Reddish-Blue 2,676 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, mkh said: UEFA have confirmed Chelsea successfully balanced their transfer spending this summer to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement for breaking financial rules. Chelsea were fined €31m in July for breaking UEFA’s football earnings and squad cost ratio rules. As part of a settlement agreement, Chelsea could only register new signings for their Champions League squad if their transfer fees were offset by selling players who were in their Conference League squad last season. The departures of players such as Noni Madueke, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson means Chelsea have been able to include new signings Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens and Jorrel Hato in their squad for the league phase of the Champions League. Chelsea made a record £314m from selling 23 players this summer. They spent £296m on new signings to end the transfer window with a profit of £18m. UEFA say they checked Chelsea’s Champions League squad to make sure it complied with their requirements: “The squad list submitted fulfilled the criteria of the settlement agreement and it was therefore already reviewed and approved before publication on UEFA's website.” Chelsea are playing Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax, Qarabag, Barcelona, Atalanta, Pafos and Napoli in the league phase of the Champions League. Their first game is in Munich on Wednesday 17 September. (@SkySports) So if we signed Simons, we would have been over the cap? 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,792 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 39 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said: So if we signed Simons, we would have been over the cap? 😄 Only explanation for backing out of the deal Reddish-Blue and Fernando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,483 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 2 minutes ago, Strike said: Only explanation for backing out of the deal we needed to sold NJ to buy simons we get facunco as a emergency plan Vesper, Fernando and mkh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 20 hours ago, mkh said: The extent of the ‘bomb squad’ isolations include having to use a seperate toilet, a different changing room and not being allowed to eat with any first teamers. The remaining ‘bomb squad’ members are Sterling, Disasi and David Fofana. (@LloydCanfield) How will Raheem survive Reddish-Blue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,108 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 11 minutes ago, DH1988 said: How will Raheem survive £33.8m in gross salary for the last 2 years of his contract (truly wtf was the club thinking!) goes a long way towards survival bigbluewillie, DH1988 and mkh 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,108 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 one of the worst articles I have read in the past year whingey Dutch cunt Chelsea deceived Ajax in Jorrel Hato transfer talks Dylan ter Laak 4 Sept 2025 16:30 BST https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/tag/newsnow-features-only/Chelsea-deceived-ajax-in-jorrel-hato-transfer-talks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou 213 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 bigbluewillie, Vesper and Fernando 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 29 minutes ago, ahmedou said: The crazy part is that had paperwork been signed we’d of banked a loan fee for Fofana and £22m from George. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,483 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 Next year we dont have so many players to sell Jorgensen Sanchez Disasi Badiashile Tosin Maybe chalobah (?) Essugo Enzo if Real arrives Palmer if we have a shit season and some club like city or real arrive with a insane offer and I think thats it, tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,108 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 50 minutes ago, Mário César said: Next year we dont have so many players to sell Jorgensen Sanchez Disasi Badiashile Tosin Maybe chalobah (?) Essugo Enzo if Real arrives Palmer if we have a shit season and some club like city or real arrive with a insane offer and I think thats it, tbh the not sorted list (my list and I am not listing potential sales of regulars like Enzo, Cole, Trevoh, or Tosin, as I want Wes Fofana sold before one of them) Benoît Badiashile is shit and always injured Axel Disasi is shit David Datro Fofana Raheem Sterling Wesley Fofana I am NOT remotely convinced he will ever fully recover to a decent level of both play and injury Tyrique George Gabriel Slonina Mykhailo Mudryk plus the loanees who are not good enough to ever be Chels Sr team: Teddy Sharman-Lowe Brodi Hughes Caleb Wiley Leo Castledine Omari Kellyman (sure looks that way) Jimmy-Jay Morgan Deivid Washington plus Nico Jackson IF the obligation clause is not satisfied Plus our 2 main GKers, Sanchez and Filip Jörgensen, one of whom surely needs to go when Penders comes in OR if we buy a better one (in which case both may go once Penders is ready to at least be the backup to a new GKer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,483 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 9 minutes ago, Vesper