Chelsea Transfers

[LAM09 7,085]

13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I meant his injury record

I can see why we bought him

I know. I'm saying they persevered because of the reason I mentioned. He did play 29 league games for Southampton (only out injured early on for a stretch of 8 games), so there wasn't much indication of his woes.

At the end of the day, we should have been cautious no matter given his age.

 

Edited April 5, 2025 by LAM09

[Pizy 19,250]

Fofana is too often injured to depend on and too often injured to sell. Who would buy a player who will be seemingly nailed on to miss huge chunks of every season? Nobody unless it’s back to France on loan with us covering his whole salary. Such a fucking shame too I was so excited about his signing. He looked nailed on to go to the very top before that catastrophic knee injury at Leicester. 

An experienced CB is an absolute must this summer. 

[mkh 748]

Fofana expected to miss club world cup in the summer as well as the rest of this season. (@JacobsBen)

[Pizy 19,250]

7 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Why is Werner's name alongside the two flops?   At least Werner can say he was part of the side that won the UCL with Tuchel. 

Gittens would suit Liverpool/Arsenal way more and where would he play with the likes of the Brazilian and Portuguese attackers joining us next season. 

I’m just mentioning him because of the expectation vs what we actually got. Yes, he played a key part in an important stretch for us but when he was bought he was one of the most lethal finishers in Europe and we hoped we’d get a 15-20 goal per season forward. Instead he never lived up to that final Leipzig season he had and still hasn’t come close since.

[Thor 2,817]

7 hours ago, Vesper said:

J David is NOT 'bang average'

he just turned 25yo two and a half months ago

and already has 237 total topflight goals produced for club and country

176 goals, 61 assists

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. 

[Thor 2,817]

5 hours ago, mkh said:

Breaking News Understand Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana will miss the rest of the season through injury.

via@Matt_Law

 

Might be time to get rid. 

Shame since he is our best CB when he plays. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,663]

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 31,037]

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 31,037]

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 31,037]

Dušan Vlahović has become absolute dross

I will no longer include him in any CF list

[mkh 748]

🟣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 526]

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 April 7, 2025 by ulvhedin

[mkh 748]

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 748]

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

{Kicker}

[mkh 748]

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 10,204]

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 9,089]

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

[Mhsc 1,139]

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 2,663]

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 2,663]

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?