Chelsea Transfers

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5 minutes ago, Thor said:

We need a Kante lite. A roamer and disrupter of play. That is ultimately what we are missing at the moment. 

 

Another LB would be nice too. 

We need a Kante with better distribution. But there is no such player around atm. So for now, I will be happy as soon as we get Kovacic and Kante back fit already.

LWB is a huge worry tho. The club must see now that Alonso is a lost cause. We need someone who can make an impact now. If we fail to make a worthwhle acaquisition here, i will massively downgrade my season expectations. With Chilwell I said top 4 would be  a breeze but with Alonso we will be struggling big time.

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What is Tuchels preferred formation anyway? Not sure he has any. He looks like a flexible manager who plays to players strength.

Because he changed it in every club. So this is why I dont know what to expect for the future. For example with Frank we knew he likes traditional DM and eventually would bring one (Rice) and drop Jorginho.

Conte and Sarri were also open books about their style. 

People are often speaking about Rice, guy from Monaco, even saw Casemiro links the other day but not sure TT is feeling the same way.

In Mainz he had Polanski, after that Weigl and in PSG he introduced Marquinhos as DM. SO no one here is very physical player. He wanted Jorginho for PSG.

Him changing it to 3atb here is I think more down to our CBs than anything else. And many Chelsea fans seem to forgot that defense can still be great with 4 atb system. Even with Sarri was very solid apart from 2 games.

Will Tuchel switch to 4atb here at some point? If yes, what is preventing him now? What does he need? New CBs? How would Kounde and Gallagher fit in our team as I expect them to be here next season.

 

 

[Blue Armour 4,438]

So...how many center backs are we going to be in the market for next season? And how many good ones can we actually afford?

Even if we manage to convince Silva to stay, I doubt he's going to keep up the pace next year. Azpi already looks shot and on his way out. 

[Strike 7,483]

7 hours ago, Thor said:

We need a Kante lite. A roamer and disrupter of play. That is ultimately what we are missing at the moment. 

 

Another LB would be nice too. 

Barella?

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Still for the life of me, can't believe we didn't go for Vlahovic instead of Lukaku. I could see he would have been the better choice and I'm watching football from my living room. How the fuck do these 'footballing people' get it soo wrong?

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

Some of these frees are interesting.

Dybala and Sule would be worth a punt, they’d actually be two very shrewd moves. 

Kessie and Brozovic are interesting players too but I think we wouldn’t be overly interested in either of them due to Connor’s development, unless we actually sold both Ross and Ruben, but again don’t see it happening.

[LAM09 7,043]

35 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Some of these frees are interesting.

Dybala and Sule would be worth a punt, they’d actually be two very shrewd moves. 

Kessie and Brozovic are interesting players too but I think we wouldn’t be overly interested in either of them due to Connor’s development, unless we actually sold both Ross and Ruben, but again don’t see it happening.

We've been linked with Kessie on numerous occasions & were supposedly battling PSG for his signature. Would be a smart move IMO.

[Vesper 30,140]

🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid-bound)
🇨🇮 Franck Kessié
🇦🇷 Paulo Dybala 
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Insigne
🇭🇷 Marcelo Brozović
🇩🇪 Niklas Süle (has rebounded)

I am open to any of these the club deems a good deal

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On 12/12/2021 at 09:14, Strike said:

Barella?

yes, he is closest there is out there to Kante atm, but he will also be insanely expensive

 Joshua Kimmich is untouchable

Aurélien Tchouaméni is my pick, if no Barella

Casemiro  is interesting too, of they really want to ship him, big downside is he turns 30yo in around 2 months

other similar type players (drop off in quality. obviously)

Ismaël Bennacer    
Wilfred Ndidi 
Rúben Neves   
Kalvin Phillips    
Douglas Luiz   
Bruno Guimarães    
Boubacar Kamara

 

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by Vesper

[Tomo 21,751]

There's noises Wijnaldum will be avalible for loan in January, if true we should be all over that. He would be a dream stop gap before Gallagher and/or Gilmour return.

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5 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Some of these frees are interesting.

Dybala and Sule would be worth a punt, they’d actually be two very shrewd moves. 

Kessie and Brozovic are interesting players too but I think we wouldn’t be overly interested in either of them due to Connor’s development, unless we actually sold both Ross and Ruben, but again don’t see it happening.

Dybala is almost certain will extend with Juve, Sule definitely would be a bargain considering he has been Bayern best CB this season.

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3 hours ago, Vesper said:

yes, he is closest there is out there to Kante atm, but he will also be insanely expensive

 Joshua Kimmich is untouchable

Aurélien Tchouaméni is my pick, if no Barella

Casemiro  is interesting too, of they really want to ship him, big downside is he turns 30yo in around 2 months

other similar type players (drop off in quality. obviously)

Ismaël Bennacer    
Wilfred Ndidi 
Rúben Neves   
Kalvin Phillips    
Douglas Luiz   
Bruno Guimarães    
Boubacar Kamara
Pape Sarr (19yo, on Metz, huge upside, plays with Mendy on Senegal NT)
 

 

Tottenham signed him this summer.

Edited December 13, 2021 by Blues Forever

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Chiesa.🤔

Edited December 13, 2021 by Blues Forever

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

6 hours ago, LAM09 said:

We've been linked with Kessie on numerous occasions & were supposedly battling PSG for his signature. Would be a smart move IMO.

Yeah he’s a good player; great physical qualities as well as having good technical ability too. 

1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

Dybala is almost certain will extend with Juve, Sule definitely would be a bargain considering he has been Bayern best CB this season.

Is he? Well that’s disappointing as I think he would be a huge potential improvement on Ziyech and Werner in those attacking positions. Although I am a bit skeptical of if he could play in the PL though as well as he does in Italy but think his profile is the sort that could function well in our system. As well as perhaps being someone who could play in a front 2 off Lukaku as an actual second striker similarly to how Martinez did at Inter although I think that would split a lot of opinions.

Sule not renewing at Bayern seems odd but if we can get him on a free for next summer we should take it and run. He has been brilliant under Nagelsmann. 

Edited December 13, 2021 by OneMoSalah