Chelsea Transfers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,954]

 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

Over the course of two years, he made 27 appearances for Liverpool but only managed one goal. After a poor start to his Premiership career, he has undoubtedly succeeded in establishing himself. But let's not forget that before making the move, he appeared to have the world at his feet after winning the Golden Ball at the U-20 World Cup in 2017. In the eight years since, he has only made three appearances for the national team.

He only turns 28 in September, so time is just about still on his side, but at this point, I think most people who saw him breakthrough at the academy or after his exploits at said WC would say they were hoping for more from him. However, I do agree that he's still a Cobham success story, though. Every player who makes a name for themselves in Europe's major leagues should be seen as one.

It's only opinion of course but my feeling is that Dom can only have appeared to have the world at his feet from a reading of his stats, rather than from watching him play. He sometimes, but not always, caused Tammy Abraham to be played wide right for the 18s so Dom could go through the middle but he also lost the selection battle quite often. Being brutal, the three caps are probably two more than his level merits so I'd say that he has outperformed his talent in earning them. He did the same again with his outstanding season for Bournemouth. It was out of keeping with the rest of his output.

I wouldn't say it was ever obvious that Dom is a Premier League calibre footballer. Maybe the Liverpool move elevated his profile and boosted his career. Without it we might now be talking about him as a decent Championship player. He'd still be making a great living, but not many headlines.

Edited August 1, 2025 by OhForAGreavsie

[Pizy 19,288]

2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Called this scenario yesterday. If United rush in now and hand Leipzig €75m for Sesko will they then say they want to keep Xavi for another season or until January? Or simply raise his asking price now to something well walk away from?

If so we’ll look like absolute fools for negotiating for 2 weeks+ and coming up empty handed over a few million £. 

[Mhsc 1,146]

5 hours ago, Pizy said:

If so we’ll look like absolute fools for negotiating for 2 weeks+ and coming up empty handed over a few million £. 

Everyone always says we're fools for negotiating and having a stance on how much we'll pay

Everyone always says we're fools for not negotiating and getting pushed around on price

Club can't win

[TheHulk 2,650]

 

[ulvhedin 526]

So if everything goes according to rumors (not caring about bomb squad), some positions are fluid:

CF: J Pedro, Delap

LW: Gittens, Garnacho

AM: Palmer, Simons,

RW: Neto, Estevao

MF: Enzo, Caicedo, Lavia, Santos, Essugo

LB: Cucurella, Hato,

CB: Colwill, Badiashille, Tosin, Chalobah, Fofana,

RB: R James, Gusto, Acheampong

GK: Sanchez, Jorgensen, Slonina

 

Out: Nkunku, Jackson, KDH

Loan: George, Anselmino

 

Not counting GK it gives us 23 players for 10 positions. Considering Fofana, Lavia and R. James health it's pretty good depth.

However even with a lot of games I think some of the forwards will be unhappy with playing time - how to properly split game time between Gittens, Garnacho, Simons, Palmer, Neto and Estevao, also considering that Enzo and Santos can play AM?

 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

51 minutes ago, ulvhedin said:

So if everything goes according to rumors (not caring about bomb squad), some positions are fluid:

CF: J Pedro, Delap

LW: Gittens, Garnacho

AM: Palmer, Simons,

RW: Neto, Estevao

MF: Enzo, Caicedo, Lavia, Santos, Essugo

LB: Cucurella, Hato,

CB: Colwill, Badiashille, Tosin, Chalobah, Fofana,

RB: R James, Gusto, Acheampong

GK: Sanchez, Jorgensen, Slonina

 

Out: Nkunku, Jackson, KDH

Loan: George, Anselmino

 

Not counting GK it gives us 23 players for 10 positions. Considering Fofana, Lavia and R. James health it's pretty good depth.

However even with a lot of games I think some of the forwards will be unhappy with playing time - how to properly split game time between Gittens, Garnacho, Simons, Palmer, Neto and Estevao, also considering that Enzo and Santos can play AM?

 

 

+ Marc Guiu loan.

[mkh 764]

Garnacho has set his heart on Chelsea if [a move is] possible.

