Blues Forever 1,232 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Fernando and Vesper 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,244 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Kong said: Do you even watch football? YorkshireBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,966 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Blues Forever said: I think this is a big signing for a club without CL football. Fair play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,244 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 17 minutes ago, Pizy said: Wonder how Havertz’s morale would be effected if both his German teammates leave in the same summer. He seems particularly close with Timo. he has the twins to keep him company ZAPHOD2319, bigbluewillie, Hamilton and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,973 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Btw, from most of the footage I’m watching of De Ligt on YouTube it seems he plays on the right side of the defense. So if we’re genuinely after him I wonder what that means for Koundé who also plays on that side. If De Ligt is indeed Tuchel’s man then I once again bring up Gvardiol who as a left footed player would perfectly slot in as our LCB. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Pizy said: Btw, from most of the footage I’m watching of De Ligt on YouTube it seems he plays on the right side of the defense. So if we’re genuinely after him I wonder what that means for Koundé who also plays on that side. If De Ligt is indeed Tuchel’s man then I once again bring up Gvardiol who as a left footed player would perfectly slot in as our LCB. Both aren't happening, basically it's either Kounde or De Ligt for RCB. Edited June 25, 2022 by Blues Forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 17 minutes ago, Pizy said: Btw, from most of the footage I’m watching of De Ligt on YouTube it seems he plays on the right side of the defense. So if we’re genuinely after him I wonder what that means for Koundé who also plays on that side. If De Ligt is indeed Tuchel’s man then I once again bring up Gvardiol who as a left footed player would perfectly slot in as our LCB. Our other CB will need to be an experienced one especially if we promote Colwill into the squad (which we should). If he's still as good as before Romagnoli on a free transfer would be a perfect solution for LCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,966 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 52 minutes ago, Pizy said: Btw, from most of the footage I’m watching of De Ligt on YouTube it seems he plays on the right side of the defense. So if we’re genuinely after him I wonder what that means for Koundé who also plays on that side. If De Ligt is indeed Tuchel’s man then I once again bring up Gvardiol who as a left footed player would perfectly slot in as our LCB. Apparently Kounde was a club target and Marina was the driving force as she is close to his agent. We'll since there was an announcement she will be leaving.. links have cooled. No coincidence that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clockwork 1,794 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 3 hours ago, DDA said: I think this is a big signing for a club without CL football. Fair play. Hmm I actually think it is an appropriate signing for a team without CL. Jesus is not good enough to lead a line for CL club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,148 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 3 hours ago, DDA said: I think this is a big signing for a club without CL football. Fair play. TBH, they make have been making 'big' signings last few seasons but still miss out on UCL football. Last season Odegaard, season before was Partey (who had just won league with Atletico) and season before they bought Pepe (who had just ripped up the Ligue 1). This season it may be Jesus and Raphinha (or another player). Let's see. Looks like they are building something big but we hear this season after season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrenshah 186 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Best case scenario we end up with this 11 ..........................Mendy Reece..de ligt..silva..gvardiol..chilwell .............rice.......................mount ..........................havertz Raphinha..................................dembele Subs - strakosha, colwill, chalobah, kante, gallagher, kovacic, pulisic Broja to be used as makeweight in rice deal Sell ziyech to milan Werner makeweight in de ligt deal Strakosha on a free to cover mendy Need fullbacks to cover for reece and chilwell Kante to play when fit Jorginho should be sold if possible Sell fodder and wantaway players like kepa, barkley, rlc, emerson, sarr, alonso, azpi, kennedy Need to also buy better fringe players who can puh for a starting spot bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrenshah 186 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Joao felix seems to be currently available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,822 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, shrenshah said: Joao felix seems to be currently available... At what price? Transfer and wages? I have always been a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,516 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 18 hours ago, Blues Forever said: No mention of Declan Rice from the club source here. De Ligt, Kounde, Ake in defence and Dembele, Sterling, Richarlison in attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,244 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Vesper said: bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin123 538 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 🚨 EXCL: Chelsea plan to offer Timo Werner + cash for de Ligt. 🇩🇪🇳🇱 The Blues prepare to offer around €25-30m + Werner, but it is seen as too little for Juventus, they want more 💰. De Ligt is keen on a move to Chelsea and Werner is a keen on a move to Juve. With @DiMarzio https://t.co/VMD5bc1aj0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,244 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Tomo said: Our other CB will need to be an experienced one especially if we promote Colwill into the squad (which we should). If he's still as good as before Romagnoli on a free transfer would be a perfect solution for LCB. I used to yearn for Romagnoli, for years, but he was went to utter poo poo for the last 2 years or so one of the more bizarre CB collapses out there, especially as it started around 24, 25 years of age, which should be the start of a long peak time Tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrenshah 186 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: At what price? Transfer and wages? I have always been a fan. 104mn pounds apparently...lol www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1630449/Man-Utd-Chelsea-Joao-Felix-transfer-news-Man-City-Pep-Guardiola-Atletico-Madrid-football/amp Edited June 25, 2022 by shrenshah ZAPHOD2319 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 There was an Athletic article the other day that mentioned Boehly started looking at the Lukaku deal in a baseball way with regards to seeing if Inter could do a player trade if they werent prepared to put money down on a deal. Now we have last night reports that we've offered cash and Timo for De Ligt. This is interesting because player swaps aren't very common, I assume partly due to how they may be treated for FFP purposes with amortisation, etc but I also read somewhere Marina wasn't a fan of them as it usually leads to devaluing a player when packaging them into a deal. However, there's an argument if players from both sides want the moves to happen its a logical solution and it has always been a popular move in American sports. It allows us to potentially move on players we'd otherwise struggle to do (i hardly see there being a big market for Werner), whilst maximising/extending transfer budgets. Interestingly if this works I see us thinking along similar lines of how we can sweeten a deal with West Ham for Rice. They've been linked with a few of our players over the last 12 months - Broja, Barkley, RLC, Gilmour. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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