thebluekid

This is my last comment on this thread before I head off to summer transfer rehabilitation camp: -puts intentional pessimism to one side- It’s absolutely bleeding obvious that Haaland, Dortmund and every single intermediary would be telling the media ‘he’s not for sale’ or ‘I’m happy here and have 3 years left’. Don’t be that 12 year old kid on Twitter that thinks that automatically means he’s definitely not going; definitely not, no. They are going to say this. He’s their main man. They’re not about to tell the media that he’s off on Tuesday. This transfer, in my opinion, hangs on Chelsea and Chelsea only. If they put the money on the table, they will suck it up quicker than a noodle bar in Tokyo. I do think next week is the penultimate week. If we don’t sign him, we shouldn’t really f**king care. My honest hat tells me having him at the club under Raiola will be nothing short of a nightmare. We’re all (really) only overthinking it because there’s such a huge shortage of number 9’s on the market. Heck, I’d have been happy securing Malen because judging from his attributes, he’d certainly be a solid investment; hats off to BVB for bagging him. I’m signing off this thread now because I’ll end up on medication.

He does, however he’s starting his career playing in the most difficult league in the world. It’s a hell of a burden to front a team which is essentially expected to be winning the title this year. That’s the reality. If Chelsea do not sign a world class number 9 I am putting it on the line, it’s a top 4 struggle and Tuchel won’t be here for 22/23.

Fluked everyone under Lampard initially; juju wore off and now he looks like he’s found his level. That isn’t Champions of Europe level; like Bambi on ice. To top it all off, his work rate and effort was always gonna be his ultimate nail in the coffin. You can get away with being turnip if you work your bollocks off, he doesn’t. Ship him off to another team; as a player, he’s lazy and forgettable.

Axman has been right all along… NO CHANCE!!!!! (although the fact we just plucked Kounde out of thin air with absolutely nothing on it makes you realise how Ninja-esque our dealings are) Nope. He’s not coming.

I disagree. He left when presented with the chance to do so following countless seasons of teams selling his best players and not backing him where he wanted to be backed. He had to have that attitude with us this season, he came in January when we were in a sh*tshow. Skip forward to next summer, if he isn't backed this year (we're absolutely crying out for a number 9) and we fail on our targets, the unrest and the ilk will begin. Just my two cents.

This in a nutshell will be how it ends. Haaland himself has just completely denounced the transfer in an interview; not a chance he'd be double-facing Dortmund by saying what he is saying. The club wouldn't allow it if they knew he was going. Can we please just close this f**king thread because, to be honest, it's like a yo-yo. He isn't signing for Chelsea. End of.

I think realistically we have 7 days to start seeing movement. It would not surprise me though if the board don't manage to successfully secure any players this summer that enhance the team. Mark this post though; if Tuchel doesn't get his men and the team struggle this season, he will be gone. He's shown that at previous clubs. He is not the kind of manager who will sit around and work for a club that don't back him.

-Rhod Gilbert voice- HERE IT IS! THE SIGNING OF THE SUMMER! Oh I can not wait to watch him pick his nose on the bench for 38 games. We were linked with Haaland; we were linked with Rice; Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson flew to space; but nothing compares to this. Signing of the century. -on a side note, good luck to him, I'd love to doss around for £40k a week and get paid to stay fit.-

Unless it’s British citizenship

Just try not to get carried away by the rumours and the like; Timo Werner has spent all summer figuring out why he couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat; it’s because he put his right boot on his left foot and his left boot on his right foot.

I can’t relax!!!!! It’s taking over me. I hate transfer season.

Is a Sancho replacement so has zero outcome on the Haaland transfer. Unbelievable signing for them and will work well with Haaland. Their new manager employs a 2 striker system so will be interesting to see how they link up!

It is quite difficult to not feel so underwhelmed at the moment with the club's activity, but then you realise that the likes of City, Liverpool and the rest of the bunch are yet to make moves. It's all a patience game isn't it. However, if nothing happens within the next 2 weeks, the club should shut the door for this window; there's simply no point in bringing in panic buys. The lack of prominent Haaland news is far too much on a knife edge to predict; it could mean a deal is being struck; it could be (the more likely option) that there is sweet f**k all going to happen with it.

Rumour has it, he’s seen Real Madrid’s glorious victory over Rangers today, 2-1 I heard; he’s already on the plane to Spain to go and buddy up with Perez… Oh wait… Oh they lost and are actually a sh*t show of a club.

I think the majority of this deal has probably been done 3 weeks in advance of anything we read online. I’m going back to being pessimistic on it now; no chance he signs for tier 2 Chelsea over tier 1 Real Madrid or Barcelona. The latter both offering him a better platform to win the Champions League he so desires with a young, prime, energetic, vibrant team; not to mention both with world class managers.

He’s been quite a reliable tier of direct Chelsea related info for quite a few Windows now. Definitely taken with a pinch of salt, but optimistic! For the first time… Haha.

Fabrizio randomly tweeting about him last night and now this. I’d be trusting ‘cfcnewspage’ as a source to be honest; he cooks decent recipes. There’s something going on behind the scenes, the silence is deafening. I think we will pull him out of the hat within the next two weeks. Donyell Malen being a like-for-like replacement for Haaland at centre forward was as obvious as it comes; was never a Sancho replacement. (maybe my intentional pessimism is working like it did on the 29th May!)

This. Any Chelsea fan that thinks there’s a remote possibility of him signing is deluded. Only 3 weeks to go until we start the season with the same XI and fight it out with Leicester for top 4 as European Champions.

Haaland going to a training camp with Dortmund today rules this transfer out completely now. Saga finished.

I admire your optimism but we will be lucky to get Rice out of those players listed. The other two are not happening.

Would have been great to have seen him give it a shot in the premier league. Personally I don’t think he’d get anywhere near the sort of numbers he’s achieving in second tier leagues. Will do well in Spain though and would expect him to continue that ratio of games:goals against defenders who can’t defend.

Makes no sense for Dortmund to sell Haaland this year either. Best chance they have of a title; guaranteed 35-40 goals from Haaland to help that; which probably guarantees Champions League; fans back in the stadium; revenue to be made; having already sold Sancho etc. It’s not going to happen. Them gaining £75m to potentially end up bottling every thing on offer this season and miss out on UCL? That’s catastrophic. I’m sure the senior bods at Dortmund know this and that’s exactly why he won’t go this summer and won’t (unfortunately) ever be a Chelsea player, once the Spanish cretins come next year. Also, as this is now incredibly late in the window, who are they going to replace him with? Don’t say Donyell Malen (sp?) as he is a Sancho replacement.

I for one can’t wait for us to sign Zappacosta and Drinkwater v2 and then sit back with some popcorn.

Scenes if it ends up being so! It’s all gone very, very quiet. Which is usually a sign of progressive dealing. Fat boy Raiola readying what pair of size 90 waist chinos he’s going to nab from Harrod’s as we speak.

Dortmund are releasing a Haaland documentary; this has the Kai Havertz saga scented all over it haha.