Chelsea Transfers

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9 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Winstanley and Stewart also seem to have good eye on strikers too. Gyorkeres, Duran, Omoradion, and Jackson have done very well so far. 

It's just defenders and GK's they are so bloody awful at. 

Yes it seems we need a scout for defense. Because most of these scouts as you mentioned are more for attack minded targets. 

Kind of of like when Poch did not want a set piece specialist to come and work with us. Arsenal did that and it has done great for them. 

Likewise we need to get some defense specialist that can help balance the attack minded scouts and set up we have. 

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10 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Yes it seems we need a scout for defense. Because most of these scouts as you mentioned are more for attack minded targets. 

Kind of of like when Poch did not want a set piece specialist to come and work with us. Arsenal did that and it has done great for them. 

Likewise we need to get some defense specialist that can help balance the attack minded scouts and set up we have. 

We've had one in the house for a while now called John Terry🤩 

Agree with you the scouts responsible for goalkeeper scouting is Ross Turnbull, Ben Roberts and James Russell 🫣 and defense would have to be reworked ✅️

Brighton, for example, have special scouts for each position ✍️

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4 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Genuinely. What was the point in signing him? 

IF we get £30m for him

we doubled our money

BlueCo will say it was a huge win

Edited October 25 by Vesper

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1 hour ago, Vesper said:

IF we get £30m for him

we doubled our money

BlueCo will say it was a huge win

Maybe but shouldn’t the priority when signing a player be that they envision them playing for us? But they did the same with Angelo too. Suppose Carney’s wages may be a stumbling block and may result in a lower fee.

I mean I imagine the likes of Santos, Casadei, Ugochuwku, Guiu will all probably be expendable and go the same way also but again, the first thought when signing a player should be can they contribute on the field. Suppose we did this with Roman too with the loan army, so much for project 2030/being different than the previous regime eh?

Edited October 25 by OneMoSalah

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53 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Maybe but shouldn’t the priority when signing a player be that they envision them playing for us? But they did the same with Angelo too. Suppose Carney’s wages may be a stumbling block and may result in a lower fee.

I mean I imagine the likes of Santos, Casadei, Ugochuwku, Guiu will all probably be expendable and go the same way also but again, the first thought when signing a player should be can they contribute on the field. Suppose we did this with Roman too with the loan army, so much for project 2030/being different than the previous regime eh?

absolutely depressing if ALL those are moved on (including Carney)

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On 28/04/2024 at 17:20, Vesper said:

ok

I am losing the plot probably

but

Chris Wood (12 league goals in only 1500 minutes on a shit team)

could be a 'poor man's Giroud' signing

he still is only 32yo too, not like some 35, 36 yo last hurrah type

this is looking better and better

he now has 7 EPL goals this season alone (in only around 700 minutes)

on a hat trick tonight

22 goals in his last 2900 minutes, all but 1 are EPL goals

 

 

Edited October 25 by Vesper

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Chelsea are still giving time to Josh Acheampong to decide on his contract but want solution as soon as possible.

Contract proposal remains available on table.

Understand Acheampong’s family is active and involved in this negotiation, up to player side.

via@FabrizioRomano

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2 minutes ago, mkh said:

Chelsea are still giving time to Josh Acheampong to decide on his contract but want solution as soon as possible.

Contract proposal remains available on table.

Understand Acheampong’s family is active and involved in this negotiation, up to player side.

via@FabrizioRomano

I deffo rate him

he gives me hope for the back 4, along with Aarón Anselmino, the great 19yo Argie CB we have coming in who is having a really good season with Boca Juniors

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Chris Rigg

https://www.ntt20.com/i/145049430/chris-rigg

Sunderland — Championship, 2023/24:

• Born: 18 June 2007

• Position: Attacking Midfielder / Winger

• League appearances: 21

• League starts: 8

⬆️ Youngest player… highest ceiling?

Fittingly, we end our month of 21 Under 21 excitement by looking to the future.

Sunderland signed 10 first-team players aged 21 or under last season, yet two of their most exciting young talents are homegrown academy products. Dan Neil is a 21U21 alumnus (2022) but a veritable old codger at 22, and three weeks too old to qualify for this year’s list; Chris Rigg, however, will still be eligible when we’ve all turned to dust.

Rigg – the headline act of our hastily-abandoned 16 Under 16 series, before turning 17 last week – set numerous youngest-goalscorer records in 2023/24 but he makes the cut here entirely on merit, not novelty. Showing intelligence and versatility as well as great technical quality, he has looked completely at home in the Championship.

And, of course, he still has so much time to improve further. This could theoretically be the first of six appearances in 21 Under 21, if it wasn’t for our certainty that he’ll leave the Football League behind before too long.

Pizza charts informed by match data. Each chart rates a chosen player from 0-99 across different metrics (e.g. Dribbles) according to their “percentile rank”. A 75 score shows a player outperforming 75% of other players in the dataset. Each dataset is position-specific. Negative metrics are reversed. [Credit: Riley Roberts.]

