mkh 748 Posted January 11, 2025 Share Posted January 11, 2025 Breaking News Chelsea are considering a £42M move for Sporting CP striker Conrad Harder. The 19-year-old also has interest from West Ham and Arsenal. (ABola) whats happening 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,761 Posted January 11, 2025 Share Posted January 11, 2025 On 09/01/2025 at 18:29, LAM09 said: We couldn't get a deal done for Osimhen but some believe there's a chance we'll sign Kvaratskhelia. It ain't happening. Because we wanted a fair deal. We could have got him if we paid the asking price but walking away is much smarter than paying 80+ million when there was no competition for him. Where the club fucked up is by focusing on Osimhen, we missed out on adding a forward If the club is serious about a target, we've seen they're willing to go get things done - Enzo, Caicedo, Cucu, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,085 Posted January 11, 2025 Share Posted January 11, 2025 2 hours ago, Strike said: Because we wanted a fair deal. We could have got him if we paid the asking price but walking away is much smarter than paying 80+ million when there was no competition for him. Where the club fucked up is by focusing on Osimhen, we missed out on adding a forward If the club is serious about a target, we've seen they're willing to go get things done - Enzo, Caicedo, Cucu, Fair deal? He was on high wages, which the club wasn't willing to meet or get relatively close to. If there was any real interest in KK, we'd face the same issues. We're not like Real Madrid, where players will gladly come even if it means taking a wage reduction. Two of the names given were signed using the loophole. Last I checked, it was a thing of the past, so I wouldn't expect a £100 million signing in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,636 Posted January 11, 2025 Share Posted January 11, 2025 8 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said: That would be the best news of the whole transfer window! I doubt Juventus take him... They will make it a 10 minimum appearances obligation to buy and after seeing he sucks big time after 3 matches he never plays another game, come back in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,761 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 6 hours ago, LAM09 said: Fair deal? He was on high wages, which the club wasn't willing to meet or get relatively close to. If there was any real interest in KK, we'd face the same issues. We're not like Real Madrid, where players will gladly come even if it means taking a wage reduction. Two of the names given were signed using the loophole. Last I checked, it was a thing of the past, so I wouldn't expect a £100 million signing in the near future. Yep, I'd argue it was fair given there was zero competition for him in the summer + club is not in the Champions League right now. It was Chelsea or bust for Osimhen and his stock has gone further down now since the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,085 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 1 hour ago, Strike said: Yep, I'd argue it was fair given there was zero competition for him in the summer + club is not in the Champions League right now. It was Chelsea or bust for Osimhen and his stock has gone further down now since the summer. Lack of competition doesn't mean player is of less value or should be seen that way. He parted ways with agent shortly after and sealed his move to Gala himself (if reports are to believed). Either way, he'll see at the end of the season if going with just NJ for another season was smart or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,761 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 (edited) 6 hours ago, LAM09 said: Lack of competition doesn't mean player is of less value or should be seen that way. He parted ways with agent shortly after and sealed his move to Gala himself (if reports are to believed). Either way, he'll see at the end of the season if going with just NJ for another season was smart or not. I would argue he is. For reasonable money, I'd take him but not break the bank for him. He is not in the tier of players that you would pay over the odds to get Many teams wanted a striker in the summer - ManU, Arsenal, PSG and didn't go for him - other than the Saudi bids. Would be surprised if a big club goes for him for the main striker role. Edited January 12, 2025 by Strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,085 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 30 minutes ago, Strike said: I would argue he is. For reasonable money, I'd take him but not break the bank for him. He is not in the tier of players that you would pay over the odds to get Many teams wanted a striker in the summer - ManU, Arsenal, PSG and didn't go for him - other than the Saudi bids. Would be surprised if a big club goes for him for the main striker role. He was available for reasonable money (£50-60M); his wages proved to be the stumbling block. I believe he was worth breaking the bank for a year or so ago, but things have changed since. Would you be happy with the club spending £80m+ on Gyokeres instead? United have Ramus and bought Zirkzee; PSG have Ramos & Kolo Muani, so