2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Hmm, not sure about that tbh.

Nor me. He really struggled with the step up to PL. Tendency to panic under pressure. He's also nowhere near physically strong enough for his size. 

12 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Been linked with a 20mill deal to sign Wngland under 21 keeper James Trafford, formely with Joe Shields at City,from Burnley.

 

Currently part of the full England squad – the provisional one – probably won’t make it to the Euros – Kompany was a big fan of the lad and played him early on in the season and then he was on the bench for the latter part of his Burnley season.

 

Only 21. I do like the look of him. I like a tall goalkeeper and the lad is 6ft 6" and he also has the added advantage of growing up a Chelsea fan. He has good reflexes and good distribution - he began his career as an outfield player.  I think he is worth keeping an eye on.

 

But are we looking for a new young project? Another new young project? We already have one of the best young keepers in the world who is currently out on loan. Gabriel Pawel "Gaga" Slonina – He is a 6ft 4” American kid – 20 – and he is really really good.

RDZ's impending arrival is certainly very bad news for Robert Sanchez !

Can I just say that the way this lot of conducted business rather than being excited I am scared of the transfer window.

Bergstrom is taller and has many similar attributes to Trafford. If its going to be de Zerbi none of these will fit the bill. The whole department will need changing.

Also where are you getting your information from that Slonina is one of the best prospects in the world. I haven't seen any reports detailing his progress or development from when we last saw him. He was miles off then, has there been serious improvement this season?

Edited May 27, 20242 yr by WhiteWall

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

Bergstrom is taller and has many similar attributes to Trafford. If its going to be de Zerbi none of these will fit the bill. The whole department will need changing.

Also where are you getting your information from that Slonina is one of the best prospects in the world. I haven't seen any reports detailing his progress or development from when we last saw him. He was miles off then, has there been serious improvement this season?

He was the best player in a relegated side. Still only 20, needs a couple more loans.

40 minutes ago, ducavis said:

He was the best player in a relegated side. Still only 20, needs a couple more loans.

Still not the most compelling argument that he's one of the best prospects in football. Played 28 games. Team came 3rd from bottom in the Belgian first division. Into the relegation playoffs and it looks like they came bottom of that. I know it's not all about the keep but 66 goals conceded being relegated from the Belgian first division is not going to hit many scouting radars.

15 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Still not the most compelling argument that he's one of the best prospects in football. Played 28 games. Team came 3rd from bottom in the Belgian first division. Into the relegation playoffs and it looks like they came bottom of that. I know it's not all about the keep but 66 goals conceded being relegated from the Belgian first division is not going to hit many scouting radars.

Fair point; though to be fair they were not exactly pulling up trees in attack, only scored 29 goals.

I would hope this season was to get him acclimatised to European football, I hope we loan him out to Strasbourg for the next 2 seasons. Viera isn’t big on their currently goalie, and said goalie has demanded a transfer so there is an open role for him.

2 hours ago, ducavis said:

Fair point; though to be fair they were not exactly pulling up trees in attack, only scored 29 goals.

I would hope this season was to get him acclimatised to European football, I hope we loan him out to Strasbourg for the next 2 seasons. Viera isn’t big on their currently goalie, and said goalie has demanded a transfer so there is an open role for him.

Good idea. Although if we get RDZ all of the keepers need to be replaced. I suspect what will happen is that he will turn to Kepa believing the fallacy that he's good with his feet. Sanchez will go and maybe Petrovic on loan. By Christmas RDZ will realise that Kepa is actually poor with the ball under a press, which is how he wants to play.  So we will no doubt then be looking for another keeper that can bait a press and pass. 

 

On 25/05/2024 at 09:33, Valerie said:

Where is Saha these days?

Galatasaray but at 31 I think our lot won't have him.

Seriously, how fcked up is this

Why would we entertain selling Hutchinson for £25m and buy Summerville for £30m. Surely just keep Hutchinson and keep £5m in your pocket.

 

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Why would we entertain selling Hutchinson for £25m and buy Summerville for £30m. Surely just keep Hutchinson and keep £5m in your pocket.

FFP again isn't it ... 

Big profit on Hutchinson, and the Summerville fee amortised over 8 years, so in the next set of accounts we are "up" £20m odd.

Thread title is called silly season for a reason. 😂

 

Still believe the club are only focused on a CB, LB, ST, and now potentially GK. Everything else is just white noise. 

 

13 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

FFP again isn't it ... 

