Chelsea Transfers

[Special Juan 28,141]

Go get Zaha for me, absolute no brainer. I think he's brilliant, raw and could make a massive difference to us.

And there is no way we will bid 80M for him, no way.

[Pizy 18,911]

17 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Not even Arsenal went for him.....they took that money and got a better and younger winger in Pepe. There are better option out there for the same outlet or just a bit more.

How's that working out for Arsenal? Pepe has been utterly awful this season. And they did go after Zaha but as usual they tried to lowball Palace.

[MoroccanBlue 5,382]

Pepe will turn good. 

[Stats 7,142]

21 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Not even Arsenal went for him.....they took that money and got a better and younger winger in Pepe. There are better option out there for the same outlet or just a bit more.

Zaha was Arsenal's first choice. Lille allowed Arsenal to structure the deal in instalments which Palace did not allow. 

[Atomiswave 6,117]

18 minutes ago, Pizy said:

How's that working out for Arsenal? Pepe has been utterly awful this season. And they did go after Zaha but as usual they tried to lowball Palace.

Its not his fault that Emery didnt utilize him......if he has been awful then Zaha has been utterly non-exixtent this season.

13 minutes ago, Stats said:

Zaha was Arsenal's first choice. Lille allowed Arsenal to structure the deal in instalments which Palace did not allow. 

Didnt know about that but Theres no doubt I much rather Pepe. No big Club will go for Zaha, for the price its just bonkers imo.

[Superblue 6,372]

2 hours ago, Tomo said:

If we went for a player that cheap over a Haaland or a Sancho (especially after a summer of no signings) most here would lose their shit claiming it's the ultimate proof we have no ambition anymore.

It's the difference in position over us and Liverpool. We need to be looking to improve our starting XI whilst they need to bolster their squad. 

Hopefully in a couple of seasons we'll be in a similar position. 

[Vesper 30,181]

56 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Not even Arsenal went for him.....they took that money and got a better and younger winger in Pepe. There are better option out there for the same outlet or just a bit more.

if we drop the equivalent of £80m on Zaha and he plays like Pepe maybe his first goal finally gets him going  has so far, there will be RIOTS

i am going to go BONKERS if we soon have yet another 5 to 9 goal a year winger (like Willian)

especially one who cost fucking 80m quid and who blocked us from Sancho

Zaha's overall stats are shit, 18/19 was his best year and it is only ok, not ANYWHERE near 80m pounds good enough, shit team or not

plus he only has 2 full sub 30yo seasons left if he comes

there are only 4 wingers who are over 30yo in the entire EPL (and we bloody have two of them)

There is ONE 30yo left winger in the EPL, NONE older

Junior Stanislas,

then NO OTHER LWers over 27yo in the EPL

Then the 4 RWers over 30yo (Aaron Lennon, Pedro, Snodgrass, Willian) plus 2 30yos, Theo Walcott and Yarmalenko, no others over 29

I literally laugh when I hear people say of a 27, 28yo winger 'Oh, they are just starting to enter their prime.'  <<<<<< BOLLOCKS

AMFs are the same (33yo David Silva who is gone in 5 months, then only 4 others over 28yo in the entire EPL,  the three 31yo's Özil, Mata, Lallana,  and finally the just turned 30yo Sigurdsson)

the next oldest is Debruyne at 28yo

the EPL (and football in general) is not baseball or yank NFL quarterbacks

 

[Tomo 21,751]

2 hours ago, Nicco said:

And if he proves to be a miss you'll dismiss it as this things happen in football even thought the writing is on the wall with him. 

As for Ajax, we marginally played better than them away and they had an overruled goal which was never offside while we were getting outplayed at home before the refs did us a huge favor again, sure thing.

Not atall, as my previous history shown I will admit fairly quickly if it's not working, I just find it rather odd that people are acting like a player who's played at a good level in the PL for many years (and carried a club on his back) is getting dismissed as some vanity signing from League One.

[Nicco 927]

4 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Not atall, as my previous history shown I will admit fairly quickly if it's not working, I just find it rather odd that people are acting like a player who's played at a good level in the PL for many years (and carried a club on his back) is getting dismissed as some vanity signing from League One.

I think he is vastly overrated, and we already have to many average players but if he was worth 30 mil tops I wouldn't have a problem but for 80 mil and 100+ weekly wages it's ridiculous, you add another 30-40 and get a potential world class player in Sancho, even excluding him there are other names out there better like Chiesa with way better value of money.

[Tomo 21,751]

3 minutes ago, Nicco said:

I think he is vastly overrated, and we already have to many average players but if he was worth 30 mil tops I wouldn't have a problem but for 80 mil and 100+ weekly wages it's ridiculous, you add another 30-40 and get a potential world class player in Sancho, even excluding him there are other names out there better like Chiesa with way better value of money.

Don't get me wrong he's far from my first choice I just don't think he'll be anywhere near as bad as people think.

