizy said:

Trying to imagine which PL clubs outside the Big 6 would be interested in Sterling and who would be rich enough to pay him a huge wage. The on,y ones who have really been splashing the money in recent years are West Ham, Newcastle, and Villa. But all of those clubs have key players in wide positions already.

Sterling would probably think he’s far too good to go somewhere like Palace who would probably love him to replace Olise.

So with all of that being the case he pretty much has to move abroad. But most of these big non-PL clubs like the Italians are broke. Like, I can absolutely see Inter/Milan/Juve/Roma proposing a loan for him with their cheap asses. 

His options and ours are super limited. This is why I’d have held off on trying to bin him and tried to move Mudryk instead.

 

Hope this is true, get him the fuck outta here.

Chelsea and England forward Raheem Sterling, 29, has been the subject of an enquiry from Juventus amid uncertainty over his future. (Mail), external

 

[bigbluewillie 1,976]

And Lukaku is 31 ffs, next May he will be 32 who the fuck is going to want him then?

We’re lucky Conte wants him now, get him gone for anything.

[Reddish-Blue 2,668]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

I would like to know how much of the add-ons we end up paying

the transfer fee was £59.75m (€70m)

and there is a potential £25.6m in add-ons (€30m)

The fact that we paid 60 million for a player as raw as Mudryk...

He was never worth half that amount. 

Not too different from Caicedo or Enzo, neither player was worth anywhere near 100 million. 

[FrankLampard007 18]

9 hours ago, Vesper said:

profoundly disagree

but we will not buy another GKer, that ship has sailed atm

Filip Jørgensen had better come good or we are fucked, we are not getting top 4 with Sanchez

as for CBs

time will tell, but I do not at all like our overall group atm

we all know what u want to say about the goalkeepers. And i am with you. The quality auf our goalkeeper(s) could be better. There is no clear number 1 and we all saw on sunday that sanchez is not good enough.

lets see what jorgensen is about because petrovic is decent, but has zero box controll and is only good on the line. i hope the enzo has a plan with jorgensen. Why should he brought him in otherwise?

 

For me Colwill and Fofana is a great pair of CBs. and we have tosin, disasi and badiashile as backup. i think that should be good enough for top 4 defensive wise. 

[King Kante 1,643]

9 hours ago, nyikolajevics said:

Depends on his wage demands. If he wanna go big, he has to. If he can settle, he can find a team in PL easily.

Well he still has 3 years of £300k plus. He ca. Easily sit that out and retire. The money for him isn't the issue as he has the contract. 

9 hours ago, robsblubot said:

Unless he gets desperate enough to play.

Leaving his family in London might be just enough to remind him about the demands of being an elite footballer.

Being a family man can be as detrimental to an elite athlete as being a party guy; it really depends on the balance and dedication. 

I just can't see anyone taking his contract unless it is Saudi. However, I can't see him in Saudi. This has toxic fallout written all over it. 

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Napoli offer €25+5m for Romelu Lukaku, Chelsea want €40m — reports

Churn churn churn

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/Chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2024/8/20/24223816/napoli-offer-25-5m-for-romelu-lukaku-Chelsea-want-40m-reports

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55 minutes ago, FrankLampard007 said:

For me Colwill and Fofana is a great pair of CBs. and we have tosin, disasi and badiashile as backup. i think that should be good enough for top 4 defensive wise. 

agree to disagree

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Chelsea could now complete Ivan Toney transfer this weekend as Premier League rivals pull out of race

https://sportsview.co.uk/2024/08/Chelsea-could-now-complete-ivan-toney-transfer-this-weekend-as-premier-league-rivals-pull-out-of-race

 

Chelsea could yet be tempted to make a late swoop for Brentford striker Ivan Toney, with the Bees now likely to accept £45 million for the wantaway England international, according to the Sun.

The 28-year-old had been on the radar of plenty of Premier League clubs for a while, but only the Blues remain in the race after Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and Manchester United all pulled out.

Brentford valued Toney at around £70m at the start of the summer transfer window but are prepared to drop the price to as low as £45m, which could see Chelsea move to complete a deal by this weekend.

The England international has played his last game for the London club from the look of things, and he was excluded from their matchday squad against Crystal Palace on Sunday due to the transfer interest in him.

Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli have tabled a £35m bid for the Chelsea target, but it was knocked back and they are set to launch a second bid.

However, Toney prefers to remain in England despite the money on offer in Saudi, and a source close to the Blues claims they remain very much in the hunt for his services.

Whether Chelsea will now proceed with an offer remains to be seen, as they have agreed a deal to sign Atletico Madrid striker Joao Felix today.

The 24-year-old Portugal international will pen a six-year deal with the Stamford Bridge club with the option of another 12 months, and he is expected to undergo a medical this week.

As a result, signing Toney could be off the cards, especially if manager Enzo Maresca decides he has enough firepower in attack.

Chelsea started the 2024-25 season with a 2-0 loss to Manchester City on Sunday at home and will look to do better when they visit Wolverhampton Wanderers next weekend armed with a new forward.