LDNMagic90 wrote:Sedale Threatt wrote:LDNMagic90 wrote:
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.