Chelsea Transfers

[Superblue 6,372]

Some of the rumours of players we're being linked with - Ben White, Chukwueze, etc lends weight to the club being prepared to possibly take a backwards step or two for a couple of seasons to rebuild the club patiently and go again.

There just seems to be such a calmness around the club at present. Usually a poor run like this there would be rumours everywhere of how much pressure the manager is under but there hasn't been a sniff. If anything all I've read is how pleasantly surprised the club is with how this season has been going and how pleased the hierarchy are with Lampard's use of the academy.

I mentioned in a previous post that Chelsea's young players should theoretically be kicking on and hopefully developing into top players in a couple of years time, at which point a number of Liverpool's main players will be hitting the '30' mark. Does the club make an aggressive push now to try and challenge them or bide our time and quietly develop this team underneath them for a couple of years? Very much like how Liverpool have done things under Klopp prior to last year. 

The proposed £150m transfer budget won't stretch too far nowadays when you're talking the very top level of players. Maybe 2 players. In my opinion we need at least 2 year's of transfer windows to catch up to where Liverpool are at present. That gap won't be bridged in one summer window.

It will be interesting to see what sort of transfer strategy we operate in January and next summer - do we buy a couple of real world class talents in their prime to add to what we have here already, or do we look to add more top young talent to what we already have and build a young team and aim to develop all together.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

 

[Tomo 21,751]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

I haven't watched Ben White before and so, I can't say anything about him but the last few times we signed a complete unknown didn't exactly work out for us, did it? Miazga, Djilobodji to name a few...

But on the flip side, the young guys here have made the step up quite easily, and there's Dan James at United.

[Tomo 21,751]

If the rumours about Lampard giving up on Kepa is true, would people be happy with Onana?

[Blues Forever 1,232]

11 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If the rumours about Lampard giving up on Kepa is true, would people be happy with Onana?

He's decent, but most ppl would probably wants someone like Oblak.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,803]

According to an exclusive from 90min.com, Chelsea are looking to bring in another striker in January and have target Bordeaux’s English-born Nigerian striker Josh Maja.

Maja broke through at Sunderland before making the surprising move to France last season. He’s been impressive but tends to be used as a sub rather than a starter, which could explain why he’s only scored seven goals in 22 games.

The report indicates that Chelsea have been impressed with Maja when they’ve watched him this season, to the point they are considering making a move for him in January to act as the new back up to Abraham.

There’s no mention of how much he might cost at this point, but it would surely throw the futures of Giroud and Batshuayi into doubt. It’s not clear if someone from the current squad would need to leave first, but it’s a name for Chelsea fans to watch out for in Janaury.

 

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2019/12/16/chelsea-look-to-sign-english-born-ace-as-they-seek-a-reliable-back-up-for-tammy-abraham/

[Jase 43,479]

45 minutes ago, Tomo said:

But on the flip side, the young guys here have made the step up quite easily, and there's Dan James at United.

I don't include our young players because we already knew about them beforehand. There are players who can make that step up but if people are just gonna assume it's gonna work because it's a left-field signing, then they could be in for a disappointment. 

[Rapkun 668]

44 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If the rumours about Lampard giving up on Kepa is true, would people be happy with Onana?

I would, he's sublime. The only issue is it's nearly impossible to get rid of Kepa without a massive loss.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Rapkun said:

I would, he's sublime. The only issue is it's nearly impossible to get rid of Kepa without a massive loss.

Don't think we would need to sell Kepa, unless he really goes off the rails or goes full blown Karius but we arguably need someone to challenge him for the No.1 spot. And heck, get a new GK coach as well!

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, ulsterchelsea said:

 

Said it the other day, I highly doubt RB Leipzig would sell Werner in January, even if they get Haaland. They're in the title race and Werner has the European Championship coming up. 

[Tomo 21,751]

28 minutes ago, Jason said:

I don't include our young players because we already knew about them beforehand. There are players who can make that step up but if people are just gonna assume it's gonna work because it's a left-field signing, then they could be in for a disappointment. 

I think with the market inflation the top clubs are going to have to be a bit more proactive and scout potential themselves.

Should this lad say go to Leicester or even return to Brighton and prove himself as a PL player he'd cost an obscene amount of money.

If he's seen as a potentially top class player then now would be the only time to get him at a reasonable price.

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

I didn't like Frank's statement that we need offensive reinforcement to replace Hazard goals and creativity. I'm mean that is true but he also said he's happy with what we have at the back. Are we going to be Liverpool before they signed VVD, Alisson, Robertson...? Scoring for fun but also conceding goals for fun. Klopp needed more than three years to fix his defence. Stupid people learn from their own mistakes and smart people from the mistakes of the others. We need top world class defenders right now! 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

No idea if this true or not.

[Superblue 6,372]

If we managed to get Werner we'd be set for years up front. 2 young strikers who both offer different skill-sets and can even be used effectively together.

[Tomo 21,751]

9 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

I didn't like Frank's statement that we need offensive reinforcement to replace Hazard goals and creativity. I'm mean that is true but he also said he's happy with what we have at the back. Are we going to be Liverpool before they signed VVD, Alisson, Robertson...? Scoring for fun but also conceding goals for fun. Klopp needed more than three years to fix his defence. Stupid people learn from their own mistakes and smart people from the mistakes of the others. We need top world class defenders right now! 

We definitely need a new left back. Regarding CB, I want to see how the Rudiger and Tomori partnership goes first.