Chelsea Transfers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

1 hour ago, didi007 said:

Could the meeting be more about reviving the Super League rather than anything else? Remember Roman didn't need the extra money and was against it but now that we have American owners? Liverpool and Man Utd owners were the kingpins of it in England 

Boehly has talked about Chelsea being undervalued and the Premier League being undervalued and his investors feel that during the 10 years that they are guaranteed to own Chelsea the league and Chelsea will go very high in value. He has said the Super League will slow the growth of both Chelsea and the Premier League, which damages his investment. He also feels there would be backlash from fans and he needs the fan base to grow.

 

 

 

[Superblue 6,372]

You have to believe Raphinha has been discussed amongst other things.

It feels like Barca are posturing at the moment - they'd like to buy him but they know they haven't got a chance. They laid the groundwork during last season on the basis that they could buy him if Leeds went down, now they stayed up they can't afford him.

I wonder if part of negotiating with Azpi and Alonso includes Barca accepting being unable to buy Raphinha, and smooth the chance for us to get him. We'll see.

[turgi 71]

Is Dest good?

[LAM09 7,043]

I could see the possibility of De Jong being sold to us to make way for Raphinha to join them. 

It would be better business for us IMO.

[Tomo 21,751]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

I could see the possibility of De Jong being sold to us to make way for Raphinha to join them. 

It would be better business for us IMO.

Also FDJ can play CB.

Ofcourse in the long run it would be a waste of his talents but it could (in the event of us missing on MDL) buy us time to get a proper structure in and identify the perfect fit in that position and from next year onwards he truly succeeds Jorgi as our long term DLP.

[Mário César 1,233]

 

well well

If barça can't register and don't have the money.... we may have a good chance

lets see 

[DDA 9,924]

2 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Also FDJ can play CB.

Ofcourse in the long run it would be a waste of his talents but it could (in the event of us missing on MDL) buy us time to get a proper structure in and identify the perfect fit in that position and from next year onwards he truly succeeds Jorgi as our long term DLP.

CB!!

I haven't seen him play there but I also couldn't imagine for the life of me he would be any good there.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

8 minutes ago, turgi said:

Is Dest good?

Offensively, he is pacy, aggressive, and always looking to hit players moving forward. Gets into trouble getting out of position and not tracking back fast enough. His positional awareness is bad.

[Tomo 21,751]

10 minutes ago, DDA said:

CB!!

I haven't seen him play there but I also couldn't imagine for the life of me he would be any good there.

He played there 21 times combined in Barca and Ajax.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/30/how-frenkie-de-jong-could-fit-in-at-manchester-united-erik-ten-hag

It wouldn't be an every week thing (in the case of us missing out totally on preferred CBs I'll go back 4 with Silva partnering Trevoh or Colwill) just more the option there type of thing to get us by until we can find our long term answer.

Edited July 7, 2022 by Tomo

[Mário César 1,233]

Dest is a good backup

nothing more

 

 

[Clockwork 1,794]

3 hours ago, Vesper said:

Sterling is so not a wingback, he would be a disaster there, he is short AF (listed 1.70m and I say more like 1.68m, so a full 20cm shorter than Alonso, for instance) and not exactly know for his defence, so we would get lit up by opposition LW'ers, AMF's, and CF/SS's

and Emerson and Maatsen (Maatsen is even shorter than Sterling at only 1.67m) are NOT acceptable options

I have no idea why some want to erect a squad of midgets

this is not La Liga (and even they have more vertical/aerial play than say 20 years ago) or a South American league

Chelsea product Sterling is 1.86, from what I have seen he is probably a better fit at RCB, doesn’t have the speed or attack to be effective at WB, but looks sturdy enough to play RCB.

I think @Tomo also suggested it, RWB is probably the best fit for Galllagher if we continue with the current formation. Don’t know what took Tuchel so long to play RLC in that role, he is a much better fit at that role then anyone else outside of Reece. Given Gallagher work rate, I think his potential is higher.

[LAM09 7,043]

4 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Also FDJ can play CB.

Ofcourse in the long run it would be a waste of his talents but it could (in the event of us missing on MDL) buy us time to get a proper structure in and identify the perfect fit in that position and from next year onwards he truly succeeds Jorgi as our long term DLP.

Not sure how he'd fair at CB in the Prem, but it's nice to have options. This window's dealings shouldn't be as hard as we're making it; Koulibaly, FDJ, Dembele (or Sterling, as things are looking) & someone like Cornet would be a solid window in all fairness. 

If Leipzig's duo continue to perform, go after them next year & we'd only really be short of a DMF. 

[Tomo 21,751]

4 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Not sure how he'd fair at CB in the Prem, but it's nice to have options. This window's dealings shouldn't be as hard as we're making it; Koulibaly, FDJ, Dembele (or Sterling, as things are looking) & someone like Cornet would be a solid window in all fairness. 

If Leipzig's duo continue to perform, go after them next year & we'd only really be short of a DMF. 

Unless Todd is demanding the title at all costs next season I'll rather not panic because it will benefit us in the long run (Tuchel is too good a coach to have us failing with top four).

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