Chelsea Transfers

[Jype 6,398]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

so he will swap wonderful northern Italian healthy cuisine for dodgy midnight roti and doubles run

Would think he's learnt his lesson by now, and is keeping with the healthy and professional diet wherever he plays. 😂

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[DH1988 1,346]

1 hour ago, Jype said:

Impossible to say without having taken part in the discussions...

IF it's true that Dortmund would only sell Haaland this year for €200M then it's absolutely crazy money compared to anything Lukaku would go for. Not only would the transfer fee itself be €70-80M more, but also taking into account Raiola and Haaland dad's ridiculous agent fees the difference would easily be a lot more than €100M. We also don't know the wages Haaland would command, earlier there were some silly rumors about him being after a minimum of £400-450K/wk which would no doubt also be 50-100% more than Lukaku's wage.

Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely love having Haaland and I'm sure the club would too. It's been widely reported that Haaland has always been the club's number one target for this summer, so if the transfer doesn't happen then it was clearly never a realistic signing to begin with and the club have abandoned the pursuit because it's either not financially viable or Dortmund just really don't want to sell. If Haaland is off the table, Lukaku is a great alternative.

 

Of course, you could say that about any transfer really or rumour, none of us work for the club etc. even the figures you've quoted there are within a measure of whats been rumoured, first it was €130m, then £130m, then... xyz, so on and so forth. We don't know the wages that Lukaku would command either, being arguably the top striker in an under performing league for two years. We are UCL winners, we are not short of money, we are doing an awful job at offloading hangers on and we are losing some talent in the process.. Its shaping up to be a very disappointing summer on the back of a huge elation with us, yet again, not backing a winning manager. Also, I am so so so disappointed we haven't backed Tuchel so far, he is by far, personality wise and coaching wise, my favourite coach. I'd hope we learnt from our Conte debacle, yes difficult prickly manager, but he took us to a league title none of us thought we'd be in for that year.

Bottom line, nobody knows the figures, but what has been quoted so far, to me, a fan on a forum, believes that we could achieve with our financial muscle. Considering Haaland would give us years at the top level being so young, its a safer long term investment than say, as I said, Lukaku who has played since he was young, had fitness issues and arguably has 2-3 years left, with us losing Alonso potentially, in the process. 

[killer1257 3,282]

Lukaku is the death of Broja and Soonsup Bell. Classic Chelsea

[chelsea_4_eva 1,180]

Stay at Inter Lukaku you are the main man, the Don Corleone.

Here you will have to compete with our Future Mr.Chelsea Mount, Starboy Kai Havertz, Capt.America Pulisic

[Jype 6,398]

2 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Lukaku is the death of Broja and Soonsup Bell. Classic Chelsea

What's the logic behind this? Getting 21yo Haaland is fine but 28yo Lukaku destroys the youth?

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

this board is showing its cluelessness once again, typical of this club.

[Tomo 21,751]

2 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Lukaku is the death of Broja and Soonsup Bell. Classic Chelsea

A bit extreme, even if Rom was here for 5 years Jude would be 22 at that point. If anything a striker of Lukaku's age gives him a better chance as a potential opening will arise at the perfect age.

[Vesper 30,085]

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel 'ready to sell 12 players' including Callum Hudson-Odoi

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1471241/Chelsea-transfer-news-thomas-tuchel-callum-hudson-odoi-tammy-abraham-premier-league-news

The likes of Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaku have reportedly been tailed by the Blues this summer, the kind of players who are not simply purchased on a whim.

Thankfully for Chelsea, their tendency to loan out fringe players normally leaves them with a substantial amount of ‘deadwood’ in and around the squad.

To raise the kind of funds necessary to land one of Europe’s hottest strikers, there may be next to no deadwood remaining when the window slams shut, with a 12-man transfer list reported by The Telegraph.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/08/02/romelu-lukaku-back-top-chelseas-new-striker-wish-list/

[killer1257 3,282]

9 minutes ago, Jype said:

What's the logic behind this? Getting 21yo Haaland is fine but 28yo Lukaku destroys the youth?

I never said I want Haaland either

[Pizy 18,850]

Can we at least get Koundé in so he can have a couple weeks of training to settle in… 🙄

[Jype 6,398]

8 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

I never said I want Haaland either

So what's your solution? Do nothing to address the problems up front and just pray for Werner, Havertz find their shooting boots for the next few seasons and that Broja and Soonsup-Bell develop enough over the next 3-4 years to be regulars at age 21-22?

JSB is 17 and Broja is 19. If anything, getting a 28yo Lukaku should be great for them. By the time Lukaku is 'finished' (which most here think is in 2-3 years because all footballers supposedly turn shit after 30) they're still at a decent enough age to start getting more regular game time. 

Edited August 3, 2021 by Jype

[milka 3,390]

€120m for Lukaku  - I don't know what this hype is about Lukaku when you have Haaland on the table but you send like that 120m for Romelu 

 

 

[Clockwork 1,794]

Honestly I don’t believe the Lukaku reports, from my understanding of this club behavior this is not consistent with past behaviors. 
 

 

[milka 3,390]

 

Inter is your club Lukaku stay there .