Chelsea Transfers

[whats happening 1,666]

9 hours ago, Pizy said:

The Arse fan meltdown over Madueke is historic. I’ve never seen that fanbase this apoplectic about a potential signing. 🤣🤣🤣

I cannot even imagine what will happen if we go out and replace Noni with someone better. 

literally happens every week on this forum 🤣

[ZAPHOD2319 4,950]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

I knew all that

I meant WHY are those source of raising funding rules in place?

cash is cash

fuck UEFA

cunts

On UEFA’s side, it is pretty much a source of income and probably makes other teams feel like it is a way to stop the biggest teams from just fielding a massively superior team….. but that happens all the time…so back to income from a luxury tax. The fact that they require it from players sales just a way to appease other teams and make themselves look like they are stewards of the game. This same ownership group pays Major League Baseball a luxury tax every year for the Dodgers exceeding the salary cap. Last year they paid $103m in the luxury tax. They look at it as a part of doing business to having a competitive team to win titles. The Yankees paid $62.5m last year. The amazing part is even MLB has an escalating tax for repeated yearly fines, the Dodgers just keep paying it. 
 

As a fan, you love to see owners who are willing to fork over some cash to win.

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

21 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

This same ownership group pays Major League Baseball a luxury tax every year for the Dodgers exceeding the salary cap. Last year they paid $103m in the luxury tax. They look at it as a part of doing business to having a competitive team to win titles. 
 

As a fan, you love to see owners who are willing to fork over some cash to win.

This is clear proof. Other was Boehly 100 points team quote. And crazy fees paid for Enzo and Caicedo another one. But all this won't stop people saying how these owners don't care about results only profit which couldn't be further from the truth. 

[mkh 759]

Mike Penders' season loan deal to Racing Strasbourg is closer. ⏳ 🇧🇪

(@sachatavolieri)

[Reddish-Blue 2,674]

3 hours ago, Strike said:

He was ahead of Nkunku and even Sancho, Neto last season. 

Ahead of Neto?    Maybe in the early part of the season but compare their performances from say March onwards (the business end of the season).
Madueke - 1 assist 

Neto - 3 goals, 3 assists.  

For all the talk about Madueke, take away that hat-trick vs Wolves and his stats aren't amazing.  

[mkh 759]

Arsenal are also believed to be confident that Ethan Nwaneri will sign a  new contract at the Emirates despite interest from Chelsea and German clubs in the 18-year-old.
(@ed_aarons )

😔

[Pizy 19,280]

Penders going to Strasbourg is great. A season starting for a club at a decent level like that is perfect. If he’s as good as the scouts who pushed to sign him for a lot of money say he is then we endure 1 last season of Sanchez and then Penders can take over this time next year.

In other news, Fabrizio now saying Napoli are NOT working on Garnacho now. That means there’s still a chance our board make a huge mistake and go for him once Noni is out the door. Ffs…was hoping Napoli saved us from ourselves.

[LAM09 7,091]

11 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Penders going to Strasbourg is great. A season starting for a club at a decent level like that is perfect. If he’s as good as the scouts who pushed to sign him for a lot of money say he is then we endure 1 last season of Sanchez and then Penders can take over this time next year.

In other news, Fabrizio now saying Napoli are NOT working on Garnacho now. That means there’s still a chance our board make a huge mistake and go for him once Noni is out the door. Ffs…was hoping Napoli saved us from ourselves.

And potentially European football as well (Lyon's relegation being overturned means Conference League qualifiers await).

[MoroccanBlue 5,399]

34 minutes ago, mkh said:

Arsenal are also believed to be confident that Ethan Nwaneri will sign a  new contract at the Emirates despite interest from Chelsea and German clubs in the 18-year-old.
(@ed_aarons )

😔

The whole he only wants to play midfield thing was far fetched. He just wants a better contract given his role. One of the most played 18 year olds in Europe. 

[ahmedou 213]

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[whats happening 1,666]

[Fabrizio Romano] Morgan Gibbs-White to Tottenham, here we go! Spurs trigger £60m release clause after direct contact with Forest today. Medical booked and set to take place in 24h, as @TeleFootball @mcgrathmike reported. Follows Kudus deal done, massive moves for Spurs project .

[Pizy 19,280]

Spuds going to buy only #10’s this window? When they already have Maddison?

These are solid players they’re buying but I don’t see how you fit Kudus, Maddison, Gibbs-White, and Kulusevski in the same team. Guess the answer is you don’t but it would be weird for Frank to come in and immediately bench Spuds’ best players for these expensive new signings. 

Very un-Spuds like transfer window. Seems they’re actually going to be spending serious money.

[nyikolajevics 2,834]

5 hours ago, mkh said:

Arsenal are also believed to be confident that Ethan Nwaneri will sign a  new contract at the Emirates despite interest from Chelsea and German clubs in the 18-year-old.
(@ed_aarons )

😔

"Believed to be confident"

The art of saying nothing.. 

[Vesper 31,104]

39 minutes ago, whats happening said:

[Fabrizio Romano] Morgan Gibbs-White to Tottenham, here we go! Spurs trigger £60m release clause after direct contact with Forest today. Medical booked and set to take place in 24h, as @TeleFootball @mcgrathmike reported. Follows Kudus deal done, massive moves for Spurs project .

Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White set for Tottenham medical

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6485577/2025/07/10/morgan-gibbs-white-tottenham-transfer-forest/

Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White is set for a medical at Tottenham Hotspur.

