BREAKING : Mauricio Pochettino wants Gabri Veiga, who has a £34.4m release clause. Chelsea are prepared to push hard. (@JacobSteinberg) #CFC

After losing out on Ugarte, Pochettino turned his focus to Veiga. (@JacobSteinberg) #CFC

Good source..but no idea who he is or if he’s any good. 

Only thing I know is that he took the piss out of Barcelona the other weekend. 

Not sure why Ugarte and Veiga are being mentioned in the same sentence as they seem completely different in profile. 

Spanish midfielder who plays for Celta Vigo. I know nothing about him other than that quick Google.

From what I read he is a gem of a player. He's a midfielder with a good technique and not shy to shoot from outside the area. Apparently there's interest from Real Madrid, Arsenal, Newcastle and Liverpool.

Look at that goal

 

 

For a Spaniard his passing metrics are sh*t. 

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

For a Spaniard his passing metrics are sh*t. 

He's got 11 goals and 4 assists, which I guess for a team like Celta is not a bad output for a midfielder.

Really we need to concern ourselves more with players leaving than players coming in so Pochettino has a smaller squad to deal with.

Want a new keeper? Sure we need one but at least one of Mendy or Kepa need to be on their way first, or at least close to the door and just about to sign.

Want a new midfielder? Great we should upgrade but first is RLC being sold to Milan? Is Gallagher staying? What about Kova and Kante? Etc

Or a new striker? Ok but first we need to sort out Lukaku.

As it is we already have Nkunku in to join Pulisic, Ziyech, Mudryk, Madueke and Sterling and that is assuming Havertz and Mounts moves don't fall through.

19 minutes ago, RMH said:

He's got 11 goals and 4 assists, which I guess for a team like Celta is not a bad output for a midfielder.

Looks like he makes up for it with his goal scoring. He and Musiala the only U21 players in Europe's top 5 leagues to have more than 10 goals. 

13 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Looks like he makes up for it with his goal scoring. He and Musiala the only U21 players in Europe's top 5 leagues to have more than 10 goals. 

So we would be signing him to compete with Nkunku?

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

So we would be signing him to compete with Nkunku?

On the face of it he seems like a Mount replacement? I honestly haven't a clue how Pochettino wants to set us up at the moment. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

On the face of it he seems like a Mount replacement? I honestly haven't a clue how Pochettino wants to set us up at the moment. 

Is that Santos or Carneys position?  I don’t  know what’s going on anymore.  Does anyone even know Mounts position at this point.

Looks like a carbon copy of Mount so I’d be very happy with this profile of signing if Mount is to leave. 

16 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Looks like a carbon copy of Mount so I’d be very happy with this profile of signing if Mount is to leave. 

Yup. Sound like a good idea.

We already have these profiles in the squad .. don’t see the need for signing this guy.. we have Chucky .. Cesare.. Santos.. Gallagher.. 

can we stop this nonsense of Neymar and Gabi and as someone above put it focus on outgoings a DM and a striker..

4 hours ago, Jangz said:

We already have these profiles in the squad .. don’t see the need for signing this guy.. we have Chucky .. Cesare.. Santos.. Gallagher.. 

 

Chukwuemeka may go out on loan, Cesare is coming back for the summer so that Pochettino can have a look at him, but he may go out on loan and Santos cannot get a work permit and may all go out on loan? 
Galagher may leave entirely.
Mount wants to leave and Havertz wants to leave too.

A lot is happening.

1 minute ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Chukwuemeka may go out on loan, Cesare is coming back for the summer so that Pochettino can have a look at him, but he may go out on loan and Santos cannot get a work permit and may all go out on loan? 
Galagher may leave entirely.
Mount wants to leave and Havertz wants to leave too.

A lot is happening.

Even if all that happens the likelihood is that we will still be way short of the FFP deadline.  Spending money on more players surely won't help our case.

I won't pretend to know the first thing about this chap. 

I'm fairly sure we've got plenty of young talented midfielders, so unless we're buying proven quality and experience I don't see the point of splurging. 

23 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Looks like a carbon copy of Mount so I’d be very happy with this profile of signing if Mount is to leave. 

Got to watch a fair bit of Celta this year, and i've thought this all year!

Same strengths and weaknesses, he will frustrate many with his ignorance of free runners on the counter attack but his willingness and ability to shoot from range would make an interesting point of difference. I always thought that was one of the best things about Mount's play when he was younger but it has evaporated.

Eh, I feel like we're more in need of a ball winning midfielder like Caicedo or Rice personally

9 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Chukwuemeka may go out on loan, Cesare is coming back for the summer so that Pochettino can have a look at him, but he may go out on loan and Santos cannot get a work permit and may all go out on loan? 
Galagher may leave entirely.
Mount wants to leave and Havertz wants to leave too.

A lot is happening.

the point i am making is that he hardly looks to be an improvement over what we already have in Gallagher & Chucky.. he has hardly played 30-40 matches. i really dont see the reason to buy another young midfielder who ideally isnt chelsea quality.

2 hours ago, Jangz said:

the point i am making is that he hardly looks to be an improvement over what we already have in Gallagher & Chucky.. he has hardly played 30-40 matches. i really dont see the reason to buy another young midfielder who ideally isnt chelsea quality.

He's played 120 games in the various Spanish tiers tbf.

If Mount goes, Kai goes and Felix has already gone we only have Nkunku off the back of a serious injury that is really suited to play in the 10. Relatively cheap for this market and fills the profile of player that has carried over our best 2 seasons in recent years.

 

6 hours ago, Jangz said:

the point i am making is that he hardly looks to be an improvement over what we already have in Gallagher & Chucky.. he has hardly played 30-40 matches. i really dont see the reason to buy another young midfielder who ideally isnt chelsea quality.

I would say he is a different type of player to Chukwuemeka and I would also say he is a better player than Gallagher.  Obviously we all love Gallagher and Mount as they are Academy Lads, but the reality is that Gallagher is a squad player at best and Mount is considering leaving us. I would like us to keep Mount and Havertz tbh. But IF we lose both those lads then we have some 'openings' in the team/squad.  As I said, Cesare is coming in for the summer as Pochettino wants to look at this lad, but he may go out on loan again. It is likely that Cesare Casadei will need one more season on loan.

4 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

He's played 120 games in the various Spanish tiers tbf.

If Mount goes, Kai goes and Felix has already gone we only have Nkunku off the back of a serious injury that is really suited to play in the 10. Relatively cheap for this market and fills the profile of player that has carried over our best 2 seasons in recent years.

Think Nkunku will join Sterling as an inside forward with Madueke and Mudryk as backups. 

Dont really see the point in this transfer. 

Another 20 year old midfielder to compete with Santos, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Webster, Hall. 

We already have Enzo, and are now linked with Caicedo and Lavia That's 7 midfielders of varying strengths and at all different steps in their development, all under 21. 

 

14 hours ago, big blue said:

Dont really see the point in this transfer. 

Another 20 year old midfielder to compete with Santos, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Webster, Hall. 

We already have Enzo, and are now linked with Caicedo and Lavia That's 7 midfielders of varying strengths and at all different steps in their development, all under 21. 

 

More of an attacking midfielder than those listed above, likely Mount replacement.