that leaves one of the three you mentioned as a viable option. His contract ends next summer, so I'm sure there will be more suitors in the coming months. However, moving to Turkey hasn't done him any favours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,761 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 25 minutes ago, LAM09 said: He was available for reasonable money (£50-60M); his wages proved to be the stumbling block. I believe he was worth breaking the bank for a year or so ago, but things have changed since. Would you be happy with the club spending £80m+ on Gyokeres instead? United have Ramus and bought Zirkzee; PSG have Ramos & Kolo Muani, so that leaves one of the three you mentioned as a viable option. His contract ends next summer, so I'm sure there will be more suitors in the coming months. However, moving to Turkey hasn't done him any favours. I would have been happy if we got him - we clearly need a striker to rotate Jackson with - but not as high earner. Gyokeres is interesting if the club can push for him - seems to be the better striker on the market compared to Delap, Sesko, Ferguson, Boniface etc we have been linked to. Duran and Isak are options too but it's tough to sign them. LAM09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 Left-Footed CBs I rate enough to buy and are (in some cases barely) available Alessandro Bastoni (insanely hard pull) Murillo Castello Lukeba Gonçalo Inácio Jarrad Branthwaite Piero Hincapié Dávid Hancko Jorrel Hato (can play LB as well) Yarek Gasiorowski (youth) Morato Konstantinos Koulierakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 748 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 Chelsea are interested in Yeremay Hernandez & they have already made an offer to sign him. [@relevo] Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 13 hours ago, Strike said: Yep, I'd argue it was fair given there was zero competition for him in the summer + club is not in the Champions League right now. It was Chelsea or bust for Osimhen and his stock has gone further down now since the summer. atm Osimhen is looking like a one season wonder (2022-23, when he scored 26 league goals) other than that his league totals have been 0 Wolfsburg 12 Charleroi 13 Lille 10 Napoli 14 Napoli 26 Napoli 15 Napoli and he is so often injured other than 2022-23, he has never played more than 27 league games mkh and Strike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 50 minutes ago, mkh said: Chelsea are interested in Yeremay Hernandez & they have already made an offer to sign him. [@relevo] even I had to say 'who??' mkh and bigbluewillie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 just uploaded by SVMM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeremay_Hernández https://www.transfermarkt.com/yeremay-hernandez/profil/spieler/636385 Yeremay Hernandez ● Chelsea Transfer Target 🔵🇪🇸 Best Goals & Skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 7 minutes ago, KEVINAA said: just uploaded by SVMM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeremay_Hernández https://www.transfermarkt.com/yeremay-hernandez/profil/spieler/636385 Yeremay Hernandez ● Chelsea Transfer Target 🔵🇪🇸 Best Goals & Skills pass 2nd tier Spanish and is 22yo, so not like he has 4, 5 years to rise up as a youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 748 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 EXCL. Borussia Dortmund are very interested in Renato Veiga (21/🇵🇹). There is a VERBAL AGREEMENT between the 21-year-old center-back from Chelsea and #BVB. Dortmund are exploring a loan deal with an option to buy. Veiga is keen on the move. Dortmund are now pushing and trying to find a solution with CFC. (via@berger_pj) bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 3 minutes ago, mkh said: EXCL. Borussia Dortmund are very interested in Renato Veiga (21/🇵🇹). There is a VERBAL AGREEMENT between the 21-year-old center-back from Chelsea and #BVB. Dortmund are exploring a loan deal with an option to buy. Veiga is keen on the move. Dortmund are now pushing and trying to find a solution with CFC. (via@berger_pj) straight loan I hope, unless the option price is high I rate Veiga Fernando, bigbluewillie and Vytis33 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 (edited) The expected departures of Veiga , KDH (summer purchases) only prove the theory that the idea is not to create a champions team, but players who will be sold after a season or two for profit eventually and in general all the players who were recruited in the last 2 years like Petrovic , Santos (loan deal= better money ) Disaster, Nkunku who are looking for a buyer and are not wanted, like Chilwell (a national team player who win us CL and for 5 months, for inexplicable reasons, haven't played a single game ) . Edited January 12, 2025 by milka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,636 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 I guess Caleb Wiley comes in to replace him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,660 Posted January 12, 2025 Share Posted January 12, 2025 absolutely idiotic move to let him go now Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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