The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 Just now, Mário César said: Lol in what world you think we will bring nico or rodry or maigan? It's not what I think they'll do, it's what *I*, as in me, would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,142 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 4 minutes ago, The Skipper said: Good evening Chelsea family, glad to see this place is still alive and kicking. Small thoughts on our transfer window so far. I think the Delap signing is great value for money, and in today's market where your young talented CFs are going for 90m-100m+ euros, it's a snip. Of course he isn't a top 9 yet, but low risk high reward imo. Quenda, just watched him in the France u21 v Portugal u21 matchup. Kid's legit. Elite winger in the making, great weight of pass, great football IQ, great athleticim and a nice technical floor. Wish we could bring him in a bit earlier because I think he's ready to start in the PL tbh. Essugo seems like a raw guy, so really looking forward to see *how* raw exactly. Seems like a good dude to bring off the bench to add beef into the midfield. Sarr seems like the type of CB we need - strong, athletic, front footed. He is still a bit raw though it seems. Interested to see how he cooks in the CWC. For me the priorities now are, bring in Maignan if you can and run a 2 man rotation between him and Sanchez (Maignan as the no. 1 of course). Looks like they're hellbent on selling Petrovic and he seems to be ready to go anyways. I don't think Jorgensen will ever be good enough (happy to be proved wrong) and I don't think Penders needs to sit on the bench here - Maignan can be a perfect in between. I would also look at an elite right footed winger - so someone like Rodrygo, Barcola, Leao or maybe even Nico Williams. If possible, let's grab also a 10/wing hybrid type player too so we can actually rotate Palmer or not be too effected if he goes missing through injury/form. I really like Ekitike as well but I think that's more of a luxury signing tbh, not essential. Also heard we might be after Hato at LB, wouldn't be so mad at that. So for the rest of the window if you bring in: Maignan Rodrygo/Barcola/Leao/Nico Williams Hybrid 10/LW or maybe just another right footed left winger (Gittens is ok if they can get a reasonable price) Ekitike Hato I think we have a top window here. Then it's about selling. Whether they can pull that off, I don't know. The owners and SDs so far have looked very amateurish in general. They've done some good stuff but done a lot of bad stuff as well. hejsan m8! long time no see hugzzzz, Vesper Strike and The Skipper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 1 minute ago, Vesper said: hejsan m8! long time no see hugzzzz, Vesper Good to see some of the OGs are still kicking it on here! Good to see you too Vesper! Stats and Vesper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,142 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 so much for the Fichajes lies that Real Madrid had hijacked Arse's deal for Zubi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,112 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 (edited) 1 hour ago, Special Juan said: we failed the manager because the club is obsessed with penny pinching, yet the graphs and data tell you we are way above the PSR curve, with ease. Precisely. I am beginning to wonder if there are other financial issues that the owners are worried about. Or if it purely that they were expecting to generate much more money from their current investment? The loopholes for the 7 & 8 year deals were closed by both the PL & UEFA. The hotels & women’s team now also have been sold to ourselves to balance the books, what other assets can we do this with realistically to get around PSR? The failure to close the Maignan deal for the sake of a few bob is an absolute anomaly given the spending in previous windows and seasons. Fully with you on the experience and leadership. Could talk about squad building and recruitment to the cow comes home. How we went from one extreme in that first window with new owners to another extreme afterwards, which has set us back on the pitch. And will continue to result in competing for Europa/CL qualification at most. I seen quotes from Maresca talking about PSG and how their project is an example for him and what he’s doing here. And it was also alluded to on here at times. Are people forgetting about the core of their starting 11 consists of more proven and experienced guys like Dembele (28), Marquinhos (31), Hakimi (26), Donnarumma (26) & Fabian (29)? It is all about balance in squad building and recruitment. Edited June 11, 2025 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 (edited) 49 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: Fully with you on the experience and leadership. Could talk about squad building and