1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

So because he has played out of position it's ok if he leaves ?

I don't think the excellence of our current central defenders are keeping him out of the squad, more that he's an academy product, in fact Chelsea academy player of the year 2024.

 

 

 

I'd love to be wrong (and I have been before) but for me he's (level wise) going to end up closer to a Lewis Bate than a Marc Guehi.

Edited August 9, 20241 yr by Argo

10 minutes ago, Argo said:

I'd love to be wrong (and I have been before) but for me he's (level wise) going to end up closer to a Lewis Bate than a Marc Guehi.

Maybe. But none of us have really seen much of him TBF. 

You wrong ??

😆😆😆

Straight into the starting line up for Sheffield this evening, and played 72 minutes in their opening Championship fixture away against  Preston. A 2-0 win and a clean sheet. Looks like he played at right back based on the line up on Whoscored 🙂 

 

Same attitude and work ethic as John Terry. I love it.

20 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

 

Same attitude and work ethic as John Terry. I love it.

Badges on his body?

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Badges on his body?

Think he is referring to hits on his body

1 hour ago, ducavis said:

Think he is referring to hits on his body

Oh, blotches or something like that. I thought boy scout badges 

10 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Oh, blotches or something like that. I thought boy scout badges 

I took it as meaning bruises

55 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

I took it as meaning bruises

Aww, our poor baby!

I like this bloke i hope we keep him albeit with the odd loan here and there. Hes got the Chelsea spirit and he wouldnt fetch a fortune so lets keep him please!

He could be a valuable squad member in years to come. Hes good value and would never be a passenger.

When he scored that goal you could have thought he had won the lottery.

Edited August 6, 2025Aug 6 by OneTommyLangley

16 hours ago, OneTommyLangley said:

I like this bloke i hope we keep him albeit with the odd loan here and there. Hes got the Chelsea spirit and he wouldnt fetch a fortune so lets keep him please!

He could be a valuable squad member in years to come. Hes good value and would never be a passenger.

When he scored that goal you could have thought he had won the lottery.

I think they will sell him and take whatever they can for him.

I like him and his passion but out of all the academy players we’ve brought through over the years I don’t think he’s PL quality. Miles off the likes of Acheampong. Not big enough for CB and not technical enough for full back imo, it’s a shame. Hope he has a good career wherever he ends up.

He's just...okay. I'm sure he can do a job at a mid or lower table team, worse defenders than him are currently in PL.

I don't see us getting much so might as well sell cheapish and add a buy back clause just in case.

I am happy for Alfie. Hopefully he can have a good career.

Wilder loved him at SU. They could sure do with him now. Go well, young man.

He'll have a stellar career in the Championship, wish him nothing but the best.

Surprised he went for significantly less than Bashir Humphreys.

16 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

I am happy for Alfie. Hopefully he can have a good career.

£2m! That is a bad sale.

1 minute ago, markpitts said:

£2m! That is a bad sale.

Feels far too low.

His contract expires in June, so that'll drop his valuation. £2 million is better than nothing.

Being voted Academy Player of the Year seems to be the kiss of death as far as having any longevity in your Chelsea career goes ...

Good luck to Alfie anyway. Good memories of some crunching tackles and that cracking goal he scored.

Would have thought we'd get similar to what we got for Bashir Humphreys ... I guess they've allowed his contract to run down too much without making him feel valued enough to sign a new one.

31 minutes ago, bluedave said:

His contract expires in June, so that'll drop his valuation. £2 million is better than nothing.

I'm sure they could have gotten more for someone who was a regular in a team that almost got promoted from Championship but probably didn't feel it was worth dragging it out till the final day of the window.

1 hour ago, Remodez said:

I'm sure they could have gotten more for someone who was a regular in a team that almost got promoted from Championship but probably didn't feel it was worth dragging it out till the final day of the window.

Yeah, maybe a few million more if they really tried, but it barely moves the needle relative to our total sales income.

I watched some of the Sheff Utd v Coventry game last night and didn't realise Gilchrist wasn't still at Utd. Looked him up and see he went to West Brom but is struggling to get many games with them.

Shame, but just goes to show you need a bit more than passion to make it at the top level.

2 minutes ago, Nibs said:

I watched some of the Sheff Utd v Coventry game last night and didn't realise Gilchrist wasn't still at Utd. Looked him up and see he went to West Brom but is struggling to get many games with them.

Shame, but just goes to show you need a bit more than passion to make it at the top level.

I did the same search a few weeks ago. 'Tis a shame. And a bit strange. Chris Wilder said he really liked him at SU. I remember he had a few injuries there.