Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 30,278]

Best finishers: world’s top 100

https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost441

The 441st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post crunches data from our partners Wyscout on shots attempted and goals scored during the current season to determine the best finishers* in 65 leagues on all continents. With 1.57 goals per 90' and a conversion rate of 37% in relation to shots taken, Bayern Munich’s centre-forward Harry Kane tops the list.

 

Feyenoord's Mexican striker Santiago Giménez is second (1.4 goals per game with a shot conversion of 33%), while Real Madrid's England attacking midfielder Jude Bellingham and the new Congolese international from SC Braga, in Portugal, Simon Banza, are tied in third position. Also in the top 10 notably are Lautaro Martínez (fifth), Erling Haaland (seventh) and Kylian Mbappé (tenth).

Two players who have yet to celebrate their 19th birthday feature in the top 100: Roony Bardghji (18.0 years, 40st) of Copenhagen and Jayden Addai (18.9 years, 12th) of AZ Alkmaar's second team. In contrast, the evergreen Óscar Cardozo (40.5 years, 30th) of Club Libertad, in Paraguay, is the oldest player in the top 100, ahead of Joaquín Larrivey (37.8 years, 23rd) of Deportes Magallanes, in Chile, and Cristiano Ronaldo (38.8 years, 56th).

The finishing index is calculated by multiplying the number of domestic league goals scored per 90’ with the conversion rate of shots taken. The result is adjusted by the sporting level of the matches played (as a percentage difference from the overall average). Only footballers who have played at least 720 domestic league minutes for the same team during the current season are considered.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

On 27/11/2023 at 19:04, lucio said:

Massive if true 👏 

Don’t think so. Ppl tend to overhype young players who have not played for yet only to slack them off once they do. Same happened to lavia. I believe moscardo will eventually have even less of an impact and follow casadei and santos on the loan trail 

[TheHulk 2,509]

[lucio 5,418]

2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Don’t think so. Ppl tend to overhype young players who have not played for yet only to slack them off once they do. Same happened to lavia. I believe moscardo will eventually have even less of an impact and follow casadei and santos on the loan trail 

Lavia has been injured he hasn’t played 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

3 hours ago, lucio said:

Lavia has been injured he hasn’t played 

Exactly what I am referring to. Still ppl delude themselves into thinking he will make a difference 

[Mário César 1,329]

we sold pulisic, ziyech and lukaku and we get mudyk, nicolas and madueke 

I always have doubts about this three players, but sell them and get this last threes was a clearly downgrade of quality 

even in our midfielder, I have doubts that lavia, enzo and caicedo are better than kova, jorginho and even kanté, although he was injury all the time

even in our goalkeeper position, mendy is far better than sanchez

jesus christ

spend so mouch and decrease our squad quality

what a shit management to be honest

Edited November 30, 2023 by Mário César

[Mário César 1,329]

our problem is not poch, potter and tuchel

our main problem is this insane badly management and the vision of our board that is so stupid and they took a huge risk to change our mentality/style to this shit type of vision of football

this is playing Football Manager in real life. Don't work in that way 

they have good intentions but they already mess the club 

january 2023 transfermarket wil be remember as one of the worst I ever see in our club and describe how our board mess up with Chelsea

[Vesper 30,278]

6 hours ago, TheHulk said:

[Mário César 1,329]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

lukaku is doing wel in roma

Don't surprise me, tbh. He is not good enough for a team that want to win the epl, but good enough for a time that want to get top4

Would be a lot better take him this year and sell him next year and get other player, tbh

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by Mário César

[lucio 5,418]

13 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Exactly what I am referring to. Still ppl delude themselves into thinking he will make a difference 

He will , he’s a certified baller , leagues ahead of the carthorses ugo and caicedo 

[Reddish-Blue 2,515]

20 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

I believe moscardo will eventually have even less of an impact and follow casadei and santos on the loan trail 

There's nothing wrong with Casadei, he's still a kid, give him a season or two of proper development before judging him. 

Santos to Forest was always a head scratcher, why loan your talented midfielder to a side that has like 20 midfielders to choose from.  Surely he could have been loaned to the Championship or abroad to play 10-15 games? 

