Topic: Chelsea FC

[plura]

Koulibaly sure looks a bit shite, or out of place. Mishandling the ball, making the wrong pass, making a rush challenge and missing his opponent.

[So… Howard Philips]

Koulibaly sure looks a bit shite, or out of place. Mishandling the ball, making the wrong pass, making a rush challenge and missing his opponent.

Scored a good goal though.

[tubby]

Mad that they're in the same midfield boat as us, haven't brought anyone new in since 2018.  Yet they've spent so much more and have all those players out on loan.

Weird squad planning with all that backing.

[The North Bank]

Think they look like the prime candidates to drop out of the top 4. They seem to have downed tools again, its that time of year, but this time theres no Roman Yacht to go plot for another manager sacking.

[AndyMuller]

Be funny if they sack Tommy T and get Buck Rodgers in.

[Drinks Sangria]

Be funny if they sack Tommy T and get Buck Rodgers in.

That's the job he's been angling for ever since he left. He'd not be given the financial backing Tuchel's had but he'd have the most expensive squad he's ever used.

[lollysportswasher]

They keep wasting money defender where they clearly need a forward, Sterling, Havertz, Mount are not goalscorers. They should've went for Isaak or Gabriel Jesus.

[BarryCrocker]

Be funny if they sack Tommy T and get Buck Rodgers in.

That would be 'post-match presser' gold. Maybe he could bring his envelopes with him.

[OsirisMVZ]

They keep wasting money defender where they clearly need a forward, Sterling, Havertz, Mount are not goalscorers. They should've went for Isaak or Gabriel Jesus.

They could do with a 9 who brings the other attacking players into the game, like Romelu Lukaku

[thaddeus]

They could do with a 9 who brings the other attacking players into the game, like Romelu Lukaku

Like Firmino 

Lukaku is pretty useless in the build-up play as he has a poor touch and seemingly no awareness of his teammates.  He's great when he can isolate a defender 1v1 (or even 1v2), get his head down and try to work space for a shot.

At least Lukaku, if used properly, would have taken a good share of the goalscoring burden.  As it stands it seems like a lot is going to rest on Sterling with most other goals coming from set-pieces.  That would probably be OK if Tuchel could get their defence functioning.

[Crosby Nick]

That's the job he's been angling for ever since he left. He'd not be given the financial backing Tuchel's had but he'd have the most expensive squad he's ever used.

Sterling would be happy!

[Dim Glas]

Fofana - £75m
Cucurella - £60m
Sterling - £50m
Koulibaly - £35m
Chukwuemeka - £20m
Slonina - £8m

So around the £250 mill mark again for chelsea, spending is well and truly out of control.Especially those top 2 fees, good grief.

Interesting reading Leicester fans opinion of Fofana, I know it’s normal to be utterly pissed off and bitter when one of your top players leave, but good grief, they is no love loss for him and his behaviour  

[Drinks Sangria]

Sterling would be happy!

Steady.

[Red Cactii]

Steady.

 

[Keith Lard]

Fofana for 70m. Wow - didn’t even know he was a thing.

Suddenly the fee we paid for Nunez is looking a bargain.

[ScouserAtHeart]

Fofana - £75m
Cucurella - £60m
Sterling - £50m
Koulibaly - £35m
Chukwuemeka - £20m
Slonina - £8m

So around the £250 mill mark again for chelsea, spending is well and truly out of control.Especially those top 2 fees, good grief.

Interesting reading Leicester fans opinion of Fofana, I know it’s normal to be utterly pissed off and bitter when one of your top players leave, but good grief, they is no love loss for him and his behaviour  

78 million for Gvardiol incoming

[jonnypb]

Fofana for 70m. Wow - didn’t even know he was a thing.

Suddenly the fee we paid for Nunez is looking a bargain.

Rising to £75M with add ons! 

Spent in excess of £250m on players this summer now, with less than £40M made in sales!

[rafathegaffa83]

78 million for Gvardiol incoming

Leipzig will wait until next summer when they can get an even higher fee

[Samie]

Leipzig will wait until next summer when they can get an even higher fee

Already agreed mate, he's going for a medical and then loaned back.

[OsirisMVZ]

Mental to sign someone for so much money and loan them straight back. What if he does his achilles or ACL in between now and the return?

