Chelsea Transfers

[TheHulk 2,647]

4 hours ago, Vesper said:

I truly prefer Rogers, Yıldız, and Rodrygo over Simons

Depending how this season plays out in attack, I can see us going for either Rogers or Kenan next year.

Edited August 2, 2025 by TheHulk

[TheHulk 2,647]

 

[Pizy 19,280]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Breaking, Simons did not train yesterday, and he is not part of the squad today, negotiations at advanced stage with Chelsea and Leipzig

Nice, hopefully things finally move forward over the weekend. 
 

 

[Mhsc 1,146]

41 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Price definitely being kept secret for a reason... There's no way we got these £20m/£25m fees that are circulating

Best case £10m-15m base, maybe it goes up to £20m+ if he wins 8 back to back Ballon d'Ors.

[Special Juan 28,765]

The statement from Romano is very key, he stated negotiations are very advanced between us and Leipzig, that's the main thing the club to club talks and now they are very advanced this could be done within the next few days. 

[Pizy 19,280]

48 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

The statement from Romano is very key, he stated negotiations are very advanced between us and Leipzig, that's the main thing the club to club talks and now they are very advanced this could be done within the next few days. 

Tbf, that’s what he and others have been saying for 2 weeks. “Talks advanced.” The big change now is Xavi taking things into his own hands and sitting out training. He’s desperate to come here. 

We have to hope now that things get pushed more strongly from our side and that 1) Xavi skipping training doesn’t piss Leipzig off and 2) Newcastle/Man United bidding for Sesko doesn’t complicate things.

[TheHulk 2,647]

 

[Pizy 19,280]

Looks like Simons and Sesko have done the same thing. Pulled out of the Leipzig squad to try to push through a move.

[DH1988 1,356]

Not overly fussed if we don’t get Simons, although looks like it’ll get done. Not that I’ve watched every RB game, either. Just strikes me as a Sancho, all the ability but slows play down even though he has pace. It’s a shame about Sancho as well, willing to lower his wages to go back to Dortmund but started off on a pedestal in negotiations with us and wouldn’t take £180k a week - Btw nor am I saying he should if he’s on £300k with years to burn. Sancho was finding his place in the team even if he was frustrating at times, most times, he looked to be learning toward the end.

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[Mhsc 1,146]

Pretty explicit that he's on his way.

Honesty I'm a cynical fucker about players coming from Bundesliga so I'll just sit tight and watch how Gittens and Simons do in PL, hoping for the best but intuitively I would expect they'll prove to be helpful squad players but nothing more.

Edit: snap, The Hulk posted the same quote at the same time :)

Edited August 2, 2025 by Mhsc

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18 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Pretty explicit that he's on his way.

Honesty I'm a cynical fucker about players coming from Bundesliga so I'll just sit tight and watch how Gittens and Simons do in PL, hoping for the best but intuitively I would expect they'll prove to be helpful squad players but nothing more.

Edit: snap, The Hulk posted the same quote at the same time 🙂

He was awful against City. 

[Pizy 19,280]

I don’t have much doubt or worry about Xavi taking to the PL for a couple of reasons. Firstly, his technical ability is superb. Excellent dribbler, excellent at receiving the ball under pressure, and is just generally very tidy. And secondly, he isn’t one of those attacking players who only fancy  doing the fun stuff going forward. He gets stuck in and seems to like the physical side as well.

He just doesn’t striker me as the sort of player who’s going to come to the PL and be overwhelmed by the step up. He seems pretty tailor made to it in fact.

[Loyalblue 5]

Some of the fees quoted here for our players are really laughable. Clubs will never pay huge sums for players that are perceived at having failed with their current club but maybe could still do a job for them but at their prices. Nkunku for example maximum we can accept is probably 20m and Broja as his still young probably 10m maybe 15m if we get lucky. Noone even wants most of the other outcasts.

[YorkshireBlue 3,345]

13 minutes ago, Loyalblue said:

Some of the fees quoted here for our players are really laughable. Clubs will never pay huge sums for players that are perceived at having failed with their current club but maybe could still do a job for them but at their prices. Nkunku for example maximum we can accept is probably 20m and Broja as his still young probably 10m maybe 15m if we get lucky. Noone even wants most of the other outcasts.

We just sold broja for a reported 20m, we sold felix for 40m, and your saying nkunku is only worth 20m? 

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[JFKvsNixon 61]

If the Simon's deal moves 50% closer every day, will it ever get done?

[TheHulk 2,647]

 

[Stats 7,227]

5 hours ago, DH1988 said:

Not overly fussed if we don’t get Simons, although looks like it’ll get done. Not that I’ve watched every RB game, either. Just strikes me as a Sancho, all the ability but slows play down even though he has pace. It’s a shame about Sancho as well, willing to lower his wages to go back to Dortmund but started off on a pedestal in negotiations with us and wouldn’t take £180k a week - Btw nor am I saying he should if he’s on £300k with years to burn. Sancho was finding his place in the team even if he was frustrating at times, most times, he looked to be learning toward the end.

Simons has creativity and also can score goals. Last season he got 10 goals and 7 assists in 25 league appearances, whilst in 23/24 he got 8 goals and 11 assists in 32 league appearances. So that shows he has a eye or goal and can create too. Also his shooting from long range is very good. Palmer can do it here and there but Simons is the only one really, if he was to join who can hit rockets.