Chelsea Transfers

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9 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

 

here is the full archived Daily Heil article from that tweet

https://archive.ph/NBfps

Chelsea went above and beyond to protect Enzo Fernandez and he has thrown it back in their face - no wonder insiders are frustrated. This is how they should deal with him, writes KIERAN GILL

Enzo Fernandez has been flirting, and not too subtly. Doesn’t know what will happen this summer with Chelsea. Can’t believe they ever split with Enzo Maresca. Would love to live in Madrid, always tell the wife that. Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, what legends they are.

 

There’s keeping it real, and then there’s keeping it Real. The main surprise is nobody on social media used April Fool’s Day to circulate fake quotes claiming he would like to name his next born after Florentino Perez. 

 

Parking this mischief behind the microphone for a moment, there has been some criticism of Fernandez’s conduct around his Chelsea team-mates.

 

How he is prone to publicly rebuking other players, as he did with Filip Jorgensen after his mistake in their 5-2 Champions League loss away at Paris Saint-Germain. How he is vocal in the changing room after losses, including their 3-0 Premier League defeat by Everton before this international break.

 

That’s no crime. Sometimes, leadership calls for such shows of strength. It shows the passion of the player, the will to win and the hatred he has for losing. The messages he has been sending into the sphere via the media, though? Therein lies a problem for Chelsea because now, Flirtin’ Fernandez must return to his club.

 

Now, he is supposed to be focused only on winning their FA Cup quarter-final versus Port Vale on Saturday to get to Wembley Stadium and the seven games left in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League. Now, he is supposed to wear the captain’s armband in the absence of the injured Reece James.

 

Fernandez is Chelsea’s vice-captain, but Liam Rosenior has a decision to make – either he allows the 25-year-old Argentinian to continue to don that armband, or he does not. It would send a message if he decided to go down the latter route, loud and clear.

Maybe Rosenior will decide it is fine, but there has to be a consideration, as there will have been at Tottenham Hotspur when their captain and Argentina team-mate Cristian Romero was speaking up.

 

Rosenior has already spoken privately with Fernandez once – two weeks ago after the midfielder cryptically said ‘we will see’ when asked if he will still be with Chelsea next season. Fernandez told Rosenior that words can get lost in translation. That same argument is unlikely to stand up now.

 

If Fernandez has grown disillusioned with what is happening at Chelsea, that's fine, because we can all have our own opinion on their strategy. If he is itching for improved terms, that’s fine also, because he has seen others receive new deals as rewards since signing three years ago.

 

Whatever the motive, however, there are ways of letting this be known privately rather than publicly.

 

 

Chelsea showed a great deal of faith in Fernandez after Argentina’s 2024 Copa America triumph when he was filmed singing a controversial song, his club team-mate Wesley Fofana describing it as ‘uninhibited racism’ at the time.

 

Fernandez apologised, and a month later, Maresca handed him the armband in a 2-0 Premier League loss to Manchester City, on the first day of their 2024-25 season and with Fofana in the same lineup.

 

Chelsea further protected their player after that controversial saga. Fernandez wasn’t put up for any of their pre-match press conferences in the Conference League that campaign, nor did we get to speak with him in the mixed zone after games, just in case we asked him about that chant.

 

That may add to the club’s feeling of frustration now, given what has happened during this international break. Chelsea were not involved in Fernandez’s interviews conducted while on duty with Argentina.

 

Which is fine, usually, because the understanding is that those called up by their national teams will only answer questions to do with their countries, not their clubs.

 

That’s the general agreement, and it works both ways. He doesn’t speak about us while he’s with you, and we won’t speak about you while he’s with us. That line has been crossed here.

 

Chelsea insiders are disappointed. The relevant federation, in this case the Argentine FA, are supposed to recognise if the interview is the right one for their player, and outlets have used the opportunity to quiz Fernandez on Chelsea, Madrid and his future.

 

 

Fernandez is not the only one to have spoken up over this international break, of course, but others did it differently. Marc Cucurella criticised Chelsea’s strategy, but came across as respectful in doing so, as if he wanted the best for his club.

 

Moises Caicedo, when asked on his future, said he is only focused on Chelsea and would like to become a legend at Stamford Bridge.

 

Fernandez is a fine footballer, and an important cog in Chelsea’s team. Rosenior cannot suddenly stop using him when he needs to win games and fast, including at home to League One bottom club Port Vale in the FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday after a four-game losing streak in all competitions.

 

When Fernandez next scores, maybe he will kiss the badge, pat it, perform a love heart to the supporters, though it will be hard to read too much into such gestures if so.

 

 

On January 10, 2023, he scored for Benfica in a 2-0 win over Varzim, and celebrated by pointing to his chest and then to the turf, as if to suggest he was staying.

 

Twenty-two days later he was signing for Chelsea in a British-record £106.8million move. Fernandez tried to force through that transfer, including by personally phoning Benfica president Rui Costa, who later accused the midfielder of showing no commitment to his employers.

 

Fernandez is something of a performative player. Particularly when Chelsea are losing, we have seen him start scraps, as if to show his passion to the frustrated fans. 

 

It might be time for Rosenior to do some performing of his own, namely by handing the armband to someone who has not spent the last weeks inviting speculation on his immediate future.

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Rag ...just needs hits..... wouldn't read shit any of these know it alls put out..... 'football experts' ...cos they played futty with few older girls on the street as youngsters ffs 🙄

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💥🔵Real Madrid want Enzo Fernandez but only on their conditions. The club will not pa, over €100million. If Chelsea miss out on Champions League football and Enzo pushes for move, the fee is hoped to be a bit lower.

