UnofficialDevil
Anti Scottish and Preoccupied with Donkeys.
Hats of to Chelsea this summer, some amazing transfers done swiftly.
If we get Sancho we won't care as he is the better player but if we miss out on Sancho then yeah we will look like fools.
what a transfer, lucky bastards. In a couple of years, we will all ask ourselves how did he end up at Chelsea without competition. I know because of Covid, but still, more top clubs should have been in for him.
Apparently Sarr is headed to Leverkusen on loan with a £5m loan fee going to Chelsea.Im amazed how they managed to get so much quality for decent money, Havertz for 80M, Werner for 50M, Ziyech for 40M, Sarr and Thiago Silva for free. All really good price vs quality signings. Chilwell for 50M is a little excesive but considering he's english the fee is pretty decent as well.
Even more impressive.Apparently Sarr is headed to Leverkusen on loan with a £5m loan fee going to Chelsea.
No he is on the wane, don't want to fund them moreLet's get Kante from then now for 40m
Henderson.
AWB Maguire Upamecano Reguilon
Kante Pogba
Bruno
Sancho Martial Greenwood
Bench:
DDG
Lindelöf
Shaw
Matic
VdB
Rashford.
+ Give the one best offensive players from u23 a chance.
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Spendings:.
Henderson 0m
Upamecano 50m
Reguilon 30m
Kante 40m
VdB 40m
Sancho 120m
= 280m
Sell:
Romero 10m
Jones 5m
Smalling 15m
Rojo 5m
Fred or McTominy 25m
Dalot 20m
Lingaard 15m
Mata 15m
James 15m
= 115m
= Total spent=:175m (take then money from next years summer recruits and go all in to close the gap, if this team performs well we might only need to replace Matic next year. And we will have some very interesting young lads hopefully ready for next season (by starting them this year already in cups, matches when we don't need the results etc and let 5-8 of them train with first team on a regular basis (Tendi, Majri
This window would be awesome and not that unrealistic if can sell all the deadwood first. That team would both improve our starting eleven and bench options and we can play 2-4 different formations.
This covid 19 summer is, unfortunately, a great opportunity for us to catch up on Liverpool and City just like Chelsea did, if we don't take the chance we might have rough couple of seasons ahead of us again.
Let's get Kante from then now for 40m
Lampard's IQ suddenly drops down from 160 to 0 if he approved that.
Chelsea would agree to this why exactly?
There might be a third possibility: Havertz not wanting to join United, but I understand this seems quite impossible as a United fanWell it's either we don't rate him or we really are determined to land Sancho.
Hahaha. How could you entertain such an inconceivable notion?!There might be a third possibility: Havertz not wanting to join United, but I understand this seems quite impossible as a United fan
Like Arsenal won the transfer window last summer?Let's face it, Chelsea is by far the biggest winner in this summer transfer window.
To be fair, Bruno turns out to be a huge bargain and he has far exceed all our expectations on him. We all know he was good, but none of us know he could make such immediate impact in Premier league, coming straight from Portugal league. (meanwhile Joao Felix still struggling in La Liga...)In fairness, we just signed an attacking midfielder, for less, in the last window. I’d be surprised if he puts up Bruno levels in his first six months.
You can’t say anything other than fair play to Chelsea for those transfers. They clearly went into the window with a plan, knowing that Willian, Pedro were leaving, and upgraded them massively.
Whether all those new players can gel in time to push for a title this season, especially with no pre season, will be interesting. Lampard will have a job on his hands keeping all those attackers happy for sure. There will be less rest in between, but no more games than usual, so I doubt the likes of CHO will be happy playing 15/20 games.
I swear I've heard something like this beforeYou don't win titles with a team full of kids.
Good post, and I'm not really in disagreement. But I'll add some thoughts I've had from reading the post.I'm actually not getting all that hype about Chelsea's signings. Of course they've improved, but it's not like they instantly turned into an elite team with those signings.
