King Kante 1,643 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 20 minutes ago, mkh said: Burnley and Chelsea have signed all documents for Bashir Humphreys deal. Exclusive details of the deal: £12m fixed fee, £2.7m add-ons and there will be also undisclosed sell-on clause. Humphreys, new Burnley player. Here we go and story confirmed. 🤝🏻 (Fabrizio Romano) They are very good at selling Winstanley and Stewart✅️👌 Wow. That is a good deal for us. mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 1 hour ago, Vesper said: I think there are 4 teams who are (IMHO) clearly the worst in the EPL this year in order from worst to the best of the bottom: 20 Ipswich 19 Leicester 18 Everton (so hope they go down, finally) 17 Southampton I think the 3 relegated come from there after them, there are 3 others who could, in theory, perhaps go down: 16 Bournemouth 15 Fulham 14 Brentford (if they lose Toney and do not remotely replace him) I do not see Wolves (13) or Forest (12) going down and for sure none of the other 11 all the bottom 12 order is subject to revision if some giant buys and/or sales kick on I think Brentford may be in a bit of trouble this year as they were pretty bad in the second half of last year and when it comes to teams in the mid-to-bottom sections of the league, form can quite easily carry over. Apart from that, I largely agree. However, I do think it will be tighter this year than last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,702 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 2 minutes ago, King Kante said: Wow. That is a good deal for us. We sold Guehi for 20 million pounds after his Swansea loan spell. We should keep sending our defenders there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolkblue1961 56 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 On 19/08/2024 at 19:44, YorkshireBlue said: Stop smoking weed for a second! For the left we now have mudryk, Neto and looks like Felix as well, nkunku can play there also! Wtf do we need sterling for exactly? Someone has to clean out the toilets at Cobham YorkshireBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 2 hours ago, Vesper said: as a noob you have no clue I, for instance, was extremely unhappy with every one, plus Koulibaly I remained neutral on the freebie Tosin, but I had doubts, and so far he looks far from good enough I lost my shit especially over Fofana and Disasi, especially Wesley (search it, I said he has the potential to be one of out worst buys ever) I HAVE been a big Colwill fangirl, but ffs, he is hardly playing up to standard I expected him to as well I do not recall anyone here who was super happy with any of the CB buys same for GKers so you fail right there trying to erect some framing to try and slate us with Don't bother with him Vesp, just block him, he’s a fucking troll. Vesper and Magic Lamps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,348 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 54 minutes ago, mkh said: Burnley and Chelsea have signed all documents for Bashir Humphreys deal. Exclusive details of the deal: £12m fixed fee, £2.7m add-ons and there will be also undisclosed sell-on clause. Humphreys, new Burnley player. Here we go and story confirmed. 🤝🏻 (Fabrizio Romano) They are very good at selling Winstanley and Stewart✅️👌 Good money. Hopefully a sell on clause, would like to see some buybacks to be fair. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 Good. We are indeed doing some decent deals but always under the radar as the big mishits catch all the headlines. At least getting more than a tribunal fee for players with no perspective and bringing down the wage bill is sth we have to give them credit for. Taking on a very benevolent angle Clownlake do not underperform the average top clubs transfer strategy by that much when ignoring the big ones. Fofana, Sterling, Mudryk, Enzo, Caicedo were spectacularly terrible signing in terms of quality (relative to the alternatives) and the combined 1bn outlay (fee+wages) and will cripple the club for years to come. But when looking around, every club has made similar miscalculations. Not even talking about Barca or Manure a few years back but even smart clubs like Bayern who sold their 2 most expensive CBs ever for cents on the dollar, PSG who signed up a generation of the most promising talents to win nothing and tanking their values or losing them for free. What causes the most hate from within and outside the club tho is the sheer quantity of expensive young player signings and the contract lengths. Bc this is so contrary to the standard approach of all other top clubs 7,8 untouchables, 6 contenders, 5 useful squad players, only 3-5 y contracts, balanced age profile that it makes clownlake look like smug buffoons. For some who have been in the game for ages it probably feels like a slap in the face to see so much money spent in a different approach so it’s fun and easy to ridicule the dumb Americans. But we don’t know if there is any substance to those sanctions and transfer ban rumours. In fact if we were to be hit with a multi year window ban it will come in quite handy to have 2 full squads sitting on long contracts. Not saying it will happen but we should not dismiss it altogether. Interestingly enough the smartest business has been done by the skint Italian sides who have been impressive in Europe as well. Nothing to trouble real/city but you could argue snapping up the churn from other clubs wasteful transfer policies for peanuts has got the Milan teams quite balanced squads. Others like Atalanta or Napoli had no choice but to patiently develop players over years. If there is one page we could take from their book it is to limit excessive outlays. It’s not the financial burden alone but also the mental pressure on player