1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

 

Chelsea have opened negotiations with Polish club Motor Lublin over the €11 million transfer of 18-year-old defender Bright Ede.

That's just fecking stupid. At least back then we hoarded players who've played close to 100 games

Liverpool's latest offer for Wirtz is 134M. Crazy money. Apparently Leverkusen trying to get the fee closer to 150M. They will probably get it done at something over 140M. I have to admit I have never watched a Leverkusen match for more than 5 minutes straight during the past years, but that is some insane money, superstar tier kind of money.

Wirtz, Kerkez, Frimpong for over 200M and that's before a new centre forward and possibly a new left winger, too. A blockbuster transfer campaing for them. Liverpool must be feeling confident they have some players (Diaz, Jota, Nunez?) ready to leave for some big amounts, as well.

20 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

Liverpool's latest offer for Wirtz is 134M. Crazy money. Apparently Leverkusen trying to get the fee closer to 150M. They will probably get it done at something over 140M. I have to admit I have never watched a Leverkusen match for more than 5 minutes straight during the past years, but that is some insane money, superstar tier kind of money.

Wirtz, Kerkez, Frimpong for over 200M and that's before a new centre forward and possibly a new left winger, too. A blockbuster transfer campaing for them. Liverpool must be feeling confident they have some players (Diaz, Jota, Nunez?) ready to leave for some big amounts, as well.

I haven’t seen much of Wirtz but I would be worried about spending that amount of money on a forward from the German league. Everyone can score there.

11 hours ago, petre ispirescu said:

Liverpool's latest offer for Wirtz is 134M. Crazy money. Apparently Leverkusen trying to get the fee closer to 150M. They will probably get it done at something over 140M. I have to admit I have never watched a Leverkusen match for more than 5 minutes straight during the past years, but that is some insane money, superstar tier kind of money.

Wirtz, Kerkez, Frimpong for over 200M and that's before a new centre forward and possibly a new left winger, too. A blockbuster transfer campaing for them. Liverpool must be feeling confident they have some players (Diaz, Jota, Nunez?) ready to leave for some big amounts, as well.

Not really.

They had a net spend of £100 grand last summer so they have a big war chest.

They’ll definitely sell guys like Nunez and Elliot but they will be fine regarding PSR

17 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

Not really.

They had a net spend of £100 grand last summer so they have a big war chest.

They’ll definitely sell guys like Nunez and Elliot but they will be fine regarding PSR

Thing is though signing him means a change in formation from the 4-3-3 the club is renowned for. Frimpong is also worse than Trent defensively, he isn’t even a RB. Slot by winning the league has a lot of goodwill in the bank, but you just wonder if it might go tits up quickly.

On 06/06/2025 at 09:50, yaz said:

It's never going to end, is it?

No, i do not think it is. He has literally played 6 games of football - he did score a goal. In the Polish league. And they bought him a year ago for half a million and so now we are looking to buy him for 11 million+. Of course we are, of course. why not?

1 hour ago, 19seventyone said:

Not really.

They had a net spend of £100 grand last summer so they have a big war chest.

They’ll definitely sell guys like Nunez and Elliot but they will be fine regarding PSR

Salah and Van Dijk now on 400k a week is going to have an impact

We buy their midfielders, they buy our defenders.

Delap, Gittens and Maignan for a total amount in the region of 80M is top business IMHO. And this is before even selling anyone.

I think these three will be the only ones brought before the Club World Cup and as soon as the window develops and we also get rid of some transfer listed ones (and there is a lot!) the board will look for some oportunities on experienced players. At least I hope that they will bring some good, experienced ones as well, especially in defence.

4 hours ago, petre ispirescu said:

Delap, Gittens and Maignan for a total amount in the region of 80M is top business IMHO. And this is before even selling anyone.

I think these three will be the only ones brought before the Club World Cup and as soon as the window develops and we also get rid of some transfer listed ones (and there is a lot!) the board will look for some oportunities on experienced players. At least I hope that they will bring some good, experienced ones as well, especially in defence.

Those are words that scare me with this board

Chelsea have fallen in love with Jesus Rodriguez and are hopeful of landing the winger this summer. Fans will be able to see his development in real time at the U21 Euros this summer. (@NathSalt1 @MailSport) #CFC

6 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Chelsea have fallen in love with Jesus Rodriguez and are hopeful of landing the winger this summer. Fans will be able to see his development in real time at the U21 Euros this summer. (@NathSalt1 @MailSport) #CFC

No idea who he is, but there is no chance he is older than 19 lol

Man City have no issue agreeing a sensible price in days for Reijnders from AC Milan.

A. Madrid agree a 23M fee for T. Hernandez with Madrid within days.

At what point to we admit we just aren’t very good at negotiating deals.

We overpaid massively for Caicedo and Enzo too.

The reality is that we have two amateur sporting directors whose previous experience were being bang average scouts.

From ownership, to the board, to the directors, to the manger, and to the players. It's genuinly a learn as you go type deal from top to bottom.

Worth a listen. Some interesting updates.

Linked with Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade now that it seems we have moved on from Ekitike. Rumored price at £35m.

Bundesliga tax and all, but looks a bargain at that price. Technical player with good hold up play. Another who could suit a 2 striker system if we go that route next season.

19 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The reality is that we have two amateur sporting directors whose previous experience were being bang average scouts.

From ownership, to the board, to the directors, to the manger, and to the players. It's genuinly a learn as you go type deal from top to bottom.

This hits the nail on the head. Wasting money when we could have made a proper team years ago.

21 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Linked with Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade now that it seems we have moved on from Ekitike. Rumored price at £35m.

Bundesliga tax and all, but looks a bargain at that price. Technical player with good hold up play. Another who could suit a 2 striker system if we go that route next season.

Is he the goalscoring kind or the final pass kind of forward?

15 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Linked with Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade now that it seems we have moved on from Ekitike. Rumored price at £35m.

Bundesliga tax and all, but looks a bargain at that price. Technical player with good hold up play. Another who could suit a 2 striker system if we go that route next season.

God No! Has Havertz written all over him. Everyone seems to be getting carried away with his hat trick for the u21s. Needs to go to a Forest and get regular game time first before stepping up.

Just now, Deino said:

Is he the goalscoring kind or the final pass kind of forward?

He is a Crouchy; 6ft 5’ lanky type forward with decent, not exceptional dribbling skills.

Crouch had his good points to be fair. But we ain't Stoke City.

4 minutes ago, ducavis said:

God No! Has Havertz written all over him. Everyone seems to be getting carried away with his hat trick for the u21s. Needs to go to a Forest and get regular game time first before stepping up.

3 minutes ago, ducavis said:

He is a Crouchy; 6ft 5’ lanky type forward with decent, not exceptional dribbling skills.

Nahh, stay away from him then. Lots of maturing needed

Just now, Scott said:

Crouch had his good points to be fair. But we ain't Stoke City.

We have a Delap tho...

4 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Linked with Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade now that it seems we have moved on from Ekitike. Rumored price at £35m.

Bundesliga tax and all, but looks a bargain at that price. Technical player with good hold up play. Another who could suit a 2 striker system if we go that route next season.

So I guess that signals the end of Guiu at Chelsea. I really wonder what makes this Woltemade bloke think that he'll fare better than Guiu, DD Fofana and Washington. He'll probably get 2-3 appearances next season before being discarded after we sign another unknown striker next summer.

I know highlights don't always prove that much, but he would definitely offer something different up top, especially if he can play off the striker. Could be a shrewd signing depending on the fee.

Edited June 13, 20251 yr by Sunspear_88