Chelsea Transfers

[King Kante 1,643]

4 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

It's odd that they've spent over 200 million on 3 central midfielders, but not the same on CBs.

Well, they did spend 70m+ on an injury risk Fofana, and what a poor ROI that was. 

They're probably still hoping he comes good and thus see him & Colwill holding it down for seasons to come.

Poor decision.

I would trade 3 of our backup CBs for one quality CB.

I'm not even asking for a CB of Carvalho quality

Heck, our Brazilian CB Alex who played for us in 2010 was leagues above any of the CBs we have now. 

Yeah, I am hoping for Araujo from Benfica. He fits the age profile the club goes for and actually looks good with some experience. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,341]

14 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Lavia and Fofana out of Conference League due to injuries.  Palmer, that new french youngster we signed and Chalobah were added. 

I haven’t seen anything about this new lad been announced anywhere 

[Vesper 31,037]

IF this is true I am going to lose my fucking mind

 

“Pure profit player” – Chelsea star not in the club’s long-term plans

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2025/02/07/andrey-santos-transfer-latest/

Chelsea reportedly view Andrey Santos as a pure profit player rather than someone who’s part of their long-term first-team plans.

The talented Brazilian youngster has long looked like a big prospect for the future, but he’s yet to establish himself in the Chelsea first-team since joining.

Santos is currently on loan at Strasbourg and has caught the eye with his performances in Ligue 1, but it seems that won’t be enough to change his situation at Stamford Bridge.

According to TEAMtalk, Santos is viewed as a “pure profit player”, so Chelsea only plan to use his growing reputation to earn a significant profit from selling him.

This could be a smart strategy from the Blues, who will need to be able to balance the books in this age of strict Financial Fair Play regulations.

However, some Chelsea fans will undoubtedly also be concerned about losing a talent like Santos without giving him more of a chance.

Chelsea could be taking a big risk with Andrey Santos transfer stance

Chelsea know all too well that sometimes letting young players go too soon can come back to haunt you.

Who can forget that the west London giants had both Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne on their books as youngsters, but allowed both to leave after hardly using them?

You know the rest – Salah remains in the form of his life for Liverpool and is sure to go down as an all-time Premier League great, while De Bruyne has also been world class and picked up a whole load of major trophies at Manchester City down the years.

Santos might well end up being someone in that category, even if it’s too early to know that at the moment, but that’s why you don’t rush into cashing in on these players.

CFC have brought in a number of the world’s best young talents, but many of them have been underwhelming, so surely Santos is worth keeping around while others are offloaded?

[DDA 10,204]

If the club sell Santos.. believe me, there is going to be chaos. The fanbase are already waking up to this boards nonsense. Protests will be demonstrated soon enough. This is not Dortmund. We aim to win.

[Mário César 1,475]

i dont believe it, tbht

there is a lot of reports that claimed that santos would be in the first team next season

[Pizy 19,250]

Unless Lavia returns this season and ends the PL campaign with a long run of games where he’s fit and performing well, I think Santos will rerun to the club and immediately replaces Romeo as that 3rd midfielder who starts together with Caicedo and Enzo.

I’m not worried about the club cashing in on him at all.  

[Mhsc 1,139]

Eh, some random article from a totally non serious entity, just looking to stir up shit and get attention.

Nothing article and nothing story tbh, until we see any actual evidence 

Endless articles come out talking shit about Chelsea, maybe about 10% turn out to even have a small basis in truth

[Strike 7,761]

2 hours ago, Mhsc said:

Eh, some random article from a totally non serious entity, just looking to stir up shit and get attention.

Nothing article and nothing story tbh, until we see any actual evidence 

Endless articles come out talking shit about Chelsea, maybe about 10% turn out to even have a small basis in truth

Caught offside cannot be taken seriously

The club have signaled by briefing its reporters that Santos is going to be integrated next year. 

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

Hard to say is Retegui one season wonder 🤔 

[LAM09 7,085]

4 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Hard to say is Retegui one season wonder 🤔 

He was playing in Argentina not so long ago, so I'd reserve judgment for another season. If you've watched Atalanta at times, he hasn't been a nailed on starter for them.

