Chelsea Transfers

[OhForAGreavsie 6,125]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

‘Sappy downer’ … interesting…

I’m not negative for the sake of being negative. If the board didn’t do idiotic moves in the market or if the owners didn’t shape every decision based around making profit, I wouldn’t be as frustrated as I am watching it.

If you are soo easily pleased, acting like that CWC was actually a huge deal when in reality it was nothing more than a glorified pre-season tournament. Nice to say we have won everything but let’s not act like it was a CL ffs.. it’s embarrassing.

Also, couldn’t care less about making record sales… i don’t know why fans pay any attention to what profits the club are making..  you all act like you’re University graduates in accounting. What’s that all about? It’s football.. the game is about winning matches.

You know exactly why the club, and therefore its fans, have had to pay attention to making a profit on a section of our transfer activity.

I'm sure you watched at least our matches in the CWC so I don't understand the basis for your, "glorified preseason tournament", claim. Teams gave their all in every game, coaches picked their top XIs, none rotated for the sake of it, fans whose tradition is for loud passionate support produced some of the loudest most passionate support imaginable. Not a single team invited to take part, refused. Some fans and ex players of unqualified teams cried and coped by pretending not to care but two of the world's truly great clubs, Barcelona and Liverpool, gave the game away by begging for invitations despite failing to qualify.

Your attitude towards the CWC is out of step with its reality.

Edited September 2, 2025 by OhForAGreavsie

[Reddish-Blue 2,668]

2 hours ago, Strike said:

West Ham didn't show up. I wouldn't read anything into that game. We've struggled vs Fulham and Palace. 

I wouldn't say we struggled against Fulham, they came with energy and gave it a go with King + Muniz up top. 

Considering no Palmer and no real target up front with Delap going off very early and George being sent on as a runner, thought we did alright. 

Our next 6 games will tell us whether we'll be fighting for top 4 or not.  Hopefully Palmer is back and Garnacho is up and running on the wings. 

Brentford away, United away, Brighton home, Liverpool home, Forest away and then Spurs away (november). 

[Reddish-Blue 2,668]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

Sterling's priority is clearly to collect those 350k per week for the next two years and retire because nobody is taking him after 2 years without playing football. He is still just 30, could play somewhere for 5,6 more years regularly but for way less money. 

350k for the next two seasons is around 10m more than let's say 100k per week next 5 years. Plus without any effort. I think he just did financial calculation and gave up on his career. 

Guessing there will be a mutual termination next season between the club and Sterling. 

Maybe something like Lukaku who agreed to lower his demands to get a permanent move to Italy. 

[lluubbeenn 188]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Guessing there will be a mutual termination next season between the club and Sterling. 

Maybe something like Lukaku who agreed to lower his demands to get a permanent move to Italy. 

To be fair to Lukaku his first priority was to play, not the money. For Sterling it seems the most important thing is staying in London and not moving his family. He has played/won enough to be satisfied. We got ourselves in this mess. Hope we find a way to get out of this situation without too much financial pain.

[DDA 10,220]

2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

You know exactly why the club, and therefore its fans, have had to pay attention to making a profit on a section of our transfer activity.

I'm sure you watched at least our matches in the CWC so I don't understand the basis for your, "glorified preseason tournament", claim. Teams gave their all in every game, coaches picked their top XIs, none rotated for the sake of it, fans whose tradition is for loud passionate support produced some of the loudest most passionate support imaginable. Not a single team invited to take part, refused. Some fans and ex players of unqualified teams cried and coped by pretending not to care but two of the world's truly great clubs, Barcelona and Liverpool, gave the game away by begging for invitations despite failing to qualify.

Your attitude towards the CWC is out of step with its reality.

Like I said, it’s nice to say we have won it all but that competition holds about as much merit as it did before when we won it in it’s previous format…I’m not getting sucked into this hype that we won something truly special because it was our club that won it. I’ll shamelessly brag about it when giving it to rival fans.. that’s a given but deep down we all know, it’s just a cash grab.

Edited September 2, 2025 by DDA

[OhForAGreavsie 6,125]

42 minutes ago, DDA said:

Like I said, it’s nice to say we have won it all but that competition holds about as much merit as it did before when won it…  I’m not getting sucked into this hype that we won something truly special because it was our club that won it. I’ll shamelessly brag about it when giving it to rival fans.. that’s a given but deep down we all know, it’s just a cash grab.

Like all of us I'm delighted with the financial lifeline CFC earned by taking part in the CWC. Going into it I had no expectation that we might become world champions. My ambition was that we would maximise our income by reaching the quarter final before being eliminated there by PSG. At no point however did I feel towards the competition what you are now trying to tell me that I did. It is far, far, more valid than its predecessor and, unless damaged in the way I describe below, will only grow in prestige. 

