Chelsea Transfers

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

So Cucurella loan fee and salary plus Chalobah fee... That's -50m we expected. And they gonna stay doing nothing here. With no European footy which is over 100m minus and still no main sponsor another 40-50m we really needed that money. 

 

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11 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

 

I assume Maatsen doesn't want to extend, otherwise braindead to play Cucurella last night.

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9 hours ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

Ì keep on doing a trigger/del boy when it comes to Palmer, by calling him Cole Porter.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Ugochukwu

is going to be a beast down the road IMHO

[ZAPHOD2319 4,804]

We wanted £7m for the Cucu loan. ManUre offered £2M and then £3M. Fuck them, we don’t need to help them be better if they are low balling us.

[LAM09 7,043]

It's the same old story where we're considered. We've chosen poor destinations for players to go out on loan and effectively wasted the most important years of their careers.

I wasn't a fan of Casadei remaining in the Championship, and I'm still not thrilled because I believe he's far too good for the league, but at the very least, he's going to get plenty of minutes, which is paramount. 

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Tomorrow will be crazy. It’s good we don’t chase anyone. We will fight to offload whoever we can. Turkey and Saudi will be the options for the players we don’t manage to sell/loan.

[Jype 6,398]

14 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

We wanted £7m for the Cucu loan. ManUre offered £2M and then £3M. Fuck them, we don’t need to help them be better if they are low balling us.

I think the more important factor rather than the loan fee was that United insisted on a break clause for January. If he turned out shite for them too and in January they had Shaw and Malacia back from their injuries they'd 100% have sent him back while we'd have preferred to have his salary off the books for the whole season.

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16 minutes ago, Jype said:

I think the more important factor rather than the loan fee was that United insisted on a break clause for January. If he turned out shite for them too and in January they had Shaw and Malacia back from their injuries they'd 100% have sent him back while we'd have preferred to have his salary off the books for the whole season.

Half a season better than nothing . He need malouda treatment 

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

Chalobah and Humphreys still here and nothing indicates they will leave. Both are extra. 

Cucurella I'm OK with him staying because at least he is backup in 4atb. Clearly Poch is not planning to use Maatsen there. In fact, Maatsen could be sacrificed tomorrow because these deals collapsed and he has 10 months on contract. 

Edited August 31, 2023 by NikkiCFC

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[NikkiCFC 8,300]

4 hours ago, Pizy said:

Feels like the club kind of panicked and signed Ugo purely as insurance in case Caicedo didn’t happen. 

Is 25m for this new young Brazilian midfielder also club panicking? Plus we got Lavia. Looks like we are just stockpiling young players and if 1 in 3 turns out good it's a win. 

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

13 hours ago, DDA said:

Maddison is decent, Spurs got a very good deal with him, ill give you that. 

Kudus though... he has been majorly overrated by many in here. Palmers ceiling is far higher in my opinion..

Palmer & Kudus both hugely overpriced and overrated I would say. Maddison would of been worth a go but he was always going to go to Spurs or Newcastle as he’d be guaranteed to start although I think he is good enough to do so here. Certainly more so than the other 2.

Palmer maybe played 2 games for City which most people may have seen, in arguably one of the best club teams of the past 10-15 years but £45m for him is now a good deal and to use your words he has a higher ceiling than player X/Y/Z.

Lets be honest, if we had tried to sign Cole Palmer prior to the Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup, there would of been absolute outrage on here. Pitchforks would of been out “who the fuck is this kid?” Etc etc. 100%. It seems quite incredible how the tables have turned now after 2 games which one you could class as a dead rubber but if the kid comes in, good luck to him but its a hugely disappointing signing if I am honest. We needed someone who is a bit more proven in that area, as we are a bit light without Nkunku as of right now. An injury to Sterling and we would have no senior attackers. 

For Kudus, his only concrete options were Brighton (which he talked himself out of) and West Ham. I don’t think an outstanding player of the calibre he is made out to be only has Brighton - maybe unfair as they have had a few impressive seasons - or West Ham as their only concrete suitors. And in a time where we are severely overpaying and buying anybody who looks like they could be a half decent player, the fact we didn’t sign him says everything. Or Arsenal, who chose to instead prioritise a deal for Kai Havertz over him. 

Edited August 31, 2023 by OneMoSalah

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