Chelsea Transfers

[DDA 9,924]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Yeah, haggling over a million here and there for a player that would cost a maximum of just over £20m is unbelievable. 

We spent that on the kid from Villa who will never be seen or heard from again, ffs.

I’m starting to believe most if not  a lot of what Johnny Minerals says about this ownership having spent most of their available cash and taking big loans out against the club with high interest rates. All of a sudden we are buying cheaper players and playing hard ball over pennies. 

[Strike 7,475]

20 minutes ago, DDA said:

I’m starting to believe most if not  a lot of what Johnny Minerals says about this ownership having spent most of their available cash and taking big loans out against the club with high interest rates. All of a sudden we are buying cheaper players and playing hard ball over pennies. 

Hard to believe when we have just signed Mamadou Sarr for £12m and have already signed Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo for £62.4m before the summer has even begun. 

[Thor 2,690]

1 hour ago, DDA said:

I’m starting to believe most if not  a lot of what Johnny Minerals says about this ownership having spent most of their available cash and taking big loans out against the club with high interest rates. All of a sudden we are buying cheaper players and playing hard ball over pennies. 

Not really... 

We've spent when we've needed to, and we've learnt a lesson on overspending. 

Its literally a tale as old as time - fans complain saying "just pay it", and then when a player we paid above for doesn't work out - "they rinsed us and the ownership doesn't know what they're doing" from fans. 

They've literally gone out and signed a striker. Were talking of spending 80 mil more for another. Maignan is a fine enough keeper, but he has one year left and wants to leave. We aren't desperate. You consistetly show you're willing to go over and bend, and you get rinsed over and over. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

4 hours ago, DDA said:

All of a sudden we are buying cheaper players and playing hard ball over pennies. 

We're only doing what Italian clubs do to us, when they come and take our players on cheap loans with no obligation to buy. 

 

[Special Juan 28,110]

Plenty of time left in the day to get this done, plus we never do things easy or without a sweat

[Special Juan 28,110]

I'm trying my hardest to give the SD's and owners some leeway here and hope they can actually get this Maignan deal over the line...we aren't talking a 50M gap, we are talking a few million, yet spunking 12M on Sarr, and the two other lads from Portugal plus Delap makes it even more fucking of a piss take if we cannot get this done and will for sure push me over the edge with these people, I'm already at the point of fucking despising them but this will be the end for me.

 

[mkh 572]

Milan remain firm on its demands for Mike Maignan. But Chelsea are not giving up and hope  to unblock the negotiation.

@DiMarzio

[Special Juan 28,110]

Milan playing a smart game, as the clock ticks ever closer Chelsea start to panic...going all the way this one

[mkh 572]

After checks: Chelsea last night remained at 15 million for Maignan but added bonuses to targets. Under these conditions the deal remains difficult even though the clubs are still in contact. It remains to be seen whether the Blues will submit a second offer in these minutes.

@86_longo

[ulvhedin 525]

17 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Milan playing a smart game, as the clock ticks ever closer Chelsea start to panic...going all the way this one

I don't get this 'panic' - CWC is not crucial, we will be fine with playing with Sanchez instead of overpaying 

[Mhsc 1,093]

If AC Milan say no they lose out on £15m (not a lot to us but a lot to them), forced to play the whole season with a GK who has openly said he doesn't want to be there and has no interest in the club, lose him in a years time on a free in a humiliating failure to retain their most important talent or at least manage the situation properly, and then have to somehow sign a decent GK with absolutely nothing in the bank - and whoever comes in knows that whatever deal they sign better be good because the club can and will fuck you over.

The reality is we are fine with the GKs we have for CWC and there's probably no time to bed in a GK for it anyway, they've got to learn a whole fucking tactical system - I really doubt Maresca would rush them in over Sanchez who knows the system and ended the season well. We can do a PL season with Petrovic in goal if needed and bring Big Mike for free next year if they force us in that direction and its not even really a bad outcome for us.

[Pizy 18,858]

There’s no panic if we don’t secure him before the CWC but surely it’s beneficial to have your new starting keeper in place for it since who knows what our preseason looks like this summer? Getting him settled in ASAP and hopefully playing a bunch of games during a deep run in the tournament could be all the preseason he gets.

[Special Juan 28,110]

The moment you make the inquiry solidifies your interest and more prominent in this window and how short it is to get it done. We have done this wanting him for the CWC as it is essential if he does come he joins up now and lot later down the line due to hardly any pre season and then straight into the new season. To spend a week talking to them, squabbling over a few million makes no sense what so ever and if this happens to fall through we look fucking stupid once again.

[mkh 572]

The market reopens on June 16, and that gives Chelsea more time to sign players for the knockout phase, should they get there. The window to register new players at the tournament runs from June 27 to July 3.

It is one of the reasons Chelsea have not felt under pressure to get all of their business done by June 10.

@TheAthleticFC

[Pizy 18,858]

It’s just the idea that we were willing to shell out £20m+ for Sanchez after he was benched by Brighton no problem but won’t go there for a keeper who is much better and has a pedigree like he does is insane. A player who is super keen to join us, too! A top player basically falls into our lap and these guys may fumble it.

For Kellyman, Amougou, and a dozen other random teenagers that will never wear a Chelsea first team shirt they’ll happily spend the money. For the top keeper we’ve needed since Mendy’s first season here we refuse to go about £15m? Seriously?