Big profit on Hutchinson, and the Summerville fee amortised over 8 years, so in the next set of accounts we are "up" £20m odd.

Good point. Farming again.

Summerville: "I want to join Chelsea"

Farke: "Don't leave me this way"

13 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Seriously, how fcked up is this

Why would we entertain selling Hutchinson for £25m and buy Summerville for £30m. Surely just keep Hutchinson and keep £5m in your pocket.

 

 

 

 

The Twatterarti pile-in on the manager situation underlined yet again what a completely unreliable source Twatter is, a lot of ignorant, ill-informed twats with too much time on their hands competing for clicks. In other words, don't believe anything you read on Twatter.

13 hours ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Summerville: "I want to join Chelsea"

Farke: "Don't leave me this way"

Farke- “if you leave we’ll never get promoted”

Summerville - “Ain’t necessary so”

Farke - “ never can say goodbye “

 

Goalkeepers.  We have the immense talent that is our yank in Belgium, but he needs a couple more seasons on loan at least. We have been linked with Trafford the darling of the English goalkeeping scene - in the Euro squad - he is a good ball playing keeper as he began his career as an outfield player. Maybe Kompany will take him to Munich?  [Kompany at Munich is amazing].

Anyways, the latest goalkeeper we have been linked with - and i do feel we need a grown up rather than yet another 'prospect' - is. . . drum roll please. . . .


Stefan Ortega.

7 minutes ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Goalkeepers.  We have the immense talent that is our yank in Belgium, but he needs a couple more seasons on loan at least. We have been linked with Trafford the darling of the English goalkeeping scene - in the Euro squad - he is a good ball playing keeper as he began his career as an outfield player. Maybe Kompany will take him to Munich?  [Kompany at Munich is amazing].

Anyways, the latest goalkeeper we have been linked with - and i do feel we need a grown up rather than yet another 'prospect' - is. . . drum roll please. . . .


Stefan Ortega.

He's probably sh*t on the same bog as Pep.  Sign him up!

43 minutes ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Goalkeepers.  We have the immense talent that is our yank in Belgium, but he needs a couple more seasons on loan at least. We have been linked with Trafford the darling of the English goalkeeping scene - in the Euro squad - he is a good ball playing keeper as he began his career as an outfield player. Maybe Kompany will take him to Munich?  [Kompany at Munich is amazing].

Anyways, the latest goalkeeper we have been linked with - and i do feel we need a grown up rather than yet another 'prospect' - is. . . drum roll please. . . .


Stefan Ortega.

As expected tbh. We're not getting Ederson that's for sure

Been linked to a few La Liga Goal Keepers recently but the club is probably just doing their due diligence in their scouting. 

- Giorgi Mamardashvili

- Filip Jörgensen

- Álvaro Valles

I hope we don't go anywhere near Ederson. He might be able to pass better than the average goalkeeper, but his shot stopping is worse than the average goalkeeper at the same time. 

Can we unsettle Lunin at Real Madrid ?

Presumably he'll be back to #2 there now Courtois is fit ... 

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Been linked to a few La Liga Goal Keepers recently but the club is probably just doing their due diligence in their scouting. 

- Giorgi Mamardashvili

- Filip Jörgensen

- Álvaro Valles

Also Diogo Costa again, said to be the number 1 target with Jorgensen the secondary.

Porto have a lot of FFP issues. If they fail uefas test a second time over the next 3 years they will get banned for Euro competition, and did not make CL for next season.

Porto also want Andrey Santos on loan for 2 years. Could be a factor.

Costa min fee clause 100mill euros, speculation  is 60mill euros could be enough.

Jorgensen min fee 40mill euros.

Edited May 30, 20242 yr by axman2526

Man United showing interest in Trev....

 

Media quoted price tags we have place on players:

 

Gallagher 50mill

Maatsen 35mill

Broja 30mill

Hutchinson 25mill

Chalobah 25mill

 With add ons maybe Broja can get near thar, otherwise his spell at fulham makes it very unlikely. Trev should be far more than that, especially with United and Newcastle both linked.

 

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Also Diogo Costa again, said to be the number 1 target with Jorgensen the secondary.

Porto have a lot of FFP issues. If they fail uefas test a second time over the next 3 years they will get banned for Euro competition, and did not make CL for next season.

Porto also want Andrey Santos on loan for 2 years. Could be a factor.

Costa min fee clause 100mill euros, speculation  is 60mill euros could be enough.

Jorgensen min fee 40mill euros.

Costa looks like the stand out choice.  Perfect to replace Ederson.