Chelsea Transfers

[Pizy 18,985]

I could be made to eat my words in a few years, but to me Højland doesn’t look like a special talent. I don’t even think he looks as good as Jackson who we’ve just bought and he might not even be our starting striker depending on the rest of the business we do.

Media and United fans are hyping him up and comparing him to Haaland. That’s madness. He looks like a decent young striker to me.

I’m glad they’re going for him rather than Kane/Osimhen/Kolo Muani/Goncalo Ramos. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

We really got fucked with Fofana. 

 

[LAM09 7,069]

17 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Valid point, and it really sucks that the natural alternative to Caicedo (Barella) is also Inter

plus the next two, below them, Schlotterbeck (Dortmund) and Botman (NUFC) are hardly easy pulls either

left footed, top class CBs are like hen's teeth

Both of those players would fit us like a glove, and IMO, Barella is a better option. 

This Caicedo saga is dragging on far too long at this point.

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

This isn't a player that will need time to adapt or anything. He will slot right in. 

So long as the pivot before Liverpool is Enzo and Caicedo, we'll be fine. 

[Mhsc 1,109]

6 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

We really got fucked with Fofana. 

Yeah, a Boehly era fuck up that we're stuck with now, very good player but never should have gone for him until he showed a solid season injury free.

Does Fofana have a repeated problem or is it different every time? Wonder if he can just have a surgery to get through whatever it is or if he's just in general got a fragile body. No doubt didn't help that last year we threw away all of our medical staff (another Boehly era move) and evidently didn't take care of the players properly whatsoever.

Edited July 18, 2023 by Mhsc

[Mhsc 1,109]

5 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Both of those players would fit us like a glove, and IMO, Barella is a better option. 

This Caicedo saga is dragging on far too long at this point.

I have a strong dislike of the idea of paying Inter anything for anyone ever again.

[Pizy 18,985]

If that Fofana rumor is true then @Vesper was right from the very beginning. She was banging the drum about his injury issue but I refused to believe our medical team would’ve given the club the green light without being 100% sure it wouldn’t be a long term concern.

😭😭😭

Hope it’s not true. He’s such a huge talent and Poch could’ve done SO much good for his development.

[Vesper 30,270]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

We really got fucked with Fofana. 

 

I warned on buying him.

I rated the hell out of him before his massive injury, but one of my fundamental beliefs is that you you never buy a player after a massive injury until they have a least two or so healthy seasons after that, seasons where they are at least back to the level they were before the massive injury.

Edited July 18, 2023 by Vesper

[Gundalf 806]

 

 

 

 

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[Mário César 1,327]

Its bettee keep chalobah tbh

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

I am really sick of Brighton. They keep trying to include Colwill when we have told every club that he will not be sold. After Caicedo is done, I hope we never do any business with them.

 

[Gundalf 806]

Too bad we dont have enough money for a good CB

[Vytis33 1,287]

Trev staying then and Levi just got a lot more bargaining power in his new contract offer

[Pizy 18,985]

2 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I am really sick of Brighton. They keep trying to include Colwill when we have told every club that he will not be sold. After Caicedo is done, I hope we never do any business with them.

 

We’ll probably try to get Mitoma next summer 🤣🤣🤣

[Gundalf 806]

[Jype 6,398]

10 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Yeah, a Boehly era fuck up that we're stuck with now, very good player but never should have gone for him until he showed a solid season injury free.

Does Fofana have a repeated problem or is it different every time? Wonder if he can just have a surgery to get through whatever it is or if he's just in general got a fragile body. No doubt didn't help that last year we threw away all of our medical staff (another Boehly era move) and evidently didn't take care of the players properly whatsoever.

The injury that kept him out for almost a full year at Leicester was a leg break but this is said to be a knee problem. Knee issues were what kept him out last season from October to February too.

He did have some prior knee problems at Saint-Etienne (in 2019) before he even moved to Leicester but it was nothing major and at the time only kept him out for around 10 games or so. Didn't have any problems with his knees for a good few years prior to the Chelsea move until getting hurt last October.

Leg breaks usually heal quite well and don't cause problems going forward so I'm not too convinced that a 10 game knee injury few years prior to the move should have been seen as a deal breaker about him being injury prone? The likes of Azpi and Rüdiger had ACL ruptures in their past before coming to the club and never had any issues with their knees, and especially Azpi never had any issues with any injuries period. Sometimes you just get unlucky, I guess.

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

He always overextends his knee when he challenges. Every time. 

[Special Juan 28,187]

We aren't giving up on Caicedo according to Kinsella, new improved bid soon

[Special Juan 28,187]

Ruptured ACL for Fofana, that's him out for at least six months

[Pizy 18,985]

So Trev, Thiago Silva, Colwill, and Badiashile for the whole season. Assuming Badiashile returns pretty early in the season as reported. 

Probably good enough for a season without Europe. Assuming Poch’s plan is for a back 4.