Chelsea Transfers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

8 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

Is this season a write-off or are we still in for CL places? Moreover, how do we expect to sign Gvardiol,  Leao and Bellingham if we don't have CL next year.

 

I think buying young prospects and developing them like Arsenal did is our best shot because no superstars want to come to Chelsea Atm. We need to find diamonds in the rough like Martinelli and wait for them to develop.

Our best shot is to find these diamonds and wait 2-3 years for them to develop before we have a shot at getting back into CL. That is if we aren't irrelevant like spurs by then, especially with Newcastle on the up and rise.

I think the year is far from over. Liverpool are dealing with injuries and a sale of the club. Tottenham are erratic. Man Utd are up for sale and who knows how that squad will do? Newcastle are not a settled team. I am not saying that we are going to for sure have a top 4 spot, but there is a lot of league to play and the teams currently there are not a lock. Now if we start dropping point like earlier, then yeah, we are not going to attract top players. 

[bluesman2610 1,423]

Man Mac Allister and Enzo are some pretty good midfielders 

[Vesper 30,300]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Newcastle are not a settled team.

they look pretty damn settled to me

[milka 3,398]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

Someone that could be banned for months?

For what 

Edited December 13, 2022 by milka

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

they look pretty damn settled to me

Lets see it over a full season. They are definitely getting better. 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

The only forward I know that is known to be available in January is Joao Felix.

[Vesper 30,300]

6 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

The only forward I know that is known to be available in January is Joao Felix.

Dušan Vlahović (£69m ie €80m per reports all over the Italian press)
Moussa Diaby (maybe)

[bluesman2610 1,423]

12 minutes ago, milka said:

For what 

Gambling - betting on games allegedly 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11748/12749021/ivan-toney-brentford-striker-charged-by-fa-over-232-alleged-breaches-of-betting-rules-in-four-year-period

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

 

[whats happening 1,633]

1 hour ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

The only forward I know that is known to be available in January is Joao Felix.

i dont rate him highly. especially for premier league

[NikkiCFC 8,372]

People focus on Haaland but this Alvarez guy is also amazing. Would start here without problem. How City got both? 🥺

[Hashishi 148]

50 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

People focus on Haaland but this Alvarez guy is also amazing. Would start here without problem. How City got both? 🥺

How is he agreeing to be a rotation option?

I think if haaland wasn't tearing it up, people would be calling him the next aguero.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

 

[Vesper 30,300]

Lol, we think we are going to get £90m for Kepa and Mendy

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/12/13/report-Chelsea-willing-to-sell-expensive-million-to-sign-leeds-ace-meslier/

[Vesper 30,300]

Almost all transfer news articles about us are pure rubbish. New lows in stupidity and bollocks.

Just reading them lowers my IQ.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,092]

4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Many other clubs can compete for Leao, if they want to. If they don't want to then there is a reason for that. By all means take the risk of buying him if we think our recruitment team have got their assessment of Leao right, while all the non-competing teams have underestimated him. Just be sure to pay a risk price. Time and again we have allowed ourselves to bid over the odds when there didn't seam to be anybody competing for the player's signature. Most recently with Cucu for example.

[YorkshireBlue 3,299]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Almost all transfer news articles about us are pure rubbish. New lows in stupidity and bollocks.

Just reading them lowers my IQ.

Don't know why you even bother reading it. I don't believe any rumours about Chelsea any more, until they are holding the shirt! Been on this rodeo to many times!!!! 

[Tomo 21,751]

11 hours ago, Hashishi said:

How is he agreeing to be a rotation option?

I think if haaland wasn't tearing it up, people would be calling him the next aguero.

Said from the summer that Alvarez is a lot more suited to City's system than Haaland.

No matter what goal records he breaks I'd feel a lot more convinced we could compete with City (if/when we get our house in order) with Haaland as the main striker over Alvarez.

[Tomo 21,751]

15 hours ago, Vesper said:

they look pretty damn settled to me

I honestly thought they were pretty poor against us which is what annoyed me about the loss even more.

Ultimately despite how shit we were the result came down to Willock hitting his shot a little bit better than what Gallagher did.

[Pizy 18,994]

Let’s be real here, there is no quick fix option in January that’s going to suddenly turn our miserable season around. Not Leāo, not Vlahovic, not Felix. If we are going to reverse the rot it’s almost certain to come down to all of our injured players returning and hitting top form.

Any business we do next month should be with the future in mind rather than short term thinking. If that means overpaying then so be it because these players will likely be off the table when we don’t have CL football next season.

Sadly, the crown jewel target Gvardiol is surely off the table after the World Cup he just had and the position we find ourselves in. Much like Haaland we’ll probably be cursed to watch him kill it at City for the next decade.