Chelsea Transfers

[Clockwork 1,794]

Striking similar to Caicedo. Under 5m

Edited July 27, 2023 by Clockwork

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

9 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Hand the transfer request and show them the finger.

Signed a 4 year deal in January though to 2027 with a +1 option so don’t see that really doing anything earth shattering to improve things on our end. That was after his January transfer request also, so yeah, don’t see it helping us either way. 

Edited July 27, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[Pizy 18,368]

5 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Signed a 4 year deal in January though to 2027 with a +1 option so don’t see that really doing anything earth shattering to improve things on our end. 

He should fire his agent for allowing him to sign that deal without a set release clause. And he should also be extremely pissed at Brighton for assuring him he could go if a reasonable offer came in in the summer and rejecting £80m.

[Strike 7,217]

Caicedo dug this hole for himself agreeing to that contract in March 

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

27 minutes ago, Pizy said:

He should fire his agent for allowing him to sign that deal without a set release clause. And he should also be extremely pissed at Brighton for assuring him he could go if a reasonable offer came in in the summer and rejecting £80m.

Agents can only advice so far though and I am sure Caicedo was happy enough to sign a hugely improved 4+1 year deal at the time. If he maybe held his nerve and didn’t renew but stayed there the rest of the season, chances are he would of got his move by now and got paid more all the same as he would of had a better hand. Even if he hands in a transfer request, Brighton can just laugh it off and be like “Really? Didn’t we do this already 6 months ago?” 

Honestly, can’t help but admire Brighton’s stance to be fair. It’s frustrating for is but they really don’t need the money after selling a lot of good players the last 12-18 months, are in Europe for the first time ever and are ambitious enough to not sell somebody who is near about/arguably on equal par to Declan Rice who went to Arsenal for £105m. In an ever so inflated market, absolutely they should hold out for £100m.

If it was roles reversed I’d be disappointed if we didn’t do the same. Our lack of a plan B though is incredibly alarming. All these football boffins put in place and it looks as if they are saying that Caicedo is the only midfielder in world footballer that may suit us…

Edited July 27, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[DDA 9,690]

This is getting really boring fast. Move on ffs. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

This is pathetic, move on.

[whats happening 1,525]

42 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

it took them almost a month to up the offer from 70 to 80 million pounds. absolutely fucking pathetic 

[Pizy 18,368]

20 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Agents can only advice so far though and I am sure Caicedo was happy enough to sign a hugely improved 4+1 year deal at the time. If he maybe held his nerve and didn’t renew but stayed there the rest of the season, chances are he would of got his move by now and got paid more all the same as he would of had a better hand. Even if he hands in a transfer request, Brighton can just laugh it off and be like “Really? Didn’t we do this already 6 months ago?” 

Honestly, can’t help but admire Brighton’s stance to be fair. It’s frustrating for is but they really don’t need the money after selling a lot of good players the last 12-18 months, are in Europe for the first time ever and are ambitious enough to not sell somebody who is near about/arguably on equal par to Declan Rice who went to Arsenal for £105m. In an ever so inflated market, absolutely they should hold out for £100m.

If it was roles reversed I’d be disappointed if we didn’t do the same. Our lack of a plan B though is incredibly alarming. All these football boffins put in place and it looks as if they are saying that Caicedo is the only midfielder in world footballer that may suit us…

A good agent will know the market for their super desired client. Knowing that Caicedo would continue to have huge clubs interested in him, his agent should’ve told him “I would strongly advise you not to sign this deal because it will give Brighton all the leverage if a big club comes in for you.” 

Him signing a 4 year deal and getting a wage bump for the reminding 6 months of last season when he was going to get an even bigger wage bump at his new club in the summer anyways is mindbogglingly stupid. In fact, it’s extreme incompetence.  

[DDA 9,690]

Let Brighton deal with an unhappy midfielder. They promised he could go... this is bang out of order on his behalf. We are huge, we don't need to beg for one player... we have the resources to get somebody else.. now stop wasting time ffs and get something else done. 

[milka 3,346]

€93m rejected for Caicedo  after one good season is crazy.

With this money we will buy Kimmich or Barella . 

[Clockwork 1,794]

seriously all this talk about our scouts; but you can't find a middle ground between a 100m and 18 year old that would need a few years. 

[Vegetable 830]

1 minute ago, DDA said:

We are huge, we don't need to beg for one player...

Except we started to make fool of ourselves in front of mid-table teams after that pathetic Raphinia chase. I don't think the new board gets the stuff like prestige and what you do and don't do in football at all. Or maybe they think fans won't bother.

We should have pulled out of Caicedo negotations long time ago, even if only as power display, it boggles my mind we haven't and continue to act like some Championship-promoted team of librarians in terms of transfers.

[Clockwork 1,794]

A versatile player that can play CB and DM. He basically is what John Stones is for City but with better offensive capability. I am huge fan of players that can struck balls outside the box and from anywhere. We saw how many times Rodri has scored some really decisive goals outside of the box. The difference between a 0-1 and 3 points.

Edited July 27, 2023 by Clockwork

[Mário César 975]

one month to do another bid for caicedo?

jesus christ 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

This will get done for 90m I think.

Sooooo... Are we "the board needs to hurry up with Caicedo" or we at "we better not pay over 75m" can't tell in this thread any more, 80m bid rejected and still it's pandemonium in here. 

[DDA 9,690]

We'll end up loaning Zakaria on deadline day again.

[robsblubot 3,502]

I'm on the minority here, but I think Caicedo shouldn't really be "the" starting CM to play alongside Enzo. We already have a VERY young squad, which will likely translate into an overly young starting XI. We need someone in the mold of Kova -- ready player with experience who can *lead* his younger teammates. At this point we don't even know if Caicedo had his "birthday season", and he certainly does not have the experience right now.

I totally get that you need to "bet" on him becoming a World Class player; it will be too late once he has the attention of clubs like Madrid, but again, that's not what we need right now. I see him as a complementary signing, not the one we need.