9 minutes ago, sabin6912 said:

I’m seeing a lot of noise on Twitter from various sources that this is very close. Was surprised to see the above tweet saying that the deal is off. Really not sure how I feel about it until we see the fee. Really hope we haven’t spent over £50m on him. Will be even more worried if what we do spend means we have less to spend on at least one quality CB. 

BUT! Mauricio's Paninis is saying that its off tho. I don't know how much they know about football transfers, but I've heard the paninis and sandwiches are off the charts good

20 minutes ago, sabin6912 said:

I’m seeing a lot of noise on Twitter from various sources that this is very close. Was surprised to see the above tweet saying that the deal is off. Really not sure how I feel about it until we see the fee. Really hope we haven’t spent over £50m on him. Will be even more worried if what we do spend means we have less to spend on at least one quality CB. 

And a new keeper!!

I’m seeing a lot of noise on Twitter from various sources that this is very close. Was surprised to see the above tweet saying that the deal is off. Really not sure how I feel about it until we see the fee. Really hope we haven’t spent over £50m on him. Will be even more worried if what we do spend means we have less to spend on at least one quality CB. 

No way we are getting him for less than £80 million and that's the problem he's not worth close to that

22 minutes ago, Brutos said:

No way we are getting him for less than £80 million and that's the problem he's not worth close to that

A few sources have said about £50m, which is expensive still, but not too outlandish for enlgands 1st choice left back when you consider the prices that maguire, walker, wan bissaka, stones, moved for. 

He wouldnt be my 1st choice, but he is good athlete, he is young enough that you would hope he will improve, and most importantly, he is lampards top target. 

We have complained about not backing the manager in the past, i dont think we can grumble too much if the board sign werner, Ziyech, Havertz, and chilwell. 

Would rather we sign Havertz and a lower cost LB than Chiwell.  Doesn't seem all that special to me.

Happy to be quoted on this if proven wrong but seems like a waste of money to me.

I’m seeing a lot of noise on Twitter from various sources that this is very close. Was surprised to see the above tweet saying that the deal is off. Really not sure how I feel about it until we see the fee. Really hope we haven’t spent over £50m on him. Will be even more worried if what we do spend means we have less to spend on at least one quality CB. 

I think the deal is on and very close, the Times now confirming that there’s been a breakthrough in the talks and a deal is imminent:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chelsea-closing-in-on-ben-chilwell-jjb93qh76

7 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Would rather we sign Havertz and a lower cost LB than Chiwell.  Doesn't seem all that special to me.

Agree 100%,if this puts an end to the Havertz deal ,all because Frank wanted him,i will not be impressed. 

27 minutes ago, Bluesince66 said:

Agree 100%,if this puts an end to the Havertz deal ,all because Frank wanted him,i will not be impressed. 

I doubt it's putting an end to Havertz. Havertz has agreed personal terms with us. We were always going to go after a CB and LB. Not gonna lie, I hope we aren't paying over £55m for him though. I feel like we should be spending the higher fees on a CB, not a LB. But then again, both are important so who knows. Good fullbacks are crucial in modern football. 

I am not impressed with ben esp with the price rumoured..

How do people rate him over the other LB links such as reguilon, tagli etc if money was no issue?  I.e if we still had.money left for CB and keeper after buying him and Kai..

A few sources have said about £50m, which is expensive still, but not too outlandish for enlgands 1st choice left back when you consider the prices that maguire, walker, wan bissaka, stones, moved for. 
He wouldnt be my 1st choice, but he is good athlete, he is young enough that you would hope he will improve, and most importantly, he is lampards top target. 
We have complained about not backing the manager in the past, i dont think we can grumble too much if the board sign werner, Ziyech, Havertz, and chilwell. 

That's what quoted but Leicester will get more than that he's English so that's automatically an extra £20-25 million on any fee. I just don't see the hype around this guy maybe he proves me wrong but just don't see it. There are alternatives which are cheaper and will perform probably better

Well if this is actually happening, let's hope Frank is right and most of us are wrong ...

Looks like something is in this now.

i don’t know what to make of this. But if lampard wants him then I’m fine with that.

