Yeah all but guaranteed he was the last one out. Feel for him as well because he's been excellent so far. Koulibaly has generally been a bit better in the CL this year so perhaps that's what we're banking on - and as you say Fofana is reportedly close to returning.
His release clause is 350m€. Not even Chelsea are triggering that.
Do you know if Benfica have any sort of sell on-clause involved with Felix after his move to Atletico? I know they already got a massive fee for him, but wouldn't put it past them inserting a sell-on clause too.
Fabrizio tweeted that Felix has a clause in his contract that he can trigger to leave. He also tweeted that AM would be interested in a deal at the end of the season. Who knows where it will all go and what price they would ask, but it is a possibility.His release clause is 350m€. Not even Chelsea are triggering that.
Loll long term planning. Even the Chelsea manager will be out the door by the summer if not earlier.
I can't lie, I have absolutely no idea what the future holds. I'm reading all kinds of things ab
You might get your wish my friendOfficial - Enzo, Mudryk, and Felix have been added to the CL squad for Chelsea. Aubameyang has been removed even though Pulisic isn't even fit
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/52914--chelsea/squad/
Think this makes a lot of sense since Aubameyang is more or less a corpse at this point - but then surely Potter shouldn't be bringing him on to more or less ruin our attack against Liverpool? Personally I'm hoping he doesn't get another minute for the rest of the year.
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Would you please explain this to me? I think the players don't care what their base salaries are. If their total earnings are a lot less at the new club, I don't think they will move.
Definitely. I just meant it is a lot easier to move a player on 95K per week than one on 200K per week and it seems like the last couple years before the club was sold Chelsea was handing out 200K per week or more to every renewal or player bought.
Well look at Ziyech for example. He's been wanting to leave for a good couple of years now despite being on a nice contract. Wanted to go to Ajax in the summer, agreed to go to Roma on a permanent and now PSG. Most players who are not enjoying it at the club would want to leave, regardless of the length of their contract, and lower wages will tempt more clubs in.
That's not the clause I'm referring to - there is a buy option in the loan deal for Chelsea that I would wager is lower than €350m.His release clause is 350m€. Not even Chelsea are triggering that.
OK, haven't read that anywhere. But obviously Atletico would be happy to sell for the right money.
I am more or less positive that they do not. The negotiation over Felix was mostly a case of Atleti having the Griezmann money from Barca to burn and I believe Benfica needed a liquidity injection - so I'm almost certain there's no sell-on clause.
There is no option to buy for Felix.
Yeah you'd think! Obviously they'd be thrilled to sell for €350m but that's a pipe dream - the actual buy option in the loan deal has yet to be made public.
Dermot Corrigan reported otherwise in The Athletic.
It was widely reported when he signed there was no option to buy.
Yes and then after he signed Dermot Corrigan reported otherwise.
nothing. Had a good World Cup.
He can pass,tackle and run .
After the WC final, Boehly turned around and said to the person next to him "get me that boy"
Potter says the spending won't be as huge in the summer but despite the money having been spent there's still a million holes in the Chelsea squad so of course they'll be a lot more money spent
Match day incomes weren't included in those commercial revenue numbers I posted so ticket sales etc. are another thing entirely. The other stadium-related stuff probably are somewhere in there so you may have a point there, but then again Spurs commercial incomes were already on a much steeper rise compared to ours even before they even finished the new stadium so it definitely doesn't explain it all.
The truth is that America is a country where everything is only about money. Sports aren't an exception.
Selling a player on £100k a week with 6 years left on a contract is easier than selling a player on £200k with 3 years left on their contract how exactly?
