Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 30,297]

12 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Bent is wrong tho. We need another world class attacker on top of that to be titel contenders.

yes, he is giving too much weight to Auba, and also ignoring the RW/creative issues

let's just assume (a BIG assumption) that Auba is up to snuff and bangs in 15 plus league goals (more like 20+ if we are taking about wining the league, which is a huge ask from his 33yo legs, as unlike Lewa, Benz, Zlatan, etc, he always relied on being a speed merchant for his goals) I still think we need a Raphinha or a Bowen or Diaby type RW threat, or at least a creative Dembele type

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true scum:

A waiting group shouted in Spanish: "Lower your salary, bitch"

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1654032/frenkie-de-jong-Chelsea-joan-laporta-transfer-talks-barcelona-man-utd

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,363]

DE Jong wants his duffel bag first! He wants his 17m from Uefalona, and he will not leave until he gets it. Real tried to force Bale out, but he stayed put, even though he went to Spurs (under Mourinho) on loan. But he stayed at Real, on the bench, and played some golf, and ran his contract down, and collected every single penny. He's now enjoying life in easy league, whilst collecting more cash.

[Pizy 18,994]

Barca have some of magical voodoo over these players. It’s just unbelievable. They get incessantly pressured to lower their salary (after already doing so a couple of years ago during the lockdowns) and when they don’t the fans and media smear them. 

And then after all that terrible treatment players STILL want to sign for them or re-up on drastically reduced terms. It’s mind boggling.

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31 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

I mean we bid for Raphinha, and we didn’t try an alternative.

Dembele, but he took it in the batty crease for Barca

all of the following were just media rumours, as far as I know

a quite extensive list (bold are the only ones I think are good enough targets left)

   
Neymar  (and he is a LW'er anyway)
CR7  
Christopher Nkunku (at least many of the rumours took into account his release clause for 2023)
Rafael Leão     (and he is a LW'er anyway)
Federico Chiesa   (still far too close to a huge injury atm to buy, but that did not stop the rumours)
Serge Gnabry 
Moussa Diaby  
Mikel Oyarzabal    (currently injured badly, so a no go at all)
Kingsley Coman  
Leroy Sané
Jarrod Bowen 
Arnaut Danjuma (whether a winger or at CF)
Wilfried Zaha
Yannick Carrasco      
Yéremy Pino 
Antony   
Domenico Berardi 
Pedro Neto 
Allan Saint-Maximin   
Cody Gakpo 
Ismaïla Sarr
Leandro Trossard
Noni Madueke
Julian Draxler
Maxwel Cornet  grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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£51m is not unreasonable at all

 

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20 hours ago, robsblubot said:

Only players I'd want from Barcelona are the young ones who are likely considered unsellable.

  
the only ones on their entire roster I would take are

(and we took a swing at all but ter Stegen)

Marc-André ter Stegen 
Ronald Araújo
Pedri  
Frenkie de Jong
Gavi 
Raphinha 
Ousmane Dembélé   
Ferran Torres
Robert Lewandowski   

Fati is too damaged atm

pass on all the rest

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🤣

 

Edited August 11, 2022 by Vesper

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50 minutes ago, Vesper said:

🤣

 

That's genuinely the worst insult I've ever heard lmao 

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1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Barca have some of magical . 

And then after all that terrible treatment players STILL want to sign for them or re-up on drastically reduced terms. It’s mind boggling.

Not that mind boggling.

It's probably an as exciting time time as ever to be at Barca. Xavi is the manager, with a seemingly working philosophy, and by hook or crook, he's building a competitive squad.

No player gives a shit about the fans. If that were the case, Sterling would refuse to join us. 

The salary is a sticky point, but as long as Xavi and the Barca board convince him that all issues will be resolved, then why would they protest?

[milka 3,395]

Frenkie de Jong's agents have told #Chelsea and Barcelona not to use intermediaries in talks. His camp remain clear that they do not intend to move. CFC#FCB#

Apparently we won't take him, he just doesn't want to move from Spain .

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3 minutes ago, milka said:

Frenkie de Jong's agents have told #Chelsea and Barcelona not to use intermediaries in talks. His camp remain clear that they do not intend to move. CFC#FCB#

Apparently we won't take him, he just doesn't want to move from Spain .

Link please.. 

[Pizy 18,994]

Leicester almost literally briefing what we’ve known now for a couple of weeks. That it’ll take us breaking Slabhead’s transfer record to sign him. Rodgers and the ITK Leicester journalists have all made it clear. It’s gone from “not for sale” to “well, if a monster offer comes in our hands are forced.”

I really hope we do it. He’s already a great player and will become one of the best in the world at Chelsea. Playing at least 1 season beside Thiago Silva will be hugely beneficial as well, especially since Silva speaks French.

The price doesn’t even feel that crazy when Maguire went for £80m. Fofana is ten times the talent that he was and is only 21. 

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4 hours ago, Vesper said:

  
the only ones on their entire roster I would take are

(and we took a swing at all but ter Stegen)

Marc-André ter Stegen 
Ronald Araújo
Pedri  
Frenkie de Jong
Gavi 
Raphinha 
Ousmane Dembélé   
Ferran Torres
Robert Lewandowski   

Fati is too damaged atm

pass on all the rest

My list would be similar with a few caveats.
Dembélé I think is just too risky (guy is a bit of a diva like Lukaku).

Lewa maybe at the right price, but *way* past his prime and a bit of a choker in CL.

De Jong at the right price, but don't see him as an upgrade for us. Same with Marc... would rather spend in the striker pos for ex.

Pedri, Ferran, and Gavi YES please! 

Raphinha too, but he's just joined them.

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[OhForAGreavsie 6,091]

I'm in favour of making a stand on  Fofana and walking away.

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7 hours ago, Pizy said:

And then after all that terrible treatment players STILL want to sign for them or re-up on drastically reduced terms. It’s mind boggling.

Inspiring is what it is. It's what we need to aim to create.

I'm not saying we can get to Barca's stature but we can improve on where we are now. This is not the work of a single ownership group mind you. It's taken Barca sixty-years to get where they are and they've had the benefit of great success and many great players, including three of the very, very best footballers who ever lived. It's a cocktail of things which have helped them become what they, Some ingredients of that cocktail we can't match; a one club city (sorry Espaniol), which helps generate a level of passion among the fans that we match in our hearts but not in the stadium, and a reputation for beautiful football, plus a climate and culture which is very attractive to young men.

We can't wave a wand and magic up these things tomorrow but we can start trying today.

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49 minutes ago, Hermione said:

May seem the right decision but we all know the alternative is a panic buy like Pavard, so I hope we overpay.

The panic buy mentality is what held the Abramovich era back. Calm heads, patience and good decisions is what we need.

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38 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

The panic buy mentality is what held the Abramovich era back. Calm heads, patience and good decisions is what we need.

Definitely agree. I think Magic Lamps pointed out that the chances of us contending for a title is slim without a legit striker. Our system is begging for it because we don't create enough chances. 

Our shape is made to have a strong defensive structure so how much do we need to spend on defense here? Would love Fofana but I'm only overpaying for a world class striker or Midfielder and those are rare. Being patient and not getting into more bad signings is what we need. 

With what we currently have we should definitely finish Top 4. If Tuchel can't find a way to do that then he has no excuses regardless if we make more signings or not.