Chelsea Transfers

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23 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

If that's the case we need to buy 4 CBs immediately!

assuming Hincapie is off the board soon, as is Jean-Clair Todibo (madness we let him go to West Ham) and Araujo and Scalvini are out until 2025ish with bad injuries

that leaves (some are super long shots, those are in italics)

Bremer  
António Silva   
Gonçalo Inácio 
Castello Lukeba  
Mohamed Simakan 
Marquinhos
Dávid Hancko  
Cristhian Mosquera 
Milan Skriniar 
Evan Ndicka  

Edited August 15, 2024 by Vesper

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52 minutes ago, Vesper said:

French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, who was injured last night during Real Madrid's training session in Warsaw—where they will play against Atalanta for the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday—has been diagnosed with a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

"After tests carried out today on our player Eduardo Camavinga, he has been diagnosed with a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Pending further evaluation," read a brief statement from the club.

I wonder how it happened. I've never liked his tackling style. It always seemed like an injury waiting to happen. Whichever way it came about, let's hope the lad makes a full recovery and gets to continue his career without any loss of capability.

Edited August 15, 2024 by OhForAGreavsie

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17 hours ago, Special Juan said:

This is about the way this has panned out, this bloke is the club captain FFS, he adores the club yet is being treat like a piece of meat. None of this is on Connor, it's on the club and owners, simple as that and let me tell if you half the cunts who are remaining here or we buy in the future had half the passion he had then we are on to something. He may not be some peoples cup of tea or the best in the world but when he shoves that shirt on you get 100% commitment and graft, he'd die for the badge, some would piss on it

absolutely agree m8

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16 hours ago, TheHulk said:

 

Right-footed ball carrying CB

 

 

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15 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Bayern have pulled out of the Tah deal. He would be available for under 25m euros and at relatively modest wages. He would instantly be our best CB and cost less than any of the average goalies we regularly sign. Not sure he would like to join but even if so, our owners would never do such a sensible deal sadly . 

problem:

he turns 30yo in the middle of next season

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32 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I wonder how it happened. I've never liked his tackling style. It always seemed like an injury waiting to happen. Whichever way it came about, let's hope the lad makes a full recovery and gets to continue his career without any loss of capability.

It was a Tchoumeni challenge that did him in to be honest

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12 hours ago, mkh said:

Napoli have made a proposal to Chelsea for a player-exchange:

Chelsea would sign Victor Osimhen.

Napoli would get Romelu Lukaku, Cesare Casadei and €45M.

(Source: @mattinodinapoli )

thats £38.5m cash

so if we demanded 35m euros for Rom, that's £30m

and £20m for Casadei is  €23.5m (so counting his loan fees we doubled our money off what we paid)

and

that all adds up to damn near what I said a day for two ago with different players

I said £90m net on net cost before

and this adds up to £88.5m (and there is some wiggle room on the Casa and Rom valuations)

which is £31.5m to £41.5m less than the Poison Dwarf was demanding last summer

and he saves face by saying he got over 100m euros net on net (103m euros)

 

 

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12 hours ago, TheHulk said:

He is pushing to come home.

he has some “discomfort”

aka

tummy trouble

à la

 

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12 hours ago, Wise Old Man said:

Can’t see us missing out on top 4 if we get osimhen and Felix. 

erm

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11 hours ago, Strike said:

Biggest deal so far is Alvarez for 75m euros

Manchester City agree to sell Julián Álvarez to Atlético Madrid in €95m deal

Spanish club due to pay initial €75m for Argentina striker

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/aug/06/manchester-city-agree-to-sell-julian-alvarez-to-atletico-madrid

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goalkeepers we could have purchased who are better than any we have

    
Giorgi Mamardashvili 
Diogo Costa  
Gregor Kobel 
Mike Maignan  
Jan Oblak  
Anatoliy Trubin 
Matvey Safonov  
Álvaro Valles    
Bento
 

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11 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Renowned Nigerian prophet and founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele

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13 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Sad how right he is.

Chelsea in thrall to every talent except their own

There is a scene in This Is Spinal Tap where the band run into another rock musician, Duke Fame. A snub provokes disdain. “We carried him,” says David St Hubbins, recalling a previous tour. “We had to apologise for him with our set. They were still booing him when we came on.”

