Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 31,108]

1 minute ago, bluesman2610 said:

Can someone explain to me why if we sell Raheem Sterling him and his camp believe we still owe him any money?

 

[Vesper 31,108]

4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Remaining 30m of his contract. 

The "Chelsea Project" for him was always about money. 

not £30m

£70m (including bonuses)

[Reddish-Blue 2,676]

2 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

Can someone explain to me why if we sell Raheem Sterling him and his camp believe we still owe him any money?

Thought I saw a story somewhere that we're still paying Potter? 

Depends on what terms Sterling had in his contract, 300k a week is no joke. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,676]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I mean, okay, but then it’ll be even tougher to sell Mudryk somewhere next summer if he ain’t playing!

I hear there's a french club looking for a winger in the 2025 transfer window...😁

[Vesper 31,108]

Just now, Reddish-Blue said:

Thought I saw a story somewhere that we're still paying Potter? 

Depends on what terms Sterling had in his contract, 300k a week is no joke. 

Chelsea still paying former manager £200k-a-week until October

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/07/18/graham-potter-Chelsea/

 

 

[The Rising Sun 724]

6 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

Can someone explain to me why if we sell Raheem Sterling him and his camp believe we still owe him any money?

1 We will most likely command a fee for him so the club makes money on the sale. He hasn't asked to leave.

2 Sterling has a contract which means we need him to leave and agree to breaking the contract.

3 if he is earning 300k a week here and his next club is offering him 180k, then he has the right to demand the 120k difference. 

[Vesper 31,108]

4 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

1 We will most likely command a fee for him so the club makes money on the sale. He hasn't asked to leave.

2 Sterling has a contract which means we need him to leave and agree to breaking the contract.

3 if he is earning 300k a week here and his next club is offering him 180k, then he has the right to demand the 120k difference. 

£325K PW (£50.7m over the next 3 years)

and also has around £20m in additional bonuses and add-ons potentially coming his way over the next 3 years

that is how you get to £70m

[TheHulk 2,647]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

£325K PW (£50.7m over the next 3 years)

and also has around £20m in additional bonuses and add-ons potentially coming his way over the next 3 years

that is how you get to £70m

Boehly was smoking crack when he handed that contract.

[Vesper 31,108]

Just now, TheHulk said:

Boehly was smoking crack when he handed that contract.

Well, you are looking at a bloke who agreed with the other LA Dodger owners to drop a 10-year, $700-million-dollar contract (wages plus bonuses) on Shohei Ohtani.

 

[Mhsc 1,146]

The Sterling situation is very easy to understand. He got some kind of sign on fee for joining. Probably many millions. The sign on fee is not paid all at once but distributed over time.

If as a player you hand in a transfer request then you waive your right to the rest of the sign on fee. If the club instead chooses to sell you then you are still entitled to it. We owe him whatever is left of his sign on bonus.

That is all. Everything else is on him to negotiate with his new club.

[Thor 2,819]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Well, you are looking at a bloke who agreed with the other LA Dodger owners to drop a 10-year, $700-million-dollar contract (wages plus bonuses) on Shohei Ohtani.

 

Shohei is the GOAT of baseball though. Sterling ain't close lol.

[Pizy 19,280]

As with Lukaku, the club genuinely did think that Sterling was going to be a 100% guaranteed superstar for many years when he came here. So the silly money we paid out for both and the crazy contracts were seen as something you just had to do with top class players.

Ironically, exactly what’s currently preventing us from signing Osimhen. They’ve learned from those egregious errors and don’t want a repeat.

[Vesper 31,108]

Just now, Thor said:

Shohei is the GOAT of baseball though. Sterling ain't close lol.

yes, but Sterling's wages per week are over 3 times less when you do the FOREX

and his contract was also half the length

[chelsea_4_eva 1,186]

Please sign Hermoso on free transfer PLEASE. Anything will be better than seeing Bad Disaster as a pair trying to defend.

[LAM09 7,091]

4 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Lets be honest, I do get the point your trying to make but realistically we are going to get nowhere with a false 9. And the itinerary all summer has been to recruit a striker alongside Guiu. 

Oshimen and Toney not perfect by any stretch but both much better than Jackson, Guiu and playing anybody as false 9s.

Jackson couldn’t finish his dinner and Guiu needs to grow into first team football. Be a painful season again.

Saudi’s not fucking about though, agreed deals for 2 players, if Oshimen doesn’t go they get Toney or vice versa. Ruthless.

I'm unsure what people have been watching that makes them come to the conclusion that Jackson is going to turn into a reliable CF. Four games this season have shown enough to say it's LW or the bench.

3 hours ago, Mário César said:

what a joke

I'm going to take this as fact for a moment - We expect one of the best CF's around to join us for a paycut? 😄

Edited August 30, 2024 by LAM09

[Pizy 19,280]

Feels like everything has gone silent at the moment. Ten Hag even saying Sancho is staying now.

With Toney currently doing his medical for the Saudi’s you’d have to assume that if Osimhen decides to say yes to their offer we can just quickly pivot to Toney and use that medical info.

[King Kante 1,643]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

yes, but Sterling's wages per week are over 3 times less when you do the FOREX

and his contract was also half the length

American sports players who are 'names' always get paid more. You have people like Jordan Love who is an ok Quarterback who get essentially $55m a year or $3.25m a game (if his team do not make the play offs.) 

For clarification, Love has only had one season as a starter and only looked decent in the last 8 games or something. QB's do get paid differently to other positions in American Football, but it is also a good example of how they're paid crazily. 

[Mhsc 1,146]

Remember that VO's salary at Napoli is a fake salary. He was given this deal to shut him up and they never expected him to make that money for more than a few months. It was to inflate the salary he'd get next, as he assumed he would never be asked to take a pay cut. Its far more than he's worth and they & we know it.

The only place that will pay him ridiculous money will be Saudi. If he wants that, it is his choice and I wont blame him - that's a different level of wealth. Depends on his motivations and life ambitions. Obviously either way he is sorted for life financially. But that is clearly a one way road: no one is going to buy him back out of Saudi and put him on any kind of serious wages when he's not played proper football in years. I don't blame the guy either way tbh.

[Thor 2,819]

I'm super fine with not going for VO. All the better. 

Hilarious some are calling Toney better than Jackson. Good jokes. Great in fact. 

 

Duran and a CB to close would be great to end things. 

[bluesman2610 1,430]

I get that but if he goes to a new club does that not remove financial responsibility from us not having to subsidize the ridiculous wage. It is different for a manager if they do not get a new job after being sacked then yes we continue to pay them their salary but if he's going to a new team not leaving football why should we still be paying him. Is the contract no longer valid when he is sold.