Chelsea Transfers

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the upcoming CF market is the simplest in years

the only 5 (maybe 4 if you do not count Thuram as WC) world class CFs who will be even remotely available next summer:

   
Julián Alvarez  (Barca want him badly, he turns 27yo in the middle of next season)
Lautaro Martínez  (turns 29yo this coming summer)
Victor Osimhen  (turns 28yo in the middle of next season)
Harry Kane  (turns 33 this coming summer, but already has an insane 25 goals for club and country the past 3 and a half or so months)

and maybe

Marcus Thuram  (turns 29yo this coming summer)

(all 5 above will be crazy hard pulls and and none are 'BlueCo' young, they will all be or will turn 27, 28, 29, 29, and 33yo next season)

 

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13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Harry Kane  (turns 33 this coming summer, but already has an insane 25 goals for club and country the past 3 and a half or so months)

I'd be surprised if he doesn't go back to Spurs for 1-2 seasons so that he can go for Shearer's record

[milka 3,407]

Maignan ,Bastoni for Christmas . 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

18 hours ago, Vesper said:

Bayern (and the Budesliga in general) could lose most of their very top players next summer

Jamal Musiala (Real Madrid)

Michael Olise  (Liverpool)

Harry Kane (multiple EPL teams)

Aleksandar Pavlovic (multiple big European sides)

Alphonso Davies  (multiple big European sides)

Dayot Upamecano (multiple big European sides)

Joshua Kimmich (multiple big European sides, and he will turn 32yo anyway in the middle of next season)

Min-jae Kim

plus

GKer Gregor Kobel of Dortmund is linked to many clubs

 

Here are the top valuation Bundesliga players

most have a good chance of leaving, and most are Bayern players (9 of the top 10 in valuation, which is crazy)

    
Jamal Musiala
Michael Olise 
Harry Kane  
Luis Diaz  
Aleksandar Pavlovic  
Alphonso Davies  
Dayot Upamecano
Nicholas Jackson    
Joshua Kimmich 
Angelo Stiller   
Karim Adeyemi   
Gregor Kobel  
Min-jae Kim  

And people complain that the WSL is a one team league. (Chelsea)

Every once in a while a Dortmund or a Leverkausen come along to offer some camouflage but, in the end, the point of the Bundesliga is who's going to finish second.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

18 hours ago, Vesper said:

and now there are rumours all over that Pool are ready to drop £130m next summer for Olise, to replace Salah

And who would blame them? Our expenditure on alternatives since missing out on Olise has been a lot more than that.

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1 hour ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

And who would blame them? Our expenditure on alternatives since missing out on Olise has been a lot more than that.

not really

Olise is a left footed RWer

we lost out to Bayern on him on July 7, 2024

we have purchased only 2 left-footed RWers since then (Estêvão was purchased before we lost out on Olise) during that window and the next 2

In August 2024, dropped £54m on Pedro Neto, another left-footed RWer.

Then, in March 2025, we purchased Geovany Quenda for around £44m (he comes next summer)

The total for those 2 is £98m, which is far less than £130m.

(Kendry Páez, like Estêvão, was also purchased before we lost out on Olise and is more of an AMF type, and we only dropped £8.5m on him anyway)

None of our other buys in the last 3 windows (Summer 2024, January 2025, and Summer 2025) were left footed RWers (ie the same as Olise), they all have been right-footed LWers

[mkh 760]

⚫️Chelsea have NO plans to sign a centre back in January and they will not be signing a goalkeeper in January or next summer. Sanchez, Jorgensen and Penders are regarded as being good enough.

⚪️Filip Jorgensen is regarded highly and was a target for some of England’s biggest clubs In the summer. 

🔴Chelsea looked at a centre back in the summer but the only high quality one available was Huijsen, who chose to join Real Madrid.

(@SkyKaveh)

🔵Chelsea staff are very optimistic about what the future holds for Shim Mheuka!

🟤Sources say he is “one of, if not the most regular” academy players to join in with Enzo Maresca with 1st team training, participating in their sessions even more consistently than Maresca’s favourite youngster, Reggie Walsh.

(@MrDomSmith)

🟢Chelsea are working to find clubs for Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi in January. The players are keeping fit and it is also up to them to agree to any deal which may materialise.

🟡Tyrique George is likely to leave Chelsea in January!

🟣Marc Guiu will be staying at Chelsea for the ‘whole season’.

(@SkySports)

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Bournemouth supposedly want £100m for Semenyo 

https://thedailybriefing.io/p/liverpool-contacted-over-antoine-semenyo

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On 07/10/2025 at 20:19, mkh said:

Chelsea looked at a centre back in the summer but the only high quality one available was Huijsen, who chose to join Real Madrid.

