4 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I suspected a club may have triggered Carney’s release or have come close to it. 
 

Felix has a lot of fans he needs to prove wrong. 

Was linked to Palace for 20mill.

Spanish media also saying our 45mill offer rejected, they want 60 mill.

20 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Spanish media also saying our 45mill offer rejected, they want 60 mill.

We will offer them 35M + Washington + a young GK of their choice.

Yes, that's the latest unconfirmed rumor 😎

26 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Spanish media also saying our 45mill offer rejected, they want 60 mill.

Time to walk away.

“🚨Felix Situation. Atletico want him gone, he does want to leave. He was offered to Chelsea rather then Chelsea making an initial offer, which is why Chelsea think Atletico would be flexible with the pricing, however they r sticking to there guns for a strong fee. Villa want Him and have made this clear, and Spurs have enquired. Plan is for Felix To Leave. Not Seen as a priority signing at Chelsea, but rather an opportunity, many at the club were fond of him at his last spell. Chelsea are still too far off the Atletico valuation. Still a considerable gap in valuations, but negotiations not over. Felix would have already been a Chelsea Player if it wasn’t for Pochettino.”

Looks like we’re struggling to agree a deal. £60m would be way too much. But where does this leave Conor?

Lazy Jadon Sancho rumours doing the rounds this morning. Maybe to pressure Athletico into dropped their price for Felix? 

It would be terrible if we ended up with Sancho on his massive wages... can't see how we'd be that dumb though. 

Edited August 16, 20241 yr by Hessleboink

4 hours ago, JM7 said:

“🚨Felix Situation. Atletico want him gone, he does want to leave. He was offered to Chelsea rather then Chelsea making an initial offer, which is why Chelsea think Atletico would be flexible with the pricing, however they r sticking to there guns for a strong fee. Villa want Him and have made this clear, and Spurs have enquired. Plan is for Felix To Leave. Not Seen as a priority signing at Chelsea, but rather an opportunity, many at the club were fond of him at his last spell. Chelsea are still too far off the Atletico valuation. Still a considerable gap in valuations, but negotiations not over. Felix would have already been a Chelsea Player if it wasn’t for Pochettino.”

Looks like we’re struggling to agree a deal. £60m would be way too much. But where does this leave Conor?

AM have made it clear they still want Connor.

But yeah pass on 60mil, it's too much and just smells of a "last week transfer battle" unless they drop the price.

10 minutes ago, Simplymo said:

AM have made it clear they still want Connor.

But yeah pass on 60mil, it's too much and just smells of a "last week transfer battle" unless they drop the price.

We'd be stupid to pay £60m.  That's Osimhens wages for the length of a 5-6 contract on a player we don't need.

2 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

We'd be stupid to pay £60m.  That's Osimhens wages for the length of a 5-6 contract on a player we don't need.

This is the key! I have never heard of an agent moving 2 players for the same position before talk less of in the same window. Jorge Mendes is the only winner here as he gets to bank around 10% each on the Neto & Felix deal.

 

4 hours ago, JM7 said:

“🚨Felix Situation. Atletico want him gone, he does want to leave. He was offered to Chelsea rather then Chelsea making an initial offer, which is why Chelsea think Atletico would be flexible with the pricing, however they r sticking to there guns for a strong fee. Villa want Him and have made this clear, and Spurs have enquired. Plan is for Felix To Leave. Not Seen as a priority signing at Chelsea, but rather an opportunity, many at the club were fond of him at his last spell. Chelsea are still too far off the Atletico valuation. Still a considerable gap in valuations, but negotiations not over. Felix would have already been a Chelsea Player if it wasn’t for Pochettino.”

Looks like we’re struggling to agree a deal. £60m would be way too much. But where does this leave Conor?

We paid a £10m loan fee and paid him between £5m-£6m for half a season, for a return of 4 goals in 16 games. On what planet was that a good deal?

Fabrizo has said that it’s still 100% still on. Deal not dead. 

BREAKING: Talks are progressing between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid over a deal for Joao Felix 🚨

Sky

8 minutes ago, JM7 said:

BREAKING: Talks are progressing between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid over a deal for Joao Felix 🚨

Sky

+SKY reporting a fee has been agreed. Clubs now discussing the structure. 

 

Welcome back Joao. Please prove us wrong. 

17 hours ago, DarkMata said:

Time to walk away.

