Official Chelsea FC Thread

LDNMagic90 · Post #1721 » by **LDNMagic90** » Tue May 24, 2022 5:47 pm

New contract being offered to Mount.

Not surprising, he'll prob play out his career at Chelsea maybe in the later years he'll get a move to MLS or a lower prem club

HIF · Post #1722 » by **HIF** » Wed May 25, 2022 6:46 am

Mounts a good player. Shouldn't be in the England team over Maddison but still a good young player.

libertyYYZ · Post #1723 » by **libertyYYZ** » Wed May 25, 2022 11:25 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/25/chelsea-todd-boehly-takeover-425bn-roman-abramovich-russia-ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/25/chelsea-sale-completed-after-roman-abramovich-agrees-to-government-terms

Chelsea target Koundé and Gvardiol after government clears takeover
Todd Boehly consortium’s £4.25bn takeover is approved
Sterling, Núñez and Dembélé among forwards being monitored

Sevilla’s Jules Koundé (left) and Josko Gvardiol of RB Leipzig are among the defenders on Chelsea’s shortlist.

Koundé, a 23-year-old France international, can play as a right centre-back and could be available for £50m. Gvardiol, a highly rated 20-year-old Croat, would be a replacement for Rüdiger because he can play on the left of a back three. Other names on Chelsea’s shortlist include Villarreal’s Pau Torres and Atlético Madrid’s José María Giménez. They are also huge admirers of Torino’s Gleison Bremer, though Internazionale are favourites to sign the 25-year-old Brazilian. Tottenham are another possible destination for Bremer.

Tuchel will also look at strengthening his midfield. Conor Gallagher will be given a chance to impress after a successful loan at Crystal Palace but there are doubts over N’Golo Kanté and Jorginho, both of whom are out of contract next year. Jorginho is a target for Juventus.

Chelsea are unlikely to be able to afford West Ham’s £150m asking price for Declan Rice, who is a target for Tuchel, and are set to miss out on Monaco’s Aurélien Tchouaméni to Real Madrid.

Much will depend on how much Chelsea can raise through sales. Kepa Arrizabalaga, the No 2 goalkeeper, is available for the right price and Tuchel’s hopes of upgrading his attack could rest on whether buyers are found for Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic, who has two years on his deal. Talks will also be held with Romelu Lukaku over the £97.5m forward’s future.

HIF · Post #1724 » by **HIF** » Thu May 26, 2022 9:01 am

Spend that much and you have to win the title and at least make the CL semis.

stormi · Post #1725 » by **stormi** » Thu May 26, 2022 9:20 pm

Lukaku -> Barça links (Very good)

Koundé deal still on (Great)

Bissouma links (fine)

Dembele allegedly not going to PSG and not returning to Barça either.

Raheem Sterling coming alongside Dembele makes so much more sense.

Havertz/Sterling/Dembele/Pulisic/Mount/Odoi is a group of attackers I can be excited about.

HIF · Post #1726 » by **HIF** » Fri May 27, 2022 8:27 am

stormi wrote:Lukaku -> Barça links (Very good)

Koundé deal still on (Great)

Bissouma links (fine)

Dembele allegedly not going to PSG and not returning to Barça either.

Raheem Sterling coming alongside Dembele makes so much more sense.

Havertz/Sterling/Dembele/Pulisic/Mount/Odoi is a group of attackers I can be excited about.

But then again you were a massive Werner fan too.

stormi · Post #1727 » by **stormi** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:04 pm

HIF wrote:
stormi wrote:Lukaku -> Barça links (Very good)

Koundé deal still on (Great)

Bissouma links (fine)

Dembele allegedly not going to PSG and not returning to Barça either.

Raheem Sterling coming alongside Dembele makes so much more sense.

Havertz/Sterling/Dembele/Pulisic/Mount/Odoi is a group of attackers I can be excited about.

But then again you were a massive Werner fan too.

He's underrated tbh.

He has zero tec whatsoever and cannot finish to save his life... but his movement causes chaos (against high lines anyways).

