Chelsea Transfers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,897]

Transfer windows have lost all the fun they used to be. Somewhat like getting socks and underwear for Christmas.

[Vesper 30,765]

11 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Transfer windows have lost all the fun they used to be. Somewhat like getting socks and underwear for Christmas.

[Pizy 19,153]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Tonali is close to, if not now world class for me. A great MFer and is only 25yo, a close to perfect age for me (in terms of being a very experienced vet but not closing in on 30yo) but NOT BlueCo!

Ffs, VITINHA is older than Tonali, would we say, OMG, he is too old!!!

Here are the top DMFs and CMFs in the world, just to show where he fits in (he can play either one to a uper high level)

The ones older than Tonali are in italics. Many of the ones younger than him are only 1 or so years younger than him as well.

In order of valuation (I personally would take Caicedo over any of them, even Pedri) and also, every single CMF or DMF valued over €40m is listed here:

Pedri 
Federico Valverde 
Declan Rice
Moisés Caicedo
João Neves 
Vitinha      
Ryan Gravenberch 
Enzo Fernández  
Alexis Mac Allister 
Bruno Guimarães 
Sandro Tonali 
Martín Zubimendi
Rodri   
Aurélien Tchouaméni  
Aleksandar Pavlovic 
Tijjani Reijnders
Adam Wharton 
Elliot Anderson
Nicolò Barella
Carlos Baleba  
Pablo Barrios  
Warren Zaïre-Emery 
Eduardo Camavinga  
Manu Koné 
Morten Hjulmand  
Felix Nmecha
Scott McTominay
Frenkie de Jong
Nico González 
Angelo Stiller   
Amadou Onana

I’d take Tonali here in an instant as would every big PL club. I just cannot ever see us spending mega money like that again on a single player. Especially not in midfield after we already bought 2 £100m guys. 

Do I think BlueCo would sanction a midfielder for £50-70m? Probably. But never £100m again. Not with Andrey Santos gaining in stature.

 

[Vesper 30,765]

13 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I’d take Tonali here in an instant as would every big PL club. I just cannot ever see us spending mega money like that again on a single player. Especially not in midfield after we already bought 2 £100m guys. 

Do I think BlueCo would sanction a midfielder for £50-70m? Probably. But never £100m again. Not with Andrey Santos gaining in stature.

 

I thik the only ones on that list we would MAYBE make a move for would be

Sandro Tonali (I think he would cost £60 to 70m)
Adam Wharton 
Elliot Anderson
Felix Nmecha (maybe)

after that, going down in age I see us sniffing around (remember these are all CMFs or DMFs)

Valentín Barco (already a BlueCo player)

plus

Ayyoub Bouaddi 
Senny Mayulu (TOUGH PULL, as it is PSG)
Johan Manzambi 
Victor Froholdt 
Jobe Bellingham
Noah Sadiki 
Marc Casadó  (Barca DMF)
Kees Smit 
Nathan De Cat

plus

Kennet Eichhorn  (summer 2027, as he is too young to move until then) Bayern want him SO badly, so probably not going to happen

[Pizy 19,153]

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I thik the only ones on that list we would MAYBE make a move for would be

Sandro Tonali (I think he would cost £60 to 70m)
Adam Wharton 
Elliot Anderson
Felix Nmecha (maybe)

after that, going down in age I see us sniffing around (remember these are all CMFs or DMFs)

Valentín Barco (already a BlueCo player)

plus

Ayyoub Bouaddi 
Senny Mayulu (TOUGH PULL, as it is PSG)
Johan Manzambi 
Victor Froholdt 
Jobe Bellingham
Noah Sadiki 
Marc Casadó  (Barca DMF)
Kees Smit 
Nathan De Cat

plus

Kennet Eichhorn  (summer 2027, as he is too young to move until then) Bayern want him SO badly, so probably not going to happen

If Anderson and Wharton are too much I think Barco will be the guy. Would be an incredibly easy move to do I would assume.

Of course the wildcard situation is if Enzo continues this form the rest of the season and we miss out on UCL he could ask to go to Madrid. That’s the only scenario in which I could imagine us spending gigantic money again to replace him.  I could see us going for Tonali then.