Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 01:16 Share Posted Thursday at 01:16 4 hours ago, JFKvsNixon said: I think that you've misinterpreted my post. I'm not suggesting that Sanchez is good just because CIES says so. I pointed out their ranking because it's built upon performance data. That's evidence not opinion. Much like I did earlier when people were saying that Chelsea's defence is rubbished, I pointed out that they actually had the 3rd best defence in the Premier League last year. I'm just trying to balance the negative narrative by suggesting that maybe Sanchez isn't as bad as people are making him out to be. did you notice that in the top 21 GKers listed FIVE are current or ex Chels 3 current or ex Chels are in the top 11 https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost499 and a full third (7 of the top 21) of the top 21 keepers are over 35yo to over 41.5yo now 4th best Stanislav Agkatsev FK Krasnodar (RUS) 8th best João Ricardo Fortaleza EC (BRA) 9th best Moritz Nicolas Borussia M'gladbach (GER) 10th best Robin Zentner FSV Mainz 05 (GER) 11th best Djordje Petrović RC Strasbourg (FRA) 12th best Evgeniy Latyshonok FK Zenit (RUS) 14th best (and 42 yo in two months!) Remko Pasveer AFC Ajax (NED) come on! the list is a JOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 01:47 Share Posted Thursday at 01:47 Chelsea in talks to terminate star’s contract at huge expense after failed summer exit According to Football Insider, Chelsea are discussing ripping up Sterling’s deal two years early to end the saga once and for all. By letting the former England international become a free agent, Chelsea would be helping him potentially secure a Premier League move next. But Maresca’s side would have to pay Sterling big money to terminate his contract. The report claims such a process could cost Chelsea anywhere between £10-20m, which is similar expenditure to a new signing in some cases. Alternatively, a club from abroad could rescue Sterling. Indeed, the transfer window remains open in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico and Portugal. Victor Osimhen was saved last summer after finding himself out of Napoli’s squad and a Turkish club could rescue Sterling this time around. The 30-year-old does not appear keen on moving to Saudi Arabia, but such clubs have the best chance of meeting his wage demands. If no exit can be agreed, then The Times report that Sterling will be forced to train with Chelsea’s reserves until the window reopens in January. mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 01:52 Share Posted Thursday at 01:52 Only four players in the club's entire history – Scott Sinclair (06/07), John Swift (13/14), Jimi Tauriainen (23/24) and Richard Olise (24/25) – have adopted the far-from-usual number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 01:54 Share Posted Thursday at 01:54 Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Blue Armour 4,459 Posted Thursday at 03:05 Popular Post! Share Posted Thursday at 03:05 1 hour ago, Vesper said: He was fantastic when he was fully fit. Still remember when we used to have nigh guaranteed goals from both left wing and right wing with him and James flying down the pitch. Fernando, Stats, xPetrCechx and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 620 Posted Thursday at 09:17 Share Posted Thursday at 09:17 UEFA have confirmed Chelsea successfully balanced their transfer spending this summer to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement for breaking financial rules. Chelsea were fined €31m in July for breaking UEFA’s football earnings and squad cost ratio rules. As part of a settlement agreement, Chelsea could only register new signings for their Champions League squad if their transfer fees were offset by selling players who were in their Conference League squad last season. The departures of players such as Noni Madueke, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson means Chelsea have been able to include new signings Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens and Jorrel Hato in their squad for the league phase of the Champions League. Chelsea made a record £314m from selling 23 players this summer. They spent £296m on new signings to end the transfer window with a profit of £18m. UEFA say they checked Chelsea’s Champions League squad to make sure it complied with their requirements: “The squad list submitted fulfilled the criteria of the settlement agreement and it was therefore already reviewed and approved before publication on UEFA's website.” Chelsea are playing Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax, Qarabag, Barcelona, Atalanta, Pafos and Napoli in the league phase of the Champions League. Their first game is in Munich on Wednesday 17 September. (@SkySports) Blue Armour, Reddish-Blue, Fernando and 1 other 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,513 Posted Thursday at 10:55 Share Posted Thursday at 10:55 1 hour ago, mkh said: UEFA have confirmed Chelsea successfully balanced their transfer spending this summer to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement for breaking financial rules. Chelsea were fined €31m in July for breaking UEFA’s football earnings and squad cost ratio rules. As part of a settlement agreement, Chelsea could only register new signings for their Champions League squad if their transfer fees were offset by selling players who were in their Conference League squad last season. The departures of players such as Noni Madueke, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson means Chelsea have been able to include new signings Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens and Jorrel Hato in their squad for the league phase of the Champions League. Chelsea made a record £314m from selling 23 players this summer. They spent £296m on new signings to end the transfer window with a profit of £18m. UEFA say they checked Chelsea’s Champions League squad to make sure it complied with their requirements: “The squad list submitted fulfilled the criteria of the settlement agreement and it was therefore already reviewed and approved before publication on UEFA's website.” Chelsea are playing Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax, Qarabag, Barcelona, Atalanta, Pafos and Napoli in the league phase of the Champions League. Their first game is in Munich on Wednesday 17 September. (@SkySports) So if we signed Simons, we would have been over the cap? 