Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 29,170]

I will keep this simple

HELL NO TO GERARD MORENO

[Pizy 18,516]

How would two pure #9’s in Benzema and Haaland coexist? Benzema just had a great season and even at close to 34 doesn’t look close to finished. Them signing Haaland doesn’t make much sense at this point.

[Artandur 939]

Can we please stop taking something seriously that Pedulla said

[Vesper 29,170]

only CF options for me IF we miss out on Håland AND IF we still buy one

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (price makes this unlikely)
Dusan Vlahovic  (probably the CF I would buy, as I doubt Sociedad comes down from Isak's RC)
Alexander Isak  (his release clause is too high though)
Youssef En-Nesyri    
Jonathan David   
Adam Hlozek (18yo youth player, MASSIVE upside)

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by Vesper

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

What a farce and blatant click bait article. 

TOTAL AGREEMENT REACHED....yet if you actually read it it states "Real are stated to only be willing to bid slightly above €100m. Clearly, this saga could run and run."

Add the fact 99% of the population know Real are broke, this is some conjured up bollocks. 

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

I will keep this simple

HELL NO TO GERARD MORENO

lol yeah he has been disappointing in the euros as well

he played a very decent season and scored quite a couple of good goals but he went missing in some big moments and might share some of the blame if Spain drop out. also has athletic deficiencies

[Vesper 29,170]

47 minutes ago, Pizy said:

How would two pure #9’s in Benzema and Haaland coexist? Benzema just had a great season and even at close to 34 doesn’t look close to finished. Them signing Haaland doesn’t make much sense at this point.

that isn't how things work

and Benz IS ageing out, it will happen soon

IF Real can work out the fee, Håland will be gone to them

we are a small club compared to Real and Barca

all others are, even Manure, Juve, Pool, us, Citeh, PSG, AC MIlan, and even Bayern,

and those 2 new billion euro+ stadiums will smash that difference home every day after they open

I expect Barca to dip a bit when Messi retires/leaves, but they will recover

Real can lose any player, no matter who, and they are just always going to be the biggest club

is that fair? life isn't fair

Edited June 22, 2021 by Vesper

[Vesper 29,170]

4 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

lol yeah he has been disappointing in the euros as well

he played a very decent season and scored quite a couple of good goals but he went missing in some big moments and might share some of the blame if Spain drop out. also has athletic deficiencies

and is soon 30yo, so has shit for resale value if he is a bust after two seasons

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

How would two pure #9’s in Benzema and Haaland coexist? Benzema just had a great season and even at close to 34 doesn’t look close to finished. Them signing Haaland doesn’t make much sense at this point.

Financial factor aside, Real Madrid are gonna have to rebuild that squad sooner or later. It's stale, some of the players are already old (including Benzema) and some are just average. Plus when you look at their struggles last season, it's no surprise they're looking at Haaland (or Mbappe or whoever else). Benzema was their top scorer with 30 goals and their next highest goalscorer is Asensio and Casemiro...on 7 goals. 

How would Benzema and Haaland coexist? I wouldn't rule out someone like Ancelotti to make it work. This is the same manager that made Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema (remember the famous BBC?) work as a front three with someone like James supporting them from midfield. He always finds a way.

[Styl1994 188]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

We HAVE to restart the new stadium.

Soon Barca and Real BOTH will have new, 1 billion euros a piece completed renovated/redone 'best football stadiums on the planet' homes, PSG is in the process of a half billion euro+ redo, and Manure and Liverpool will keep on renovating and expanding Old Shitford and Spamfield. Spuds have a state of the art giant new stadium, same for Juve and Atletico. Citeh have dumped over a billion into their combined physical plant, Arse will soon do a renovation, etc etc (even EVERTON soon has brand new stadium, ffs).

The only other clubs in terms of the giant old powers with a huge issue besides us (and they still dwarf us capacity-wise) are the 2 Milan sides, as COVID and financial issues are helping to collapse the new shared stadium for them atm.

IF we are trying to get 'best players on the planet at their positions' players, our stadium crushes us in both revenue and pulling power (it is tiny and run down, so so not remotely world class).

I cannot stress how important this already is, and it will only get worse as the years roll by.

Go talk to Roman then not sure what a long post on talk Chelsea is going to do. 

[Styl1994 188]

57 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Can we please stop taking something seriously that Pedulla said

No because people like to be over dramatic for reasons

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Norwich are hopeful about signing Gilmour on loan from Chelsea, but they face some competition from other PL clubs. 

