Topic: Chelsea FC

[Fromola]

It's impossible for these clubs to fail now. A bad season maybe but they can spend what they like and can always be bailed out for their bad decisions.

The Saudis seem more keen on Chelsea than Newcastle .

[Red-Soldier]

It's impossible for these clubs to fail now. A bad season maybe but they can spend what they like and can always be bailed out for their bad decisions.

The Saudis seem more keen on Chelsea than Newcastle .

They've got the bigger global pull, plus they're in London too.

[RedSince86]

What the success of Abu Dhabi has shown the Saudis is that in the flesh fans may not actually be important. The Saudi state has just bought four of the top league teams and they (and others) have set their sights on plundering the top leagues. With enough top players they can just televise their star league and provide inflated income for their affiliated clubs abroad. They will have successfully broken the old status quo.

Wait until it's called the Aramco Premier League.

And Monday Night Football is Saudia MNF, or the NEOM FA Cup.

They tried to buy F1 in the new year. Liberty Media paid £4.4 billion for it from Ecclestone, PIF offered £20 billion.

[MonsLibpool]

He hasn't done or said anything in all the time I've paid attention to him that would lead me to believe he'd ever chase the money & tarnish his reputation.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2772423-mohamed-salah-to-be-rewarded-by-saudi-arabia-with-piece-of-land-in-mecca

He's a famous Arab Muslim.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Wow I never knew that he was a Muslim.

[MonsLibpool]

Wow I never knew that he was a Muslim.

Neither did I know he was Arab

[decosabute]

I think we're potentially staring right down the barrel of saudi aim of owning the entire premier league, in the same way as they have done with golf. Or certainly owning enough of it that they form an effective majority. The actual 'sport' side of football is an irrelevance now. One dark day follows another.

Ever since the golf merger, I've felt this is the end game for Saudi Arabia. Eventually they'll either control the PL, or their own league will be the new PL/Super League. Their money (as well as the other gulf states') has completely destroyed the competitive balance of the sport at the top level and made it feel meaningless and irrelevant. This latest thing with Chelsea is just the final straw. The whole thing is just rigged, financially-doped bullshit now.

I've been splitting a subscription with a friend, but the last while I've only kept it up to not leave him in the lurch. I've told him now though that I'll give him til december to find someone else to split it with, but after that, I'm out. Will not pay for this "sport" anymore, aside from maybe an LFC TV subscription. Only want my money to go directly to the club I care about from now on.

[ChaChaMooMoo]

Christopher Nkunku: Chelsea sign RB Leipzig striker for £52m

[has gone odd]

doesn't state, that I could see, how many decades he signed up for.

absolute rancid club, even city try and cheat behind the scenes with creative accountancy. these wankers just do it in full view, "loophole mate".

[thaddeus]

doesn't state, that I could see, how many decades he signed up for.

absolute rancid club, even city try and cheat behind the scenes with creative accountancy. these wankers just do it in full view, "loophole mate".

Aided and abetted by our government.  Abramovich was still blurting cash almost right to the end with the signing of Lukaku for a club record.  When most clubs were adjusting their budgets because of the pandemic Chelsea spent over £200m during that summer transfer window.

All that amassed debt was simply wiped away with no inconvenience to Chelsea and Boehly was able to supercharge the spending with £500m spent in his first season.  It's looking like being another few hundred £m this season.

They are Teflon when it comes to ever facing any consequences for their actions.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Christopher Nkunku: Chelsea sign RB Leipzig striker for £52m

They obviously have no plan at all ...

[Fromola]

Aided and abetted by our government.  Abramovich was still blurting cash almost right to the end with the signing of Lukaku for a club record.  When most clubs were adjusting their budgets because of the pandemic Chelsea spent over £200m during that summer transfer window.

All that amassed debt was simply wiped away with no inconvenience to Chelsea and Boehly was able to supercharge the spending with £500m spent in his first season.  It's looking like being another few hundred £m this season.

They are Teflon when it comes to ever facing any consequences for their actions.

Chelsea always land on their feet. Said they would when people had them down as sliding down the leagues when Roman was fucked off.

