Chelsea Transfers

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2 hours ago, Thor said:

Salah wasn't some big money buy

adjusted for inflation, Pool paid almost £60m in today's quid for him them

the most money they had ever spent on a player up to that point in time

and almost exactly the same as Barca paid for Raphinha in today's pound sterling

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3 hours ago, LAM09 said:

Salah cost around £34m in 2017 (coming off 19 goals for Roma). You can figure out what that fee would be in 2025 (most likely around £80m+ min).

you forgot the add-ons

he ended up costing £44m in 2017 quid (June 22, 2017 FOREX rate £'s to €'s was around .88 pounds to the euro on that date) as his purchase price was 50m euros, all inclusive, when the deal was signed) which is almost £60m (£59.15m) now, adjusted for inflation

https://web.archive.org/web/20200315100700/https://www.asroma.com/en/news/2017/6/roma-and-liverpool-agree-salah-transfer

Edited May 8 by Vesper

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Jadon Sancho suffers blow after ‘submitting transfer request’ to Chelsea and Manchester United

https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/08/jadon-sancho-suffers-blow-submitting-transfer-request-Chelsea-manchester-united-23045127/

Jadon Sancho has suffered a blow after ‘submitting a transfer request’ to leave both Chelsea and Manchester United this summer.

Sancho was hoping to revive his stuttering career at Chelsea – the club he supported as a child – after joining the Blues on a season-long loan last summer.

Manchester United spent over £70m to sign Sancho in 2021 but the winger endured a hugely difficult period at Old Trafford.

The England international struggled to produce his best form at the chaotic Premier League giants and fell out of favour with former manager Erik ten Hag, who criticised his performances in training.

Sancho was motivated to prove United wrong when he joined Chelsea at the start of the season but his struggles have continued in west London, where he has scored just three league goals.

When Chelsea signed Sancho on loan, they agreed to make the move permanent this summer for a fee of between £20-25m.

However, it was revealed earlier in the year that Chelsea could terminate that agreement if they paid £5m in compensation to Manchester United.

Despite the presence of a get-out clause and some underwhelming performances, Chelsea were still believed to be intending on signing Sancho on a permanent transfer at the end of the season.

But the situation was complicated further by reports claiming Sancho was himself questioning his future at Stamford Bridge.

A return to Manchester United appears off the table but Sancho reportedly expressed a desire to return to his former club Borussia Dortmund.

It was at Dortmund that Sancho first caught the eye of Europe’s elite after he came through at Manchester City’s academy.

Sancho enjoyed a second spell at the Bundesliga club last season, helping Dortmund reach the Champions League final while on another loan away from United.

Unfortunately for Sancho, Borussia Dortmund have ‘ruled out’ signing him for a third time and are not interested in a summer deal, according to Bild.

It is claimed that while Dortmund have no interest in re-signing Sancho, other clubs in Germany would be open to securing his signature if he was willing to take a pay-cut on his hefty wages.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has been reluctant to discuss Sancho’s long-term future at the club but Shaun Wright-Phillips believes the Blues should keep him at the club.

‘It seems like Chelsea buy with potential in mind and what players can possibly be or become,’ the former Chelsea and England winger said.

‘We all know Jadon’s potential. If Chelsea worked the way Chelsea worked, they would normally sign him, because they know what he’s capable of and they’ve seen him do it.

‘But I think what’s not helping at the minute is that he’s not only scoring, but he’s not creating enough.

‘If Chelsea are taking risks on the amount of players they are taking risks on, I don’t think he’s a bad one.

‘We know what he’s already done in a game. If he makes his way back, you’ve got a player on your hands.’

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crazy wild card

veteran CF, 29yo, and has 25 goals in only 2,384 minutes so far this season, 19 of those are league goals (in only 1,565 minutes, all 19 goals came in his last 21 Bundesliga games played, in only 1,336 minutes)

also he had 4 goals against two of the top 3 Bundesliga 2 sides in the Pokal

plus a CL goal

and a Super Cup goal

injury history is the big issue, BUT he only missed 1 game all this season due to injury, he just did not play that many minutes in Leverkusen's system

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 Alessio Tacchinardi: lauds ‘spectacular’ defender

https://www.juvefc.com/juve-is-back-tacchinardi-thrilled-with-tudor-debut-lauds-renato-veiga/

snip

“Applause, thumbs up, all together fighting and battling together, until the last second.”

Tacchinardi then praised some of the individuals who delivered the goods on Saturday, particularly Renato Veiga.

