They are really spraying money around.
Benoît Badiashile
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What a ridiculous contract
How does their spending not break FFP? Serious question. They don't generate this much revenue and i don't recall them selling any players for good money?
Seems odd to do it on such a modest feebonkers.
Chelsea have been trading off higher wages for longer contracts, its clearly a Boehly strategy. They gave Fofana a long contract on 200k per week, which is a huge number for a defender. James also recently signed a long deal for very big money for a defensive player.
Pros and cons to this strategy. You gain a lot more control of the player and if wages continue to rise steeply these numbers may not look so high in 3-4 years. On the other hand, if the player doesn't work out it becomes very hard to get rid as nobody wants to pay the wages and there is really no guarantee that we will continue to see wages continue to rise on the same trajectory, especially given slowdowns in the growth of TV revenue even in the PL.
Pros and cons to this strategy. You gain a lot more control of the player and if wages continue to rise steeply these numbers may not look so high in 3-4 years. On the other hand, if the player doesn't work out it becomes very hard to get rid as nobody wants to pay the wages and there is really no guarantee that we will continue to see wages continue to rise on the same trajectory, especially given slowdowns in the growth of TV revenue even in the PL.
What? Didn’t they just bought Fofana and the former Napoli lad from Senegal in this summer window? Are Chelsea stockpiling players so that no else could buy them
The thing is that if wages continue to rise so that in 4 years (of a 7 year contract) Fofana seems underpaid at 200k per week, the player isn't going to just meekly accept that- he's going to demand an increase. It's a nice idea in theory but once again Toddy should really have wondered why no other clubs have thought to do this before.
He's made of MDF, seems to constantly get injured.What? Didn’t they just bought Fofana and the former Napoli lad from Senegal in this summer window? Are Chelsea stockpiling players so that no else could buy them
Good point. If Fofana plays well, he'll get another contract after year 3 or something. If he doesn't work out due to poor play or constant injuries, he'll keep making 200k per week and it will be tricky to shift him.
They still gave 300k per week to Koulibaly and over 300k pw to Sterling. Imagine Aubamayang is on the same.
Boehly over here giving baseball contracts out
because they're spreading the money across 7.5 years.
Yeah they did but they lost Rüdiger and Christensen. Silva is old and Azpi is over the hill.What? Didn’t they just bought Fofana and the former Napoli lad from Senegal in this summer window? Are Chelsea stockpiling players so that no else could buy them
A CB group of Koulibaly, Badiashile, Fofana, Chalobah, Silva and Colwill is not over the top at all, especially considering Silva’s age and Fofana’s injury record.
Overall they handled the situation poorly, but they are trying to put it right. Nothing wrong with that imo.
I had to do a double take when I saw the 7.5 year contract! I've never heard of one that long before, surely that's not going to become the norm is it?
This new Chelsea transfer strategy is fantastic.... for the rivals.
It already is the norm... for Chelsea. It gets them around the immediate problem of FFP, but potentially creates a lot of difficulty further down the road.
Todd Boehly out there handing out Major League Baseball style contracts
Such a weird deal.
I wonder what the odds are of him not even lasting half his contract.
I wonder what the odds are of him not even lasting half his contract.
Hopefully he sucks and pulls a Winston Bogarde on them for 7.5 years.
6 of those years on loan to another club I imagine.
2030, that's a whole career wtf
7,5 years hahahaha.
I can’t believe this player has signed for 7.5 years. That’s mental, if he makes it as a top centre back he’s no room to negotiate a new contract or to move to another club if he’s not playing or unhappy. What's big money now in football is nothing in 7 years.
everyone is moaning at bohely but he’s at least structured benoit’s wages so that they’re heavily incentivised and the only way he gets the full 450k per week is if he doesn’t concede any home runs.