Chelsea Transfers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

[Blues Forever 1,232]

6 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Brilliant 😂

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So Barca owe FDJ money and in other words are not going to honour that so they are hoping United cover the wage loss I bet because United pay ridiculous wages, yet they still are chasing contract renewals for likes of Dembele and trying to buy Raphinha, Kounde and Lewandowski. So in other words Barca are needing FDJ to either agree to not be compensated back and stay or join United to fund other moves. You couldn't make this up. Despicable. 

[Pizy 18,850]

8 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Barca is changing their script now that the financials of de Jong’s contract has been released which shows why he doesn’t want to join Man Utd. Barca owes him €73m in wages for the next four years that he deferred because of covid and he intends to make them pay him.

 

  

They’re an absolute joke of a club. 
 

“Hey, we’re going to need all of our players to drastically cut your wages or even defer some of your salary to a couple of years down the road because we’re in a super dire situation financially. But also here’s Christensen and Kessie (who will surely be in big wages since they’re coming from big clubs) and we also want Raphinha for 60m, Lewa for 50m, Bernardo Silva for who knows how much etc”

Again I ask like I did last week, why would any top talent fancy going to Barca at this moment in time other than the romance of their past glory? One year from now they could pressure you into halving your salary and threatening to sell you if you don’t.

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[Superblue 6,372]

Not a fan of Bayern but they are no mugs. The above is a bit OTT, but I would agree with this mindset. There has to be a huge worry doing a deal with Barca which involves multiple instalments in the future.

The reports with our Raphinha bid at the time was that our bid included a large proportion of the bid up front and you have to wonder if that was a ploy to try and price Barca out of the market, not just in price but also the structure of the deal. You have to believe Leeds would hold similar reservations to Barca as Bayern seem to do.

You reap what you sow in Barca's case. People with poor credit rating struggle to borrow money, so why should that be different in a situation like this. Barca have mismanaged their finances for years and their bleak picture has been laid bare for quite some time. Why would other clubs be willing to sell players to them with large instalments of the deal deferred and spread out.

 

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Well done to Leeds for holding on to their guns also. No wonder they aren't going to budge to Barca's offer. When teams see what has come out with FDJ now, they are going to be very reluctant to do instalment based deals with Barca due to uncertainty about whether they will get their money. Also if I was a player, I would be skeptical about going there after this FDJ saga. Who says a similar situation won't happen with them down the line.. Barca in an ideal world would love to keep FDJ but now makes perfect sense why they need him gone otherwise they can't pursue other deals and need to honour his deferred wages.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,180]

Leeds would be stupid to sell Raphinha to Barca, less money and also they pay in IOUs. Barca are in shambles.

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Who's this Matheus Nunes lad we are apparently close to buying?

[Pizy 18,850]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Who's this Matheus Nunes lad we are apparently close to buying?

Appears the source for the link is terrible and since no other outlet is corroborating it I think we can dismiss it. 
 

Looks like a fantastic player, though.

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[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Appears the source for the link is terrible and since no other outlet is corroborating it I think we can dismiss it. 
 

Looks like a fantastic player, though.

Shame. Yeah he looks like an ideal Jorginho rotation option. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

Sigh