Chelsea Transfers

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

🚨 Intermediaries have moved to express the interest from Chelsea and Pochettino in Dusan Vlahovic. Next week, possible club to club contact to discuss the feasibility. (@AlfredoPedulla) #CFC

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

Chelsea can’t wait to get rid of Lukaku but on their terms, 35 million plus bonuses, he only wants Inter, not Juventus. (@AlfredoPedulla)

[Costa19 858]

So whats the plan here? Pre season tour around the corner and we only have 1 midfielder. Caicedo alone wont do it for us.. we need 1-2 more.
 
Or are we going to play Hall and Gallagher in midfield? 🤦‍♂️ 

Soon we are past the day, if we havent past it already, where all selling clubs will look at us and see a lonely Enzo and quote us £100m for every midfielder we might be interested in.

 
 

[Pizy 18,952]

12 minutes ago, Costa19 said:

So whats the plan here? Pre season tour around the corner and we only have 1 midfielder. Caicedo alone wont do it for us.. we need 1-2 more.
 
Or are we going to play Hall and Gallagher in midfield? 🤦‍♂️ 

Soon we are past the day, if we havent past it already, where all selling clubs will look at us and see a lonely Enzo and quote us £100m for every midfielder we might be interested in.

 
 

Pretty concerning, isn’t it? Imagine what happens to the entire team if Enzo or Caicedo gets injured. Or god forbid both at the same time. We’d have a midfield fit for a Championship team at this moment in time.

If Caicedo finally gets done this coming week (which it 100% has to so that he can fly with the squad here to the US) we need to instantly get to work on another midfielder. Maybe even 2 depending on what happens with loan moves for Santos & Casadei.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

17 minutes ago, Costa19 said:

So whats the plan here? Pre season tour around the corner and we only have 1 midfielder. Caicedo alone wont do it for us.. we need 1-2 more.
 
Or are we going to play Hall and Gallagher in midfield? 🤦‍♂️ 

Soon we are past the day, if we havent past it already, where all selling clubs will look at us and see a lonely Enzo and quote us £100m for every midfielder we might be interested in.

 
 

It depends on the formation. If 4231 then Caicedo, Enzo, and Nkunku behind the CF. If 433 then again Caicedo, Enzo, and Nkunku in midfield. We need depth for them. We have Santos and Carney, really lacking a real AM. They are young, but I would rather have a talented growing player than a declining player on tired legs. If Caicedo gets done we probably need one more if you are not counting Conor. Tbh, I am curious to see what Poch can do with Conor. At the moment I would say curiously pessimistic, but it could move to curiously optimistic quickly.

[Mhsc 1,098]

15 minutes ago, Costa19 said:

So whats the plan here? Pre season tour around the corner and we only have 1 midfielder. Caicedo alone wont do it for us.. we need 1-2 more.
 
Or are we going to play Hall and Gallagher in midfield? 🤦‍♂️ 

Soon we are past the day, if we havent past it already, where all selling clubs will look at us and see a lonely Enzo and quote us £100m for every midfielder we might be interested in.

 
 

Enzo, Santos, Casadei, Reece James, Hall… My gut tells me Enzo and Reece is a top 4 tier 2 in a 4-2-3-1 but it would be a huge risk given Reece injury record and hasn’t played there much.

I feel like we probably do Caicedo now and Poch takes a deep look at the others to decide if he needs another later in the window. If we don’t get Caicedo we go for a reasonably priced option and get it done very quickly, hopefully (K Thuram perhaps or any number of players that would be done quickly if we just put up 2/3rds of the Caicedo money)

[TheHulk 2,482]

Ah shit, hope it doesn't happen.

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

1 minute ago, TheHulk said:

Ah shit, hope it doesn't happen.

Y not?

[TheHulk 2,482]

Just now, xPetrCechx said:

Y not?

Not good enough, also his injuries in the last year are worrying.

