Chelsea Transfers

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We need goalkeeper! Sanchez is garbage.. 

[Vytis33 1,373]

 

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12 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

[King Kante 1,643]

As much as a second CF would be nice, we need to seriously sort out CB and GK. Disaster and Badi need to get shipped on loan (not selling them, unless someone owes us a favour), Tosin should be sold for profit. As for GK at some point Jorg needs a run in the PL as Sanchez is at best a GK2 owing to his HG status. As for the rest of the squad, I am happy with where we are at. Although I suspect a couple of the AM's will get moved when the Estevao and Paez turn up. 

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💬Chelsea are among those specifically interested in Viktor Gyökeres. There is an agreement that he can leave Sporting in the Summer for €60-70m. (SkySport)

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1 hour ago, mkh said:

💬Chelsea are among those specifically interested in Viktor Gyökeres. There is an agreement that he can leave Sporting in the Summer for €60-70m. (SkySport)

If United do get Amorim, he's going to bring his best players with him.   

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6 hours ago, King Kante said:

Although I suspect a couple of the AM's will get moved when the Estevao and Paez turn up. 

I would say a combination of Neto/Sancho/Palmer/Madueke/Brazilian wonderkid would be enough for the AM roles.  

Chuks and Mudryk should be gone and the rumors around Nkunku aren't surprising, probably wants regular minutes to get into the National team. 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,125]

On 22/10/2024 at 18:32, LAM09 said:

This stance of playing hardball is so stupid. If a player doesn't see himself being at the club for the foreseeable future, do everything possible to get the highest fee for them.

Reading between the lines, it seems likely that the question of a transfer is at the root of the club's frustration. My guess is that Acheampong is not only refusing to sign a new deal, but is also refusing the option to leave on a permanent transfer. Faced with losing him for a compensation fee, at best, CFC are hoping their stance will encourage he and his advisers to accept a move. Reading further between the lines, the lad has probably been tapped up and knows there is a fat contract waiting for him at a club he would be happy to join when his Chelsea contract ends.

[King Kante 1,643]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I would say a combination of Neto/Sancho/Palmer/Madueke/Brazilian wonderkid would be enough for the AM roles.  

Chuks and Mudryk should be gone and the rumors around Nkunku aren't surprising, probably wants regular minutes to get into the National team. 

I am personally still not sold on Sancho. At the moment, I have him still in the same category as Mudryk in that you can use them when playing the small fry/when we have all the ball. However, yes, we have more than enough at AM and the rumours around Nkunku aren't surprising at all.

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2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Reading between the lines, it seems likely that the question of a transfer is at the root of the club's frustration. My guess is that Acheampong is not only refusing to sign a new deal, but is also refusing the option to leave on a permanent transfer. Faced with losing him for a compensation fee, at best, CFC are hoping their stance will encourage he and his advisers to accept a move. Reading further between the lines, the lad has probably been tapped up and knows there is a fat contract waiting for him at a club he would be happy to join when his Chelsea contract ends.

Last I read, he's on contract till 2026. Is the player and his entourage really willing to waste away almost two years for whatever may be waiting ahead for him?

[nyikolajevics 2,829]

5 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

If United do get Amorim, he's going to bring his best players with him.   

United recently invested huge amount of money in Hojlund and Zirkzee, I would be surprised if they would be willing to bid for Gyökeres, Amorim coming or not.

They pretty much bought Ten Hag half of his Ajax team, I don't think they will do it again for a young, relatively unproven manager. MU squad has a lot of talent and depth, I think the new manager will have to try cook something out of it, I don't expect a lot of transfers from their side in January.

By the way, he already got Ugarte, he was one if his best player ~1.5 years ago.

Edited October 29, 2024 by nyikolajevics

[mkh 749]

Chelsea is preparing a significant offer of 100 million euros to sign two of the most promising defenders from Benfica, Antonio Silva and Tomás Araujo, in an attempt to strengthen their defensive line for the future.

The Blues' board sees this Portuguese duo as a key opportunity to rejuvenate and enhance their defensive squad, surpassing Premier League rivals like Manchester United and Arsenal who have also shown interest in both players.

(Javier Parra Peña)

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11 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

If United do get Amorim, he's going to bring his best players with him.   

Viktor Gyökeres
Gonçalo Inácio  
Morten Hjulmand 
Ousmane Diomande

Geovany Quenda 

Pedro Gonçalves 
Trincão 
Zeno Debast 
Marcus Edwards 
Geny Catamo 
Conrad Harder
Eduardo Quaresma
Iván Fresneda  

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[Mário César 1,475]

12 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

He can go...

[TheHulk 2,636]

15 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Nonsense.

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1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Carlo needs to REALLY worry about his shit defence (his fullbacks, with Carvajal out, are really dire, and even Carvajal back that doesnt sort out LB (Mendy sucks, regardless of Ancelotti ludicrously calling him the best LB in the world) and lack of depth at CB, especially with 32yo Alaba still wrecked from his horrid knee injury, and Miltao a shadow of the player he was before his own bad injury)

Plus lack of creativity at AMF (which Enzo doesn't solve)

plus an actual CF

as Mbappe at CF, Vini Jr at LW is not working all that well, and tensions between the two are rising

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1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Nonsense.

Not sure if Real Madrid would pay the money, but Ancelotti did in fact say he would like to have Enzo.

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On 29/10/2024 at 10:09, mkh said:

💬Chelsea are among those specifically interested in Viktor Gyökeres. There is an agreement that he can leave Sporting in the Summer for €60-70m. (SkySport)

£50m for Gyökeres would be a steal IMHO

prefer him over Isak all day long at that price

and even though he turns 27 in June 2025, we would likely get 5 or 6 prime years out of him.

plus he only has had 3 big minute seasons on his body (the last 3, and this season will make 4)

so he is not like a Michael Owen type who was run into ground at a young age

This is Owen at 16 years old and on

by the time he was 25, 26, he was already run into the ground

also, Owen never scored 20 or more league goals in a topflight season, ever