Let me explain it by focusing on their two biggest transfers (since I've seen them quite often as a Bundesliga watcher):
Werner is a solid striker, but even in his Leipzig days I've never been a fan of him. He's no world-class striker like Suarez, Lewandowski etc. and most likely he'll never be one. There is a reason Bayern didn't want him. He's good when he has a lot of space, but subpar against teams that sit back deep. Take away his speed and he's always had big problems. His technique and link-up play just aren't special at all.
Havertz is a great talent and I actually rate him highly. However, I always thought that the Premier League is the one big league that fits his playing style the least. He's just not very physical and can get bullied by stronger players. Just watch the German Cup final for example. The Bayern CB's and Goretzka bullied him all game long and he was almost invisible until that last minute pen. I thought La Liga would be a better fit for him, since he's more of a technician. It's also not like he already played at a world-class level last year. He was actually really underwhelming during the first half of the season.
Those are the two signings with the biggest hype, I for one just don't see them being instant homerun hits though. Could also turn out to be wrong of course.
This season is too early for them to compete anyway. You don't win titles with a team full of kids.
Even for Bayern 100mio Euros is too much in these times. Especially since Müller plays in his position ( 14 goals, 26 assists ) and is so important on the pitch. He talks and organizes so much during Bayern´s game and is just too essential for their game to drop him for Havertz.You don´t want to bench a 100mio player.Damn how are they getting all these wonderkids? how did Bayern let him go?
Wouldnt think so ziyech will be mainly used on the right where he can be best placed to whip the ball in.Will he and Ziyech be in each other's way on the pitch?
Müller plays at his position and with all due respect to Havertz, he simply wouldn't have replaced Müller in the next few years. The latter is just way too important for Bayern and still plays at a worldclass level.Damn how are they getting all these wonderkids? how did Bayern let him go?
Don't think so - Ziyech prefers to drop deeper to create space for left-footed crosses whilst Havertz prefers to attack the penalty area. If you look at their shot charts they're actually very complimentary - Ziyech the long-range gunner and Havertz the late-arriving poacher.Will he and Ziyech be in each other's way on the pitch?
On top of that I see Gnabry as long term "replacement" for Müller, at least it wouldn't surprise me if he is used as AM/SS once Müller isn't around anymore. Gnabry's biggest strengths are good runs into the box and his finishing so imo it's likely that we will get a winger to "replace" Müller and then move Gnabry who is already playing in such a role for the german NT too.Müller plays at his position and with all due respect to Havertz, he simply wouldn't have replaced Müller in the next few years. The latter is just way too important for Bayern and still plays at a worldclass level.
Rumors are that Havertz actually wanted to join Bayern and Rummenigge explained this problem to him, which is why Havertz actually became a bit salty and settled for Chelsea.
On top of that they already brought in Sane and will likely target another defensive CM an FB.
In times of the Corona crisis, they also have to be careful with their money. They proud themselves on being nearly the only big club, that actually writes black figures year after year.
Sorry, it was meant to be 60m. And that's because:
Chelsea would agree to this why exactly?
Fair enough! Didn't mean to be a prat or anything & apologies if I came across as a dickhead.Sorry, it was meant to be 60m. And that's because:
30 in 6 months , he has like 2-3 years left in him on the highest level since his abilities are all about his physicals, his wages are high, Chelsea have a lot of CMs now, he hasn't played that good last 2, seasons (a new club could wake him up maybe), not sure the formation Chelsea will play (if they don't build the team around him, which I doubt), they've spent a lot this summer and at least 4 of them got pretty big paycheck I assume.
Still, it's a forum to discuss. No hard feelings.
Most other clubs just try not to write red figures (at least not too much) and can't just do huge transfer after huge transfer like it's nothing during a pandemic.Best signing for me from any CL club so far this summer. Hugely impressed watching him for Leverkusen last season, amazed they wasn't more interest in him from other clubs.