[TheHulk 2,482]

 

[Pizy 18,952]

Vlahović is one of those strikers where you love the tools and raw materials but he doesn’t maximize them on the pitch. Or at least he hasn’t since moving to Juve. When he was leaving Fiorentina every big club wanted him because it looked like he was going to be a sure fire superstar #9. But he has really underwhelmed. 

Having read a little more about him at Juve that’s not all down to him, tbf. Apparently Allegri’s coaching has been dire for a couple of years now and there has been quite a bit of dysfunction at that club lately. Iconic players getting super old and either retiring or leaving, key players like Chiesa missing so much time etc. Not to mention the off the pitch stuff.

So I guess at the age of 23 a coach like Poch still sees a potential diamond that can be polished. But he definitely doesn’t feel like a striker I’d be totally confident in.

[Mário César 1,282]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Vlahović is one of those strikers where you love the tools and raw materials but he doesn’t maximize them on the pitch. Or at least he hasn’t since moving to Juve. When he was leaving Fiorentina every big club wanted him because it looked like he was going to be a sure fire superstar #9. But he has really underwhelmed. 

Having read a little more about him at Juve that’s not all down to him, tbf. Apparently Allegri’s coaching has been dire for a couple of years now and there has been quite a bit of dysfunction at that club lately. Iconic players getting super old and either retiring or leaving, key players like Chiesa missing so much time etc. Not to mention the off the pitch stuff.

So I guess at the age of 23 a coach like Poch still sees a potential diamond that can be polished. But he definitely doesn’t feel like a striker I’d be totally confident in.

from what I have read, he does not have the psychological strength to play at this type of club and is weak in the support game 

I'm not against buying him, but never for 80M

we are talking about a player that devalued 

so, we are asking so little for lukaku and vlahovic, who is worse, will be worth £80m? it makes no sense

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49 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

It depends on the formation. If 4231 then Caicedo, Enzo, and Nkunku behind the CF. If 433 then again Caicedo, Enzo, and Nkunku in midfield. We need depth for them. We have Santos and Carney, really lacking a real AM. They are young, but I would rather have a talented growing player than a declining player on tired legs. If Caicedo gets done we probably need one more if you are not counting Conor. Tbh, I am curious to see what Poch can do with Conor. At the moment I would say curiously pessimistic, but it could move to curiously optimistic quickly.

No, nkunku is not a centre midfielder. In a 433 he would be the CF or LA. Nkunku needs to b in and around and he box. Is not effective at progressing the ball to attack. We need at least two more central midfielders 

Good thing is if clubs start quoting us 100m for every average joe we can dip into into the free agent market if necessary get at least some proven average PL level players like oxöade chamberlain 

[Clockwork 1,794]

I think vlahovic was terribly misused at Juve, not the type of player where he creates when isolated upfront. I think he would be excellent playing with Nkunku.

I think he is a good fit, he is still very young, where worst case he would still have resell value. 

[Mário César 1,282]

if it is to buy in italy, I prefer lautaro

if it's to buy in juventus, I prefer chiesa 

[Jype 6,398]

One less player to worry about this season. Now just need to find new homes for Lukaku, Aubameyang, Ziyech, CHO, Ampadu and Sarr as soon as possible.

Santos, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Hall etc. can be checked by Poch in the coming weeks before making any decisions on loaning them out for the season or not. 

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[Duppy Conqueror 1,543]

38 minutes ago, Jype said:

One less player to worry about this season. Now just need to find new homes for Lukaku, Aubameyang, Ziyech, CHO, Ampadu and Sarr as soon as possible.

Santos, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Hall etc. can be checked by Poch in the coming weeks before making any decisions on loaning them out for the season or not. 

Happy there's not an option to buy.too soon to do that with young players we have only recently signed. And been woefully coached.

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[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

1 hour ago, Jype said:

One less player to worry about this season. Now just need to find new homes for Lukaku, Aubameyang, Ziyech, CHO, Ampadu and Sarr as soon as possible.

Santos, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Hall etc. can be checked by Poch in the coming weeks before making any decisions on loaning them out for the season or not. 

If he takes over the starting role, this gets him Champions League experience.