(@SkyKaveh)

My top 20 (listed valuation-wise) CBs who will be even remotely avaiable in the summer

Alessandro Bastoni  
Murillo  
Alessandro Buongiorno
Jarrad Branthwaite  
Bremer   
Marc Guéhi
Ousmane Diomande  
Gonçalo Inácio  
Castello Lukeba 
Giorgio Scalvini
Ronald Araujo    
Tomás Araújo  
Yann Bisseck
Jan Paul van Hecke 
Mario Gila
Joel Ordóñez 
Pietro Comuzzo 
Konstantinos Koulierakis 
Mohamed Simakan   
Ryan Flamingo

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⚫️Chelsea have NO plans to sign a centre back in January and they will not be signing a goalkeeper in January or next summer. Sanchez, Jorgensen and Penders are regarded as being good enough.

unbeliaveble 

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27 minutes ago, Mário César said:

⚫️Chelsea have NO plans to sign a centre back in January and they will not be signing a goalkeeper in January or next summer. Sanchez, Jorgensen and Penders are regarded as being good enough.

unbeliaveble 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/13446603/Chelsea-transfer-news-no-plans-to-sign-goalkeeper-in-next-two-windows-with-centre-back-january-signing-ruled-out

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Player asset evolution: Chelsea ahead of PSG

https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost516

 

The 516th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post highlights the clubs whose estimated transfer value of players owned has changed the most, positively or negatively, over the past year. We present both the change in absolute terms (‘gross’ evolution) and the change considering the financial balance of transfer operations (with sell-ons, not including add-ons) completed during the last two transfer windows (‘net’ evolution).

In terms of net evolution, Chelsea tops the list (+€364 million) with player valuations up €372m and a balanced net spending for the last two transfer windows: -€8m. The reigning world champions are ahead of the European ones, Paris St-Germain (+€303 million). German side Eintracht Francfort (+€294m) rounds up the podium. Manchester United (-€377 million) and Manchester City (-€315m) are at the opposite end of the table.

The Post also presents the estimated transfer value of all players owned by clubs (not including any sell-on related sums). In this case, the top three are Chelsea (€1.81 billion spread across 50 players), Real Madrid (€1.68 billion, 32 players) and Manchester City (€1.47 billion,46 players). Five other clubs have a total estimated value in excess of one billion: Arsenal, Paris St-Germain, Liverpool, Barcelona and Tottenham.

>>> Top valued players per club in this tool
>>> More information on the CIES Football Observatory's statistical model for estimating transfer values in this scientific article

[mkh 760]

@GraemeBailey says Vlahovic targets Chelsea move: 

🗣 "Once again his people are touching base with potential landing spots – Chelsea and Tottenham have been spoken to by intermediaries. 

Much will depend on whether he wants a ‘pay day’ – he won’t get that in England."

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1 hour ago, mkh said:

Vlahovic

He has played like shit almost every time I have watch a full Juve game over the past several years

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Chelsea

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/175592890/Chelsea

• Chelsea are preparing a January transfer window move to sign Barcelona midfielder Marc Casado, who could cost around €35m, but who is also wanted by other Premier League clubs. (Mark Brus, the Daily Briefing)

• Chelsea do not currently plan to sign a new goalkeeper or centre-back as they are happy with their options in those positions. (Kaveh Solhekol, Sky Sports)

• Tyrique George is seen as likely to leave Chelsea in January as he’s attracting options from Championship clubs. The Blues also want to find new clubs for Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi. (Kaveh Solhekol, Sky Sports)

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LWers

Kenan Yıldız 
Antoine Semenyo
Bradley Barcola 
Rodrygo
Malick Fofana

AMFs/No 10s  

Jamal Musiala (crazy hard pull and too expensive, plus there is the Bundesliga to EPL curse to think of)
Morgan Rogers 
Fermin Lopez    
Nico Paz (but Real Madrid will activate his ultra low buy-back option for sure)
Rodrigo Mora   (would be a typical teenage BlueCo dice-roll)
 

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I would ignore any Chelsea briefing talking about transfers right now

There's so much that goes on behind the scenes

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/i-would-ignore-any-Chelsea-briefing

Chelsea are hardly going to be telling any reporters that they will be signing a new defender in January or a new goalkeeper in the summer right now are they? It would not be a smart move. But just because they are telling reporters, Kaveh from Sky to be precise, that we wont be signing a new goalkeeper in the summer or a new centre back in January, it doesn’t mean we wont be. It’s far too early anyway and so much can happen and change even between now and the winter window.

Chelsea have actively asked about Marc Guehi again for January, that I do know. And many at the club still believe they need to sign a new goalkeeper. However, it is also very true that they rate Mike Penders very highly and they are most certainly being aware of his situation. But a decision on him will not be made until the end of the season, so we have to wait and see what they do with the goalkeeper situation. Filip Jorgensen and Robert Sanchez both want to be number one and neither are content with being number two, so there is absolutely a situation there and I believe that both or one will ask to go pretty soon, especially Jorgensen as things stand. Sanchez would not be happy behind a Penders for example and if he was number two, he would ask to go as well. So the goalkeeper situation is very much open right now and nobody can report with confidence that Chelsea will not be signing a new goalkeeper next summer, it’s just daft to. Chelsea are still very much considering Mike Maignan on a free also.