and teams when you make a 100m+ signing. It’s no coincidence big money signings have a terrible success rate. Esp here the mid range signings have historically been the best at any level. Lampard, Kante, Kovacic, Essien, hazard, Cech, Gusto, Palmer etc all were signed on decent but not excessive fees at that time. For the record, I still condemn most of what clownlake have done to this club but I refuse to give up hope. If they just stopped making these wild random big money signings and concentrate on the little smart deals we see every once in a while we might still have a chance to win something again in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,543 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 6 hours ago, Vesper said: Palace want £75m for Guéhi Inter wanted £77m for Bastoni Barca wanted around £85m for Ronald Araujo add in Bremer and Gvardiol (when he goes back to CB from LB) and you have the only 7 truly WC, under 30yo CBs (atm and IMHO) on the planet, (with Micky van de Ven, another one of my targets back in the day, perhaps getting there soon) Guéhi is a very good, solid CB but nowhere near that level of value for that price 75m would mean us actually paying 60m really.plus could then sell them one or both of Disasi or Trev.(looks like they would need 2) I do think the main reason we won't sign him tho is because we already had him.even though wasnt sold on their watch they don't appear to want to re-sign players previously sold.if we were still under Roman he'd have probably bought him already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,225 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 1 minute ago, Duppy Conqueror said: I do think the main reason we won't sign him tho is because we already had him.even though wasnt sold on their watch they don't appear to want to re-sign players previously sold I admit I am guilty of this at times, lolol no so much for Felix, as he was just a loan the last time, and I do rate him to a point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,543 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 2 hours ago, King Kante said: I think the deal is fine. Ipswich aren't as bad as some of the promoted teams last year and there is a chance of further point reductions for other teams. For sure, the odds say they will go down but there is a chance they stay up. That post i made was before the 30m clause was disclosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 It would be such a Chelsea thing if we got a big points deduction for this current investigation ongoing, that got us relegated instead of Ipswich. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,543 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 Conor officially signed.good luck laddie.if it was Real he'd be out their door by end of season but at Athletico he could succeed.hope he wins lots of domestic trophies there. Reddish-Blue, Vesper and bigbluewillie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,146 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 Conor now gone, time to announce Felix and get a striker please. cfccrost and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,284 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 Weird feeling about gallagher Mattill, Vesper, Reddish-Blue and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,510 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 5 minutes ago, Mário César said: Weird feeling about gallagher For me, he's sort of like Loftus-Cheek, academy boy, gave it a go and now he gets a proper chance to show his skills in a foreign league! Hopefully, he does well at Atletico and shows why he should be around the English national team squad. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,510 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 59 minutes ago, Superblue said: It would be such a Chelsea thing if we got a big points deduction for this current investigation ongoing, that got us relegated instead of Ipswich. Wonder if all the highly paid internationals have a contract 'get out' clause incase of a relegation? I'm expecting a lengthy transfer ban. If they relegate us, City would have to go into administration...considering the amount of charges against them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 They just can’t help themselves. Fulham Broadway and bigbluewillie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,333 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 4 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: They just can’t help themselves. Read that and thought they were buying Malang Sarr back 😃 Hamilton, ZAPHOD2319, bigbluewillie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 601 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 Raheem Sterling accepts his time at Chelsea is OVER as he waits for offers to revitalise his career ahead of next week’s transfer deadline. Sterling does not expect to be involved for the Blues going forward. (@Dan_KP) bluesman2610 and whats happening 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,146 Posted August 21, 2024 Share Posted August 21, 2024 2 minutes ago, mkh said: Raheem Sterling accepts his time at Chelsea is OVER as he waits for offers to revitalise his career ahead of next week’s transfer deadline. Sterling does not expect to be involved for the Blues going forward. (@Dan_KP) As opposed to what others said yesterday the club will cut it's losses and get rid without any issue. His team will be doing everything they can to get him out to the best suitor, another big wage off the bill and money in the bank to spend elsewhere. He won't rot in the reserves he will be gone come the end of August mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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