LAM09 7,085 Posted April 7, 2025 Share Posted April 7, 2025 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,089 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 (edited) 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. Edited April 8, 2025 by OneMoSalah mkh and Reddish-Blue 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,225 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 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. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,974 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 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 Vesper, OneMoSalah and Reddish-Blue 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,663 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 3 hours ago, Stats said: 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. The message being sent to the playing group is confusing. You sign Veiga and 6 months later, you need to loan him out. Then with Chalobah, the club tells him he's not required, goes to Palace and then with injuries, we recall him and everything is supposed to be fine between player & club? Even Felix gets brought in and 6 months later he's keen on a move away and the club lets him go on loan (knowing full well that we have no attacking options available other than watching Nkunku walk around the pitch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 Before the season top 4 and winning Conference League was bare minimum from Enzo Mascara now you can bet he will bottle one of these if not both . Clownlake out this is not Chelsea this is not the standart . Atomiswave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,120 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 7 minutes ago, milka said: Before the season top 4 and winning Conference League was bare minimum from Enzo Mascara now you can bet he will bottle one of these if not both . Clownlake out this is not Chelsea this is not the standart . There is absolutely no chance we get CL playing like we do and with the run-in we have......no chance. Vesper, King Kante and bigbluewillie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,139 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 13 hours ago, LAM09 said: You could easily put Haaland into that category. However, I'm sure you'd consider him despite that. Haaland is indeed perhaps the only exception I can think of in world football where you might justify spending big money on him despite very obvious limitations, although its interesting that City have collapsed this year, in a way they have never collapsed in all of the years in which they had more complete players up top. LAM09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 748 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 (edited) Mathys Tel could become a Chelsea target again if Spurs do not take up their buy option. (@JacobsBen) Edited April 8, 2025 by mkh kexik, bigbluewillie, OneMoSalah and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,250 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 Literally haven’t heard Tel’s name once since he joined Spuds in January. What a horrendous target he would be for us. Just as he was when we wanted him last time. Nonsensical. mkh, Vesper, kexik and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 748 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 (edited) Chelsea are expected to be busy in the period of June 1 - June 10th. CFC want their winger AND striker signing ready for the Club World Cup. (Ben Jacobs) N.Williams, Gittens and Tel were mentioned in the article. Edited April 8, 2025 by mkh kexik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 748 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 ‼️ Victor Osimhen’s wage demands are expected to reach around £340k per week. ~ @RobDawsonESPN Fernando, Strike, Vesper and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 20 minutes ago, mkh said: ‼️ Victor Osimhen’s wage demands are expected to reach around £340k per week. ~ @RobDawsonESPN hard pass hell no mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,204 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 We are getting Tel as our striker arent we! fuck me bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 51 minutes ago, DDA said: We are getting Tel as our striker arent we! fuck me no we will not buy him bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,660 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 (edited) 2 hours ago, mkh said: ‼️ Victor Osimhen’s wage demands are expected to reach around £340k per week. ~ @RobDawsonESPN time to learn saudi btw who here would take back don carlo Edited April 8, 2025 by whats happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,089 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 (edited) 4 hours ago, mkh said: ‼️ Victor Osimhen’s wage demands are expected to reach around £340k per week. ~ @RobDawsonESPN Well if he does the business, its money well spent. Lets be real. We are paying Reece James a minimum of 250k a week, who barely plays more than 15 games a season. Not to mention the wages of Lavia and Fofana also on top who NEVER play mote than 15 games a season. If we offload Sterling also who is on 250-300k a week. And Kepa. More wages free’d up. On top of the wages we have saved since BlueCo ran us from CL winners to Conference League wankers. You have to pay top dollar for top players if you want to go far. And I think the fee for Oshimen will be a sticking point as it is anyway, so we won’t get to negotiating. Wait and see, Liam Delap for £40m on 50-55k a week. Edited April 8, 2025 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,037 Posted April 8, 2025 Share Posted April 8, 2025 5 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: Well if he does the business, thats not that bad. Lets be real. We are paying Reece James a minimum of 250k a week, who barely plays more than 10-15 games a season. Not to mention the wages of Lavia and Fofana also. If we offload Sterling also who is on 250-300k a week. And Kepa. More wages free’d up. You have to pay top dollar for top players if you want to go far. Wait and see though, Liam Delap for £40m on 55k a week. This is £88m in wages over 5 years .£124m in wages over 7 years hell no Blue Armour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,089 Posted April 9, 2025 Share Posted April 9, 2025 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vesper said: This is £88m in wages over 5 years .£124m in wages over 7 years hell no We won’t be signing a player of that age on a 7 year deal though. Not a chance. 4 or 5 year deal maybe. Would rather give that guy £88m in wages over 5 years and know we might get some actual bang for our buck in the present than persist with guys like Jackson and potentially Delap or Tel in the hope they might do something in 2/3 years. What is the alternative though? Realistically if people expect us to do anything next season with both Nico and either one of Liam Delap/Mathys Tel then they are dreaming. If Nico had scored the chances he’d missed this season and last we would probably have gotten another 20-25 points since the start of last season. Even the big Swedish lad from Sporting, he isn’t cut out to do it in the PL for a big club for me. Certainly not worth a gamble for the £70-80m they seem to be talking about anyway. Maybe I am wrong but have seen plenty of strikers/attackers from Sporting, Benfica and Porto make these moves to other clubs and struggle to replicate anywhere near the levels they did or people thought they could. Likes of Darwin Nunez, Joao Felix, Jackson Martinez, Goncalo Ramos, Andre Silva, Fabio Silva. Then theres also the guys from Portugal who never make the move to a higher level league where people thought they’d be able to after pissing it up in Portugal, ie Hulk & Oscar Cardozo. Falcao, Di Maria, James, Fernandes, Luiz Diaz are really the only ones after Nani and Ronaldo that I can think of off the top off my head who did well in Portugal then moved to a better league and did well/better. Leao & Raphinha as well. Edited April 9, 2025 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,730 Posted April 9, 2025 Share Posted April 9, 2025 Delap is the ideal profile for these wankers, cheap, low wages, young and a huge gamble again on a striker with a burden of needing to score 25-30 goals a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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