23 hours ago, Skinnedy said:

And where did that war-chest come from?

60M for a want-away malcontent striker in Diego Costa that became Alvaro Morata
Full Refund of roughly 60M for unloading Alvaro Morata, a want-away flop
120M+ for aging Eden Hazard who pushed for a move and had 1 year left on his contract

All 3 were phenomenal pieces of business. Who led those pieces of business?

it would be remiss to talk about the war chest without giving credit to the person who helped build it

We're in this position because of a spectacularly run club. There are no guarantees in life, but I'm thrilled with how Chelsea has conducted business the last 24 months.

I too think the club do much better business than most other clubs but that doesn't mean they haven't been lucky with the timing of the availability of funds.

Chelsea just happen to have a huge fund from the sales of some top players when a world pandemic comes along and depresses the transfer market. If the pandemic hadn't happened the likes of Barca and Real would be all over Harvertz and Werner. 

9 minutes ago, Andy North said:

I too think the club do much better business than most other clubs but that doesn't mean they haven't been lucky with the timing of the availability of funds.

Yes, the ban was a huge blessing in disguise in hindsight. Also the fact that we brought in Lampard & Petr Cech when we did have had a major impact obviously.

If we didn't have the ban and Sarri remained manager we would likely have gone down the path of signing the likes of Higuain permanently. And been in the sh*t now.

Edited August 26, 20205 yr by Sindre

1 minute ago, Sindre said:

Yes, the ban was a huge blessing in disguise in hindsight. Also the fact that we brought in Lampard & Petr Cech when we did have had a major impact obviously.

Even if some of the young players brought in last season do not make the team their value will have increased through being part of a top 4 team. They most likely wouldn't have had that experience without the transfer ban.

The stars aligned and we are on track to have the best transfer window since 2004 and certainly better than other PL clubs at the moment.

Marina must be working nights getting all these transfers over the line. Silva, Chilwell and Havertz all to be signed in the coming days and there's rumours of a goalkeeper too. She's even picked a good year to not have a holiday.

15 minutes ago, Andy North said:

I too think the club do much better business than most other clubs but that doesn't mean they haven't been lucky with the timing of the availability of funds.

I agree, but you make your own luck to a certain extent, because the club is well run, Chelsea is in a position to take advantage of a depressed market.

That's not an accident. 

Bottom line, since this is the Marina Granovskaia thread... there aren't a lot of execs around football I'd want to trade her for....

18 minutes ago, Andy North said:

Even if some of the young players brought in last season do not make the team their value will have increased through being part of a top 4 team. They most likely wouldn't have had that experience without the transfer ban.

The stars aligned and we are on track to have the best transfer window since 2004 and certainly better than other PL clubs at the moment.

Marina must be working nights getting all these transfers over the line. Silva, Chilwell and Havertz all to be signed in the coming days and there's rumours of a goalkeeper too. She's even picked a good year to not have a holiday.

Absolutely.

We have also raised about 45 million pounds from selling some of the loanees since last summer. It's gone under the radar but that's also a good amount of cash that has made it possible to invest as heavily as we currently are.

And i don't think we are quite done after the three you mention either.

We also overlook the fact that we have made money from loaning players too.. Baka was a 5 million loan , Zouma was 7 mil, we recouped the Higuain loan by selling Fabregas in January.. even Pasalic and Morata bought in 10m in loan fees. I think financially we are well run club.

10 minutes ago, Jangz said:

I think financially we are well run club.

 

1 hour ago, Skinnedy said:

 

Other club's fans called us a sugardaddy club in regards to transfers when in actuality Roman is the only owner that made his club self-sustaining. The other giants are either already established or requires cash injections every year from "sponsors"

I'm thoroughly enjoying this summer so far, and the other team's fans goin on about "bUt, wHaT aBoUt FfP?"