Any player that contributed minutes to Chelsea's CL winning campaign last season is slander free from me forever.

stormi · Post #1728 » by **stormi** » Sat May 28, 2022 11:03 pm

Something like this for next season is what I'm crossing my fingers for:

Tommy Tukel was apparently granted 200M's from Lord Boehly himself. If I could only get four guys I'd go: Dembele, Koundé, Koulibaly, Cucurella.

I think that's a transformative summer session. I also don't turn my head away from a chance at Bissouma or Sterling (only contingent on the addition of a playmaker like Dembele).

Departures: Lukaku, Alonso, Azpilicueta, Ziyech, Werner +++ bench fodder

stormi · Post #1729 » by **stormi** » Tue May 31, 2022 7:50 pm

Read on Twitter

Such a brilliant and misunderstood footballer.

HIF · Post #1730 » by **HIF** » Wed Jun 1, 2022 7:37 am

stormi wrote:

Read on Twitter

Such a brilliant and misunderstood footballer.

Danny Drinkwater II

stormi · Post #1731 » by **stormi** » Wed Jun 1, 2022 1:06 pm

Ignored

stormi · Post #1732 » by **stormi** » Wed Jun 1, 2022 1:11 pm

Woke up to some great news today.

Marina out.

Read on Twitter

Lukaku out.

Read on Twitter

Pulisic in.

Read on Twitter

HIF · Post #1733 » by **HIF** » Thu Jun 2, 2022 12:37 pm

Rudiger gone.

stormi · Post #1734 » by **stormi** » Thu Jun 2, 2022 1:18 pm

Shaky source, but great targets.

Read on Twitter

SgtPepper · Post #1735 » by **SgtPepper** » Sat Jun 4, 2022 3:52 pm

Given Gab Jesus is waiting on English 2nd nationality for the coming season Chelsea has a particularly good chance to buy him underpriced now. He's definitely better than Ziyech, is still younger than peak age, and could spike up his scoring on a non-Pep team.

stormi · Post #1736 » by **stormi** » Sat Jun 4, 2022 11:59 pm

Read on Twitter

Rate the player, but 60m for one contract year left is just not realistic lol.

For 40m though I'd be in, yeah.

Read on Twitter

*crosses fingers* this is looking close to getting over the line.

Read on Twitter

Sterling - Havertz - Dembélé would cook...

stormi · Post #1737 » by **stormi** » Sun Jun 5, 2022 12:26 am

SgtPepper wrote:Given Gab Jesus is waiting on English 2nd nationality for the coming season Chelsea has a particularly good chance to buy him underpriced now. He's definitely better than Ziyech, is still younger than peak age, and could spike up his scoring on a non-Pep team.

City have about 5 attackers that would slide into our front 3. Haven't always seen the light with him, but I would take Gaby Jesus.

stormi · Post #1738 » by **stormi** » Sun Jun 5, 2022 12:52 am

Read on Twitter

He's sitting on the market FFS on a team begging to give them money to escape poverty.

SgtPepper · Post #1739 » by **SgtPepper** » Sun Jun 5, 2022 5:16 am

^^Kinda cool. I forgot Dembele worked under Tuchel at Dortmund for a while. Dembele is still a bit of a bust risk with respect to market price but he'll definitely be a lot better fit for Chelsea than how Barca have used him over his contract. Chelsea carries much less baggage than provincial clubs like Barca, Man U, Madrid.

Re Frenkie it's Barca politics at it's worst. Van Gaal forewarned how he would be misused by Barca the summer before he was bought, then it happened, never got fixed till Xavi arrived, then the political desperation machine kicked up a gear last season where Catalunya is selling stories about how Gavi is in the same league as Frenkie because Messi liked training with him.

LDNMagic90 · Post #1740 » by **LDNMagic90** » Mon Jun 6, 2022 11:37 am

stormi wrote:Shaky source, but great targets.

Read on Twitter

She's quite reliable to be honest. She gets a lot of stick from people, but she normally gets things right months in advance, especially for clubs in Spain.