Fernandez offered himself via agents after PSG beat Chelsea in the UEFA Champion League

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➰️Real Madrid forward Franco Mastantuono:

🗣️ "I would love for Enzo [Fernandez] to play for Real Madrid."

👀Enzo Fernández on IG: "Let God's will be done and not mine."

 

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⏳️👀🔵A few more transfer updates from Simon Phillips, Mark Brus, and Fraz Fletcher:

🟠Crystal Palace has valued Adam Wharton at £100 million.

He has an agreement or clause that allows him to move to a Champions League club, which I think also lowers his transfer fee somewhat. But first, we have to qualify for the Champions League.

🟤I’ve heard that Chelsea would welcome offers for Alejandro Garnacho and Andrey Santos this summer, as they want to sign another new winger and midfielder.

Chelsea believes Garnacho has numerous suitors who would be willing to pay essentially the same transfer fee they paid to sign him last summer.

Chelsea could make a substantial profit on Santos and would let him go if the right offer came along.

🟣Emmanuel Emegha could stay with Strasbourg for another season or at least until January since another Strasbourg forward, Joaquin Panichelli, suffered a cruciate ligament injury last week.

BlueCo had already been considering keeping Emegha in Strasbourg longer but this could certainly make the decision easier.

It is currently unclear how long Panichelli will be sidelined, but it is already certain that he will miss the World Cup, which most likely also means he will miss the start of the season and a significant portion of the season with Strasbourg.

🟢BlueCo is weighing all options to replace him.

🟡Marc Cucurella, Liam Delap, and Joao Pedro are all attracting significant interest.

Delap is intrigued by the clubs approaching him, while FC Barcelona is courting Joao Pedro and Marc Cucurella. 

✴️According to @Eric Depolo, the agent of striker Christian Kofane, Chelsea are one of the clubs interested in the 19-year-old.

🙆‍♂️Chelsea are among clubs interested in AS Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar.

(@Gazette dello Sport)

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8 hours ago, mkh said:

💥🔵Real Madrid want Enzo Fernandez but only on their conditions. The club will not pa, over €100million. If Chelsea miss out on Champions League football and Enzo pushes for move, the fee is hoped to be a bit lower.

Fernandez offered himself via agents after PSG beat Chelsea in the UEFA Champion League

(@MARCA)

➰️Real Madrid forward Franco Mastantuono:

🗣️ "I would love for Enzo [Fernandez] to play for Real Madrid."

👀Enzo Fernández on IG: "Let God's will be done and not mine."

 

I honestly hope for Enzo's sake, he gets the move in the summer as I wouldn't want an unhappy player (and vice captain) here strolling around the pitch. 

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10 hours ago, mkh said:

🟣Emmanuel Emegha could stay with Strasbourg for another season or at least until January since another Strasbourg forward, Joaquin Panichelli, suffered a cruciate ligament injury last week.

We are fucking cursed.

No way should we sell Nico Jackson now.

There is zero chance we will buy a CF who is better than he is (it isn't like there are all that many out there who are locks to be better AND who are available AND who would come here, especially if we do not have CL).

It would be insanity to go into next season with the dregs (other than Pedro) we have now at CF.

It also is a real possibility Penders stays at Strasbourg as well, we again refuse to buy a quality GKer (Roberts will say we already have great ones) AND we do not pull ANY quality CBs (no CL ratfucks us there to a higher degree).

Imagine next season starts and we basically have the exact same GKers, same CBs (especially if Colwill does not recover fully back to his pre injury level), and same CFs (meaning we sell Nico and keep Delap and Emegha stays at Racing), plus the puppet is still the gaffer.

BlueCo says 'This is the way'.

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15 hours ago, Vytis33 said:

 

Rosenoir would actually gain some respect from everyone inside & outside the club if he did this.

After the whole scenario with Enzo on the bus after winning the Copa America also, no wonder the club are extremely disappointed.

Only thing is stripping him of the vice captaincy probably risks escalating him wanting out more and possibly devalues on the resale despite the 4 or 5 year left on his deal. But yeah, personally get rid. Particularly if someone pays nearly what we paid or more, hasn’t done enough and currently playing as a number 10 which is where I’d rather see Cole (if he stays).

Another egotistical cunt to join the Madrid circus alongside Vini & Mbappe. Generally think he will struggle there though, don’t see him being half as good as he seems to think he is. Has taken a move to a number 10 position to get consistent and decent performances from him, the goals & assists defos stat pad him a bit. 

 

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We are not getting ANY of the following Midfielders, probably ever.

Especially with no CL.

The ones in bold we will (or have already) try hard for and we will (or have) FAIL

 

Pedri    
Jude Bellingham    
Jamal Musiala    
Federico Valverde   
Declan Rice
Dominik Szoboszlai    
João Neves     
Vitinha  
Sandro Tonali
Adam Wharton    
Elliot Anderson  
Fermín López  
Ryan Gravenberch
Arda Güler
Nico Paz
Morgan Rogers
Florian Wirtz
Phil Foden
Aleksandar Pavlovic   
Bruno Guimarães           
Alexis Mac Allister   
Martín Zubimendi
Rayan Cherki
Warren Zaïre-Emery   
Aurélien Tchouaméni 
Tijjani Reijnders
Lennart Karl 
Eduardo Camavinga    
Nicolò Barella    
Frenkie de Jong    
Bruno Fernandes    
Joshua Kimmich