Chelsea Transfers

[YorkshireBlue 3,341]

15 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I’m actually kind of surprised that we haven’t been linked with Harvey Elliot with our whole young player obsession. Lot of people think he could pull a Dole Palmer and explode once he leaves Liverpool to be an every match starter.

We need palmer to pull a palmer atm 

[mkh 752]

🔵SebSB on Gittens release clause:

"It was a funny one. And this is actually why the negotiation has been a little bit protracted because his release clause is dependent upon which European competition Dortmund qualified for next season.

So if they finished in the Champions League places, it was at its highest. If they missed out on European football together, it was at its lowest. And the problem was that over the last eight weeks of the Bundesliga season, Dortmund went from mid-table to snatching the fourth place on the final day of the season.

No one kind of knew what their leverage was in that. So it was really, really awkward for everybody."

(via@TheAthleticFC)

[LAM09 7,087]

33 minutes ago, mkh said:

🔵SebSB on Gittens release clause:

"It was a funny one. And this is actually why the negotiation has been a little bit protracted because his release clause is dependent upon which European competition Dortmund qualified for next season.

So if they finished in the Champions League places, it was at its highest. If they missed out on European football together, it was at its lowest. And the problem was that over the last eight weeks of the Bundesliga season, Dortmund went from mid-table to snatching the fourth place on the final day of the season.

No one kind of knew what their leverage was in that. So it was really, really awkward for everybody."

(via@TheAthleticFC)

I don't believe I've ever heard of such a clause. If we had pull the trigger early, we would have saved a decent chunk.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

7 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I don't believe I've ever heard of such a clause. If we had pull the trigger early, we would have saved a decent chunk.

It is safe to say whoever led the negotiations on Chelsea side botched that one big time. When the second offer over 50m was rejected, the Dortmund director went out of his way to say that it was only rejected bc the bid came in hours before the windows closed not bc of the amount. Still, they came back with 55m+ right when it reopened. Also got a hunch Bayern interest was never real and they just did it to coax the club they dislike most into overspending 

[LAM09 7,087]

1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

It is safe to say whoever led the negotiations on Chelsea side botched that one big time. When the second offer over 50m was rejected, the Dortmund director went out of his way to say that it was only rejected bc the bid came in hours before the windows closed not bc of the amount. Still, they came back with 55m+ right when it reopened. Also got a hunch Bayern interest was never real and they just did it to coax the club they dislike most into overspending 

They definitely don't seem to be the smartest bunch. Go all out for meh players and play penny-pinchers where game changers are involved (Osimhen, Maignan, etc).

[Vesper 31,050]

11 hours ago, Strike said:

 

 

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

6 hours ago, Pizy said:

I’m actually kind of surprised that we haven’t been linked with Harvey Elliot with our whole young player obsession. Lot of people think he could pull a Dole Palmer and explode once he leaves Liverpool to be an every match starter.

For Elliot it's easier path to start in Liverpool midfield than here tbh

[Vesper 31,050]

6 hours ago, Pizy said:

I’m actually kind of surprised that we haven’t been linked with Harvey Elliot with our whole young player obsession. Lot of people think he could pull a Dole Palmer and explode once he leaves Liverpool to be an every match starter.

[Vesper 31,050]

13 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

For Elliot it's easier path to start in Liverpool midfield than here tbh

he is best at RWer

so Salah leaving is only thing to help him there

and Salah seems to not be slowing down

probably has at least 2 top years left

[Reddish-Blue 2,666]

6 hours ago, LAM09 said:

They definitely don't seem to be the smartest bunch. Go all out for meh players and play penny-pinchers where game changers are involved (Osimhen, Maignan, etc).

I thought the Osimhen deal fell through because his agent wanted ridiculous wages, which was above the club's wage structure. 

And then somehow he ended up in Turkey of all places

[ulvhedin 526]

Anyone else worried about no of new players coming in? We can't replace half a squad every summer (and sometimes winter) and expect them to integrate without a problems:

- Sarr

- Santos (he spent 2 preseasons with us, but I still count him as new), Essugo

- Estevao, Gittens, Pedro, Delap

 

That's 7 players already, with rumors of GK, LB, CB, another AM, that would take us to 11 new players, with 2 new players already ready to be included for next season- Quenda and Paez.

[Special Juan 28,734]

Medical is completed for Pedro, contract signing today...all done

[The Rising Sun 724]

These dumb owners try to treat players like stocks. Expecting price inflation and making bets on young players.

Problem being the bets are expensive bets....all between 50-115 million and all with 7 year contracts.

Keep buying 5-7 players every year and then not being able to sell well.

We were incredibly good sellers at one point of time till these owners decided to triple the squad size.

Feels truly like a recipe for disaster and a united like situation eventually - where players go rogue and start posting things on social media because they obviously are unhappy. 40 players cannot be happy anywhere.

[Marvin123 541]

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Edited July 1, 2025 by Marvin123

[Special Juan 28,734]

Romano reporting talks now underway between Spurs and Kudus, Kudus open to the move, talks continue on both sides but there are two other teams in the race for him

[Mhsc 1,139]

Neto and Gittens will be insanely fast on the counter.

Wonder if we're secretly building a park the bus and counter team and try to be a team that win 1-0 and solve the defensive problems without solving the defensive problems (i.e. hide our shit GK + CBs deficiencies by playing super defensive / deep / boring, instead of spending money to rebuild it and be a team that can play attacking and win big without being crazy open at the back).

Then maybe we tackle those problems next summer...

[Pizy 19,259]

14 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Romano reporting talks now underway between Spurs and Kudus, Kudus open to the move, talks continue on both sides but there are two other teams in the race for him

Kudus was always going to be be a luxury/over the top sort of signing after the business we’ve already done. I viewed it as highly unlikely as soon as it was reported that we still wanted him.

Spuds are right to move quickly to get him to agree to go there because we surely need to sell before going for someone else in attack.

[Special Juan 28,734]

On a totally unrelated note, how the fuck haven't United signed Mbeumo yet? Ha ha feels like they have been trying to get him years, not weeks

The United fans are going mental

[Pizy 19,259]

14 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

On a totally unrelated note, how the fuck haven't United signed Mbeumo yet? Ha ha feels like they have been trying to get him years, not weeks

The United fans are going mental

They’re probably trying to haggle Brentford into letting them pay in 5 installments or something.

[Mhsc 1,139]

37 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

On a totally unrelated note, how the fuck haven't United signed Mbeumo yet? Ha ha feels like they have been trying to get him years, not weeks

The United fans are going mental

Haha have been thinking for a couple of weeks it would be hilarious if we outbid them for him just to raise the price but then also don't move at all and turn the whole thing into a deadline day saga for them