Chelsea Transfers

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EXCL - Liverpool Football Club set to proceed with a concrete offer to Paris Saint-Germain! Reds very determined to transform their interest into a bid during recent talks. Deal won’t be under €100M. Isak situation explains this LFC new strategy.

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Man Utd contact Brighton via intermediaries to explore conditions of deal for Carlos Baleba. BHAFC do not plan to sell this summer & all sides aware move may be unrealistic. But MUFC keen + should know in coming days if plausible or not.

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[Stats 7,227]

3 minutes ago, mkh said:

Man Utd contact Brighton via intermediaries to explore conditions of deal for Carlos Baleba. BHAFC do not plan to sell this summer & all sides aware move may be unrealistic. But MUFC keen + should know in coming days if plausible or not.

(David Ornstein & Fabrizio Romano)

How are United making all these transfers and contemplating more, without one sale yet. Wasn't United making staff redundant because their financial situation was supposed to be so bleak...

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2 minutes ago, mkh said:

Man Utd contact Brighton via intermediaries to explore conditions of deal for Carlos Baleba. BHAFC do not plan to sell this summer & all sides aware move may be unrealistic. But MUFC keen + should know in coming days if plausible or not.

(David Ornstein & Fabrizio Romano)

So yet another summer when all the journalists said at the start of the window that Man United are broke and MUST sell to buy and then they go out and spend crazy money. They haven’t sold 1 player yet.

I would hate it if they can pull this off. Baleba has legitimate world class potential just like Caicedo did leaving Brighton. And it would annoy the shit out of me if Brighton suddenly capitulate and let him go for reasonable money after taking us to the cleaners whenever we negotiated with them.

He + a new keeper would be transformative for United and make them a genuine threat to us and the others in the top 4.

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@JacobsBen:

Acheampong (situation) is complicated as Chelsea value him & genuinely think he's not too far off being a serious player for the club. Bournemouth already made an inquiry & said they were very serious about making a bid. it was shut down ~2 weeks ago by CFC.

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2 minutes ago, mkh said:

@JacobsBen:

Acheampong (situation) is complicated as Chelsea value him & genuinely think he's not too far off being a serious player for the club. Bournemouth already made an inquiry & said they were very serious about making a bid. it was shut down ~2 weeks ago by CFC.

I defo would be up for loaning him there. Iraola play the progressive football from the back. Would like to see this happen. Tremendous talent and glad the board are not wanting to sell him. Serious talent.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,584]

Just now, Stats said:

I defo would be up for loaning him there. Iraola play the progressive football from the back. Would like to see this happen. Trremendous talent and glad the board are not wanting to sell him. Serious talent.

Signings we've made and linked to indicate a return to Maresca's plan A formation from majority of last season where Gusto looked 3rd tier and Acheampong looked comfortable like a seasoned pro. Is what we'll be using rather than the Plan B that used in CWC where Gusto is good in. Plus Acheampong can play multiple positions and RCB has solid options but still open for him to take over.

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24 minutes ago, Stats said:

How are United making all these transfers and contemplating more, without one sale yet. Wasn't United making staff redundant because their financial situation was supposed to be so bleak...

True. They were using that as excuse to chuck people on the scrapheap. They're being cute, spreading the cost of the payments over the whole of the contract. Also  Rashfords salary about 325k a week is paid by Barca and they have millions from sell on clauses coming in. 

 

[Marvin123 541]

Baleba is a seriously good player....

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3 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

True. They were using that as excuse to chuck people on the scrapheap. They're being cute, spreading the cost of the payments over the whole of the contract. Also  Rashfords salary about 325k a week is paid by Barca and they have millions from sell on clauses coming in. 

 

I think it’s more to do with if they don’t get champions league football again for a few years they are fucked financially, is this a rash attempt to get back into the top 4 if so it’s either extremely brave or stupidity at its highest 

Edited August 6, 2025 by YorkshireBlue

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5 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I think it’s more to do with if they don’t get champions league football again for a few years they are fucked financially, is this a rash attempt to get back into the top 4 if so it’s either extremely brave or stupidity at its highest 

I think that’s exactly what this is. Monster outlay in a desperate attempt to get UCL football. Because they’re fucked if they allow the current top 4 to run away from them and lock them out like it looked as though they would thus far in the window.

With their debt situation they NEED to be in the UCL going forward or they’re screwed. 

Baleba + Donnarumma to add to Cunha, Mbeumo, and Šeško would surely be £300m+ window. All players I rate other than Šeško.

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29 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I think it’s more to do with if they don’t get champions league football again for a few years they are fucked financially, is this a rash attempt to get back into the top 4 if so it’s either extremely brave or stupidity at its highest 

Thats their aim  - Stats was asking how they are able to do it. Answer is creative accounting mainly the stretching of payments over the whole contract.

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4 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Thats their aim  - Stats was asking how they are able to do it. Answer is creative accounting mainly the stretching of payments over the whole contract.

I think it’s throw money we don’t have at it and hope by the end of the year we have it 😂

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1 hour ago, mkh said:

Man Utd contact Brighton via intermediaries to explore conditions of deal for Carlos Baleba. BHAFC do not plan to sell this summer & all sides aware move may be unrealistic. But MUFC keen + should know in coming days if plausible or not.

(David Ornstein & Fabrizio Romano)

Surprised it's taken this long for someone's interest in him to be made public. Brighton recruit so well.

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45 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

I think it’s throw money we don’t have at it and hope by the end of the year we have it 😂

Make no mistake this is massive for them. They've been in the shadow of their noisy neighbours for years now. Growing up in London they were the top club - half the kids supported London clubs the other half Man Utd. Talk to any Utd fan now and theyre still royally fucked off - mainly because of the parasitic Glazers who borrowed hundreds of millions against the club, quietly syphoning millions into their personal accounts, and saddling the club with the debt - FC United and all that. So fast forward Radcliff has used creative accounting and chucked money about like theres no tomorrow to win over the fans -(even though he said the club could be bankrupt by Chtristmas)

[Duppy Conqueror 1,584]

So basically Man U is the Nazis and this transfer window is their Battle of the Bulge.

[Special Juan 28,765]

Fuck the Mancs, they're shite

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Brighton want £100M odd for him apparently

 

The tea ladies are tooling up over this kind of spending lol

They probably saved like £10m max doing that then spend like £200-£300M lol

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12 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Fuck the Mancs, they're shite

They’re shite now. They won’t be if they address their biggest weaknesses in midfield and in net. 

No European football and being able to focus solely on the PL will be a big advantage for them. 

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Unfortunately they will most likely price him out of a move, no way Newcastle is so stupid to go 80m.