Chelsea Transfers

[NikkiCFC 7,950]

Lol thanks Simon for taking time from your holiday to give us update, without you we would not know anything 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,477]

54 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Come on now... We got all new players Ziyech, Werner, Havertz under the price... Silva for free... Ok Chilwell fair price but he was quoted before for 80m so it is all great deals.

Werner was a clause, Ziyech already had an agreement. Silva a free. I didn't say we pay double, but teams sure seem to ask more when it is.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Decided to pretend to be Carefreeyouth for 5mins so here goes

 

"I'm told we are working on a new keeper whether Kepa says or goes, I do know who the club really want but cant say anything at the moment, sworn to secrecy - another bit of info for you which no one else has reported - expect more loan exits!"

 

When the club announce our new keeper, i will then come back here and tell you i knew it was player X all along, just couldnt say anything.

[shrenshah 186]

If we still have Boga buyback, we can just buy him back and straight swap him for Mendy...Rennes is trying to buy Boga from Sassulo for 30Mn.

We can effectively get Mendy for just 12Mn

[Strike 7,217]

13 hours ago, Pizy said:

Is Donnarumma actually any good? I remember all the hype a couple of years ago when he was like 18/19 and starting for Milan but haven't heard as much about him in a while. In the comments section of some YouTube vids I've watched of him over the past couple of days there are people saying he's no better or maybe even worse than Kepa. 

Its going to be Mendy. Seems like Lollichon's judgement he is the best budget option.  Haven't watched him but he's bigger in size at least

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

1 hour ago, shrenshah said:

If we still have Boga buyback, we can just buy him back and straight swap him for Mendy...Rennes is trying to buy Boga from Sassulo for 30Mn.

We can effectively get Mendy for just 12Mn

We don’t 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[killer1257 3,282]

 

Our scouts like Mendy still more

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[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

17 hours ago, killer1257 said:

I highly doubt our GK scouts even know him lol. It is just Mendy, Onana or Mike Maignan

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And how do you know that?

[Jype 6,398]

2 hours ago, killer1257 said:

Our scouts like Mendy still more

What's not to like? Mendy clearly beats Kepa in every statistical metric described on there, and also better stats than Onana, Maignan.

I'm not saying he's better because I haven't seen him enough, but statistically he is the clear winner there. And for his size alone he should be a much more dominant keeper in the air than Kepa, which should help in corners. I read a stat that Kepa didn't catch a single ball from corner kicks all season, that's laughable really.

No clue on how good Mendy is on the ball but he should be a good shot-stopper at least.

[Jase 43,479]

Didn't Cech and Christophe Lollichon recommend Mendy? I haven't seen enough of Mendy to judge myself but if Cech and Lollichon recommended Mendy, then he must be good enough at the very least to play for us. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Didn't Cech and Christophe Lollichon recommend Mendy? I haven't seen enough of Mendy to judge myself but if Cech and Lollichon recommended Mendy, then he must be good enough at the very least to play for us. 

I dont like it when people say Cech recommends, so it must be good. Or Lamps recommends...

They have almost none experience in this area. I mean sure its nice they approve, but I wouldnt go this far saying if they say it, it must be great.

What if Chilwell wont be nowhere near as good as Reguilon who might soon join Utd?

You know it. Same people will crap on Lamps, Cole that they should never make these transfer suggestions again etc.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, BlueLyon said:

I dont like it when people say Cech recommends, so it must be good. Or Lamps recommends...

They have almost none experience in this area. I mean sure its nice they approve, but I wouldnt go this far saying if they say it, it must be great.

What if Chilwell wont be nowhere near as good as Reguilon who might soon join Utd?

You know it. Same people will crap on Lamps, Cole that they should never make these transfer suggestions again etc.

Does experience really matter in identifying talent?   

I guess you're not wrong there and if you don't want to consider Cech, fine. What about Lollichon? He must know his stuff about GKs, right? 

And I'd assume the club wouldn't just buy players on the back of recommendation from someone without any data, scouting report etc to back it up. 

[Jype 6,398]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Does experience really matter in identifying talent?   

I guess you're not wrong there and if you don't want to consider Cech, fine. What about Lollichon? He must know his stuff about GKs, right? 

And I'd assume the club wouldn't just buy players on the back of recommendation from someone without any data, scouting report etc to back it up. 

Yep, I would trust Lollichon's opinion more than any fan who thinks they're an expert. And Cech obviously rates Lollichon's input highly.

Two years ago Lollichon recommended the club sign Areola ahead of Kepa. If only Marina had listened to him then.  

[Blues Forever 1,232]

2 minutes ago, Jype said:

Yep, I would trust Lollichon's opinion more than any fan who thinks they're an expert. And Cech obviously rates Lollichon's input highly.

Two years ago Lollichon recommended the club sign Areola ahead of Kepa. If only Marina had listened to him then.  

Tbh Areola himself isn't that good, still error-prones but not as bad as Kepa.

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Blues Forever said:

Tbh Areola himself isn't that good, still error-prones but not as bad as Kepa.

At least we wouldn't have blown 71 million on a keeper!

[BlueLyon 9,359]

31 minutes ago, Jason said:

Does experience really matter in identifying talent?   

I guess you're not wrong there and if you don't want to consider Cech, fine. What about Lollichon? He must know his stuff about GKs, right? 

And I'd assume the club wouldn't just buy players on the back of recommendation from someone without any data, scouting report etc to back it up. 

So anyone who wants to be a scout for Chelsea can just become one without any experience? 🤔

Yes Lollichon is more experienced, still he recommended Areola who isnt good enough. He is too error prone. So no he isnt some magical scouting talent.

Also just because someone was a great player or is operating well in different field doesnt make him a great scout or a manager for that matter. 

Take a look at Michael Edwards. Shite player. But man was in scouting since 2003. He worked for one of the first data tracking companies Prozone and pioneered new approach to search for top talent. Took years to perfect that and then ended in Pool. So yes experience definately plays a part today. Maybe it didnt years ago when you came to stadium and if you were once top player you recognized another one on the pitch. Today, times have changed. Too many factors. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

26 minutes ago, Jason said:

At least we wouldn't have blown 71 million on a keeper!

This was never the problem. Problem wasnt spending 70m, but on who.