Chelsea Transfers

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

Need upgrade in wingbacks moreso CBs. 

[lucio 5,418]

Do we have buybacks for tomori or guehi?

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

1 minute ago, lucio said:

Do we have buybacks for tomori or guehi?

Tomori - No clause inserted

Guehi - Sell-On Matching Clause

[Pizy 18,368]

Assuming we manage to keep Rüdiger (and I know that’s a big assumption) we should be going hard after 2 new CB’s, not just 1. A Christensen replacement and a more “on pitch general” type who plays centrally to rotate with and eventually replace Thiago Silva long term.

I liked the look of Sven Botman when we played against Lille and I know he’s moving this summer with Newcastle after him. He’s a giant who would suit the league, is only 22, and is made for that commanding central spot in a back 3.

[laura90 556]

The last summer is the summer when I totally gave up on this board and the faith of this club with them in the helm. I have been saying this forever. With them we were heading to middle table status. Roman or no Roman, he wasn't willing to pay big to cover transfer mistakes as he used to. Lukaku was not the big signing. It was 1 instead of 3 players signing. Summer of 2020 was financed with sale of our best player and Morata. 

It seems now Kovacic is injured. That took away any hope I had for Wembley.  I don't believe in Jorginho in big occasions anymore and Kante isn't what he used to be. 

Not getting defensive midfielder with passing abilities last summer was criminal short sided mistake that will likely cost us another Wembley final.

Not getting wingback backup is the same kind of mistake that costed us CL exit and both domestic finals. Liverpool rise in the league started with our fall. Our fall would have been significantly less had we had a decent wingback cover and decent midfielder who could pass.

Not getting these players but getting striker instead is the kind of mistake that kid would make playing football manager. That kind of mindset was getting us nowhere long term. Our fate would depend on rise of Newcastle or United getting decent manager. Not on our doings. We were only sabotaging ourselves.

Selling both Tomori and Guehi without buyback clause while we had half of our defense on possible exit doors is another kid playing football manager decision. Unaccountably.

Striker was luxury after we get midfielder and wingback. Possible even CB. Our attacking trio wasn't that awful, they  got us CL in their first season. They deserved another chance, player that would make them better not worst.  

But here striker was cover for all those players. 1,5 mlrd of loans, more than half of that on mismatch players.  

This sale is not the worst thing. Now we actually have hope that knowable people will do our transfers. We won't get the revenue sky high right away but we can cut the losses.

[Vesper 28,765]

4 hours ago, Pizy said:

Assuming we manage to keep Rüdiger (and I know that’s a big assumption) we should be going hard after 2 new CB’s, not just 1. A Christensen replacement and a more “on pitch general” type who plays centrally to rotate with and eventually replace Thiago Silva long term.

I liked the look of Sven Botman when we played against Lille and I know he’s moving this summer with Newcastle after him. He’s a giant who would suit the league, is only 22, and is made for that commanding central spot in a back 3.

I maintain my stance that we simply must grab either  Milan Škriniar and/or Matthijs de Ligt

screw Kounde, he is not worth it

as for a second (I so doubt we can pull both of the two above)

Bremer    
Nico Schlotterbeck 

if neither of those two

Pau Torres  
Kalidou Koulibaly   (only for a fair fee, as he is 30yo, so this is very unlikely)
Merih Demiral
Josko Gvardiol    

Botman perhaps, not totally sold tbh

Jurrien Timber (If he was 7, 8 cms taller I would be all in, but he is only 1.79m, and not as strong as Kounde)
 

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,476]

Milan have about wrapped up the Botman transfer. Not that he couldn't be enticed away from it.

