18 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

United the latest linked for 25mill.

I really don't think Peterborough have 25 quid let alone 25 million.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/trevoh-chalobah/erfolge/spieler/346314

 

represented every England level from 16 to 21. Got some youth winners badges as well, linked above... If he was available from another club, we'd be sniffing around trying to sign him. Got to say, was a fan of his brother who had too many injuries to have a consistent top-flight career, think Trevor is a much better player and has always done a job for us when called into the side. Gues Tosin signing is a replacement. Its a strange one. 

I definitely think it's a bad idea to sell him.

Excellent squad player and no one knows how well our current cbs will do and if any of them will survive preseason on those horrible pitches I keep reading about!

At least they should wait till preseason is over, in case of injuries and in case maresca sees sense and realises he's better than Disasi and Badiaschile.

11 hours ago, Simplymo said:

Excellent squad player 

Our best cb last season 

In no way I say Chalobah is a great player ( yet), but he's more than equipped to play for this Chelsea team.  Every team needs a squad player who's willing to step in whenever called upon , and not whining when on the bench. We are losing identity of academy grown players every season, soon kids won't even bother at the academy, knowing they will be sold at any signs of a profit.

Before this PSR " pure profit " academy player nonsense, we wouldn't even be thinking about selling Trev.

Disasi and/or  Badiashil would be the one's we would be urging the club to get rid of.

Whatever you think about Trev the way the club is trying to kick him out of the club is disrespectful. Give the guy some respect let him go on tour and look for a club when he gets back if that’s this case.

This is indicative of how this administration will continue to do things. 
 

This club is an asset now to maximise revenue any means necessary.

Maresca has effectively confirmed that Chalobah is not part of his plans, having selected teenager Josh Acheampong ahead of him.

"From my point of view it's always sad to leave players out of pre-season," admitted the Italian. "In the end they work every day for the same target; to be part of the team. We have Axel [Disasi] there, Tosin [Adarabioyo] there, Wesley [Fofana] is finally back, and some young players like Josh Acheampong. It's a sad decision but we had to make it."

 

1 hour ago, icecoolguy22 said:

In no way I say Chalobah is a great player ( yet), but he's more than equipped to play for this Chelsea team.  Every team needs a squad player who's willing to step in whenever called upon , and not whining when on the bench. We are losing identity of academy grown players every season, soon kids won't even bother at the academy, knowing they will be sold at any signs of a profit.

I'm not so sure about kids not bothering. I suppose it's the same at most top level clubs: they get an excellent footballing education, preparing them for a career. If they have functioning eyes in their heads, they've seen the majority of academy graduates have moved to other clubs, and only a few get decent minutes or even a regular place in the squad. Also, I would guess the club tell kids when they sign for the academy it's not a given that they become part of the first team, it's all about giving them a shot at a professional career.

There is sentimentality with us supporters about "our own", because we are the ones who stick around for decades. For the players, young or old, it's about making a living, a club is their employer. Some get attached to it, hence tearful goodbye videos, some just move on to find employment elsewhere. It's almost like they're people like us (although I've never left a job in tears myself) 😝

33 minutes ago, Valerie said:

I'm not so sure about kids not bothering. I suppose it's the same at most top level clubs: they get an excellent footballing education, preparing them for a career. If they have functioning eyes in their heads, they've seen the majority of academy graduates have moved to other clubs, and only a few get decent minutes or even a regular place in the squad. Also, I would guess the club tell kids when they sign for the academy it's not a given that they become part of the first team, it's all about giving them a shot at a professional career.

There is sentimentality with us supporters about "our own", because we are the ones who stick around for decades. For the players, young or old, it's about making a living, a club is their employer. Some get attached to it, hence tearful goodbye videos, some just move on to find employment elsewhere. It's almost like they're people like us (although I've never left a job in tears myself) 😝

The problem I have is that there are players that we've bought that aren't as good as Trev.

Selling him isn't because he's not good enough , it's purely because of PSR. If it wasn't for the " pure profit" thing , he would stay and a few of our rubbish imports would be out the door.

Anyway, are you working from the sofa again?

😂

 

 

Cant see what the big fuss is about.    Its not as if he has just come through the academy and has the world at his feet. He is 25 and most probably peaked at his level.

Players come and go.

He might have played pretty well at the back end of last season but so did others.

He was often slated on online forums such as this one previous to that.

 

 

Well, Trev moves on and Josh Acheampong [18] get his time and experience as a central defender, a full-back and at wing-back – OR he will most likely go on the loan

The current CB situation is not great – there are still a lot of unknowns here with all these players.  Young and inexperienced and possibly prone to injury.

Levi Colwill CB
Tosin Adarabioyo CB

Disasi for £38.5 million

Badiashile for £32.7 million
Wes Fofana fee of £70 million, plus £5 million in add-ons

I guess there is this idea where we can make Cucurella a CB and Renato Veiga as a CB or Reece James as a CB

Aaron Anselmino fee in the region of £17million and we loan him back for 6 months OR maybe a year

Why don't we simply sell Disasi and/or Badiashile for a profit?

