Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,384]

6 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

The way Maresca is carrying on with all this protection shite, both Josh and Estevao will be gone soon

yes I think he is not good enough for us but our main problem is the board

[Special Juan 28,405]

17 minutes ago, Mário César said:

yes I think he is not good enough for us but our main problem is the board

The board won't change anytime soon, the sacking of the manager will come before anything..... when it's a culmination of both being naive and stupid.

[Vytis33 1,337]

Should’ve signed Osimhen.  Haven’t had a striker opponents had to worry about since Diego Costa 

[Mário César 1,384]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

The board won't change anytime soon, the sacking of the manager will come before anything..... when it's a culmination of both being naive and stupid.

yes we will need to wait more 6 years for them to sell the club to a proper owner and board

we are wasting years for the club with this board

[Special Juan 28,405]

Meanwhile Marc Guehi is putting in a masterclass at Selhurst

[Blue Armour 4,598]

3 hours ago, mkh said:

Chelsea are among the clubs to have checked on James McAtee's situation at Nottingham Forest. Enzo Maresca is an admirer of McAtee having worked with the England U-21 international at Manchester City. Leeds United, Bournemouth, Fulham and Sunderland are also interested. (@kierangill DM)

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"Worked with them at Man City"

Ah yes, the most shining hallmark of any top class player. And he's a U-21 international too!

[DDA 10,068]

What baffles me the most is this stupid wage cap nonsense.. it doesn’t even make sense!!

You can get Osimhen in on his wage demands and it surely won’t be more than Garnacho, Gittens, Delap, Pedro & Jackson combined??

 Osimhen would be far more beneficial than having all the said players in the books like we currently have. 

[Pizy 19,061]

33 minutes ago, DDA said:

What baffles me the most is this stupid wage cap nonsense.. it doesn’t even make sense!!

You can get Osimhen in on his wage demands and it surely won’t be more than Garnacho, Gittens, Delap, Pedro & Jackson combined??

 Osimhen would be far more beneficial than having all the said players in the books like we currently have. 

Much as I hate it, from their POV I can understand it. At least for players over a certain age. They want to avoid another Sterling situation at all costs where we’re stuck with deadweight for years because no other club can afford his mammoth wages.

Limiting ourselves wage wise on players 25 and under is silly, though. 

[DDA 10,068]

40 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Much as I hate it, from their POV I can understand it. At least for players over a certain age. They want to avoid another Sterling situation at all costs where we’re stuck with deadweight for years because no other club can afford his mammoth wages.

Limiting ourselves wage wise on players 25 and under is silly, though. 

You have to pay the high wages to get the best players. Everyone uses the Sterling situation but it was obvious he wasn’t worth those wages and was already underperforming at City. The recruitment needed to be better and getting Osimhen in his prime was no brainer. They need to lift this wage and age cap if we are to ever compete again.

[Pizy 19,061]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

You have to pay the high wages to get the best players. Everyone uses the Sterling situation but it was obvious he wasn’t worth those wages and was already underperforming at City. The recruitment needed to be better and getting Osimhen in his prime was no brainer. They need to lift this wage and age cap if we are to ever compete again.

I agree, but now that we’ve put this structure in place it’s going to be super hard to bin it. You sign a player and put them on £200k+ (or much more in Osimhen’s case) and then you’d surely have all these players who we signed recently on “cheap” wages questioning why they aren’t on similar. Like if a top new signing is put on £200k per week players like Caicedo, Palmer, Cucu etc will quite rightly tell the club that they deserve that too. Then our wage bill explodes again.

Now, you can say “who gives a shit, it’s not my money” and in the past we would all agree. But with PSR and whatever else combined with our tiny stadium and match day revenue I don’t think we really could do away with this wage structure and comply.

Under the current circumstances we’re kind of locked in to either buying kids and praying they turn out like Palmer or Estevão or we buy good but not great senior players like your João Pedro’s, Pedro Neto’s, Garnacho’s etc who won’t demand top wages but are also not the very top level we need.

[DDA 10,068]

19 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I agree, but now that we’ve put this structure in place it’s going to be super hard to bin it. You sign a player and put them on £200k+ (or much more in Osimhen’s case) and then you’d surely have all these players who we signed recently on “cheap” wages questioning why they aren’t on similar. Like if a top new signing is put on £200k per week players like Caicedo, Palmer, Cucu etc will quite rightly tell the club that they deserve that too. Then our wage bill explodes again.

