Chelsea Transfers

[mkh 603]

Chelsea made between 5-7 proposals to try and sign Victor Osimhen, but none of them came “even close” to his Napoli salary. Chelsea tried a base wage plus add ons for UCL qualification and goals scored. They did their best for FFP. (@FabrizioRomano)

 

End of the Saga!!

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

38 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Which part of my post that you just replied to did I say disasi’s name once? My post was about trev. Playing out from the back requires a particular skill set, if you stick players in there to do it who can’t, your asking for far more problems than been a bit better at defending, 

if you actually look at the signings for enzo rather than the shit they bought before, they all suit that profile of player, even tosin, great passer, axel had had a snif in a ECL cup qualifier and was shite! No ones defending disasi, him bads, noni mudryk will all be sold 

This the manager prefers this player of that is pure pretence. Clownlake know which players they want to sell and those magically fall out of favour with Maresca. He is their puppet. 
You are deluding yourself if you think disasi or Badi are better at plying out from the back than trev. That’s just coping. Clownlake are clueless, made a bad decision and just as they are trying to save face with this brainless loan you retrospectively try to justify that decision 

[Mhsc 1,098]

I really doubt Osimhen will be training alone at Napoli til January, probably he goes to Saudi on a perm still, or goes on loan to somewhere like Portugal, Holland etc with Napoli covering 2/3rds of his wages with him back up for sale in Jan or summer. I imagine Napoli would want to send him out to wherever he can absolutely farm goals (some crazy attacking side who scores a lot but concede a lot?) and pump his value back up. If he doesn't score a lot or get injured though they are really fucked - and no way they can afford to carry his salary and lose all that transfer money long term either, it would cripple them for a long time.

Hope we do not go back in for him though, he had his chance to play for Chels.

[Vesper 30,232]

Just now, Thor said:

Veiga and KDH as midfield depth.

Neto and Felix for upfront depth and solid starting options (in turn less Sterling and Mudryk which is a massive plus). 

Lukaku out. 

We had so many of our best players injured last season like Nkunku, James, Lavia, etc that we can't bloat the squad any more to give them options. 

The only thing we missed out on was a CB of starting quality. I'm not confident there, and don't rate Levi that highly - but clearly they want to give the pairing a go. I think they deserve that opportunity. 

we are fucked at CF during AFCON and/or if Jackson gets injured

I am not at all sold on KDF so far (I remain open to being convinced)

our CBs and GKers are overall, despite hundreds of millions spent, far from remotely being a solid group and potentially disasterclass, especially if Fofana (horrid injury record) and/or Colwill go down, plus we are also in dire straits if Jörgensen turns out to be dross

so many of the 'exits' are just loans with no obligations to buy, thus they are just kick the can down the road band-aids

the Sterling loan is a joke, no fee, no obligation, and we are still on the hook for probably around £175K PW or so for wages, plus likely all his bonus payments

we are now probably under the cosh for those dodgy Strasbourg sales/attempted sales

failed on multiple loans and sales (so far, some windows are still open) including the massive salaried Chilwell

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

DDF needs to be reintegrated back into the squad. Jackson and Guiu isnt enough.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

About that, what are we gonna do with Chilwell? If he sits around a year that’s not only financially a catastrophe, his value will tank but also he really is not that bad. He would still be a good backup at LB and playing that inverted role can’t be so hard. Cucu and veiga are hardly technically or tactically better and picked it up in no time 

[mkh 603]

Chilwell has already been offered to Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce, with their Turkish international Ferdi Kadioglu completing a late-August move to Brighton & Hove Albion.

@JacobsBen

[mkh 603]

Chelsea’s obligation to buy clause in Sancho’s contract will be triggered if they finish in top 14 of PL this season.

The purchase fee is between £20m & £25m depending on where Chelsea finish. The higher they finish the higher the fee

@TelegraphDucker

[IMissEden 21]

14 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

DDF needs to be reintegrated back into the squad. Jackson and Guiu isnt enough.

He would partner with Nkunku very well I personally think from what I saw Nk Leipzig. Basically perfect foils for the others strengths

[Seymop 90]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

Been a very good window

I think I’m losing the plot , but I think it’s been a total shambles.

Many deals left until the last minute — which means we don’t get the best price for selling as clubs see us as desperate to offload.As I said previously we never seem to get our preferred target and we make our interest so well known that the selling club takes us for top dollar.

Yes we have ended up shipping out some failures,but we still have a lot left I.e Badiashille,Disasi, Mudryk etc. To win the Premiership you need a strong spine - Goalkeeper, Centre Half and Centre Forward,we have none of those components 

[Mhsc 1,098]

29 minutes ago, mkh said:

Chilwell has already been offered to Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce, with their Turkish international Ferdi Kadioglu completing a late-August move to Brighton & Hove Albion.