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,527 Posted Thursday at 11:35 Share Posted Thursday at 11:35 39 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said: So if we signed Simons, we would have been over the cap? 😄 Only explanation for backing out of the deal Reddish-Blue and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,326 Posted Thursday at 11:38 Share Posted Thursday at 11:38 2 minutes ago, Strike said: Only explanation for backing out of the deal we needed to sold NJ to buy simons we get facunco as a emergency plan Vesper, mkh and Fernando 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,352 Posted Thursday at 15:36 Share Posted Thursday at 15:36 20 hours ago, mkh said: The extent of the ‘bomb squad’ isolations include having to use a seperate toilet, a different changing room and not being allowed to eat with any first teamers. The remaining ‘bomb squad’ members are Sterling, Disasi and David Fofana. (@LloydCanfield) How will Raheem survive Reddish-Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 15:53 Share Posted Thursday at 15:53 11 minutes ago, DH1988 said: How will Raheem survive £33.8m in gross salary for the last 2 years of his contract (truly wtf was the club thinking!) goes a long way towards survival bigbluewillie, mkh and DH1988 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 16:03 Share Posted Thursday at 16:03 one of the worst articles I have read in the past year whingey Dutch cunt Chelsea deceived Ajax in Jorrel Hato transfer talks Dylan ter Laak 4 Sept 2025 16:30 BST https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/tag/newsnow-features-only/Chelsea-deceived-ajax-in-jorrel-hato-transfer-talks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou 198 Posted Thursday at 17:47 Share Posted Thursday at 17:47 bigbluewillie, Fernando and Vesper 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,352 Posted Thursday at 18:17 Share Posted Thursday at 18:17 29 minutes ago, ahmedou said: The crazy part is that had paperwork been signed we’d of banked a loan fee for Fofana and £22m from George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,326 Posted Thursday at 19:12 Share Posted Thursday at 19:12 Next year we dont have so many players to sell Jorgensen Sanchez Disasi Badiashile Tosin Maybe chalobah (?) Essugo Enzo if Real arrives Palmer if we have a shit season and some club like city or real arrive with a insane offer and I think thats it, tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,272 Posted Thursday at 20:07 Share Posted Thursday at 20:07 50 minutes ago, Mário César said: Next year we dont have so many players to sell Jorgensen Sanchez Disasi Badiashile Tosin Maybe chalobah (?) Essugo Enzo if Real arrives Palmer if we have a shit season and some club like city or real arrive with a insane offer and I think thats it, tbh the not sorted list (my list and I am not listing potential sales of regulars like Enzo, Cole, Trevoh, or Tosin, as I want Wes Fofana sold before one of them) Benoît Badiashile is shit and always injured Axel Disasi is shit David Datro Fofana Raheem Sterling Wesley Fofana I am NOT remotely convinced he will ever fully recover to a decent level of both play and injury Tyrique George Gabriel Slonina Mykhailo Mudryk plus the loanees who are not good enough to ever be Chels Sr team: Teddy Sharman-Lowe Brodi Hughes Caleb Wiley Leo Castledine Omari Kellyman (sure looks that way) Jimmy-Jay Morgan Deivid Washington plus Nico Jackson IF the obligation clause is not satisfied Plus our 2 main GKers, Sanchez and Filip Jörgensen, one of whom surely needs to go when Penders comes in OR if we buy a better one (in which case both may go once Penders is ready to at least be the backup to a new GKer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,326 Posted Thursday at 20:16 Share Posted Thursday at 20:16 9 minutes ago, Vesper said: the not sorted list (my list and I am not listing potential sales of regulars like Enzo, Cole, Trevoh, or Tosin, as I want Wes Fofana sold before one of them) Benoît Badiashile is shit and always injured Axel Disasi is shit David Datro Fofana Raheem Sterling Wesley Fofana I am NOT remotely convinced he will ever fully recover to a decent level of both play and injury Tyrique George Gabriel Slonina Mykhailo Mudryk plus the loanees who are not good enough to ever be Chels Sr team: Teddy Sharman-Lowe Brodi Hughes Caleb Wiley Leo Castledine Omari Kellyman (sure looks that way) Jimmy-Jay Morgan Deivid Washington plus Nico Jackson IF the obligation clause is not satisfied Plus our 2 main GKers, Sanchez and Filip Jörgensen, one of whom surely needs to go when Penders comes in OR if we buy a better one (in which case both may go once Penders is ready to at least be the backup to a new GKer) yes We can raise at least 200M next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,369 Posted Thursday at 22:16 Share Posted Thursday at 22:16 3 hours ago, DH1988 said: The crazy part is that had paperwork been signed we’d of banked a loan fee for Fofana and £22m from George. The crazy part is that we raised 300m without selling any important player. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,513 Posted Thursday at 22:54 Share Posted Thursday at 22:54 3 hours ago, Mário César said: Next year we dont have so many players to sell Jorgensen Sanchez Disasi Badiashile Tosin Maybe chalobah (?) Essugo Enzo if Real arrives Palmer if we have a shit season and some club like city or real arrive with a insane offer and I think thats it, tbh You realise that if we sell Tosin and/or Chalobah, we would have to replace them with locally trained players to have a full champions league squad I just hope we don't rush Colwill back, let him recover properly as he'll be key for our defensive lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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