[Vesper 28,765]

Gianluca Prestianni

Vélez Sarsfield 

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[Thor 2,392]

Haaland off to Citeh... Great. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

9 hours ago, Vesper said:

I maintain my stance that we simply must grab either  Milan Škriniar and/or Matthijs de Ligt

screw Kounde, he is not worth it

as for a second (I so doubt we can pull both of the two above)

Bremer    
Nico Schlotterbeck 

if neither of those two

Pau Torres  
Kalidou Koulibaly   (only for a fair fee, as he is 30yo, so this is very unlikely)
Merih Demiral
Josko Gvardiol    

Botman perhaps, not totally sold tbh

Jurrien Timber (If he was 7, 8 cms taller I would be all in, but he is only 1.79m, and not as strong as Kounde)
 

 

De Ligt would be very costly in terms of transfer fee+wage+agent commision, honestly i can't see the new owner doing Roman aka splashing €100m for one player anymore. If Rudiger or Azpilicueta also gone we need at least 2 new CBs as well. 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Blues Forever

[Pizy 18,368]

If the figures being talked about are true (and they surely are) we were never in a million years going to be in the race for Haaland even if Roman were still here and willing to spend big. Lukaku or no Lukaku we aren’t a club that would pay any player £500k a week. There are only 3 clubs in the world who are willing to do so and those are Real Madrid, PSG, and City. And the latter 2 have literally limitless cash funneled through their clubs.

Honestly, I’m not sure just how much scarier he makes City. They’re already completely dominant in the league and score more than anyone else. He should certainly help them in those games where City created chance after chance but couldn’t score and therefore dropped points I guess. That’s the only reason Liverpool we’re able to catch up. But I don’t think he’s this transformative signing like he would be if he came to Chelsea.

[Superblue 6,370]

15 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If the figures being talked about are true (and they surely are) we were never in a million years going to be in the race for Haaland even if Roman were still here and willing to spend big. Lukaku or no Lukaku we aren’t a club that would pay any player £500k a week. There are only 3 clubs in the world who are willing to do so and those are Real Madrid, PSG, and City. And the latter 2 have literally limitless cash funneled through their clubs.

Honestly, I’m not sure just how much scarier he makes City. They’re already completely dominant in the league and score more than anyone else. He should certainly help them in those games where City created chance after chance but couldn’t score and therefore dropped points I guess. That’s the only reason Liverpool we’re able to catch up. But I don’t think he’s this transformative signing like he would be if he came to Chelsea.

It remains to be seen and to be honest City create so many chances I'm sure he'll score goals, but I do get the feeling Haaland is more of an opportunity that City have sensed and is perhaps with an eye beyond Pep's tenure at the club. His track record with out and out strikers isn't too great besides Lewa. He bombed Eto'o out of Barca, couldn't get Zlatan to work and there was always reported needle between him and Aguero, especially in the early years at City. I can completely see why he'd think Kane would suit City as he is capable of dropping deeper and playing as a false 9 and allowing players to run beyond him. I'm not as sure Haaland fits into the style of play Pep likes to play but I guess we'll see.

I completely agree regarding the wage packet though and ultimately it will cause City problems down the line. There will be a number of players in their squad, regulars who have been a huge success getting between £100-200k a week. Haaland becomes the new benchmark at City, and a lot of those players will suddenly be in a position where they are being paid barely a quarter of the highest paid player at the club. It'll immediately cause all new contract negotiations to rise.

It's the same reason why Liverpool are so reluctant to pay Salah £400k a week because it blows their whole wage structure out of the water. It's also another reason why we should be looking to move Lukaku on in the summer and bring that wage ceiling at our club down a bit.

It'll be interesting how UEFA implement this new iteration of FFP. I'm sure there will be some form of loopholes, there almost always is, but the idea of keeping transfer and wages within a percentage of a club's revenue makes more sense as a cost control mechanism within football and should also be a lot easier to "police". If UEFA take a hard line with this, then this move could spell problems later down the line for City. 

[milka 3,344]

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,476]

LOL, they can stand in line. James signed a six year contract in 2021.

[DDA 9,690]

11 minutes ago, milka said:

 

Hands of you dirty bastards. James is our own. He isn't going anywhere.

[Superblue 6,370]

Never happening. Long term contract, almost certainly will end up being in the shout for future captain of the club. There are some 'pillars' we need to be building the long term future of the club around and he's arguably the number one of them all.

[Strike 7,217]

Regretting playing Madrid. They're apparently interested in our whole squad now

[Pizy 18,368]

You could tell how much they respected him during and after the match. They probably would indeed love to get their hands on him as would any other big club. Thankfully there’s absolutely zero to worry about. He’ll be here for his whole career. 
 

Rüdiger on the other hand… 😬 Wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him choose Real Madrid.