2 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

You should check out the Wes Fofana thread where his injuries are discussed in full.

You misquoted me. I was being flippant because the point I was making was that he is made of biscuits

Some big stories about us buying Valverde, oh wow if that happens, gives Madrid money for Mbappe, so maybe not that crazy.

1 hour ago, Ballack & Blu said:

Some big stories about us buying Valverde, oh wow if that happens, gives Madrid money for Mbappe, so maybe not that crazy.

Can't see it myself though. Think it's more money than the Caicedo deal and my take from Pochettino's recent comments is that he wants to get some PL experience in. Then again the moves today seem to contradict that.

8 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Can't see it myself though. Think it's more money than the Caicedo deal and my take from Pochettino's recent comments is that he wants to get some PL experience in. Then again the moves today seem to contradict that.

Will be interesting to see how Pochettino wants his midfield, for all the world Enzo looks Ball playing holding Mid, so who plays more fwd, Maarsen looks half decent , or Santos…

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Mathias Franca to Crystal Palace. We were strongly linked to him but dropped it because our interest was leaked?

Or is it something to do with Olise?

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1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Mathias Franca to Crystal Palace. We were strongly linked to him but dropped it because our interest was leaked?

Or is it something to do with Olise?

We are being strongly linked with a move for Olise so maybe.

We could do with more goals from midfield and Olise might provide that.

4 hours ago, forbzy said:

We could do with more goals from midfield and Olise might provide that.

Yes, Olise's 2 goals per season could be a game changer.

2 hours ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Yes, Olise's 2 goals per season could be a game changer.

His sulking will be a bonus.

If we aren't going for Raya and he goes to Arsenal... would Ramsdale leave Arsenal as irritated at Arteta taking his top spot. No way you keep Ramsdale and Raya happy at Arsenal as both would want starting spot. Feel like if we don't go Raya and Sanchez isn't an option we explore Ramsdale. 

Robert Sanchez to Chelsea?   Ongoing negotiations with Brighton are going so well we are looking to sign more players from Brighton.

25 years of age  - 6ft 6" - a tall keeper.

 

Worse than Kepa according to people who watch Brighton. So would be a very strange one. But our transfer policy is hard to comprehend at times.

18 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Worse than Kepa according to people who watch Brighton. So would be a very strange one. But our transfer policy is hard to comprehend at times.

Very strange policy;  Robert Sanchez has been available since Jan but no team has approached him. We sold Mendy & spent the summer trying to sign Onana & Maignan, walked away from both because of the fee. Utd now sign Onana for a very reasonable fee, as the season is about to start we are now trying to sign Sanchez even though we are struggling to sign Caicedo from Brighton.
Arsenal are now trying to sign Raya who is a better goalie than Sanchez to provide competition for Ramsdale. Question is why couldn’t sign either Onana when we had the jump on Utd, or Raya when we walked away from Onana. Seems we are just going after the available goalie no one wants.

I'd rather put all my eggs in Kepa's basket than give Brighton any more money. And that's before you even consider that Sanchez is only a bang average keeper.

If we do this transfer then it's Brighton 4 Chelsea 0 (Potter, Cucurella, Caicedo, Sanchez).  Look elsewhere ffs LOL

Tbh I'm not arsed if the price is decent.  Sanchez will be 2nd choice keeper with or without Kepa. It's essentially having a less expensive Kepa as a 2nd choice GK once he finally leaves. 

Kepa/Sanchez this season, analyze the situation next summer. 

30 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Tbh I'm not arsed if the price is decent.  Sanchez will be 2nd choice keeper with or without Kepa. It's essentially having a less expensive Kepa as a 2nd choice GK once he finally leaves. 

Kepa/Sanchez this season, analyze the situation next summer. 

Looks a bit weak in comparison to the teams that we hope to be competing against. Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, Brighton, Aston Villa, all look better in this department. In fact i would have Pickford over ours as well.

