It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[p.taker]

Is Chelsea playing Football Manager? What the hell is going on?

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Is Chelsea playing Football Manager? What the hell is going on?

Who they signed now??

 

[p.taker]

Who they signed now??

They finally got Auba over the line and took Zakaria on loan from Juve.

 

[Trickyblues]

They finally got Auba over the line and took Zakaria on loan from Juve.

Zakaria is awful

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Chelsea are building up a right mess. They can't keep all these players happy and won't be able to sell them given the wages.

If they don't make top 4 this could go very bad.

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

@tolmie's hairdoo Beautiful transfer window.

I only have 1 thing in the back of my mind.. it seems PSG bid came too late so Bernardo is staying but that may not be the case next year.

Also perhaps we weren't sold on Paqueta and Nunes fully so City never looked at it seriously but we should start looking for his full time replacement now.

I still don't think Bellingham is the replacement..

Maybe its Romeo Lavia and we wanted to give him a year's PL experience..

Maybe I'm wrong. Time will tell..

 

[BAB.DAB]

Jude Bellingham 2023????

January?

 

[Rebelblue]

See you all in January

 

[TheThirdDeano]

See you in the winter folks!

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Heard something interesting that I'll share with you all. I have a buddy who's a South American scout for an MLS club. He heard a couple of things that are City related.

1) Good news: CFG scouts have been heavily scouting Alan Varela. He is a 6 but can operate as an 8. Probably the best player in Argentina now that Alvarez is gone. He's seen the same scout at the Boca games that were previously scouting Alvarez and Fernandez at River Plate.

2) Real Madrid scouts have been speaking to River Plate personnel, recently, about Julian Alvarez. The word is they are doing background type checks. He speculated they might view Alvarez as an eventual Benzema replacement.

Just want to say, I'm not an ITK and I don't claim to be one. However, I have many friends that are employed in the world of football.

 

[bumbleblue]

See you all at New Year.. it’s been a Txiki Blinder .

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Real Madrid scouts have been speaking to River Plate personnel, recently, about Julian Alvarez. The word is they are doing background type checks. He speculated they might view Alvarez as an eventual Benzema replacement.

Just want to say, I'm not an ITK and I don't claim to be one. However, I have many friends that are employed in the world of football.

Hopefully they get Gabby Jesus from Arsenal instead.

And Arteta would be a nice replacement for the retiring Ancelotti.

 

[Tevez City]

Heard something interesting that I'll share with you all. I have a buddy who's a South American scout for an MLS club. He heard a couple of things that are City related.

1) Good news: CFG scouts have been heavily scouting Alan Varela. He is a 6 but can operate as an 8. Probably the best player in Argentina now that Alvarez is gone. He's seen the same scout at the Boca games that were previously scouting Alvarez and Fernandez at River Plate.

2) Real Madrid scouts have been speaking to River Plate personnel, recently, about Julian Alvarez. The word is they are doing background type checks. He speculated they might view Alvarez as an eventual Benzema replacement.

Just want to say, I'm not an ITK and I don't claim to be one. However, I have many friends that are employed in the world of football.

So will Madrid get both Haaland & Alvarez ?

 

[Matt Diablo]

So will Madrid get both Haaland & Alvarez ?

Ffs stop it and shag off

 

[Daz_Blue]

You can sleep in your beds now until January 1st ....

 

[kun]

IN:
Stefan Ortega, 29, GK, Arminia Bielefeld, Free Transfer
Manuel Akanji, 27, CB, Borussia Dortmund, £15m
Sergio Goméz, 21, LB, Anderlecht, £11m
Kalvin Phillips, 26, DM, Leeds, £43m
Terrell Agyemang, 19, AM, Charlton Athletic, Free transfer
Emilio Lawrence, 16, AM, Everton, Free transfer
Erling Haaland, 22, ST, Borussia Dortmund, £51m
Julian Álvarez, 22, ST, River Plate, £14m (January transfer/loan return)

Total spend: £125m

OUT:
Zack Steffen, Loan
Gavin Bazunu, £12m
Aro Murić, £2.5m
Pedro Porro, £7m
Oleksandr Zinchenko, £30m
Ko Itakura, £4m
Juan Larios, £6m
Roméo Lavia, £14m
Fernandinho, Free transfer
James McAtee, Loan
Darko Gyabi, £5m
Samuel Edozie, £10m
Raheem Sterling, £50m
Gabriel Jesus, £45m
Liam Delap, Loan

Total income: £185.5m

Net: £60.5m

Squad:
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Walker, Cancelo, Lewis
Dias, Laporte, Stones, Aké, Akanji
Gomez, Wilson-Esbrand
Rodri, Phillips
de Bruyne, Bernardo, Gündogan
Foden, Mahrez, Grealish, Palmer
Haaland, Álvarez, Knight

Rate the window /10

 

[bumbleblue]

IN:
Stefan Ortega, 29, GK, Arminia Bielefeld, Free Transfer
Manuel Akanji, 27, CB, Borussia Dortmund, £15m
Sergio Goméz, 21, LB, Anderlecht, £11m
Kalvin Phillips, 26, DM, Leeds, £43m
Terrell Agyemang, 19, AM, Charlton Athletic, Free transfer
Emilio Lawrence, 16, AM, Everton, Free transfer
Erling Haaland, 22, ST, Borussia Dortmund, £51m
Julian Álvarez, 22, ST, River Plate, £14m (January transfer/loan return)

Total spend: £125m

OUT:
Zack Steffen, Loan
Gavin Bazunu, £12m
Aro Murić, £2.5m
Pedro Porro, £7m
Oleksandr Zinchenko, £30m
Ko Itakura, £4m
Juan Larios, £6m
Roméo Lavia, £14m
Fernandinho, Free transfer
James McAtee, Loan
Darko Gyabi, £5m
Samuel Edozie, £10m
Raheem Sterling, £50m
Gabriel Jesus, £45m
Liam Delap, Loan

Total income: £185.5m

Net: £60.5m

Rate the window /10

9/10 out of 10.

 

[TonyM]

9/10 imo - I'd have loved Jesus to have stayed or signing an extra striker

 

[FantasyIreland]

Now the dust has settled......excellent window.....the signing of Akanji answering plenty of valid concerns and settling more than a few nerves.

My only gripe was losing Lavia,in favour of Philips.....im not convinced it was necessary.

Anyway,any window where Haaland is brought in automatically makes it mind blowing and Alvarez looks to be a huge/unexpected bonus......so a 9/10 for me.