Vesper 30,224 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 another option likely off the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,952 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 52 minutes ago, LAM09 said: Bologna's chairman has said it's unlikely he'll go to Juve, so it's a free-for-all in the EPL. There really aren't that many options, tbh. Honest question, did you watch Bologna at all last season (finished in a CL place, btw)? Never even heard of him up until a few weeks ago. All I know is that he exploded onto the scene this past season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,077 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 17 minutes ago, Vesper said: it matters a lot for 2 positions, fullback/wingback and winger below that CB, to a point ✅✅✅ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,224 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 42 minutes ago, LAM09 said: Honest question, did you watch Bologna at all last season (finished in a CL place, btw)? strong statement from me and I mean it, as I can no longer sit and watch the attempted gaslighting/false slating: People who shit on players in a Big 5 league mainly (or to a large degree) because they play for a non 'top 15 or 20 in the world club' (ie a 'big club') are clueless and do not understand football talent. Full fucking stop. I have seen this bollocks for years here, and the old board/scouts did it with WC players like Camavinga, Tchou, Nicolò Barella (pre Inter), William Saliba, Victor Osimhen (prenapoli) Gabriel Magalhães, Rodri (pre AM), etc LAM09 and cfccrost 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,224 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Pizy said: Never even heard of him up until a few weeks ago. All I know is that he exploded onto the scene this past season. neither of which are valid reasons against him, nr is the fact he plays for Bologna (in the CL now btw) and also btw Quote Never even heard of him up until a few weeks ago Edited July 2, 2024 by Vesper Fernando, bluesman2610, Strike and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 10 hours ago, Vesper said: he was easily their best player in a 97 point season with a +48 GD I am not ecstastic over buying him, I would prefer the ones I listed above, espevially Pablo Barrios from AM (pic below), but I am ok with Dewsbury-Hall it is silly to call him Drinkwater 2.0, as some are doing People knock him saying he was playing in the Championship but it is more beneficial he's had a year playing against low-block, small teams with Leicester because that's what it is going to be with Chelsea for a lot of the games in the Premier League. It is much better than signing a 'Premier League experienced' mid who's been playing counter attacking football with Brentford or Nottingham Forest. Superblue, Vesper and OhForAGreavsie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 6 hours ago, LAM09 said: I'm unsure why there's some who believe Calafiori would be overkill. A great player for a reasonable price who can either play at CB or LB, a position we've been struggling to fill since AC retired. Mainly that we have enough options + back Levi Colwill - Can take off the kid gloves with him soon I feel. He's a good CB even though Poch system didn't exactly show him to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,224 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 1 hour ago, Strike said: People knock him saying he was playing in the Championship but it is more beneficial he's had a year playing against low-block, small teams with Leicester because that's what it is going to be with Chelsea for a lot of the games in the Premier League. It is much better than signing a 'Premier League experienced' mid who's been playing counter attacking football with Brentford or Nottingham Forest. not a lot to choose from (26yo and under EPL CMFs valued at or more than Dewsbury-Hall Alexis Mac Allister 🤩 Dominik Szoboszlai 🤩 Kobbie Mainoo 🤩 Matheus Nunes Pape Matar Sarr 🤩 João Gomes Curtis Jones Ryan Gravenberch Joe Willock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 Glad. Lot of us feared the worst. Fernando, Vesper and Stats 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 Crazy that Forest value Callum Hudson Odoi at 40m a year after we sold him for 5m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 25 minutes ago, Strike said: Crazy that Forest value Callum Hudson Odoi at 40m a year after we sold him for 5m. He was one of their top scorers, scored 8 pl goals, more than mudryk and Madueke. he is and never was a 40m player really but also not a 5m one. Unfortunately our boards expert trading strategy is buy high sell low . We also sold RLC and Pulisic for cents on the dollar despite them being no worse than their replacements. Wonder what Milan would quote us if we wanted them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 19 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: He was one of their top scorers, scored 8 pl goals, more than mudryk and Madueke. he is and never was a 40m player really but also not a 5m one. Unfortunately our boards expert trading strategy is buy high sell low . We also sold RLC and Pulisic for cents on the dollar despite them being no worse than their replacements. Wonder what Milan would quote us if we wanted them back. CHO and RLC had one year left on their contracts, not much to do. I don't remember whether Pulisic had more years on his contracts, but basically in all 3 examples there were not many players wanting to buy them. Reddish-Blue, mkh, OhForAGreavsie and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 5 minutes ago, ulvhedin said: CHO and RLC had one year left on their contracts, not much to do. I don't remember whether Pulisic had more years on his contracts, but basically in all 3 examples there were not many players wanting to buy them. I know. Makes it even worse. When there is little residual value you can easily play hardball. Keeping all 3 one more year and losing them on freebies would have hardly been catastrophic. we have consistently overpaid for transfers while receiving market value at best for outgoings. When Hazard had one year left and only wanted to go to Madrid, marina still milked them for 130m. She may have fked up some sales and overpaid in others but all these gargantuan fumbles from clownlake put her decent work into perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: I know. Makes it even worse. When there is little residual value you can easily play hardball. Keeping all 3 one more year and losing them on freebies would have hardly been catastrophic. we have consistently overpaid for transfers while receiving market value at best for outgoings. When Hazard had one year left and only wanted to go to Madrid, marina still milked them for 130m. She may have fked up some sales and overpaid in others but all these gargantuan fumbles from clownlake put her decent work into perspective. well, Mount and Havertz were sold at good value Reddish-Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,279 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 50 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: He was one of their top scorers, scored 8 pl goals, more than mudryk and Madueke. he is and never was a 40m player really but also not a 5m one. Unfortunately our boards expert trading strategy is buy high sell low . We also sold RLC and Pulisic for cents on the dollar despite them being no worse than their replacements. Wonder what Milan would quote us if we wanted them back. If this is true it completely ruins other people's theories that we will be a selling club to make money 🤣 OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 We all kind of realised that the UK government made sure with new owners that every person footballer and staff management and youth academy player brought in on Roman Abramovich paycheck has to leave. That's how evil the UK politicians are. I know the new ownership will get it right by 2025/26 or 2028 that Chelsea will have at least 1 fa cup or premier league title or 1 Europa League title. DBGT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,543 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 8 minutes ago, KEVINAA said: We all kind of realised that the UK government made sure with new owners that every person footballer and staff management and youth academy player brought in on Roman Abramovich paycheck has to leave. That's how evil the UK politicians are. Maybe best to leave the rest of the beer in the fridge.. The Rising Sun and DBGT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Duppy Conqueror said: Maybe best to leave the rest of the beer in the fridge.. I don't drink any alcohol. Watch how you talk to me. It's impossible to put words and thoughts into a forum with text and not be able to get my point across properly. You have no proof I drink alcohol or beer and many other people would sue you for saying that to them. Have some respect to how you talk to people Online. Edited July 2, 2024 by KEVINAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,510 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said: When Hazard had one year left and only wanted to go to Madrid, marina still milked them for 130m Hazard was the exception to the rule. From memory we also lost Kovacic/Jorginho for low transfer fees as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,510 Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 2 hours ago, Strike said: Crazy that Forest value Callum Hudson Odoi at 40m a year after we sold him for 5m. We bought Madueke for around 30 million...would think CHO would be around that sort of figure. Then there's Brighton who just bought that unknown newcastle talent for 30+ million. CHO would have easily netted us 25-30 million if he didn't have those niggling injuries and then for some reason being asked to re-train as a wingback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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