Chelsea Transfers

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46 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Gordon to Barca is done, mental that

not a bad player, i would love him for us to be our lw, but not for 70m the fuck.

also will they now have money for a forward or they want him to play it?

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7 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I guess that's why we heard abou the duo from Newcastle. 

I like Tonali, the other not much. 

That was denied by a bunch of reporters almost straight away. We aren’t after either of them.

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Rumours, journos making up shit - big advert for the game. 

Its called the silly season for a reason

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12 hours ago, James said:

has the speed improved

yes

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The fact that we aren’t even being credibly linked with an Enzo replacement currently is weird. You would think these owners who are always quick to brief every journalist simultaneously would be putting out names to gauge fans’ reaction. 
 

They need to show us that they’re serious about bringing in genuine quality. Selling the first player you went out and spent mega money on after you bought the club to make a cornerstone of your “project” and not replacing him with another world class player would be hugely damaging.

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Site is better as for Enzo replacament

Wharton.

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1 hour ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Rumours, journos making up shit - big advert for the game. 

Its called the silly season for a reason

 

Another grifter exposed today 

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48 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Site is better as for Enzo replacament

Wharton.

I actually think Wharton is the more talented and is a more pleasing player to watch than Elliot Anderson. His only issue is that he seems to get injured a lot and with our injury luck…🫣

He definitely fits the profile of what we need. A mobile, athletic, PL proven/ready CM who pulls the strings and controls the game. Problem is multiple other big PL clubs fancy him. Probably Liverpool bound.

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I doubt Enzo will leave Chelsea. Only if Real Madrid offers players, because otherwise they won’t pay what Chelsea want.

 

 

 

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24 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

Another grifter exposed today 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cz02j304egmo

Ciaran Kelly, Newcastle United reporter, Sami Mokbel, Senior football correspondent and Guillem Balague, BBC Sport Columnist

• Published
  27 May 2026

Updated 2 hours ago

Barcelona have agreed a deal worth more than £69m with Newcastle United for England forward Anthony Gordon.

BBC Sport previously reported the clubs were in advanced talks as they looked to agree a fee.

These had been described as positive and a deal has now been struck worth in excess of 80m euros (£69.3m).

Gordon will now finalise the formalities of his move before he flies out with his England team-mates to the United States for a training camp before the World Cup.

Bayern Munich also held formal discussions with Newcastle, but there was a gap in valuation between the two clubs and it was Barca who ended up making an acceptable bid.

Newcastle chief executive David Hopkinson made it clear they would only sell players on "our terms" in March.

The club were in a strong position to command a premium for Gordon, whose contract does not expire until 2030.

Newcastle need to trade to rebuild this summer, particularly after a disappointing 12th-placed finish in the Premier League.

This deal will enable the Magpies to reinvest in the transfer market, even after taking into account Everton's sell-on clause.

Everton are in line to receive 15% of any profit Newcastle make on Gordon after selling the academy graduate in a deal worth up to £45m in 2023.

Gordon always felt the likeliest of Newcastle's key players to depart and the club's top scorer was even left on the bench for the final four games of the campaign because head coach Eddie Howe had an eye on the future.

Supporters in the away end briefly sang Gordon's name following the 2-0 defeat at Fulham on the final day in what proved a farewell.

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Chelsea

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/199426114/Chelsea

• Chelsea have joined the race to sign Maximiliano Araujo from Sporting CP, and he could cost around £70 million. (CaughtOffside)

• Chelsea have made their decision on the future of Joao Pedro despite transfer links with Barcelona. (Ben Jacobs)

• Enzo Maresca is desperate to sign Chelsea star Enzo Fernandez for Manchester City. (Florian Plettenberg)

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1 hour ago, Strike said:

 

Another grifter exposed today 

A lot of it driven by agents, journo friends of agents, putting their meat in the shop window

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Introducing The Athletic’s Transfer Tiers, our expert view on the top transfers in each position

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291719/2026/05/27/transfer-tiers-transfer-latest-analysis/

Imagine you are in a recruitment meeting ahead of the summer transfer window.

Your club needs a striker. In front of you is the board of targets. There is a name at the top — and the list rolls on through possible alternatives.

This is the reality for teams planning their summer transfer business. Yes, every club has an ideal top target. But the market is not that simple. They might be unavailable. Other clubs might come in for them. Before you know it, the board changes and the targets shift.

The Athletic posed a simple question — could we, through the knowledge of experts from across European football, replicate the boards of goalkeepers, central defenders, full-backs, midfielders, attacking midfielders, wide forwards and forwards that will be under consideration at different clubs?

Welcome to our attempt — The Athletic’s Transfer Tiers.

Ahead of the summer, The Athletic built a long list of players who were likely to move or attract significant interest in the upcoming transfer window. We sorted them into seven positional categories, each roughly 20 players deep, before sending the completed pool of players to people who work within the football industry.

In total, nearly 40 experts responded to The Athletic’s questions. These included sporting and technical directors, coaches, scouts, intermediaries, analysts and, in a few instances, people with important local knowledge.

What we asked them to do was relatively simple. From the players available, in each position, select and rank three players they expect to be targeted by elite clubs (a Champions League contender), three more who they think will be prioritised by clubs from the level just below, and a further three who will be pursued by teams broadly defined as being part of the game’s wealthy middle-class.

Tier One is targeted at Champions League contendersJustin Setterfield/Getty Images

The lines between those categories are blurred and hard to properly define. But to provide as much clarity as possible, Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain would be considered Tier One; Aston Villa, Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund belong in Tier Two, even if there are financial differences between them; and Brighton, Bayer Leverkusen — process-led clubs, essentially — would belong in Tier Three.

