Transfer Thread 2022/23

[Sedale Threatt]

Moving this over here...

Chelsea or Arsenal were bound to overpay, 6 months ago Brentford almost signed him for £21 mill but it fell through. Fast forward to January he’s going to Chelsea for around £88 mill. Crazy money for someone that’s only got a few champions league appearances to his name, he looks promising but £88 mill promising? Nah.

The money is one thing. I just don't think I've ever seen anybody get an 8 1/2-year contract before? That's some baseball sht.

Honestly it’s so crazy, I’ve never seen contracts this long in football. I think it’s to get around FFP as the longer the contract is the more you can spread the FFP hit for that period. Which yes it’s a smart thing to do, however a lot of the players Chelsea are buying risk being on over 130k with like 3/4 years left on their deal if they don’t work out. Either way, Boehly will likely need to get someone in to take over the transfers and not involve himself with that side of football.

Reading Chelsea's reddit thread, that's exactly what it's for. Beyond this deal, they also reportedly offered 30 million Euros yesterday for Madueke as well, lol. He's making Abramovich look like a cheapskate.

[SgtPepper]

Replicating Abramovic's mktg plan is ultra stupid regardless of FFP in this environment with so many competitive clubs in the league and the league being so expensive relative to Europe. The squad is filled with dross signings now and half are on long-term contracts. They are Man U 2015 in 2023, except with worse starting cash flow. I've never seen a CL favorite club so determined to piledrive into long-term midtable in 1 season. They look on course to churn out most of the remaining CL final starting 11 in the coming summer.

[wco81]

Does Chelsea command higher ticket prices, being in a posh part of London?

Or do the fans come to the matches from much less affluent areas?

[LDNMagic90]

Does Chelsea command higher ticket prices, being in a posh part of London?

Or do the fans come to the matches from much less affluent areas?

I don’t think the area has anything to do with it, most of the top teams command a high ticket price in the Prem. Fulham are not far from them and I would bet they charge half what Chelsea are charging. They have fans from all over so it’s a mix bag but they do get a lot of tourist going to their games. Likewise with Tottenham, Arsenal and West Ham to some degree.

[SgtPepper]

Atleti signed Depay for 4M. That's less than Felix's semester loan fee for a player who has consistently scored 10+ goals a season for 5 years straight when used. Atleti are winning this window.

[Foye]

Atleti signed Depay for 4M. That's less than Felix's semester loan fee for a player who has consistently scored 10+ goals a season for 5 years straight when used. Atleti are winning this window.

Don’t forget they sold a worse player than both of them in Cunha for like 50 mil.

[SgtPepper]

I didn't forget. That's why they're winning the window. Atleti also managed to land a striker who has performed in la liga recently. I'm guessing most foreign clubs will target sales to England.

[HIF]

Does Chelsea command higher ticket prices, being in a posh part of London?

Or do the fans come to the matches from much less affluent areas?

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/ticket-prices-premier-league

https://www.givemesport.com/88015355-man-utd-arsenal-chelsea-every-premier-league-clubs-2022-23-season-ticket-prices

[HIF]

Atleti signed Depay for 4M. That's less than Felix's semester loan fee for a player who has consistently scored 10+ goals a season for 5 years straight when used. Atleti are winning this window.

Depay was a major flop in the premier league. No way he's coming back here.

[wco81]

Does Chelsea command higher ticket prices, being in a posh part of London?

Or do the fans come to the matches from much less affluent areas?

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/ticket-prices-premier-league

https://www.givemesport.com/88015355-man-utd-arsenal-chelsea-every-premier-league-clubs-2022-23-season-ticket-prices

The second link makes a lot of sense. London clubs have higher prices than even other big clubs like Liverpool and the Manchester clubs because there's more money in London.

But Tottenham and Arsenal are the highest because of new stadia? Chelsea is much lower than them but they still are in Stamford Bridge.

The new stadia have higher capacity, one would think, so that would be even more revenues.

