Chelsea Transfers

[MoroccanBlue 5,399]

7 minutes ago, mkh said:

Dortmund want to pay £25.6M for Carney and want Chelsea to pay £51.2M for Gittens.
Chelsea would have to transfer an additional £25.2M to Dortmund.

Get. 

Fucked. 
 

Can someone convince me how Gittens just isn’t Tyrique George with minutes? 

[mkh 752]

Tottenham, Chelsea and Newcastle remain all keen on signing Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace as he’s been on their lists for months.

There’s also a possibility Guehi goes on free transfer in 2026 if a deal can’t be agreed this summer.

(Fabrizio Romano)

 

🔴Al-Hilal have been handed a significant boost as Victor Osimhen is interested in sealing a switch to the Saudi Pro League.

(JacobsBen)

[Vesper 31,052]

47 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Get. 

Fucked. 
 

Can someone convince me how Gittens just isn’t Tyrique George with minutes? 

I cannot do it

Gittens is decent, but over 50m quid for him is a bit of madness IMHO

Edited April 26, 2025 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,052]

Edited April 26, 2025 by Vesper

[mkh 752]

🔴Description of Gittens by a Dortmund fan:

His first half of the season was absolute performance limit and overperformed.

I've rarely seen a player with so little game intelligence.

No spatial thinking at all, no gossiping, no shifting completely to the other side.

For such a one-dimensional player, I think the sums mentioned are appropriate.

[Vesper 31,052]

best wingers who are remotely available    

Florian Wirtz 
Jamal Musiala 
Xavi Simons  
Bradley Barcola  (doubtful he moves)
Rafael Leão
Bryan Mbeumo  
Morgan Rogers 
Kenan Yildiz 
Nico Williams   
Rayan Cherki 
Jamie Gittens  
Alex Baena   
Assane Diao  
Tyler Dibling
Johan Bakayoko  

 

[DDA 10,209]

3 hours ago, mkh said:

🔴Description of Gittens by a Dortmund fan:

His first half of the season was absolute performance limit and overperformed.

I've rarely seen a player with so little game intelligence.

No spatial thinking at all, no gossiping, no shifting completely to the other side.

For such a one-dimensional player, I think the sums mentioned are appropriate.

You can see this from his YT highlights. Looks extremely limited in a footballing I.Q sense. Do NoT buy, he’s another Mudryk.

[Vesper 31,052]

Liam Delap's £30m release clause becomes active as Chelsea & Man Utd plot bids

• Ipswich Town's relegation confirmed following difficult campaign
• Liam Delap has been shining light for struggling Tractor Boys
• 22-year-old's release clause active after Championship return

https://www.90min.com/liam-delap-release-clause-becomes-active-Chelsea-man-utd-plot-bids

[Mhsc 1,139]

Controversial opinion

Go and get Delap

And still go and get a top striker (maybe even Osimhen, despite my many fears there)

NJ has to fight for his spot vs them both plus possibility to play outwide

Sell whoever is the least impressive of the 3 in 12 months and finally (hopefully) have a properly dangerous attack

[LAM09 7,087]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

Controversial opinion

Go and get Delap

And still go and get a top striker (maybe even Osimhen, despite my many fears there)

NJ has to fight for his spot vs them both plus possibility to play outwide

Sell whoever is the least impressive of the 3 in 12 months and finally (hopefully) have a properly dangerous attack

I don't think we're going to sign two more CFs to challenge NJ and have Broja and Fofana on the books when we've been playing with one for practically two years in a row.

[Reddish-Blue 2,666]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

I don't think we're going to sign two more CFs to challenge NJ and have Broja and Fofana on the books when we've been playing with one for practically two years in a row.

What's the point of having Broja on the books?   He's barely ever fit and doesn't seem to have that x-factor in attack either. 

 

[LAM09 7,087]

31 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

What's the point of having Broja on the books?   He's barely ever fit and doesn't seem to have that x-factor in attack either. 

He's contracted for another three years, so we're stuck with him. If he wasn't broken goods, he would be a handy plan b. Just look at his impact in the 4-4 draw at home V City.

[Reddish-Blue 2,666]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

If he wasn't broken goods

It's a shame when we have multiple broken goods...

