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Chelsea told they have ruined Everton and West Ham target Cesare Casadei’s career

https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/news/Chelsea-told-they-have-ruined-everton-and-west-ham-target-cesare-casadeis-career/

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It’s the end of the January transfer window in 2025, and Enzo Maresca has rubber-stamped the permanent exit of Cesare Casadei, ending an indifferent stint at Stamford Bridge.

The Italian midfielder had joined Chelsea two and a half years before that, in the summer of 2022 from Inter Milan. Another example of Chelsea signing a young player, but failing to give them the platform.

Many young players struggle to play for Chelsea these days, given the size and bloated nature of the squad Liam Rosenior has inherited. It means the talented youngsters Chelsea sign end up failing to play.

Casadei managed just 17 senior appearances for the Blues, going on loan to Reading and Leicester during his time in England. Eventually, the inevitable occurred, and Casadei left. He joined Torino for £12.5m.

Chelsea lost money and Casadei’s development was affected

This is a player that has been called up by Italy, and has clocked up 16 appearances for Italy’s U21 side. But there was simply no room for Casadei at Chelsea. Since then, he’s played 45 times for Torino.

This season, he has five goals in 30 games for the Serie A side. Glimpses of quality, but a rawness that might have already been ironed out of his game, had he actually been given a chance at Chelsea.

Speaking over the weekend via FCInter1908, Torino boss Roberto D’Aversa explained why he believes Chelsea are to blame for Casadei’s inconsistency. Casadei is still young at 23, but there is room to go.

“He is a strong midfielder; he can get all the headers, but he can also play football. He needs consistency. He paid for a crucial move, to Chelsea. He didn’t play, and missed playing at a team where you can grow.”

Chelsea bought Casadei for the best part of £17m, meaning they made a £4m loss on the midfielder. This is the ugly side of Todd Boehly’s approach as Chelsea owner, stunting the growth of some real gems.

Cesare Casadei has unfinished business in the Premier League

Earlier this month, reports emerged from Italy that suggested Casadei could well be back in England. Indeed, his goals, albeit inconsistent in Serie A this season, have caught the eye of top-tier English sides.

According to TuttoMercatoWeb, talented midfielder Casadei is a target for both Everton and West Ham ahead of the summer window. That is, of course, if West Ham manage to remain in the Premier League.

Casadei will feel he has plenty left to prove in England and a move to a mid-table Premier League side will certainly give him that chance. Whether he can ever emulate the hype around him as a teen, is unclear.

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💥🔵Darwin Nunez has emerged as a surprise target for Chelsea.

Nunez is prepared to take a significant reduction in his wages to facilitate a move.

Chelsea have carried out background work on Nunez and have been spoken to by his representatives.

(@GraemeBailey)

Paul Winstanley Move 👺🤬

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2 hours ago, mkh said:

💥🔵Darwin Nunez has emerged as a surprise target for Chelsea.

Nunez is prepared to take a significant reduction in his wages to facilitate a move.

Chelsea have carried out background work on Nunez and have been spoken to by his representatives.

(@GraemeBailey)

Paul Winstanley Move 👺🤬

Núñez has ONE good season

34 goals in only 2823 minutes, BUT it was in Liga NOS

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all the rest were meh

he was a huge bust at Pool

hard pass for moi

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11 hours ago, Vesper said:
  • Chelsea have a favourable buy-back clause for Diego Moreira, whose fine form at Strasbourg has started to attract interest from Borussia Dortmund ahead of the upcoming transfer window. (Florian Plettenberg)

Has anyone watched him enough to provide insight if he'd do well here? 

 

Same with Barco. Am I missing something? Doesn't come across too amazing in highlights. Or is he one of those Spanish style midfielders ala Vitinha/Iniesta/Silva that is super hard to get the ball off of and is just super impressive in tight pockets? 

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This Moreira was here, he didn't pull up any trees and was sent away. 

Playing in the French league and doing well as opposed to playing the PL is a totally different gravy even for the higher standard type players, never mind this mid range player. If he was good enough first time round he would have stayed but he played a cameo role and hasn't been seen since.

We need much better quality than this fella, or have our standard dropped that much and we have been brain washed into thinking like this board and leadership.

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42 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

This Moreira was here, he didn't pull up any trees and was sent away. 

Playing in the French league and doing well as opposed to playing the PL is a totally different gravy even for the higher standard type players, never mind this mid range player. If he was good enough first time round he would have stayed but he played a cameo role and hasn't been seen since.

We need much better quality than this fella, or have our standard dropped that much and we have been brain washed into thinking like this board and leadership.

Thats an important point - they've normalised mediocrity. Lose three on the bounce and draw a couple, its how far we've sunk

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Should Chelsea use their buy-back for Diego Moreira?

Maybe for another reason?

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/should-Chelsea-use-their-buy-back

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Chelsea apparently have a very favourable buy-back option to bring Diego Moreira back to Stamford Bridge.

According to Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg, Borussia Dortmund are among the clubs to have Diego Moreira on their shortlist for the summer.

He states that Moreira is planning a move in the upcoming window, with a potential fee in the region of €30–40 million.

Chelsea are believed to hold a very favourable buy-back option.

I mean, of course they do. It’s literally their own club that they have ‘agreed’ the option with! It’s very easy for them to transfer players between Chelsea and Strasbourg.

So, should Chelsea sign Moreira back? Maybe they should sign him back to sell him for profit? Or maybe they need to just let Strasbourg have that profit?

I didn’t rate Moreira AT ALL when he arrived at Chelsea. I seriously thought he was awful and didn’t even look like a footballer. But he’s since improved a lot and has been decent at Strasbourg. Perhaps being in a league that is nowhere near as tough has really helped him. But he’s also clearly developed as a player.

But for me, no, I’d not be signing him back at Chelsea. We need to upgrade our left side in the attacking areas this summer, and by that I mean SERIOUSLY upgrade with a guaranteed starter who is MUCH better than what we have out there right now - a needle mover.

What’s your thoughts?

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🗯🔵Chelsea Eye Rising Dutch Star Ruud Niistad

Chelsea are keeping close tabs on FC Twente's highly-ratec 18-vear-old centre-back Ruud Viistad ahead of the summer window.

The voung defender. who broke into the first team in October 2025, has shown impressive resilience-bouncing back from a brief spell out of the squad to pecome a regular starter since January.

(@Paul Lassche)

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the Garnacho v Olise section will enrage you

 

GARNACHO TO BE SOLD | DARWIN NUNEZ TO Chelsea? 😱 | CAICEDO NEW CAPTAIN

In today's Chelsea news, Alejandro Garnacho may be leaving Chelsea this summer less than one year after Chelsea signed him from Manchester United. Chelsea also may be interested in signing Darwin Nunez from Al Hilal this summer... Moises Caicedo is set to become the new captain whilst Reece James is out injured and Enzo Fernandez remains suspended following his International break comments about Real Madrid...

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💰 @JacobsBen on CFC's record-breaking agent fees: They [CFC hierarchy] have certain favored agents that help them broker deals, even if that agent doesn't directly represent a client. If you're using a broker and the player's agency, then that's two payments, not one.

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