2 hours ago, dennisbutnotwisey said:

He looks an exciting young talent. Really stood out in the champions league. 

I think our recruitment this window of young prospects looks very decent. Young Santos looks a real talent.

Who knows maybe we might even still get Enzo.

He is actually super rapid, to the eye he is quicker than Werner, has the same awesome acceleration that Mbappe has, will give Trent  nightmares next week

Did we sign him from a 90s boy band?

1 minute ago, Munkworth said:

Did we sign him from a 90s boy band?

Hopefully that and not a 30's German boy band

1 hour ago, Ballack & Blu said:

He is actually super rapid, to the eye he is quicker than Werner, has the same awesome acceleration that Mbappe has, will give Trent  nightmares next week

This actually crossed my mind if he plays he will run rings around Trent as Salah is not tracking back.

2 hours ago, petre ispirescu said:

This is why I absolutely hate the current situation and the fact Arsenal lead the standings. That deluded fan base is so toxic that it makes me puke just thinking they could win the title. Hopefully City get their sh*t together fast and go on a 12-13 wins run.

Those Arsenal fools have won f**k all for decades, have not played Champions League football for 5 seasons, a laughing stock ridiculed by everybody, last season they were calling Arteta a buffoons and now they have their best season since the very early 2000s, they act like they are this massive superpower and everybody and their unborn child want to play for Arsenal.

Can't wait for their rough patch to come and see City and United breathing in the back of their neck, what a f**king joy it would be to see them finish 3rd or 4th.

Not the right thread but the simple reality is Arsenal are playing excellent football right now, excellent team football. I hate the bigger but I can still respect the performances. 

We paid 100 million for a player who has scored 7 goals in Ukrainian league?

1 hour ago, JPH said:

We paid 100 million for a player who has scored 7 goals in Ukrainian league?

Never a dull moment as a Chelsea fan

1 hour ago, JPH said:

We paid 100 million for a player who has scored 7 goals in Ukrainian league?

We haven't  though. We've paid a bit over half that which can increase to 88m if he is the mutts nuts and we win everything.  If that happened he'd be worth more than we're paying anyway

3 hours ago, JPH said:

We paid 100 million for a player who has scored 7 goals in Ukrainian league?

No, no we havent.

I quite like these adding numbers to fees to aid the narrative thing that's become the trend.

I'm going to start calling Lukaku a £200m signing from now on.

Edited January 16, 20233 yr by Argo

I wish fans would just stop with the whole « why did we sign a player that wanted to join arsenal » . This isn’t the first time we highjacked transfer and it isn’t the first time it has happened in the history of football.

I’m pretty sure essien wanted to join united back in the day before we signed him and we also stole Pedro and willian under the noses of other clubs and they ended up doing well for us. Him wanting to join arsenal before is irrelevant now that he has joined the club. All we should be doing now is hoping and supporting that he does well.

12 hours ago, ChumpX said:

Yeah.. I don't get it, but I haven't for so many of the transfers we have made in the last two windows.  Just how the hell are we going to stay under the FIFA fair play cap? Would much rather have put the money towards getting Dec Rice back or, and here's one from outside the box, bringing in Ivan Toney. He's a proven goal scorer in PL now. Only 25 and an excellent penalty taker. OK he has the gambling issue to resolve, but even if he is wiped for a few month's he's got years in him. Imagine a CFC where we have Chillers and Reece rampaging down the wings, Conor, Mason & Dec in midfield, with Toney upfront. England FC!

 

I’m not an expert in finance but some other people have explained it well in the Boehly thread

3 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

We haven't  though. We've paid a bit over half that which can increase to 88m if he is the mutts nuts and we win everything.  If that happened he'd be worth more than we're paying anyway

50 or 100, my question remains.

Welcome! Excited to see what he brings. 

After all the comments here yesterday about smiling (or lack of), you’ve got to love what Chelsea social team just posted!

 

1 minute ago, PhilH930 said:

Welcome! Excited to see what he brings. 

After all the comments here yesterday about smiling (or lack of), you’ve got to love what Chelsea social team just posted!

 

Looks like the love child of Ivan Drago and Gary Barlow. 

16 minutes ago, JPH said:

50 or 100, my question remains.

He's scored 3 in 6 in the CL plus 2 assists. Those 7 goals you mention, plus 6 assists have come in less than 1000 minutes of football this season. He's averaging a g/a at 70 mins in that league. 

And he's fast. 

Very good prospect,rapid and a good finisher,welcome to the Bridge.

eight-and-a-half-year deal, wow, never heard anything like it, could be a blinding deal or could be a disaster if he turns out injury prone. fingers crossed for the lad.

 

53 minutes ago, coco said:

eight-and-a-half-year deal, wow, never heard anything like it, could be a blinding deal or could be a disaster if he turns out injury prone. fingers crossed for the lad.

Would be interesting to find out what his basic wage is. They are obviously doing more incentivised contracts (as mentioned in the media a while back) to mitigate the risks of the longer contracts. 

3 minutes ago, venom2011 said:

Would be interesting to find out what his basic wage is. They are obviously doing more incentivised contracts (as mentioned in the media a while back) to mitigate the risks of the longer contracts. 

Apparently 150k per week.

26 minutes ago, charierre said:

 

Doesn't feel like FIFA or the FA would allow such a thing without permission...

6 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Doesn't feel like FIFA or the FA would allow such a thing without permission...

What Shakter do with their money is upto them. As for the friendly that will take place when the war is finished no doubt.

7 minutes ago, charierre said:

What Shakter do with their money is upto them. As for the friendly that will take place when the war is finished no doubt.

Not sure FIFA would be OK with a transfer fee that involves funding a military defensive.

11 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Not sure FIFA would be OK with a transfer fee that involves funding a military defensive.

Its nothing to do with the military defense: -

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I am donating $25 million (UAH 1 billion) of the transfer fee to help our soldiers, defenders and their families... from providing medical and prosthetic treatment and psychological support, to meeting specific requests"