Infact I've asked my freind who's a Palace fan and he almost wants this to happen because he thinks he'd surprise people by how well he does in an attacking setup.

[Vesper 30,181]

me when we spend £80m on Zaha, do not sign Sancho, who then goes to Manure

[Special Juan 28,141]

Palace will be all in for Morelos from Rangers with the money.

[NikkiCFC 8,323]

Even though Pulisic and Abraham are playing over any expectations I agree with Frank. We still must improve in the final third. I mean it's almost half season and take away Grimsby and Super Cup Giroud, CHO, Pedro and Barkley haven't scored yet!? They are with Tammy, Michy, Pulisic, Willian and Mount our most offensive players. Mount started well but since September he just have that one goal. Also just one assist all season. Michy is terrible and Willian as usual rarely scores and even when he do it's already game over so his goal in Lille is only significant thing he did for us offensively this season. Before season I hoped all of this players could hit double figures but like I said Giroud, Pedro, CHO and Barkley still haven't scored in PL or CL. Zaha is not on my priority list actually far from it but he would improve us massively. Last season he had 10 goals and 10 assists which is great stats but this season he don't play good I think because of denied transfer request. Look how Pulisic numbers improved with us, maybe the same can happen with Zaha. 

[Vesper 30,181]

Alex Telles with a brilliant assist tonight, we have not had a left back who could have done it since Ash

4 goals, 7 assists on the season already

15 goals, 50 assists now with Porto in just 3 and a half seasons

add one to 19/20

this tweet is a year old

15 more assists since then

 

[Jase 43,479]

On 12/12/2019 at 9:38 AM, Pizy said:

Sancho should definitely be priority #1 of course but Lamps clearly wants reinforcements in January. Sancho looks increasingly impossible next month. That's the calculated risk the club have to really think about. Do you wait until the summer, hope that what we have now is enough to make top 4, and risk missing out on him anyways? Or do you go in and get someone (Zaha) with less fuss now?

I'm just trying to imagine a scenario in which Dortmund would agree to sell in January and the only way I can think of is if someone offers a ludicrous fee like 120m or something. They're within touching distance of the top of the Bundesliga table and are through to the last 16 of the CL. Why sell your best attacking player now?

I know you're only talking about the situation in general but if you think 120 million is enough for Dortmund to sell Sancho, especially in January, then you're having a laugh. 

[Jase 43,479]

12 hours ago, BDTips said:

Pulisic and Kovacic's purchases, for example, were very smart and wise. Young people of great talent and some experience, reasonable prices within the current reality, movements to applaud.

This is the line we have to follow. Being smart, acting in advance, not letting ourselves be driven by impulses.

Reading Zaha's name every day is almost like cutting my wrists. It would be the most ridiculous purchase possible

Not implying anything about Zaha here or against you but it's funny to see people suddenly made a 180 degrees turn on Pulisic after so many deemed him average, bad, a marketing signing etc early on. 

[BDTips 34]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

Not implying anything about Zaha here or against you but it's funny to see people suddenly made a 180 degrees turn on Pulisic after so many deemed him average, bad, a marketing signing etc early on. 

I don't know who you mean about that from Pulisic.
Certainly there were those who didn't know him well.
The vast majority of people do not watch much more than their club games and other big shark games.

With Pulisic I even have a funny / sad anecdote, I was present when an Iberian club refused him when he was there testing, I was amazed that I had no doubt about his talent and the future that awaited him.

He is a great player, with talent but also something that is very important for a great player, has a personality and professionalism that will allow this great career.

[Atholy 1,293]

Buying ZAHA for £80 million with Batsman on the bench would be 'the final shot' for me as it comes to trust in our board/management. 

Zaha has 2 goals & 2 assists in 1375 minutes this season. Michy has 1 goal & 2 assists in 96(!!!!!) minutes => 10 games, coming from the bench 10 times with only 4 games where he got more than 10 minutes. 

On top of that he's 1 year older than Michy ! 

If they push through on him, this would the XXX th time that I'm totally mindblown on how the club's transfer policy works ... I'm out 

[Vesper 30,181]

8 minutes ago, Atholy said:

Buying ZAHA for £80 million with Batsman on the bench would be 'the final shot' for me as it comes to trust in our board/management. 

Zaha has 2 goals & 2 assists in 1375 minutes this season. Michy has 1 goal & 2 assists in 96(!!!!!) minutes => 10 games, coming from the bench 10 times with only 4 games where he got more than 10 minutes. 

On top of that he's 1 year younger! 

If they push through on him, this would the XXX th time that I'm totally mindblown on how the club's transfer policy works ... I'm out 

The Donkeywater buy had me out on a ledge once I saw the price and his insane salary.

[Jase 43,479]

Cole endorses Chilwell...

And Cole mentioned he heard Chilwell is a Chelsea fan...