Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 19,250]

Sesko looks extremely talented and could become great at Arse but I’d actually be pretty relieved if they sign him instead of Gyokeres. Sesko looks to me to be more of a risk whereas Gyokeres feels like he’d seamlessly slot in to a Arse/Chelsea/Liverpool and hit the ground running.

If Arse do indeed go for Sesko though I wonder where that leaves Gyokeres in terms of options. The usual big boys Madrid, Barca, and Bayern don’t need a #9. The big Italian sides are usually broke. City have Haaland.

Suppose there’s an outside chance United pull a Casemiro/Di Maria/Varane and massively shell out for a superstar when nobody expected it. But that’s exactly what got them into the mess they’re in now. Handing players monster wages.

[Strike 7,761]

Where does that leave Gyokeres I wonder? No word on him. Decent fee too 

[Vesper 31,037]

6 hours ago, Fernando said:

Need now the new World Cup of clubs, which looks very nice. 

And the newly revived FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

The only major post WWII European-wide club trophies we cannot get are the old defunct Intertoto Cup and the old defunct Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

If you really want to get into the weeds in terms of 'global club champions' then there were 3 other tournaments contested post WWII. All 3 are the subjects of much controversy, especial in Brasil, but also (in terms of the Small World Cup) with Real Madrid, Barca, and the Colombian side Millonarios (all 3, plus the Brasilian winners claim world clup titles).

1. Copa Rio (held twice, 1951 and 1952, with Palmeiras in 1951 and Fluminense in 1952 winning it)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Rio_(international_tournament)

2. Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer (held once, 1953, won by Vasco da Gama)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torneio_Octogonal_Rivadavia_Correa_Meyer

3. The Small World Cup

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Club_World_Cup

The Small World Cup (Spanish: Pequeña Copa del Mundo) was a football tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1975 (with some journalists considering 1952–57 the period of greatest relevance, and the second period that took place between 1963 and 1975 as of minor relevance).

snip

 

There were 2 even more obscure post WWII attempts at a world club championship:

1. The (mainly 1953 and 1954 are of import, but there were 4 other later editions: 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1978) Montevideo Cup

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Montevideo

And finally....

2. The Taça Charles Miller, held in 1955 in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/charlesmiller55.html

 

 

 

[Vesper 31,037]

7 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Wydad Casablanca 

I only saw the Esperance links to him

Btw, I  REALLY wanted Raja Casablanca to beat Bayern in the 2013 FIFA World Club Cup final!

Would have helped remove the disgrace of our shameful 2012 FWCC final defeat to Corinthians, grrrrr.

Edited May 29, 2025 by Vesper

[TheHulk 2,636]

Fuck Joao Pedro.

[mkh 748]

Chelsea were working on both Delap and Ekitike, as first revealed here. 

Delap is now done but Ekitike won’t be done this week barring a major shock.

@MaxLondonsFirst

 

Edited May 29, 2025 by mkh

[Mário César 1,475]

if we spend 84M pounds on ekitike jesus christ

why not spend that money trying to buy gyo? I cant understand 

[nyikolajevics 2,829]

It's been discussed wheter we should buy Sancho, sell Madueke, but didn't see anyone mention the possibility of offloading Neto. Are you all happy with him? I feel Jadon, Noni, Palmer and hopefully Estevao all have something to offer that other players cannot. Neto's skillset is too simple, no end product, no good against solid defence. He is 25, a player who makes a living with his pace but has a solid injury history, I don't feel his ceiling is any more higher.

[Pizy 19,250]

If you’re Ekitike, why would you even want to come to Chelsea after seeing us sign Delap and already have Jackson here? It makes little sense from either our perspective or his.

[nyikolajevics 2,829]

10 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If you’re Ekitike, why would you even want to come to Chelsea after seeing us sign Delap and already have Jackson here? It makes little sense from either our perspective or his.

This guy joined a team which had Messi, Mbappe, Neymar and Icardi. Up to challanges perhaps?

[mkh 748]

Remember that Chelsea love Jamie Gittens from Dortmund. He is one of the players on the list, not the only one. So for sure, he's one of the players they are considering.

@FabrizioRomano

[LAM09 7,085]

21 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

This guy joined a team which had Messi, Mbappe, Neymar and Icardi. Up to challanges perhaps?

And did nothing there despite no one wanting to play CF. That isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

It's frustrating seeing us go all in for someone who has done very little to warrant such interest. If the board watched Frankfurt, did they not see Marmoush carry the team offensively for months?

Edited May 29, 2025 by LAM09

[Pizy 19,250]

24 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

This guy joined a team which had Messi, Mbappe, Neymar and Icardi. Up to challanges perhaps?

Yeah, and that worked out terribly for him and it felt like he was there for 5 minutes. Don't know if he wants a repeat of that scenario.

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

@TheHulk 😍

Edited May 29, 2025 by NikkiCFC

[Strike 7,761]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Sesko looks extremely talented and could become great at Arse but I’d actually be pretty relieved if they sign him instead of Gyokeres. Sesko looks to me to be more of a risk whereas Gyokeres feels like he’d seamlessly slot in to a Arse/Chelsea/Liverpool and hit the ground running.

If Arse do indeed go for Sesko though I wonder where that leaves Gyokeres in terms of options. The usual big boys Madrid, Barca, and Bayern don’t need a #9. The big Italian sides are usually broke. City have Haaland.

Suppose there’s an outside chance United pull a Casemiro/Di Maria/Varane and massively shell out for a superstar when nobody expected it. But that’s exactly what got them into the mess they’re in now. Handing players monster wages.

I see two options that could emerge soon. Liverpool have not yet signed a striker and will replace Darwin. It could be that they go to Gyokeres  

Barca want a striker too but are not yet committing to signing players due to their finances.

[Pizy 19,250]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

I see two options that could emerge soon. Liverpool have not yet signed a striker and will replace Darwin. It could be that they go to Gyokeres  

Barca want a striker too but are not yet committing to signing players due to their finances.

Yeah, those two make sense. He goes to Liverpool and they may dominate the league like Pep did for a few years so hopefully it’s not there. 

Barca would be picture perfect for them but as you say who knows if they can make it work financially.

[King Kante 1,643]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Sesko looks extremely talented and could become great at Arse but I’d actually be pretty relieved if they sign him instead of Gyokeres. Sesko looks to me to be more of a risk whereas Gyokeres feels like he’d seamlessly slot in to a Arse/Chelsea/Liverpool and hit the ground running.

If Arse do indeed go for Sesko though I wonder where that leaves Gyokeres in terms of options. The usual big boys Madrid, Barca, and Bayern don’t need a #9. The big Italian sides are usually broke. City have Haaland.

Suppose there’s an outside chance United pull a Casemiro/Di Maria/Varane and massively shell out for a superstar when nobody expected it. But that’s exactly what got them into the mess they’re in now. Handing players monster wages.

I do not think they have enough Dinner Ladies left to sack to pull that off. 

[Strike 7,761]

51 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If you’re Ekitike, why would you even want to come to Chelsea after seeing us sign Delap and already have Jackson here? It makes little sense from either our perspective or his.

Stylistically he's closer to Isak and can also play off the main striker

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

Looks like everyone opted against Gyokeres. 

[Strike 7,761]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Looks like everyone opted against Gyokeres. 

I wonder what has put both Arsenal and Chelsea off Gyokeres. Yet to see a club go in for him when he has the most impressive numbers