Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 30,237]

not at all sure about the validity here (likely bullshit I am guessing) but anyways---------:

Chelsea agree British record £115m deal with Benfica for Enzo Fernandez

https://www.90min.com/posts/Chelsea-agree-british-record-115m-deal-with-benfica-for-enzo-fernandez

Chelsea have agreed a British record deal worth £115m with Benfica for Enzo Fernandez, sources have confimed to 90min.

Fernandez has been one of Chelsea's top transfer priorities this January, but they have been frustrated in their efforts to sign the World Cup winner to date.

90min revealed last week that Benfica were expecting Chelsea to make a renewed bid, after talks stalled earlier in the window, and the Blues did return to the negotiating table over the weekend.

There was belief early on Monday that progress towards a deal was being made, with co-owner Behdad Eghbali and transfer director Paul Winstanley - who both played significant roles in landing Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk - leading the charge.

And those talks have led to an agreement, 90min understands, with Chelsea agreeing to pay more than Fernandez's £105m release clause in order for Benfica to accept a payment in instalments.

The deal now just needs to be rubber stamped and signed off by Rui Costa, who has publicly stated a number of times that 22-year-old Fernandez would not be leaving Benfica unless it was on the Portuguese giants' terms.

The transfer could end up costing Chelsea a British record fee of £115m once all payments have been received by Benfica, eclipsing the £100m Manchester City paid Aston Villa for Jack Grealish in the summer of 2021.

Personal terms have long been agreed with Fernandez, who missed training with Benfica on Monday, and there's plenty of time for the deal to be finalised before the winter transfer window slams shut on Tuesday night.

The breakthrough in negotiations could also impact potential outgoings at Chelsea, with Conor Gallagher and Ruben Loftus-Cheek among the players who could now be moved on by the club's hierarchy amid a wave of Premier League interest.

Edited January 30, 2023 by Vesper

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Ziyech leaving means Madueke will get a lot playing time right away. With Pulisic out for a couple of more months as well. Still won't be starter tho. And let's see who's gonna be Enzo partner in double pivot until Kante is back. Expect us to look like this in attack:

             Havertz 

Mudryk   Felix   Sterling 

 

Kovacic you'd imagine. 

[Pizy 18,963]

We don’t actually have the ideal, perfect partner for Enzo currently with Kante out. If he was 100% fit we’d have the best midfield 2 in Europe. 

Enzo + Kova will dominate lesser teams but I wonder if they’d have the defensive steel and discipline to hold up as a 2 against the very best teams. So you can see why we MIGHT go for a pure DM in the summer.

[Mário César 1,292]

if caicedo hipotetycal arrives we need to get out of gallegher, ruben and jorginho 

would be madness but I dont believe that. its too good to be true 

in other hand, send ziyench on a loan it don't make any sense 

[Stats 7,147]

Just keep Ziyech ffs if we can't sell him. He has actually carried his world cup form into us. Has put in some delightful balls in virtually every match he has played in 2023. Keep him on board would be my suggestion. Offers something different to likes of Sterling, Mudryk, Madueke and Pulisic too.

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

We don’t actually have the ideal, perfect partner for Enzo currently with Kante out. If he was 100% fit we’d have the best midfield 2 in Europe. 

Enzo + Kova will dominate lesser teams but I wonder if they’d have the defensive steel and discipline to hold up as a 2 against the very best teams. So you can see why we MIGHT go for a pure DM in the summer.

Yeah I think Lavia is the guy. 

Closing games out you'd expect something like Lavia, Enzo, and Kante/Kovacic. 

[ChrissWTF 10]

2 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

What's with these ppl posting random shit constantly ^^^^^^^^^^^

Not Random at all. Every Time we are close to signing a player Fifa dons come up with the potential line ups.

Especially with this window we signed some exciting players. So I thought that the line ups are coming. 

Edited January 30, 2023 by ChrissWTF

[LAM09 7,067]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

never count out Real and Barca

IF PSG do buy Osimhen, we should be all over Hugo Ekitiké to switch out

Would Real really block Endrick's chance to slot right in, as that was supposedly the main reason he chose them?

If Barcelona are even in the running, they should sell every right they have. 

[NikkiCFC 8,344]

So with plane coming to Lisbon soon we gonna know everything very soon. 

Edited January 30, 2023 by NikkiCFC

[TheHulk 2,492]

 

[TheHulk 2,492]

 

[Superblue 6,372]

21 minutes ago, Pizy said:

We don’t actually have the ideal, perfect partner for Enzo currently with Kante out. If he was 100% fit we’d have the best midfield 2 in Europe. 

Enzo + Kova will dominate lesser teams but I wonder if they’d have the defensive steel and discipline to hold up as a 2 against the very best teams. So you can see why we MIGHT go for a pure DM in the summer.

I think Zakaria could offer a good profile along side Enzo if he could himself stay fit.

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

1 minute ago, TheHulk said:

 

Huh?

[ZAPHOD2319 4,821]

 

[Superblue 6,372]

16 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Huh?

It's wrote in a backhanded way but suggests if we spent £280m on players and signed them all to 7 year contracts, then the FFP annual cost on the transfer fees is £40m per annum.

Selling Gallagher at what would be pure profit would cover all of that year's FFP liability on such transfer activity.

[TheHulk 2,492]

 

[King Kante 1,643]

Not getting the point of loaning Ziyech, unless there is a obligatory buy in the loan. I have to be honest and say, whilst I haven't ever really rated him, Potter has started to use him as he always should've been used and he is now getting a lot more time to whip his crosses in. 

Additionally, with our injury list, not sure we can afford to go down to such bare bones options in AM, especially as that kid from PSV is a perma-crock. 

[Mhsc 1,104]

Why can’t it just be over 

[nyikolajevics 2,704]

6 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Not getting the point of loaning Ziyech, unless there is a obligatory buy in the loan. I have to be honest and say, whilst I haven't ever really rated him, Potter has started to use him as he always should've been used and he is now getting a lot more time to whip his crosses in. 

Additionally, with our injury list, not sure we can afford to go down to such bare bones options in AM, especially as that kid from PSV is a perma-crock. 

Felix is back after one game. Sterling is close getting fit, Pulisic is impossible to get rid of as he is out till March. Mundryk and Noni are newbies. So it’s quite logicas Ziyech should be the one leaving.

 

He has had some ok games recently, but he’s been here for 3 years almost, he is turning 30 this year. I think he had enough time and enough managers to show what he is capable of. Azpilicueta, who is not a generational talent player made his way into the starting eleven for every manager in every playing systeM, very different positions. Ziyech is supposed to be a highly rated player but he couldn’t break through. Not when we won the CL, not when we suck ass at 10th place. Time to go.

 

He has some special things to offer, but he also super predictable and slow, both feet and also brain. 

Edited January 30, 2023 by nyikolajevics

[DDA 9,956]

Wait.. Jorginho is off??

 

YESSSSSS