5 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

soon kids won't even bother at the academy, knowing they will be sold at any signs of a profit.

Or they'd look at Colwill getting a big new contract while we told Bayern and Liverpool to f**k off.

5 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

We are losing identity of academy grown players every season

Our first four title winning sides had 1 academy player playing regularly, Conte's had none.

4 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Why don't we simply sell Disasi and/or Badiashile for a profit?

Well, cos y'know we would not get much in the way of 'profit' and certainly not 25 million quid in profit.

 

For me, Trev was a squad player and not a starter and moving him on is not the worst thing that has ever happened  - BUT it is the 'way' that they have gone about it that is the most disturbing. He signed for Chelsea when he was 8 - he is now 25. Chelsea is literally his entire life.

 

2 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Why don't we simply sell Disasi and/or Badiashile for a profit?

I can't see any clubs paying over £30m for the pair, and that would just leave us breaking even. 

Chalobah would fetch £25-30m of profit and I'd imagine a lot of English clubs would be more interested in Chalobah than the Monaco pair. Homegrown factor. 

3 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Maresca has effectively confirmed that Chalobah is not part of his plans, having selected teenager Josh Acheampong ahead of him.

 

"From my point of view it's always sad to leave players out of pre-season," admitted the Italian. "In the end they work every day for the same target; to be part of the team. We have Axel [Disasi] there, Tosin [Adarabioyo] there, Wesley [Fofana] is finally back, and some young players like Josh Acheampong. It's a sad decision but we had to make it."

I no way think this decision is on Maresca, he was told to leave him back as he's going on the market, as instructed by the board!

The same way Poch was instructed who to play last season! This club is a circus act!

As mentioned by @The Rising Sun Big Trev isn't seen as a decent player that came through our academy, he is just money bags to them!

Just wish he does really well for himself and the rest of his career when he does move. Will follow how he gets on away from us and give him a big cheer when he returns to Stamford Bridge. Really cant fault the guy. Top pro and were losing a player because the owners are asset stripping us. Not sure I can see this move through any other logic. 

 

47 minutes ago, shedendmuffer said:

Cant see what the big fuss is about.    Its not as if he has just come through the academy and has the world at his feet. He is 25 and most probably peaked at his level.

Players come and go.

He might have played pretty well at the back end of last season but so did others.

He was often slated on online forums such as this one previous to that.

 

 

The big fuss is he's better than the brothers of destruction from Monaco and actually has an affinity to the club but is being sold off on the cheap to accommodate for two expensive mistakes. 

No one is claiming he's a world beater, look at the bigger picture of why its happening (again) and the money we waste. 

This is all the consequence of the stupid PSR FFP bollocks. We are not the only team in this sh*t position. Why do you think we got Kellyman, Villa have the self same problems. Nobody is in a position to buy players at the inflated prices anymore. It has to be wheeleed and dealed, to financially fit PSR. The owners have tried various ways to get around it, as have other teams owners. as fast as a loophole is discovered, it's slammed shut with newer regulations. Until a major change is made in the stupid financial regulations, it's going to be a downward spiral for all clubs, with the inevitable weakening of the entire English game. We are not being asset stripped, the first 2 transfer windows under Clearlake were a disaster, partly ignorance, and partly blind panic.

28 minutes ago, Mod said:

The same way Poch was instructed who to play last season! This club is a circus act!

The fact Gallagher was his main untouchable (and even selected over the big new signing Nkunku when the Frenchman was fit) alone totally disproves that theory.

 

31 minutes ago, Mod said:

As mentioned by @The Rising Sun Big Trev isn't seen as a decent player that came through our academy, he is just money bags to them!

Then why is Colwill still here?

35 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I can't see any clubs paying over £30m for the pair, and that would just leave us breaking even. 

Chalobah would fetch £25-30m of profit and I'd imagine a lot of English clubs would be more interested in Chalobah than the Monaco pair. Homegrown factor. 

I know mate, I was being facetious as was getting pelters in another thread when I said if our strategy is purchasing players for profit it isn't working 😂

12 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

The big fuss is he's better than the brothers of destruction from Monaco and actually has an affinity to the club but is being sold off on the cheap to accommodate for two expensive mistakes. 

No one is claiming he's a world beater, look at the bigger picture of why its happening (again) and the money we waste. 

I must say as a wrestling fan I do find this nickname you've given them to be extremely funny and actually fairly accurate. I do still have hopes for Badishille though.

Just now, Argo said:

The fact Gallagher was his main untouchable (and even selected over the big new signing Nkunku when the Frenchman was fit) alone totally disproves that theory.

 

Then why is Colwill still here?

Poch had to play Enzo to justify the money spent (the Star boy selling a good amount of shirts), it wasn't until he was out injured and Poch changed up the system to his way, that we started seeing nice football and gaining up the table!

Colwill is another asset option, maybe for next season to fill in the blanks again!

When he came in Badiashille looked pure class, unflappable, reading the game well, and potentially going to be a great. Since the injury, he's a shadow of what he was. It's as if his mind is 2 seconds behind where it was. If you're not totally on the ball, you're screwed in the prem, there's no time to catch up.