You would have all seen the post I am writing this based on. If not, here it is…

‘Chelsea have no current plans to sign a goalkeeper or centre back in January. They will also not be signing a goalkeeper next summer. Chelsea have three goalkeepers – Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and Mike Penders – who are regarded as being good enough to be their established No. 1. Robert Sanchez is an exceptional shot-stopper and he won the award for the best goalkeeper at the Club World Cup. He has made a good start to the season and despite his red card at Manchester United he has cut down the number of mistakes he has made.

‘Filipe Jorgensen is still also highly rated at the club and he was a transfer target for some of the biggest clubs in England in the summer. Mike Penders has been in impressive form at Strasbourg and he has been receiving some rave reviews for his performances which have helped his side climb to third in the table.

‘Chelsea were offered the chance to sign AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan in the summer but decided not to pay the asking price because they had faith in Sanchez, Jorgensen and Penders.

‘Chelsea also have enough options at centre back and that is why they are unlikely to sign any players in that position in January. The challenge is to keep the players they have fully fit. Trevoh Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Josh Acheampong are all high-quality centre backs and Levi Colwill is due to return from injury later this season. Jorrel Hato and Reece James can also play at centre back and Chelsea have two centre backs out on loan who are expected to return next summer – Mamadou Sarr and Aaron Anselmino.

‘Chelsea looked at the possibility of signing a central centre back in the summer but the only high-quality option available was Dean Huijsen and he decided to join Real Madrid from Bournemouth.

‘Chelsea are working to find clubs for Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi in January. The players are keeping fit and it is also up to them to agree to any deal which may materialise.

‘Tyrique George is likely to leave in January. Multiple Champions League and Europa League clubs wanted to sign him in the summer and he came very close too joining Fulham on Deadline Day. George is viewed predominantly as a winger and Chelsea have already have Pedro Neto, Estevao Willian. Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho. Geovany Quenda is also moving from Sporting Lisbon next summer.

‘Marc Guiu will be staying at Chelsea for the whole season after his loan to Sunderland was cancelled at the end of the window.’

It was posted on X by Kaveh Solhekol of Sky Sports, who annoyingly does not put any gaps between sentences when he posts and it’s so messy to read! Just write an article mate rather than an essay on X!

Kaveh used to get a lot of stick for his news, with many not thinking it to be reliable. So it looks like he’s worked hard to get a contact on the Chelsea board who he clearly keeps going to in order to get ‘news’. So this info is all direct from Chelsea, and as we know, clubs will brief reporters with whatever they want to be out there in the media. But as you should also know, a lot of that will just be PR and tactical, rather than what is actually happening! It has to happen and all clubs do it because as I say, they will hardly say right now that ‘yes, we are going to sign a new centre back and a new goalkeeper’ whilst the season is being played out - it will hardly be the best motivation for the current centre backs and goalkeepers, will it?

And Kaveh, it’s Filip not Filipe and also, Guiu cannot sign for another club now anyway because he’s played for two clubs this season. So of course he is now staying. By the way on Guiu, Chelsea were considering bringing Emmanuel Emegha in for January and still could, and that’s why they were trying to keep Guiu from playing so they could loan him out in January still. However, it now looks most likely that Emegha will join in the summer hence why Guiu has now played for us. Emegha’s Chelsea future is not 100% nailed on though, he could be sold, or loaned again.

[mkh 760]

💬Murillo is on Chelsea’s list of targets according to former Man United and Sunderland chief scout Mick Brown, who remains very well-connected within the game, as he exclusively told that the 23-year-old has emerged as a standout option for Maresca.

“Murillo has done a really, really good job for Forest,” Brown said.

“He was a big part of their success last season, but it hasn’t quite clicked for him or for them this season so a few questions might start being asked.

“Chelsea need a centre-back, they’re not good enough at the back to challenge for the title.

“They are aware of that and it’s something they’re going to look at in January, because they’ve suffered a lot of injuries already this season.

“Murillo of course will be on their radar, he has been for a while because he’s been fantastic for Nottingham Forest, and they’re not the only club looking at him.

“If Forest continue to struggle, they could look to take advantage of that situation to tempt him away.

“I think he’d certainly be an improvement on what they’ve got currently, the likes of [Trevoh] Chalobah and the rest of them who’ve been called upon.

“If it’s a deal they think can be done, then it wouldn’t surprise me to see them make a move, because I’m told he’s definitely somebody they’re looking at.”

[Fernando 6,725]

Did someone said Murillo? 🥳

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another CB is now permanently off my board

He will turn 31yo in 2027/28, which is the first possible season to buy him AFTER my demanded (with damn good reason) full season with no injuries, which would be 2026/27 (IF that even happens):

Juventus defender Bremer to undergo knee surgery 

https://www.beinsports.com/en-us/soccer/serie-a/articles/juventus-defender-bremer-to-undergo-knee-surgery-2025-10-13

Juventus have announced that Bremer has decided to undergo selective arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

The centre-back missed their last two games against Villarreal and AC Milan and has now opted to have the procedure after medical consultation.

Bremer also played just six Serie A games last season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury early on in the campaign.

 

https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/medical-update-gleison-bremer