Chelsea Transfers

[SomethingSomething 17]

The line between us having great window with arguably best midfield in premier league or this;

"£60m for a player who looked decentish for a season in a team that got relegated to play as back up for a £115m player who looked above average for a season for a team who finished mid-table is fucking mental.

Lay me out a line of whatever they're snorting down in Chelse before the game on Saturday and I'll be out partying till sunrise the next day."

and

"So, Chelsea are about to drop another £90m this week. Still playing a 39 year old centre back, Brighton’s 3rd choice keeper.
Still no real goal threat.
It’s bizarre how bad their business is."

(from man city forums)

is thin thin thin. We will either look brilliant or complete trash for next 10 years.

Edited August 15, 2023 by SomethingSomething

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

36 minutes ago, Mário César said:

we will have

nkunku 

madueke

mudyk

sterling 

olise 

another buy

nkunku will not play until next year but there is too many players for only 2 slots 

Where did you find another buy and only 2 slots? 

Mudryk, Sterling LW 

Olise, Madueke RW 

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

36 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Last summer we signed two elite goalscorers and ended up with our worst scoring season in nearly a century.

Sort the system and the goalscoring will take care of itself.

Elite goal scorers? who? 😅 Last one I remember was Diego Costa.

Partially agree with the second: not enough options on the wings. Completely dependent on Sterling to regain some kind of form, or it will be a long season.
 

[shrenshah 186]

100% this guy is fake, but still putting it out there

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

4 minutes ago, shrenshah said:

100% this guy is fake, but still putting it out there

Yeah, absolute bullshit. Sterling is former player worth 30m max if Saudi comes and Musiala is easily 120m player one of the best in the world on his position. 

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

Looks like burned bridges with Palace because of Olise. This may collapse as well. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,942]

 

[Tomo 21,751]

44 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Elite goal scorers? who? 😅 Last one I remember was Diego Costa.

Partially agree with the second: not enough options on the wings. Completely dependent on Sterling to regain some kind of form, or it will be a long season.
 

For all their flaws in their overall game both Sterling and Auba have an excellent scoring record down the years.

On paper those two alone should have added 30-40 goals but we barely got to that figure as a team, which is why I laugh when I see comments like "get in a number 9 and some proven PL players" like we haven't already tried it to disastrous results (hopefully 'so far' in Sterling's case).

[Thor 2,817]

23 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Is he staying with us or off to France? 

[Vesper 31,037]

19 minutes ago, Thor said:

Is he staying with us or off to France? 

Loan to France I fully assume

[ZAPHOD2319 4,942]

19 minutes ago, Thor said:

Is he staying with us or off to France? 

I’m not sure? We were trying to get the serial masterbaiter for RC, but he is headed to West Ham. 

[Pizy 19,249]

When Jackson is already a young and relatively unproven striker I’m can’t imagine Poch would want to keep this kid Washington here. 

[Strike 7,761]

Got both the main CDM targets that Liverpool were also targeting...after we finished 12th in the league. 

[Strike 7,761]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

Looks like burned bridges with Palace because of Olise. This may collapse as well. 

Thankful he signed a 6 year deal. I'd prefer he goes to Palace because gametime looks more secure

[Mário César 1,475]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

Where did you find another buy and only 2 slots? 

Mudryk, Sterling LW 

Olise, Madueke RW 

 

nkunku will play also as a winger

he played and he played well in that position in our pre season

I read that poch want 2 more players to our attack

if olise is one, we will buy another and there are too many players for 2 positions ( ok nkunku will and can play behind jackson but still...) its too much

[Pizy 19,249]

Is there a 30+ year old striker out there somewhere who is still clinical and hungry to challenge themselves at a top club? We could do with that even if it’s a loan. That way we can have a stopgap and then reassess the striker market a year from now. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,942]

14 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Is there a 30+ year old striker out there somewhere who is still clinical and hungry to challenge themselves at a top club? We could do with that even if it’s a loan. That way we can have a stopgap and then reassess the striker market a year from now. 

I Know this handsome Frenchman that Lampard 1.0 needlessly cast to the side until he finally left. 

[Pizy 19,249]

19 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I Know this handsome Frenchman that Lampard 1.0 needlessly cast to the side until he finally left. 

Yeah, Oli would be perfect if he was 3-4 years younger. There’s gotta be someone similar to him when we bought him out there for us.

[robsblubot 3,595]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

For all their flaws in their overall game both Sterling and Auba have an excellent scoring record down the years.

On paper those two alone should have added 30-40 goals but we barely got to that figure as a team, which is why I laugh when I see comments like "get in a number 9 and some proven PL players" like we haven't already tried it to disastrous results (hopefully 'so far' in Sterling's case).

That goes down to personal preference, and age too: never rated Auba--way too lazy for the PL--and had already lost some of hit pace when he left Arsenal. I was 100% against signing him from day 1.

Sterling made some sense, and I still expect him to deliver in a working system. He already took his much needed break from Pep's demanding system. With Nkunku playing on the left, Sterling would need to close down and do what Mount used to do.

My issue is cover. I think the alternatives are either (so far) complete flops or complete unknowns.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,942]