If this is what we go with then it will come down to the strength and organisation of our defence. Neither of these two keepers are particularly good with their feet, i thought Sanchez was but having done some more research, nah. We did it before, we won the CL with a GK in goal that we subsequently bombed and then got rid of. Our defensive structure and organisation allowed Mendy to be in the posiiton where he wasn't unduly tested out of his zone and was allowed to command his area.

But i thought that the intention was tro move towards a ball playing GK, hence the interest in Onana and Maignan. Looking at where the market currenmt,ly is and where the real elite keepers are in the world, Maignan to be is the one that is sticking ouyt and probasbly shoudl be who we go after.

With the age of our defence and defensive midfield a commanding, elite level keeper that instils confidence and belief in all those around him is worth his price.

I get those taht say GK is not the priority, btu trust me its more of a priority currently than countless more generationally talent right and left wingers or attacking mids. Don't get me wrogn i would like Kudus and/or Olise as well, but i would underestimate the value of an elite level keeper as well.

5 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Looks a bit weak in comparison to the teams that we hope to be competing against. Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, Brighton, Aston Villa, all look better in this department. In fact i would have Pickford over ours as well.

If this is what we go with then it will come down to the strength and organisation of our defence. Neither of these two keepers are particularly good with their feet, i thought Sanchez was but having done some more research, nah. We did it before, we won the CL with a GK in goal that we subsequently bombed and then got rid of. Our defensive structure and organisation allowed Mendy to be in the posiiton where he wasn't unduly tested out of his zone and was allowed to command his area.

But i thought that the intention was tro move towards a ball playing GK, hence the interest in Onana and Maignan. Looking at where the market currenmt,ly is and where the real elite keepers are in the world, Maignan to be is the one that is sticking ouyt and probasbly shoudl be who we go after.

With the age of our defence and defensive midfield a commanding, elite level keeper that instils confidence and belief in all those around him is worth his price.

I get those taht say GK is not the priority, btu trust me its more of a priority currently than countless more generationally talent right and left wingers or attacking mids. Don't get me wrogn i would like Kudus and/or Olise as well, but i would underestimate the value of an elite level keeper as well.

If it were me I'd spend the money to get that Porto keeper. 

3 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Robert Sanchez to Chelsea?   Ongoing negotiations with Brighton are going so well we are looking to sign more players from Brighton.

25 years of age  - 6ft 6" - a tall keeper.

 

Do they need rid of him the same way that we need rid of Lukaku?

If so, just offer to take him at their price as long as they accept ours for Caicedo 🤭

3 minutes ago, Niall1905 said:

Do they need rid of him the same way that we need rid of Lukaku?

If they do, then that should be the largest of red flags to run very fast in the opposite direction !

Newcastle have agreed a package of around £40m with Southampton for Tino Livramento, as @SkySportsLyall revealed. Chelsea have a big sell on clause based on profit made – anything above the £4m Saints paid. Chelsea entitled to over 40% of total profit/close to £15m.

15 minutes ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Newcastle have agreed a package of around £40m with Southampton for Tino Livramento, as @SkySportsLyall revealed. Chelsea have a big sell on clause based on profit made – anything above the £4m Saints paid. Chelsea entitled to over 40% of total profit/close to £15m.

Very nice thank you very much 

2 hours ago, hawkster said:

Very nice thank you very much 

Indeed. A very welcome £15m.

We can think of the Robert Sanchez fee as £10m now, which feels much better 🙂 

39 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Indeed. A very welcome £15m.

We can think of the Robert Sanchez fee as £10m now, which feels much better 🙂 

The Sanchez fee was £20m apparently, then £5m dependent on add-ons. So £5m when you factor in the Livramento cash.

3 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Newcastle have agreed a package of around £40m with Southampton for Tino Livramento, as @SkySportsLyall revealed. Chelsea have a big sell on clause based on profit made – anything above the £4m Saints paid. Chelsea entitled to over 40% of total profit/close to £15m.

Darn saints should have held out for 60mil

Fair play to Marina for that sell on clause in the Livramento sale to Southampton..

 

12 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Fair play to Marina for that sell on clause in the Livramento sale to Southampton..

 

Remarkable given that it's so heavily loaded in our favour. The higher Saints' profit, the higher our percentage.