They still self-destruct and have shit seasons here and there but they play in cheat mode just like Man City and can write off their mistakes. We're still struggling over Ox and Keita not working out 5-6 years ago. The midfield went to pot as a result.

[lfc_col]

Chelsea are probably not even owned by that Boehly he's probably just a front would it really surprise anyone

[Black Bull Nova]

Frank was hired to ensure any managerial appointment (and I mean any) would look good.


8th place will be an improvement and 'progress'

[oojason]

'Proceeds of Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea sale stuck in “bureaucratic quagmire” with aid agencies furious with UK government’s handling of “desperately needed funds”' - https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/1671175394383257600


'Proceeds of Chelsea Sale Have Yet to Reach Any Ukraine War Victims'

A $3.1 billion fund was established when Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club, but the fund’s head says a “bureaucratic quagmire” has kept the money frozen.

www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/sports/soccer/chelsea-sale-ukraine.html - or in full, for free, here - https://archive.is/huX0b

[rafathegaffa83]

Can't say I'm surprised

[jacobs chains]

I said on here just before sanctions were imposed that they wouldn't make any difference to the running (ownership) of Chelsea. A few weeks later this would have seemed like a stupid thing to have said, yet here we are.

I admit I was surprised when the government stepped in and prevented the original structuring of the sale and the way the funds were going to be distributed through a secretly owned offshore account. I'm not in the least surprised it was restructured in a way that still has the funds tied up. I think it will get even more murky when the funds are actually released, but the war might be over by then and the sanctions lifted. As for the ownership and behaviour at Chelsea, well they are still spending like there's no tomorrow whilst pulling off miracles on the sales side. Just like before. Saudi own a chunk of Chelsea. Saudi has been helping Russian oligarchs, even Jewish ones, hide money. Saudi have an unbelievably say over the British government.

As I said at the start of this charade, anyone who thought sanctions were going to change anything at Chelsea were sadly deluded.

[thaddeus]

'Proceeds of Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea sale stuck in “bureaucratic quagmire” with aid agencies furious with UK government’s handling of “desperately needed funds”' - https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/1671175394383257600

...

Maybe this is cynical, even for me, but I could believe the government tying the money in knots such that it can eventually be returned to Abramovich after the war.  The generous interpretation of that would be it's a lever to encourage Abramovich to get in Putin's ear.  My interpretation, based on the grubby lot we have in power, is that there'll be various kick-backs should the money be returned to Abramovich.

Chelsea are just a stain.  Them selling their homegrown poster boy in Mount to fund yet more wild spending would be fitting.

[ScottScott]

This whole thing needs to be investigated and stopped. In the last few days, clubs in Saudi Arabia look like they are going to be paying over the odds for the following Chelsea players:

Mendy, Ziyech, Hudson-Odoi, Koulibaly and Lukaku. With Kante already going over there

They'll bring in between £100-150m for those players and they'll fly through any FFP worries and continue to spend and spend and spend. PIF are obviously behind them with their investment into Clearlake. This game is dead, I think I'm gonna fuck it off and go and watch Prescot Cables every week

[paulrazor]

They need a clearout, they are having a serious one too

Mendy, Kante and I think Koulibaly are gone to Saudi Arabia with rumours Aubemeyang, Ziyech and Hudson Odoi are going there.

Kovacic joining City today. Mount and Gallagher linked with moves too

Definitely the Saudis balancing their books for them

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

All players that they would ordinarily struggle to move on as well given the wages that they are on. It stinks.

[Red-Soldier]

And people wondered why they were throwing millions around like it was nothing 

When you have unlimited amounts of cash, it's easy.

[Bread]

The whole thing is scandalous and I'm surprised there isn't more of a furore surrounding it. There's absolutely nothing normal about a club shipping 6 or 7 players to Saudi.

[Walshy nMe®]

The whole thing is scandalous and I'm surprised there isn't more of a furore surrounding it. There's absolutely nothing normal about a club shipping 6 or 7 players to Saudi.

