3 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Angelo is a ball carrier and creator and Noni is more of a goal scorer.

You know it's bad when the player with 2 open play premier league goals since he signed is being called "more of a goal scorer"

45 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Who's going to throw £80m+ at him? City won't buy him back, Liverpool's attack is stacked and doesn't suit their play, Utd isn't a better option, Arsenal have Saka etc.

Can't see him going abroad.

Liverpool next manager may want him, Arsenal did not let Saka and Odegaard stop them buying Kai.

16 minutes ago, Whats_The_Mata? said:

You know it's bad when the player with 2 open play premier league goals since he signed is being called "more of a goal scorer"

Scored 1 in 4 before joining us, pretty similar return to what Hazard achieved in his career. 

Gabriel on the other hand with his 1 goal every 29.8 games...

Can't imagine either will get much game time over Palmer or Paez when he joins. 

12 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Liverpool next manager may want him, Arsenal did not let Saka and Odegaard stop them buying Kai.

They have Salah, Jota, Nunez, Gakpo, Elliott and Diaz in those advanced positions. Salah may leave but when he does they'll be buying from abroad.

Chelsea didn't stick these youngsters on 7 or 8 year deals for no reason, we hold all the power here. 

Just now, RIP Mourinho said:

Scored 1 in 4 before joining us, pretty similar return to what Hazard achieved in his career. 

Gabriel on the other hand with his 1 goal every 29.8 games...

Can't imagine either will get much game time over Palmer or Paez when he joins. 

More evidence why 343 just doesn't look sustainable in the horizon without the club's investments being wasted. 

Maybe something like this in the future, I don't know. 

Caicedo/Lesly  Enzo/Lavia

Madueke/Angelo    Palmer/Paez   Nkunku/RW

ST

 

 

 

Just now, Sconnie Blue said:

More evidence why 343 just doesn't look sustainable in the horizon without the club's investments being wasted. 

Maybe something like this in the future, I don't know. 

Caicedo/Lesly  Enzo/Lavia

Madueke/Angelo    Palmer/Paez   Nkunku/RW

ST

 

 

 

Yeah long term a back 4 is evidently what the club is aiming for with the signings they have made. 

I think until a special player like Paez arrives and Lavia is fit a back 3 makes the most sense.

Get Nkunku and Palmer in behind Jackson similar to how Mount and Werner would be behind Kai. Gusto and Chilly with more cover behind to get forward and keep Caicedo and Enzo close together in the middle of the park. 

 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

Just watched video of him vs PSG

It seems like he's surrounded by rubbish players. Looks very promising and keen to see him stay next year. 

Maybe Mudryk goes out (on loan) and he comes in. 

55 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Just watched video of him vs PSG

It seems like he's surrounded by rubbish players. Looks very promising and keen to see him stay next year. 

Maybe Mudryk goes out (on loan) and he comes in. 

Hopefully Santos and him can help each other.

Getting those stats in a Viera coach team is not easy! He almost never starts as well. He seems like a good buy so far.

 

Ronaldos team.

2 hours ago, timetowaste said:

 

£25m would be almost  doubling their money on what they paid for him, and would represent an excellent price for someone who hardly pulled up trees on his loan to Strasbourg last season. So I'm very surprised they are holding out for £33m. Serve them right if the Saudis look elsewhere ... 

I thought he had huge potential? I was pretty excited about him after pre season last year, can’t say I’ve really watched him since then.

Buying to sell is abit annoying, I know it’s great for the business but can’t be good for the young players. Treating them like a sack of meat.

Yeah I thought  he looked good but I guess if we can get £30m when we have Estevao coming in next season who's a much better prospect we've pretty much doubled our money on a player that's never played for us.

Chelsea………. Feeder club to the Saudi league.

 

I wonder if Saudi would like a CL winning former England left back?

Maybe another young Brazilian that shares his surname with a former US president?

A Ukraine international his former club president tipped to win the golden ball?

Come on we let them have toney to suffer another without a proper striker for a reason right?

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

I wonder if Saudi would like a CL winning former England left back?

Maybe another young Brazilian that shares his surname with a former US president?

A Ukraine international his former club president tipped to win the golden ball?

Come on we let them have toney to suffer another without a proper striker for a reason right?

add a new pet donkey to the list....

9 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Buying to sell is abit annoying, I know it’s great for the business but can’t be good for the young players. Treating them like a sack of meat.

I'm sorry bud, but you'll need to turn a blind eye during the transfer windows mate or it will just upset you every time.

A lot of the players we have (those fringe and unknowns like kellyman for example) are purely here for that. The hype they get as the new superstar or potential youngster when first signed is part of the selling process down the line.

I posted this somewhere at the beginning of this transfer window but we need to try and distinguish between who's for keeps and who's just a commodity. 

I believe we will only keep the best (until there's a satisfactory replacement) and sell the rest once they've made a gain in their asking price like Gabriel above. That's actually good business if they sell him at double. My issue with them is the spending addiction they have.

Edited September 2, 20241 yr by Simplymo

12 hours ago, timetowaste said:

 

Thats simply a fantastic deal if it goes through (seems to be 50/50 with us these days) 

We bought him for €15m and he is going for €23m. Good piece of business. I think we have a couple of these same type of players at Chelsea.

 

I actually liked him, thought his dribbling was exceptional from what I saw but was probably never gonna in ahead of Palmer, Prez or Esetvao anyway. 

A good loan to Spain would have done more much for his value in my opinion. 

Edited September 2, 20241 yr by Remodez

No point keeping wingers that can actually put over an accurate cross 🙂

Decent deal all the same. A good, quick profit and some more to come down the line ...  

48 minutes ago, evissy said:

We bought him for €15m and he is going for €23m. Good piece of business. I think we have a couple of these same type of players at Chelsea.

 

So wait, we turned down 25mill, wanted 33mill but took 23mill euros? So less than the first offer of 21mill quid?

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

So wait, we turned down 25mill, wanted 33mill but took 23mill euros? So less than the first offer of 21mill quid?

Maybe the sell on clause had something to do with that. Percentage changed so initial price changed.

🤷‍♂️

 

I really doubt fabrizio is with them too, so he's only being fed tidbits.

I used to give out the wrong info to ppl I didn't like when I was in a similar situation. Lol

Edited September 2, 20241 yr by Simplymo