Chelsea Thread - 2022/23 | Pochettino confirmed as new manager

[domalino]

Fine balance here. Hope they do enough to keep the Rags and Dippers in the Euro Conference.
I appreciate this huge outlay of money is spread over years but Shirley it affects future buying power ?

Presumably it will be like our spending under Pep. 2016 & 2017 Net spend was 400m. 2018-2019-2020-2021-2022 combined it's about 150m.

 

[pudge]

La Liga have four of the eight biggest transfers in history. And one, outgoing, at the very top.

Fuck 'em

I think Chelsea will shit the bed too but that's beside the point.

 

[lightning Rodri]

 

[Silvatoure21]

Doesn’t bother me at all what they get up to, but can you imagine what the other PL Clubs and the media would be saying if it was us doing it?

My opinion as well. They’d never shut up about us if we spent even half of this. At least we have ammo when they play City bingo bullshit

 

[Silvatoure21]

Chelsea are going all out - Mudryk looked very dangerous in his debut - and they've also signed Enzo Fernandez for a P/L record transfer fee.

As a team - Chelsea have looked mid-table. They've got a bunch of talent but they simply don't play well together. Might their new signings right the ship? Who knows?

Strange that Chelsea spent so big in the Winter window - winter is hardly the best time to pursue big signings (shortage of players on offer and those on offer usually command a premium price).

Too - though I think the rule is bullshit - what about Financial Fair Play? I've no idea where Chelsea stands with respect to FFP - but such a huge Winter window expenditure must surely raise FFP concerns.

Enzo is going to James Rodriguez 2.0. Smells of World Cup hero hype.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Enzo is going to James Rodriguez 2.0. Smells of World Cup hero hype.

To be honest I watched all of Argentina's WC games. I didn't much notice Enzo at all. You may be spot on here - time will tell.

 

[trumpton]

Some of them aren't coming back until April. Plus, if you actually look at the names, that 33 includes 4 goalkeepers and half a dozen 18/19 year old kids who aren't really expecting much first team action and they've got a few in their mid-30's who can't play every week.


Obviously they've decided to buy in the new team and worry about selling off the castaways later, and that will have it's challenges but will presumably pay off in August when the January signings have been the 8 months instead of 4 weeks.

I have to say outside of City I think they're one of the only interesting clubs in the league right now. Them & Brighton.

Mudryk, Felix and Fernandez could make a huge difference - I hope there's nothing riding on us beating them in May.

The 33 doesn't include Lukaku, Sarr, Hudson-odoi etc so fuck knows where that leaves them in the summer!

 

[domalino]

The 33 doesn't include Lukaku, Sarr, Hudson-odoi etc so fuck knows where that leaves them in the summer!

I hear they’ve invented something called selling.

 

[Vienna_70]

With 11 forwards at the club he'll be lucky to make the bench.

He’ll be lucky to make the squad.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Their first team squad list has 31 players at present. broja, Madueke, David fofana, chukwuemeka, mudryk, Fernandes and badiashille all just about fall into the under 21 category for this season which brings them to 24/25 and 4 of those are keepers.

Madueke, chukwuemeka and fofana will be the only ones eligible for the under 21 list next season, they'll also have a lot of loans coming back, some of which may find themselves involved otherwise new loans or sales will be needed. They're looking at 5/6 high profile departures at a minimum in the summer just to have a workable squad and that's before they even consider anybody else they might want to sign. Lot of activity for them this summer too.

 

[eyalluvitt]

To be honest I watched all of Argentina's WC games. I didn't much notice Enzo at all. You may be spot on here - time will tell.

At least his fee removes the giant Luke Shaw sized Albatross from around Grealish’s neck now. A snip at a mere 100m.

 

[jamesha]

I am not sure how this Chelsea spending will pan out. They do not seem to have the core of big character players that were the cornerstone of their success in spite of the revolving door management policy.
It will be interesting to watch and, if they have messed up, the length of the contracts they have dished out could be crippling.

 

[Bantamgaz]

I am not sure how this Chelsea spending will pan out. They do not seem to have the core of big character players that were the cornerstone of their success in spite of the revolving door management policy.
It will be interesting to watch and, if they have messed up, the length of the contracts they have dished out could be crippling.

I seriously think they will be in a lot of bother within the next couple of years

 

[GaudinoMotors]

They have an entirely different mentality and outlook to us - a scattergun approach that is actually their policy and occasionally they get "lucky". Quick fire as opposed to holistic - they apply it to player and management recruitment and offloading. 2 European cups give it some credence.
All this faux outrage and superiority over their dealings - they don’t give a stuff. It really is a rich person's plaything. That's their project.

 

[chaddblue]

Is it true that they can only register 3 of their new signings for the CL?… the only competition they’ve got a chance of winning!! Absolute madness lol

 

[trumpton]

I hear they’ve invented something called selling.

Yes, I've heard of it. Located in the dictionary between patronising and wanker.

They've hardly sold fuck all this last 12 months and brought about 15 players in!

 

[hammocity]

Yes, I've heard of it. Located in the dictionary between patronising and wanker.

They've hardly sold fuck all this last 12 months and brought about 15 players in!

They'll have trouble selling some of decent earners who they will want to move on. Will probably have to sell some players for less than their amortised values which will be a loss in the accounts. Also some of those players won't move without a payoff if they're on big wages.

 

[Akira]

To be honest I watched all of Argentina's WC games. I didn't much notice Enzo at all. You may be spot on here - time will tell.

Noticed him at the WC, he has a very good engine on him. However, that was it to him. Not a particularly stellar playmaker, nor rock solid defensively, just a decent box-to-box midfielder.

I think overall he's a good player, but I don't think he's £100m good.

 

[bennyboy]

Noticed him at the WC, he has a very good engine on him. However, that was it to him. Not a particularly stellar playmaker, nor rock solid defensively, just a decent box-to-box midfielder.

I think overall he's a good player, but I don't think he's £100m good.

Our 14 million Argentinian signing looking like one of the best bargain signings ever.

 

[Vialli98]

I am not sure how this Chelsea spending will pan out. They do not seem to have the core of big character players that were the cornerstone of their success in spite of the revolving door management policy.
It will be interesting to watch and, if they have messed up, the length of the contracts they have dished out could be crippling.

We haven't really won much in the last 5 years or so. But Thiago Silva, James, Mount, Kante, Chilwell, Kovacic have all served under 3 different Chelsea managers and won the CL. Obviously this isn't the same as Pep, for example, walking into City and finding winners like Kompany, Aguero, David Silva etc already there.

The onus is on guys like Reece James and Mount, as well as Thiago Silva for as long as he's here, to set the culture standards. They are the academy lads. They are the ones who get the club. One of them will probably be the next Chelsea captain. And they aren't really little kids anymore so their influence and leadership can hold weight with the new arrivals. I believe we're already seeing it with James. Almost every single new signing that has come through the doors has talked about how James' presence has been important to how well they've settled into the group and life in London.

So yeah, you make a fair point there and clearly there are still a lot of juggling balls to be done but when the dust settles hopefully pieces begin to fall into place.