Chelsea Transfers

[Reddish-Blue 2,510]

6 hours ago, King Kante said:

Although I suspect a couple of the AM's will get moved when the Estevao and Paez turn up. 

I would say a combination of Neto/Sancho/Palmer/Madueke/Brazilian wonderkid would be enough for the AM roles.  

Chuks and Mudryk should be gone and the rumors around Nkunku aren't surprising, probably wants regular minutes to get into the National team. 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,077]

On 22/10/2024 at 18:32, LAM09 said:

This stance of playing hardball is so stupid. If a player doesn't see himself being at the club for the foreseeable future, do everything possible to get the highest fee for them.

Reading between the lines, it seems likely that the question of a transfer is at the root of the club's frustration. My guess is that Acheampong is not only refusing to sign a new deal, but is also refusing the option to leave on a permanent transfer. Faced with losing him for a compensation fee, at best, CFC are hoping their stance will encourage he and his advisers to accept a move. Reading further between the lines, the lad has probably been tapped up and knows there is a fat contract waiting for him at a club he would be happy to join when his Chelsea contract ends.

[King Kante 1,643]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I would say a combination of Neto/Sancho/Palmer/Madueke/Brazilian wonderkid would be enough for the AM roles.  

Chuks and Mudryk should be gone and the rumors around Nkunku aren't surprising, probably wants regular minutes to get into the National team. 

I am personally still not sold on Sancho. At the moment, I have him still in the same category as Mudryk in that you can use them when playing the small fry/when we have all the ball. However, yes, we have more than enough at AM and the rumours around Nkunku aren't surprising at all.

[LAM09 7,062]

2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Reading between the lines, it seems likely that the question of a transfer is at the root of the club's frustration. My guess is that Acheampong is not only refusing to sign a new deal, but is also refusing the option to leave on a permanent transfer. Faced with losing him for a compensation fee, at best, CFC are hoping their stance will encourage he and his advisers to accept a move. Reading further between the lines, the lad has probably been tapped up and knows there is a fat contract waiting for him at a club he would be happy to join when his Chelsea contract ends.

Last I read, he's on contract till 2026. Is the player and his entourage really willing to waste away almost two years for whatever may be waiting ahead for him?

[nyikolajevics 2,702]

5 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

If United do get Amorim, he's going to bring his best players with him.   

United recently invested huge amount of money in Hojlund and Zirkzee, I would be surprised if they would be willing to bid for Gyökeres, Amorim coming or not.

They pretty much bought Ten Hag half of his Ajax team, I don't think they will do it again for a young, relatively unproven manager. MU squad has a lot of talent and depth, I think the new manager will have to try cook something out of it, I don't expect a lot of transfers from their side in January.

By the way, he already got Ugarte, he was one if his best player ~1.5 years ago.

Edited October 29, 2024 by nyikolajevics

[mkh 600]

Chelsea is preparing a significant offer of 100 million euros to sign two of the most promising defenders from Benfica, Antonio Silva and Tomás Araujo, in an attempt to strengthen their defensive line for the future.

The Blues' board sees this Portuguese duo as a key opportunity to rejuvenate and enhance their defensive squad, surpassing Premier League rivals like Manchester United and Arsenal who have also shown interest in both players.

(Javier Parra Peña)

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11 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

If United do get Amorim, he's going to bring his best players with him.   

Viktor Gyökeres
Gonçalo Inácio  
Morten Hjulmand 
Ousmane Diomande

Geovany Quenda 

Pedro Gonçalves 
Trincão 
Zeno Debast 
Marcus Edwards 
Geny Catamo 
Conrad Harder
Eduardo Quaresma
Iván Fresneda  

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[Mário César 1,282]

12 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

He can go...

[TheHulk 2,482]

15 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Nonsense.

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1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Carlo needs to REALLY worry about his shit defence (his fullbacks, with Carvajal out, are really dire, and even Carvajal back that doesnt sort out LB (Mendy sucks, regardless of Ancelotti ludicrously calling him the best LB in the world) and lack of depth at CB, especially with 32yo Alaba still wrecked from his horrid knee injury, and Miltao a shadow of the player he was before his own bad injury)

Plus lack of creativity at AMF (which Enzo doesn't solve)

plus an actual CF

as Mbappe at CF, Vini Jr at LW is not working all that well, and tensions between the two are rising

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Nonsense.

Not sure if Real Madrid would pay the money, but Ancelotti did in fact say he would like to have Enzo.

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On 29/10/2024 at 10:09, mkh said:

💬Chelsea are among those specifically interested in Viktor Gyökeres. There is an agreement that he can leave Sporting in the Summer for €60-70m. (SkySport)

£50m for Gyökeres would be a steal IMHO

prefer him over Isak all day long at that price

and even though he turns 27 in June 2025, we would likely get 5 or 6 prime years out of him.

plus he only has had 3 big minute seasons on his body (the last 3, and this season will make 4)

so he is not like a Michael Owen type who was run into ground at a young age

This is Owen at 16 years old and on

by the time he was 25, 26, he was already run into the ground

also, Owen never scored 20 or more league goals in a topflight season, ever

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Chelsea

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/150888057/Chelsea

• Enzo Maresca: “Wesley Fofana looks ok, he’s a fighter. He was playing (at the weekend) in pain.”

• Enzo Maresca to go with a very different line-up from Sunday against Newcastle.

• Enzo Maresca: "The club has never mentioned anything about needing to finish in the top four. They always said the target and idea is to build something important for four or five years, and we are working everyday to achieve that.”

• Enzo Maresca on Jadon Sancho: "For the last two games, he didn't play because of tactical reasons, nothing more than that. He’s done well since he arrived, but players can't maintain the same level all season."

[OhForAGreavsie 6,077]

On 29/10/2024 at 13:40, LAM09 said:

Last I read, he's on contract till 2026. Is the player and his entourage really willing to waste away almost two years for whatever may be waiting ahead for him?

Assuming our guesses are right it's the pressure of the player wanting, Indeed needing to, play which makes sense of Chelsea's stance. If the player is so fixed on the hypothetical move we're talking about that he'd be willing to twiddle his thumbs for two seasons then Chelsea's position would be pointless.

[LAM09 7,062]

11 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Assuming our guesses are right it's the pressure of the player wanting, Indeed needing to, play which makes sense of Chelsea's stance. If the player is so fixed on the hypothetical move we're talking about that he'd be willing to twiddle his thumbs for two seasons then Chelsea's position would be pointless.

If the latter occurs, his advisors' counsel will appear to be dumb. The prospect of squandering your formative years betting on "a mystery club" and hoping they are still interested in two seasons.

[TheHulk 2,482]

Need to get 2-3 central backs and bin Badiashile, Disasi, Tosin and Fofana.

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2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Need to get 2-3 central backs and bin Badiashile, Disasi, Tosin and Fofana.

and a GKer!

the very things I have been going bonkers over for years

🤬

the most galling thing is that most every player (CuCu being the only main exception) I went cray cray angry over when we shit away hundreds of millions on (collectively) them has absolutely, as I predicted and feared, BEEN UTTER SHITE (fucking Sterling included)

 

tonight was sheer torture for me

so many players I never ever wanted, do not like, all playing together in an stew of shit

shambolic

maddening