6 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

If we miss out on Champions League qualification then I imagine every player is potentially for sale.

If we qualify, they will still probably try and swap out a third of the squad.

The constant churn of players makes it really difficult as a fan to form any sort of bond with this new version of the club.

I can definitely seeing us offloading at least one of our main assets if we don't make champs League. Cole Palmer to United rumours continue to swirl and will only grow if we are in a position where books need to be balanced. Problem with selling off the major assets is it then becomes much more reach desired goals in future seasons. Mainly due to the woeful recruitment that will no doubt continue.

3 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I can definitely seeing us offloading at least one of our main assets if we don't make champs League. Cole Palmer to United rumours continue to swirl and will only grow if we are in a position where books need to be balanced. Problem with selling off the major assets is it then becomes much more reach desired goals in future seasons. Mainly due to the woeful recruitment that will no doubt continue.

And we can pretty much take it as gospel that if it came down to a choice of selling Fernandez or Palmer, the muppets running the club would offload Cole ... and replace him with Paez LOL

Edited February 25Feb 25 by Sexyfootball

If we get rid of any player that is a certainty to start in the team that will give a clear message that it’s money over success.

I know they have to run at a profit. So stop having your pants pulled down buying crap for millions of pounds!!

3 hours ago, Richard P said:

If we get rid of any player that is a certainty to start in the team that will give a clear message that it’s money over success.

I know they have to run at a profit. So stop having your pants pulled down buying crap for millions of pounds!!

Even if running a profit wasn't an issue, I am sure that the likes of Palmer, Caicedo and Cucurella don't want to be playing Conference League again.

CL qualification is all but gone with our last two results so I can see them handing in transfer request and potentially going down the Isak route.

4 hours ago, yaz said:

Even if running a profit wasn't an issue, I am sure that the likes of Palmer, Caicedo and Cucurella don't want to be playing Conference League again.

CL qualification is all but gone with our last two results so I can see them handing in transfer request and potentially going down the Isak route.

I would add Enzo F. to that list.

Who will we get rid of? God knows.

Who should we get rid of? How long have you got? - Jorgensen, Tosin, Badiashile, Gusto, Lavia, Delap, Gittens, Garnacho, Guiu, Mudryk, Disasi, Paez, Kellyman, Jackson, George, D.Fofana (or both of them for that matter).

Probably someone good:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7072081/2026/02/26/chelsea-loss-uefa-finances

(Paywall-free version)

“We thought Chelsea [was] frankly an asset, a business that was not terribly well managed on the football side, sporting side or promotional side." - Behdad Egobali, 2022

31 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Probably someone good:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7072081/2026/02/26/chelsea-loss-uefa-finances

(Paywall-free version)

“We thought Chelsea [was] frankly an asset, a business that was not terribly well managed on the football side, sporting side or promotional side." - Behdad Egobali, 2022

That's well known. The thing is, private equity is predicated on profit for its investors. Full stop. That's why they exist. At what point do our cuddly private equity owners observe their reason to exist?

31 minutes ago, dermott said:

That's well known. The thing is, private equity is predicated on profit for its investors. Full stop. That's why they exist. At what point do our cuddly private equity owners observe their reason to exist?

My sources tell me that Boehly is halfway through Being and Nothingness.

All the Academy players will be up for sale, alongside the best players in our starting 11... Given we have become a selling club, everyone has a price and debts paid off and shareholders need dividends.

5 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

Probably someone good:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7072081/2026/02/26/chelsea-loss-uefa-finances

(Paywall-free version)

“We thought Chelsea [was] frankly an asset, a business that was not terribly well managed on the football side, sporting side or promotional side." - Behdad Egobali, 2022

We need fans going to home matches with signs of that quote and Eghbali dressed as a clown.

7 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

Probably someone good:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7072081/2026/02/26/chelsea-loss-uefa-finances

(Paywall-free version)

“We thought Chelsea [was] frankly an asset, a business that was not terribly well managed on the football side, sporting side or promotional side." - Behdad Egobali, 2022

After this has come out, I think we can confidently say that every player is for sale if the right offer comes in. If somebody offers £100m+ for Palmer, they're going to accept it.

3 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

After this has come out, I think we can confidently say that every player is for sale if the right offer comes in. If somebody offers £100m+ for Palmer, they're going to accept it.

They might accept much less. Palmer should have a book value of about 16 mil. A 60 mil offer would be over 40 mil in pure profit. They could very well jump on that.

3 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

After this has come out, I think we can confidently say that every player is for sale if the right offer comes in. If somebody offers £100m+ for Palmer, they're going to accept it.

Do you have faith in our directors to negotiate such prices?

19 minutes ago, yaz said:

They might accept much less. Palmer should have a book value of about 16 mil. A 60 mil offer would be over 40 mil in pure profit. They could very well jump on that.

That seems plausible to me.

Enzo to Real

Palmer to PSG or back to City

Caicedo finally gets his Liverpool move

RJ going to Real or Bayern

I’m fairly confident the squad will be absolutely decimated this summer. Missing out on CL will be the nail in the coffin for a lot of these players.

3 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Enzo to Real

Palmer to PSG or back to City

Caicedo finally gets his Liverpool move

RJ going to Real or Bayern

I’m fairly confident the squad will be absolutely decimated this summer. Missing out on CL will be the nail in the coffin for a lot of these players.

Palmer will go to United if anywhere. They are the most likely to pay a big fee and City are likely to be given their punishment for the 115 charges very soon (apparently).

They'll try to flip Reece James & Cucurella first.

They'll turn 27 & 28 this year respectively and are both entering the last two years on their contracts. Neither of them will be renewed and both will be sold this summer.

I mean to be brutally honest, and this isn’t the way that BlueCo will see it but.

Untouchable/Unsellable/f**king build around them: Reece James, Mamadou Sarr, Levi Colwill, Josh Acheampong, Jorrel Hato, Moises Caiceido, Romeo Lavia, Andrey Santos, Cole Palmer, Estevao, Joao Pedro

Hang on to them as best you can but money obviously talks: Marc Cucurella (He is only in this list due to his age/wages), Trevoh Chalobah, Enzo Fernandez, Dario Essugo, Alejandro Garnacho

Premier League/ Promotion chasing Championship loan: Jesse Derry, Jamie Gittens, Shim Mhueka

For me, every other overpaid underachieving egotistical tosspot is for sale.