Chelsea Transfers

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

Declan Rice is the answer. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

6 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Not going to lie just abandoning the second half of the season just because top 4 is highly unlikely would be stupid as fuck. It would also ultimately seal GPs fate as he will undoubtedly get sacked if we don’t make a push for European football of some sort ie. top 6/7 (can’t believe I am typing this as top 4 should be the realistic target). 

With another coach of a higher experience at this level I think the season could be salvaged but with GP, unfortunately, I think it’s incredibly unlikely. He is far too naive. The pressure is on him and I think that last presser where he said ‘the presses questions were stupid but he has to answer them’ shows how incredibly naive he is at this level. Not to mention the players mentality and work ethic under him in games. If Mourinho, Conte, Tuchel, Ancelotti or any other manager got asked those same set of questions, I guarantee they wouldn’t of come out with such a babyish response. 

He cannot just afford to go ok lets play the kids every week and not try and establish his philosophy and tactics with the first team players he likes because whatever he’s been doing so far, it hasn’t really worked and I am not fully buying this injuries being the only reason. Plus recruiting is going to be a disaster with no European football and a manager who is looking more and more out of his depth. 

Plus putting too much responsibility or pressure on Hutchison and Chukwameka so soon and expecting them to “save us money in the summer” would also be idiotic. They’re still young and highly inexperienced as professional footballers. They haven’t accumulated the experience Mount, James, Tammy, Tomori etc did at lower levels/playing games. We’ve all seen how boys like McEachran and even Hudson-Odoi have played out in recent times. Personally, although it may not of seemed that way in the past, Foden at City in recent times has been the best example of a player from an academy going straight into their first 11 without a loan. He played sporadically then built up, and now he is 1) experienced enough and 2) mentally ready to be relied on heavily. 

That's a bad example, Foden was given time to develop as they had class players in midfield controlling the tempo and dictating play in KdB, Gundogan and Bernardo. 

Not every youngster will get a chance to walk into a side with that much technical talent. 

It's a shame about Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea as he was making that break through before that achilles injury and then his development went out the window, we changed managers a few times and we sent him out on loan 2 seasons too late. 

[NikkiCFC 7,943]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Declan Rice is the answer. 

Depends what's the question 🤔 

[NikkiCFC 7,943]

Maguire to Aston Villa. Good for United. We also have some players in starting lineup that want 300k per week but in reality if we put them on market best they could hope for is exactly teams like AV, Everton coming for them. So they have nothing to back their demands. Let's see if we are ruthless like United. 

[Mhsc 876]

Curious if this run of form drives up our transfer budget and likelihood to just go and buy an Enzo for too much money…

[turgi 71]

On 02/01/2023 at 13:27, turgi said:

This squad needs a complete overhaul.

I haven’t got one position that I feel safe with.

Today even more

[Hashishi 148]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Depends what's the question 🤔 

Who is the most delusional 100m signing we are going to make this summer?

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

2 hours ago, Mhsc said:

Curious if this run of form drives up our transfer budget and likelihood to just go and buy an Enzo for too much money…

Ship has sailed. He’ll be at City whilst we are signing our 23rd 18 year old

[Vesper 28,795]

3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Maguire to Aston Villa. Good for United. We also have some players in starting lineup that want 300k per week but in reality if we put them on market best they could hope for is exactly teams like AV, Everton coming for them. So they have nothing to back their demands. Let's see if we are ruthless like United. 

nope

Harry Maguire is NOT close to joining Aston Villa despite Twitter rumours - with the Man United captain pictured in a restaurant near Villans' Bodymoor Heath training ground because he was playing GOLF at The Belfry

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11612475/Harry-Maguire-NOT-close-joining-Aston-Villa-despite-pictured-near-training-ground.html

 

Manchester United laugh off Harry Maguire transfer speculation

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-harry-maguire-transfer-25925796

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Its interesting to see these long term deals the owners are insisting for incoming players (or when renewing existing contracts).

Reminds me of what Chicago Bulls did with Scottie Pippen. Basically lock them down on one salary for as long as possible.

[TheHulk 1,855]

34 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Its interesting to see these long term deals the owners are insisting for incoming players (or when renewing existing contracts).

Reminds me of what Chicago Bulls did with Scottie Pippen. Basically lock them down on one salary for as long as possible.

Well we surely locked Koulibaly in with 300k for years to come. Chances of selling him is almost zero.

[Hashishi 148]

10 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Well we surely locked Koulibaly in with 300k for years to come. Chances of selling him is almost zero.

Napoli will probably want him on a free loan, paying 10% of his wages

[TheHulk 1,855]

Another average guy preparing to come in, just get Rice in the summer as well and complete this joke.

[Strike 7,217]

Koulibaly quickly going in the bust section. Our bust : hit ratio with transfers has been so bad in recent years. Only Thiago Silva has been an unquestionable success and even that is with the caveat of free transfer, age meaning less expectations.

[Vesper 28,795]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

Koulibaly quickly going in the bust section. Our bust : hit ratio with transfers has been so bad in recent years. Only Thiago Silva has been an unquestionable success and even that is with the caveat of free transfer, age meaning less expectations.

