£98 million on Lukaku

£100+ million on Enzo

£80+ million total package for Mudryk 

Now you want the club to spend another £100+ million on another player 

clubs must get excited when we come in for their players 🤣🤣 

 

Don’t think we will bid higher. 

2 minutes ago, SimonH said:

Get a grip? We need a starting DM this season to get back into Europe. Who do you suggest is the alternative signing? Happy to hear some suggestions if you have anything in mind. 

 

Ugochukwu ❤️‍🔥

4 minutes ago, SimonH said:

Get a grip? We need a starting DM this season to get back into Europe. Who do you suggest is the alternative signing? Happy to hear some suggestions if you have anything in mind. 

We are signing Adams, a pure DM, so there is one option ;)

Just now, axman2526 said:

We are signing Adams, a pure DM, so there is one option 😉

Come on, you know this is the back up DM option.

whatever happens i trust in Poch to eventually figure this out 

It’s still highest bidder wins, Liverpool probably showed their hand and it’s likely big. 

There’s no player preference anymore I guess. 

So hold off on calling him average and a waste of money for a few more hours. 😂
 

6 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

 

Ugochukwu ❤️‍🔥

Please no. 

No one is calling him average but he is not £100 million player that’s why city didn’t pay a £100 for Rice. Neither he or Rice are worth anywhere near that much.

I trust the team who are recruiting our players now more than twitter stats men and women!!

Pretty confident he is Liverpool bound. We’ve taken too long which somewhat highlights our uncertainty with the fee. If the team believed he was that good, we’d have done it already. Oh, and you can guarantee if he does join them, and see the pitch Sunday, he’ll score! It’s the Chelsea way!

Think we may rue this one, but plenty of other options out there. I’m  dry optimistic about Santos long term. 

Edited August 11, 20232 yr by PhilH930

Seems like it’s Liverpool then 

5 minutes ago, El regreso said:

No one is calling him average but he is not £100 million player that’s why city didn’t pay a £100 for Rice. Neither he or Rice are worth anywhere near that much.

I trust the team who are recruiting our players now more than twitter stats men and women!!

Over the years I’ve heard…….

back in 2001/02 we were robbed paying Lampard £40k a week

Also heard that we were shafted signing Drogba for £26m in 2004

on the other hand we have the £98m Lukaku disaster, Bakayoko and Torres transfer fee debates too.

To be fair nobody knows how this transfer would work out at £100m, but I do know our midfield isn’t good enough for the upcoming season. We need him or another starting level DM. Maybe need to start testing if Madrid need money……

110m from Liverpool. 
 

Ooooof…. I guess that’s that.

Edited August 11, 20232 yr by Sheva

20 minutes ago, SimonH said:

Come on, you know this is the back up DM option.

Aye back up to Caicedo and Ugarte. They are not options now so he gets promoted  ;)

Just now, axman2526 said:

Aye back up to Caicedo and Ugarte. They are not options now so he gets promoted  😉

Do you think he is good enough to be starting DM for Chelsea after relegation with Leeds? Not wanting to sound argumentative but we can do much better. We are chelsea and we have spent a ton in the last year and people think Adams is a good option as our starting DM? 

It’s over then that’s what happens when you leave things dragging 

2 minutes ago, Sheva said:

And there it is. We move on. 
 

3 minutes ago, SimonH said:

Do you think he is good enough to be starting DM for Chelsea after relegation with Leeds? Not wanting to sound argumentative but we can do much better. We are chelsea and we have spent a ton in the last year and people think Adams is a good option as our starting DM? 

While it is ofcourse a very underwhelming signing by comparison many good players have been got by relegated sides.

Robertson, Wijnaldium, Joe Cole to name three prominent examples.

But yes this is a massive blow no point sugar coating this, was a perfect heir to Kante.

3 minutes ago, Sheva said:

Done deal then, we lost. Physiological blow for Sunday, bigger blow for our season.

Credit to them, they came in and got it done Pronto.

What a waste of 3 months of negotiations from us.

Which of Winstanley or Stewart gets blamed?

What a total shambles. We had a clear run at Caicedo for several months and in the end we faffed about for too long. Could likely have wrapped up a deal for 90+10m ages ago. In the end we were just too arrogant and it cost us. 

Just now, axman2526 said:

Done deal then, we lost. Physiological blow for Sunday, bigger blow for our season.

Credit to them, they came in and got it done Pronto.

What a waste of 3 months of negotiations from us.

Which of Winstanley or Stewart gets blamed?

Once Rice went for silly money we were always going to have to match the fee to get Caicedo. I think we should have walked away at 80m. As good as Caicedo is, there are alternatives that are more realistic and may leave us with some funds to reinforce other areas (e.g. striker or attacking mid).

I suspect we will end up with Adams and Lavia as our DM's now

1 minute ago, Dr. Socrates said:

What a total shambles. We had a clear run at Caicedo for several months and in the end we faffed about for too long. Could likely have wrapped up a deal for 90+10m ages ago. In the end we were just too arrogant and it cost us. 

Brighton made it clear all along they were holding out for 100m. 90m + add ons would not have done it. 

£110m for a player with 1 season of top level football under their belt? We offered way more than reasonable, Liverpool have offered an insane amount. We move on and look forward.

Don't get caught up in the Twatterati noise.

If we'd have signed him he'd probably have torn his ACL on his way out of the press conference anyway.

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

Once Rice went for silly money we were always going to have to match the fee to get Caicedo. I think we should have walked away at 80m. As good as Caicedo is, there are alternatives that are more realistic and may leave us with some funds to reinforce other areas (e.g. striker or attacking mid).

I suspect we will end up with Adams and Lavia as our DM's now

Lavia is not good enough imo. Is why Pool walked away at 45mill, but willing to pay 110mill for Caicedo.