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https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost477

The 477th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post compares clubs in 49 leagues around the world according to the average age at which the players in their current squad were signed (not including youth academy graduates). Two BlueCo clubs are among the four big-5 league teams most focused on young players: RC Strasbourg (1st, 21.8 years) and Chelsea FC (4th, 22.5 years).

Four Red Bull teams are also among the teams recruiting the youngest players on average: RB Salzburg (3rd overall behind MŠK Žilina and Rukh Lviv), RB Leipzig (3rd in Europe’s big-5 behind Strasbourg and Brentford), as well New York RB and RB Bragantino (2nd and 3rd among clubs from the 19 non-European championships surveyed).

Several teams taking part in the Champions League are among those most focused on recruiting young talent, such as Shakhtar Donetsk, Sturm Graz, Real Madrid, Monaco, Stuttgart, Paris-St-Germain and Sporting CP. In contrast, teams such as Inter, Atlético Madrid and Girona focus primarily on signing experienced players.

 

 

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current RB valuation rankings (all players €20m and up)

  
Trent Alexander-Arnold    €70.00m   
Achraf Hakimi   €60.00m 
Ben White    €55.00m 
Jules Koundé    €55.00m  
Joshua Kimmich   €50.00m
Jeremie Frimpong    €50.00m
Pedro Porro   €45.00m 
Rico Lewis    €40.00m 
Diogo Dalot    €40.00m 
Reece James     €35.00m 
Malo Gusto    €35.00m 
Tino Livramento   €35.00m  
Takehiro Tomiyasu    €35.00m 
Lutsharel Geertruida   €32.00m  
Noussair Mazraoui   €30.00m   
Josip Stanisic    €28.00m  
Matty Cash    €28.00m  
Nahuel Molina   €28.00m 
Aaron Hickey   €25.00m 
Yan Couto    €25.00m     
João Cancelo   €25.00m 
Daniel Muñoz   €23.00m   
Michael Kayode   €22.00m  
Sergiño Dest    €22.00m 
Denzel Dumfries    €20.00m
Benjamin Henrichs    €20.00m    
Vanderson    €20.00m 
Amar Dedic    €20.00m
Jack Hinshelwood    €20.00m
Julian Ryerson    €20.00m
Kyle Walker-Peters    €20.00m
Aaron Wan-Bissaka    €20.00m

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Out of contract in 2025: free agents available on a Bosman

Alvaro Valles (Las Palmas) (we could sign him in January on a loan now)

Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) (will end up at either Barca or Real Madrid)

Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Jonathan David (Lille)

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Las Palmas considering allowing star Álvaro Vallésout the door in January amid talk of pre-agreement

https://www.football-espana.net/2024/10/26/las-palmas-considering-allowing-star-out-the-door-in-january-amid-talk-of-pre-agreement

Las Palmas goalkeeper Alvaro Valles was arguably the best in La Liga last season through the first six months of the season, and attracted a great deal of interest in the process. Valles has been sent to the stands by the club though, after refusing to sign a new contract.

Valles was heavily linked to Real Betis in the summer, but the Andalusian side could not agree a deal with Las Palmas. He had been told by the club he would not play again if he did not sign a new deal, but Relevo say that there is a tacit agreement for Valles and Betis to renew talks in june, when his contract at Las Palmas expires.

However Las Palmas could take a change of approach and look for a loan move for Valles until the end of the season in the January transfer window. The Canary Islanders would at the very least save the last six months of his salary in that way.

Sporting Director Luis Helguera certainly wasted no time in finding a quality replacement in Jasper Cillessen, but it will no doubt grate in Gran Canaria that they have not been able to strike a lucrative deal if Va lles is to be leaving.

 

Álvaro Vallés: The Modern Sweeper Keeper

https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/alvaro-valles-the-modern-sweeper-keeper/

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[gdlk 271]

We need goalkeeper! Sanchez is garbage.. 

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RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons unlikely to return before 2025 after ankle surgery

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5879264/2024/10/28/xavi-simons-injury-update/

RB Leipzig playmaker Xavi Simons will likely miss the rest of the calendar year after undergoing surgery on an ankle ligament injury.

The Netherlands international sustained the injury to his left ankle in last week’s Champions League defeat at home to Liverpool and underwent an operation in Munich over the weekend.

The 21-year-old, who has scored three goals and provided two assists in 11 appearances across all competitions for RB Leizpig this season, is expected back in training before the end of the year but the club do not expect him to play again until 2025.

RB Leipzig head coach Marco Rose has said that the club would consider Simons’ long-term future, as well as the team’s short-term needs.

Simons suffered the injury in the Champions League defeat to Liverpool earlier this month (Marco Steinbrenner/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

“We are still trying to figure out how to proceed,” Rose said. “It is important that we find a good solution, as he wants to play at the top level for many years to come.”

Rose said on Monday that “being fit to play this calendar year is the big goal” for Simons, who is on a season-long loan deal from Paris Saint-Germain.

RB Leipzig having 11 matches remaining in 2024 and they play St. Pauli in the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday before travelling to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Rose’s side also have Champions League matches against Celtic, Inter Milan and Aston Villa this year.

RB Leipzig are joint-top of the Bundesliga alongside Bayern Munich and Rose’s team remain unbeaten domestically this season.