Time to f**king sprint away at full pace

If he signs has to mean several need to go, unfortunately the likes of Carney and Noni probably as we know Palmer, Nkunku, Felix and Neto (as new signings) are set in stone and Mudryk and Sterling and unsellable 

 

15 hours ago, JM7 said:

“🚨Felix Situation. Atletico want him gone, he does want to leave. He was offered to Chelsea rather then Chelsea making an initial offer, which is why Chelsea think Atletico would be flexible with the pricing, however they r sticking to there guns for a strong fee. Villa want Him and have made this clear, and Spurs have enquired. Plan is for Felix To Leave. Not Seen as a priority signing at Chelsea, but rather an opportunity, many at the club were fond of him at his last spell. Chelsea are still too far off the Atletico valuation. Still a considerable gap in valuations, but negotiations not over. Felix would have already been a Chelsea Player if it wasn’t for Pochettino.”

Looks like we’re struggling to agree a deal. £60m would be way too much. But where does this leave Conor?

Jorge Mendes is fabricating “interest” through the media regarding other clubs being linked, the Villa/Spurs link is bullsh*t, we’re in a buyers market of 1, Chelsea and nobody. 😅 embarrassing, all for that sweet sweet profit on Gallagher. 

A strange signing for sure.

Maresca seems to be wanting to put a system in which there are only three attacking players, two wide wingers and a striker.

I'm struggling to see how he fits in Neto, Palmer, Nkunku and Osimhen (I'm expecting that to happen) into that, let alone Jackson, Guiu, Mudryk, Madueke, Sterling, Chukwuemeka and Dewsbury-Hall. And now we're adding Felix on top of all that lot ? Bonkers ...  could be 12 players for 3 slots in the team (4 if he plays one of them in midfield, but if he does that then one of Lavia or Caicedo won't play, as Enzo seems to have the role of Mr Golden bo**ocks Untouchable for this year)

Still think our squad is optimal for 4-2-3-1 rather than this 4-3-3 that Maresca seems determined to shoehorn us into, seemingly with several square pegs in round holes. 

Whatever happens let get Joao... I will love his combination with with the quality of attackers we have now

28 minutes ago, d-one said:

Whatever happens let get Joao... I will love his combination with with the quality of attackers we have now

I can see it now.  After standing around looking important for 60 minutes Felix final gets the ball and produces a lovey looking flick to nobody.  The ball falls kindly to Jackson who get his feet tangled and trips over the ball knocking the ball into the path of Mudryk who run at a tremendous pace straight into the opponents defender.  The ball then ricochets kindly to Sterling who runs into the exact same defender this time the ball loops over the defence and Neto connects with a beautiful volley right into the back of the net followed by his leg which fell off in the process.   Wild celebrations at Stamford bridge as Neto is stretchered off the pitch.  An Incredible goal the kind only a billion pounds could make! Clearlake’s vision of total football is complete.
 

 

Edited August 17, 20241 yr by DarkMata

13 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

I can see it now.  After standing around looking important for 60 minutes Felix final gets the ball and produces a lovey looking flick to nobody.  The ball falls kindly to Jackson who get his feet tangled and trips over the ball knocking the ball into the path of Mudryk who run at a tremendous pace straight into the opponents defender.  The ball then ricochets kindly to Sterling who runs into the exact same defender this time the ball loops over the defence and Neto connects with a beautiful volley right into the back of the net followed by his leg which fell off in the process.   Wild celebrations at Stamford bridge as Neto is stretchered off the pitch.  An Incredible goal the kind only a billion pounds could make! Clearlake’s vision of total football is complete.
 

 

In fairness that would be an improvement on Mudryk and Sterling's contributions last season 

4 minutes ago, loz said:

In fairness that would be an improvement on Mudryk and Sterling's contributions last season 

I thought it was interesting that the club have their own definition of "assist" contributions, and credited Sterling with 18 assists last season, on top of his 10 goals, so a much more significant contribution than many people's perception ... 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/2023-24-the-stats-of-chelseas-season 

3 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

I thought it was interesting that the club have their own definition of "assist" contributions, and credited Sterling with 18 assists last season, on top of his 10 goals, so a much more significant contribution than many people's perception ... 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/2023-24-the-stats-of-chelseas-season 

Just like they do in North American sports, especially the NHL....a 2nd assist.  We truly have lost the plot, although I suspect its more about padding the stats when its time to sell the player.  

I actually liked the lad and was hoping we would sign him, but I can't lie, he's not exactly proved any of the doubters wrong since then has he? He's still only 24 though but a strange signing considering the options we have in attacking midfield. Sadly this only tells me someone else is going and it won't be Mudryk or Sterling... 

1 minute ago, CFCCAN said:

Just like they do in North American sports, especially the NHL....a 2nd assist.  We truly have lost the plot, although I suspect its more about padding the stats when its time to sell the player.  

Still won't help us shift Mudryk LOL

Félix is a terrible footballer and if anybody in our leadership structure thinks this is a good idea they should be sacked immediately.

Gallagher our and Félix in? Are you f**king kidding me? We're in the unique position to know exactly what both players offer...

f**k BlueCo, f**k them hard in the harris.