Chelsea Transfers

[Blues11 213]

Not surprised attackers aren't really excited to come here at the moment. Obviously with our status and money we will get some players but I can understand the skepticism for someone like Raphina.  Literally no one who signed here improved and the tactics aren't great for attacking players. Tuchel noted that we don't plan on changing anything so let's see if anything improves, still think TT has a lot of questions to answer regardless of who we end up with. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

1 hour ago, Artandur said:

Wasnt Deco there for Laporta's birthday? This very much sounds like bs to me

Seems i was right lol, this is from Matt Law: "Deco was believed to be making a final check to see if Barca could match Chelsea’s bid for Raphinha".

[Vesper 29,134]

55 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Dembele wage demand is really not that high, he was on 11m and Barca are offering 6m. 

According to data collected by 'Football Leaks' and published in German outlet 'Der Spiegel', Barcelona's new record signing Ousmane Dembele will earn a yearly salary of at least 12 million euros (£10.4m). The German publication said that the information appears in Barcelona's internal list and that, if bonuses are included, the 20-year-old's annual salary could add up to 20 million euros (£17.3m).

https://www.besoccer.com/new/dembele-s-barcelona-salary-revealed

The French winger made the switch from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona in a deal worth 105 million euros (£91m), but that could eventually reach 147 million (£127m) if the add-ons are triggered.

Magazine 'Sport Bild' assured that almost 30 million euros (£26m) of those bonus payments are perfectly attainable, and that the Bundesliga outfit will receive said fee if Barcelona qualify for the Champions League once in the next five years and Dembele makes 50 official appearances for the Catalan side.

Barcelona also made a 9-million-euro (£7.75m) payment to Dembele's agent for the transfer, as reported by 'Der Spiegel', and according to information supplied by 'Football Leaks'.

 

note:

my euros to pounds conversions (in italics) are based off current FOREX rates

Edited June 29, 2022 by Vesper

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

He can go to Barca.

I don’t want him to ask for transfer to Barcelona after a year or 2…

we had enough of this shit with hazard. Tibo, etc…

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Full article from Matt Law:

Chelsea are still aiming to complete the signing of Raphinha, despite the threat of Barcelona attempting to hijack the deal if the Spanish club can rush through a cash injection.

Having agreed a fee of £55 million, plus add-ons, with Leeds United for the Brazilian, Chelsea have also broadly agreed personal terms with the offer of a five-year contract worth in the region of £115,000-a-week.

No problems are expected on that front and Chelsea’s new owners remain hopeful they have done enough to clinch the transfer, despite Raphinha’s agent holding 11th-hour talks with Barcelona.

Deco, the former midfielder who represents Raphinha, was spotted at Barcelona’s offices on Wednesday where it is believed he was making a final check to see if the Spaniards could somehow match Chelsea’s offer.

Barcelona have been working hard on a deal to raise over 200m euros by selling off a percentage of the club’s media rights which would allow them to trade again this summer.

A move for Robert Lewandowski has been held up while Barca try to raise the cash and the club are yet to register free transfer signings Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessi, or offer a new contract to Ousmane Dembele.

A bid to hijack Chelsea over Raphinha, who had hoped to move to the Nou Camp, also rests on a cash injection being secured quickly while Chelsea must hope they have already done enough to see off that particular threat.

It is understood that of his potential options in England, Raphinha would prioritise a move to Chelsea.

The plan remains for Raphinha to form a new £105m attack with Raheem Sterling, who Chelsea are in talks to sign, while the club are also making moves to strengthen their defence.

Alongside their talks over Sterling, Chelsea have discussed Nathan Ake with Manchester City and he remains the most likely candidate to succeed Antonio Rudiger on the left side of Thomas Tuchel’s defence.

Chelsea are also holding simultaneous talks for a number of other defenders, including Sevilla’s Jules Kounde and Juventus star Matthijs de Ligt. Should Chelsea sign Ake and Kounde, who can also provide cover in both the full-back positions, then the club could essentially sign a third central defender as well as that pair.

The move for Ake has raised doubts over the future of talented youngster Levi Colwill, who has attracted interest from Southampton and Leicester City.

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

4 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Going from Rudiger to Ake, massive downgrade and joke.

