Pizy 19,293 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Just between players we already own or in Barco’s case practically own, I think the squad will be better next season. Penders, Quenda, and Barco are all guys I’m very excited to see in Chelsea shirts. Emegha, who tf knows. What the bulk of any big money business we can do needs to be heavily focused on the CB and LW positions. If we fail to upgrade at the heart of our defense we’re fucked again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,735 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 14 hours ago, Vesper said: EVERY single one of these needs to be SACKED: Management Name/Position Age Nat. Appointed Contract expires Last club Paul Winstanley Sporting Director 47 15/11/2022 30.06.2031 Laurence Stewart Sporting Director 40 01/02/2023 30.06.2031 David Fallows Sporting Director 66 01/11/2025 30.06.2031 Joe Shields Director of Professional Football and Scout 39 01/01/2023 30.06.2031 Sam Jewell Director of Professional Football and Scout 36 01/05/2024 30.06.2031 Glenn van der Kraan Technical Director - 01/10/2024 30.06.2031 Coaching Staff Name/Position Age Nat. Appointed Contract expires Last club Liam Rosenior Manager 41 08/01/2026 30.06.2032 Justin Walker Assistant Manager 50 08/01/2026 30.06.2032 Kalifa Cissé Assistant Manager 42 08/01/2026 30.06.2032 Calum McFarlane Assistant Manager 40 08/01/2026 30.06.2032 Ben Roberts Goalkeeping Coach 50 08/01/2026 30.06.2032 Scouting Name/Position Age Nat. Appointed Contract expires Last club Andrew Cousins Head of Scouting 41 01/07/2023 - Where's no. 1 on the list, Eghbali? The rest of them are stooges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,684 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 8 hours ago, Vytis33 said: “Chelsea pushed hard” is funny. We literally negotiated with ourself I doubt Barco's only option was Chelsea. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 11 hours ago, Blue Armour said: Where's no. 1 on the list, Eghbali? The rest of them are stooges. BlueCo need to sell the club that is different than sacking employees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vytis33 1,390 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Vesper and Fernando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 40 minutes ago, Vytis33 said: sell him what a fucking STUPID buy fuck off Winstanley, Shields, and Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,483 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 8 minutes ago, Vesper said: sell him what a fucking STUPID buy fuck off Winstanley, Shields, and Stewart That signing represents everything that is wrong with the club. Fernando and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,293 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Gittens reinjuring himself before even returning. Doubt we’ll be able to sell him this summer. Vesper and Reddish-Blue 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Mário César said: That signing represents everything that is wrong with the club. the 4 worst individual signings were Raheem Sterling Wesley Fofana Mykhaylo Mudryk Jamie Gittens 3 of the 4 are fucking LWers too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,814 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 03/04/2026 at 17:51, Pizy said: Just between players we already own or in Barco’s case practically own, I think the squad will be better next season. Penders, Quenda, and Barco are all guys I’m very excited to see in Chelsea shirts. Emegha, who tf knows. Chelsea FC Jersey What the bulk of any big money business we can do needs to be heavily focused on the CB and LW positions. If we fail to upgrade at the heart of our defense we’re fucked again. The youngsters are exciting but we can't expect Quenda/Estevao to be ruthless with chances, consistent over a season. We'll have another season where we have flashes of good football but can't dominate for 90 mins or close out games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,684 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) 8 hours ago, Strike said: We'll have another season where we have flashes of good football but can't dominate for 90 mins or close out games. That is expected when we have no good experiened CB's. Would Fofana/Badi/Tosin/Chalobah start at CB for the other clubs around the top 5 race? The standard for getting defenders has dropped at this club. Edited April 5 by Reddish-Blue added info Fernando and Strike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 04/04/2026 at 05:48, Reddish-Blue said: I doubt Barco's only option was Chelsea. absolutely he is an key pass and assist machine and doing it on a club that is not exactly loaded with weapons, Strasbourg are nowhere near a Bayern/Barca/PSG/Real Madrid offensive level mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 