Michael Olise
- Thread starter Gerald G
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Well who saw that coming
This is an absolute hammerblow after Wilf going, you have Madueke who is the same age and plays in the same position as MO, what's the strategy there? I have no idea whatsoever how we're going to replace both of them with £35m. It's not looking good.
mctominay could easily cover all 3 positions at once for crystal palace in midfield. He is an absolute stud. Worth the money easy. Buy him for sure.
This is not the time
No strategy from Chelsea. Same scattergun approach as last season.
no idea where they are getting this money from but i guess theyve sold a lot of pure profit players or something. Reminds me of barca levers that keep coming out of nowhere
It has been a few hours since they’ve bought anyone.
Aren't Chelsea talking about playing him in the number 10 position? Whenever I saw him for Palace he was cutting in from the right.
He's still a work in progress player for me, Eze is more advanced at prem at this point in time.
He's still a work in progress player for me, Eze is more advanced at prem at this point in time.
It's a great signing.
Class player, bargain price.
Why sign all these midfielders? Where are the strikerz? Or the wc striker?
Same position but different profiles I guess. Madueke likes to hug the touchline and go down the outside. Olise, from what I've seen, likes that too to an extent but is much more adept at coming inside and being creative through the middle. Madueke is also very injury prone.
So how exactly this would work ?
Sterling - Enzo - Olise
Lavia - Caicedo
??
Sterling - Enzo - Olise
Lavia - Caicedo
??
Plucky Chelsea definitely needed this. Lacking in the signing dept.
Amad or Pellestri on loan?
Palace should ask for Madueke on loan in return.
are Palace skint?
We're always among the lowest spenders in the league so relative to some in this batsh*t crazy league we're absolutely brassic, yeah.
That said, I'm sure the club knew this was coming a few days/weeks back and have been working on replacements. I expect at least a winger and a striker to come in, maybe even two wingers. When we spend anything we tend to spend it very well so just got to trust the club to do the same again now. Right now our first choice front 3 is Schlupp Edouard Ayew, that's got relegation written all over it. The rest of the squad has never been stronger though.
Wonder if they will look to play him wide with so many central attacking players already
Great signing and at a great price. I imagine he'll slot in at right wing, don't think they have any in their squad?
I am always so envious of Chelsea. Might be a clown show but at least they try.
He's a wide player.
Todd Boehly does what he wants...no fecks given!
Another one in ->
Another one in ->
Played as much on the right as the middle according to transfermarkt and has a higher rating in the middle
@Shipperley What happened to Lewis Hall on loan to you lot? You were talking about struggling to find a replacement for Zaha/Olise but think Hall could actually be a good option on the wing for you, rather than fullback. Has a little bit of the young Bale in him when he was playing at left back. Could see him moving up in the future.
Chelsea buttered Palace up by letting Lewis-Hall join on loan.
They are playing real life Football Manager*, but after going into edit mode and giving yourself a billion pound war chest
*I last played FM in 2009
They are playing real life Football Manager*, but after going into edit mode and giving yourself a billion pound war chest
*I last played FM in 2009
Difficult period of the day for the fans.
I'm seeing only 11 games through the middle in the last two seasons.
gone quiet, bit of talk yesterday that it had stalled, either because you were using him as leverage to sign Olise (I doubt that due to a release clause, it's binary) or because Newcastle were sniffing about with a £30m offer. Hopefully you'll do us a favour and not charge us a loan fee...but I doubt it
The dopamine hits wears off quicker for us when we get it so often. A transfer could last a regular transfer muppet maybe a few months. With us it’s just minutes now.
Chelsea signing all the young talented black players wtf
Sterling and Mudryk as LW options. Olise and Madueke as RW options. Seems pretty straightforward to me as a Chelsea fan. Don’t know what’s with all the “where the hell will he even play?!” stuff.
But I AM surprised we’ve moved for him now when what we badly need is another goal scorer to rotate with Nico Jackson. Could we not have waited until January to get Olise once he’s recovered from his bad injury? Perhaps the club felt we had to pull the trigger ASAP or else City would get him had we waited.
But I AM surprised we’ve moved for him now when what we badly need is another goal scorer to rotate with Nico Jackson. Could we not have waited until January to get Olise once he’s recovered from his bad injury? Perhaps the club felt we had to pull the trigger ASAP or else City would get him had we waited.
Fantastic deal for Chelsea.
When is Broja due? Still think Boehly has an Oshimen calibre in him yet. Although I haven‘t seen Jackson that much, maybe they deem him + Broja sufficent, age wise and the profiles would fit.
Would rather sign a player when they aren't injured. We've seen first hand what hamstring and achilles injuries have done to our players in the last few years. Assuming the release clause is still in place in January, I don't know why we aren't waiting to see how he is when he returns from his injury.
Chelsea just don’t give a feck about FFP.
He's a talented player but still a fair way off coming to fruition at this point. He looks better than what he actually produces.
11 assists in a poor attack last season. Assists per 90 at 0.3, which is 93rd percentile.