Chelsea Transfers

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✅ £50m fee agreed

✅ 5 year + 1 optional year contract agreed

⏳ Medical to be completed before joining the squad for pre-season

 

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12 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

https://www.90min.com/posts/Chelsea-alerted-to-potential-dayot-upamecano-availability

 

Is he still worth it? I remember him being a top choice only just a season ago

bayern fans were saying that he was shit

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[Jype 6,398]

14 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

Plus, one season stats guarantee nothing, as we almost burn ourselves with Palace's superstar Wan-Bissaka, to give an example.

When Sarri came only the top names were mentioned in this thread and suddenly we went from expecting Chiesa and nothing less to praying that we can snag some reasonably decent bloke from Leeds, who doesn't even want to come here in the first place.

Well first of all, Raphinha's been at Leeds since their promotion to the PL so two seasons. Been playing at a similarly high level both years.

Second of all, is Federico Chiesa really the best alternative you could think of? The man's best career season is 10 league goals in the Serie A for fucking Fiorentina who are basically the Leeds of Italy, nothing more than a mid-table side in a league that's much worse than the EPL. For Juve he's not exactly been anything special either, 10G + 10A in one and a half league seasons before his ACL injury.

 

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6 minutes ago, Jype said:

Well first of all, Raphinha's been at Leeds since their promotion to the PL so two seasons. Been playing at a similarly high level both years.

Second of all, is Federico Chiesa really the best alternative you could think of? The man's best career season is 10 league goals in the Serie A for fucking Fiorentina who are basically the Leeds of Italy, nothing more than a mid-table side in a league that's much worse than the EPL. For Juve he's not exactly been anything special either, 10G + 10A in one and a half league seasons before his ACL injury.

 

I would personally take Chiesa over Raphinah.

Despite the stats, there is something special about that lad.

 

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5 minutes ago, DDA said:

I would personally take Chiesa over Raphinah.

Despite the stats, there is something special about that lad.

 

On the fence about Raphinha.

I know people like to make this comparison with Mane,. but when Mane played with Southampton I used to hate him as an opposition player. Because he was so dangerous! I don't have the same impression about Raphinha.

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4 minutes ago, DDA said:

I would personally take Chiesa over Raphinah.

Despite the stats, there is something special about that lad.

Yea I'm not saying he's a bad player, far from it actually and I rate him highly as well. 

Just the comparison seems weird when one is being portrayed as some world beater and the other as some bum who might as well be playing in Turkey so the Polish dude has such an obvious agenda against Raphinha.

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8 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

On the fence about Raphinha.

I know people like to make this comparison with Mane,. but when Mane played with Southampton I used to hate him as an opposition player. Because he was so dangerous! I don't have the same impression about Raphinha.

Don’t understand the Mane comparison, i see Mahrez in Raphinha. He doesn’t move and make those runs that Mane makes. 

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9 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Don’t understand the Mane comparison, i see Mahrez in Raphinha. He doesn’t move and make those runs that Mane makes. 

You haven't watched Raphinha at all have you? 

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Just now, Clockwork said:

Don’t understand the Mane comparison, i see Mahrez in Raphinha. He doesn’t move and make those runs that Mane makes. 

I think some people see his workrate and tackling., and base their judgement on that.