[Vote For Pedro]

Fofana in his statement to Leicester fans said he'd never forget how they 'vibrated together'. Think something got lost in translation there.

[Samie]

Linked with Rafael Leao now of AC MIlan. 

[Tobelius]

Linked with Rafael Leao now of AC MIlan. 

  They're fucking relentless.

[KevLFC]

Surley these are breaking ffp if all these deals go through?

["Bobber" Thanks :)]

And some people thought these lot would come out of the whole Abramovich sanction drama not laughing all the way to the bank

[davidlpool1982]

I'm so surprised that other Prem clubs, especially a couple in the north west with huge debts, aren't making a bigger deal out of that 1.5 billion owner loan just... disappearing. Maybe its accounted for in the sale and we have to wait for their accounts to be published, but if they've cancelled it then I Imagine other clubs would at the very least want their huge loans no longer considered against them (even if they technically aren't cancelled). That's a huge millstone just taken off and left while the likes of United have 650 million dollars attached to them. Sure United's is to external groups, but it must have an effect on their P&L on their books.

[CraigDS]

I'm so surprised that other Prem clubs, especially a couple in the north west with huge debts, aren't making a bigger deal out of that 1.5 billion owner loan just... disappearing. Maybe its accounted for in the sale and we have to wait for their accounts to be published, but if they've cancelled it then I Imagine other clubs would at the very least want their huge loans no longer considered against them (even if they technically aren't cancelled). That's a huge millstone just taken off and left while the likes of United have 650 million dollars attached to them. Sure United's is to external groups, but it must have an effect on their P&L on their books.

Kinda like how our debt was gone when we were bought - that's what tends to happen.

[Jack_Bauer]

Mental to sign someone for so much money and loan them straight back. What if he does his achilles or ACL in between now and the return?

Serves them right?

[Iska]

Mental to sign someone for so much money and loan them straight back. What if he does his achilles or ACL in between now and the return?

That’s the arrangement we had with Juventus for Rush, I think? Never understood that.

[kcbworth]

Didn't Arsenal give him away for free?, what is it these days with teams paying way over the odds for veteran strikers?, genuinely no logic to it.

Thats what we said when Man Utd poached the mercenary RVP and he won them the league

[El Lobo]

Thats what we said when Man Utd poached the mercenary RVP and he won them the league

Van Persie was 29 and just coming off the best season of his career.

[Golyo]

With Aubameyang incoming I am very curious about their wage bill.

[TepidT2O]

With Aubameyang incoming I am very curious about their wage bill.

He can’t even play, he’s broken his jaw.

[Jack_Bauer]

Thats what we said when Man Utd poached the mercenary RVP and he won them the league

Don't think this lot are going to do that though.

[Statto Red]

He can’t even play, he’s broken his jaw.

Got the broken jaw during a robbery at his home in Barcelona a few days ago.

[Fromola]

He's the German Di Matteo

He seems like a cup manager. Even last season two domestic cup finals taking us to pens and like us and City were knocked out in CL to the Real Madrid voodoo.

Don't know what it is about Chelsea though that makes managers play such negative football.

[Paul1611]

Surley these are breaking ffp if all these deals go through?

The same!  How is this possibly NOT breaking all FFP rules???

[Persephone]

Got the broken jaw during a robbery at his home in Barcelona a few days ago.

That is horrible. I hope he and his family are doing okay.

[thaddeus]

The same!  How is this possibly NOT breaking all FFP rules???

It was covered a few pages back but a combination of lots of things.  Covid losses, player amortisation, offsetting investments in their women's team etc.

It seems that with even a tiny amount of planning an owner can spend hundreds of millions and stay within FFP.  It makes it all the more amazing the Man City didn't manage to.

[thaddeus]

I've only just realised they got less than £30m for Werner and Gilmour combined (plus paying off the contracts for Barkley and Alonso).  In a market where they paid double that for Cucurella it highlights how dysfunctional they are at negotiating.

Amusingly Transfermarkt has the market values of their arrivals and departures at almost exactly the same amount; £287.73m for their arrivals and £287.37m for their departures.  It's quite the achievement to do that whilst having a net spend of over £200m!

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-chelsea/transfers/verein/631