Chelsea Transfers

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3 hours ago, mkh said:

🔵Chelsea and Manchester City have both joined the hunt for Bayern Munich centre-back, Dayot Upamecano.

(@GraemeBailey)

he wants at least £270K PW in salary/add-ons for 5 years plus a £25m or more signing bonus (as he would come on a free)

that is at least £95.2m in toto

or

to look at it how we do

that is over £19m per season spread out over 5 years

plus he turns 28yo in around 10 months

and yes, he has rebounded (so far) this year, but he had back to back meh seasons before this

and finally he is a right-footed RCB, when we desperately need a lefty as Colwill will be coming off a massive injury and Badi, our only other lefty true CB, is shite (Hato is more of a LB than a CB)

assuming we are not transfer banned, I still do not see us going for him

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Sporting will not drop down from Ousmane Diomande's 80m euro (£70.3m) release clause this summer

also, he is a CB for Cote d'Ivoire, so he will miss a lot of games (our EPL games) playing for them over the years IF we did buy him

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Oskar Pietuszewski

another teen we are scouting hard

lol

 

 

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ffs

Mamadou Sarr (our newest CB, he comes in summer from Strasbourg) sub off perhaps injured 

may be a tendon issue

 

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Exclusive: Sunderland block Noah Sadiki transfer amid Chelsea interest

https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-sunderland-block-noah-sadiki-transfer-amid-Chelsea-interest/

Sunderland are set to block any possibility of Noah Sadiki leaving in January amid interest from Chelsea and Manchester United, sources have told Football Insider.

The 20-year-old has made an impressive start in the Premier League after his arrival in the summer, and the Black Cats are not willing to entertain a sale in January under any circumstances.

Chelsea and Manchester United both want to sign Sadiki in January, with the Blues having even made contact in recent months, but sources say that the Wearsiders will do “everything in their power” to keep hold of him for as long as possible.

Sadiki joined Sunderland for a fee of £15million in the summer, and it’s understood that they would only entertain a future sale for a “huge profit,” although that isn’t remotely part of their plans right now.

Noah Sadiki to miss up to seven Sunderland games for AFCON

Sadiki’s performances for Sunderland so far this term have attracted plenty of attention across the Premier League, and he has already made his £15m fee look like a bargain.

The Black Cats star has started in every single league game in 2025-26, and has been a huge reason why his team are flying as high as eighth at the moment on their return to the top-flight.

However, Regis Le Bris is now set to face a prolonged period without his star midfielder, as Sadiki is one of several Sunderland stars who is set to miss the next few games for the latest AFCON tournament.

Sadiki has been selected as part of DR Congo’s squad for the upcoming tournament, which begins on 21 December and ends on 18 January.

The midfielder is due to join up with his international teammates this week, and should his country make an unlikely push to the final of the tournament, then he could potentially miss as many as seven games for Sunderland.

Sunderland’s five other AFCON-bound stars

AFCON will cause headaches for almost all Premier League managers, but Le Bris and Sunderland are set to be one of the teams that are most affected.

The newly-promoted outfit are set to lose six players during the tournament, and they may return at staggered intervals, depending on how their nations perform.

Joining Sadiki at the tournament are left-backs Reinildo and Arthur Masuaku, representing Mozambique and DR Congo respectively.

There have also been call-ups for Habib Diarra (Senegal) and Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), while Burkina Faso’s Bertrand Traore completes the set for Sunderland.

Le Bris will have to find a way of working without that group of stars, otherwise, his team’s strong start to the season could hit the rocks somewhat in the coming weeks.