Chelsea Transfers

[bluesman2610 1,418]

3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Yup Kobel is off the table, yellow black through and trough

the only remotely class young goalie available for reasonable money is still Marma. Coming off another solid season at Valencia. The bats have a similar squad structure like ours with only 2 players in their early 30ies and most under 25. Still a respectable season with Marma being one of their more experienced ones and a leadership figure within the team. I was surprised Bayern did not deem him ready and bet on Nübel instead but surely Marma is ripe for a big transfer in summer 

My only concern is Marmar gives out huge rebounds and without a sure defensive line I can see us shipping more goals than this year

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

31 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

My only concern is Marmar gives out huge rebounds and without a sure defensive line I can see us shipping more goals than this year

You are absolutely right about the rebounds being a concern. It is similar to Courtois who also used to parry balls straight back into the danger zone earlier in his career. But i do believe this can be ironed out here too. It is more difficult for guys like Kepa or Piggie who just have weak wrists and short reach they will just let in some balls mamar easily rebounds and they will never be able to improve upon that. But I do believe there are drills that help with directing reaction parries and also gaining more experience will help. 

[Vesper 30,224]

https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost459

Issue number 459 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the world's top 100 players who have not yet turned 23 and whose transfer value* has increased the most over the last six months. Barcelona's and Spain's 16-year-old prodigy Lamine Yamal tops the list with an increase of €134m (from €11m to €145m).

Benfica's Portuguese João Neves (+€72m) and Girona's new Brazilian full international Sávio Moreira (+€70m) complete the podium. Other promising youngsters in the top positions include England's and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (fourth), Brazil’s and Palmeiras (on loan from Real Madrid) Endrick Felipe (sixth), as well as Belgium’s and Manchester City’s outstanding winger Jérémy Doku (seventh).

Players from 12 leagues and 55 clubs feature in the top 100 rankings, with a maximum of 29 footballers from the English Premier League, followed by the Spanish Liga (17), the German Bundesliga (14) and the French Ligue 1 (11). Brighton & Hove Albion is the most represented club in the top 100 (6 players), followed by Chelsea, Tottenham, Ajax and Eintracht Frankfurt (4 footballers).

*Estimated according to CIES Football Observatory statistical model.

Transfer value increase since Octobre 2023, Under-23 players

€ Million, [NContr]: Players whose contracts have been extended between 01/10/2023 and 01/04/2024, [NInter]: Players who made their debut for a national A-team

[NikkiCFC 8,336]

Would be hard to accept one of our own to a rival. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

6 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Would be hard to accept one of our own to a rival. 

Shift Sterling out and bring Musiala home I say. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

 

[lucio 5,418]

Imagine Palmer musiala, nkunku and a new striker under a better manager 

[NikkiCFC 8,336]

Our fans with X platform should spam Boehly about Musiala. It worked with Enzo and he likes to make our fans happy 😊 

[NikkiCFC 8,336]

1 hour ago, lucio said:

Imagine Palmer musiala, nkunku and a new striker under a better manager 

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

[TheHulk 2,482]

4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Would be so incredible if we could get him home but we all know Boehly and the owners prefer some random young player over a top class talent.

Edited April 18, 2024 by TheHulk

[lucio 5,418]

37 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

New defence along with a new coach for sure 

[Vesper 30,224]

Man City given hands-off warning. Bayern Munich determined to keep Jamal Musiala amid rumours of huge summer move

Jamal Musiala is reportedly not for sale this summer and Bayern Munich 'won't consider any offers' for the youngster amid Manchester City links.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/man-city-warning-bayern-munich-keep-jamal-musiala-rumours-huge-summer-move/blt8681d71720a5188a

[robsblubot 3,595]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

Indeed, but it's all about the balance. Defense is not the defense line alone.

If Mudryk does not jump for the ball on the edge of box and we end up conceding, it counts against D. If Caidedo passes the ball straight to the opposition, it counts against D as well.

That's why while I'm never opposed to upgrading on the manager, that alone will only buy us so much.

[NikkiCFC 8,336]

2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Indeed, but it's all about the balance. Defense is not the defense line alone.

If Mudryk does not jump for the ball on the edge of box and we end up conceding, it counts against D. If Caidedo passes the ball straight to the opposition, it counts against D as well.

That's why while I'm never opposed to upgrading on the manager, that alone will only buy us so much.

Agree on balance. It's hard for us to find it. When we are good defensively we are bad in offense. And opposite... 

