Nathaniel Chalobah

[Amblève. 4,995]

1 hour ago, Kieran. said:

No buyback clause. Good work once again from our board

The fee was already so low that a buy-back clause was basically impossible.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Chalobah was part of the last youth generation I actively followed. The last one of us gone.

[the wes 7,212]

Good luck at Watford 

[Special Juan 27,104]

Not surprised one bit, we buy big and sell youngsters, it's dead simple. We will sell Matic and buy again.

[coolhead23 1,146]

State of affairs at Chelsea: 
We are buying a 22 yr old potential for 40 something millions while we sold off another 22 yr potential for 5m. 

... And then we blame our players to remain at the Bridge. 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

24 minutes ago, coolhead23 said:

 
We are buying a 22 yr old potential for 40 something millions while we sold off another 22 yr potential for 5m.

[coolhead23 1,146]

4 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

Well upgrading is if you go and replace a potential with a World class player ... which is understandable, that we want bankable players ...

But how is it upgrading if you are replace future potentials with future potentials. 

That is called Stupidity!!! 

[Special Juan 27,104]

I mean there is another way of looking at this....If he had been playing at Monaco last season we would be paying 40M for him now

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

1 minute ago, Special Juan said:

I mean there is another way of looking at this....If he had been playing at Monaco last season we would be paying 40M for him now

He is English, so it's worth 40m more

[gadget 126]

Saving grace is the buy back clause. Hope Nate smashes it and comes home in a year or two, he's still a Chelsea boy at heart but speaks volumes to turn down money to play and progress his career.

 

Best of luck

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

10 minutes ago, coolhead23 said:

Well upgrading is if you go and replace a potential with a World class player ... which is understandable, that we want bankable players ...

But how is it upgrading if you are replace future potentials with future potentials. 

That is called Stupidity!!! 

Dude carrying Monaco for the French league title and SF CL. He is also included in CL team of the season. You can't be serious considering both on the same level already.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Nathaniel Chalobah was never going to be a world class player.

But he is young, homegrown, Chelsea through and through, and I would much rather have we had kept him and sold Matic. 

I understand his desire to leave, with my blue-tinted-glasses off, that is undoubtedly the right career move for him. But I'm furious our board and management did not do more to try to keep him here. 

It's a huge shame, but I wish him the best of luck. 

[Magic Lamps 11,460]

7 minutes ago, gadget said:

Saving grace is the buy back clause. Hope Nate smashes it and comes home in a year or two, he's still a Chelsea boy at heart but speaks volumes to turn down money to play and progress his career.

 

Best of luck

Is there a buyback clause?

 

Lets hope so. sad to see him leave, especially if we have to keep Matic now. Also sad that we could not keep an average player here even with outrageous wages as he is homegrown, from our academy even. Need to buy another midfielder now for sure. 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Is there a buyback clause?

 

[Leif 6,006]

I doubt we'll use him, but, Pasalic is in our squad, and in the past 2 years been a solid squad player for 2 top-ish teams. I can't imagine Chalobah being useful for Milan or Monaco (he was useless for Napoli.) They're the same age, no less.

He (Chalobah) offers a bit of everything, but just a bit isn't near enough.
Under patient guidance, Pasalic would be one of the higher goalscoring midfielders in the league.

One offers something most players in his position can't, the other doesn't.

[gadget 126]

3 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

 

beat me to it. Simon Johnson seems pretty clued up on chelsea/Chalobah.. also posted a picture of David luiz and Willian taking out Bakayoko last night.

His timeline is fairly Chelsea orientated 

[Magic Lamps 11,460]

5 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

 

thank you, that's great news. 

 

btw nice profile pic, u got a bigger biceps than Ronaldo  

[Georgy 439]

Shame one of the only few players I thought could break through in our 1st team. From what I understood he was entering his final year, so it's obvious why the club decided to sell him so cheap. I refuse to believe there is no buy back clause considering Conte was praising him. All the best to him.