Chelsea Transfers

[Duppy Conqueror 1,543]

I'd happily take Toney even at 28, possible 5 good years is better than we likely to get out of most of those in the sesame street side of our club.

[nyikolajevics 2,703]

22 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If the move were close surely it’s pointless flying back to London? What’s to negotiate at this point? They already agreed to pay the £33m and had all the paperwork ready.

Probably sending a message to Atleti. Just because he is already there and photos were taken of him it doesn’t mean we will be generous and accept different terms because we don’t want to deal with him. He is our player, as long as deal is not signed he should be at Cobham, training with the Suicide Squad.

[robsblubot 3,595]

37 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

Oh yeah, absolutely agree, he is invisible since the start and I'm not a smallest bit surprised - what I meant it's totally on the owners, buying 40 million player for 120 million won't make him 120 million player. Yet some folks insisted we need to overpay twice for Caicedo for Enzo to work and this saga seems to continue to this day, as I still see the ideas of building entire team around him for some reason. Not sure if Mbappe had this kind of luxury in oil money club. And quite recently whole world could see what kind of leader/captain material Enzo is - not the best.

 

AND they are trying to snug Kante. These guys took it personal indeed 😄

Not gonna lie, I'm 100 times more positive with Gallagher staying, than replacing him with another busload of random players for 50 million each for sake of virtual profit on books, that will be spent on another dross random players in matters of minutes.

The issue is not Conor staying or leaving—he’s been refusing to renew due to the role offered.

hes going to leave on a free which is not really good for the club.

[mkh 601]

An offer of £40million would be enough to lure Noni Madueke away from #Chelsea and talks have already happened between Newcastle and his agents.

(FrazFletcher)

[mkh 601]

I hope there is no exit clause surprise with Palmer's extension like with Chukwuemeka..🤯

[Vesper 30,226]

RB Leipzig sign Antonio Nusa from Club Bruges

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5697827/2024/08/13/antonio-nusa-rb-leipzig-transfer/

RB Leipzig have signed Antonio Nusa from Club Bruges.

Nusa has signed a five-year contract with Leipzig and will wear the No 7 shirt. The Athletic reported earlier on Tuesday that a deal between Leipzig and Bruges had been agreed.

“I’m just incredibly proud to be at RB Leipzig and in the Bundesliga now,” Nusa said. “The club has shown me a clear vision and a clear path, which has totally convinced me.

“It’s obviously a big step for me — but I’m ready for it. RB Leipzig has developed into one of the top clubs in Europe and is also one of the top clubs for young players.

“When I played here with Bruges in 2021, I was very impressed by the training centre and the academy, and of course, I also saw the stadium. It’s simply an amazing feeling to be able to play there in front of over 45,000 fans in just a few days.”

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Nusa registered four goals and four assists in 46 appearances for Bruges last season and previously attracted the interest of Premier League sides. Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur held talks over signing Nusa and Brentford had agreed a €33million (now £28.2m; $36m) move for the winger in January, but that broke down due to complications late in the window.

This season, Nusa started three of Bruges’ four games and provided one assist. He joined the Belgian club from Stabaek in his native Norway in 2021, having made 13 senior appearances for them.

Nusa has been capped seven times by the senior Norway side since making his debut last year.

Leipzig’s biggest piece of business this summer has been the sale of Spain international Dani Olmo to Barcelona for €60m. They have also sold Angelino to Roma, while Martin Vandervoort and Assan Ouedraogo have joined from Genk and Schalke respectively.

Marco Rose’s side begin their 2024-25 season with a DFB Pokal match at Essen on Saturday. Their Bundesliga campaign starts a week later at home against Bochum.

[mkh 601]

BREAKING: Chelsea are considering signing Osimhen permanently. Possible exchange with Lukaku + cash. (@DiMarzio)

[Mário César 1,284]

2 minutes ago, mkh said:

BREAKING: Chelsea are considering signing Osimhen permanently. Possible exchange with Lukaku + cash. (@DiMarzio)

nice

[mkh 601]

Chelsea technical staff have given the green light to move for Osimhen. (@DiMarzio)

[Pizy 18,953]

Fabrizio says that nothing has changed with Osimhen. 🤷‍♂️

We’re still interested but only if Napoli change the asking price or terms of a loan.