14 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Still ppl delude themselves into thinking he will make a difference 

He's better than what we have in midfield (other than Enzo)...and he hasn't even played a minute of football yet for us....that should tell you all you need to know about our lack of technical quality in midfield.   You can run around for days but if your midfield can't break down the opposition wall, the game is over before it started.  Not every team will let you attack them on the counter like Spurs, City, Arsenal.  

[lucio 5,418]

Feel like we should have got someone like Kephrem Thuram instead of caicedo , he can actually make stuff happen with his forward driving , hopefully Carney is back soon at least , he can add a bit of spark to the midfield 

[Fernando 6,593]

18 hours ago, Mário César said:

we sold pulisic, ziyech and lukaku and we get mudyk, nicolas and madueke 

I always have doubts about this three players, but sell them and get this last threes was a clearly downgrade of quality 

even in our midfielder, I have doubts that lavia, enzo and caicedo are better than kova, jorginho and even kanté, although he was injury all the time

even in our goalkeeper position, mendy is far better than sanchez

jesus christ

spend so mouch and decrease our squad quality

what a shit management to be honest

I'm not a fan of Sanchez, but to me he is better then Mendy and Kepa. Sanchez ain't wc but I rather him then those two. 

Jorginho and Kova where in decline it was right to sell him. Enzo and Caicedo will come good, and Lavia we can't judge as he has been injured. 

Kante obviously wc, no replacing him. 

[KEVINAA 129]

Here is a link to most valuable goalkeepers - settings worldwide and all under 23 age goalkeepers by market value.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/spieler-statistik/wertvollstespieler/marktwertetop/plus/0/galerie/0?ausrichtung=Torwart&spielerposition_id=alle&altersklasse=u23&jahrgang=0&land_id=0&kontinent_id=0&yt0=Show

 

Robert Sanchez is awful. He puts anxiety in me because he thinks his better than he is. Maybe in a year and a half he matures better.

Edited December 1, 2023 by KEVINAA

[lucio 5,418]

45 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I'm not a fan of Sanchez, but to me he is better then Mendy and Kepa. Sanchez ain't wc but I rather him then those two. 

Jorginho and Kova where in decline it was right to sell him. Enzo and Caicedo will come good, and Lavia we can't judge as he has been injured. 

Kante obviously wc, no replacing him. 

Mendy is miles better than Sanchez 

[Mário César 1,329]

I believe in our midfielder we are okey, because I believe enzo, lavia anda caicedo will be world class or close to that one day, but in our attack our downgrade is clearly obvious  

our attack it is much weaker in comparasion to what we had in the last few years

even in our defense, nobody is close to rudiger and christensen, tbh but in this area there is hope that our young players will developtment and turn be a very good players

[robsblubot 3,595]

Not under the radar yet, but 18yo Nathan Fernandes from Gremio (Brazil) looks like a real promising winger/attacker. He's been getting minutes, but yesterday started the game and played until the 88'. He will be in all the big clubs' radar very soon IMO.
No, he's no Endrik -- who now has now just started showing what he's capable of -- but looks like a top prospect still.

[Mário César 1,329]

as expected 

[Vesper 30,278]

Chelsea

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/139290518/Chelsea

• Si Phillips gets inside the mind of Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino.

• Former Atlético Madrid and Chelsea left back Filipe Luis has decided to retire from professional football. His final game will be on Sunday as he will say goodbye to Flamengo fans.

• Chelsea are not going to bid for Corinthians ace Gabriel Moscardo and are not interested in entering the race with other clubs.

• Some great news for Chelsea as Roméo Lavia was involved in training ahead of Brighton game. Pochettino, the coaching staff and everyone at the club are convinced about his potential to be a key player.

[Vesper 30,278]

https://thedailybriefing.io/p/christian-falks-fact-files-liverpool-69d

 

snip

 

Florian Wirtz is currently the hottest stock on the German market. At FC Bayern they were very annoyed that he had extended his contract until 2027. FC Bayern really wants the player, but the new contract makes him very expensive. Leverkusen doesn't want to sell him for less than €100m-€120m. This is also difficult for FC Bayern. A good player would have to be sold for this. If FC Bayern does not agree on a new contract with Leroy Sané, that would open a door for Wirtz in Munich. The player would like to take the next step in the Bundesliga. This means for the Premier League clubs that he is probably not ready for them yet. Bayern would like to bring him in later so that he would be cheaper then. But if another club becomes interested in Wirtz, Bayern would have to act.