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Liam Delap joins Chelsea *Official*

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I see that Sky are up to their usual Chelsea tricks.

I have seen various reports/rumours/gossip that the deal is £45m up front with £5m of add ons.

Sky doing their bit reporting it as a £45m deal, cos we are selling, but when we are buying a la Mudryk, every conceivable bonus and add on is roped in. Chelsea pay an eye watering £88m for Mudryk. Er, no we didn't. We paid £62m up front (yeah, I know, say no more).

4 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I see that Sky are up to their usual Chelsea tricks.

I have seen various reports/rumours/gossip that the deal is £45m up front with £5m of add ons.

Sky doing their bit reporting it as a £45m deal, cos we are selling, but when we are buying a la Mudryk, every conceivable bonus and add on is roped in. Chelsea pay an eye watering £88m for Mudryk. Er, no we didn't. We paid £62m up front (yeah, I know, say no more).

45m would still be an amazing fee for Delap given his struggles with us. Some suggestions that we might have agreed a reciprocal deal to take one of forest's players in return.

3 minutes ago, forbzy said:

45m would still be an amazing fee for Delap given his struggles with us. Some suggestions that we might have agreed a reciprocal deal to take one of forest's players in return.

Wouldn't be averse to any one of Murillo, Gibbs White (although he seems another histrionic over actor to the crowd - Neto like) or even the lad Williams who seems a decent pro. Presumably this would have to be a winter window deal cos of this 45 day rule., if true.

4 minutes ago, acaeus said:

Delap proves that fees and cost are relative at this level—was he really cheap? Considering the time and a squad slot wasted on him, he turned out to be pretty expensive.

Agree. Opportunity cost is a big thing too - yeah we sold him at a big profit, but his poor form on the pitch cost us CL and league revenue, and in choosing him we passed over other strikers.

While not discounting the possibilities of shenanigans and future expectations with this lot, some of this reflects that the 30 mn pounds we paid was a relegation release clause. Apparently some sell on due to Ipswich too?

I hoped he could be good for us but didn’t work out at all. Way more adept at wrestling than scoring and then fell into a tailspin with us. Best of luck for the future.

One down, some ten to go??

56 minutes ago, VG said:

While not discounting the possibilities of shenanigans and future expectations with this lot, some of this reflects that the 30 mn pounds we paid was a relegation release clause. Apparently some sell on due to Ipswich too?

Yes, but that's why at least four clubs (Everton, Newcastle, Man U and us) were interested, he was a perfect 'market opportunity'. If he even did moderately well he would have been profitable given he is young and English.

He completely bombed with us so getting our money back is a minor miracle, although I expect a fair chunk will be going to Ipswich.

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