Chelsea Transfers

[DDA 8,248]

22 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Above all else it should quell the worry or uncertainty post Roman that we'll have owners not prepared to push the club on.

Chelsea, as an investment for Boehly/Clearlake, etc, becomes a far more valuable brand and asset if it's successful. 

I don't expect summers like this every year, but taking away the money aspect, the transfers so far have been very strong and if we did manage to also bring Fofana and De Jong in, it should go a long way towards making ground up on the teams in front of us and getting back to where we should be.

Definitely. 

I will say though, if we do indeed bring in Fofana, FDJ and a striker, this transfer window would be seen to be in the realms of financial insanity. So I do understand a little why people may be concerned, especially when Barcelona are the result of such antics but from what I hear, the rules on FFP are relaxed to non existent this year along with our new owners having quite the wallet to fund these moves. 

[Maravel21 13]

If de jong wants actually to leave  he is our without  second thought 

Edited yesterday at 10:29 by Maravel21

[Last Sicarius 595]

These kind of price we need to spend is result of poor organisation recent year. Last year we won CL and we only bring Lukaku. No decent cover for James/Chilwell, poor contract situation in defence etc. No we need to spend to fix those errors.

[Fernando 6,155]

2 hours ago, Jype said:

Don't really see a need for Frenkie De Jong unless Jorginho leaves.

He's a good player but currently the midfield is stacked and there haven't been any rumors of players being sold so I don't see why we would be after FDJ?

Though it would be worth it just for the RedCafe meltdowns alone. 1330 pages and counting in their FDJ thread.

Our midfield is not good what are you on? And Jorginho is always a liability 

Any improvement over this is alway good. 

[Jype 6,045]

1 minute ago, Fernando said:

Our midfield is not good what are you on? And Jorginho is always a liability 

Any improvement over this is alway good. 

What I meant was that the numbers don't add up. There are already so many midfielders in the squad that for someone to come in, at least one has to leave. I made no comment on whether or not I think the current midfield is good.

[Fernando 6,155]

1 minute ago, Jype said:

What I meant was that the numbers don't add up. There are already so many midfielders in the squad that for someone to come in, at least one has to leave. I made no comment on whether or not I think the current midfield is good.

And not only that with the 5 subs rule happening this season expect Tuchel to use it a lot. So a lot of players will get a chance. 

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[Vesper 24,086]

1 hour ago, OneMoSalah said:

Are you ever happy?

yes, often

but I am also open with my criticisms

I have never, ever been a settler or a go-along-to-get along type girl

I am very happy with our other signings

I did not slate them at all

[Kong 1,726]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

yes, often

but I am also open with my criticisms

I have never, ever been a settler or a go-along-to-get along type girl

I am very happy with our other signings

I did not slate them at all

This is a good signing, prices mean fuck all to me aint my money so bring um on 

[milka 2,863]

 

[ZAPHOD2319 2,146]

Ooooo

 

 

[Vesper 24,086]

2 hours ago, Kong said:

prices mean fuck all to me aint my money so bring um on 

they will matter if FFP comes roaring back

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[King Kante 1,086]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

 

This is too rich for my liking. He is a good player but this sort of fee should get you a VVD not a kid who was out almost all of last season with a broken leg. 

Edited yesterday at 13:43 by King Kante

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[Jype 6,045]

14 minutes ago, Vesper said:

they will matter if FFP comes roaring back

Plus if a player turns out not good enough they will be impossible to shift if they've cost too much money and are on too high wages.

It's not our money but as fans we should care how it's spent because it will significantly affect future transfer dealings. A few costly flops might easily mean there won't be enough money to fix the problems with other new signings, thus spiraling into mediocrity and not challenging for the big trophies.

[DDA 8,248]

In the article about Raphinha, the Leeds owner also said if Barca don't pay up by the 2nd of September... they will be opening a global case against them. Barca are really dicing with danger this window.

[Last Sicarius 595]

16 minutes ago, Vesper said:

 

Its so sad we didnt get him. He is great player and our offence would be already set up  Im so mad about that

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3 minutes ago, Last Sicarius said:

Its so sad we didnt get him. He is great player and our offence would be already set up  Im so mad about that

absolutely

same for Dembele (to a degree) and also Tchou! (especially last year, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr) 

I accept we were not going to make a move for Osimhen this summer

but so stupid we did not go for Hugo Ekitiké, he is totally the type of player we should be making a move for