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So they signed him from Rennes 2 and a half years ago, and so far this season has 7 appearances, no goals and no assists. 

 
I remember Tel coming off the bench in some Champions League game a year or so ago and thought he looked electric.  Just a small sub appearance so not the best example but I did like what I saw.  If I remember correctly he played more as a striker in that game.  Completely forgot about him since and don’t have a clue what he’s done since.  

This could be another Duran/Gordon that everyone hates but turns out to be a great or the next Disatri.

 
axman2526 said:
So they signed him from Rennes 2 and a half years ago, and so far this season has 7 appearances, no goals and no assists. 
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He is only 19yrs to be fair and one of the highest rated youngsters on the planet. Issue is he needs minutes, and lots of them for his development. Personally think he is better off where he is, as Kompany is the type of manager who utilises his bench every game so he gets ample minutes. Here he will be stuck behind Neto & Sancho, and Maresca hates makes subs.

 
Villa look to be bringing in Malen from Dortmund, who is a forward… now Watkins, Duran & Malen can’t all play at once. Surely we’d have to be sniffing around one of the two aforementioned?

 
dermott said:
Both Rudiger and Christensen fell foul of the sanctions at the time. Chelsea were banned from contract negotiations so, regardless of whether they wanted to stay or not, their contracts run out. There was no particular bad blood with Christensen.  The issue, which came to light later, was the club paying his father around half a million as a "scout" in order to secure his original signing. Part of Roman's hiding payments off the books strategy.
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Had nothing to do this as FFP and PSR were introduced in 2011/12 and 2013/14 respectively. It was suggested that Chelsea paid an inducement for Christensen to sign with us, which is illegal (and something we did with Kakuta so had priors). 

Of course all top clubs pay inducements to young players and their families, but only some get caught. 

petre ispirescu said:
Yes to Mathys Tel. One of my favourites youngsters in European football.
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Agree but he's the exact same sort of player as Nkunku, given Maresca thinks that sort of player is not a forward then his chances here will be just as limited.

 
SydneyChelsea said:
Agree but he's the exact same sort of player as Nkunku, given Maresca thinks that sort of player is not a forward then his chances here will be just as limited.
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I see him more like Mudryk's replacement. Unfortunately I think he is going to be suspended for at least two years.

 
SydneyChelsea said:
Agree but he's the exact same sort of player as Nkunku, given Maresca thinks that sort of player is not a forward then his chances here will be just as limited.
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I see him more like Mudryk's replacement. Unfortunately I think he is going to be suspended for at least two years.

 
Matt Law stating that we already have a young CB lined up and we may accelerate his move to the club. 

 
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What exactly are the ambitions of the owners? Because constantly buying young inexperienced players gives us no chance to seriously compete. They will constantly be learning, and you can't have a team constantly learning if you want to qualify for the Champions League every season.

 
Scott Harris said:
What exactly are the ambitions of the owners? Because constantly buying young inexperienced players gives us no chance to seriously compete. They will constantly be learning, and you can't have a team constantly learning if you want to qualify for the Champions League every season.
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All the initial signings are getting older and maturing so it won’t be an endless process.

 
Scott Harris said:
What exactly are the ambitions of the owners? Because constantly buying young inexperienced players gives us no chance to seriously compete. They will constantly be learning, and you can't have a team constantly learning if you want to qualify for the Champions League every season.
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I get what you’re saying and I agree we need some experience in the team.  However unless we are going to sell players once they hit 25-26 (which I wouldn’t rule out!) hopefully the experience will come eventually.  This is a project that’s going to require some serious patience. 

Eventually we’ll have a team full of experience with more younger players ready to compete for places which is the ideal situation.

Really we should have bought experience first then added the youth, it’s not like the youngsters are cheaper.  Don’t ask me why but we’ve done it arse about tit and now need to hope the young uns develop on top of gaining the required experience without examples to follow in the team.

 
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