Enzo Maresca, the Chelsea manager, knows how that feels. After a poor pre-season, conceding 12 goals in the first five games — including four to Celtic — he revealed exactly who was responsible: Mauricio Pochettino, sacked on May 21. So pervasive was his influence, it seems, Chelsea were still defending like drains close to three months later.

Yet Chelsea finished the last campaign under Pochettino strongly. They conceded four goals in the final five games, all of which were won. And Pochettino never had his full-strength back four all season. Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Thiago Silva and Ben Chilwell started 42 out of 152 games between them, none together, and 28 of those were played by Silva, who will be 40 in September. There are many reasons why Chelsea’s defence may have fallen short of expectations last season.

By comparison, Maresca has struck lucky. Fofana is back and Pochettino developed Marc Cucurella into Chelsea’s starting left back, ahead of Chilwell. James is injured, but Malo Gusto at right back was one of the standout performers in the previous campaign. It would appear the new manager has more to thank his predecessor for than he imagines.

Yet that’s Chelsea all over. They seem a very ungrateful bunch, in thrall to every young player on the planet apart from those under their noses. Nine games for Santos, or 30 for Sporting Lisbon B are valued more than decades of devotion from Conor Gallagher, Trevor Chalobah or Mason Mount. The first-team squad is now in possession of six goalkeepers, and none would get in the first team of any club that finished in the top half of the Premier League last season.

Players who have been with Chelsea since school are now barred from the first-team building as a means of getting them off the wage bill. Who runs a club like this? Who alienates the very group that can save the owners money: the academy youth? Why send a promising talent to Chelsea, given the way they have treated the products of their system? Better to play 12 games for Rennes and wait for the call.

Gallagher is now in limbo because part of the deal that was taking him to Atletico Madrid — not his choice — has collapsed. Samu Omorodion, who was coming the other way, has called off the move. With 22 starts in La Liga, maybe he feels he has too much experience.

Maresca blamed fan favourite Gallagher’s departure on the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules but that’s more misdirection. Yes, on the balance sheet, homegrown talent counts for more, but there are plenty of alternatives in Chelsea’s overblown squad. The fear is that there is no market for them. No doubt that’s Pochettino’s fault too.

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3 hours ago, Vesper said:

IF we get

a multi-window transfer ban

and/or

points dections

and/or

straight relegation

and

Citeh get NOTHING or a minor slap on the wrist

 

I am done with the EPL and the FA and all English football, including the national team

absolutely done

There has to be consistency across the board with how the FA deals out punishments. If we do end up with a lengthy transfer ban as rumours have suggested, City ought to be getting the book through at them (I honestly can't see a world where relegation isn't mentioned should things be fair when it comes to the "do the crime, do the time" motto). 

Corruption will have well and truly taken over the British game (at least) if they get away almost scot-free. 

Edited August 15, 2024 by LAM09

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11 hours ago, mkh said:

We’re definitely getting a striker bomb this week from a player we’ve never been linked to...

via@felixjohnston🪰 Evan F😄

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10 hours ago, King Kante said:

Pep thrown to the prison posse

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10 hours ago, mkh said:

Josh Acheampong and Tyrique George are the two teenagers that Chelsea rate highest. (via @TheAthleticFC)

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13 hours ago, Pizy said:

He may end up being correct in the end but I 100% guarantee that this guy has never seen Jorgensen play before just like most of us. So to say something like this before the season even starts is just hating on Chelsea as usual.

Martin Samuel is pretty balanced when it comes to Chelsea, and has even defended the club during our glory days, even when snide comments of being filthy rich were bandied about. Even his daughter is a Chelsea fan.

I don't think he is the run of the mill hater. And also, lot of fans share the same view. All of our current goalkeepers have question marks on them.

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13 hours ago, mkh said:

Josh Acheampong and Tyrique George are the two teenagers that Chelsea rate highest. (via @TheAthleticFC)

So they’ll probably be sold off for profit in the 2 seasons. 

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I don’t get the hate of English journalists who overhype English players. In the past 20 years we have been very successful and have at least 20 legendary players from that period. Of them only Terry is from the academy. Of all the HG players we have sold none has become one of the best. The players who we regret selling in retrospect are Salah and KDB. Chalobah and Gallagher will never play for Real or Man city. If we aim for the top we should be ruthless. At the end of the day there are no guarantees of success, but keeping the academy lads can’t be the answer.

I get they bleed for the badge, but so do I. It isn’t enough to play for London’s finest.