The biggest threat to the future of the CWC might come from the top players because it would make no sense without them. While the financial incentives for clubs are overwhelming, the players bonuses won't mean as much to already super wealthy footballers. They would, I'm confident, love to continue participating in the CWC but may well request that the overall number of games they play be reduced by shortening or eliminating other competitions. Only if these conflicting interests cannot be resolved do I see a threat to the CWC and its status.

I believe that people belittling the CWC are in the same boat as those who poo-pooed the nations World Cup when it was first introduced. That's to say one which is destined to sink without trace.

Edited September 2, 2025 by OhForAGreavsie

[milka 3,407]

17 hours ago, Vesper said:

I have been ranting about CB and GKer for years. Our spine is weak.

Fact . CB is not good enough  even GK - Sanchez at best  is backup , Donnarumma was there, Maignan  but people still believe cuz he have one good game with PSG who was shit anyway Sanchez  is class they obviously forgot that he had the most mistakes that led to a goal last year . 

[Fulham Broadway 17,741]

Rock solid keeper and defenders are crucial. Mourinho in his first term the mantra was 'start at the back -you need a 100% safe pair of hands, then a rock defence, part of a spine' Two for every position.

Utds rot set in after demise of Schmeichel, Van de Saar, Barthez and De Gea never had that consistency

 

[Milan 17,997]

12 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Rock solid keeper and defenders are crucial. Mourinho in his first term the mantra was 'start at the back -you need a 100% safe pair of hands, then a rock defence, part of a spine' Two for every position.

Utds rot set in after demise of Schmeichel, Van de Saar, Barthez and De Gea never had that consistency

 

‘Attack wins you games. Defence wins you titles.’

[Fulham Broadway 17,741]

Just now, Milan said:

‘Attack wins you games. Defence wins you titles.’

So true 💯

[Mário César 1,482]

Lol you talk about hoalkeepr. Board dont want a new gk. Simple as that

[Reddish-Blue 2,668]

3 minutes ago, Mário César said:

Lol you talk about hoalkeepr. Board dont want a new gk. Simple as that

If that was true, they wouldn't have gone after Maignan.

The problem with getting a new GK is that you have to sell your current GK's....and I don't see many clubs lining up to pay decent fees for Sanchez or Jorgensen. 

Just look at City, they only got Donnarumma after letting Ederson go. 

[Mário César 1,482]

2 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

If that was true, they wouldn't have gone after Maignan.

The problem with getting a new GK is that you have to sell your current GK's....and I don't see many clubs lining up to pay decent fees for Sanchez or Jorgensen. 

Just look at City, they only got Donnarumma after letting Ederson go. 

Lol they dont really maigan. If the board really want him probably would pay the fee that milan was demanding

[Pizy 19,270]

Man, I really fucking hate these international breaks. We have to wait 2 weeks to see your new players and we have 2 weeks being anxious as hell about some of our key guys picking up injuries.

[Mário César 1,482]

30 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Man, I really fucking hate these international breaks. We have to wait 2 weeks to see your new players and we have 2 weeks being anxious as hell about some of our key guys picking up injuries.

we wil have 3 international breaks. at least, is good to delap recovery and this way dont miss so many games but yeah sucks

garnacho was called for international games?

[Special Juan 28,759]

Delap would be recovering anyway so no matter whether it's Internationals or not he doesn't figure. 

The good thing about the internationals and the only good thing is the new/fringe players who aren't called up get two weeks into the managers thoughts uninterrupted and an idea on how he wants them to play and game plans.

 

[Mário César 1,482]

2 hours ago, milka said:

Fact . CB is not good enough  even GK - Sanchez at best  is backup , Donnarumma was there, Maignan  but people still believe cuz he have one good game with PSG who was shit anyway Sanchez  is class they obviously forgot that he had the most mistakes that led to a goal last year . 

the problem with donna was this wage....

[Duppy Conqueror 1,584]

Just read we got Ishe Samuels-Smith back from RCS..to loan him out from us.

Is there even any transfer fees involved in this and Chilly transfers?

 

[LAM09 7,087]

12 hours ago, Strike said:

West Ham didn't show up. I wouldn't read anything into that game. We've struggled vs Fulham and Palace. 

Surely struggling after having no preseason and winning is a positive, right?

We, Liverpool & Palace are the only teams unbeaten after three games. There are some positives to be taken.

[guddy6969 207]

23 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Surely struggling after having no preseason and winning is a positive, right?

We, Liverpool & Palace are the only teams unbeaten after three games. There are some positives to be taken.

That is positive.. But we really got away with it, with the other teams not taking their chances and help from the ref.