Single match tickets must vary by opponent, so a derby match costs more, at least in the secondary market. Or are football supporters so loyal that they wouldn't sell their tickets for profit?

[fbalmeida]

Sounds like Benfica is in conversations to bring Gonçalo Guedes back to the eagle's nest. Going to need a scouting report on him.

What's he been like recently? How has he been deployed?

[SgtPepper]

LDN's post was right. Matchday revenue is 3rd or 4th largest revenue stream, so for big clubs pricing to maximize profit doesn't add much. In fact if tickets are priced high I often assume the team is doing bad in a footballing sense. Many clubs also have philosophies and promotion plans that value attracting a positive and loyal crowd to improve home team advantage for important matches though this is rarer in England than Germany or Italy. One of the big stories from when Mou joined Roma was about changing their ticket pricing to pack the house for cup ko's.

[The_Brecht]

Trossard for 21M (27m + bonuses)
Kiwior for 20M
Fresnada probably for about 15M

Smart business by Arsenal. Squad depth is/was the issue. Trossard can play all three forward positions. Kiwior left footed centre back, who can play left back and cdm also. Fresnada cover for right back.

Apparently also talks about Rice coming in the summer. That would be elite!

[HIF]

Trossard for 21M (27m + bonuses)
Kiwior for 20M
Fresnada probably for about 15M

Smart business by Arsenal. Squad depth is/was the issue. Trossard can play all three forward positions. Kiwior left footed centre back, who can play left back and cdm also. Fresnada cover for right back.

Apparently also talks about Rice coming in the summer. That would be elite!

I think Trossard is overrated. He can be great but only 1 match in 5 and he certainly has a work ethic problem. Still going to the potential champions and playing in Europe might make the difference. Heard Kiwior is good but never seen him play.

[The_Brecht]

Trossard for 21M (27m + bonuses)
Kiwior for 20M
Fresnada probably for about 15M

Smart business by Arsenal. Squad depth is/was the issue. Trossard can play all three forward positions. Kiwior left footed centre back, who can play left back and cdm also. Fresnada cover for right back.

Apparently also talks about Rice coming in the summer. That would be elite!

I think Trossard is overrated. He can be great but only 1 match in 5 and he certainly has a work ethic problem. Still going to the potential champions and playing in Europe might make the difference. Heard Kiwior is good but never seen him play.

I disagree.
He's a perfect addicition, because he can play all forward position.
He's been instrumental for Brighton the last couple of seasons.

Really happy with his transfer.

[HIF]

Trossard for 21M (27m + bonuses)
Kiwior for 20M
Fresnada probably for about 15M

Smart business by Arsenal. Squad depth is/was the issue. Trossard can play all three forward positions. Kiwior left footed centre back, who can play left back and cdm also. Fresnada cover for right back.

Apparently also talks about Rice coming in the summer. That would be elite!

I think Trossard is overrated. He can be great but only 1 match in 5 and he certainly has a work ethic problem. Still going to the potential champions and playing in Europe might make the difference. Heard Kiwior is good but never seen him play.

I disagree.
He's a perfect addicition, because he can play all forward position.
He's been instrumental for Brighton the last couple of seasons.

Really happy with his transfer.

Time will tell

[Young Stapler]

Trossard fits perfectly with Arteta's Arsenal. Such exciting times for the Gunners!

[Baphomet]

Spurs hijacked Everton's Danjuma deal after he'd had a medical there.

Not really sure how I feel about it. Good squad player, not unlike Arsenal's Trossard signing, but not really what we need right now.

Although I liked what someone on SC had to say about it:

This signing feels like we're stealing a sandwich from a homeless person.

[Baphomet]

I could probably go for £30m if Anthony Gordon is worth £40m, and I'm over a decade older than him. I can do nothing but run around and foul people too.

[magik9113]

Roma's Nicolo Zaniolo linked with a move to Bournemouth.
Juve's Weston McKennie linked with a move to Leeds.
Inter's Skriniar linked with a move to PSG.