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FROM CHELSEA CONFIDENTIAL

First, the good stuff – Chelsea’s financial accounts released this week showed their wage bill dropping from £353m per year in 2023 to £295m per year in 2024. That shows how quickly the shakeup of the squad has lowered costs, and we could yet see it fall further.

But of course, there’s a trade-off. Paying more money doesn’t guarantee you better players, but it improve your odds. The only things that’s dropped as precipitously as our wage bill in the last few years is our trophy count.

And it could yet get worse. The quotes Gill has from the entourage of a striker that Chelsea have been trying to sign recently are a reminder that paying less has its consequences.

“I’m told [the striker] will not be turning up at Stamford Bridge any time soon because, according to the agent, there are others who have been instantly willing to go higher in the weekly wages he would be guaranteed to take home,” Gill wrote.

“That includes one club currently situated in the bottom half of the Premier League. ‘Chelsea don’t pay salaries,’ the source said, simply.”

MY guess is Osimhen and its Man utd

 
FROM CHELSEA CONFIDENTIAL

First, the good stuff – Chelsea’s financial accounts released this week showed their wage bill dropping from £353m per year in 2023 to £295m per year in 2024. That shows how quickly the shakeup of the squad has lowered costs, and we could yet see it fall further.

But of course, there’s a trade-off. Paying more money doesn’t guarantee you better players, but it improve your odds. The only things that’s dropped as precipitously as our wage bill in the last few years is our trophy count.

And it could yet get worse. The quotes Gill has from the entourage of a striker that Chelsea have been trying to sign recently are a reminder that paying less has its consequences.

“I’m told [the striker] will not be turning up at Stamford Bridge any time soon because, according to the agent, there are others who have been instantly willing to go higher in the weekly wages he would be guaranteed to take home,” Gill wrote.

“That includes one club currently situated in the bottom half of the Premier League. ‘Chelsea don’t pay salaries,’ the source said, simply.”

MY guess is Osimhen and its Man utd
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My guess is Delap.

 
My guess is Delap.
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Very much sounds like it.

United are under some financial stranglehold this summer but will always provide higher wages than us. If they win Europa all the more incentive for Delap to join.

For a while now I've concluded that Delap is just too similar to Jackson in the way they play football. Look at 99% of the matches we've played against sides that park inside their box, we are forced to cross to virtually no one. This is why profile wise I reckon Sesko would be the best choice. Only 21 and this is the third season in a row he's hit 18 goals.

CB I think Guehi is the best we can possibly do. Use Chalobah as part of the deal.

This is of course assuming Maresca stays and tweedle dee and tweedle dumbass continue calling the shots upstairs.

 
Which useless, teenage, sicknote c*nt are we overpaying for now?
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Apparently the latest is that we after Juventus forward Kenan Yildiz, 19 - although he does turn 20 next week, so he may have aged out already? The newspapers described him as a forward. But he is really a creative CM who can also play on the wing. He is a tall lad 6ft 2". So we could play him as a centre forward maybe?

 
We should have the advantage here given United’s financial issues. Normally I’d laugh links like this off but the kid is outstanding.


 
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At this stage of BlueCo's tenure, I couldn't give a toss who they bring in.

It's nigh on impossible to form any sort of bond with any of the players in this "player-trading" model they are hell bent on implementing.

And many of the ones that they seem intent on keeping around as our so-called "spine" are the players I like the least, based on lack of ability, dubious character, or both !

Players I do like are the ones they loan, flip or don't even give a chance to.

 
I am seeing rumours of Diogo Costa (GK) linked to City. I am surprised we are looking at the likes of Kobel when this guy could be on the market. If we are intent on not keeping Petrovic (which may be the situation) then why don't we test the waters for Costa.

 
I am seeing rumours of Diogo Costa (GK) linked to City. I am surprised we are looking at the likes of Kobel when this guy could be on the market. If we are intent on not keeping Petrovic (which may be the situation) then why don't we test the waters for Costa.
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6ft 1 keeper, we learned the ahrd way with Kepa.

 
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