Chelsea Transfers

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Chelsea contract rebel Cesar Azpilicueta set to stay at the club after Roman Abramovich sanctions

https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/10/Chelsea-contract-rebel-set-to-stay-after-roman-abramovich-sanctions-16251568/?ito=newsnow-feed

Cesar Azpilicueta looks set to remain at Chelsea this summer following the sanctions imposed on owner Roman Abramovich and will not get his dream move to Barcelona, according to reports.

The 32-year-old, who has been at Stamford Bridge for a decade, was expected to leave when his contract expires at the end of the season and has held talks with Barca over a return to Spain on a free transfer.

That move seemed to now be a formality after news of Abramovich’s sanctions broke, with Chelsea now unable to offer new contracts while their owner’s assets are frozen.

But, according to Spanish newspaper AS, there has been a twist in the contract saga with Azpilicueta having already triggered a one-year extension that ties him to the club.

The defender had a clause in his contract which meant that, if he played 30 matches for the club this season, they would have the option to extend his deal until 2023.

Club captain Azpilicueta crossed that benchmark in February and AS claim Chelsea have already taken up their option.

But Azpilicueta had remained in talks with Barcelona and was confident of convincing Chelsea to let him leave for a nominal fee – or even on a free – as a good will gesture following his long service to the club.

That will no longer be allowed to happen, however, with the sanctions imposed on Abramovich meaning the club are unable to conduct any transfer business – incomings or outgoings.

Moreover, with Chelsea unable to strengthen their squad for the foreseeable future, they will have no desire to let Azpilicueta leave and weaken their options even further.

Barca intend to remain in contact with the versatile defender, but will only be able to sign Azpilicueta if the sanctions on Abramovich are lifted.

The Catalan giants are also chasing fellow Chelsea contract rebel Andreas Christensen, a deal which now looks extremely likely to happen with the Blues unable to offer new deals, while Antonio Rudiger is also set to leave the club.

[Blue Armour 4,168]

The ultimate irony and slap in the face of spitty Carragher would be if after all this crisis blows over , we actually end up signing Salah in the summer because he failed to negotiate a deal with Liverpool.

[DDA 9,570]

1 hour ago, Blue Armour said:

The ultimate irony and slap in the face of spitty Carragher would be if after all this crisis blows over , we actually end up signing Salah in the summer because he failed to negotiate a deal with Liverpool.

I dislike Salah but that would be a wonderful moment. 

Shame the spitty faced twat Carragher is part of the Liverscum mob who along with ex United run the footballing media in England.

[Tomo 21,681]

On 10/03/2022 at 14:23, Vesper said:

Chelsea contract rebel Cesar Azpilicueta set to stay at the club after Roman Abramovich sanctions

https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/10/Chelsea-contract-rebel-set-to-stay-after-roman-abramovich-sanctions-16251568/?ito=newsnow-feed

Cesar Azpilicueta looks set to remain at Chelsea this summer following the sanctions imposed on owner Roman Abramovich and will not get his dream move to Barcelona, according to reports.

The 32-year-old, who has been at Stamford Bridge for a decade, was expected to leave when his contract expires at the end of the season and has held talks with Barca over a return to Spain on a free transfer.

That move seemed to now be a formality after news of Abramovich’s sanctions broke, with Chelsea now unable to offer new contracts while their owner’s assets are frozen.

But, according to Spanish newspaper AS, there has been a twist in the contract saga with Azpilicueta having already triggered a one-year extension that ties him to the club.

The defender had a clause in his contract which meant that, if he played 30 matches for the club this season, they would have the option to extend his deal until 2023.

Club captain Azpilicueta crossed that benchmark in February and AS claim Chelsea have already taken up their option.

But Azpilicueta had remained in talks with Barcelona and was confident of convincing Chelsea to let him leave for a nominal fee – or even on a free – as a good will gesture following his long service to the club.

That will no longer be allowed to happen, however, with the sanctions imposed on Abramovich meaning the club are unable to conduct any transfer business – incomings or outgoings.

