Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 31,104]

47 minutes ago, DDA said:

Simons slowed down now Isak has become available 👀 

Isak is not worth (for us atm) £130m IMHO

there is one team (amongst the richest big 5 league euro power teams atm) above all the rest who needs him:

Pool

Barca as well IF Lewa finally slows down, BUT they cannot afford him

Manure also could so use him, but they are nowhere near a powerhouse atm

Arse now has Gyökeres

Real will stay with Mbappe as CF

Citeh obviously do not need him

Bayern have Kane

PSG perhaps would go for him, but thier systen doesnt need a pure CF

Atletico have Julian Alvarez

[Vesper 31,104]

[Thor 2,819]

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

All these tables show me is that there is a lot of deception in football stats. Even goals and assists. 

Some players have far and away amazing stats compared to others - but aren't anywhere near as impactful. Football is so different to something like basketball, where you can see how successful someone is from certain part of the court converting on attempts, etc. Football is too expansive and the low scoring element changes things completely. 

Much harder to zone in on what makes players great. 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,127]

4 hours ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

Kinda like when Bates bought Chelsea for a pound.(plus taking on our debts)

Much of which he didn't pay! Stiffed a lot of people.

[Tomo 21,751]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

Simons slowed down now Isak has become available 👀 

No chance of that happening, wages would be too much for us above all else.

Furthermore I think Newcastle and he will come to one of those "one more year" agreements.

[Thor 2,819]

Not too worried about the pace which things are moving. 

Gittens took some time. 

I think we're trying to sort out some outgoings as well. 

[LAM09 7,091]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Isak is not worth (for us atm) £130m IMHO

there is one team (amongst the richest big 5 league euro power teams atm) above all the rest who needs him:

Pool

Barca as well IF Lewa finally slows down, BUT they cannot afford him

Manure also could so use him, but they are nowhere near a powerhouse atm

Arse now has Gyökeres

Real will stay with Mbappe as CF

Citeh obviously do not need him

Bayern have Kane

PSG perhaps would go for him, but thier systen doesnt need a pure CF

Atletico have Julian Alvarez

Since Liverpool has had trouble attracting any serious interest in Nunez, I still believe a move to Saudi Arabia may be on the card unless they can somehow send him to Napoli or wherever. 

[TheHulk 2,647]

I like Yildiz but what's happening with Simons.

[DDA 10,237]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

I like Yildiz but what's happening with Simons.

Wouldn't read too much into this. Juve won’t sell. 
 

The Simons deal is far from being done though. Byern are sniffing around like rabid Alsatian's. 

[TheHulk 2,647]

Just now, DDA said:

Wouldn't read too much into this. Juve won’t sell. 
 

The Simons deal is far from being done though. Byern are sniffing around like rabid Alsatian's. 

Reports said agreement with Simons was almost done, 2 days later and still nothing on it.

[Marvin123 541]

3 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Reports said agreement with Simons was almost done, 2 days later and still nothing on it.

We structure our payments very complex. It will take time to do

[Reddish-Blue 2,674]

3 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Reports said agreement with Simons was almost done, 2 days later and still nothing on it.

Leipzig want 70 million and we still have to sell players to meet the UCL financial quota. 

Ideally Felix + Nkunku would be sold by now

[Strike 7,790]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Leipzig want 70 million and we still have to sell players to meet the UCL financial quota. 

Ideally Felix + Nkunku would be sold by now

and Veiga sale has hit a snag

[We Hate Scouse 10,352]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Leipzig want 70 million and we still have to sell players to meet the UCL financial quota. 

Ideally Felix + Nkunku would be sold by now

We had to sell £70m worth to hit the UEFA quota no? We've sold around £105m so should be fine

[NikkiCFC 8,516]

On 24/07/2025 at 12:57, Reddish-Blue said:

If Hato isn't agreed, I get the feeling Arsenal may jump in last minute, they were very keen on him earlier on in the window and Arteta likes his defenders. 

They have MLS, Calafiori and Gabriel in area where Hato operates. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,674]

1 hour ago, We Hate Scouse said:

We had to sell £70m worth to hit the UEFA quota no? We've sold around £105m so should be fine

I just went through the UEFA Settlement agreement doc and it doesn't mention 70 million anywhere. 

It says we have to have a positive transfer balance in order to register all new players in List A for the Champions League.

The Club agrees to be subject to a sporting restriction and, as a consequence, may not
register any new player on its List A to UEFA club competitions unless the List A Transfer
Balance is positive.
• The List A Transfer Balance is defined as the difference between the cost savings from
outgoing players (“Cost savings”) and the new costs from incoming players (“New costs”) at
any applicable deadline for the Club’s submission of its List A.

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/029b-1e280acc9f0c-a8b2ed192749-1000/chelsea_summary_version_4-year_sa_20250704173903.pdf

[Pizy 19,280]

Still nothing, huh? 🫤

If we’ve been in direct club to club talks for 3 days now and if the player is as keen to come here as some have suggested then I wonder what the holdup is? 

[Reddish-Blue 2,674]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

and Veiga sale has hit a snag

Yeh because Atletico went and signed another defender.

Madueke/Petrovic sales help but if we're going to spend 70 + 40 to 45 for Simons & Hato, we will definitely need alot more in sales. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,674]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Still nothing, huh? 🫤

If we’ve been in direct club to club talks for 3 days now and if the player is as keen to come here as some have suggested then I wonder what the holdup is? 

I heard Liverpool found another 70 million in their transfer war chest and they want to announce Simons and Isak together 😆

[We Hate Scouse 10,352]

13 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I just went through the UEFA Settlement agreement doc and it doesn't mention 70 million anywhere. 

It says we have to have a positive transfer balance in order to register all new players in List A for the Champions League.

The Club agrees to be subject to a sporting restriction and, as a consequence, may not
register any new player on its List A to UEFA club competitions unless the List A Transfer
Balance is positive.
• The List A Transfer Balance is defined as the difference between the cost savings from
outgoing players (“Cost savings”) and the new costs from incoming players (“New costs”) at
any applicable deadline for the Club’s submission of its List A.

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/029b-1e280acc9f0c-a8b2ed192749-1000/chelsea_summary_version_4-year_sa_20250704173903.pdf

But it won't be straight up ins and outs over the Summer 2025 period, it will be the value when amortisation is taken into consideration.

As far as my minimal understanding goes, we just needed to raise approximately £70m in sales this summer, which we have done.