Robbie Boy
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Ah ffs.
They are neither investors in Chelsea nor shareholders in Clearlake. Clearlake manages and has a joint investment fund with them for luxury real estate. PIF invested€750M in the fund that Clearlake manages.Saudi PIF (shareholders in Clearlake, joint investers with Boehly in Chel), owners of 5 clubs in SA, appear to be particularly interested in Chel players....but nothing to see here, its all above board!!
Nothing to see here. Pl already investigated and cleared chelsea from it. So why this much delay happened to conclude this deals.Saudi PIF (shareholders in Clearlake, joint investers with Boehly in Chel), owners of 5 clubs in SA, appear to be particularly interested in Chel players....but nothing to see here, its all above board!!
And what does everyone else pay with, chocolate coins?the curse has been lifted. chelsea will be successful once more after being funded yet again with bloody money.
It's also quite funny how most on the Caf seem to think Chelsea are the best at selling players, despite routinely selling for a huge loss/letting players leave for free.Interesting that Chelsea selling players at a 50% loss a year later is somehow suspicious.
from my research, city are clean. united is a little fuzzy as their official noodle partner has been responsible for over three choking related deaths since the 50s. arsenal haven’t had any success, so it’s hard to say if that’s been funded by blood or not.And what does everyone else pay with, chocolate coins?
Ah, so they're just partners? I'm sure that's totally fine, and this whole thing is just one big coincidence. Oh, shit, my propeller hat fell off again.They are neither investors in Chelsea nor shareholders in Clearlake. Clearlake manages and has a joint investment fund with them for luxury real estate. PIF invested€750M in the fund that Clearlake manages.
Who the hell said they were partners?Ah, so they're just partners? I'm sure that's totally fine, and this whole thing is just one big coincidence. Oh, shit, my propeller hat fell off again.
Interesting that Chelsea selling players at a 50% loss a year later is somehow suspicious.
A 50% loss is obviously terrible business but the alternative, which people are suggesting is that without the Saudi buyers, it could have been a 100% loss AND a player on big wages because no top club that can afford him in Europe would have taken him anyways. A bit like our Maguire and Martial.It's also quite funny how most on the Caf seem to think Chelsea are the best at selling players, despite routinely selling for a huge loss/letting players leave for free.
In fairness, there were quite a few Serie A teams sniffing around him. Personally was hoping we could use him as a makeweight in a potential Onana deal but suppose that ship has sailed.A 50% loss is obviously terrible business but the alternative, which people are suggesting is that without the Saudi buyers, it could have been a 100% loss AND a player on big wages because no top club that can afford him in Europe would have taken him anyways. A bit like our Maguire and Martial.
That's of course if you believe this isn't above board.
Which Serie A club can afford his salary? And can they also afford to give you an FFP-breakeven transfer fee?In fairness, there were quite a few Serie A teams sniffing around him. Personally was hoping we could use him as a makeweight in a potential Onana deal but suppose that ship has sailed.
His salary was due to be significantly lower next year given we missed out on the CL - his deal was very incentive-laden. Juve and Inter were linked pretty consistently, for what it's worth.Which Serie A club can afford his salary? And can they also afford to give you an FFP-breakeven transfer fee?
There’s also the alternative that no one is considering, that Chelsea were perfectly happy to keep him. He had a bad season but I don’t think the club is thinking he’s completely done at this level. He was a huge hit on the books but people are acting like he was a totally useless player that Chelsea were in a hurry to get rid of.In fairness, there were quite a few Serie A teams sniffing around him. Personally was hoping we could use him as a makeweight in a potential Onana deal but suppose that ship has sailed.
True - he definitely showed flashes. Thought he was genuinely excellent in both matches against Spurs versus a top striker.There’s also the alternative that no one is considering, that Chelsea were perfectly happy to keep him. He had a bad season but I don’t think the club is thinking he’s completely done at this level. He was a huge hit on the books but people are acting like he was a totally useless player that Chelsea were in a hurry to get rid of.
Nah he had to goThere’s also the alternative that no one is considering, that Chelsea were perfectly happy to keep him. He had a bad season but I don’t think the club is thinking he’s completely done at this level. He was a huge hit on the books but people are acting like he was a totally useless player that Chelsea were in a hurry to get rid of.
