Absolutely key that we keep Trev and give him a starting place. He's our best centre back.

30 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Absolutely key that we keep Trev and give him a starting place. He's our best centre back.

100% Trev and Levi are probably our #1 CB pair.

Out for the season.

Honestly we should put him up for sale and take whatever offer comes in. What’s the point, he’s injured all the time.

3 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Out for the season.

Honestly we should put him up for sale and take whatever offer comes in. What’s the point, he’s injured all the time.

No one will match his wages. Will just end up loaning him.

Not unless a Saudi club comes in.

On 04/04/2025 at 12:33, petre ispirescu said:

Yes. Meaning he'd have to leave for anything over 40M this summer for Chelsea to balance the books in terms of FFP. An amount nobody would pay most probably. Knowing Chelsea's financial situation is pretty stable, yet can't take any hits in order to invest even more, I think the club will wait until at least the summer of 2027 when his FFP value will be 20M and there is a higher chance to sell him and also register a profit in the books.

I think there would be enough clubs willing to take either on loan with an obligation to buy if they make x amount of appearances.

I’d still keep both especially Lavia.

Wesley Fofana will MISS the rest of the season. [@Matt_Law_DT]

Fofanas wages are too high. He is on 200k a week.

He will Sit it out here for at least 3 of his remaining 4 seasons, imo. Maybe will accept loans as long as his wages are still at that level.

Nobody will pay him what we are, so he has to make his fortune off this deal, then get what he can elsewhere after his time with us is done.

34 games in 3 seasons in all competitions. Absolute joke of a footballer.

Chuck him and Lavia in the mincing machine and make dog food out of them.

Edited April 6, 20251 yr by Gordon Bennett

2 hours ago, Gordon Bennett said:

34 games in 3 seasons in all competitions. Absolute joke of a footballer.

Chuck him and Lavia in the mincing machine and make dog food out of them.

Unfortunately, the trio of Lavia, Fofana, and James all have the mark of players that cannot be relied upon to build a team around. All 3 of them, when fit, I think make our team better. But the cost of keeping them (both money and the opportunity cost of not replacing them) isnt worth it with so few games being played.

3 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Unfortunately, the trio of Lavia, Fofana, and James all have the mark of players that cannot be relied upon to build a team around. All 3 of them, when fit, I think make our team better. But the cost of keeping them (both money and the opportunity cost of not replacing them) isnt worth it with so few games being played.

You could add Chilwell and Chukwuemeka to those as well. Possibly even Broja, who might have been a decent option up top without injuries

4 hours ago, nonotnowjim said:

Unfortunately, the trio of Lavia, Fofana, and James all have the mark of players that cannot be relied upon to build a team around. All 3 of them, when fit, I think make our team better. But the cost of keeping them (both money and the opportunity cost of not replacing them) isnt worth it with so few games being played.

Totally agree. I think they're all top players... On the very rare occasions they're fully fit

We do have that Sarr lad coming next season

Remember in January when Maresca said he was out for the season and that he needed surgery, only for Fonana to deny that on social media and said he’d be back in a couple weeks?

Played one game.

Out for the season

Getting surgery.

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Remember in January when Maresca said he was out for the season and that he needed surgery, only for Fonana to deny that on social media and said he’d be back in a couple weeks?

Played one game.

Out for the season

Getting surgery.

Would have loved to have been a fly in the room and seen that conversation happen.

Club apparently opening the door to a loan or permanent exit this summer. Seems the sensible choice but i don't see any club willing to buy him, i imagine we'll be paying a portion of his 200k a week salary until 2029 when he walks for free. Averages less than 10 games a season since joining.

We need a stable partner for Colwill, looks like Huijson is the choice. CB's shouldn't be chopped and changed, same partnership for minimum 30 league games.

Exclusive coming out of France: Chelsea have opened the door to the sale or loan of Wesley Fofana due to repeated injuries. Marseille interested. (@Santi_J_FM @sebnonda) #CFC

Always imagined a loan move to Marseille or permanent move to Saudi the only viable options.

He just can’t be on our books anymore. Hoping Sarr impresses at the Club World Cup so he can replace Fofana.

If only someone could have seen this coming before we signed him.

54 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Always imagined a loan move to Marseille or permanent move to Saudi the only viable options.

He just can’t be on our books anymore. Hoping Sarr impresses at the Club World Cup so he can replace Fofana.

Yup those seem the only two possibilities. More likely he stays here till his contract is done.

No point in keeping him, Chalobah, although both at their peak, probably not as good but he’s far more reliable.

It is a shame because I was a huge admirer of Fofana at Leicester and was pretty excited when we signed him.

When he's fit he's a top defender imo, but 'when he's fit' is just too rare. If we were thinking about shipping him out I'm not sure who's gonna be willing to spend the money on him, as a player he's worth not far off what we paid, but given his injury record anyone buying him is taking a massive punt. Could a team like Marseille afford to spent even £20m on him? A huge chunk of their transfer budget on someone who might not even play half of their games.

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Always imagined a loan move to Marseille or permanent move to Saudi the only viable options.

He just can’t be on our books anymore. Hoping Sarr impresses at the Club World Cup so he can replace Fofana.

I keep forgetting about Sarr - is he for real joining Chelsea in the summer?

31 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

I keep forgetting about Sarr - is he for real joining Chelsea in the summer?

I reckon he’ll be in the Club World Cup at the very least.

13 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

I keep forgetting about Sarr - is he for real joining Chelsea in the summer?

There is a bit confusion about his status; Fabrizio is saying we have a pre-agreement which will break down if Strasbourg qualify for Europe. If they don’t get an European place, he will move here and then get loaned back to Strasbourg.

2 hours ago, ducavis said:

There is a bit confusion about his status; Fabrizio is saying we have a pre-agreement which will break down if Strasbourg qualify for Europe. If they don’t get an European place, he will move here and then get loaned back to Strasbourg.

Where are you reading that?

Only reports I see are that from theAthletic that suggests we may leave him at Strasbourg for another season. Given the news we want Fofana gone and Chalobah who is likely to leave too, this presents a perfect opportunity for Sarr.