@JacobsBen

Called it

[Pizy 18,957]

Did they make Sancho walk from Manchester to London? Did he get lost?

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

This the manager prefers this player of that is pure pretence. Clownlake know which players they want to sell and those magically fall out of favour with Maresca. He is their puppet. 
You are deluding yourself if you think disasi or Badi are better at plying out from the back than trev. That’s just coping. Clownlake are clueless, made a bad decision and just as they are trying to save face with this brainless loan you retrospectively try to justify that decision 

No one saying they are better or worse, but to say the manager isn’t picking the players is garbage. Tell me you don’t watch the press conferences with out telling me you don’t…

[Vesper 30,232]

58 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Called it

will it be a loan? (Chilwell to Fenerbahçe)

Edited August 31, 2024 by Vesper

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

13 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

No one saying they are better or worse, but to say the manager isn’t picking the players is garbage. Tell me you don’t watch the press conferences with out telling me you don’t…

Right bc Maresca is gonna come out at a presser like „you know guys, I am just the puppet and mouthpiece of a bunch of stupid Americans. Ask away“ 

Edited August 31, 2024 by Magic Lamps

[Thor 2,728]

4 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Right bc Maresca is gonna come out at a presser like „you know guys, I am just the puppet and mouthpiece of a bunch of stupid Americans. Ask away“ 

You clearly have a far better understanding of what is going on. 

[Thor 2,728]

1 hour ago, Seymop said:

I think I’m losing the plot , but I think it’s been a total shambles.

Many deals left until the last minute — which means we don’t get the best price for selling as clubs see us as desperate to offload.As I said previously we never seem to get our preferred target and we make our interest so well known that the selling club takes us for top dollar.

Yes we have ended up shipping out some failures,but we still have a lot left I.e Badiashille,Disasi, Mudryk etc. To win the Premiership you need a strong spine - Goalkeeper, Centre Half and Centre Forward,we have none of those components 

Our CF is Jackson who is plenty good. 

Our preferred target? Osimhen? Since when? Seems like he was someone they had pencilled in for a reasonable price - but the dude got idiotic with wage demands. Osimhen isn't some generational talent. He is a guy with one great season in the Italian league. One. A single season. He isn't some grandstand champion that has been dominating for years. Its one good season. 

We have a potent attack, our midfield is good and is learning to play together. Yes - our CBs are a bit eh, but at the same time they haven't played together and are young. Both Fofana and Levi were some highly touted young CBs. Maybe lets give them time. Noni is looking a lot better after some time. Caceido has grown well after time. Cucu as well.

Just let the guys freaking play. People are writing off players after 2 games. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

19 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Right bc Maresca is gonna come out at a presser like „you know guys, I am just the puppet and mouthpiece of a bunch of stupid Americans. Ask away“ 

Has any other manager under Clearlake being this brutal? And openly talking about players not his fit and they won’t play for him? But carry on with the yes man narrative if it makes you feel better. 

[Vesper 30,232]

1 hour ago, Seymop said:

I think I’m losing the plot , but I think it’s been a total shambles.

Many deals left until the last minute — which means we don’t get the best price for selling as clubs see us as desperate to offload.As I said previously we never seem to get our preferred target and we make our interest so well known that the selling club takes us for top dollar.

Yes we have ended up shipping out some failures,but we still have a lot left I.e Badiashille,Disasi, Mudryk etc. To win the Premiership you need a strong spine - Goalkeeper, Centre Half and Centre Forward,we have none of those components 

I have never seen a top 20 in the world club in a more complicated mess, and we just keep digging deeper

we have huge issues on so so many levels, both on and off the pitch

in no order:

new stadium plans in shambles atm

possible bans/relegation for multiple reasons (FFP, Roman old shenanigans, dodgy co-club sales) which could result in Euro bans, transfer bans, points deduction, or even straight relelgation

potentially well fucked at CF, CB, and GKer, especially if we have a few key injuries

so so much deadwood not dealt with in terms of permanent solutions, as in so many cases we just loaned them out with no guarantee of non return, including multiple players on massive wages

no shirt main sponsor yet (truly wtf) unless something happened that I am missing

academy/youth teams spiralling down, key people sacked

absolutely foundational lack of both common sense and overall direction from the main upper management, plus the ownership

I am sure I am forgetting some things

but there is a hell of a start (or continuance if you will) to a long period of potential perdition

 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,078]

5 hours ago, IMissEden said:

CFC looked leagues ahead of Arsenal in opening games. I was not expecting to lose to them at all. 

Let's hope that you are right.