LB options (IF CuCu leaves) who are actually even remotely available and who would come here perhaps (Calafiori would not) the ones in bold will be so hard Nico O'Reilly Alphonso Davies Nathaniel Brown Antonee Robinson ? (turns 29yo in August so very likely too old for BlueCo) Davide Bartesaghi Dayann Methalie Kauã Prates Dortmund just signed him for this summer mkh and Stats 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,840 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 1 hour ago, Vesper said: LB options (IF CuCu leaves) who are actually even remotely available and who would come here perhaps (Calafiori would not) the ones in bold will be so hard Nico O'Reilly Alphonso Davies Nathaniel Brown Antonee Robinson ? (turns 29yo in August so very likely too old for BlueCo) Davide Bartesaghi Dayann Methalie Kauã Prates Dortmund just signed him for this summer How about Barco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Just now, nyikolajevics said: How about Barco? I see him much more as a MFer but sure, he could fill in at LB if need be LB is VERY light position-wise in terrms of REAL quality LBs who will actually want to move, and who will come here (especially if we have no CL) and all those will have all or most of the 10 to 12 'Big Boy' clubs chasing them Of the clear top 3 I listed Nico O'Reilly (1.93m) Alphonso Davies (1.85m) Nathaniel Brown (the one I would try to go for first, BUT so so many clubs want him) (1.76m, he is the only sub 6 footer (under 1.83m) on this list) only Brown is at a selling club Then you have a big drop off (at least for NOW as 3 of the 4 listed below are youth) Antonee Robinson would have been perfect 5 or so years ago, but now he turns 29yo in only 3 months (1.83m) Davide Bartesaghi of AC Milan is deffo a 'BlueCo' type of buy (20yo, tall,same height as Nico O'Reilly, and pacy) BUT he has every top 6 to 8 club drooling (1.93m) over him Dayann Methalie of Toulouse FC is also tall and pacy, and is also 20yo, and is less costly, less coveted (atm) so he is proably the one BlueCo move for (1.88m) Kauã Prates (turns 18yo in mid-August so JUST makes the age cut-off for the summer '26 window) is off the board, as Dortmund just signed him for this summer (1.84m) Diego Moreira of Strasbourg would be a wild card, he has exploded as a LeftMFer since he left us and is a left-footer. He just still needs work defensively. the other non-listed TOP top LBs are all unavailable AND/OR would never come here now, atm, or, in Balde's case, are too injury-prone IMHO Nuno Mendes best LB on the planet by far Álvaro Carreras (why would he leave Real madrid for us?, plus I really do not tate him as high as many do) Alejandro Balde (doesnt want to leave Barca, BUT they are sick of his injuries. That said, they will want BIG money probably) Riccardo Calafiori (main place he would leave for is back to Italy, Inter most likely, or perhaps Real or Barca. No way he comes here) Federico Dimarco (doesnt want to leave Italy and I cannot see him coming here, plus, like Carreras and Balde and Lewis-Skelly (Myles NOW, after his regression) I just do not rate Dimarco all THAT much) Jorrel Hato (already Chels) Myles Lewis-Skelly (has regressed a lot and also openly said he does not want to play for Chels, he absolutely wants to stay at Arse, especially IF Calafiori leaves) Lewis Hall (he is pissed we sold him, he would be PERFECT to replace CuCu) Ian Maatsen (another pissed-off ex Chels) Andrea Cambiaso turns 27 in February '27, and says IF he was to leave Juve, he wants a CL club for sure, plus Juve want cray money for him Theo Hernández is too old now for BlueCo (basically same age as Antonee Robinson at Fulham), plus is making insane Saudi money, plus has always been suspect defensively, especially for the EPL El Hadji Malick Diouf might be worth a look but pass (in most cases HARD pass) on many other LB big names: Milos Kerkez Rayan Aït-Nouri Patrick Dorgu Destiny Udogie Djed Spence Ferdi Kadıoğlu Carlos Augusto Tyrick Mitchell Carlos Romero Adrien Truffert Gerard Martín Maxi Araújo Neco Williams Vitaliy Mykolenko Alejandro Grimaldo Matteo Ruggeri Leif Davis Ryan Sessegnon Lucas Hernández Quilindschy Hartman (still has not FULLY recovered from a terrible injury) Maximilian Mittelstädt Miguel Gutiérrez Caio Henrique Mathías Olivera Rico Henry Pervis Estupiñán Renan Lodi Fran García Angeliño Oleksandr Zinchenko Luke Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 766 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) 🚨🇦🇷 🔵Chelsea still wants to improve Enzo Fernández's contract, despite the pause in negotiations and the strong interest from some elite European clubs. If the player decides to leave, the stance is clear: they won't let him go for less than £130M (€150M). (@verobrunati) Edited April 6 by mkh Fernando, OneMoSalah, Reddish-Blue