Maatsen looks ready to me. I really hope Poch agrees.
Sterling has shown flashes of quality, but sadly just seems to spend the majority of games passively. Overall I have to say that if we had a way to move him on that might be best.
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Sterling has shown flashes of quality, but sadly just seems to spend the majority of games passively. Overall I have to say that if we had a way to move him on that might be best.
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i actually think chelsea will do well this year, they could easily finish top 4 or higher imo, they have some great young players,get a good start, get that feel good factor, expectations aren't running too high and they could be flying, can see the opposite with arsenal and newcastle, who had that feel good factor last season,expectations are running very high ,but get off to a bad start and that will soon swing the other way
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Phew! No worries there then!We’re nowhere near even close to failing FFP. We’ve sold close to £300 million this summer. I think we technically just needed to sell around £60 million to avoid FFP trouble.
Your lot will just pull another head-scratching-ly weird "Oscar to China for 60million" out of the bag and everything will be cushdy! ;)
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Or a sideshow BobPhew! No worries there then!
Your lot will just pull another head-scratching-ly weird "Oscar to China for 60million" out of the bag and everything will be cushdy! ;)
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Or a washed-up, injury prone, Diego Costa to Athletico for double what they paid for him!Or a sideshow Bob
Maatsen looks ready to me. I really hope Poch agrees.
Sterling has shown flashes of quality, but sadly just seems to spend the majority of games passively. Overall I have to say that if we had a way to move him on that might be best.
He has no takers the salary he's on, the only hope is a monster bid from Saudi but I doubt Sterling would go there at this stage of his career. I just hope he finds that spark again that we saw earlier in his career.
Phew! No worries there then!
Your lot will just pull another head-scratching-ly weird "Oscar to China for 60million" out of the bag and everything will be cushdy! ;)
Or a sideshow Bob
Or a washed-up, injury prone, Diego Costa to Athletico for double what they paid for him!
How is us being good at selling players something worthy of mockery? Lol :)
It's the buying we're terrible at. People often forget we bought David Luiz back for 30 million when he was a couple of years older and not quite as good as he was when we sold him.
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Please desist with the silly Michael Jackson references.
Agree. I certainly don't want to write him off. He is capable of being a top player still.He has no takers the salary he's on, the only hope is a monster bid from Saudi but I doubt Sterling would go there at this stage of his career. I just hope he finds that spark again that we saw earlier in his career.
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It's about the ridiculous amounts of money changing hands and was it actually paid.How is us being good at selling players something worthy of mockery? Lol :)
It's the buying we're terrible at. People often forget we bought David Luiz back for 30 million when he was a couple of years older and not quite as good as he was when we sold him.
Or just a circumnavigation of FFP
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Having gone back over some old articles and extrapolated the numbers I think Chelsea will fail 22/23 PL P&S and 23/24. Can’t see how they can’t fail 22/23. I reckon they left Mason Mount to 2023/24 to at least give them a chance of hitting 23/24Surely there is severe punishment for a big breach in FFP? Even allowing for new owner spending rules there is no way they can stay within the limits.
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Having gone back over some old articles and extrapolated the numbers I think Chelsea will fail 22/23 PL P&S and 23/24. Can’t see how they can’t fail 22/23. I reckon they left Mason Mount to 2023/24 to at least give them a chance of hitting 23/24
Just seems a pisstake that they just proceed with doing it though and face a fine which the is nothing in reality?
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Yeah, Lol!...good at selling players. Lol :)
'cause "good at selling players" is all it is, honest guv!
It's about the ridiculous amounts of money changing hands and was it actually paid.
Or just a circumnavigation navigation of FFP
But no-one accuses Real Madrid of circumventing FFP when they received 70 million from us for Morata. Or Inter receiving 97 million from us for Lukaku. That's just bad spending on our part but god forbid we get a decent fee for a player and it's tin foil hats everywhere :)
Yeah, Lol!
'cause "good at selling players" is all it is, honest guv!
Shall we discuss Ferran Torres at 50 million? :)
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£1.5 Billion owner investment since 2003. Written off, forgotten and not investigated or sanctioned.Tbf, we don't know what they did and probably never will. But I doubt very much it was one or two minor transactions in the 8 years. It sounds systematic to me, and significant enough to warrant a 10 million fine. I would really like to know more.
I know that FFP started after 2003, but for the purpose of simplicity and to see it in a different way that is equal to £80m per year.
Without £80m per year you would have failed FFP every year and probably not won as many trophies as you have.
*Perennial, *hypocrital *cheats. *Asterix everywhere.
City have won the hard way by having to be better on and off the field whilst often fighting again 12 men.
Our titles feel sweeter for it.
Only a City fan gets it.
"Edit" and Pep, which is why he has stayed so long because he wanted to beat the "system".
Having gone back over some old articles and extrapolated the numbers I think Chelsea will fail 22/23 PL P&S and 23/24. Can’t see how they can’t fail 22/23. I reckon they left Mason Mount to 2023/24 to at least give them a chance of hitting 23/24
If someone was going to mount a legal challenge against FFP, I can imagine it being Todd Boehly's Chelsea.
My understanding is that large parts of the debt were entered into before Premier League or UEFA rules existed.£1.5 Billion owner investment since 2003. Written off, forgotten and not investigated or sanctioned.
My understanding is that large parts of the debt were entered into before Premier League or UEFA rules existed.
Thought that debt was going to the Ukraine
I don't think that was ever the plan. Proceeds from the sale are going to Ukraine, which I believe is still the case. RA's historical loans are a separate issue as I understand it.Thought that debt was going to the Ukraine
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