Chelsea Transfers

[Reddish-Blue 2,428]

11 hours ago, Thor said:

Might be time to get rid. 

Shame since he is our best CB when he plays. 

No-one is going to sign an injury prone player like Fofana.  We're stuck with him until 2028/29 when his contract expires. 

[Vesper 29,448]

13 hours ago, Thor said:

I was keen on David at one point and the more and more I watched him play... no thanks. 

He doesn't have anything special to his game. He floats. He actually hurts link up a lot. He is horrendous for Canada. 

 

I'd take Rogers from Villa, but they'd never sell. 

Rogers is a winger though, not a CF

[Vesper 29,448]

Real Madrid were shocked by Valencia at Santiago Bernabeu as the Spanish giants lost 2-1 at home and lost more ground in the race for La Liga title. Vinicius Jr had his penalty saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili which proved decisive in the end.

[Vesper 29,448]

Dušan Vlahović has become absolute dross

I will no longer include him in any CF list

[mkh 376]

🟣Chelsea are scouting 20 years old Fiorentina defender Pietro Comuzzo.

 

🔴Chelsea have entered the race for Hugo Etitike according to Simon Phillips and are scouting intensively.

 

🟢Chelsea have already set their sights on 17-year-old Malian youngster Seydou Dembélé and have made an opening offer of €1.6 million for his services.

(Africafoot)

 

⚫️Renato Veiga is unlikely to stay at Juventus.  His adventure at Juventus appears to be nearing its end. No talks are currently planned between the two clubs to extend his stay in Italy.

(via@LaStampa)

[ulvhedin 508]

On 05/04/2025 at 20:09, Vesper said:

NONE of these are good enough

  
Levi Colwill  
Wesley Fofana  
Benoît Badiashile 
Axel Disasi    
Bashir Humphreys   
Alfie Gilchrist  

maybe ok (barely) as back-ups

Tosin Adarabioyo   
Trevoh Chalobah

we also have unproven Anselmino, and Veiga who noone knows whether is good enough - didn't get a chance as CB for us, started good for Juve, but then whole Juve team fall apart

Edited 23 hours ago by ulvhedin

[mkh 376]

Mikel reveals Victor Osimhen really wants to play for Chelsea FC :

“Listen, it will be really sad if we don’t get a player who supported us a kid and wants to play for this Football Club”

“His idol is Drogba, he will want to break records, win us trophies, get us back to the top, come for Drogba’s records. I’m telling you that would be his mission”

“If the club chose not to pursue it.. then well fair enough, good luck to them, but the good thing about it is we know where we left it, we can literally pick the phone up and get him straight in the door”

“Get him in!” (@obionepodcast)

[mkh 376]

 Dortmund are considering signing Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea by triggering his 30 million euros buy option.

{Kicker}

[mkh 376]

Breaking News Luis Campos is unlikely to sign a new contract at Paris Saint-Germain to continue in his role as sporting advisor. The former Lille sporting director's contract expires at the end of the season. (RMC)

🔵✍️He is coming to Chelsea!!!

[DDA 9,772]

1 hour ago, mkh said:

Breaking News Luis Campos is unlikely to sign a new contract at Paris Saint-Germain to continue in his role as sporting advisor. The former Lille sporting director's contract expires at the end of the season. (RMC)

🔵✍️He is coming to Chelsea!!!

Yea … and pigs fly over Kings Rd twice a week.

[OneMoSalah 8,834]

Leicester just put on a 15 year old v Newcastle. Wait and see Chelsea line up £50m bid tomorrow mornings papers.

[Mhsc 984]

On 06/04/2025 at 21:14, Vesper said:

Dušan Vlahović has become absolute dross

I will no longer include him in any CF list

Agreed. In general I don't want any of the Vlahovics of the world unless we're picking them up on very favourable deals.

The pure-finisher type like him can fall off a cliff too easily, when the only thing being provided is finishing and they go through a bad spell at their only elite skill... Basically become a passenger. Sometimes they stay a passenger for years, or just never get it back to the level required. We've signed endless strikers like that over the years and they never work out over the long term.

I'd really like to see us only spend big on players who can be a menace even when they're not scoring, and improves us just by being on the field and going about their craft. If we sub out NJ for a pure goal scorer it will net out at 0 improvement probably (or maybe we get worse).

Liam Delap is one of various interesting options although I'm sure you have a thorough list on this already.

[Reddish-Blue 2,428]

53 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

I'd really like to see us only spend big on players who can be a menace even when they're not scoring, and improves us just by being on the field and going about their craft. If we sub out NJ for a pure goal scorer it will net out at 0 improvement probably (or maybe we get worse).

I know people on here don't like him but Osimhen is that player.   I just feel like he's got the athleticism/power to do well in the Premier League.  

[Reddish-Blue 2,428]

11 hours ago, ulvhedin said:

we also have unproven Anselmino, and Veiga who noone knows whether is good enough - didn't get a chance as CB for us, started good for Juve, but then whole Juve team fall apart

The sad part is, we have 3 starting XI players who can't stay fit for 5 games in a row (James, Fofana, Lavia). 

Then we have all these young players who haven't been tested out yet.   I still don't get why Veiga was sent to Juve on loan, surely there were other clubs that could have given him some decent minutes for development? 

[LAM09 6,879]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

Agreed. In general I don't want any of the Vlahovics of the world unless we're picking them up on very favourable deals.

The pure-finisher type like him can fall off a cliff too easily, when the only thing being provided is finishing and they go through a bad spell at their only elite skill... Basically become a passenger. Sometimes they stay a passenger for years, or just never get it back to the level required. We've signed endless strikers like that over the years and they never work out over the long term.

You could easily put Haaland into that category. However, I'm sure you'd consider him despite that.

[OneMoSalah 8,834]

2 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I know people on here don't like him but Osimhen is that player.   I just feel like he's got the athleticism/power to do well in the Premier League.  

Maybe. United look nailed on favourites for him apparently. 

If we end up with Liam Delap in the summer as our big striker signing, we are finished before a ball is kicked next season. Would get it if it were the likes of Everton or someone signing him but clubs like us, United, Liverpool and even City (been links as they have a buy back)? Absolute insane - although he’d be bench warming at City. 

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5 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

The sad part is, we have 3 starting XI players who can't stay fit for 5 games in a row (James, Fofana, Lavia). 

Then we have all these young players who haven't been tested out yet.   I still don't get why Veiga was sent to Juve on loan, surely there were other clubs that could have given him some decent minutes for development? 

We got a decent loan fee for Veiga and tbh he is playing regularly there. Not a bad move when you look into the loan fee received and the fact he is playing regular football and also featured in the UCL for Juve too.

[bigbluewillie 1,895]

6 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I know people on here don't like him but Osimhen is that player.   I just feel like he's got the athleticism/power to do well in the Premier League.  

Chelsea are no longer interested in signing Napoli and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 26, this summer, leaving Manchester United as his main suitor. (CaughtOffside), external