said: the not sorted list (my list and I am not listing potential sales of regulars like Enzo, Cole, Trevoh, or Tosin, as I want Wes Fofana sold before one of them) Benoît Badiashile is shit and always injured Axel Disasi is shit David Datro Fofana Raheem Sterling Wesley Fofana I am NOT remotely convinced he will ever fully recover to a decent level of both play and injury Tyrique George Gabriel Slonina Mykhailo Mudryk plus the loanees who are not good enough to ever be Chels Sr team: Teddy Sharman-Lowe Brodi Hughes Caleb Wiley Leo Castledine Omari Kellyman (sure looks that way) Jimmy-Jay Morgan Deivid Washington plus Nico Jackson IF the obligation clause is not satisfied Plus our 2 main GKers, Sanchez and Filip Jörgensen, one of whom surely needs to go when Penders comes in OR if we buy a better one (in which case both may go once Penders is ready to at least be the backup to a new GKer) yes We can raise at least 200M next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 3 hours ago, DH1988 said: The crazy part is that had paperwork been signed we’d of banked a loan fee for Fofana and £22m from George. The crazy part is that we raised 300m without selling any important player. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,676 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 3 hours ago, Mário César said: Next year we dont have so many players to sell Jorgensen Sanchez Disasi Badiashile Tosin Maybe chalobah (?) Essugo Enzo if Real arrives Palmer if we have a shit season and some club like city or real arrive with a insane offer and I think thats it, tbh You realise that if we sell Tosin and/or Chalobah, we would have to replace them with locally trained players to have a full champions league squad I just hope we don't rush Colwill back, let him recover properly as he'll be key for our defensive lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,280 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 I can’t picture any situation in which we sell Tosin or Trev. If CB’s are moved on next summer they’re going to be Fofana and Badiashile. Disasi will surely go in January. Jorgensen I can see being more willing to stay and be #2 behind Lenders than Sanchez will be if that’s what the plan is. The only one of our big players I could see going is Enzo if he has a mediocre season and both he and the club feel like he needs a change of scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lluubbeenn 188 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 Caicedo missed Ecuador game last night due to injury. Let’s hope it’s something minor 😱 Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,227 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 34 minutes ago, lluubbeenn said: Caicedo missed Ecuador game last night due to injury. Let’s hope it’s something minor 😱 Check what @NikkiCFCposted in the Caicedo thread mate. lluubbeenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lluubbeenn 188 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 3 minutes ago, Stats said: Check what @NikkiCFCposted in the Caicedo thread mate. Thanks. Hope its true and he is ready to go. 🙂 Stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 760 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 Shakhtar Donetsk are in advanced talks to sign Gabriel Mec from Gremio. Proposal worth €15m to get Mec from 2026, as @felipee_sil has reported. Brazilian talent was very close to joining Chelsea in 2025. (Fabrizio Romano) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 760 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 💥SportBild revelation Fuss about Xavi Simons: Princess" in the dressing room Within the team, Simons is said to have been nicknamed "Princess" because of his airs and graces. He also refused to be kitted out together by kit supplier AlphaTauri. Missed Verstappen appointment: Following a syndesmosis tear, Simons traveled to the Red Bull rehab center in Los Angeles in November 2024. A meeting with Formula 1 star Max Verstappen was planned there. But Simons didn't show up - allegedly due to too many fans in Las Vegas. Dog on roof terrace: During an international match trip with the Netherlands in March, his dog is said to have spent several days alone on the roof terrace of his Leipzig apartment. Residents wanted to call animal welfare and the police. RB intervened and the animal was later taken abroad. Fire alarm due to hairspray: A few days before the Bayern game in May, his hairdresser accidentally set off the fire alarm at the training center - the hairspray was so intense that the fire department was called. Favela party: On a PR trip to Brazil, Simons had the team bus driven into a favela because he wanted to introduce new "friends" there. Security forces stopped the action immediately and his team-mates reacted angrily. Xavi Simons bid farewell to RB Leipzig with just a word and a smiley face in the club's internal WhatsApp group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,108 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 6 minutes ago, mkh said: Within the team, Simons is said to have been nicknamed "Princess" because of his airs and graces. He also refused to be kitted out together by kit supplier AlphaTauri. AlphaTauri is a poor man's mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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