Chelsea Transfers

[Jype 6,398]

Just now, MoroccanBlue said:

Let's see that Carney, Casadei, Ugochukwu midfield 3 at Strasbourg. 

Can only loan 3 players to them and hasn't it basically been decided already that the new winger Angelo will be one of them?

[Gundalf 804]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Still have a trauma of last young French DM we bought from Ligue1 and he was playing CL semis. 

This was Emenalo/Marina masterclass. Still the worst transfer window ever:

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

3 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

This was Emenalo/Marina masterclass. Still the worst transfer window ever:

We got our money back for Morata tho. 

5x profit for Ampadu. 

Rudiger and Giroud amazing buys. 

Emerson and Zappacosta just backups, still sold for solid money, did not do any damage here. 

Barkley had his moments and was cheep but overall did not accomplish anything here. 

Drinky and Bakayoko absolutely horrendous buys. 

So yeah, overall of 9 players just 2 left some mark here. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,476]

Youth players are defined under FFP rules by the age, not if they are academy or first team players. The money spent on players defined as youth players does not count toward FFP. When they are sold for profit, it counts positively toward a club’s FFP calculation.

The owners have said there is a separate budget for youth players. Buying all these 2004 born players is like printing free FFP credit for the future with no FFP counting against us. As soon as this is seen as Chelsea exploiting a loop hole, it will be screamed about in the press and they will start counting it when buying the kids.

[lucio 5,418]

Ugo looks bang average and poor on the ball. Onana is clear 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

Was he Brighton target just like Kudus? Buy every player they are interested in and on August 31st offer 100m for Caicedo. They will sell or keep unhappy player for price tag they set. Show them who's the boss. 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

United close to Hojlund will go for Amrabat after. They look effective in deals. One by one but need 2 weeks to close the deal. 

[JDY 1,290]

Onana vs Ugo when they were both 19 years old, in Ligue 1. You can definitely see that Ugochukwu is more of a 'project' signing.

 

Edited July 29, 2023 by JDY

[lucio 5,418]

Could have signed lavia for around the combined price of Carney and Ugo who both look mid 

[Mhsc 876]

Well, he seems like a poor man's Onana to me based on the eye test and looking at the stats, and especially seems strange to me because when I look at our other signings they are always freakishly good in certain stats areas, showing some kind of clear approach to our data-led recruitment methodology, but when you look at Ugochukwu he doesn't excel at anything aside from perhaps aerial duels (almost 70% win rate). Feels like a pretty old fashioned case of some scout(s) simply liking him and feeling he has potential? Weird thing is he is not THAT cheap, so not clear there is any real upside to him in the future unless he undergoes a big transformation. Does have age on his side ofc.

What I will say is that he does tick a lot of what I was talking about the other day in terms of being at least a basic option to partner Enzo who counteracts all of Enzo's weaknesses - tall, powerful, defensive responsibilities covered, dominant in the air - totally frees up Enzo, which is worth its weight in gold.

[DDA 9,690]

Started watching Onana clips to compare and bloody hell that lad is a baller.

[lucio 5,418]

Just now, DDA said:

Started watching Onana clips to compare and bloody hell that lad is a baller.

Yeh he’s fantastic. Should be in for him 

[Strike 7,217]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

When we bought Strasbourg I figured the plan was to uncover inexpensive gems and develop them there with an eye to turn those inexpensive gems into Chelsea players, thus saving us money. I did NOT expect us to spend £20m+ sums for loan players. That’s the kind of money that small PL teams spend for their marquee signings!

Someone already mentioned on this thread - we can't have Strasbourg signing and then sell to us later for cheap. UEFA would flag such deals. They've already looked into the Saint Maximin deal to Saudi to see if figures were conflated.

[Gundalf 804]

50 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

We got our money back for Morata tho. 

5x profit for Ampadu. 

Rudiger and Giroud amazing buys. 

Emerson and Zappacosta just backups, still sold for solid money, did not do any damage here. 

Barkley had his moments and was cheep but overall did not accomplish anything here. 

Drinky and Bakayoko absolutely horrendous buys. 

So yeah, overall of 9 players just 2 left some mark here. 

• Yes we did get our money back for Morata, but he was absolutely useless. We replaced Costa with Morata, which was a clear downgrade for a lot of money and was a huge influenc in our extremely decreased number of goals in the 17/18 season. 
• Ampadu: another useless player, didnt strenghten the team at all
• Rüdiger was absolute shambles before Tuchel came. Remember that 99% of Chelseas fanbase wanted him being sold to Spurs before his Tuchel revival. His reception today is heavily influenced by his Tuchel performance, before that we was basically seen like Cucurella today
• Emerson was a backup, yes, but to who?? Fucking Alonso. And yes, Alonso scored a few goals but everyone knew how limited he was and that we kept him way too long. So instead of buying a LB that is actually better than Alonso we chose to just buy a mediocre backup. Not making the team any better
• Barkley: another player that didnt give the team anything
• Drinkwater Bakayoko as well
• Only Giroud was a useful player.

We were champion in 2017, but the problems in the squad were visible, we heavily relied on Hazard. But we had a good foundation to become a dominant force in English football. But instead of actually strengthening the squad with quality buys, Marina and Emenalo in their hybris chose to just add backups and additions to the team. 

Only 1 player was actually useful and it was no surprise that we didnt get into top 4 in this year. 

It may have not been a financial disaster, but this transfer window was a turning point in Chelseas history. After this window we werent able to challenge for the title anymore. 

[Gundalf 804]

46 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

United close to Hojlund will go for Amrabat after. They look effective in deals. One by one but need 2 weeks to close the deal. 

What? United is after Hojlund for months

[Gundalf 804]

27 minutes ago, lucio said:

Could have signed lavia for around the combined price of Carney and Ugo who both look mid 

 

[DDA 9,690]

There's a graph that Youness has just show in his latest video of a comparison between Lavia and Ugo.... and they are identical. 

It's not all about graphs.. it's about how they perform consistently and handle the pressure of playing for us. 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

3 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

What? United is after Hojlund for months

But they sent first offer 3 days ago and now Romano saying it's close. Before they were focused on other signing.