All of us right now 😆

https://i.imgur.com/834XIeV.mp4

Edited August 27, 20205 yr by Jezz

On 26/08/2020 at 12:21, Skinnedy said:

 

Not exactly equal, but close enough

One of the most exciting transfer windows since 2012...

Hakim Ziyech - Ajax ✔️

Jimi Tauriainen - HJK Helsinki ✔️

Edwin Andersson - IFK Goteborg ✔️

Timo Werner - RB Leipzig ✔️

Xavier Mbuyamba -Barcelona ✔️

Ben Chilwell -Leicester City ✔️

Malang Sarr - OGC Nice ✔️

Thiago Silva - PSG ✔️

Kai Havertz - Leverkusen ❓

 

 

50 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

One of the most exciting transfer windows since 2012...

Hakim Ziyech - Ajax ✔️

Jimi Tauriainen - HJK Helsinki ✔️

Edwin Andersson - IFK Goteborg ✔️

Timo Werner - RB Leipzig ✔️

Xavier Mbuyamba -Barcelona ✔️

Ben Chilwell -Leicester City ✔️

Malang Sarr - OGC Nice ✔️

Thiago Silva - PSG ✔️

Kai Havertz - Leverkusen ❓

 

 

Had to google Edwin Andersson  Both he and Tauriainen signed earlier this year, not this summer window, as I understand it.

Edited August 28, 20205 yr by Valerie

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Had to google Edwin Andersson  Both he and Tauriainen signed earlier this year, not this summer window, as I understand it.

Yea you're right, those youth players were signed before the summer.

Has she sold anyone yet? We could put a new squad out every game next season without a worry. 

7 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

Has she sold anyone yet? We could put a new squad out every game next season without a worry. 

I don't think so. At the moment, we can put out 2 starting XIs, pit them against each other in training and the best gets to start.

We'd probably move on 6 players in this window in all honesty

30 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

Has she sold anyone yet? We could put a new squad out every game next season without a worry. 

No one is buying. I imagine quite a few loans are lined up but we are waiting to see if we can actually sell them first. 

Like a boss . To extract £143m from Madrid for the player with one year left on his contract, that's impressive.

 

 

Edited September 4, 20205 yr by abramovich

haha we f**king fleeced them

53 minutes ago, abramovich said:

Like a boss . To extract £143m from Madrid for the player with one year left on his contract, that's impressive.

 

 

Not sure how accurate that is though, and I suspect we'll receive the full amount if Hazard scores a ton of goals and wins a UCL as well

7 minutes ago, driller97 said:

Not sure how accurate that is though, and I suspect we'll receive the full amount if Hazard scores a ton of goals and wins a UCL as well

We're guaranteed at least €130m from the sale. With Madrid winning the league we've already triggered one of the bonus payments as well. 

Over £100m for a player approaching 30 with 12 months left on their contract is good deal for us, especially when you look at how it's been reinvested. 

Just now, ForeverCarefree said:

We're guaranteed at least €130m from the sale. With Madrid winning the league we've already triggered one of the bonus payments as well. 

Over £100m for a player approaching 30 with 12 months left on their contract is good deal for us, especially when you look at how it's been reinvested. 

Looks excellent. Kind of crazy how the fee went from £90m and could go upto £140m!

I mean Hazard is genuinely world class, but I think for a player on his last year approaching 30, thats one hell of a deal! Especially considering if we do get £140m we have used that money to buy Ziyech, Werner and Havertz

5 hours ago, abramovich said:

Like a boss . To extract £143m from Madrid for the player with one year left on his contract, that's impressive.

 

 

I just saw this, really amazing.

Looks excellent. Kind of crazy how the fee went from £90m and could go upto £140m!
I mean Hazard is genuinely world class, but I think for a player on his last year approaching 30, thats one hell of a deal! Especially considering if we do get £140m we have used that money to buy Ziyech, Werner and Havertz

Well Hazard scored one goal for Real Madrid. They got money's worth.

7 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

I just saw this, really amazing.

As it stands, they've paid an absolute fortune for a return of a single goal LOL