Chelsea Transfers

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3 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Don't think we have to worry with Ali Barat he is good friend with Eghbali. Also if we get Simons no Fartnacho!

Who is Ali Barat? Premier League 'super agent' at the heart of Chelsea mega deals

Ali Barat has been at the heart of several high-profile transfers already this summer and is set to be even busier as the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, and Chelsea continue their spending sprees

https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/news/who-ali-barat-premier-league-32105809

Premier League clubs are gearing up for another massive summer of expenditure as Liverpool, Manchester United, and Chelsea aim to revamp their squads ahead of the new season.

The reigning Premier League champions have already splashed out more than £150m on Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez and are poised to increase that figure further after agreeing a deal potentially worth £79m for Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike.

Meanwhile, United's spending is just shy of £70m following the acquisitions of Matheus Cunha and Diego Leon. However, this amount is set to more than double after the Old Trafford outfit agreed a £71m deal with Brentford for Bryan Mbeumo over the weekend.

Over at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, fresh off their recent Club World Cup victory, are on track for another summer of lavish spending, with the signings of Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro, and Liam Delap, totalling more than £150m.

But the Premier League clubs' spending spree hasn't stopped there, with Noni Madueke recently leaving Chelsea to join Arsenal in a deal roughly worth £50m, reports the Liverpool Echo.

And Madueke's former Stamford Bridge colleague Nicolas Jackson could soon be heading for the exit too, with the Senegal international reportedly in talks with Manchester United earlier this month.

Interestingly, one individual seems to be at the heart of many of the Premier League's deals this summer, Ali Barat.

Barat, the proprietor of Epic Sport agency, has been instrumental in several high-profile transfers this summer, including Madueke's move across London and Dean Huijsen's switch from Bournemouth to Real Madrid.

After being named Agent of the Year at the 2023 Golden Boy awards for facilitating big-ticket moves for Moises Caicedo and Jackson to Chelsea, Barat is also managing Ekitike's transfer from Frankfurt to Anfield.

Following a series of high-stakes negotiations, Barat is now considered one of football's emerging 'super agents,' akin to Jorge Mendes.

Once Ekitike's transfer to Anfield is sealed, Barat is expected to focus on arranging moves for his other clients, including Xavi Simons and Jackson.

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1 hour ago, mkh said:

Jesus R. is now at Como.

yes, I forgot

Como is stacked with attacking firepower now

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15 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Jackson really fell off in the polling, he went from being our only striker last season to getting only 4% of the votes 😄

 

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3 hours ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

Having Simons would certainly save Palmer getting burnt out aswell as being able to play together in certain situations.

I don't mind the Simons link but even with good attacking depth, we aren't challenging for top 3 this season without a good CB. 

For me, Colwill - Chalobah/Tosin/Badi  is nowhere near enough to scare the big PL teams. 

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Donnarumma did apparently reject another contract offer from PSG. But if PSG of all clubs can’t meet his wage demands I don’t know why our name has been thrown around.

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5 hours ago, TheHulk said:

300k no way this is real, he would accept even 150k why would you go and offer him that much.

€15m (£13m) gross per annum is £250K PW

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4 hours ago, LAM09 said:

This suggests otherwise and the player is supposedly open to leaving.

£113m is €130m

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4 hours ago, Milan said:

What is Xavi’s primary position? Does he fit well in here?

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Do a Simons for Nkunku swap. 🙂

 

Felix, Veiga and Nkunku leaving would raise great funds. About 100 mil right there. Hopefully raise another 50 mil from Disasi and Sterling. 

Enough for Simons/Rogers and Hato.

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So, IF NUFC sell Alexander Isak

this is a very comprehensive who they have to choose from (some may well be gone soon) atm to replace him

some are crazy hard pulls (Italics)

some are trash

Julián Alvarez (probably impossible)
Lautaro Martínez 
Viktor Gyökeres 
Victor Osimhen   
Marcus Thuram 
Benjamin Sesko 
Samu Aghehowa 
Nicolas Jackson  
Loïs Openda 
Moise Kean
Darwin Núñez
Serhou Guirassy
Victor Boniface 
Gonçalo Ramos 
Ferran Torres 
Ollie Watkins 
Santiago Castro 
Dušan Vlahović
Rasmus Højlund
Mohamed Amoura  
Yoane Wissa 
Mika Biereth 
Santiago Gimenez  
Randal Kolo Muani  
Joshua Zirkzee 
Jean-Philippe Mateta 
Amine Gouiri 
Artem Dovbyk 
Patrik Schick 
Pio Esposito 
Evan Ferguson  
Maximilian Beier   
Emanuel Emegha 
Evann Guessand 
Mikel Oyarzabal  
Ivan Toney 
Alexander Sørloth
Conrad Harder  
Georges Mikautadze 
Ermedin Demirovic 

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We made a late bid for Mbeumo!? Wait what!

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Wow that's a lot. I see why we are asking so much for Jackson. 

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1 hour ago, DDA said:

 

We made a late bid for Mbeumo!? Wait what!

Sounds like absolute bullshit put out by the United side to make themselves look like they triumphed over a bunch of rival clubs. Trying to mask their incompetence in taking so many weeks with that deal.

There’s not a chance we’d move for Mbeumo when we have Neto, Estevão, and Palmer who can all play on that right wing. Quenda too when he comes next year.