Chelsea Transfers

[robsblubot 3,554]

8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I just thought Christensen’s negatives outweighed the positives. When he was fully fit and in top form he was a very solid and adequate CB. But the seemingly constant niggling injuries, the unexplained bouts of being out of the team, him getting bullied on the pitch even by players that he’s bigger than, and seeing him always grimacing in pain after innocuous looking challenges got super old.

If we had extended his contract I would’ve thought “meh, fine, I guess.” But now that he has left I’m also like “meh, fine, I guess.” I won’t really have a second thought about him once the season starts.

Yeah that's fair. On the other hand, there is a question of system.
In a possession system like City employs, as well as Barca, I think his weaknesses don't get exposed as much when the ball moves quickly and the CBs don't get into too many 50/50s.

[Marvin123 486]

That cornet fella stood out every time I watched Burnley last season. What a player. Can he make the big leap though...

[Tomo 21,733]

1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

You are right, esp if we shed out 50m for Ake we are settling for mediocrity. Might very well be that is the plan of the new owners like with Arsenal's (who have got a few signings in already tho). As long as we stay in the PL the cash will roll in.

For all the gushing over Arsenal's business, are Vieira and Jesus really that much better than who we have returning from loan in those positions let alone who we may or may not sign? Funnily enough i feel Arsenal's best signing so far is also a returning loanee (Saliba) providing Arteta doesn't piss him off like he has many others.

[DDA 9,696]

7 minutes ago, Marvin123 said:

That cornet fella stood out every time I watched Burnley last season. What a player. Can he make the big leap though...

The big leap?? He's already proven his worth in the league we play in. 

[Mário César 1,027]

# Deligt- # Skriniar: day of reflection, waiting for offers from #Chelsea, #Bayern and #Psg. It won't take too long

pedulla

Edited July 5, 2022 by Mário César

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

7 minutes ago, Tomo said:

For all the gushing over Arsenal's business, are Vieira and Jesus really that much better than who we have returning from loan in those positions let alone who we may or may not sign? Funnily enough i feel Arsenal's best signing so far is also a returning loanee (Saliba) providing Arteta doesn't piss him off like he has many others.

I was not even gushing, just stating the fact but I will take the bait.

Jesus is a proven goalscorer in the PL with respectable overall technical quality who has impacted various big matches. Broja has only shown glimpses of promise so far, so I definitely would say Jesus is the far superior player atm and does improve Arsenal. I would also say that jesus would have improved us but i can see why we did not go for him. Vieira i have no idea about, his stats are pretty shite. In this moment, I do not see how our squad overall is vastly superior to Arsenal's.

Saliba is a big talent, i agree. would not mind having him here rn.

Arsenal's best piece of business was getting rid of Guendouzi tho. Instantly takes their squad up a level not having that useless freerider around dragging everyone down. Took his ugly ass mullet long enough to vanish on the horizon. Absolute excuse of a footballer.

[Tomo 21,733]

8 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

I was not even gushing, just stating the fact but I will take the bait.

Jesus is a proven goalscorer in the PL with respectable overall technical quality who has impacted various big matches. Broja has only shown glimpses of promise so far, so I definitely would say Jesus is the far superior player atm and does improve Arsenal. I would also say that jesus would have improved us but i can see why we did not go for him. Vieira i have no idea about, his stats are pretty shite. In this moment, I do not see how our squad overall is vastly superior to Arsenal's.

Saliba is a big talent, i agree. would not mind having him here rn.

Arsenal's best piece of business was getting rid of Guendouzi tho. Instantly takes their squad up a level not having that useless freerider around dragging everyone down. Took his ugly ass mullet long enough to vanish on the horizon. Absolute excuse of a footballer.

I was making a general observation with that sorry if you felt otherwise. I've never been sold on Jesus, yes he's relatively proven at this level but so was Lukaku and we all near enough unanimously agreed him out Broja in. There's a reason he never truly broke into that City side and if him and Nketiah are their pairing going forward i won't be losing any sleep, Auba and Lacazette circa 18-20 were miles better and they never troubled inferior Chelsea teams with inferior managers to Tuchel incharge (not to mention Emery and even latter years Wenger trump Arteta any day of the week).

Edited July 5, 2022 by Tomo

[ZAPHOD2319 4,534]

I don’t the Ake is bad. But 50M is just way too much for the player he has shown.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

I may be wrong here and correct me if so, but i get the impression that Gerard Romero fella chats absolute bollocks. 

 

[whats happening 1,538]

2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

From what is currently being reported by good sources de Ligt will gladly play for both Chelsea or Bayern. It is going to just be a case of who Juve accepts.

let him play for bayern until january, second part of the season he is ours.

 

can cornet play lwb?

[wally green 0]

13 minutes ago, whats happening said:

let him play for bayern until january, second part of the season he is ours.

 

can cornet play lwb?