 

have been overall shit for ages

Bold are what I think will likely be or ARE already busts (including massive overpays , like CuCu and Wesley Fofana)

italics means jury still out

bold blue: great buy (only 6 total starting in summer 2015, and the TOTAL cost for ALL 6 was only around £130m (in transfer fees)

the busts starting in summer 2015 are staggeringly more, around £750 MILLION gross, and that could go to around £900m to 1 BILLION pounds sterling gross, just in transfer fees, as if you are talking pissed away salary too, well, I can only SMDH

Players    Club    Transfer sum

Wesley Fofana    Leicester City    Leicester    €80.40m
Marc Cucurella    Brighton & Hove Albion    Brighton    €65.30m
Raheem Sterling    Manchester City    Man City    €56.20m (leaning towards bust atm, especially given the massive fee)
Benoît Badiashile    AS Monaco    Monaco    €38.00m
Kalidou Koulibaly    SSC Napoli    SSC Napoli    €38.00m
Carney Chukwuemeka    Aston Villa    Aston Villa    €18.00m
Andrey Santos    Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama    Vasco da Gama    €12.50m
David Datro Fofana    Molde FK    Molde    €12.00m
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang    FC Barcelona    Barcelona    €12.00m
Gabriel Slonina    Chicago Fire FC    Chicago    €9.09m
Denis Zakaria    Juventus FC    Juventus    Loan 
Romelu Lukaku    Inter Milan    Inter    €113.00m
Saúl Ñíguez    Atlético de Madrid    Atlético Madrid    Loan 
Kai Havertz    Bayer 04 Leverkusen    B. Leverkusen    €80.00m
Timo Werner    RB Leipzig    RB Leipzig    €53.00m
Ben Chilwell    Leicester City    Leicester    €50.20m
Hakim Ziyech    Ajax Amsterdam    Ajax    €40.00m
Edouard Mendy    Stade Rennais FC    Rennes    €24.00m
Malang Sarr    OGC Nice    OGC Nice    free transfer
Thiago Silva    Paris Saint-Germain    Paris SG    free transfer
Mateo Kovacic    Real Madrid    Real Madrid    €45.00m
Kepa Arrizabalaga    Athletic Bilbao    Athletic    €80.00m
Christian Pulisic    Borussia Dortmund    Bor. Dortmund    €64.00m
Jorginho    SSC Napoli    SSC Napoli    €57.00m
Gonzalo Higuaín    Juventus FC    Juventus    Loan
Rob Green    Huddersfield Town    Huddersfield    free transfer
Álvaro Morata    Real Madrid    Real Madrid    €66.00m
Tiemoué Bakayoko    AS Monaco    Monaco    €40.00m
Danny Drinkwater    Leicester City    Leicester    €37.90m
Antonio Rüdiger    AS Roma    AS Roma    €35.00m
Davide Zappacosta    Torino FC    Torino    €25.00m
Emerson    AS Roma    AS Roma    €20.00m
Olivier Giroud    Arsenal FC    Arsenal    €17.00m
Ross Barkley    Everton FC    Everton    €16.80m
Ethan Ampadu    Exeter City    Exeter City    €2.80m
Willy Caballero    Manchester City    Man City    free transfer
Michy Batshuayi    Olympique Marseille    Marseille    €39.00m
N'Golo Kanté    Leicester City    Leicester    €35.80m
David Luiz    Paris Saint-Germain    Paris SG    €35.00m
Marcos Alonso    ACF Fiorentina    Fiorentina    €23.00m
Eduardo    GNK Dinamo Zagreb    Dinamo Zagreb    €1.25m
Pedro    FC Barcelona    Barcelona    €27.00m
Abdul-Rahman Baba    FC Augsburg    FC Augsburg    €26.00m
Asmir Begovic    Stoke City    Stoke City    €11.00m
Kenedy    Fluminense Football Club    Fluminense    €8.00m
Radamel Falcao    AS Monaco    Monaco    Loan
Michael Hector    Reading FC    Reading    €5.40m
Matt Miazga    New York Red Bulls    New York RB    €4.60m
Nathan    Atlético Paranaense    Atlético-PR    €4.00m
Papy Djilobodji    FC Nantes    FC Nantes    €3.50m (we did make a profit, though, lolol)
Danilo Pantic    FK Partizan Belgrade    Partizan    free transfer
Alexandre Pato    Sport Club Corinthians Paulista    Corinthians    loan

[Hamilton 2,120]

El Khannouss from Genk getting interest of more clubs besides Ajax. PSG, Dortmund and United joined the Dutch team.

While we are piling up young talent we should be all over this, he has enormous talent and reminds me of a young kdb, only not the same numbers atm.

[Vesper 28,795]

Exclusive: Chelsea still interested in 19-year-old midfielder who would “love” Blues transfer

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2023/01/09/Chelsea-remain-keen-on-arsen-zakharyan-transfer/

Chelsea remain interested in the potential transfer of Dynamo Moscow midfielder Arsen Zakharyan, Fabrizio Romano has revealed in his exclusive CaughtOffside column the Daily Briefing.

The Blues have been linked strongly with the highly-rated young Russia international on several occasions in recent months, though things had gone a little quiet on that front.

Romano has provided an update on the situation, suggesting that Chelsea remain keen on Zakharyan and the player would also still love to get the move to Stamford Bridge.

However, with Chelsea also working on so many other deals, it may be that Zakharyan isn’t quite the priority he was, even if the west London giants are still open to bringing him to the club.

“Chelsea are still interested in signing Zakharyan, for sure,” Romano said. “He’s one of the talents they are following, but Chelsea are working on many deals so the timing cannot always be fast, that’s absolutely normal. The player would love to join Chelsea.”

Chelsea have had a busy January, bringing in some exciting young talents as Andrey Santos, Benoit Badiashile and David Datro Fofana have all joined.

Zakharyan, 19, would certainly be another fine signing to add to Graham Potter’s squad, so it will be interesting to see if this becomes a priority again later this January.

Edited January 9, 2023 by Vesper

[Vesper 28,795]

19 hours ago, Hamilton said:

According to Belgian newspaper nieuwsblad are we after 18y old Noah Mbemba of Club Bruges. The defensive midfielder is not going to sign a new contract that ends in June. City and Barcelona also showing interest.

Edited January 9, 2023 by Vesper