List released players:

Abu, Derrick
Adegoke, Prince
Bakayoko, Tiemoue
Baxter, Nathan
Familia-Castillo, Juan Carlos
Fiabema, Bryan Benjamin
Haigh, Joe Samuel
Lawrence, Henry
McClelland, Sam
Sterling, Dujon Henriques
Thomas Silko, Amari Otieno
Wady, Ethan James
Wareham, Jayden Darren George

1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

 

 

List released players:

Abu, Derrick
Adegoke, Prince
Bakayoko, Tiemoue
Baxter, Nathan
Familia-Castillo, Juan Carlos
Fiabema, Bryan Benjamin
Haigh, Joe Samuel
Lawrence, Henry
McClelland, Sam
Sterling, Dujon Henriques
Thomas Silko, Amari Otieno
Wady, Ethan James
Wareham, Jayden Darren George

Baxter is a decent keeper for someobe to snap up 

There was once a lot of hype around Fiabema.

28 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Baxter is a decent keeper for someobe to snap up 

There was once a lot of hype around Fiabema.

Bakayoko cost us £40 million.  He was supposed to be the next Yaya Toure. He is still only 28. 

Over the years we really have wasted some real money.

Edited June 16, 20233 yr by TheCeleryKing

15 minutes ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Bakayoko cost us £40 million.  He was supposed to be the next Yaya Toure. He is still only 28. 

Over the years we really have wasted some real money.

Sad but true.

The 17 players signed/loaned since 2016/17, and who are no longer at the club, have been sold/released/returned for about £352 million less than we have paid.

Alonso ; Luiz ; Kante ; Batshuayi ; Barkley ; Giroud ; Emerson ; Zappacosta ; Rudiger ; Drinkwater ; Bakayoko ; Morata ; Higuaín ; Jorginho ; Werner ; Saul ; Zakaria

(included Kante as I think that's basically a done deal)

For anyone wanting to get caught up on the silly season:

 

7 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Bakayoko cost us £40 million.  He was supposed to be the next Yaya Toure. He is still only 28. 

Over the years we really have wasted some real money.

I always thought he looked a bit sh*t. Toure had a bit of everything, Bakayoko could barely control a football.

With all of the hype I saw online about Bakayoko, the generational talent crap with Havertz and Morata being destined to be an elite striker, it really does make you realise that most people just talk crap and don't really know all that much about a player. I'm certain they fake it to make it seem like they know what they are talking about. They watch a few highlights videos on Youtube and then go on forums or Twitter and say they have been watching the player for years.

6 hours ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

For anyone wanting to get caught up on the silly season:

 

Didnt he say personal terms were agreed yesterday, honestly these f**kers are the worst thing in football now.

 

Nicolo Barella to Chelsea? Chelsea and Inter are discussing a number of different players. I think, with inter having interest in possibly 2/ 3 of our players and us having interest in a few of there’s something can be done, not sure who but I’m confident.

1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

 

Nicolo Barella to Chelsea? Chelsea and Inter are discussing a number of different players. I think, with inter having interest in possibly 2/ 3 of our players and us having interest in a few of there’s something can be done, not sure who but I’m confident.

Don't believe it will be Barella. Martinez is apparently Pochettino biggest wish signing this summer, and reportedly why we dropped out of the Onana bidding.

Trevor Chalobah has been holidaying in Milan, and apparently been having talks with Inter as well. He could well be sold to Inter for around 25-30mill, which would give us FFP pure profit, and Inter could them sell us Martinez for a much greater fee, in a deal all parties hope will involve Lukaku going to Inter. Though how he goes there, loan/sale, is a big issue.

Pochettino would apparently rather have Martinez and Caicedo join and have to remain using Kepa, than he would target a top keeper.

The PIF are paying 55mill euros to Wolves for Ruben Neves. 

Gives us hope of getting go fees for Ziyech, Koulibaly, Aubameyang and Mendy IF they agree to moves.

Tonali to Newcastle for 70m euros. 

 

56 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Tonali to Newcastle for 70m euros. 

 

Never seen him do anything of note for the few Milan and Italy games I’ve seen.  Looks pretty average to me.  None existent in the games against us in the CL.

Alex Disasi (Monaco) linked in French press with a move to the Bridge - I can see the headlines already.......

 

Dujuan Richards 17  will join the club when he turns 18 in October.  Richards, who is currently at the Kingston-based Phoenix All Stars Academy, made his senior Jamaica debut in March against Trinidad & Tobago.  Jamaica play the United States in their opening Group A game later on Saturday in Chicago – so we might get a chance to see him.

 

 

 

Sub. Didn't make it on. B*stards thwarted us.

5 hours ago, dermott said:

Sub. Didn't make it on. B*stards thwarted us.

Another young wunder kid to join Chelsea.

We are signing players. Great young players full of potential on long-term contracts. It is a decent strategy. BUT are we going to sign any grown ups this summer?

This week is about selling and meeting the June 30th deadline. Next week we SPEND SPEND SPEND

Newcastle in talks to sign Tino Livermento for £12m. Reckon that will be a good signing assuming he’s over his ACL injury 

6 hours ago, JM7 said:

Newcastle in talks to sign Tino Livermento for £12m. Reckon that will be a good signing assuming he’s over his ACL injury 

Cheap price.

7 hours ago, JM7 said:

Newcastle in talks to sign Tino Livermento for £12m. Reckon that will be a good signing assuming he’s over his ACL injury 

I’d have liked him but we now have gusto to back up James.

10 hours ago, JM7 said:

Newcastle in talks to sign Tino Livermento for £12m. Reckon that will be a good signing assuming he’s over his ACL injury 

The only gamble is the injury, I expect thats why he`s cheap, along with relegation obviously. 

On 16/06/2023 at 20:40, TheCeleryKing said:

Bakayoko cost us £40 million.  He was supposed to be the next Yaya Toure. He is still only 28. 

Over the years we really have wasted some real money.

did waste a lot, but in all fairness we did recoup a reasonable chunk of that back through constantly loaning him out every season

15 minutes ago, Big Nigel said:

did waste a lot, but in all fairness we did recoup a reasonable chunk of that back through constantly loaning him out every season

Think we actually profited in the long run with loan fees, hence the contract extension

Just now, SydneyChelsea said:

Think we actually profited in the long run with loan fees, hence the contract extension

wouldnt be surprised with the amortization, but looking at it bluntly it still was a terrible transfer in every way.

Thank god we have a good board now!

Think the bidding will go over 100M, so let's hope we keep ourselves out of it. It's been said before, City doesn't really need Rice, but they could afford to get involved just to unsettle Arsenal. It's going back to the drawing board time if Arsenal lose out, if they do win the bidding war, they are going to overpay. No wonder Arteta has blocked Pep's number, according to some not very credible sources