W.Fofana, James, Lavia, Broja...

[LAM09 7,087]

51 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

It's a shame when we have multiple broken goods...

W.Fofana, James, Lavia, Broja...

It really is. Nkunku pre injury would probably have seen Palmer stuck on the bench for the past two months.

[Mhsc 1,139]

9 hours ago, LAM09 said:

I don't think we're going to sign two more CFs to challenge NJ and have Broja and Fofana on the books when we've been playing with one for practically two years in a row.

Broja and Fofana aren't part of the discussion surely, they're not serious players in contention to even have the most basic of squad roles, they're just write offs to be turned into the most possible cash when an opportunity arises

Guiu on the other hand may be a consideration, although I'd just loan him tbh. Delap for £30m is such a giant upgrade on Guiu for pretty insignificant money.

Also, this season the squad was supposed to be NJ, Guiu and Osimhen (on deadline day). So maybe they do believe in having 3 and competition, and just don't know how to execute the plan.

Edited April 27, 2025 by Mhsc

[LAM09 7,087]

3 hours ago, Mhsc said:

Broja and Fofana aren't part of the discussion surely, they're not serious players in contention to even have the most basic of squad roles, they're just write offs to be turned into the most possible cash when an opportunity arises

Guiu on the other hand may be a consideration, although I'd just loan him tbh. Delap for £30m is such a giant upgrade on Guiu for pretty insignificant money.

Also, this season the squad was supposed to be NJ, Guiu and Osimhen (on deadline day). So maybe they do believe in having 3 and competition, and just don't know how to execute the plan.

I totally forgot about Guiu, which just goes to show we have options (like them or hate them) that seriously need to be offloaded before we do any business. He was actually linked to a loan move before Osimhen talk started to go around, so I would have imagine had Osimhen signed, Guiu wouldn't have remained here (probably would have been more beneficial for him too).

[Mhsc 1,139]

2 hours ago, LAM09 said:

I totally forgot about Guiu, which just goes to show we have options (like them or hate them) that seriously need to be offloaded before we do any business. He was actually linked to a loan move before Osimhen talk started to go around, so I would have imagine had Osimhen signed, Guiu wouldn't have remained here (probably would have been more beneficial for him too).

Could take years to get rid of them in a way that works in a financial fair play friendly way though.

However, I can understand being hesitant about adding Osimhen or a similarly expensive player into the mix when we have so many expensive flops still on the books - from a salary perspective we are getting robbed blind on Sterling, Nkunku, Reece James, Chilwell, and Fofana, so that does feel pretty "tapped out" in terms of how much we can realistically be offering people while these guys are all around stealing a living. Its just very hard to offload them. When we send them out on loan to try to get them to show something at another club, they just go there and do nothing too.

For many of these guys we may just have to carry them all the way to the end of their contracts and loan them out until they're gone, if they're not good enough for a role in the squad at all. Reece and Fofana will presumably just stay perma injured but in our squad and play when they're fit, just on far more money than we should be paying people that are fit so rarely.

Another consideration I forgot about is that last year, we were all about the swap deal, and I guess there is no reason at all this year should be any different - probably our targets will be heavily based on whether or not that club is willing to take some wasteman off of us. Maybe we can raid a German club for someone decent in exchange for them taking on Nkunku for example.

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7 hours ago, Mhsc said:

Broja and Fofana aren't part of the discussion surely, they're not serious players in contention to even have the most basic of squad roles, they're just write offs to be turned into the most possible cash when an opportunity arises

BlueCo thinks Fofana is a god-like CB and the club defence will be built around him

🤮

[Vesper 31,052]

I have so little faith we are going to have even a decent transfer window

and I truly fear Maresca is not going to be replaced

[maxlev 55]

There seems to be so much confusion around who should be bought for the club by both the professionals (sporting directors and owners) as well as the fan base. Most times here some fans agree that a player who is about to be signed is one of the very best suitable signing for the club and when performance turns out bad, the same set of fans condemn the signing as well as those who signed him. This goes on and on for several players. It is quite hilarious. Good thing is we the fans and the club board can clearly see that we have major issues in the striker and central defence area of the pitch. I just hope they make the best choice possible to eradicate this problem so that the team can go forward instead of being stagnant.