[Vegetable 830]

1 hour ago, robsblubot said:

The issue is not Conor staying or leaving—he’s been refusing to renew due to the role offered.

hes going to leave on a free which is not really good for the club.

I was stuck on "no contact made" version. If so, that's totally different thing.

 

Don't want to be a naysayer, but isn't Osimhen bit more of a gamble than some of us want to think? All major clubs backed off their interest, his value is down, our "technical staff" greenlights it… Personally I'd prefer a loan and potential haggling later than being stuck with another expensive player with no end product. Not like we have never bought limited player in decline from easier league before…

Edited August 13, 2024 by Vegetable

[robsblubot 3,595]

3 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

I was stuck on "no contact made" version. If so, that's totally different thing.

 

Don't want to be a naysayer, but isn't Osimhen bit more of a gamble than some of us want to think? All major clubs backed off their interest, his value is down, our "technical staff" greenlights it… Personally I'd prefer a loan and potential haggling later than being stuck with another expensive player with no end product. Not like we have never bought limited player in decline from easier league before…

yeah I haven't seen much of Osimhen, so I trust the little I saw + opinions I read here and elsewhere.

My take is that he's a high xG attacker, who's not the typical linkup player I was hoping we'd get. City makes it work with Haaland, but maybe that has more to to with how much a freak Haaland is than the type of player he is.

It looks like it's more like a way to make the Lukaku deal go through than real conviction (in the player) tbh.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

Loan with obligation now, not sure how flexible the wage will be?

 

[Gundalf 806]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

If the move were close surely it’s pointless flying back to London? What’s to negotiate at this point? They already agreed to pay the £33m and had all the paperwork ready.

It was always clear that we need to buy a player from Atletico in order to fund their transfer for Gallagher. We thought it was Samu, but since this one fell thru, we are going for Felix, which needs to be negotiated from the start, which needs a bit of time. In the meanwhile, Conor flies back home and waits till we announce Felix. 

Gallagher will be a Atletico player by the end of the transfer window. 

[Pizy 18,953]

With all the drama elsewhere about players outgoing there’s one on our books that most of us (myself included) have kinda forgotten about and that’s Kepa. I haven’t seen a single rumor about anyone being interested in him since that proposed Saudi move fell apart months ago.

Wtf are we gonna do there, I wonder? Terminate his contract? Or is that too harmful in terms of FFP?

[Mhsc 1,098]

4 minutes ago, Pizy said:

With all the drama elsewhere about players outgoing there’s one on our books that most of us (myself included) have kinda forgotten about and that’s Kepa. I haven’t seen a single rumor about anyone being interested in him since that proposed Saudi move fell apart months ago.

Wtf are we gonna do there, I wonder? Terminate his contract? Or is that too harmful in terms of FFP?

I assume we'll just offer him to anyone for any price if we can't get him bundled into a swap deal as a sweetener (e.g. w/Napoli or whatever)

[mkh 601]

9 minutes ago, Pizy said:

With all the drama elsewhere about players outgoing there’s one on our books that most of us (myself included) have kinda forgotten about and that’s Kepa. I haven’t seen a single rumor about anyone being interested in him since that proposed Saudi move fell apart months ago.

Wtf are we gonna do there, I wonder? Terminate his contract? Or is that too harmful in terms of FFP?

🔴 #Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has emerged as a strong option for #Napoli in recent hours. 🇪🇸 👀

(via: Corriere dello Sport)

[LAM09 7,062]

3 minutes ago, mkh said:

🔴 #Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has emerged as a strong option for #Napoli in recent hours. 🇪🇸 👀

(via: Corriere dello Sport)

Where have we heard that before - https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/Chelsea-fc-transfer-news-kepa-napoli-b1015891.html

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

2 hours ago, mkh said:

An offer of £40million would be enough to lure Noni Madueke away from #Chelsea and talks have already happened between Newcastle and his agents.

(FrazFletcher)

Get their hand bitten right off

[mkh 601]

PL chief executive Richard Masters on the Chelsea investigation:

"Obviously what we're talking about is something historic; it's complicated where we have the club talking to us about things that happened under previous ownership. All I can say is that the investigation and discussions are reaching a conclusion, but until that happens, I can't say what's going to happen next." 

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