and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 in terms of DMFs, here are the 2 types DMFs - the great ones, but ones who are very unrealistic for multiple reasons, especially IF we miss out on CL, but not just limited to that, as some simply will not want to leave their club for Chels, or are simply too expensive. No need to bold any, as I rate them all. Rodri is not on the list as he is too old for BlueCo, too injured, and would never come here anyway, he will end up in Spain at one of the Big Three I think. João Neves (zero chance atm) Vitinha (zero chance atm) Sandro Tonali (obviously a huge target, along with Wharton, but both will likely be FAILS for us) Adam Wharton (obviously a huge target, along with Tonali, but both will likely be FAILS for us) Ryan Gravenberch (Pool would demand over £100m, and likely would not sell him to another EPL club anyway) Aleksandar Pavlovic (we have tried multiple times, no way will Bayern sell him unless we waived £100m plus in their faces) Martín Zubimendi (Arse would not sell him to us for less than £80m or so, nor would he come here unless we had CL, plus I do not think he is what we need) Aurélien Tchouaméni (although IF we get CL we might be able to get Real Madrid to toss him in as makeweight for Enzo) Joshua Kimmich (too old now anyway, for BlueCo, I still rate the HELL out of him, he was, is, and will be a magnificent player) Marc Bernal (Barca and he himself have turned us down already) Kennet Eichhorn (likely the next German superstar DMF after Kimmich, but he is only 16yo atm and also EVERYBODY wants him, including Bayern, Real Madrid, Barca, PSG, Citeh, Pool, Manure, Arse, Inter, Juve, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, and Dortmund) 2nd type: DMFs that we probably have a shot at (bold ones I really rate, and unfortunately there are not that many and almsot none of those, even in in bold below, make we go 'BUY HIM') Carlos Baleba (but will be really expensive I fear and he loves Manure, and he laso has regressed a wee bit) Nico González (but Citeh will want big money (especially IF Rodri leaves), and we absolutely would need to have CL I think) Amadou Onana (he will want CL for sure, and I just do not think he is what we need atm) Morten Hjulmand Angelo Stiller Boubacar Kamara (injury issues) James Garner Alan Varela Máximo Perrone (he has blown up at Como, IF we had Cesc for our gaffer he would be a prime target) Ardon Jashari Hayden Hackney Aleksandar Stanković Leon Avdullahu Tyler Morton Samuele Ricci André Rúben Neves (I rate him, BUT he is 29yo, 30yo late next winter, plus he is on crazy money in Saudi, that said, I dread him going to Manure, he would be perfect for them atm) Marc Casadó (Barca will want big money and he has $audi written all over him, plus I worry about him being bullied in the EPL) Mandela Keita (but I am not sure he is truly what we need to win the league and/or CL, so put him down as a bit of a dice roll) Hakan Çalhanoğlu (I rate him, BUT he is 32yo and is the type who you add when you are stacked everywhere and think you are a top 4 or 5 club on planet and want to win the CL and your league NOW) nyikolajevics and mkh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 6 minutes ago, mkh said: they won't let him go for less than £130 million no team on the planet will pay that for him, other than maybe a team in Saudi mkh, OneMoSalah and Reddish-Blue 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,684 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 28 minutes ago, mkh said: 🚨🇦🇷 🔵Chelsea still wants to improve Enzo Fernández's contract, despite the pause in negotiations and the strong interest from some elite European clubs. If the player decides to leave, the stance is clear: they won't let him go for less than £130M (€150M). (@verobrunati) Real Madrid won't go that high If we're lucky we get 100 million for Enzo. 😄 Vesper and mkh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,114 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 13 hours ago, mkh said: 🚨🇦🇷 🔵Chelsea still wants to improve Enzo Fernández's contract, despite the pause in negotiations and the strong interest from some elite European clubs. If the player decides to leave, the stance is clear: they won't let him go for less than £130 million. (@verobrunati) they only CMFs and DMFs on the planet I would pay £100m (or more in a few cases) for it is not a big group (10 atm) Pedri Jude Bellingham (also plays a lot at AMF) Federico Valverde Moisés Caicedo João Neves Vitinha Dominik Szoboszlai (also plays a lot at AMF) Sandro Tonali Adam Wharton Declan Rice close, but probably not Elliot Anderson Ryan Gravenberch Aleksandar Pavlovic next (to make it the sweet 16) Enzo Fernández Bruno Guimarães Warren Zaïre-Emery Fernando and mkh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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