Gibbs-White has been high on the recruitment lists of several leading clubs but Spurs are set to bolster new head coach Thomas Frank’s squad further ahead of the new season with the 25-year-old, who has a £60million release clause in his contract at the City Ground.

Gibbs-White moved to Forest from Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2022 and has become one of the Premier League’s most impressive players, while also earning recognition at international level for England.

Recently-appointed Spurs boss Frank is a long-term admirer of Gibbs-White and switching to north London would give him a chance to play Champions League football.

Gibbs-White was strongly considered by Manchester City heading into this transfer window, however, they ultimately favoured the acquisitions of Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders.

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Gibbs-White signed a contract until June 2027 when he joined from Wolves for a fee of up to £42.5million (now $57.6m) including bonuses.

The Englishman starred for Forest in 2024-25, registering seven goals and 10 assists as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side secured a seventh-place finish in the Premier League and qualified for the Conference League next season. He has 18 goals and 28 assists in 118 matches during his three years at Forest, where he has captained the side on occasion.

Spurs, meanwhile, have already agreed a £55m deal to sign West Ham United’s Mohammed Kudus and have completed the signing of Japan international defender Kota Takai. Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso have also joined permanently following loan spells last season. They qualified for the Champions League after beating Manchester United in last season’s Europa League final.

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Worrying news for Forest fans

Analysis by senior writer Danny Taylor

There is no denying the fact that, if you are a Nottingham Forest supporter, this is exceedingly worrying news.

Fresh from the news that Anthony Elanga is joining Newcastle United for £52m, most Forest fans might have been forgiven for thinking that would end any further discussion about the possibility of losing another of their other key performers.

That, however, is not the case and the prospect of losing Gibbs-White will be hard to take given his emergence as a high-calibre Premier League player, winning England recognition in the process.

 

Elanga, who scored six and assisted 11 Premier League goals last season, is poised to move to Newcastle United (Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Why are Spurs trying to sign him? Well, the bottom line here is that he would be an ideal wearer of the club’s colours. And the advantage for Spurs, of course, is that they can offer him Champions League football as well as a substantial pay rise.

Yes, we are talking about a side that finished 17th last season, ten places behind Forest, but this is still an exciting period for the side under Frank.

If they can arrange a deal for Gibbs-White in addition to the one they have struck for Kudus, they have even more reason for optimism that they can re-establish himself themselves as a top-six club.

An exciting move for Spurs – but would it be the right one?

Analysis by Tottenham correspondent Jay Harris

Ange Postecoglou must be looking on with envy at the moves Spurs are making in the transfer window this summer. Last year, the only player they signed who immediately improved the starting XI was Dominic Solanke in a club-record deal worth £65m. They spent the rest of their money on talented teenagers Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert but it left their squad light in lots of areas.

It feels like they have a completely different attitude in this window under Frank. They should complete the signing of Ghana international Kudus by the end of the week and landing Gibbs-White would only make their fanbase even more optimistic about the future with Frank.

When Frank was in charge of Brentford, they were interested in signing Gibbs-White before he joined Forest. Frank mainly used a 4-2-3-1 formation at Brentford last season and Mikkel Damsgaard thrived as the No 10, recording 10 assists which was the joint-fourth best record in the league. Gibbs-White could perform a similar role for Spurs or sit slightly deeper alongside a defensive midfielder.

With the expanded version of the Champions League on the horizon, Spurs need to bulk up their squad but it is already packed with attacking talent. Gibbs-White possesses the quality to start every week but where does that leave James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski? Kudus can play on the right but operates centrally for Ghana. It would be an exciting move but some Spurs fans might argue that the priority should be sourcing an upgrade on Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur at No 6.

[Vesper 31,104]

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/everton-target-four-major-transfers-consider-surprise-return-3792731

Signing Thierno Barry from ­Villareal – a £27.5m move that could be completed this week – is part of the solution and would represent their biggest statement of intent under the Friedkin Group ownership. 

But Everton’s recruitment efforts are also focused on spreading out a budget of around £100m to make sure they have upgrades across the squad.

It is, as one insider admitted to The i Paper recently, something “no other Premier League club has tried to do before”.

The i Paper understands they have a number of ambitious targets, with a £25m move for Manchester City’s James McAtee among the more eye-catching moves being considered.

McAtee has interest from the Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund are one of several clubs in Germany monitoring him – but Moyes is also a big admirer and there has been dialogue with City.

[DH1988 1,356]

1 hour ago, whats happening said:

[Fabrizio Romano] Morgan Gibbs-White to Tottenham, here we go! Spurs trigger £60m release clause after direct contact with Forest today. Medical booked and set to take place in 24h, as @TeleFootball @mcgrathmike reported. Follows Kudus deal done, massive moves for Spurs project .

Brilliant signing for them, irrespective of current players that can play there, smart buy, I rate it. However, I now hate him due to being a Spurs player.

[Mário César 1,483]

Feeling bad for Nottm

They are losing their best players

[TheHulk 2,647]

Slow day today.. considering how many we need to shift this summer you would think there would be more activity.

[Pizy 19,280]

31 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Slow day today.. considering how many we need to shift this summer you would think there would be more activity.

Everything probably on hold til after the final on Sunday. Then we’ll probably quickly see a bunch of outgoings.

[iceboy 1,046]

Official: Kudus to Spurs.