True - he definitely showed flashes. Thought he was genuinely excellent in both matches against Spurs versus a top striker.
That said, I'd be lying if I said I'd prefer to have him over Colwill in the squad next year.
I’m just saying I don’t think the club ended the season thinking we definitely need to get rid of him. It was more of an opportunistic sale than a planned one to me. I think we were more than happy to keep him in rotation. The jam we’re getting out of isn’t, to me, FFP for this year. It’s having to continue to pay him 350K a week for the next 3-4 years.Nah he had to go
He May have been a PL player a year or two ago but not in season 22/23 and highly unlikely to be one next season.
Yep there is a significant loss in terms of the fee but his book value would, if the £30 million ( or there about ) is correct then
having signed a 4 year deal the loss is what £4-5 million and getting his £300k wages off the books by say mid September makes it easy to understand .
But his departure gives a clear pathway for Colwill and he is a PL
Yeah 100% - especially at a dramatically reduced wage (not to cast aspersions but suspect this may be part of why he was willing to go to SA as well).I’m just saying I don’t think the club ended the season thinking we definitely need to get rid of him. It was more of an opportunistic sale than a planned one to me. I think we were more than happy to keep him in rotation. The jam we’re getting out of isn’t, to me, FFP for this year. It’s having to continue to pay him 350K a week for the next 3-4 years.
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Drop off. He was looking shaky. After the AFCON win he had a mini resurgence but Napoli haven't missed him.Did he drop off a lot at the end in Napoli or was he never as good as the hype? Remember watching him a few years back when the hype was at its most intense and thinking he looked a bit stiff and clumsy.
Yeah... really well... almost too well... not suspicious. At all.Chelsea have done very well to offload him.
Rarely looked good enough and on a hefty salary.
But we are terrible beyond comparison. In the last 12 months...It's also quite funny how most on the Caf seem to think Chelsea are the best at selling players, despite routinely selling for a huge loss/letting players leave for free.
Kante, Bakayoko, Christensen, Alonso, Rudiger, Pedro, Willian.But we are terrible beyond comparison. In the last 12 months...
We are about to let one of our best keepers ever go for free - De Gea
We let our most expensive player ever go for free - Pogba
We also let a previous record holder go for free - Mata
Wouldn't have it any other way to be frank. Pogba, Cavani, Lingard, Mata have done duck all last season and the players they were replaced with have all been fantastic.But we are terrible beyond comparison. In the last 12 months...
We are about to let one of our best keepers ever go for free - De Gea
We let our most expensive player ever go for free - Pogba
We also let a previous record holder go for free - Mata
We also let one of our greatest winger go for free- GiggsBut we are terrible beyond comparison. In the last 12 months...
We are about to let one of our best keepers ever go for free - De Gea
We let our most expensive player ever go for free - Pogba
We also let a previous record holder go for free - Mata
Alternatively we could have kept them and for the first 2 had to pay them 20m a year each to prolong their deals. That wouldn't have been smart either.But we are terrible beyond comparison. In the last 12 months...
We are about to let one of our best keepers ever go for free - De Gea
We let our most expensive player ever go for free - Pogba
We also let a previous record holder go for free - Mata
We also let our greatest striker go for free - WeghorstWe also let one of our greatest winger go for free- Giggs
We also let one of our greatest CM go for free - Scholes
We also let two of our greatest CBs go for free - Rio and Vida
We also let one of our greatest attacker go for free - Rooney
We also let one of our greatest player go for free - Ronaldo.
Please tell me this is sarcasm,We also let one of our greatest winger go for free- Giggs
We also let one of our greatest CM go for free - Scholes
We also let two of our greatest CBs go for free - Rio and Vida
We also let one of our greatest attacker go for free - Rooney
We also let one of our greatest player go for free - Ronaldo.
I thought that was obvious but I get your point.Please tell me this is sarcasm,
It's hard to tell in text form.
I thought that was obvious but I get your point.
Alternatively we could have kept them and for the first 2 had to pay them 20m a year each to prolong their deals. That wouldn't have been smart either.
Mata should have gone years before we finally released him.
Who said anything about keeping them?Wouldn't have it any other way to be frank. Pogba, Cavani, Lingard, Mata have done duck all last season and the players they were replaced with have all been fantastic.