Jype 6,398 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Strike said: Bad situation having Maatsen on a contract that's less than a year. Could lose him for free Here's an article from Ornstein for the Athletic when Maatsen first joined Burnley on loan last year: https://theathletic.com/4165877/2022/07/13/burnley-agree-deal-to-sign-ian-maatsen-on-season-long-loan-from-Chelsea/?amp=1 It says the club hold an option to extend Maatsen till 2025 so no panic there. Edited September 2, 2023 by Jype Strike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 maatsen should competing with Chill for first choice LB in a back 4. cucarella needs to stay with the reserves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artandur 939 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 If Poch truly means what he preaches each week, i never want to see Cucu starting ahead of Maatsen again. Maatsen is clearly better already and CHOSE to stay, while Cucu was ready to leave lucio and xPetrCechx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, Artandur said: Maatsen is clearly better already and CHOSE to stay, while Cucu was ready to leave Well, can't really bash the clearly unwanted player on high and long contract for being okay with leaving, instead of kicking a fuss and running his contract down 👀 Mhsc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolkblue1961 56 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Duppy Conqueror said: Not quite a bride/groom jilted at the alter..but gotta burn. wonder if he gets to keep the bayern shirt he was pictured with.. He can have it framed and stick it on his Living room wall 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Solid 8 for transfer window for me. Highlights are getting rid of the players that didn't want to be here and slashing our current wage bill. Fernando, Mhsc and tttysbbsa 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,109 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said: Solid 8 for transfer window for me. Highlights are getting rid of the players that didn't want to be here and slashing our current wage bill. The highlight for me is the sheer number of high wage older players we've replaced with younger versions on lower wages who are better than those they replaced. But there have been loads of highlights tbh, finding Nicolas Jackson for a bargain price for example. We did fumble Ugarte (which probably would have led to us not having to panic buy Caicedo for £115m) and I think we pretty clearly ignored the main thing Poch was asking for (experienced players to mix in with the youth, especially in midfield). We are still in a slightly dubious situation up front if NJ gets injured, and we didn't get rid of all of the players on the deals we wanted but of course that relies on other clubs. Still a solid 8/10 tbh super optimistic about what these directors + Poch will achieve after several years of squad building, finally feels like we might be on a long term path to reach City's level and displace them if they fumble. Fernando and tttysbbsa 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,887 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Keeping Maatsen and Washington seems weird. I mean we don’t have to sell Maatsen but I doubt he will be anything more than a utility player here. I think if we got the loan to Burnley with 31.5m obligation for him, that would of been outstanding work from us. Would imagine that by January the likes of him, Washington and Ugochuwku will be loaned out (in Maatsens case - sold on unless we have an injury crisis or he all of a sudden turns into a world class player). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,109 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: Keeping Maatsen and Washington seems weird. I mean we don’t have to sell Maatsen but I doubt he will be anything more than a utility player here. I think if we got the loan to Burnley with 31.5m obligation for him, that would of been outstanding work from us. Would imagine that by January the likes of him, Washington and Ugochuwku will be loaned out (in Maatsens case - sold on unless we have an injury crisis or he all of a sudden turns into a world class player). Maatsen refused to leave though. There was a rumour that we were trying last minute to get him to West Ham but didn't have time (perhaps he wants to stay in London or be at a club definitely staying in PL). But it seems likely he simply wants to leave on a free at the end of his contract and pocket the £31.5m via getting very good contract terms in his next gig. I did not realise Maatsen is not actually really an academy player but a Dutch player that grew up at Feyenoord we picked up for free as an 18 year old and put on a cheap contract. I really doubt he feels any loyalty to us and if we want to keep him we would have to offer him serious wages given he knows he can get plenty if he waits as the savings on transfer fee for a new club will go to him in large part via sign on fee and higher wages. IDK what is going on with Washington, feels like a real waste for him that we're keeping him around, feels like we just had 1 too many situations to sort out... OneMoSalah and Fernando 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,527 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Jype said: Here's an article from Ornstein for the Athletic when Maatsen first joined Burnley on loan last year: https://theathletic.com/4165877/2022/07/13/burnley-agree-deal-to-sign-ian-maatsen-on-season-long-loan-from-Chelsea/?amp=1 It says the club hold an option to extend Maatsen till 2025 so no panic there. Ah that’s good Poch must juggle three LBs till January. Maybe Maatsen can be placeholder for Nkunku till he’s back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrenshah 186 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 2 hours ago, chelsea_4_eva said: Solid 8 for transfer window for me. Highlights are getting rid of the players that didn't want to be here and slashing our current wage bill. I would give it a 9 Had we sold/loaned cucu and chalobah and extended maatsen then it would be a 10 mkh and tttysbbsa 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,277 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Mhsc said: We did fumble Ugarte (which probably would have led to us not having to panic buy Caicedo for £115m) Ugarte would have meant no Lavia, not us not buying Caicedo hopefully it is a wash Lavia is also 3 or so years younger time will tell tttysbbsa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,109 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, Vesper said: Ugarte would have meant no Lavia, not us not buying Caicedo hopefully it is a wash Lavia is also 3 or so years younger time will tell Personally think we would have walked away from Caicedo when it became obvious it was only going to be for silly money if we had been in a position of strength already with Ugarte in. Could be wrong but honestly would be REALLY surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,592 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 At the end solid window as well. I think in January we will get rid of more players that we couldn't get rid of now. Unless of course Saudi comes with some offers for our player in the next couple of days. Other then that happy with what we done especially after last season. Mhsc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,277 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Fernando said: I think in January we will get rid of more players that we couldn't get rid of now. we need to dump these 10 now (Turkey or Saudis) or in January or Summer 2024 Marc Cucurella Trevoh Chalobah Conor Gallagher Wesley Fofana (good luck with this!!!!) Armando Broja (unless he blows up) Malang Sarr Ian Maatsen and these on loan Romelu Lukaku Kepa Arrizabalaga Tino Anjorin Fernando and mkh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,277 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 hat trick today and still playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,277 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Wee Billy was also a beast today bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,578 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Open it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 When we have 15 goals on Christmas we will back with 100 millions again to Brighton for this guy don't worry . bigbluewillie, robsblubot, Vesper and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,277 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, milka said: When we have 15 goals on Christmas we will back with 100 millions again to Brighton for this guy don't worry . they said 2 weeks ago his price was £120m lol if he keeps this up it will be £150m or more the lad is only 18 too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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