Now, you can say “who gives a shit, it’s not my money” and in the past we would all agree. But with PSR and whatever else combined with our tiny stadium and match day revenue I don’t think we really could do away with this wage structure and comply.

Under the current circumstances we’re kind of locked in to either buying kids and praying they turn out like Palmer or Estevão or we buy good but not great senior players like your João Pedro’s, Pedro Neto’s, Garnacho’s etc who won’t demand top wages but are also not the very top level we need.

Whilst I agree with what you are saying is true, it is only true if you were talking about a club that hasn’t purchased a Gazillion players. If you combined all the wages from the endless amounts of players on the books (no exaggeration), you could most probably acquire a squad of far better quality by buying less in quantity and more in quality. The bloated roster could easily be trimmed and streamlined by cutting away the fat and brining in serious ballers whilst complying with PSR. The stadium excuse is being used a lot in recent times, which may be true but they could do more to help themselves by maybe getting a FOS sponsor and spending their money in more productive ways.

[NikkiCFC 8,481]

Difference. 

[DDA 10,068]

This seasons goal, ‘top 4 finish’

After spending £2billion 

 

[mkh 655]

🗯Racing Strasbourg and not Chelsea are keen on signing James McAtee on a potential loan deal.

(@JacobsBen)

 

[Fernando 6,679]

On 28/12/2025 at 09:12, mkh said:

Chelsea are among the clubs to have checked on James McAtee's situation at Nottingham Forest. Enzo Maresca is an admirer of McAtee having worked with the England U-21 international at Manchester City. Leeds United, Bournemouth, Fulham and Sunderland are also interested. (@kierangill DM)

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As I been saying I think Joe Shields is only good buying ex city players and that is worrying trend for me. 

He might not be good to look at elsewhere if this continues. 

Just because of Cole Palmer Joe Shields got tremedous power and ever since it's been all ex City players. 

Worrying. 

[Blue Armour 4,598]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

Difference. 

Top of the table club wants to get reinforcements to become even better, while the club barely in top 5 with a weakened squad and no shirt sponsor thinks everything is fine.

Every time I see Eghbali on the screen I keep thinking of his ridiculous statement of how the old Chelsea were not competitive in either a sporting sense or financial sense. Yet he and his cronies have assembled a team that is struggling to keep the club within UEFA FFP rules, has failed to secure a permanent shirt sponsor, and is struggling to make progress on the results from last season.

The major achievement is the low wage bill and low average of the squad. Great resale value., which is no doubt their number 1 priority.

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,601]

46 minutes ago, Fernando said:

As I been saying I think Joe Shields is only good buying ex city players and that is worrying trend for me. 

He might not be good to look at elsewhere if this continues. 

Just because of Cole Palmer Joe Shields got tremedous power and ever since it's been all ex City players. 

Worrying. 

The big question is: which of the other "ex city" players have been decent at Chelsea? 

Tosin is horrific at CB, Gittens looks a very raw player, Lavia can't stay fit for 3 games in a row, Delap looks like he forgot how to be a striker since leaving Ipswich. 

The last thing we need is more ex city youngsters.  It works when your at clubs like Southampton and you can potentially find the next U-21 gem, give them game time and hope that they kick on without too much pressure. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,601]

11 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

The major achievement is the low wage bill and low average of the squad. Great resale value., which is no doubt their number 1 priority.

Don't think having a low wage bill and low average age is going to help if we miss out on UCL football next season.   Wonder if some players will have to leave in the next transfer window to 'balance the books' 🤔

[DDA 10,068]

28 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Top of the table club wants to get reinforcements to become even better, while the club barely in top 5 with a weakened squad and no shirt sponsor thinks everything is fine.

Every time I see Eghbali on the screen I keep thinking of his ridiculous statement of how the old Chelsea were not competitive in either a sporting sense or financial sense. Yet he and his cronies have assembled a team that is struggling to keep the club within UEFA FFP rules, has failed to secure a permanent shirt sponsor, and is struggling to make progress on the results from last season.

The major achievement is the low wage bill and low average of the squad. Great resale value., which is no doubt their number 1 priority.

 

Embarrassing for BlueCo tbh. They are everything they claimed Roman to be.