Chelsea Transfers

[ulvhedin 526]

20 hours ago, Vesper said:

Wow, very slow window so far.

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Konstantinos Karetsas [Belgian born and Greek Parents]

 

 

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32 minutes ago, ulvhedin said:

Wow, very slow window so far.

It feels like the biggest move of the window would be Benzema joining the PL from Saudi league.   I don't see many clubs splashing the cash in the January window as it's usually squad depth or a different option due to injuries. 

[King Kante 1,643]

2 hours ago, Strike said:

Our wage structure will not allow this. + Short-term loan fixes are not the way to go. We've seen it with Saul, Higuain, Falcao, Pato,  Sign a striker in their prime.  

Karim is a different type of player than the others you mention. Essentially, Pato, Falcao and Saul were broken by the time we got them. Higuain was never in the class of Karim and he was already gone in terms of his body. 

At this moment, the thing we need more than anything else is experience and a bit of quality. Buying another young player or a player with little experience/delivery in big environments is absolutely not the answer. For me, this window should have us signing two players (CM and CF) on loan that have been there and done it, in order to guide the young boys and help on on the pitch when we start to lose confidence. Karim is probably the only player available I trust to do that, so long has he hasn't been hammering the Shisha since going to Saudi. 

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28 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Karim is a different type of player than the others you mention. Essentially, Pato, Falcao and Saul were broken by the time we got them. Higuain was never in the class of Karim and he was already gone in terms of his body. 

At this moment, the thing we need more than anything else is experience and a bit of quality. Buying another young player or a player with little experience/delivery in big environments is absolutely not the answer. For me, this window should have us signing two players (CM and CF) on loan that have been there and done it, in order to guide the young boys and help on on the pitch when we start to lose confidence. Karim is probably the only player available I trust to do that, so long has he hasn't been hammering the Shisha since going to Saudi. 

True. Karim didn't have major injury but he is 36. A lot older than all of the dud loans. There's a possibility he won't able to cope with the demands of the league even. And we will need to change the striker again in the summer and start all over again.

Signing a 27-29 year old will also bring in the experience and has a better chance of working out medium term.

[Special Juan 28,143]

We knew this was coming IE Jackson to AFCON and Broja was expected to offer nothing like he is doing, yet we are back scratching in the lot property bin once again

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Normal, Poch is ruining his career.

[Vegetable 830]

Time to call our old fella Eto'o then.

But on a serious note, while I'm afraid Benzema may repeat Higuain story, it's still an optimistic sign someone at the club decided (and enforced) to proactively act, instead of pushing for 67 12yo Brasilians and clearing some Brighton's third squad this window again, aka. the vision.

[lucio 5,418]

Higuain was just fat , his technical ability and first time shots were still class 

[bluesman2610 1,418]

Could be non sense but seeing reports we are after Ferland Mendy. Now here is my problem we are going to give Madrid £47m for Mendy so they can turn around and pay £43m-55m for Alphonso Davies(who was a Chelsea fan growing up) please make it make sense.

[Mário César 1,282]

4 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

Could be non sense but seeing reports we are after Ferland Mendy. Now here is my problem we are going to give Madrid £47m for Mendy so they can turn around and pay £43m-55m for Alphonso Davies(who was a Chelsea fan growing up) please make it make sense.

no way davies come to Chelsea lol 

[ulvhedin 526]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

We knew this was coming IE Jackson to AFCON and Broja was expected to offer nothing like he is doing, yet we are back scratching in the lot property bin once again

They propably thought Nkunku can cover for Jackson

[King Kante 1,643]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

True. Karim didn't have major injury but he is 36. A lot older than all of the dud loans. There's a possibility he won't able to cope with the demands of the league even. And we will need to change the striker again in the summer and start all over again.

Signing a 27-29 year old will also bring in the experience and has a better chance of working out medium term.

Gruissey (who I suspect you're referring to here) has zero experience at the top end of European football and only has been putting up good stats in Germany where the football is wide open - barring Häland, who is an absolute elite player - I cannot think of many attackers who have come from Germany and have been able to adjust to the PL in the past 5 years, probably longer. 

For me, January is a time to sell  but not buy. I say this as except from the odd example  - Suarez is the one that stands out - Jan buys are normally overpriced and struggle. For me, Jan is the time to get loans in to cover as best as you can if you do need something. 

As for Karim, I am not thinking he will come in play 90 mins week in, week out and bang in 15 goals. Instead I think he is the type of player the young boys can learn from and he could help us out with 60 mins / from off the bench. Additionally, while his age is a concern, it isn't something that worries me so much owing to his profile. I say this as he relies on his intelligence, off the ball movement and technical qualities in tight areas. He isn't someone we need to make lung busting runs to get on the end of things and/or run his socks off trying to win the ball back - as we have enough players that do that. All we need from him is to find/open up space and finish well. That I think he can still do - ok, not as great as when he was 27-33 - as his game is one that doesn't rely completely on his physical attributes. 

For sure, he would be a risk. However, I prefer a short loan to guide us through the rest of the season, than going out and spending/commiting seriously to a player that isn't elite and/or looks like they are guranteed to become elite. The CF market is simply too bereft of options to get that, especially in January. 

[Special Juan 28,143]

Benzema is better than Jackson and Broja, just get him in

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Benzema is better than Jackson and Broja, just get him in

I think Steven Hawkins up front would do better than both combined 

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