[Vesper 29,170]

1 hour ago, Styl1994 said:

Go talk to Roman then not sure what a long post on talk Chelsea is going to do. 

🥺

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by Vesper

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Bayern are considering Haaland as a replacement for Lewandowski next summer.

[King Kante 1,525]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

We HAVE to restart the new stadium.

Soon Barca and Real BOTH will have new, 1 billion euros a piece completed renovated/redone 'best football stadiums on the planet' homes, PSG is in the process of a half billion euro+ redo, and Manure and Liverpool will keep on renovating and expanding Old Shitford and Spamfield. Spuds have a state of the art giant new stadium, same for Juve and Atletico. Citeh have dumped over a billion into their combined physical plant, Arse will soon do a renovation, etc etc (even EVERTON soon has brand new stadium, ffs).

The only other clubs in terms of the giant old powers with a huge issue besides us (and they still dwarf us capacity-wise) are the 2 Milan sides, as COVID and financial issues are helping to collapse the new shared stadium for them atm.

IF we are trying to get 'best players on the planet at their positions' players, our stadium crushes us in both revenue and pulling power (it is tiny and run down, so so not remotely world class).

I cannot stress how important this already is, and it will only get worse as the years roll by.

Pretty sure a new stadium isn't all it is cracked up to be. More of a vanity thing. I mean look at the stats: 

Le Arse: top team, build stadium and become also rans as they were unable to keep pace in the market to finance their stadium.

Spuds: £1bn stadium with cheese room but now most indebted club in the world. Best player wants out and they're getting rejected by every half decent manager. Then when they find a manager decide not to pony up. 

Real: going broke

Barca: can only sign free players. I mean, feck me, they wouldn't even pony up £3m for Garcia in Jan in the mists of a CB crisis. 

Only team that has really worked for is Juve, but theirs wasn't even that expensive and is barely larger than SB. 

For me, priorities for players are as follows: 

1) Project

2) Money (sometimes in reverse with 1)

3) Lifestyle of city/country (sometimes higher, depending on player)

4) Training facilities 

5) Friends in the squad

For me the stadium comes under those somewhere, I would argue ownership is 6. 

What needs to be remembered is the players spend most of their time at training of travelling. That is more important to them than how fancy the stadium they play in as a pitch is a pitch and they're not sitting in the stands unless they stink the place up. I mean in all seriousness the only real benefit to them would be to be able to play on a bigger pitch as the SB one is on the small side which makes low blocks harder to deal with. 

Edited June 22, 2021 by King Kante

[Mário César 1,045]

1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

Bayern are considering Haaland as a replacement for Lewandowski next summer.

same same same

shit league sadly

If I would a Dortmund fan, I would pray to sell Halaand this summer. Why they wan't to keep Halaand and just sell him next year for 75M€? If they sell him this summer they could won easily more 50/75M€ than next year,

[King Kante 1,525]

8 minutes ago, Mário César said:

same same same

shit league sadly

If I would a Dortmund fan, I would pray to sell Halaand this summer. Why they wan't to keep Halaand and just sell him next year for 75M€? If they sell him this summer they could won easily more 50/75M€ than next year,

Fear of missing out on CL without him? That is €30m-€60m right there. 

[Vesper 29,170]

4 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Pretty sure a new stadium isn't all it is cracked up to be. More of a vanity thing. I mean look at the stats: 

Le Arse: top team, build stadium and become also rans as they were unable to keep pace in the market to finance their stadium.

Spuds: £1bn stadium with cheese room but now most indebted club in the world. Best player wants out and they're getting rejected by every half decent manager. Then when they find a manager decide not to pony up. 

Real: going broke

Barca: can only sign free players. I mean, feck me, they wouldn't even pony up £3m for Garcia in Jan in the mists of a CB crisis. 

Only team that has really worked for is Juve, but theirs wasn't even that expensive and is barely larger than SB. 

For me, priorities for players are as follows: 

1) Project

2) Money (sometimes in reverse with 1)

3) Lifestyle of city/country (sometimes higher, depending on player)

4) Training facilities 

5) Friends in the squad

For me the stadium comes under those somewhere, I would argue ownership is 6. 

What needs to be remembered is the players spend most of their time at training of travelling. That is more important to them than how fancy the stadium they play in as a pitch is a pitch and they're not sitting in the stands unless they stink the place up. I mean in all seriousness the only real benefit to them would be to be able to play on a bigger pitch as the SB one is on the small side which makes low blocks harder to deal with. 

Physical plant expenditures do not count against the main club balance sheet (the one used for FFP).