Moreover, with Chelsea unable to strengthen their squad for the foreseeable future, they will have no desire to let Azpilicueta leave and weaken their options even further.

Barca intend to remain in contact with the versatile defender, but will only be able to sign Azpilicueta if the sanctions on Abramovich are lifted.

The Catalan giants are also chasing fellow Chelsea contract rebel Andreas Christensen, a deal which now looks extremely likely to happen with the Blues unable to offer new deals, while Antonio Rudiger is also set to leave the club.

Before this my train of thought was it was the right time to let him leave but after this I feel we need every bit of continuity we can get.

[Superblue 6,331]

21 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Before this my train of thought was it was the right time to let him leave but after this I feel we need every bit of continuity we can get.

Agreed. Until we see how everything pans out it's important to both keep continuity and retain experience where we can because the only transfer business we may be able to do in the summer is bringing back loan players.

For any new owner coming in though, resigning Rudiger to a new contract has to be priority number one.

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1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Agreed. Until we see how everything pans out it's important to both keep continuity and retain experience where we can because the only transfer business we may be able to do in the summer is bringing back loan players.

For any new owner coming in though, resigning Rudiger to a new contract has to be priority number one.

This. Stability is key.

There's bound to be instability off the pitch, good or bad.

We absolutely need stability on the pitch at least for the near term.

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[King Kante 1,302]

On 12/03/2022 at 21:48, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Sounds great from a financial perspective but cannot see this being allowed. The fall out of having another Saudi group in the PL would be a political disaster for the Tories. 

[NikkiCFC 7,595]

I really hope TT stays and we continue our transfer plans including Dembele.

 

[NikkiCFC 7,595]

Deco our ex player is his agent.

Edited March 14, 2022 by NikkiCFC

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Chelsea told to 'get Romelu Lukaku out of the club' after 'disrespectful' reveal - pundit

https://www.footballinsider247.com/Chelsea-told-to-get-romelu-lukaku-out-of-the-club-after-disrespectful-reveal-pundit/

 

what a nightmare 

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CIES Football Observatory n°372 - 14/03/2022

Net international transfer spending: from England to Portugal

https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp372/en/

 

Issue number 372 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the net spending on international transfers concluded since July 2017 by clubs of the 40 most active nations from an incoming and outcoming fee volume perspective. England (- €4.35 billion) and Portugal (+€1.15 billion) recorded the most negative and, respectively, positive trade balances.

Italy has the second most negative trade balance on international transfers concluded since the start of the 2017/18 season (-€910 million), followed by China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Spain. At the opposite end of the table, Brazil (+€1.02 billion) is just behind Portugal and outranks the Netherlands, France, Argentina and Belgium.

The data includes eventual add-ons irrespective of their effective payment, as well as sell-on percentages. However, this information, such as that on transfer fees themselves, is not always available. The figures presented are thus to be considered approximations that are as accurate as possible. FIFA’s annual reports with official aggregated data are available for free here.

 

 

 

[Fernando 6,376]

15 hours ago, Vesper said:

Chelsea told to 'get Romelu Lukaku out of the club' after 'disrespectful' reveal - pundit

https://www.footballinsider247.com/Chelsea-told-to-get-romelu-lukaku-out-of-the-club-after-disrespectful-reveal-pundit/

 

what a nightmare 

No one is shock. We knew he is that. Is best to let him go back to Italy. But we will take a big cut. Maybe if we are lucky we get half. 

[NikkiCFC 7,595]

 

[NikkiCFC 7,595]

FFS!

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

FFS!

If Madrid are seriously interested in someone, no other clubs have any chance at all.

[NikkiCFC 7,595]

3 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

If Madrid are seriously interested in someone, no other clubs have any chance at all.

If they get him, Casemiro and Tcho would give so much protection that they would be able to play 424 with Vini, Haaland (if they get him), Benzema and Mbappe up front.

Plus they have Camavinga, Modric still top class, Valverde, Kroos...

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On 15/03/2022 at 14:20, NikkiCFC said:

 

 ter Stegen woild be a superb backup for us!!!