Chelsea Transfers

[Atomiswave 6,072]

37 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

I'm not sold on Varane, he hasn't been great in the last 2 year. Without Ramos alongside him, Varane is just error prone and very average.

The whole RM squad been shit for 2 years though.....RM will sell him if he doesnt sign this summer.

19 minutes ago, Vesper said:

RB quoted Pool 80m euros for Konate 😮

Damn....they can go spit for that amount.

12 minutes ago, Vesper said:

very injury prone

I used to be sky high on him

not so much atm due to his constant injuries

Yeah not a very good sign that

Edited February 9, 2021 by Atomiswave

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Sarr has been superb for Porto this season hasnt he

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Just now, Atomiswave said:

Sarr has been superb for Porto this season hasnt he

Not according to Porto fans.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,534]

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Madrid have been in talks with Alaba since last month and are thought to be close to securing Alaba's signature on a four-year contract worth almost £400,000-a-week.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/real-madrid/story/4311237/real-madrid-favourites-to-sign-bayerns-alaba-Chelsea-unwilling-to-match-players-wages-sources

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

2 hours ago, Atomiswave said:

Sarr has been superb for Porto this season hasnt he

He barely play. just 10 starts or so all season. But it does not even matter. WE got him for free, we got 2m loan fee and we can sell him for at least 15m. Easiest profit ever.

[Atomiswave 6,072]

47 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

He barely play. just 10 starts or so all season. But it does not even matter. WE got him for free, we got 2m loan fee and we can sell him for at least 15m. Easiest profit ever.

Thats true, good piece of business

3 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

Not according to Porto fans.

Really? He is still young im sure he will get better,as Magic Lamps said we will at least get a decent fee if it doesnt work out.

[Vesper 29,140]

4 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

He barely play. just 10 starts or so all season. But it does not even matter. WE got him for free, we got 2m loan fee and we can sell him for at least 15m. Easiest profit ever.

I watched 3 of his games,

he looked really good in all of them

3 clean sheets and bossed shitty

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

9 hours ago, Vesper said:

I watched 3 of his games,

he looked really good in all of them

3 clean sheets and bossed shitty

Not seen him much. But 1000mins all season is hardly undisputed starter. I don’t think he has a future here anyway. Simply bought as a foolproof investment. 

[Vesper 29,140]

4 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Not seen him much. But 1000mins all season is hardly undisputed starter. I don’t think he has a future here anyway. Simply bought as a foolproof investment. 

I want to at least see him get a chance here.

He can pay LB as well (he is one of those rare left-footed CB's)

[NikkiCFC 8,066]

On 08/02/2021 at 15:03, milka said:

Chelsea have been working on the deal for some time and if 'nothing goes wrong', Boateng will become the first signing of the Thomas Tuchel era.

After what happened with his ex girlfriend not sure Boateng will be mentally ready for footy any time soon. But even without that he is not that good.

Edited February 10, 2021 by NikkiCFC

[Vesper 29,140]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

After what happened with his ex girlfriend not sure Boateng will be mentally ready for footy any time soon. But even without that he is not that good.

his personal life has been a goddamn hot mess for ages

and yes, his ex just killed herself (on her son's birthday too!) because he dumped so, so that is a hell of a mind fuck

he has already left Qatar and flown back to Germany (he was due to start in the Bayern's FIFA WCC final tomorrow against Tigres)

[Vesper 29,140]

Thomas Tuchel confirms Chelsea "interest" in Erling Haaland and Dayot Upamecano

Chelsea have reportedly made Borussia Dortmund striker Haaland their priority target this summer, while they are one of a number of clubs monitoring RB Leipzig defender Upamecano

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-tuchel-interest-haaland-upamecano-23477169

Edited February 10, 2021 by Vesper

[Jase 43,479]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Thomas Tuchel confirms Chelsea "interest" in Erling Haaland and Dayot Upamecano

Chelsea have reportedly made Borussia Dortmund striker Haaland their priority target this summer, while they are one of a number of clubs monitoring RB Leipzig defender Upamecano

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-tuchel-interest-haaland-upamecano-23477169

Tuchel did not confirm anything. Christ! 

[Vesper 29,140]

16 minutes ago, Jason said:

Tuchel did not confirm anything. Christ! 

he tried to have it both ways

[Jase 43,479]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

he tried to have it both ways

He was being diplomatic about it.

And besides, I doubt we'll have the money to buy both Upamecano and Haaland. It'll be one or the other. Plus, given more clubs are gonna be in for those 2 than say for Havertz and Werner last summer due to the pandemic, let's see if we can actually beat the competition this time, assuming we do go for either one of them. 

[Vesper 29,140]

29 minutes ago, Jason said:

He was being diplomatic about it.

And besides, I doubt we'll have the money to buy both Upamecano and Haaland. It'll be one or the other. Plus, given more clubs are gonna be in for those 2 than say for Havertz and Werner last summer due to the pandemic, let's see if we can actually beat the competition this time, assuming we do go for either one of them. 