Though the fees being stated is ridiculous 

21 minutes ago, Brutos said:

That's what quoted but Leicester will get more than that he's English so that's automatically an extra £20-25 million on any fee. I just don't see the hype around this guy maybe he proves me wrong but just don't see it. There are alternatives which are cheaper and will perform probably better

You don't know that though, why not hold judgement until we get some confirmed figures. I think Chilwell has gone from overrated, to underrated. He is still a good player despite a poorish 6 months. 

The 18 months prior to that he was one of the best in the league. We would all prefer a cheaper option, but i thi k this transfer could end up like Pulisic, where there are plenty of complaints about the price, but in a very short time, that is all forgotten, when the perfomances are good.

34 minutes ago, big blue said:

You don't know that though, why not hold judgement until we get some confirmed figures. I think Chilwell has gone from overrated, to underrated. He is still a good player despite a poorish 6 months. 

The 18 months prior to that he was one of the best in the league. We would all prefer a cheaper option, but i thi k this transfer could end up like Pulisic, where there are plenty of complaints about the price, but in a very short time, that is all forgotten, when the perfomances are good.

He's been sh*t, not just poor. He's comfortably the worst defender in their backline. And even in his good form his defensive lapses will be far less forgiven at Chelsea than at Leicester. It's not as if we have any top end CBs to cover for him as well, do we? He's also a big confidence player, will play well when we're doing well but see some of the same sh*t as this season and we're gonna have even bigger complaints than about Alonso.

Questionable signing in my eyes.

Edited August 15, 20205 yr by MANoWAR

You don't know that though, why not hold judgement until we get some confirmed figures. I think Chilwell has gone from overrated, to underrated. He is still a good player despite a poorish 6 months. 
The 18 months prior to that he was one of the best in the league. We would all prefer a cheaper option, but i thi k this transfer could end up like Pulisic, where there are plenty of complaints about the price, but in a very short time, that is all forgotten, when the perfomances are good.

I was for Pulisic simply because i knew he wasn't overpriced and you could see from his time at BVB h was good. Leicester fans on Twitter are actually happy they are getting a massive fee for him and when the selling clubs fans are happy then I remain cautious.

My final hope is United come out of nowhere and steal this guy instead of Kai and then enjoy Luke Shaw 2.0 for the next 5 seasons. Are they that stupid? 

Edited August 15, 20205 yr by Droopy

13 minutes ago, Brutos said:

I was for Pulisic simply because i knew he wasn't overpriced and you could see from his time at BVB h was good. Leicester fans on Twitter are actually happy they are getting a massive fee for him and when the selling clubs fans are happy then I remain cautious.

Dortmund fans were happy to get a big fee for Pulisic. 

I guess we will have to just see how it pans out.

Rumors stating deal will be worth up to 65million pounds with add ons. 

1 minute ago, Jezq8 said:

Rumors stating deal will be worth up to 65million pounds with add ons. 

Upgrade on what we have. 

If its 65 million add-ons included its not the worst price in the world. I'd assume initial fee around 50 million in that case with add-ons for winning the league etc. That i could live with.

Sources are saying record fee for a LB, so at the very least upwards of 52 million (Mendy). 

I honestly think we will have payed close to 60m which is insane but not as bad as 80m on Maguire but still an insane amount for what you get. 
 

He is quick and can get forward but again doesn’t solve our defensive issues.

Considering a top CB these days is upwards of 60m as well we better start selling some players.   

I don't rate Ben Chilwell at all, he has been below average in almost all the games I've seen him. He is not quick like the worldclass L/R backs that dominates in CL now, for 65mil he should be. 

We should be spending most of our money on Havertz & Declan Rice instead. Take a chance on Reguilon, who is quick, for under 1/3 of the price of Ben Chillwell.

1 hour ago, big blue said:

You don't know that though, why not hold judgement until we get some confirmed figures. I think Chilwell has gone from overrated, to underrated. He is still a good player despite a poorish 6 months. 

The 18 months prior to that he was one of the best in the league. We would all prefer a cheaper option, but i thi k this transfer could end up like Pulisic, where there are plenty of complaints about the price, but in a very short time, that is all forgotten, when the perfomances are good.

Was he seriously one of the best LBs in the league at some point? I'm genuinely curious as Leicester fans seem to be buzzing about this deal, saying he's their worst defender currently. Whatever happens, if this goes through I'll obviously back him from day one. Won't look forward to this thread though with all the knee-jerk reactions that we all love very much.