Chelsea Transfers

[mkh 580]

The plan remains for Chelsea and Ben Chilwell to part ways in January.

(@FabrizioRomano)

[Fernando 6,585]

16 hours ago, Vesper said:

In terms of an LCB, assuming we do not even remotely think about dumping 75 to 80m quid on Jarrad Branthwaite (I simply to do see us doing that, he likely goes to either Manure or Pool)....

then, from all that I am seeing atm, we likely move for for one of the 4 following (David Hancko turns 28yo next season, so outside our age perimeter)

Gonçalo Inácio

or

Murillo

or

Piero Hincapié

or

Castello Lukeba   (he also can play LB)

 

Any of them are massive upgrades over Badi
 

 

I think we might go for Murillo since he is already in the pl. Let's see how much he would cost. 

[Thor 2,701]

Need to chill on the KDH hate. He will come good. Decent squad option. 
 

People hating on a guy who has barely had play time apart from the lumpy pitches at conference league. 
 

Relax and let a player settle. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,814]

 

[mkh 580]

‼️Chelsea are monitoring Santos youngster JP Chermont and evaluating a move for the full-back in the near future.

In fact, they sent a scout to watch him last Saturday in the win over Operário.

{Via@UOL}

 

Edited October 3, 2024 by mkh

[mkh 580]

Chelsea remain interested in Duran but sources close to Aston Villa say that it will take over "£80m" for anyone to sign him.
 

Chelsea owner Behdad Eghbali has expanded its business portfolio by completing a $2.1billion (£1.6bn) buyout of a software company in the US.

 via@Football_LDN

[mkh 580]

Chelsea and Aston Villa almost agreed on every term for Jhon Durán in the summer. Conor Gallagher was in the deal.

The deal collapsed. The issue was Gallagher rejected Villa, and he wanted to decide after Euro's future.

(@FabrizioRomano)

😜👌

Edited October 3, 2024 by mkh

[LAM09 7,050]

28 minutes ago, mkh said:

Chelsea and Aston Villa almost agreed on every term for Jhon Durán in the summer. Conor Gallagher was in the deal.

The deal collapsed. The issue was Gallagher rejected Villa, and he wanted to decide after Euro's future.

(@FabrizioRomano)

😜👌

If only Gallagher had played ball. 😔

I'm sure we'll revisit this transfer over the next two windows. However, we might be priced out of any potential move at this rate.

2 hours ago, Thor said:

Need to chill on the KDH hate. He will come good. Decent squad option. 
 

People hating on a guy who has barely had play time apart from the lumpy pitches at conference league. 
 

Relax and let a player settle. 

£30m for a squad player (money we'll most likely never recoup) while people complain about us buying whatever the flavour of the month is in SA.

Neither is ideal, but I know for sure which I prefer.

Edited October 3, 2024 by LAM09

[robsblubot 3,595]

3 hours ago, Thor said:

Need to chill on the KDH hate. He will come good. Decent squad option. 
 

People hating on a guy who has barely had play time apart from the lumpy pitches at conference league. 
 

Relax and let a player settle. 

Agreed. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit to learn he was on a special training schedule to bring his fitness levels up. 
Playing time is usually limited in such cases.

[Stats 7,142]

All the strikers we were linked with in the summer scoring for fun recently. Samu, Sesko and Duran. First time I have seen Samu play live and he looks good. 2 excellent finishes against United and generally looks a real handful. Mix of pace and aerial ability. 

[Vesper 30,164]

1 minute ago, Stats said:

First time I have seen Samu play live and he looks good. 2 excellent finishes against United and generally looks a real handful. Mix of pace and aerial ability. 

he looks a different player than the games I watch last season

CFs often take time to develop

and yes, he deffo looks a real mix of threat

same for Duran

Sesko is more a straight up giant CF type

[Vesper 30,164]

de Ligt is SHIT

so so so glad we never went for him

[Vesper 30,164]

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Edited October 3, 2024 by Vesper

[Vesper 30,164]

delete wrong forum

Edited October 3, 2024 by Vesper

[Vesper 30,164]

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[Vesper 30,164]

Shamu off

so no hat trick

Edited October 3, 2024 by Vesper

[whats happening 1,615]

what a fuckup going for felix instead of omorodion. it was obvious even then, let alone now.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

On the bright side, at least our scouts did well and might be right again. Samu and Duran really were not obvious picks last summer 

also there is no guarantee their purple patches will last.

 
needlessly buying Felix and Kelly man and not even getting either samu or Duran… that was simply bad business just to have that pure profit, doing villa/atleti a solid but not even getting a player we could actually use 

[LAM09 7,050]

17 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

On the bright side, at least our scouts did well and might be right again. Samu and Duran really were not obvious picks last summer 

also there is no guarantee their purple patches will last.

 
needlessly buying Felix and Kelly man and not even getting either samu or Duran… that was simply bad business just to have that pure profit, doing villa/atleti a solid but not even getting a player we could actually use 

I obviously don't know all the ins and out, but after Fabrizio's tweet earlier today, it leads me to believe Gallagher clearly played a big part in what transpired in the end.

Also, I feel like there has to be more to the board suddenly switching terms up where Samu was concerned (failed medical was supposedly debunked) than we are led to believe. If the main reason behind that was really because Osimhen suddenly became a real possibility, the failure to secure his signing was beyond stupid on their part. We'll know the full effect of all this if any come May.

[Vesper 30,164]

28 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I obviously don't know all the ins and out, but after Fabrizio's tweet earlier today, it leads me to believe Gallagher clearly played a big part in what transpired in the end.

Also, I feel like there has to be more to the board suddenly switching terms up where Samu was concerned (failed medical was supposedly debunked) than we are led to believe. If the main reason behind that was really because Osimhen suddenly became a real possibility, the failure to secure his signing was beyond stupid on their part. We'll know the full effect of all this if any come May.

10 big questions I want answered (about BlueCo)

1. Why was Tuchel REALLY sacked?

2. Why on earth did we buy Badi AND Disasi and pass on so many far better CBs?

3. Why did we drop 75m quid for an already damaged Wes Fofana?

4. What is the REAL story behind the Shamu 'failed medical' (especially if it is debunked like you said)

5. Why the fuck did we drop £88m on meh keepers (unless Penders turns into a monster) and not one of them was named Mamardashvili?

6. Once Shamu fell through, why the fuck did we not just pay the £40m for Duran (and we could have done that before Shamu as well, plus that would have also meant no need to drop almost 20m quid on the pure dice roll teen Omari Kellyman) and instead went all fuckabout with fucking Osimhen?

7. Why the fuck did we buy a 'clearly in decline' Sterling and then double down on the mistake and give him that insane £85m contract?

8. Why the fuck did we drop a potential £89m (if all add-ons are paid out) on Mudryk?

9. What the fuck is going on with the new stadium?

10. Why have we STILL not locked down a main shirt sponsor?

 

I will be super generous and NOT bring up the insane overpays for Enzo and Caicedo, nor the KDH buy (although, even if he comes semi-good, there were 10+ better CMF options out there). I also understand (not agree with in most cases, though) some of the other dodgy buys that we dice-rolled on early on in the Boehly as Sporting Director times.

Also we did try with Sesko (as did almost every big club) and he told everyone to piss off, so no anger there from me at all.