Chelsea Transfers

[OneMoSalah 8,887]

If theres any chance Kimmich is available, go for it. Would say yes he is still someone who has weaknesses particularly phyiscally as he isn’t the quickest per say but his quality, wealth of experience and competitiveness as a player is hard to find.

Barella would be next choice but to utilise him effectively we would have to play 433 and that means Enzo as a pivot which is no good either.

[Vesper 30,272]

 

[Vesper 30,272]

5 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

If theres any chance Kimmich is available, go for it. Would say yes he is still someone who has weaknesses particularly phyiscally as he isn’t the quickest per say but his quality, wealth of experience and competitiveness as a player is hard to find.

Barella would be next choice but to utilise him effectively we would have to play 433 and that means Enzo as a pivot which is no good either.

Kimmich will never come here

not unless we are talking years from now, when he is rinsed

he is one of the top footballers on the planet, a serial winner and Bayern just hired the genius Christoph Freund as sporting director, who will turbo-charge them again

Edited July 18, 2023 by Vesper

[whats happening 1,633]

we are not buying kimmich and caicedo. only one.

[Clockwork 1,794]

4 hours ago, Vesper said:

summer 2022 buy (speaking NON YOUTH) window may well go down as one of the worst ever for an EPL club, it really looks like may be the case

hopefully Enzo and Muddy and Noni and Badi can save it from that

if Rom had also been bought in 2022 instead of 2021, it would likely have been the worst window in football history

 

 

Weird how every signing under Tuchel was utter flop, Fofana has been the best one and he is quite injury prone. Which we already knew before buying.

[Vesper 30,272]

lol, Fulham are demanding €105m (£90m) for a 28yo DMF, João Palhinha

bonkers

[Clockwork 1,794]

2 hours ago, Gundalf said:

 

Why not have Strasbourg buy him.

[Gundalf 806]

7 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Why not have Strasbourg buy him.

If he performs well this season he would become more expensive. 

[Vesper 30,272]

Manchester United 'agree personal terms' with Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund - but Red Devils are 'not close' to meeting Italian side's £86m valuation

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12311493/Manchester-United-agree-personal-terms-Atalanta-striker-Rasmus-Hojlund-not-close-meeting-Italian-sides-86m-valuation.html

[Thor 2,745]

15 minutes ago, Vesper said:

lol, Fulham are demanding €105m (£90m) for a 28yo DMF, João Palhinha

bonkers

Defensively - he is the best statistically out of Caceido, Rice, etc. 

So... maybe they are banking on that. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

youth league football doesn't carry that much weight with me

some, but it is nothing like topflight, let alone the monster EPL

in the first half of last season, he played (league game starts) for Monaco at RCB twice in the league, both times in a back 5 (and in one of those he switched to LCB later on in the game), all his other starts were at LCB (usually in back 4), except for 1 at middle CB

in his 5 Europa league games he was LCB twice and middle CB 3 times, never at RCB

in his 10 starts for us he never played on the right, was mostly (8 times) at LCB, and then twice in the middle CB slot, in the 11th game, he was  late sub at LCB

the season before

6 Europa League games ( 5 starts and then a half game as a sub at LCB), 4 at LCB, 2 in the middle

4 CL games, 4 starts (including one where he played the full 120 minutes), all at LCB

and in 24 league games  all were at LCB except for 2, where he played in the middle CB in back 5

bottom line:

he is NOT a viable RCB, especially for the EPL level of play

Nah think you are writing it off far too early. You’ve provided several examples of Badiashile playing three positions during his time with the Monaco senior team which emphasis his comfort level in playing different  sides. He’s a player much like Rudiger where he has a good understanding on how to play on the inverted side. 
 

Rather we see how preseason fairs before we even contemplate spending money on another CB. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,823]

36 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Why not have Strasbourg buy him.

 

28 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

If he performs well this season he would become more expensive. 

I think several reasons. If they sell him after a season or two, the profit counts toward Chelsea’s FFP.

If he turns out to have some quality, it is easier to bring him here.

Strasbourg had a total budget of €15m for transfers last year and have already bought a €30m player. Owners are trying to build up the club but are a bit hand cuffed by FFP at Strasbourg. 

[Pizy 18,985]

Palinha is a pure, 100% destroyer. Not much else to his game. Watch his YouTube highlights and it’s like watching a dude who wants to go out on the pitch and kick everyone’s ass. It’s actually kind of amusing. Good player, though.

As for Kimmich, the only place I can ever see him going if he left Bayern (which I doubt he ever does) is Barca. Or if they can’t afford him he’d reunite with Pep. He’d be pretty redundant with Enzo here even if he were open to coming here.

[Clockwork 1,794]

42 minutes ago, Thor said:

Defensively - he is the best statistically out of Caceido, Rice, etc. 

So... maybe they are banking on that. 

He is also 28, no resale value though in the future. 

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Every press pass carrying reporter is trying to read lips right now.

 

[Vesper 30,272]

19 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

You’ve provided several examples of Badiashile playing three positions during his time with the Monaco senior team

come on now

that is borderline sophistry

he almost never played RCB the last 2 years, never with us, and a game and a half with Monaco

a game and half in 2 years is hardly showing he is a viable RCB

[Vesper 30,272]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

Defensively - he is the best statistically out of Caceido, Rice, etc. 

So... maybe they are banking on that. 

if he was 5 years younger and around £40m (Fulham only paid £17m for him so that would be an almost 250 per cent profit in one year!)

then hell yes, count me in, as he would be a sort of a poundland Ugarte style crusher, way bigger but a bit less skilful

but 90m quid for a 28yo DMF?!? hell no

(with a few exceptions, we all know what happens to destroyer type DMFs once they hit the wrong side of 30)

these are the top 25 (valuation-wise) DMFs over 30

they crater

only FOUR on the planet are valued over £10m, and only ONE on the list would make our club (Casemiro)

and some of these are not even destroyer types (Jorginho for one, Busquets for another, etc)

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Oh myyy

 

[lucio 5,418]

Not worried about him or mount doing too well. Kova will probably ball though 

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