12 minutes ago, evissy said:

It is possible this deal is doable because we have agreed a relatively low fee on Gallagher. Maybe something positive over the loss of Conor. However I know how the fans will greet him if he doesn't get bang in the goals right away.

 

It's the profile I imagine. Similar profile to Osimhen but who's wages and agent fee are probably just out of the question. 

An 18 year old and now a 20 year old as back up options to Jackson. Difficult to get excited about this season. 

48 minutes ago, evissy said:

It is possible this deal is doable because we have agreed a relatively low fee on Gallagher. Maybe something positive over the loss of Conor. However I know how the fans will greet him if he doesn't get bang in the goals right away.

 

He is bang average, & moves like a tractor.  Watched him v Egypt at the Olympics recently and he is Lukaku-lite, not a player who has any business playing for a possession team. I can’t see what the sporting directors are seeing in some of this talent. The reported fee of €50m is ridiculous for a backup, and I would argue Guiu is a better player.

2 hours ago, evissy said:

It is possible this deal is doable because we have agreed a relatively low fee on Gallagher. Maybe something positive over the loss of Conor. However I know how the fans will greet him if he doesn't get bang in the goals right away.

 

Throwing more stupid money at bang average (maybe not even that) players is not a positive move.

I'm so bored of this transfer policy. It's dogsh*t and has no hope of actually helping us make any progress.

So this is how, United fans felt like when they effectively gave us the Palmer funds...

37 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Throwing more stupid money at bang average (maybe not even that) players is not a positive move.

I'm so bored of this transfer policy. It's dogsh*t and has no hope of actually helping us make any progress.

The sporting directors have tons of more data plus the plan of the players they are looking for. I don't. No f**king chance of knowing whether he is worth the money. And he is young and not tested.

13 minutes ago, evissy said:

The sporting directors have tons of more data plus the plan of the players they are looking for. I don't. No f**king chance of knowing whether he is worth the money. And he is young and not tested.

All this data has done for the most part is make the club worse. They need to rely on their eyes more instead of the data which is often very misleading. That last thing we want is yet another Lukaku, and Omorodion is very similar in many areas, especially the worst parts.

Chelsea keep discussing with Atlético Madrid about Samu Omorodion . . .we need to STOP discussing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My prediction is we close a deal with atletico for combined fee plus add ons between 55mill and 60mill, probably euros.

Osimhen and Chiesa are merely Clearlake name planting to help other deals, I don't believe we are after either.

So I guess Guiu was a waste of money then.

What's the endgame here?

2 minutes ago, Sheva said:

So I guess Guiu was a waste of money then.

What's the endgame here?

11 minutes ago, Sheva said:

So I guess Guiu was a waste of money then.

What's the endgame here?

 

Fabrizo:

”Atlético Madrid are set to accept Chelsea proposal for Samu Omorodion, worth around £35m package.

Omorodion’s camp, discussing contract terms with Chelsea.

↪️🔴⚪️ Atléti will ONLY give green light to Samu-Chelsea when they get Julián Álvarez deal done with City/agent. 🇦🇷”

30 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Fabrizo:

”Atlético Madrid are set to accept Chelsea proposal for Samu Omorodion, worth around £35m package.

Omorodion’s camp, discussing contract terms with Chelsea.

↪️🔴⚪️ Atléti will ONLY give green light to Samu-Chelsea when they get Julián Álvarez deal done with City/agent. 🇦🇷”

Are City for sure allowing him to go? Thought they were quite clear they did not want to.

35 top flight games. 8 goals. £35m. Literally £1m per game played. 

These sporting directors are trying to ruin the club. Nothing else makes sense why they keep paying so much money for players with so little experience and/or talent.

17 minutes ago, Zeta said:

35 top flight games. 8 goals. £35m. Literally £1m per game played. 

These sporting directors are trying to ruin the club. Nothing else makes sense why they keep paying so much money for players with so little experience and/or talent.

Maybe in 8 years they have made such a mess of it Clearlake has gone broke, has to sell for 1 penny to the pound, and we get a proper owner who cares about football results as well as the club making a profit.

Hate everything about this, are clubs not allowed to make money from other clubs anymore without returning the favour? Same with Aston Villa, it’s like “you sign one of ours and we’ll return the favour’ and so the money circulates. It’s madness.

Oh no I thought this one was dead.  
Sounds like Atletico have pulled an Amazon Prime deal.   First asking an overpriced £60 million then reduced to £35m making it look like the deal of the century - and our chump owners fell for it.

Too much for a Strasbourg signing so looks like we have our new striker.  

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24 minutes ago, Zeta said:

35 top flight games. 8 goals. £35m. Literally £1m per game played. 

These sporting directors are trying to ruin the club. Nothing else makes sense why they keep paying so much money for players with so little experience and/or talent.

Thiago Silvia’s probably played more games than our entire squad of 70 players.

Is there anyone on the Chelsea board who challenges these signings? Is there anyone asking what this signing means for Datro, Washington and Guiu? No one's asking why we spent money on 4 up and coming strikers, only to be looking at another up and coming striker? What makes this up and coming striker special and different from the other ones?

We're past the "we're becoming a selling club" phase. Selling clubs spot a talented player, develop him and flip him for a profit. We're hoarding players and leaving them to rot, while their value plummets. I have never seen anything like this before.

So Jackson main striker, Samuel his back up, Guiu as 3rd choice.

2 minutes ago, yaz said:

Is there anyone on the Chelsea board who challenges these signings? Is there anyone asking what this signing means for Datro, Washington and Guiu? No one's asking why we spent money on 4 up and coming strikers, only to be looking at another up and coming striker? What makes this up and coming striker special and different from the other ones?

We're past the "we're becoming a selling club" phase. Selling clubs spot a talented player, develop him and flip him for a profit. We're hoarding players and leaving them to rot, while their value plummets. I have never seen anything like this before.

Datro and Washington are basically obsolete already.  

32 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Datro and Washington are basically obsolete already.  

Already up for sale & as you expect no buyers. Best offer on the table is a loan with an option to buy. 

34 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

So Jackson main striker, Samuel his back up, Guiu as 3rd choice.

Wait till you see how Samu actually play. Makes Datro Fofana look like prime Henry. 

Atletico Madrid signed him last summer for €6m & sent him out on loan to Deportivo Alaves. A year later we have valued him at €40m. He has business at a top PL club at present even as a backup.

3 hours ago, JM7 said:

Fabrizo:

”Atlético Madrid are set to accept Chelsea proposal for Samu Omorodion, worth around £35m package.

Omorodion’s camp, discussing contract terms with Chelsea.

↪️🔴⚪️ Atléti will ONLY give green light to Samu-Chelsea when they get Julián Álvarez deal done with City/agent. 🇦🇷”

So Atletico will get 2 clear upgrades whilst we end up with their much inferior player?

We have clowns running this club. What a f**king joke.