Did you read the article? It said we'd be going for de Ligt, Kounde, and Ake. 

Kounde and Ake can provide us options at CB at full/wing backs. De Ligt would be the Rudiger replacement. 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

This ake and kounde providing cove for fullback is BS as long as we are playing with wing backs. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

This ake and kounde providing cove for fullback is BS as long as we are playing with wing backs. 

Signing Raphinha all but confirms we are playing a back 4 (assuming Sterling is purchased also). 

No way does Tuchel not play Mount. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

6 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Signing Raphinha all but confirms we are playing a back 4 (assuming Sterling is purchased also). 

No way does Tuchel not play Mount. 

Our roster much more suited to a back 4 with Rudi, AC, and Dave pretty much nowhere the player he once was. Only player that really benefits from a 3CB is Silva who will be 38 at the start of next season, at his age rotation is probably the best he can handle.

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

10 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Our roster much more suited to a back 4 with Rudi, AC, and Dave pretty much nowhere the player he once was. Only player that really benefits from a 3CB is Silva who will be 38 at the start of next season, at his age rotation is probably the best he can handle.

Our midfield still very frail for a back 4 if we want to compete for the league. 

A top quality DM was needed this window, although we could make do with Ampadu. 

[JDY 1,290]

Way I see it. Dembele was/is our first choice. We couldn't just wait around for him to make a decision to stay or leave Barca. If we wait and Dembele decided to stay, we'd have probably lost Raphinha to Arsenal by not acting fast enough. By bidding we've put ourselves in a position to get Raphinha done. Or if Barca execute lever 66 or w/e and go for Raphinha, then Dembele is definitely leaving. Win win situation either way.

By doing nothing and waiting we could've easily end up with neither.

[milka 3,359]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

Sounds good but Apparently Bayern are now interested in dembele as well…

[Artandur 939]

10 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Sounds good but Apparently Bayern are now interested in dembele as well…

Can't imagine they'd match our contract offer

 

 

[Tomo 21,733]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Our midfield still very frail for a back 4 if we want to compete for the league. 

A top quality DM was needed this window, although we could make do with Ampadu. 

Depends what we're looking to do next season.

If it's the title at all costs it's a problem but if the general opinion that it will take atleast another year is also the opinion of Tuchel/Boehly then fuck it let's make the games fun ala Liverpool 16-18.

Edited June 29, 2022 by Tomo

[Vesper 29,134]

2 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

He can go to Barca.

I don’t want him to ask for transfer to Barcelona after a year or 2…

we had enough of this shit with hazard. Tibo, etc…

we made a SHEDLOAD of cash on Eden (and sold at the perfect time, one of the few brilliant Marina deals) and it only came after he played here for a longish time (we got 7 of his 8 peak years (the only one we missed out on was his last year at Lille, and that season was why we bought him), and he immediately collapsed after he left, and he was pretty shit in that nightmare 10th place season, 2015/16. the whole team was wretched)

 

as for Snake, that was a Marina disasterclass deal (and the rest of the board) as we STUPIDLY loaned him for far too long to AM, which allowed him to put down Madrid roots,

PLUS we should have sold him the year before, as it was 1000% crystal clear he was never going to renew, so we lost out on at least (conservatively) £50m in fees, AND we then panic bought KEPA (for insane money, salary, and length of contract) as we put all our eggs into the Oblak basket, and he turned us down after we met his release clause and he then said nope, not interested

 

[Pizy 18,487]

Wish people would stop bringing up Ampadu all the time. He has shown nothing out on loan to suggest that he’ll ever be Chelsea quality.

[Vesper 29,134]

2 hours ago, Clockwork said:

at his age rotation is probably the best he can handle.

lol

he played over 5000 minutes (close to 5200) for club and country last season at the age of 37

around 1200 of those in a back two for Brasil

he is a machine, like Maldini was

he is the best CB to ever play in the EPL IMHO (I mean his overall career, we obviously got him at the tail end)

the only ones close or, maybe better are Terry and Rio, and they are the two best EPL CB's

I think he wins the WC in December (Brasil, who I do not like, are my early favourites)

Edited June 29, 2022 by Vesper