Chelsea Transfers

[Blues Forever 1,232]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

and, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
     
Hugo Ekitiké    
Nordi Mukiele

look at the prices too, and this is from a club with around £400 billion in backing (until/if the Kuwaitis (over £500 billion) come onto football, the Qataris are 2nd richest, behind the Saudis (£2+ trillion)

Soler £17m

Hugo Ekitiké will cost £29.5m with add-ons when his buy clause kicks in next summer after a prelim loan

remove Mendes, as he came last summer

and the TOTAL for 6 really class NEW players is only £129m!

add in Mendes (a great, very young LB) and it is SEVEN for only £163m (basically what we paid for Donkeykaku and Pulisic alone)

 

They have one of the best DoF in the world, we have none.

[Strike 7,217]

1 minute ago, Cooke1 said:

Leicester have said 25 million for teillemans. With our issues in midfield go for him he can  tackle find a pass scores a goal defensively good   

I like the idea of of Tielemans. I think he works in a 6 and can contribute right away

[Vesper 28,763]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

and, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
     
Hugo Ekitiké    
Nordi Mukiele

look at the prices too, and this is from a club with around £400 billion in backing (until/if the Kuwaitis (over £500 billion) come onto football, the Qataris are 2nd richest, behind the Saudis (£2+ trillion)

Soler £17m

Hugo Ekitiké will cost £29.5m with add-ons when his buy clause kicks in next summer after a prelim loan

remove Mendes, as he came last summer

and the TOTAL for 6 really class NEW players is only £129m!

add in Mendes (a great, very young LB) and it is SEVEN for only £163m (basically what we paid for Donkeykaku and Pulisic alone)

 

we are criminally mismanaged compared to PSG (and that includes the mad as ass Mbappe shite, as he is the best player on the planet and his staying, IMHO, is the main shot they have at winning the CL finally and half a billion is chump change to the Qataris, plus we are going to likely lose £700-750m due to Marina's cumulative shite since 2016 onwards)

they are doing it all in a SHIT league too!

their main draw (before the 2 wild (the only 2 they ever made) buys of Neymar and Mbappe, plus now Pessi as a draw) was 'play/live in Paris'

Edited August 31, 2022 by Vesper

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

19 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Interesting claim from this guy: "Chelsea are negotiating with Santos to have the priority over all future footballers from Santos academy. Chelsea would spend a high amount of money and would have to be made aware of all offers for the Santos' youngsters and having the option to match a bid and taking them to London".

Interesting business model. Pay a one-time a fee up front and then call dibs on everyone of their jewels. Depends on the fee I guess and if we can make a similar arrangement with other clubs as well. 

[Vesper 28,763]

so depressed if we miss out on Arsen Zakharyan

☹️

[Vesper 28,763]

6 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Interesting business model. Pay a one-time a fee up front and then call dibs on everyone of their jewels. Depends on the fee I guess and if we can make a similar arrangement with other clubs as well. 

would rather we do that with Palmeiras than Santos

Edited August 31, 2022 by Vesper

[Blues Forever 1,232]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

so depressed if we miss out on Arsen Zakharyan

☹️

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Vesper 28,763]

7 minutes ago, Vesper said:

would rather we do that with Palmeiras than Santos

almost half of Flamengo's value comes from these 4 non youth players

[Pizy 18,368]

Fofana finally confirmed! An actual CB on that right side now! No more Reece shoehorned in there or grandpa Azpi!

[Vesper 28,763]

11 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

 

fucking Putin

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Finally. Apparently he has already trained with the team today.

If he is as good as he was before his injury, he can massively transform our defence in the long term.

But not enough to help us today. We need that midfielder.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,157]

So the problem with the Arsen is purely the bank and the money transfer? Or will a work permit be a problem too?

[Vesper 28,763]

47 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

https://www.24sata.hr/sport/doznajemo-josip-sutalo-jako-blizu-leipziga-nijemci-ponudili-velik-novac-a-ima-i-jedna-kvaka-857425

RB Leipzig is close to sign Josip Sutalo from Dinamo Zagreb. The transfer will be €18m + add-ons. Sutalo would remain at Dinamo Zagreb until Summer 2023 and would serve as a replacement for Josko Gvardiol, who would leave for Chelsea.

solid young Croat CB

Leipzig know what the fuck they are doing

superbly run club (as are most of their other global empire clubs)

[Blues Forever 1,232]

1 minute ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

So the problem with the Arsen is purely the bank and the money transfer? Or will a work permit be a problem too?

Both.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Blues Forever

[Superblue 6,370]

16 minutes ago, Vesper said:

we are criminally mismanaged compared to PSG (and that includes the mad as ass Mbappe shite, as he is the best player on the planet and his staying, IMHO, is the main shot they have at winning the CL finally and half a billion is chump change to the Qataris, plus we are going to likely lose £700-750m due to Marina's cumulative shite since 2016 onwards)

they are doing it all in a SHIT league too!

their main draw (before the 2 wild (the only 2 they ever made) buys of Neymar and Mbappe, plus now Pessi as a draw) was 'play/live in Paris'

Let's not change the narrative with PSG. For years they've spent ridiculous sums of money chasing a dream to win the Champions League so to say we're criminally mismanaged compared to PSG I think isn't right.

However, this shift this summer from them in my opinion is incredibly clever. You're spot on with this, they've made some very sensible buys without spending stupid money. They have hired an experienced director of football with a very strong track record, and similarly a highly rated manager but without the big name. It's the start of a cultural shift which won't happen overnight but ironically I think could well take them closer to winning the Champions League than they've ever got to before. For Campos in particular too, it must be a refreshing change that he's not buying talent in the knowledge of selling them on for profit in a couple of years, but instead hoping he's now at a club capable of retaining these players if they realise their potential.

The key for them will be when there are bumps in the road, will they revert back to type or back the process. In previous years, we've shown time and again we'd revert back to type, to what we know and are comfortable with. It's shown success but it's also damaged us being able to sustain success. 

We do definitely need to sort out the structure at our club. A director of football is going to be key to properly rebuilding the club.