Chelsea Transfers

[TheHulk 2,637]

13 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

 

What a saga for a pub player.

[LAM09 7,087]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Just thinking about rocking up away at Real Madrid, Barca, Bayern etc with Liam Delap as our starting #9. Does he scare any teams like that?

Idk, man…

Real Madrid did win the CL with Joselu, someone Thibo pointed out after their convincing defeat to Arsenal.

[Marvin123 541]

Delap is an absolute terror for a defence, pulled them out of shape and all sorts. Playing for Ipswich we struggled with him. So im hoping as out next line of attack is so much better they get more space etc etc 

[Vesper 31,050]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

What a saga for a pub player.

Joe Cole just said live on TNT that he will be shocked if Delap is not very soon announced for us

[Blue Armour 4,714]

4 hours ago, Vytis33 said:

 

Not sure about this. 12 goals playing with a mediocre Ipswich side is nothing to scoff at., but I wouldn't call it game changing either.

Not sure how his strengths will benefit us when playing against the kind of defence we will face off against.

[Blue Armour 4,714]

4 hours ago, DDA said:

Liverpool are heavily in for Ekitike so i wouldnt hold any high hopes of landing him.

Didn't stop us from nabbing Caicedo or Lavia

[Pizy 19,259]

It’s not that Delap is a bad signing. He would be SUPER useful to have and he causes massive headaches for opposing teams. But it’s whether he’s capable of taking us all the way back to the top level. 

If it was Delap + another reliable goal scorer fine. 

[Vesper 31,050]

15 hours ago, Pizy said:

Btw, what the hell happened to Anselmino?

Strasbourg is an obvious option for £15.6m defender who continues to train alone

https://www.google.com/amp/s/Chelsea.news/2025/05/strasbourg-is-an-obvious-option-for-15-6m-defender-who-continues-to-train-alone/amp/

[Vesper 31,050]

13 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

pretty average Ipswich side.

A horrific Ipswich side.

[Vesper 31,050]

11 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Ronaldo close to joining my hometown club 😂 

But they are Tunisian, not Moroccan

Edited May 29, 2025 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,050]

New transfer weapon:

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Plus the UEFA Cup Winners Cup

[LAM09 7,087]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

It’s not that Delap is a bad signing. He would be SUPER useful to have and he causes massive headaches for opposing teams. But it’s whether he’s capable of taking us all the way back to the top level. 

If it was Delap + another reliable goal scorer fine. 

Just what I was thinking. His profile being too close to the names circulating is the only issue. My concern with his signing is that it wouldn't really offer much to have him next to someone like Osimhen. I could support a signing like Samu's a year ago (theoretically, Delap having already completed a Premier League season). We can't be going into a CL campaign with Jackson, Guiu, and Delap as our alternatives if we have any real ambition of being competitive.

[Pizy 19,259]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Just what I was thinking. His profile being too close to the names circulating is the only issue. My concern with his signing is that it wouldn't really offer much to have him next to someone like Osimhen. I could support a signing like Samu's a year ago (theoretically, Delap having already completed a Premier League season). We can't be going into a CL campaign with Jackson, Guiu, and Delap as our alternatives if we have any real ambition of being competitive.

Yeah, at least not against the very top teams. Delap isn’t striking fear in any of the big boys entering a match. 

Perhaps the club would take advantage of Delap being dirt cheap compares to the others were linked with and use the money saved to go all out for a top wide attacker to replace Madueke/Sancho. 

So while Delap alone wouldn’t be so exciting, maybe we get a Nico Williams or Rodrygo to refresh the attack? 

[OneMoSalah 9,093]

3 hours ago, Pizy said:

It’s not that Delap is a bad signing. He would be SUPER useful to have and he causes massive headaches for opposing teams. But it’s whether he’s capable of taking us all the way back to the top level. 

If it was Delap + another reliable goal scorer fine. 

Super useful? How exactly?

If he hadn’t had that game against us in December, I doubt their would be a clamouring on here to sign him. It’s like the Torres, Benayoun, Meireles effect all over again. Reports saying long standing interest also are very strange - why didn’t we try signing him from City then? Like Palmer and the fullback kid O’Reily…. cause its nonsense! We’ve needed a CF for years and he’d of been cheaper than Nico also, so yeah not buying long standing interest reports at all.

His last 2 PL goals were the beginning of April v Wolves on the 5th of April & Bournemouth on the 2nd of April. Before those he hadn’t scored since goals v Villa on the 15th of Feb and Southampton on the 1st of Feb. Prior to those, his last goals were against Fulham on the 5th Jan and us on the 30th December.

If his playing style isn’t particularly suited to a heavy possession based team - lets be honest its not at all - and his goal return isn’t consistent then how would he be “super useful”?

I am yet to see one thing that indicates he would be an improvement on what we already have (and that says something cause Jackson is beyond average).

The whole point of signing a CF is to have someone who can do the business to limit us relying on a Jackson/Delap/Guiu. Throwing in another kid who isn’t ready to lead the line for an aspiring CL level/title winning club is just pointless. May as well sign another project CB and project GK whilst we are it. You said it yourself in another post he isn’t striking fear into any of the big boys - thats the sort of player we need. 

 

Edited May 29, 2025 by OneMoSalah

[LAM09 7,087]

58 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Yeah, at least not against the very top teams. Delap isn’t striking fear in any of the big boys entering a match. 

Perhaps the club would take advantage of Delap being dirt cheap compares to the others were linked with and use the money saved to go all out for a top wide attacker to replace Madueke/Sancho. 

So while Delap alone wouldn’t be so exciting, maybe we get a Nico Williams or Rodrygo to refresh the attack? 

That's what we can hope for. Reason I was/am so against the Ekiteke signing for more than double the price. However, trying to save some pennies where it matters most on the pitch isn't a smart decision. 

[TheHulk 2,637]

Get rid of that fraud Madueke immediately and let this talent actually ball for us.

[DDA 10,209]

57 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Get rid of that fraud Madueke immediately and let this talent actually ball for us.

Go watch the the vid of his last game i posted in his thread. He isn’t ready.

[LAM09 7,087]

53 minutes ago, DDA said:

Go watch the the vid of his last game i posted in his thread. He isn’t ready.

He's going to be at the CWC, so he'll get a closer look of him against better opposition.

[Thor 2,817]

Ekitike is not worth more than double compared to Delap. 
 

I’d argue Delap is the more effective and impactful player right now anyway. 
 

Shitting on a player who banged in 12 goals on a shitty, shitty Ipswich team is bizarre. Ekitike is playing on a well oiled offensive team and has 3 more goals… in a way worse league. 

[King Kante 1,643]

5 hours ago, Pizy said:

Yeah, at least not against the very top teams. Delap isn’t striking fear in any of the big boys entering a match. 

Perhaps the club would take advantage of Delap being dirt cheap compares to the others were linked with and use the money saved to go all out for a top wide attacker to replace Madueke/Sancho. 

So while Delap alone wouldn’t be so exciting, maybe we get a Nico Williams or Rodrygo to refresh the attack? 

This could be said for a lot of players before a move. Did anyone fear Salah when he went to Liverpool, Kane after his loan at Norwich? 

Personally, I am fine with Delap, I think he has something but time will tell. However, I perfer him than putting a personality like VO into the dressing room or spending stupid wages and fees on a Bundesliga CF. Gyokeres and Alverez are the only two that are better options - although I have doubts about Gyokeres' ability to translate his form to the PL.