Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 30,301]

 

[NikkiCFC 8,372]

Let's pretend we get one top player in every line Gvardiol, Bellingham and Nkunku. That team would still miss top DM and striker. Very unlikely we fix everything in the summer. 

[Special Juan 28,187]

I'm sure if I went shopping for steak Real Madrid would be behind me buying a beef joint.

[MoroccanBlue 5,384]

3 hours ago, DDA said:

We are not getting Endrick and we are not getting Bellingham. 

Pipe dreams.

We need to build our own superstars.

I mean we could still realistically get both Enzo Fernandez and Declan Rice. 

This pivot would improve our midfield immensely. 

 

Enzo -- Rice

Nkunku

[Johnnyeye 7,517]

God i hate Real Madrid, they can just get any expensive toy they want, fucking nightmare of a club.

[whats happening 1,633]

hopefully ziyechs price will go up after this wc, so we can sell him for more 🙄

[Tomo 21,751]

I didn't realise Yann Sommer's a free agent next summer.

We should be all over that.

[Vesper 30,301]

I think we fail on Gvardiol, Bellingham,  and Endrick. All 3 likely end up at Real.

I still am not 100% convinced we even land Nkunku, but feel we are favourites atm.

[LAM09 7,069]

10 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I think we fail on Gvardiol, Bellingham,  and Endrick. All 3 likely end up at Real.

I still am not 100% convinced we even land Nkunku, but feel we are favourites atm.

In that case, are they going to ignore Mbappe and Haaland for the next 3–5 years?

[Vesper 30,301]

that is why Gonçalo Ramos is on my CF lists

[OhForAGreavsie 6,092]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

I still am not 100% convinced we even land Nkunku, but feel we are favourites atm.

While I feel we've had him signed and sealed since September. 🙂 

[bluesman2610 1,423]

59 minutes ago, Vesper said:

that is why Gonçalo Ramos is on my CF lists

He looks like a player

[Superblue 6,372]

6 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

We need to use Bellingham as motivation. All of us, including Todd B, have known, all along, that Bellingham would not consider Chelsea. The club must set itself the mission of ensuring that, six years from now, Chelsea will be considered by the next Jude Bellingham.

Absolutely spot on.

It is imperative that we position ourselves to be far more attractive for future top talent coming through. 

It's not an overnight fix, we will need to build a reputation of developing young players and giving them opportunities, which to be fair some groundwork has been laid here with the likes of Mount, James, Chalobah, Gallagher, etc coming through into the first team set up. But we also need to show ourselves to be a much more stable club which we simply haven't been under Roman's tenure. Players will see and believe in a development plan much more in a stable club and set up.

The bonus to getting this right is we're much better placed than teams like Dortmund and Leipzig to not be treated merely as a stepping-stone. Granted, it's always going to be a problem if Madrid come calling for a player but I think we have a much greater chance of being able to convince top talents to commit to us long term if we get it right and sign them up in the first place.

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

that is why Gonçalo Ramos is on my CF lists

Maybe Joe Shields knows what he's doing. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

2 hours ago, Tomo said:

I didn't realise Yann Sommer's a free agent next summer.

We should be all over that.

In Germany he is routinely described by three words - klein, alt, Schweizer. He is one of the smallest keepers I know at under 6ft and turns 34 next year.

Tbh he is ok, capable of sublime saves but also of the most terrible howlers. Overall not someone you would like to rely on. If you think Kepa is a rollercoaster, Yann Sommer is basically the father of all Kepas. His lack of reach is omnipresent. Would not touch him with a vulcano glove.

[Hashishi 148]

So that's it for Endrick. Everyone is in for Goncalo Ramos now he scored a hattrick in WC finals. Bellingham probably isn't going to choose us. 

 

Time to focus on signings from Swedish 5th division where our manager has some pull.

[LAM09 7,069]

19 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

So that's it for Endrick. Everyone is in for Goncalo Ramos now he scored a hattrick in WC finals. Bellingham probably isn't going to choose us. 

 

Time to focus on signings from Swedish 5th division where our manager has some pull.

It's a crazy investment for someone who wouldn't be joining for two years. We have more pressing issues than that.

You don't need "pull" when you have a solid scouting system. Just ask Benfica & Enzo.

[Hashishi 148]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

It's a crazy investment for someone who wouldn't be joining for two years. We have more pressing issues than that.

You don't need "pull" when you have a solid scouting system. Just ask Benfica & Enzo.

Benfica have pull though. Arguably rhe best team in Portugal whose language many South Americans speak, excellent record of developing players and CL every year. Have I missed anything?

We will most likely be our of CL next year based on form. All of our Portuguese and Spanish speaking players are leaving next summer or the one after. Our record of developing players is dismal at best, apart from Hazard who went on to flop at Real.

Embarrassing to say but even Benfica have more pull for South American talent than us.

Edited December 7, 2022 by Hashishi

[Hashishi 148]

Remember when we signed Ballack? I bet a buttload of clubs were after him that summer, yet he chose us. That is what really pull is. That is what Boehly lost us in one summer. That is what Potter will never have. Player like Ballack will never play for a transition club like were are now. The risk is to perpetually always be stuck in transition like ManUre.

[Tomo 21,751]

1 hour ago, Hashishi said:

Remember when we signed Ballack? I bet a buttload of clubs were after him that summer, yet he chose us. That is what really pull is. That is what Boehly lost us in one summer. That is what Potter will never have. Player like Ballack will never play for a transition club like were are now. The risk is to perpetually always be stuck in transition like ManUre.

We've literally as good as signed one of Europe's hot propertys and got arguably the world's best young defender saying he's seriously considering us.