recruitment to the cow comes home. How we went from one extreme in that first window with new owners to another extreme afterwards, which has set us back on the pitch. And will continue to result in competing for Europa/CL qualification at most. I seen quotes from Maresca talking about PSG and how their project is an example for him and what he’s doing here. And it was also alluded to on here at times. Are people forgetting about the core of their starting 11 consists of more proven and experienced guys like Dembele (28), Marquinhos (31), Hakimi (26), Donnarumma (26) & Fabian (29)? It is all about balance in squad building and recruitment. So: Dembele: signed at 26. Hakimi: signed at 22 Donnarumma: signed at 22 Marquinhos: signed at 21? Fabian: 26 I think there's not much wrong with signing young guys, because all of these bar say Marquinhos still had loads of experience when signed (I think experience rather than age is important here - how many top flight games have they played). I think the key really is to sign real quality with experience, regardless of age. We have guys like Enzo, Caicedo, Reece, Cucurella seriously coming of age now in that sort of bracket imo. Pretty much core guys in our 11. We need a few more absolutely, and this is where you get guys like Maignan to come in and bridge the gap, but imo football is turning into a sport where youth are going to prevail. You don't want to wed yourself to "older" players too much, you are better off building them up yourself as PSG have done. We do lack that balance a bit, but I don't think signing older players for the sake of it, unless they actually bring in real quality like Maignan, is a great idea. Hopefully the whole CWC deadline thing was a ruse and we actually do end up grabbing him, and a top quality left winger who does have that experience, minimum. Then you have a core of top LW, Maignan, Reece, Cucurella, Enzo, Caicedo which is over half of the starting 11 now. Surrounded by young guys with top character like Colwill & Palmer, that's 8/11. The rest can be managed imo. It's a good base. They just need to add the crown jewels now. Edited June 11, 2025 by The Skipper Strike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,142 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost508 The 508th Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 teams in the world with the most subscriptions on the following social networks: X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. The Spanish side of Real Madrid tops the list with over 470 million subscriptions, just ahead of their great rivals Barcelona (424 million). All the other clubs are much further behind. Manchester United completes the podium with 234 million, while Paris St-Germain is fourth with 199 million. In the top 10 are four other English teams (Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal), one German (Bayern Munich) and one Italian (Juventus). The podium for non-European clubs is made up of Brazil's Flamengo, Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr and Egypt's Al-Ahly. The Post also presents the trends recorded since June 2024 (without YouTube). In relative terms, the biggest increase among the top 100 clubs was registered for Santos (+82%), certainly thanks to the recruitment of star player Neymar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,976 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 Launched, as in €2M loan fee and no obligation to buy. Fernando and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,842 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 5 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Launched, as in €2M loan fee and no obligation to buy. Gotta feel sorry for Juve fans.. Within a few years, from having Chiellini-Bonucci-Barzagli ATB they ended up with Kelly, Gatti and Bremer and chasing Disasi. Vesper and ZAPHOD2319 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,271 Posted June 11, 2025 Share Posted June 11, 2025 Arsenal heavily linked with Gyokeres. This is painful Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,832 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 49 minutes ago, DDA said: Arsenal heavily linked with Gyokeres. This is painful Good to see. A team reliant on crossing getting an absolute sham of a heading forward in Gyokeres. I don't see Gyokeres doing much if he can't physically overwhelm in the PL. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,271 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 47 minutes ago, Thor said: Good to see. A team reliant on crossing getting an absolute sham of a heading forward in Gyokeres. I don't see Gyokeres doing much if he can't physically overwhelm in the PL. This may the first thing we agree on. