Chelsea Thread - 2023/24

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bellsouth said:
Surely it’s worked perfectly, the star player, joint top scorer in the league and an England call up. It couldn’t have gone better. And it’s worked for Chelsea as they could sell him for a massive profit after 1 year
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Of all the signings he will be the only one sold for profit to help them with ffp.
Could be next season as well if things do not improve.
 
mancboy said:
financially its a fantastic decision, from a footballing standpoint for him it was a great decision, in terms of overall career and what he will go on to accomplish it doesnt look a great decision
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Not sure given his performances it was a great decision. 7 years at £100k a week but no goal scored bonus which was reported in the press last week. He’s certainly performing better than players earning lots more than £100k a week so let’s see if Chelsea offer him a new improved contract based on this season’s performances. Be interesting to see if there a release clause and if so how much
 
brazilians hurt said:
Not sure given his performances it was a great decision. 7 years at £100k a week but no goal scored bonus which was reported in the press last week. He’s certainly performing better than players earning lots more than £100k a week so let’s see if Chelsea offer him a new improved contract based on this season’s performances. Be interesting to see if there a release clause and if so how much
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No long term contract has a fixed contract wage over time. It will have suitable improvements over the contract term. Improved contract terms are offered to stop teams poaching and luring players with higher wages.

e.g.
Yr 1 £100K
Yr 2 £115K
Yr 3 £130K + Loyalty Bonus at season end
Yr 4 £150K….
However, once you become integral to the Starting XI, and are getting noticed(!), most agents would start sounding out the Club about a reworking of the terms and the Club would seek increased duration.

e.g. in Palmer’s case, this might be something like…

Yrs 1 & 2 remain as is, to ensure it’s not a one year blip, but maybe a goal/trophy bonus added.

Yr 3 £200K
Yr 4 £225K
Yr 5 £250K + another loyalty bonus
Yr 6 £275K
Yr 7 £300K, plus the addition of 2 yrs
Yr 8 £300K
Yr 9 £300K + loyalty bonus
Yr 10 (Club option) £330K

That is a very simplistic example of how I understand current contracts to be structured. Of course, there are myriad other things thrown in there, including trophies, CL participation, PL wins, Image rights, etc, etc.
 
bennyboy said:
Of all the signings he will be the only one sold for profit to help them with ffp.
Could be next season as well if things do not improve.
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Absolutely fascinated to see what they end up having to do in the summer. Thanks to these super long contracts they gave out some of their most expensive but under performing assets still have a huge book value. They face selling them at a big accounting loss loss. Or they hold onto them and keep paying out massive wages to players that aren't being used. This is why I wasn't that outraged about them using the long contract tactic, they were always going to be saddled with poor transfers for years to come because of it.

what would somebody pay for Caicedo now? Or Enzo Fernandez? They'd get big fees but nothing like what they're sat on Chelsea's balance sheet at.

Would be funny if the rest of world football agreed to not sign anyone off Chelsea in the summer as it would absolutely destroy them.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
No long term contract has a fixed contract wage over time. It will have suitable improvements over the contract term. Improved contract terms are offered to stop teams poaching and luring players with higher wages.

e.g.
Yr 1 £100K
Yr 2 £115K
Yr 3 £130K + Loyalty Bonus at season end
Yr 4 £150K….
However, once you become integral to the Starting XI, and are getting noticed(!), most agents would start sounding out the Club about a reworking of the terms and the Club would seek increased duration.

e.g. in Palmer’s case, this might be something like…

Yrs 1 & 2 remain as is, to ensure it’s not a one year blip, but maybe a goal/trophy bonus added.

Yr 3 £200K
Yr 4 £225K
Yr 5 £250K + another loyalty bonus
Yr 6 £275K
Yr 7 £300K, plus the addition of 2 yrs
Yr 8 £300K
Yr 9 £300K + loyalty bonus
Yr 10 (Club option) £330K

That is a very simplistic example of how I understand current contracts to be structured. Of course, there are myriad other things thrown in there, including trophies, CL participation, PL wins, Image rights, etc, etc.
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Thanks for the insight I feel sure Cole’s agent will be renegotiating already. One thing for sure he is not going to short of money or admirers if he fancies quitting Stamford Bridge in the near future
 
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