Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 30,085]

1 minute ago, bluesman2610 said:

Can someone explain to me why if we sell Raheem Sterling him and his camp believe we still owe him any money?

 

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4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Remaining 30m of his contract. 

The "Chelsea Project" for him was always about money. 

not £30m

£70m (including bonuses)

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

2 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

Can someone explain to me why if we sell Raheem Sterling him and his camp believe we still owe him any money?

Thought I saw a story somewhere that we're still paying Potter? 

Depends on what terms Sterling had in his contract, 300k a week is no joke. 

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5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I mean, okay, but then it’ll be even tougher to sell Mudryk somewhere next summer if he ain’t playing!

I hear there's a french club looking for a winger in the 2025 transfer window...😁

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Just now, Reddish-Blue said:

Thought I saw a story somewhere that we're still paying Potter? 

Depends on what terms Sterling had in his contract, 300k a week is no joke. 

Chelsea still paying former manager £200k-a-week until October

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/07/18/graham-potter-Chelsea/

 

 

[The Rising Sun 711]

6 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

Can someone explain to me why if we sell Raheem Sterling him and his camp believe we still owe him any money?

1 We will most likely command a fee for him so the club makes money on the sale. He hasn't asked to leave.

2 Sterling has a contract which means we need him to leave and agree to breaking the contract.

3 if he is earning 300k a week here and his next club is offering him 180k, then he has the right to demand the 120k difference. 

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4 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

1 We will most likely command a fee for him so the club makes money on the sale. He hasn't asked to leave.

2 Sterling has a contract which means we need him to leave and agree to breaking the contract.

3 if he is earning 300k a week here and his next club is offering him 180k, then he has the right to demand the 120k difference. 

£325K PW (£50.7m over the next 3 years)

and also has around £20m in additional bonuses and add-ons potentially coming his way over the next 3 years

that is how you get to £70m

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1 minute ago, Vesper said:

£325K PW (£50.7m over the next 3 years)

and also has around £20m in additional bonuses and add-ons potentially coming his way over the next 3 years

that is how you get to £70m

Boehly was smoking crack when he handed that contract.

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Just now, TheHulk said:

Boehly was smoking crack when he handed that contract.

Well, you are looking at a bloke who agreed with the other LA Dodger owners to drop a 10-year, $700-million-dollar contract (wages plus bonuses) on Shohei Ohtani.

 

[Mhsc 1,091]

The Sterling situation is very easy to understand. He got some kind of sign on fee for joining. Probably many millions. The sign on fee is not paid all at once but distributed over time.

If as a player you hand in a transfer request then you waive your right to the rest of the sign on fee. If the club instead chooses to sell you then you are still entitled to it. We owe him whatever is left of his sign on bonus.

That is all. Everything else is on him to negotiate with his new club.

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2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Well, you are looking at a bloke who agreed with the other LA Dodger owners to drop a 10-year, $700-million-dollar contract (wages plus bonuses) on Shohei Ohtani.

 

Shohei is the GOAT of baseball though. Sterling ain't close lol.

[Pizy 18,849]

As with Lukaku, the club genuinely did think that Sterling was going to be a 100% guaranteed superstar for many years when he came here. So the silly money we paid out for both and the crazy contracts were seen as something you just had to do with top class players.

Ironically, exactly what’s currently preventing us from signing Osimhen. They’ve learned from those egregious errors and don’t want a repeat.