(@Matt_Law_DT)

[TheHulk 2,650]

I feel sick someone hold me 🤢

[Fulham Broadway 17,765]

Fuck sake. Garnachos form makes Mudryk seem dependable

[Pizy 19,288]

1 hour ago, ulvhedin said:

So if everything goes according to rumors (not caring about bomb squad), some positions are fluid:

CF: J Pedro, Delap

LW: Gittens, Garnacho

AM: Palmer, Simons,

RW: Neto, Estevao

MF: Enzo, Caicedo, Lavia, Santos, Essugo

LB: Cucurella, Hato,

CB: Colwill, Badiashille, Tosin, Chalobah, Fofana,

RB: R James, Gusto, Acheampong

GK: Sanchez, Jorgensen, Slonina

 

Out: Nkunku, Jackson, KDH

Loan: George, Anselmino

 

Not counting GK it gives us 23 players for 10 positions. Considering Fofana, Lavia and R. James health it's pretty good depth.

However even with a lot of games I think some of the forwards will be unhappy with playing time - how to properly split game time between Gittens, Garnacho, Simons, Palmer, Neto and Estevao, also considering that Enzo and Santos can play AM?

 

 

I get the feeling Jackson is staying. Newcastle is really the final possibility when they miss out on Sesko, I guess. No clubs outside of the PL are going to come near our asking price for him.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

2 hours ago, ulvhedin said:

... even with a lot of games I think some of the forwards will be unhappy with playing time - how to properly split game time between Gittens, Garnacho, Simons, Palmer, Neto and Estevao, also considering that Enzo and Santos can play AM?

 

 

It remains to be seen if the squad can live up to it but I'm hoping that we can play a rotated team in some PL and some CL fixtures. When I say 'play' I mean while retaining a reasonable expectation of getting results. That is what the spending has been for after all. If we our squad turns out to be good enough to allow this, then there will be lots of games for a lot of players, and not just nonsense, nothing, games either.

Edited August 1, 2025 by OhForAGreavsie

[TheHulk 2,650]

Stop with this nonsense of waiting for outgoings and get him already.

[mkh 764]

On the multi-club model:

The Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ownership are understood to prefer a small but mutually beneficial connection - similar to the one between RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg - rather than a bigger model like the 12-club City Football Group, led by Man City.

(@NizaarKinsella)

[Pizy 19,288]

I’ve seen Liverpool & Newcastle fans here and there talking about Nuñez potentially going the other way if Isak is sold. They get Nuñez + Wissa and I think that slams the door shut on Jackson leaving this window unless some surprise club out of nowhere suddenly find themselves needing a striker.

[mkh 764]

@Matt_Law_DT on Emegha to Chelsea:

"I was told by someone who works around the Strasbourg end of things, that they believe that one day this guy could be a 50 million-plus striker, and again, I think maybe they're looking to do an early deal for him, to get him into a Chelsea player, is looking at that fair market value.

Because if you do it now, you can probably do it around... I'm guessing here. I don't know that this is a figure, but say 25 million. If you do it another year down the line, you might be looking at a fair market value of around 40 million."

[whats happening 1,666]

newcastle rejected 120+ million pounds from liverpool for isak

[Pizy 19,288]

Isak is great but that’s just an insane overpay for me. And that’s not even enough for Newcastle apparently. They’ll probably hold out for £130-140m. He has a pretty extensive injury history over his career as well. 

 

[DDA 10,246]

1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Stop with this nonsense of waiting for outgoings and get him already.

You really like this kid eh. Have you seen him play regularly? I have seen quite a bit of him and he isn’t as good as ppl are making out. He does have potential but it wouldn’t be the end of The World if we didn’t get him.

[TheHulk 2,650]

25 minutes ago, DDA said:

You really like this kid eh. Have you seen him play regularly? I have seen quite a bit of him and he isn’t as good as ppl are making out. He does have potential but it wouldn’t be the end of The World if we didn’t get him.

I didn't but from what I saw of him he looks special, almost all his goals are great rarely any cheap tap ins, outside Palmer we have nobody close to his creativity, maybe Estevao but I doubt he will be ready this year.

I'm not impressed with our attack honestly, think we need someone like him or Rogers.