He used to play there for olympic lyon. Drogba recommended him to TT apparently

[Clockwork 1,794]

Nvm

Edited July 6, 2022 by Clockwork

[Blue Armour 4,325]

 

Edited July 6, 2022 by Blue Armour

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3 hours ago, ChelseaFanUK said:

I may be wrong here and correct me if so, but i get the impression that Gerard Romero fella chats absolute bollocks. 

 

You're right. He's a fanboy with no contacts at the club.

[Blues11 213]

Wouldn't be surprised if agents are swaying certain attacking players not to come here. I'm sure players like Lukaku, Ziyech, and Werner don't think very highly of TT's tactics and word can travel. All three players have their flaws but it also doesn't look great when each one was class before coming here. Don't think there's much of a belief Tuchel can elevate an attacking player. 

Raphina was worried he might have to play wingback and that's probably one of the reasons why he doesn't want to be here. If he did he would already be ours so I think that's somewhat telling. 

Seems like we'll have to overpay and give up some hefty wages to secure some signings but we need them. 

De Jong, Sterling, and MDL would be a great summer of business. 

[DDA 9,696]

Just now, Blues11 said:

Wouldn't be surprised if agents are swaying certain attacking players not to come here. I'm sure players like Lukaku, Ziyech, and Werner don't think very highly of TT's tactics and word can travel. All three players have their flaws but it also doesn't look great when each one was class before coming here. Don't think there's much of a belief Tuchel can elevate an attacking player. 

Raphina was worried he might have to play wingback and that's probably one of the reasons why he doesn't want to be here. If he did he would already be ours so I think that's somewhat telling. 

Seems like we'll have to overpay and give up some hefty wages to secure some signings but we need them. 

De Jong, Sterling, and MDL would be a great summer of business. 

But

Ziyech was good in a very well drilled Ajax team but even then their fans said he looses the ball way to often and can go missing in large parts of the season. Similar to what we saw from him.

Werner was flourishing in what can only be called a Sunday pub league with enough space in defences to host Glastonbury each week.

Lukaku.. Well does anything need to be said.. the donkey flopped at United way before leaving to bang goals in an Italian league which even makes Tammy Abraham look class.

All has to be viewed thought the factual lense and if we're honest they were terrible buys looking back on it . We brought these players in to elevate us to the next level when in truth none of then were fit enough to do so.

I agree with you on the later though, FDJ, Sterling and MDL would be a great summer. 

FDJ would fit in lovely but the rumours of us going in for him aren't strong enough unfortunately.

[OneMoSalah 8,807]

14 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Really is not a good look for Boehly if this transfer window ends with Ake over De Ligt, Skriniar, or Koulibaly. 

Not a good look at all. 

Considering the Ake move, like the majority of the others this window with substance, are being driven more by Tuchel (talk he is a fan and wanted him at Dortmund), I would say any criticism should be pointed more to the manager himself than Boehly, seeing as he is getting the definitive final say.

Maybe it is not a good look for Boehly but if its Ake TT wants then what can he do? 

I mean people moaned that we don’t/didn’t back managers, now we are linked with a player TT reportedly wants (I don’t think he’s good enough either as a starter) its a bad look?

Edited July 6, 2022 by OneMoSalah

[Blues11 213]

6 minutes ago, DDA said:

But

Ziyech was good in a very well drilled Ajax team but even then their fans said he looses the ball way to often and can go missing in large parts of the season. Similar to what we saw from him.

Werner was flourishing in what can only be called a Sunday pub league with enough space in defences to host Glastonbury each week.

Lukaku.. Well does anything need to be said.. the donkey flopped at United way before leaving to bang goals in an Italian league which even makes Tammy Abraham look class.

All has to be viewed thought the factual lense and if we're honest they were terrible buys looking back on it . We brought these players in to elevate us to the next level when in truth none of then were fit enough to do so.

I agree with you on the later though, FDJ, Sterling and MDL would be a great summer. 

FDJ would fit in lovely but the rumours of us going in for him aren't strong enough unfortunately.

I agree with a lot of your reasonings on why those players have failed at Chelsea. I didn't like the Lukaku signing one bit like most of us. He failed in big moments playing in the Prem in the past so why would you sign him for an outrageous fee? For me last season it was Haaland or be patient but they wanted to make a big signing off the Champions league win and it really backfired... When Lukaku did his interview that got him in the doghouse, I kind of believed him when he was told by Tuchel we would play a certain way and ended up playing the same formation week in and week out. 

I still think certain attacking players and agents are wary of Tuchel. He doesn't take enough accountability when we fail and we struggled against bottom table teams too often. No adjustments or tinkering was done, basically just swapping out the front three every week was his "solution". Boehly will be looked to if we fail to secure impact signings but he's stated he's given Tuchel money to spend and it's also TT's job to give perspective players belief in Chelsea. 

FDJ would flourish in this system...maybe we can sell him the champions league or something. Lol