Chelsea Transfers

[TheHulk 2,482]

 

[TheHulk 2,482]

 

[Special Juan 28,146]

The money is starting to stack up now.

[Pizy 18,953]

It feels crazy that we haven’t sealed a midfielder yet. It’s as though we’re asking for other big clubs to start up a bidding war for whatever targets we have. Why hasn’t Caicedo been wrapped up yet when the sales of Kai and Kova alone will have brought us £90m, never mind the extra money we’ll be getting for the 3 Saudi deals?

We don’t even have to dip into whatever transfer funds were available outside of players sales yet.

[Superblue 6,372]

49 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Surely in isolation the departures of Kovacic, Mount, Kante and Havertz as well as Jorgi before look reasonable .

but all at once in this short time frame is worrying for several reasons. 
 

Disappointing and washed up or not, they were the ones our  younger players looked up to. They were mainstays of our teams last few seasons. Their departure will change squad dynamic fundamentally. Remains to be seen if for the better or worse . 

 

they clearly want to leave bc the club is in disarray. We have not managed to bind them to this club on an emotional and contractual level. Maybe the Chelsea family spirit of old is gone under the new management. But we also failed to renew when times were better to at least extract more money. 

 

Maybe they were not world beaters yet or anymore, they would still have been useful under Poch. the players we are replacing them with are young and unproven players. Higher ceiling or not, it is unlikely they will be better than their predecessors from the start. So yeah, top 4 will be an uphill struggle 

Losing the amount of experience we are, and all at the same time, is definitely a concern. The likes of Azpi and Koulibaly need to be added to that list too and even a player like RLC is seen as a senior pro now within that group of players.

But on the flip side to this, this is a group of players that have been mostly together now for a while and failed to kick on, in many instances regressed. We haven't come close to challenging for the title for over half a decade and missed out on the top 4 a couple of times since we last won the league. The other times, we've only cemented our top 4 place late in the season. We've won a few cups, but the mentality and consistency within the group has been lacking for years to mount and sustain a title challenge over the course of a season, so perhaps we do need as big of a reboot as we're getting.

I have a feeling that Poch will be more excited about the potential squad he's inheriting, compared to if he had an older, more experienced core group of players. I think he'll feel he can mould and shape a lot of these players to suit him. He'll want a squad that's fit and capable of pressing from the front and playing intense, aggressive football and that is personally something I would love to see after the stale nature of our performances over the last 18 months. 

If he can get us off to a fast start, I think a young group can ride momentum hard and start to get a sense of fearlessness. Probably similar to Arsenal this season gone, I think if we found ourselves in a position to be challenging for anything, we'll struggle then with the lack of experience but I definitely think the top 4 (or possibly top 5) is achievable this coming season.

[Special Juan 28,146]

Yeah I'm really unsure what is going on-Romano keeps saying PT nearly done, then yesterday it's all done on PT- Really now need to start making in roads to signings ready for July

[Special Juan 28,146]

Here we go imminent for RLC to Milan

[Special Juan 28,146]

Mendy all done, all paperwork now completed official announcement coming today

[Norfolkblue1961 56]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Brighton really want Levi back, and apparently would be delighted if it was a loan again-I think we do an agreement with him going there with a loan and Caicedo comes here

No way should we let him go back to Brighton....it would send him the message that he isnt really wanted @ Chelsea

Edited June 27, 2023 by Norfolkblue1961

[Superblue 6,372]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

It feels crazy that we haven’t sealed a midfielder yet. It’s as though we’re asking for other big clubs to start up a bidding war for whatever targets we have. Why hasn’t Caicedo been wrapped up yet when the sales of Kai and Kova alone will have brought us £90m, never mind the extra money we’ll be getting for the 3 Saudi deals?

We don’t even have to dip into whatever transfer funds were available outside of players sales yet.

Post 30th June may be key for us on incomings with regards to FFP.

 

[TheHulk 2,482]

 

[TheHulk 2,482]

 

[Special Juan 28,146]

Di Marzio saying RLC deal is done £18.5M including add ons

[TheHulk 2,482]

 

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[King Kante 1,643]

6 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Happy with that. Prefer to keep Connor as the HG CM option to act as cover in CM. 

[Special Juan 28,146]

Spurs and Maddison agreed PT talks advancing now

[lucio 5,418]

8 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Happy with that. Prefer to keep Connor as the HG CM option to act as cover in CM. 

Cheek is a lot better than connor but he’s rarely fit so probably for the best 

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

15 minutes ago, lucio said:

Cheek is a lot better than connor but he’s rarely fit so probably for the best 

Disagree, I think Connor under the right coach will be twice the player RLC could ever dream of being.

Edited June 27, 2023 by YorkshireBlue

[Pizy 18,953]

6 minutes ago, lucio said:

Cheek is a lot better than connor but he’s rarely fit so probably for the best 

Ruben is a better footballer but at least if Gallagher rediscovers his best form under Poch he offers a genuine goal threat. And unlike RLC he actually has a high intensity mindset instead of casually strolling around the pitch.