“I finally saw the vertical, fast and ferocious plays, a monstrous Yildiz, a crazy Thuram, I liked Locatelli a lot. Then my idol is Renato Veiga because he is spectacular.

snip

 

https://www.juvefc.com/juventus-desperate-keep-veiga-solutions-Chelsea/

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CB's

Buy (Bastoni is a pipe dream, and we likely cannot afford BOTH Huijsen and Murillo this coming summer, and Tah wants too much in salary + a massive signing fee as he is a free agent)

Dean Huijsen

and for the 30yo and up veteran either Amir Rrahmani (tough tough pull but would be perfect) OR José María Giménez OR Mario Hermoso OR maybe Stefan de Vrij

Keep

Levi Colwill (last chance saloon year for him next year, if he doesnt start to improve a lot, he needs to be shipped, and MAYBE Murillo may still be at Forest)
Tosin Adarabioyo
Renato Veiga (I know, this one is controversial but I think he has the skillset to succeed here, but that said, IF Juve offer a to buy him for a good price, I will not lose my mind)
Josh Acheampong

Aarón Anselmino (loan him to Strasbourg)
 
Sell

Benoît Badiashile
Wesley Fofana
Axel Disasi
Trevoh Chalobah
Alfie Gilchrist

 

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Chelsea have notified their interest in Morgan Rogers and are not the only Premier League side in this regard; yet it would take a sizeable fee and other factors for his exit to be considered.

 this is being pushed by Joe Shields.

Aston Villa believe he is worth 80-90 mil and want a package close to 100 Mil with all add ons included. #CFC 

Rodgers is open for new challenge but will not force a move !

[@J_Tanswell]

 

Chelsea have already held more than one round of talks in their bid to land 29-year-old Frank Anguissa as a free agent this summer.

(Il Mattino)

‼️Chelsea are prepared to offer Jamie Gittens a lucrative contract and double the salary he earns at Dortmund. They would offer him a long-term contract running until 2030 as well.

Joe Shields is a huge fan of Gittens.

 

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3 minutes ago, mkh said:

want a package close to 100 Mil with all add ons

100m quid is MADNESS

and I have been a big booster of Rogers for some time now

looking at European continetal teams, that is a 118m euro spend

that is getting near Musiala/Wirtz price and certainly Rodrygo cost

 

the only wingers/AMF types at that level of cost on the planet are:

Vinicius Junior   
Lamine Yamal  
Kylian Mbappé 
Jude Bellingham (and is the only on here who almsot never plays winger)
Bukayo Saka 
Florian Wirtz  
Jamal Musiala  
Cole Palmer 
Rodrygo 
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 

Raphinha turns 29yo in 7 months, so he is no longer at that price level soon

Ousmane Dembélé turns 29yo before the end of next season as well

and lastly

Phil Foden (unless his slide continues)

 

 

the only 5 others (atm) who MAY get there soon are, IMHO

Bradley Barcola

Désiré Doué

Michael Olise

plus (HOPEFULLY) Estevao

and (hopefully NOT, lol) Ethan Nwaneri

 

as for the rest of the huge names:

Salah is of course too old now (33yo in a month or so) for that price, same (obviously) for Messi and CR7

no way Xavi Simons or Nico Williams or or Rafael Leão are at that price level

same for Luis Díaz, who also turns 29yo soon, in only 8 months

Kenan Yıldız is good to great but nowhere near 118m euro level atm

 

that is it

all the top top WC wingers/'score first' AMFs ATM (or ones who should/could soon be there)

 

Rogers is a good to potentially great player but he is not at that price level atm for me

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Rogers was playing for Middlesbrough only two years ago

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Arsenal Lead Shock Charge For Jamie Gittens As Chelsea Struggle To Keep Up

https://www.stadiumrant.com/arsenal-lead-shock-charge-for-jamie-gittens/

[Pizy 18,996]

I’d rather keep Sancho than sign Gittens. Another risk of a winger that we can’t afford to take. Tbh, it feels silly to even be thinking about more attacking midfielders until the keeper and striker issues are solved. CB as well.

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20 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I’d rather keep Sancho than sign Gittens. Another risk of a winger that we can’t afford to take. Tbh, it feels silly to even be thinking about more attacking midfielders until the keeper and striker issues are solved. CB as well.

and hopefully Muddy gets his shit sorted

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20 minutes ago, Vesper said:

and hopefully Muddy gets his shit sorted

wouldn't put my hope on it

[Special Juan 28,233]

The Mudryk thing has gone on for too long now, plus he's shite so should be got rid of anyway

If we look anywhere else first apart from striker and GK then we want throwing to the lions

[Thor 2,753]

I'd love Rogers here. 

Surely we could package up some of our useless players to send over plus cash. 

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6 minutes ago, Thor said:

I'd love Rogers here. 

Surely we could package up some of our useless players to send over plus cash. 

They had interest in Felix a few months ago, so he'd be a like for like replacement for them. We can throw in Disasi unless his performances have done enough to scare them off. 😄

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2 hours ago, Vesper said:

and hopefully Muddy gets his shit sorted

I well and truly forgot he existed. 

[mkh 632]

Chelsea have opened talks with Strasbourg forward Emanuel Emegha regarding a potential transfer this summer. The Dutch forward Emegha, who has 14 goals in Ligue 1, would be open to the move. (via @footmercato)