whats happening 1,633 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 if we get de jong and fofana i seriously doubt that we are paying big money for a forward too. one year loan for aubameyang would be ok. zaha is meh, and not good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: Sky Sports reporting United have agreed a deal for Rabiot so I would assume they're moving on from De Jong now. I think De Jong would be an outstanding signing if we could get him and really answers a lot of question marks over the makeup of our midfield from next season onwards with Jorginho's and Kante's contracts expiring. However I don't think it's a position we should force a move. There may be some excellent options come up on the market next summer, namely Bellingham and Rice who we could look to position ourselves to try and buy. So for me this summer it's De Jong or no one in midfield, and as a result we're in a position really where we can wait it out and see whether Barca try to force him out or not. No, they haven't. As things stand, there isn't any agreement between Juventus and United for Adrien Rabiot. Both clubs are still talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 If Rabiot is their alternative to De Jong rather than someone they want in addition to De Jong then they’re even more incompetent than I thought they were. I simply can’t believe that’s the case. They surely want both. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,186 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Rabiot LOL, plus Arnautovic is laughable, no wonder their fans are going mental. We must keep pushing on De Jong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,340 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 20M for werner? so low... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mário César said: 20M for werner? so low... Shit deal , maybe we should learn to actually use attackers properly before wasting more money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,823 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Barca finding new and more interesting ways of shooting themselves financially long term. DH1988 and bigbluewillie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,340 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, lucio said: Shit deal , maybe we should learn to actually use attackers properly before wasting more money he had 3 years left of contract a feed around 30M would be OK but not 20M.... very little money for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Pizy 18,994 Posted August 8, 2022 Popular Post! Share Posted August 8, 2022 I think the club were fine getting any decent fee for Werner. The only way we were ever going to get big money for him was if some other PL club came in for him which didn’t end up happening. We’re probably just happy to get his £290k per week or whatever it was off our books. bigbluewillie, OneMoSalah, Vesper and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,823 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Pizy said: I think the club were fine getting any decent fee for Werner. The only way we were ever going to get big money for him was if some other PL club came in for him which didn’t end up happening. We’re probably just happy to get his £290k per week or whatever it was off our books. The wages are a significant calculation in FFP. With the amount of spending the club is doing, it becomes a real factor. We will probably see more players selling under valued to clear the wage bill. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 The problem with these deals is that so much gets leaked from multiple sources to try and make the buyer look like they're striking as good and cheap a deal as possible and the seller to look like they're getting a good transfer fee and selling as high as possible. The base fee seems to be going up and down at will but I would assume that with the bonuses the total of the deal would be close to £25-30m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: The wages are a significant calculation in FFP. With the amount of spending the club is doing, it becomes a real factor. We will probably see more players selling under valued to clear the wage bill. Definitely shouldn't be underestimated how big it is to get two of the biggest earners off the wage bill this coming year when they've been two of the biggest under achievers last season. The other high earner I believe in that top tier bracket is Kante and he could well be gone this time next year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Mário César said: he had 3 years left of contract a feed around 30M would be OK but not 20M.... very little money for him. Three years left on a £270K/wk deal which is a lot higher than he deserves based on his performances over the last two years. Even the highest paid players at Leipzig are on half of that so even if Werner accepts a wage cut they'll probably still have to offer him a high signing fee to join them. They simply can't afford to pay a high transfer fee and pay Werner high wages as well. The transfer fee is said to be 20M€ with bonuses taking it up to 30M€ so depending on how those bonuses are structured it might still be a decent enough total fee. These reports are from the German journalists who broke the news first, let's wait to see what the likes of Law and Ornstein say on the fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pizy 18,994 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 My heart just skipped a beat when I saw Ornstein tweet “Chelsea have reached verbal agreement with….” 🤣 I thought it was going to be Fofana or De Jong but it’s just about Malang Sarr. Which tbf is almost as exciting! bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: The wages are a significant calculation in FFP. With the amount of spending the club is doing, it becomes a real factor. We will probably see more players selling under valued to clear the wage bill. Yep. Looking at the list of released players and the players who are about to leave there will have been very sizeable cuts to the wage bill of last year. Lukaku, Werner, Rüdiger, Christensen, Saul and Drinkwater all gone with the likes of Batshuayi, CHO, Ziyech, Barkley, Alonso, Emerson, Kenedy, Sarr, Kepa potentially still to go if the club can find takers for them. That's already £1.1M a week saved in confirmed departures (though Lukaku only on loan) and should all of the rest go as well it's another £900K a week removed. Even if some of the deals involve some kind of salary compensation or some of the players end up staying the figures will still very likely add up to total savings of at least £75M a year in salaries alone, let alone the savings in removing future amortisation costs. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artandur 939 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 15m euros for Sarr is decent, lets hope he plays enough for it to trigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strike 7,533 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Nice profit if it works out Edited August 8, 2022 by Strike Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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