I do not see us getting either one, nor Alaba

so there goes the only 3 players I have seen linked with Tuchel

I have no clue what is going on with so many of our players (plus the ones out on loan)

questions on the futures of  (big list warning, and I include some who may be sent on loan who are not on loan atm)

52 (52!!!!) players who we cannot make definitive statements on (some are very likely to be loaned or kept on main team or maybe reserves so can be called up, but not 100% known in terms of exact fate)

Kepa  
Willy Caballero    
Kurt Zouma   
Antonio Rüdiger    
Andreas Christensen    
Emerson   
Marcos Alonso    
Jorginho   
N'Golo Kanté    
Billy Gilmour   
Charly Musonda Jr.    
Callum Hudson-Odoi 
Olivier Giroud    
Dujon Sterling   
Jamal Blackman
Baba Rahman
Davide Zappacosta  
Ethan Ampadu
Fikayo Tomori 
Ian Maatsen 
Juan Castillo
Jake Clarke-Salter
Marc Guéhi   
Matt Miazga
Malang Sarr 
Trevoh Chalobah 
Conor Gallagher 
Danny Drinkwater 
Danilo Pantić
Jon Russell 
Kenedy
Lewis Baker
Luke McCormick
Marco van Ginkel
Ross Barkley
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Tariq Uwakwe   
Tiémoué Bakayoko
Victor Moses 
Armando Broja 
Izzy Brown     
Ike Ugbo 
Michy Batshuayi 
Henry Lawrence   
Thierno Ballo   
Lewis Bate    
Tino Anjorin    
Levi Colwill      
Tino Livramento    
Xavier Mbuyamba   
George McEachran  
Jude Soonsup-Bell

Edited February 10, 2021 by Vesper

[King Kante 1,519]

16 hours ago, Vesper said:

I do not see us getting either one, nor Alaba

so there goes the only 3 players I have seen linked with Tuchel

I have no clue what is going on with so many of our players (plus the ones out on loan)

questions on the futures of  (big list warning, and I include some who may be sent on loan who are not on loan atm)

52 (52!!!!) players who we cannot make definitive statements on (some are very likely to be loaned or kept on main team or maybe reserves so can be called up, but not 100% known in terms of exact fate)

Kepa  
Willy Caballero    
Kurt Zouma   
Antonio Rüdiger    
Andreas Christensen    
Emerson   
Marcos Alonso    
Jorginho   
N'Golo Kanté    
Billy Gilmour   
Charly Musonda Jr.    
Callum Hudson-Odoi 
Olivier Giroud    
Dujon Sterling   
Jamal Blackman
Baba Rahman
Davide Zappacosta  
Ethan Ampadu
Fikayo Tomori 
Ian Maatsen 
Juan Castillo
Jake Clarke-Salter
Marc Guéhi   
Matt Miazga
Malang Sarr 
Trevoh Chalobah 
Conor Gallagher 
Danny Drinkwater 
Danilo Pantić
Jon Russell 
Kenedy
Lewis Baker
Luke McCormick
Marco van Ginkel
Ross Barkley
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Tariq Uwakwe   
Tiémoué Bakayoko
Victor Moses 
Armando Broja 
Izzy Brown     
Ike Ugbo 
Michy Batshuayi 
Henry Lawrence   
Thierno Ballo   
Lewis Bate    
Tino Anjorin    
Levi Colwill      
Tino Livramento    
Xavier Mbuyamba   
George McEachran  
Jude Soonsup-Bell

To be fair the majority of those players are either development players or players brought for development. The ones we should worry about are the following (owing to wages and fees paid): 

Batsh*t

Kepa

Baka

Drinky

Zappa

Baba

Emerson

Barkley

Moses

Zouma 

Rudi

RLC 

AC 

Tomori

Kenedy

Jorgi

Alonso

MVG

*I have excluded Willy and Giroud as they're out of out contract. 

This is still some list but I think they are broken into categories. 

Cat 1 - Players that shouldn't be sold 

Alonso - If we continue with 343 I do not see any need to sell when considering our other issues as we will have to buy a replacement and we have bigger fish to fry than sodding about with this. As I have always maintained, Alonso in a 3atb system is a very handy player.

2 x of AC, Tomori, Rudi, Zouma - As a collective they are poor, however as CB3-5 options they're fine. Pick your favourites on who stays. My personal choice would be AC (best one to cover the central CB slot behind Silva) plus either Rudi or Tomori. 

Cat 2 - Players that are non-enitities due to injury/personal problems (likely that we are still paying 100% even when loaned.)

Baba

MVG

Drinky (probably should be in the list below but I do feel he has mental health problems so I give him a slight stay of execution.)

With these players, just accept the loss. 

Cat 3 - Players who are vastly overpaid and will become Bogrades (or can only be loaned with minimal loan fees or percentage of wages covered) 

RLC 

Batsh*t

Baka 

Kepa 

Zappa

Again suck this up and remember these players and how they were brought/given contract extensions when praising Granny as these players cost a total of £160m+ and over £500k a week. 

Cat 4 - Players that can still be sold for a profit/no real/small loss: 

Moses (if Spartak get CL - if not move him into Cat 3.)

Kante (may belong in Cat 1)

Jorgi (maybe needs his own category due to how limited his market is.)

Barkley (needs to stay fit for the rest of the season, possibly biggest profit potential.)

Kenedy (expect a loss but I reckon we can get a sale.)

Emerson (wages save him. Could maybe belong in Cat 3.)

2 x of AC, Tomori, Rudi, Zouma

The problem we have really is the Cat 3 players (and the Cat 4 players who could/probably will join them) as they are all players who were poor buys from poor scouting or vastly overpaid before proving themselves. It is Cat 3 which will ultimately handicap us as the cost of these players is ludicrous and cannot be offset by Cat 4. 

As for the development players/players excluded they are the cost of running a very good development programme and either still have time to develop or will not be serious costs. 

 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

Have you folks seen the rumours that we are willing to swap Jorgy for Erikson? Who the fuck comes out with these bs stories.....no fucking chance we would be that stupid.