Chelsea Transfers

[YorkshireBlue 3,265]

11 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

There were a few pens among those, I think 4?

I am not talking about this season tho. His overall career output is very similar to Willian’s at this point also having played in minor leagues mostly 

the quality of raphinhas goals from open play has been excellent in most cases tho. The same was true for Willian however

So it could be a bad sign I.e. a scorer of great goals is not a great goal scorer 

or it could also mean that provided with more possession and service he might score even more

I guess we will see

very pleased something is finally getting done  

To answer your question go watch him in a Brazilian shirt, he's different gravy 

[Pizy 18,867]

Think it’s abundantly clear now that Tuchel’s vision this summer was to target attacking players who are already performing at a high level in the PL. He has witnessed firsthand how Chelsea are repeatedly burned by wide attackers coming in from other leagues and struggling to adapt.

Must admit, I never in a million years would’ve thought that a couple of super expensive attacking players would be the first order of business for us this summer. The desperate need for CB’s had me convinced that we’d want to wrap up a couple of deals ASAP. I hope we can get de Ligt or Skriniar in really quickly before another club wakes up and starts a bidding war.

[Superblue 6,372]

3 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

There were a few pens among those, I think 4?

I am not talking about this season tho. His overall career output is very similar to Willian’s at this point also having played in minor leagues mostly 

the quality of raphinhas goals from open play has been excellent in most cases tho. The same was true for Willian however

So it could be a bad sign I.e. a scorer of great goals is not a great goal scorer 

or it could also mean that provided with more possession and service he might score even more

I guess we will see

very pleased something is finally getting done  

Yeah the goal record throughout his career hasn't been great so we'll see if his output from last season is sustainable. He definitely has the talent there to do so and like I've said before we don't necessarily need a 20 goal player if we have multiple players get 8, 10, 12, 15 goals a season. Hopefully he is one that can fall into this bracket.

Ironically I think we've missed Willian's ability to carry the ball since he left. None of our attackers do this as effectively as he used to and I can see why Tuchel would want a player of that ilk and someone who can be dangerous and creative in 1v1 situations. He definitely has the ability to not just open things up for himself but for other players too. He could form a pretty potent right hand side with Reece.

[Superblue 6,372]

8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Think it’s abundantly clear now that Tuchel’s vision this summer was to target attacking players who are already performing at a high level in the PL. He has witnessed firsthand how Chelsea are repeatedly burned by wide attackers coming in from other leagues and struggling to adapt.

Must admit, I never in a million years would’ve thought that a couple of super expensive attacking players would be the first order of business for us this summer. The desperate need for CB’s had me convinced that we’d want to wrap up a couple of deals ASAP. I hope we can get de Ligt or Skriniar in really quickly before another club wakes up and starts a bidding war.

If the talk of a £200m war chest is accurate then Raphinha, Sterling and De Ligt if they all happened are going to use up an awful lot of that unless De Ligt's price can be driven down by player exchanges.

I'm fine with that. They all seem to be first choice targets and they all feel on the face to be genuine quality additions to the squad. A couple of the loan players coming back in too, and there will be quite a significant freshening up of the squad.

I just hope beyond the above three, there's maybe something in the budget to sort out the wing back areas too. Some real competition to Chilwell and James on either flank would be ideal.

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

God, this guy is so annoying with his here we go shit..

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Even if Arsenal match it, i still think we are his preferred choice outside of Barcelona.   Suspect this deal is now very very close to being official.

 

Raphinha, Sterling, within the next few weeks i reckon.  CB is anyones guess

[Marvin123 530]

Like I said before. There is some done deals.... Gonna announce them together 

[Duppy Conqueror 1,529]

£200m aint gonna get the supposed 6 new signings we need..i’d say closer to 300m which maybe with sales aslong as we arent dealing so much with italian clubs we may be able to bring in the extra 100m.

Skriniar ticks alot of boxes but inter joined the list of clubs i wouldnt personally want to have any more dealings with after the Lukaku farce.

De Light -yes please..been a fan since he first broke into the Ajax side.

Ake-no thanks..i’d bet on Colwill having a better career during the time span they both play and then Colwill will probably play for another 7 years after Ake has retired. My dream would be a back 3 of Colwill,Gvardiol and De Ligt.

CM i think we’ll be getting a cheaper option in someone like Rabiot this year.then go nuts deep next summer in that department.

Sterling i would love.Raphina i would hope for the best but think 2 expensive wide forwards would be abit over kill if we intend on keeping. 3-4-3 as Mount only really suits wide in the front 3.so you looking at Raphina at around 60m to mostly be on the bench.Richarlison due to more flexibility makes more sense..though even then a risk as are his team mates holding him back or is he really not someone who can consistently make positive contributions.

we should spend big on central defenders they are kinda the safest positions to accurately judge whilst at other clubs.and Sterling is a pretty safe buy so positive about those kind of transfers and hoping for the best with who else we may sign.

[Mário César 1,247]

I prefer buy Koulibaly for 30M than De Ligt for 70/80M, tbh...

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

6 minutes ago, Mário César said:

I prefer buy Koulibaly for 30M than De Ligt for 70/80M, tbh...

We’d get 10+ years of quality with de Ligt. 
 

How much for Koulibaly? 3 if we are lucky?

[Special Juan 28,129]

Noises are Serj from Lazio could be the next signing

[Tomo 21,751]

1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said:

We’d get 10+ years of quality with de Ligt. 
 

How much for Koulibaly? 3 if we are lucky?

May not work out like that. There's no saying he wouldn't want a new challenge at the end of his deal.

[Marvin123 530]

Chelsea asked for Koulibaly and his agent was in London today.

 

~ @DiMarzio

[Special Juan 28,129]

Raphinha, Sterling, De Ligt, Ake, Rice and 1 more

[Artandur 939]

Funny thing is this means that Dembele now has the choice to either basically cut his wages in half at Barca or stop playing football