[Fernando 6,585]

15 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh we scored most goals since 16/17 season. Already 23 more than last season with 7 games to play. Fixing defense must be priority. 

Yes that is what I been saying. 

Yes Poch is not world class like Pep or Klopp but he did build a good team in Spurs. 

We can do the same with him, he will help us improve players of good quality in certain areas we need. We can let him go in 2 or 3 season. 

He has help us improve the scoring as you mentioned that was very bad especially last two seasons. 

Now we are just shy of fixing the defense to be more competitive. If we sack Poch we risk of staying with the same dudes that need to be changed for other better players. This was the reason why we slid a lot for many years as there was no continuity. New coach comes in and wants to try everyone to see how they are.....

Besides it seems like with Poch we might have hit bottom, we are on the up and I suspect next season we will be the same more on the up. 

Would be dumb to sack him, let him continue next season and focus on improving the defense. If we can get a striker awesome....but the way we playing with Palmer and company a conventional striker might not be good. Example City with Haaland, they are a better team without him. So not sure if we need an old fashioned striker. 

Edited April 19, 2024 by Fernando

[Vesper 30,224]

Jonathan David has two Serie A giants after him, but Premier League move still likely

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/143738370/jonathan-david-has-two-serie-a-giants-after-him-but-premier-league-move-still-likely

Jonathan David is liked by several Italian teams, Napoli and Milan are the ones that have enquired about him. But the crucial matter is the cost of the deal. Between the price, and the fact that David is asking for a high salary, this makes it difficult for Milan and Napoli, and so I'm told that the Premier League is still his most likely destination.

[Vesper 30,224]

Twist in Ronald Araujo saga

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/143738370/huge-twist-in-ronald-araujo-saga

What I can say is that right now, there's no negotiations ongoing. His agents and Bayern Munich spoke and negotiated a lot during the month of January, that much is true.

But an important issue is the manager of Bayern Munich next season. I know that Julian Nagelsmann, who was one of the candidates to take over but has renewed his deal with Germany, loved Ronald Araujo. This could impact matters.

Bayern will have a a huge budget for signings for this summer, but the talks between Bayern and Araujo are from months ago. It remains the case that Araujo still hasn't reached an agreement over a new contract with Barcelona, but we shall have to wait to see how it plays out in the coming months.

Nagelsmann was a big reason that the deal could have happened though, and he wanted Araujo, but now it could depend on who the next Bayern coach is.

[Vesper 30,224]

 

• Barcelona have opened talks with talented midfielder Marc Casadó over a new long-term deal. Talks are ongoing and advancing well over a three-year contract until June 2027, as Barça consider Casadó an important talent for the present and future.

• Ronald Araújo on Gundogan’s comments on his red card after the PSG game: “I’d rather keep to myself what I really think… I have my own codes and values that I think you need to respect.”

• Ronald Araújo: “The subject of extending my contract is going well. At the end of the season we will sit down together with the club. I am very happy in Barcelona and I am always going to give everything until the end.”

• Luis Enrique open to becoming Barcelona manager again [3Cat]

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,510]

13 hours ago, Fernando said:

Now we are just shy of fixing the defense to be more competitive.

If we don't have a good defense, we won't be competitive in the premier league.   Getting results like 3-2, 4-3 etc is not sustainable.  Palmer is the star right now but you can bet going into next season that he will definitely be aggressively marked by the opposition players and they will start the tactical fouling (just like how teams used to go for Hazard with those nasty challenges). 

13 hours ago, Fernando said:

We can let him go in 2 or 3 season.

That would mean we remain in 10th spot for 2+ seasons and there is every chance players will start to leave without European football. 

Poch isn't the answer, he can help in the short term but if we want to get back to being in the mix for top 4, we need a better manager and a much much better defensive structure.  

[Thor 2,719]

4 hours ago, Vesper said:

Jonathan David has two Serie A giants after him, but Premier League move still likely

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/143738370/jonathan-david-has-two-serie-a-giants-after-him-but-premier-league-move-still-likely

Jonathan David is liked by several Italian teams, Napoli and Milan are the ones that have enquired about him. But the crucial matter is the cost of the deal. Between the price, and the fact that David is asking for a high salary, this makes it difficult for Milan and Napoli, and so I'm told that the Premier League is still his most likely destination.

Should be one we go for in that 50 mil range. 
 

Isak would have been great but people here acted he was average after a little dip where he no doubt knew he was leaving. 
Wouldn’t be shocked to see people dismiss this move as well.