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,832 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 58 minutes ago, DDA said: This may the first thing we agree on. I just don't think its the panic stations everyone is going on about. People are praising PSG, but they signed all their current great talent at under 25... We have been trending upwards. Our players are going to be a year older, more experienced, resilient, and in tune with the manager and his method of playing. People are acting as if we were world beaters the last 10 years. We've won 1 PL title in the last 10 years. Our "success" is a bit of a mask when we had an extraordinary and unexpected CL run where we happened to hit our stride, and clearly built a cup side, but one not capable of winning the league (ala early 2000s Liverpool). If you zoom out and look at things for what they are - this last season results wise was one of our best in the last 10 years aside from the PL winning season, and CL winning season. We're in top 4, CL, and won a trophy. We are the youngest team in the league (history actually). Have some of the most promising players in Cole, Caicedo, Lavia, Enzo, Santos and Estevao in our team - who will continue to grow, be a staple/core of the team, and the average age between them is under 23 years old... We have RJ who can hopefully work his way back and is only 25. We have the likes of Colwill who has been hot and cold but is 22. I'm personally excited for the likes of Essugo, who is young and strong as a bull. I've heard nothing but great things about Quenda who will be joining us next season too. People are yearning for this return to glory, but it was masked well in the last 10 years under Roman. It wasn't as consistent or glory filled as we pretend. We had patches where we made it work. Both of our CL wins happened and were shocks to most of us. We didn't win while we were dominant, we won because we hit stride and it masked the faults of the club that were plain and obvious. Now we go into next season with more experience and a year older, know how to win a major final, and they showed when it gets tough they know how to get results with the last stretch. That is big. Yes I wasn't happy with the play since Xmas, but they dug deep and won. That is important. Is there things I'd like to be done better? Yes, clearly defensive and GK signings have been god awful, but I'm sure it is a point of making it better. Maignan would have been nice, but is it far and away the surefire thing we think it is? Maybe not - and glad they approached with caution considering how poor they've been spending money on keepers. chef and bohops 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 9 hours ago, The Skipper said: Good to see some of the OGs are still kicking it on here! Good to see you too Vesper! Good to see you around mate, stay tuned The Skipper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 16 hours ago, mkh said: All Chelsea players who will not be going to the Club World Cup and will be leaving Chelsea on a permanent or loan basis. 1. Renato Veiga 2. Mathis Amougou (Loan Strassbourg) 3. Dorde Petrovic 4. Axel Disasi 5. Raheem Sterling 6. Kendry Paez (Loan Strassbourg) 7. João Félix 8. Carney Chukwuemeka (Plays the Club World Cup with Dortmund) 9. Lesley Ugochukwu 10. Ben Chilwell 11. Wesley Fofana (Is injured) 12. Datro Fofana (Is injured) 13. Armando Broja 14. Deivid Washington (Loan on Santos) 15. Mykhaylo Mudryk (Remains blocked) 16. Caleb Wiley 17. Kepa 18. Alfie Gilchrist 19. Estevao (Plays the Club World Cup with Palmeiras) 20. Ishé Samuels-Smith 21. Shumaira Mheuka 22. Sam Rak-Sakyi 23. Kiano Dyer 24. Leo Castledine 25. Omari Kellyman (Is injured) 26. Reggie Walsh 27. Dujuan Richards (Is injured) Youth players you missed, who played for senor team: Murray-Campbell, Genesis Antwi, Ato Ampah. Worth mentioning Rak-Sakyi, Dyer and Murray-Campbell have one year left on contracts, if they won't extend it I think we won't see them around senor team anymore. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 2 hours ago, ulvhedin said: Youth players you missed, who played for senor team: Murray-Campbell, Genesis Antwi, Ato Ampah. Worth mentioning Rak-Sakyi, Dyer and Murray-Campbell have one year left on contracts, if they won't extend it I think we won't see them around senor team anymore. Also OP forgot about Alex Matos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,502 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 we spend so much money on youngster and we already want to sold them... unbelieveble iceboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,976 Posted June 12, 2025 Share Posted June 12, 2025 42 minutes ago, Mário César said: we spend so much money on youngster and we already want to sold them... unbelieveble I don’t know that it is the entire business model, but it is a piece of this ownership’s way of generating profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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