Rather than being an outright ranking of clubs, the Tier system really represents how these clubs think about the transfer market, how they have historically behaved, and where their ceilings — both in terms of wages and fees — have traditionally existed.

There are some caveats to be aware of.

First, it’s entirely possible that having missed an initial target, a Tier One club ends up signing a player from a Tier Two category, or vice versa. A simple way of thinking about this is that if you are on the board, you’re able to play a role in your position at any level in a top-five European league.

Secondly, certain players have been excluded. While every major club in Europe would surely be interested if, for instance, Lamine Yamal were to become available, there is next to no chance of him actually leaving Barcelona. There is always the possibility that something absurd might occur — the equivalent of Neymar’s 2017 move to Paris Saint-Germain, for instance — but that’s extremely unlikely. No sensible recruitment policy would be built around signing him this summer.

Players with long-term injuries have also been left out. For the sake of an example, Tottenham’s Cristian Romero appears because he is expected to recover from his knee injury within the next few weeks, but Xavi Simons was not, as his ACL injury will likely see him miss much of the rest of the year. No team is going to be considering Simons in the summer of 2026. That’s where the line is.

It is also worth saying that while teams who would fit into the Tier One category might be more selective about style than a team in Tier Three, ultimately, very few teams in Europe who know they have a clear gap in their squad would avoid making a signing if the style does not quite match up. Stylistic preferences can go out of the window in the heat of the moment.

And a last point: nobody we asked had any connection to the players or clubs involved. That was important. We wanted the answers to be dispassionate and analytical, rather than reflective of what anybody wanted to happen.

The Tiers

• Goalkeepers

Sebastian Stafford-Bloor

 

Transfer Tiers: Goalkeepers – Our experts pick their Top 9 options for 2026 summer window

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7306731/2026/05/27/transfer-tiers-goalkeepers-summer-window-2026/

You are a director of football. The summer window is about to open, you’re meeting with the club’s sporting structure about your plans — and you guys need a goalkeeper.

Welcome to The Athletic’s Transfer Tiers. We’ve assembled a panel of experts to put together a list of players in each position heading into the summer. With the knowledge of those experts, we think we have pulled together a fairly comprehensive list of the top nine players that will be under consideration in each role going into the window.

Want to read more about our methodology? That can be found here:

Our understanding of the goalkeeper market can be found below. Tier One, Tier Two and Tier Three can be divided into elite clubs, those from the level just below and the wealthy middle-class, respectively. But it is worth remembering that if the other options move or are unavailable, elite sides could quite easily fit a Tier Three player into their teams.

Inclusion here does not mean a player wants to move or that they are necessarily going to be available this summer. However, it is who our experts, which includes sporting and technical directors, coaches, scouts, intermediaries, analysts and, in a few instances, people with important local knowledge, would present in a recruitment meeting going into the window.

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12 hours ago, Fernando said:

Spurs where bad this season but I'm willing to give him a chance. I think he is better then any defender we got. 

I would like him and Murillo....if we are looking to PL players. 

But again depends on what Alonso likes. I'm sure he likes those fast players and Van de ven is one of the fastes defender. Can help for high pressing high line if we ever go those games with Alonso. 

Considering our rivalry, I wouldn't want a Spurs player here, would just feel weird. 
 

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4 hours ago, Mário César said:

I doubt Enzo will leave Chelsea. Only if Real Madrid offers players, because otherwise they won’t pay what Chelsea want.

 

 

 

Who are Real Madrid going to "offer" as part of the deal?    The player that would make sense is Tchou but I doubt he moves here without CL football next season. 

Perez would want a big name signing with those elections going on.  Seems like his rival may have Rodri lined up as a transfer. 

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For me, the move would be to sell Enzo to Real Madrid for Huijsen plus cash, and just pay Huijsen whatever it will take to have him accept joining a clown show with no European football (250k pw or whatever is needed), if such a number exists (a big if probably - we're undoubtedly a huge huge downgrade on Real Madrid these days, but money has always talked in football).

I just feel its a lot easier to find elite midfielders than CBs and losing a top player like Enzo is more justifiable if it fixes our biggest weakness at the same time.

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13 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Who are Real Madrid going to "offer" as part of the deal?    The player that would make sense is Tchou but I doubt he moves here without CL football next season. 

Perez would want a big name signing with those elections going on.  Seems like his rival may have Rodri lined up as a transfer. 

People tossing out names like Guler, Tchouameni, Camavinga and Huijsen. Can only see Huijsen considering us (since we were in for him last summer + young and Xabi factor)

Guler is a good player but occupies a very similar space on the pitch to Palmer. We also have Estevao and Quenda on the right wing.

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Güler is a phenomenal talent who I’d love here but he seems to finally have really found his feet at Madrid and became an important player this past season. I don’t think there’s any chance they’d want to move him nor do I think he’d want to go anyways.

The midfielder under Madrid’s control who we should ask about if they want Enzo is Nico Paz. If they are targeting Enzo and with them already having Güler & Bellingham I don’t see any place at all for Paz to return as has always been reporters. Unless they’re selling 2-3 midfielders it makes zero sense.

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roflmaoooooooo

pure Romano-pumped garbage

£8.7m DMF who soon is 26yo

 

• Chelsea are hoping to sign the Alaves midfielder Antonio Blanco, who could be available for just €10 million this summer. (Fichajes)

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• Vinicius Junior has reiterated that he does not wish to leave Real Madrid, despite the transfer rumours.

  He said to Caze TV: “I’ve never imagined myself leaving Real Madrid. I take advantage of every minute I’m here because it’s the club of my dreams. Now I’m one of the captains, and that’s very important. I want to stay here all my life. I have a contract until 2027, I have to talk to Real Madrid and Real Madrid have to talk to me. The club is calm, and so am I. The president trusts me, and I trust him. We have to wait.”