James 5,348 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Chelsea is pleased to announce Facundo Buonanotte has joined the club on a season-long loan move from Brighton and Hove Albion. Twice capped twice by Argentina, Buonanotte arrives at Stamford Bridge and will strengthen our attacking options in a campaign that will see the Blues compete across four fronts. 'I’m very happy to join Chelsea,’ said Buonanotte. 'It’s a great opportunity for me and I’m just looking to add as much to the squad as possible, help the team and help the staff.’ Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,717 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Two days ago: "Of course, I’ll get the opportunity to play in the Champions League for the first time" Ouch Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,486 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 6 hours ago, nyikolajevics said: Two days ago: "Of course, I’ll get the opportunity to play in the Champions League for the first time" Ouch Wow. You'd think the player and/or his agent would have confirmed these things ahead of time. Unless the club pulled a fast one on them. Wouldn't surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,005 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Strange… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,530 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 11 hours ago, nyikolajevics said: Two days ago: "Of course, I’ll get the opportunity to play in the Champions League for the first time" Ouch Wonder if it's anything to do with the List A, List B requirements. You only get 25 players if you have 8 locally trained players and from what I can see, we only have 6....does Garnacho count as association trained? Sanchez, Jorgensen, Cucurella, Tosin, Badiashile, Colwill, Hato, Chalobah, James, Gusto, Fofana, Fernandez, Palmer, Gittens, Essugo, Santos, Caicedo, Neto, Delap, Joao Pedro, Guiu, Estevao, Garnacho. I'm guessing we only have 6 locally trained players and that leaves the remaining 17 as non-local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,530 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 5 hours ago, Blue Armour said: Wow. You'd think the player and/or his agent would have confirmed these things ahead of time. Unless the club pulled a fast one on them. Wouldn't surprise me. This actually makes alot more sense as to why we didn't proceed with the Simons deal, maybe we didn't have a free spot for him 😆 Much easier to tell a player who came for a cheap depth loan "hey you didn't make the UCL squad, focus on PL & Cup" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,748 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I actually think he will suprise a bunch of people. He is one of the guys that whenever I watched him play always impressed me. Neto was that guy before we bought him too. Mário César 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,346 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 55 minutes ago, Thor said: I actually think he will suprise a bunch of people. He is one of the guys that whenever I watched him play always impressed me. Neto was that guy before we bought him too. me too I saw some leicester games and I liked what I saw Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,322 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I deffo rate him over Julio Enciso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,095 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) I think the lad at least has a chance because of his technical excellence. It's not that this automatically qualifies players for Chelsea, it's that players should not be recruited unless they have that quality. It's an entry level requirement. Now we have to find out why Buonanotte struggles for minutes at his parent club. Youth and inexperience, which would be fine, or inability to turn his quality into consistently effective contributions, which would be a deal breaker of course. Even if the move does not work out I might give the sporting directors a pass this time. Buonanotte arrives on a low-cost deal, without built-in future obligations. The lad is basically here on trial and his talent justifies that. If he fails then I think the directors were still right to give it a shot. Only if he succeeds, might I question them for failing to back their judgment and secure him at a lower cost. If we find ourselves negotiating with Brighton after a successful 'trial' they will be demanding their usual fee of an arm and two legs. Edited September 9 by OhForAGreavsie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,717 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Wonder why he wasn't issued squad number yet. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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