Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,251]

 

 

 

[Pizy 18,897]

52 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I think the bigger problem for us and United is stripping out the players we don't want at the club. 

Spurs need more depth anyway and City know that some of their players like Jesus, possibly Sterling will be in demand if they choose to move them on so can be confident with bringing players in first.

It's easy enough to just go and splash out £150m on new signings but what happens if we can't move players on and we're stuck with them. I think the Lukaku transfer is a big one for the club. Getting clarity on our position with him, especially with his wages will I think help to make moves then in our attack.

With Chelsea, very little information gets out. We're linked with anyone and everyone but ultimately if we're interested or negotiating with a player it rarely comes out early. I don't see why this would change with the new ownership so with that in mind, no one really knows where we're at with deals and negotiations for players. 

I'm not worried at present, I'm certain players will come in through the door over the transfer window. I'd like to get as much done as possible as early as possible and give new signings a pre season with the team but ultimately I also want the club to get the recruitment right starting this summer. Abramovich isn't just going to bail out bad signings anymore, it's imperative we hit the ball out the park with who we bring in.

It’s really hard for me to think this is all about us being unable to offload players. We have already done so! Two staring CB’s have gone. Alonso and Azpi are two extremely simple deals to wrap up as both want to go to Barca.

And what’s annoying is that we’ve known all of the above for months. Since literally January we’ve known that all four of those players were seeking new challenges and wanted to go. So what have our club been doing in the months since behind the scenes? 

Look at Liverpool. They probably didn’t find out that Mané was going to ask out until right around the CL final. Before they even sell him, bang, they identify Nuñez as his replacement and sign him up early for huge money.

Rüdiger and AC have had their heads and 1 foot out the door months ago. And yet no new CB’s have arrived yet.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,814]

Advanced talks FC. The only deals that granny has looked good in lately are the release clause deals. It is really looking like a mistake to leave this entire transfer window to granny and Tuchel.

I hope they are holding some big secret, but so far it has been the Keystone cops including the Rudiger blunder. 

[King Kante 1,643]

25 minutes ago, Pizy said:

It’s really hard for me to think this is all about us being unable to offload players. We have already done so! Two staring CB’s have gone. Alonso and Azpi are two extremely simple deals to wrap up as both want to go to Barca.

And what’s annoying is that we’ve known all of the above for months. Since literally January we’ve known that all four of those players were seeking new challenges and wanted to go. So what have our club been doing in the months since behind the scenes? 

Look at Liverpool. They probably didn’t find out that Mané was going to ask out until right around the CL final. Before they even sell him, bang, they identify Nuñez as his replacement and sign him up early for huge money.

Rüdiger and AC have had their heads and 1 foot out the door months ago. And yet no new CB’s have arrived yet.

I think you're underestimating the impact of the sanctions. You're writing about how quickly Man City have got deals done, but those deals, especially Häland would've been months in the making, so yes, they officially signed him early in the window but all the leg work would've been ongoing for months prior; we weren't able to do that and with someone like Koundè it is possible that the new owners wanted to do their own due diligence which is what is taking longer. 

People need to remember when Roman came in it took him until mid-July to get the first signing through the door as a lot of transfers aren't done in weeks. 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

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[Superblue 6,372]

30 minutes ago, Pizy said:

It’s really hard for me to think this is all about us being unable to offload players. We have already done so! Two staring CB’s have gone. Alonso and Azpi are two extremely simple deals to wrap up as both want to go to Barca.

And what’s annoying is that we’ve known all of the above for months. Since literally January we’ve known that all four of those players were seeking new challenges and wanted to go. So what have our club been doing in the months since behind the scenes? 

Look at Liverpool. They probably didn’t find out that Mané was going to ask out until right around the CL final. Before they even sell him, bang, they identify Nuñez as his replacement and sign him up early for huge money.

Rüdiger and AC have had their heads and 1 foot out the door months ago. And yet no new CB’s have arrived yet.

The sanctions and takeover are being completely glossed over here.

It's too easy to think that the club can still operate in the usual way in the second half of last season with its scouting and recruitment. If it were just sanctions in place and the expectation was these would be lifted by the summer window then I could understand but we've been taken over by new ownership.

How are we realistically supposed to plan signings and lay any respectable ground work on deals if we don't even know who is going to own us and their ideas, outlook, budgets, etc. It's impossible to do any meaningful work with agents, etc with so much uncertainty at the club.

Even when Boehly was made preferred bidder the deal wasn't a guarantee, look at Derby now. He wouldn't have been prepared to spend huge amounts of time on the recruitment side of things until he's confirmed in the door. We bought 5 or 6 new signings through the door 2 summers ago so it's not beyond the realms of possibility that we can do similar this summer.

Give it chance. I fully expect some deals to fall into place over the next week or two for the club.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

De Ligt would be a dream signing for me,  just love his character.. and could potentially be the heart of our defence for many years.

[whats happening 1,615]

marina masterclass after masterclass

[ZAPHOD2319 4,814]

Man City and Liverpool are not fucking around.

 

 

[DDA 9,937]

Think we are working on some seriously big signings guys.

De Ligt and Nkunku.

Wouldn't be surprised if we signed both.

[Pizy 18,897]

4 minutes ago, DDA said:

Think we are working on some seriously big signings guys.

De Ligt and Nkunku.

Wouldn't be surprised if we signed both.

Why would Juve sell him, though? Doesn’t he have more than 1 year left in his contract?

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Just now, Pizy said:

Why would Juve sell him, though? Doesn’t he have more than 1 year left in his contract?

De Ligt have 2 years left, Juve need to sell him if he doesn't extend.

[DDA 9,937]

10 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Why would Juve sell him, though? Doesn’t he have more than 1 year left in his contract?

Best time to sell him is now.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,814]

I am getting the vibe we will do another one year loan of a player that won’t work in our team for £97M on the last week of the window!

[Superblue 6,372]

I think people need to just be patient with the whole situation. Every transfer has different circumstances and complexities so it's ridiculous to point to one team making a signing and questioning why we haven't.

As I've tried to highlight I'd rather get the right signings than any signings. If this takes longer in the window then so be it. If it means "making do" in a couple of positions because those targets won't be available until next summer, then again so be it. We've seen with so many transfers over the years how much a panic buy can set us back.

The only true time we can assess our transfer activity this window is at the end of it. We can all speculate and argue about potential interest in players but it's silly to just write this summer off entirely until we know the makeup of the squad at the commencement of next season.