Even more-so when it’s a club that HAVE to sell to balance the very public over spending they did, so every club know the players need to go and can get some good deals.

But they are all being sold at/above market value to Saudi.

Stinks.

[sushared]

Man United will also go the same way once the Qatari acquisition is completed. players will be sold to the Qatari league once their expiry date is done and books will always remain balanced.

[A Red Abroad]

Man United will also go the same way once the Qatari acquisition is completed. players will be sold to the Qatari league once their expiry date is done and books will always remain balanced.

If the Qataris DO get MUFC - it will be time for me to switch off - I'll go and watch non-league or something.

It's frustrating that nobody seems to care. 





(Not 'nobody' of course, but very few - and fewer still in the media).

[Iska]

Aubameyang to Saudi is the most inevitable deal imaginable.

[Terry de Niro]

If the Qataris DO get MUFC - it will be time for me to switch off - I'll go and watch non-league or something.

It's frustrating that nobody seems to care. 





(Not 'nobody' of course, but very few - and fewer still in the media).

I'm already preparing to go and watch Tranmere.

[jillcwhomever]

Man United will also go the same way once the Qatari acquisition is completed. players will be sold to the Qatari league once their expiry date is done and books will always remain balanced.

Why? The Qatar offer is lower than the Radcliffe one, makes no sense that they will go with the cheaper one when they are greedy twats.

[A Red Abroad]

I'm already preparing to go and watch Tranmere.

 

[sushared]

why do you think, Qataries are given multiple opportunities to revise their offer, we dont even know like Chelsea, Glazers might work out a similar arrangement which works out for both the parties unlike what will work out with Radcliffe.


Why? The Qatar offer is lower than the Radcliffe one, makes no sense that they will go with the cheaper one when they are greedy twats.
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[sushared]

remember a quote a famous serial in Netflix, Fauda. when Eli(one of the characters, who is a Israeli but knows Arabic) comes back to after a stint in England, Doran(another character) says, so you did not have to learn English as 50% of England are Arabs.



Aided and abetted by our government.  Abramovich was still blurting cash almost right to the end with the signing of Lukaku for a club record.  When most clubs were adjusting their budgets because of the pandemic Chelsea spent over £200m during that summer transfer window.

[DelTrotter]

Hahaha I see Neville wants these transfers stopped to ensure the leagues "intergrity", absolutely shameless this guy.

[jillcwhomever]

why do you think, Qataries are given multiple opportunities to revise their offer, we dont even know like Chelsea, Glazers might work out a similar arrangement which works out for both the parties unlike what will work out with Radcliffe.


Why? The Qatar offer is lower than the Radcliffe one, makes no sense that they will go with the cheaper one when they are greedy twats.

It's been said for a while by journalists following it they no nearer to taking them over than they were six months ago.

[Ghost Town]

remember a quote a famous serial in Netflix, Fauda. when Eli(one of the characters, who is a Israeli but knows Arabic) comes back to after a stint in England, Doran(another character) says, so you did not have to learn English as 50% of England are Arabs.

Do you work for Fox News?

[A Red Abroad]

remember a quote a famous serial in Netflix, Fauda. when Eli(one of the characters, who is a Israeli but knows Arabic) comes back to after a stint in England, Doran(another character) says, so you did not have to learn English as 50% of England are Arabs.

WTF?

[newterp]

Aubameyang to Saudi is the most inevitable deal imaginable.

he will be able to pay to fix that weird as hell hairline now

[Barneylfc∗]

remember a quote a famous serial in Netflix, Fauda. when Eli(one of the characters, who is a Israeli but knows Arabic) comes back to after a stint in England, Doran(another character) says, so you did not have to learn English as 50% of England are Arabs.

I'd expect that from a Chelsea fan. Are you a Chelsea fan?

[btroom]

Just shows what kinda personality chelsea signed. those will easily move to retirement league for the money.

[Kopenhagen]

Just shows what kinda personality chelsea signed. those will easily move to retirement league for the money.

To think people rated Koulibaly as one of the best in the world at one point, now quitting competitive football after one bomb of a season. Awful mentality.