Chelsea Transfers

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

What is the price talk tho? 
can’t see them entertaining bids under 50m tbh. Young, English, HG, over 100gs experience, can play everywhere in midfield and attack plus has 3 years left in his contract. He basically is their mount but with a higher ceiling and we sold mase with 1y left for a hefty fee. 

his profile perfectly fits the intersection of what Pochettino wants (PL experience, ready to play, versatile attacker) and the boards overall strategy (young, big upside, hungry for titles) . Not the kind of player who lifts us to a new level but he offers something no one else in the squad does, esp with the injuries to nkunku and Carney 

[Mhsc 1,093]

Like Mason he is massively overrated IMO due to where he has come from and the opportunities he has had to play for them. He is worse than Carney imo. Wouldn't take him unless it is for the loan army to try to flip him for money. 

We need to find a first teamer who can play behind the striker (as a SS or LAM) and at a pinch play as the striker. Smithe Rowe is just more of what we've already got, except worse and injury prone.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

13 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

What is the price talk tho? 
can’t see them entertaining bids under 50m tbh. Young, English, HG, over 100gs experience, can play everywhere in midfield and attack plus has 3 years left in his contract. He basically is their mount but with a higher ceiling and we sold mase with 1y left for a hefty fee. 

his profile perfectly fits the intersection of what Pochettino wants (PL experience, ready to play, versatile attacker) and the boards overall strategy (young, big upside, hungry for titles) . Not the kind of player who lifts us to a new level but he offers something no one else in the squad does, esp with the injuries to nkunku and Carney 

If we're willing to pay anywhere near that, we're actually crazy and Arsenal would be huge winners. 

To think Kudus was available for 40ish million...

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

10 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

What is the price talk tho? 
can’t see them entertaining bids under 50m tbh. Young, English, HG, over 100gs experience, can play everywhere in midfield and attack plus has 3 years left in his contract. He basically is their mount but with a higher ceiling and we sold mase with 1y left for a hefty fee. 

his profile perfectly fits the intersection of what Pochettino wants (PL experience, ready to play, versatile attacker) and the boards overall strategy (young, big upside, hungry for titles) . Not the kind of player who lifts us to a new level but he offers something no one else in the squad does, esp with the injuries to nkunku and Carney 

There is some things in common with Mount but Mount played 195 games for Chels to ESR 97 for Arse and MM played a major part in winning the European Cup,also 36 caps to ESR 3 caps and played in both major international tournaments so i'd say Mount has higher status in the game.also although it was poor when both players had their injury hit season last year Mount still played 35 games.

We sold Mount because we didnt want to let him walk for free next summer.Arse want to sell because they need to for FFP. So all things considered,think the fee will be a lot less than 50m.

[Mhsc 1,093]

Interesting how secret it is being kept. Wonder if its one of those where the selling club wants to make a signing first and we've got to wait and keep it quiet? In which case any rumour from the last weeks might suddenly just 'happen' one day. 

[Artandur 939]

4 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Interesting how secret it is being kept. Wonder if its one of those where the selling club wants to make a signing first and we've got to wait and keep it quiet? In which case any rumour from the last weeks might suddenly just 'happen' one day. 

Romano is saying they simply haven't decided who to go for yet

[Pizy 18,858]

2 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Romano is saying they simply haven't decided who to go for yet

Don’t think there’s any chance that the club doesn’t know who they want yet. It’s surely that they don’t want a super public back and forth that would get other clubs in a bidding war or complicate negotiations. There’s no way with mere days to go in the window that we’re scrambling around in desperation behind the scenes.

[Fernando 6,585]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

the new Caicedo

Those are the type of buys we should have made instead of 100 million on a player. 

Well anyways Caicedo and Enzo where my dream pair so can't complain much. 

But in the future let this be the last and let's continue to focus on buying players like that. 

Edited August 29, 2023 by Fernando

[ulvhedin 525]

1 minute ago, Fernando said:

Those are the type of buys we should have made instead of 100 million on a player. 

Well anyways, Caicedo and Enzo where my dream pair, so can't complain much. 

But in the future let this be the last and let's continue to focus on buying players like that. 

Well, we bought Ugochukwu (and Santos)

[Mhsc 1,093]

2 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Romano is saying they simply haven't decided who to go for yet

Romano wont actually know that though. IMO he is a mouth piece for agents who use him to shop around their players and ultimately to make money. There is no way PW, LS etc or people in their team are giving him info - then he would know WAY more. Whenever he isn't saying something quite concrete, it is just noise to get views that is likely to not turn out to be totally wrong or disprovable later. Hence, he does loads of posts saying kind of nothing, and then when an agent feeds him something more concrete he publishes that and ties it into whatever generic narrative he's been selling previously.

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[Artandur 939]

4 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Romano wont actually know that though. IMO he is a mouth piece for agents who use him to shop around their players and ultimately to make money. There is no way PW, LS etc or people in their team are giving him info - then he would know WAY more. Whenever he isn't saying something quite concrete, it is just noise to get views that is likely to not turn out to be totally wrong or disprovable later. Hence, he does loads of posts saying kind of nothing, and then when an agent feeds him something more concrete he publishes that and ties it into whatever generic narrative he's been selling previously.

Sure, i don't disagree

[lluubbeenn 171]

I would like to believe we have a plan and are working on a concrete deal, BUT I think the one more attacking player talk started when we lost Chuku to injury and Olise deal collapsed. To our disappointment I think the board lack an unanimous decision who to go for and are on the brink of entering deadline day in panic mode. Hope I'm wrong.

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LIVE Transfer Talk: Chelsea eye Raphinha-Torres double deal

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/38279479/transfer-talk-Chelsea-eye-raphinha-torres-double-dea

Chelsea are considering an approach for Barcelona stars Raphinha and Ferran Torres, according to the Daily Mail.

Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino remains on the lookout for potential options that could strengthen his attack before the transfer deadline on Friday and appears set to open talks with the reigning LaLiga champions over a deal for the duo.

Torres, 23, has scored in consecutive games to open Barca's season, but both his appearances have come from the bench with Poland international Robert Lewandowski preferred ahead of him. Raphinha didn't feature in Barca's 4-3 victory over Villarreal on Sunday, and the Stamford Bridge hierarchy are said to be engaged in talks over whether to make a move for the former Leeds United flyer.

Recent reports have indicated that Barcelona would need to offload a player if they are to acquire Atletico Madrid's João Félix, while they are also looking to complete a transfer for Manchester City full-back João Cancelo.

Chelsea are also busy in terms of outgoings amid discussions with Bayern Munich over a deal for 24-year-old defender Trevoh Chalobah. Sky Sports Deutschland's Florian Plettenberg reports that manager Thomas Tuchel -- who used to coach Chalobah at Chelsea -- is keen to land the 24-year-old, though there is some disagreement among members on the Bundesliga champions' transfer committee.

Chalobah is yet to make an appearance in the Premier League this season and has previously been linked with a move to Inter Milan.

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