Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 31,143]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Cucurella side is done, hence his agent replying to Romano on IG.

Romano has had the nod and the deal for him to join us is done, just the Colwell deal to finish up. It's like a war of words and Fab is going what he always done and confirming with here we go based on the agent confirming everything.

Cucurella is a Chelsea player.

 

[Superblue 6,372]

12 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I said potential

Yes but you're already assessing the transfer as if this will happen because you're mentioning it being a £70m+ transfer which is why you don't like it. 

If Colwill develops into a top centre back then buying him for less than £50m in a couple of years time will likely prove good value anyway. There's no guarantee that if he stayed here and only played 15-20 games that he'd progress in the way we want him too. If he goes somewhere like Brighton and thrives it's all worked out well.

For now if he's helped facilitate us buying a very good player, and in doing so essentially driven down the net price with his own transfer value then that's a pretty good deal all around for us I think.

Not directed at you in any way, but I'm pretty sure there were a lot of people who were rating Cucurella really highly on this forum at the end of last season and that we should go for him. Then when City looked like capturing him, again it was being talked about like a very strong signing for them.

Suddenly we're in for him and looking likely to secure him and the feeling suddenly seems a lot more mixed. I think he could be a lot more important than people realise or think next season if Chilwell struggles to regain his form and fitness pre injury.

[maxlev 57]

1 hour ago, milka said:

 

I did prefer him if we cannot see any proper guy to sign. Past Premier league experience will help alot. Can still do a good job for a season or two until we have a younger guy trustworthy enough to fill in the striker roll for us. He did score loads of goals for us.

[Vesper 31,143]

1 minute ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Yes but you're already assessing the transfer as if this will happen because you're mentioning it being a £70m+ transfer which is why you don't like it. 

If Colwill develops into a top centre back then buying him for less than £50m in a couple of years time will likely prove good value anyway. There's no guarantee that if he stayed here and only played 15-20 games that he'd progress in the way we want him too. If he goes somewhere like Brighton and thrives it's all worked out well.

For now if he's helped facilitate us buying a very good player, and in doing so essentially driven down the net price with his own transfer value then that's a pretty good deal all around for us I think.

Not directed at you in any way, but I'm pretty sure there were a lot of people who were rating really highly on this forum at the end of last season and that we should go for him. Then when City looked like capturing him, again it was being talked about like a very strong signing for them.

Suddenly we're in for him and looking likely to secure him and the feeling suddenly seems a lot more mixed. I think he could be a lot more important than people realise or think next season if Chilwell struggles to regain his form and fitness pre injury.

I have never wanted him

my choices have been the same for a long time

 

[Duppy Conqueror 1,586]

For a little light relief from our transfer window saga after saga.i suggest a Tolstoy novel.

[Mário César 1,503]

yeah auba could be a good optiion for one season 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Vesper 31,143]

18 minutes ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

For a little light relief from our transfer window saga after saga.i suggest a Tolstoy novel.

No matter how often I may be told, "You cannot understand the meaning of life so do not think about it, but live," I can no longer do it: I have already done it too long. I cannot now help seeing day and night going round and bringing me to death. That is all I see, for that alone is true. All else is false.

[robsblubot 3,595]

Remember seeing a lot of Alex Telles on this thread some time ago.

Massively overrated LB IMO and now an official PL flop.

[Strike 7,824]

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Nero 1,901]

12 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

It's so ridiculous that in these days every PL club wants 200 million 

[LAM09 7,098]

3 minutes ago, Nero said:

It's so ridiculous that in these days every PL club wants 200 million 

That's what happens when a team sets a bad precedent. Maguire going for stupid money comes to mind.

[Alabama 1,992]

3 hours ago, LAM09 said:

Fair price point - Danjuma.

All in & best CF that's obtainable - Your fellow countryman, Osimhen. 

Two names I've been mentioning for a number of months, or years in the case of the latter.

Good...

Napoli will not sale us Osimhen...

[LAM09 7,098]

11 minutes ago, Alabama said:

Good...

Napoli will not sale us Osimhen...

Every player has their price. Also, this sort of thing might drive them out - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11076351/Napoli-President-not-sign-African-players-unless-agree-not-play-AFCON.html

 

[shrenshah 186]

Dont think lb cover with a 50mn player should be priority for us

Eapecially if it means if we loose colwill.

Someone like a maehle would have worked. Cucu at lcb wont be ideal given his height...really not getting the boards thinking here...this is going to be a transition year, might as well give colwill the minutes

[cosmicway 1,333]

I don't believe Chelsea's scoring problem are the forwards are such.
Ok Lukaku proved wanting and Werner is one of the inglorious league of chance wasters.
But Kai-Pulisic and Ziyech ? Why ?
The real problem is we don't have players to open up defenses and free spaces. Hazard was definitely one and Cesc with his accurate passing.
Really I don't see how if we had signed Haaland he could pull things out of the fire without a Hazard to do the preliminary work for him.

Edited August 4, 2022 by cosmicway

[Strike 7,824]

7 hours ago, Vesper said:

he is 1.72m!

that's only an inch and a half taller than KANTE

we will get ROASTED ALIVE with him playing CB

and even height aside, that does NOT address the insane price

when you toss in the £20m more it would cost us to buy back Colwill

we are dropping 87m euros (£72.5m) on this deal!

NOT HAPPY

AT ALL

 

it is madness

Cucurella for 30m + Colwill with a buyback. That's a good deal.

I would overlook the lack of height if the player has the technical ability, ball progression of Cucurella. With another CB (Fofana), we won't need Cucurella starting every week at LCB either since Fofana, Silva, Koulibaly can be fielded.

This is actually a massive Alonso/Emerson upgrade and one that we were crying out for since the Chilwell injury derailed our season.

 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

7 minutes ago, Strike said:

Chilwell injury derailed our season

Don't agree with this. 

 

7 minutes ago, Strike said:

This [signing Cucurella] is actually a massive Alonso/Emerson upgrade

I agree it's an upgrade on Emerson and on Alonso's defending but whether his overall attacking impact would be better than Alonso's is possible but not certain I think.

[Clockwork 1,794]

8 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Don't agree with this. 

 

I agree it's an upgrade on Emerson and on Alonso's defending but whether his overall attacking impact would be better than Alonso's is possible but not certain I think.

Cucurella is much more rounded than Alonso from an attacking perspective; better at carrying the ball, against the press, passer, and linking up. That adds a lot more to the overall team. 
 

I do agree with your point on Chilly.

Edited August 4, 2022 by Clockwork