Chelsea Transfers

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

1 minute ago, Special Juan said:

That Palmer thing happened fast. From a knocked back 35M bid to here we go in three hours.

Medical today apparently

Looks a tidy player, ticks the HG criteria box as well.  

[Vegetable 830]

16 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Caicedo might still flop easily and we will be stuck with him for 8 years. 

I think it's quite obvious this deal gone too far, especially given he was the plan B, but neither of plans a, b or c were very impressive and we seemed to have no other backup idea. Him and Enzo may turn out very good quality players, but they would have to become the hall of fame level for those pricetag to be justifiable with "it was worth it".

[Artandur 939]

7 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

I think it's quite obvious this deal gone too far, especially given he was the plan B, but neither of plans a, b or c were very impressive and we seemed to have no other backup idea. Him and Enzo may turn out very good quality players, but they would have to become the hall of fame level for those pricetag to be justifiable with "it was worth it".

How was he plan B? The very first thing we heard this summer was that we want Ugarte+Caicedo, and we ended up with Lavia+Caicedo

[lucio 5,418]

True , caicedo was first choice. Lavia is our plan b from wanting ugarte 

[Special Juan 28,132]

Matt Law reporting Spurs weighing up late Gallagher bid and an offer for Brennan Johnson imminent.

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,268]

22 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Matt Law reporting Spurs weighing up late Gallagher bid and an offer for Brennan Johnson imminent.

 

Are we done this window now? I think we are personally 

[Special Juan 28,132]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Are we done this window now? I think we are personally 

It does seem so, but with us you never know. 

[Jype 6,398]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Are we done this window now? I think we are personally 

I think incomings are done after Palmer gets announced but still lots to do with outgoings.

Lukaku seems done already but Cucurella, CHO, Sarr, Chalobah need some moves sorted out plus some loans for the youngsters (Washington, Burstow etc.)

[mkh 573]

Tino Anjorin will join League One side Portsmouth on loan until January.

His future will then be reassessed in the new year.

@TheAthleticFC

[Artandur 939]

So is Washington staying with the team? Barely any loan talk about him

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I don't see him flopping.   There's a reason why Arsenal wanted him badly the previous window and then Liverpool tried to hijack our deal.  

I've seen sources say it's 125k base per week....which is reasonable for a young midfielder of his quality. 

Just remember that our negotiating position is bad as every good agent out there will know that we offered Cucurella 175k a week, Kepa 150k a week, Lakaka over 300k a week and even CHO's contract was supposedly up to 180k a week. 

So far Caicedo has shown potential not quality. One good season does not make a word class player. If the contract is incentives based, fair enough but still. I was always against this signing on these terms. Even if he becomes a solid player like Ramires or Mikel he would still be a flop for  the money paid. 
You can only get of this viscous wages circle when you sell the overpaid freeloaders (which we are doing) and refuse to hand out those contracts again, which we still struggle with. 

[Special Juan 28,132]

Palmer is at Cobham now.

[lluubbeenn 173]

If we refuse to pay high wages outright we are doomed. Not giving money away for the sake of it ala United I understand, but when a player shines we need to pay in order to be in the conversation for the next big thing. At the end of the day football employs people and they will always strive to be better paid.  

[mkh 573]

Chelsea will listen to offers of around £50 million should they arrive for Conor Gallagher, but he is content to fight for minutes at Chelsea.

Tottenham's interest is genuine.

(@JacobsBen)

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

10 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

So far Caicedo has shown potential not quality. One good season does not make a word class player. If the contract is incentives based, fair enough but still. I was always against this signing on these terms. Even if he becomes a solid player like Ramires or Mikel he would still be a flop for  the money paid. 
You can only get of this viscous wages circle when you sell the overpaid freeloaders (which we are doing) and refuse to hand out those contracts again, which we still struggle with. 

He'll just join the list then alongside Cucurella, Mudryk, Lakaka, Havertz, Kepa as big money transfers that went wrong...wouldn't be surprised if we're adding Fofana to that list in the future as he'll have his fair share of injury issues. 

I'm personally not a fan of calling a player a flop unless they've proven that they can't make an impact.  Caicedo was always going to cost in the 90 million range at the bare minimum and when Brighton realised that Arsenal were stupid enough to pay >100 million for Mr. Rice, they were on a mission to milk out as much money as possible for their midfielder.