[Reddish-Blue 2,663]

19 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I haven’t seen anything about this new lad been announced anywhere 

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2025/2/8/24361426/cole-palmer-trevoh-chalobah-mathis-amougou-added-to-uefa-conference-league-squad

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/enzo-maresca-outlines-adaptation-process-for-mathis-amougou

[Vesper 31,037]

12 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Hard to say is Retegui one season wonder 🤔 

VERONA-ATALANTA 0-5 | HIGHLIGHTS | Unstoppable Retegui hits Verona for four | Serie A 2024/25

 

[Vesper 31,037]

updated list of right-footed CBs who are remotely available 

in order of valuation: 

Giorgio Scalvini 
Marc Guéhi 
Ousmane Diomande 
Edmond Tapsoba 
Ilya Zabarnyi
António Silva
Cristhian Mosquera 
Odilon Kossounou 
Isak Hien
Yann Bisseck
Jonathan Tah (free)
Mohamed Simakan 
Tomás Araújo
Wilfried Singo
Nikola Milenković  
Zeno Debast 
Malick Thiaw
Joel Ordóñez  
Josip Sutalo  
Ryan Flamingo  
Pietro Comuzzo 
Martin Vitík 
Logan Costa
Milan Skriniar 
Koni De Winter 
Arouna Sangante 
Aurèle Amenda 

[Mhsc 1,139]

32 minutes ago, Vesper said:

updated list of right-footed CBs who are remotely available 

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Seems as I keep complaining about how bad all of our CBs are, I'll throw out a name too: what about Dean Huijsen? He seems to be genuinely ambipedal.

Appreciate he is v young, and I am no scout, but he looks like he ticks all the boxes: Clearlake approved (i.e. young as fuck), potentially insanely bright future, low wages.

Probably cost a fortune but that's not traditionally stopped them for top young talent if wages are good.

[Vesper 31,037]

9 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Dean Huijsen

I posted on him earlier

he is ambipedal and plays mostly at LCB

but certainly can play RCB as well

I would love to get him and Murillo from Forest

 

[mkh 748]

José Mourinho, 1 year ago: "Huijsen is one of the best prospects in Europe."

This was when Huijsen was loaned at Roma, before Mourinho gave him his first ever start.

Now Huijsen is shining in the Premier League.

[TheHulk 2,636]

1 minute ago, mkh said:

José Mourinho, 1 year ago: "Huijsen is one of the best prospects in Europe."

This was when Huijsen was loaned at Roma, before Mourinho gave him his first ever start.

Now Huijsen is shining in the Premier League.

Knowing these losers working at this club they will target his teammate Kerkez instead of him.

[Vesper 31,037]

the top 5 fullbacks on the planet are now off the board

Nuno Mendes and Hakimi just renewed with PSG

Davies renewed with Bayern

Gvardiol is going nowhere

and TAA will likely end up at Real Madrid (or stay at Pool)

 

[Strike 7,761]

20 minutes ago, Vesper said:

the top 5 fullbacks on the planet are now off the board

Nuno Mendes and Hakimi just renewed with PSG

Davies renewed with Bayern

Gvardiol is going nowhere

and TAA will likely end up at Real Madrid (or stay at Pool)

 

With fullbacks, we need someone who can play in the inverted role. We need both a RB and LB in the market - a backup for Cucurella and a starting RB who can invert. Gusto is not able to play this role from what I've seen 

[Vesper 31,037]

finally 👍🏽

 

Chelsea add Lucas Chevalier to their transfer shortlist

https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/news/Chelsea-add-highly-rated-champions-league-goalkeeper-to-transfer-shortlist-he-starred-against-real-madrid-this-season/

The likes of Zion Suzuki and Gregor Kobel have been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge, and the latest figure on that list is Lucas Chevalier.

The Frenchman has started every Ligue 1 game this season for Lille, and seems to have made an impression on a number of top clubs.

One of those is Chelsea, and Simon Phillips has reported the Blues have added him to their shortlist as a potential option for the summer.

He said on the Simon Phillips Substack: “But the latest name we are hearing via SPTC sources is Lucas Chevalier of Lille. Chevalier is 23-years-old, a 6-capped French U21 international, stands at 6ft 2in tall, and has played well over 100 senior league games in his career so far.