Chelsea Transfers

[King Kante 1,643]

9 hours ago, Pizy said:

If we can manage to sign De Ligt (which I’m still very skeptical about) I’m still very curious which other CB we’ll target. The Koundé link feels like it totally disappeared and that he’ll go to Barca. Buying Nathan Aké back, who isn’t good enough to get a game for a rival we’re trying to catch, would be extremely anticlimactic. Embarrassing as well after selling him in the first place. 
 

 

I think it may be that De Ligt is No.1 choice now and the 2nd CB will be resolved later down the line after that transfer is sorted and we cover some other areas. May even be we take a good look at Colwill in pre-season before deciding on a 2nd CB in case TT thinks he is ready. 

Personally, I don't buy much into the Ake rumours. 

[King Kante 1,643]

9 hours ago, Thor said:

I'd rather let go of Pulisic than Werner. Might just be me though. 

It is probably the case of Ziyech/Puli/Werner are all available. Thus, it probably depends on who gets interest. My feeling was Ziyech was most likely but if Werner has interest the club will probably take someone up on it. 

Wouldn't be surprised to see Ziyech leave also. That would then mean we need two AM's which at this point look like Sterling and Dembele (I am personally not sold on Dembele.) 

[Superblue 6,372]

10 hours ago, Pizy said:

If we can manage to sign De Ligt (which I’m still very skeptical about) I’m still very curious which other CB we’ll target. The Koundé link feels like it totally disappeared and that he’ll go to Barca. Buying Nathan Aké back, who isn’t good enough to get a game for a rival we’re trying to catch, would be extremely anticlimactic. Embarrassing as well after selling him in the first place. 

There have been a number of players down the years we've signed who were out of favour at their clubs and have ended up having excellent careers here.

I'm not advocating Ake but I think he would be much better suited in a back 3 and would actually probably be a lot better here than at City. 

On a flipside of this, I'm quite worried about Gallagher coming back here and fitting into the current system. He feels a square peg in a round hole unless Tuchel has some different ideas for how Gallagher would fit.

Players need to be the right fit for a club and system.

[Tomo 21,751]

33 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

On a flipside of this, I'm quite worried about Gallagher coming back here and fitting into the current system. He feels a square peg in a round hole unless Tuchel has some different ideas for how Gallagher would fit.

Inverted wingback Zinchenko/Milner style?

In part it's me trying to convince myself we have a contingency plan to Chilwell that isn't Emerson or Kenedy but I also think he would work well there given how Tuchel likes the wingbacks to play.

[milka 3,390]

 

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[Pizy 18,877]

Have a bad feeling that after all the talk of us getting him Dembele will end up extending with Barca. 

So I hope that whoever is handling transfers at our club now has told Raphinha to hold off on his decision until next week when Dembele will have made his choice. Because if we strike out on Dembele and Raphinha has already signed for Arse we’re kinda screwed.

Sterling is nice but not enough. We’ll need another attacker.

[milka 3,390]

Werner + cash for  De ligt negotiation is ON. Chelsea need to pay more in this deal. Timo Werner and Juventus are aligned.

De Ligt is keen on a move to Chelsea and Werner is a keen on a move to Juve.

(Di Marzio) 

Edited June 27, 2022 by milka

[Fernando 6,585]

Saying we are also after Richarlison. 

I'm still unsure about him but all I can say is that he will at least be better then Lukaku. 

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Inverted wingback Zinchenko/Milner style?

In part it's me trying to convince myself we have a contingency plan to Chilwell that isn't Emerson or Kenedy but I also think he would work well there given how Tuchel likes the wingbacks to play.

I'm not sure if he's creative enough to fill that role. With coaching he could possibly take on Kante's role in midfield of the 'hunter' for the ball but in my mind he's screaming out for a 4-3-3 system.

I agree on Emerson and Kenedy though. I still believe both will go. Emerson was an ideal plan in January to keep our powder dry but ultimately there's a reason Tuchel let him leave on loan and that's because he wasn't good enough. His loan spell hasn't changed that.

If we weren't going to sign anyone and Alonso is definitely on the way out, I'd rather use CHO in that position.

[Pizy 18,877]

This latest Dembele reporting on Twitter I’m seeing makes zero sense. The entire reason there have even been rumors of him wanting out of Barca is because they cannot afford his wages and want him to take a dramatic pay cut which he didn’t want to do. But now all of a sudden he will accept a pay cut?

Will be a massive shame if it’s true because signing him on a free would’ve helped us in a major way. The money saved without a gigantic transfer fee could’ve been used elsewhere in the team. Now we’re probably going to do something stupid like paying £60m for Richarlison instead.

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

There isn't anything concrete linking us to Richarlison though. Only Spurs. Which makes me think they are leaking info to edge Spurs into signing him. 

Dembele can fuck off at this point. Give me Sterling + Broja. 

[Superblue 6,372]

De Ligt reminds me of John Terry when he was 21-22 years old pre Roman.

Exudes a real presence and leadership mentality and maturity at such a young age, gives off this impression he'll eat you up if you let him.

I think his ability on the ball is very similar too, as in it looks like it's there but needs refining. JT for me became every bit as good as the likes of Rio Ferdinand and these other defenders deemed to be 'ball players' without the credit but that part of his game took a while to come together and really blossomed into his later 20's and beyond.

JT had the opportunity to learn under the wing of one of the very best in Desailly and De Ligt has had similar schooling from Bonucci and Chiellini, with a further opportunity alongside Thiago Silva if he signs here. If he continues to mature like I hope he will, I think he could end up not just becoming a top centre back but also an obvious leader.

[Marvin123 530]

How good is this one!

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

All this Dembele will he or wont he is starting to put me off this deal a lot.. sometimes with players its not all about their skills and talent but also their mentality.. if he were to come here, he would possibly be the top earner here and i'm not really loving that idea.. Kante is an ideal image of a player that earns his status as top earner