Pingu the Penguin
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Chelsea must be in the FFP rules sights by now surely. Amazing the amount of money they have spent in 12 months
Chelsea Thread - 2023/24
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It’s been mentioned a couple of times but we’ve sold almost £300 million worth of players this summer. FFP is not a problem at all.
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thanks. Interesting
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The thing about Chelsea that even IF all the cogs connect into place they still don't look that good on paper
Jackson has a lot to shoulder, better #9's have failed at Chelsea...and the truth is one half season aside the guy has barely done anything. He's deffo not a Haaland/Kane and Doubt anyone would swap him for Isak, Jesus, Gakpo, Nunes etc.
Colwill is a good prospect, but he is a prospect. Teams will get chances against him .yes it'll pay off in a few years getting him this exposure but to break into top 4 it'll be a task.
James and Chillwell are good when they are fit which isn't always the case (especially for Chillwell).
Mudryk I just dunno what they were thinking, the guy was NEVER a €100mil player and I doubt he will be will all the pressure he's under. He'll be sold in a few years for 50% or less like Sancho at United
Madueke, Chukwuemeka and the rest of the young guys are good prospects at best, none are extraordinary and consensus has always been they've overpaid
Thiago Silva is the glue, yet the guy is almost 40 he's gonna dive off eventually
Kepa had a good year but arguably the worst keeper of the big 6 other than Spurs
Just can't see a scenario they get top 4 this year other than united/spurs/Newcastle all have a huge drop off (fairly confident Liverpool will be at least top 4 and Arsenal and us will)
Jackson has a lot to shoulder, better #9's have failed at Chelsea...and the truth is one half season aside the guy has barely done anything. He's deffo not a Haaland/Kane and Doubt anyone would swap him for Isak, Jesus, Gakpo, Nunes etc.
Colwill is a good prospect, but he is a prospect. Teams will get chances against him .yes it'll pay off in a few years getting him this exposure but to break into top 4 it'll be a task.
James and Chillwell are good when they are fit which isn't always the case (especially for Chillwell).
Mudryk I just dunno what they were thinking, the guy was NEVER a €100mil player and I doubt he will be will all the pressure he's under. He'll be sold in a few years for 50% or less like Sancho at United
Madueke, Chukwuemeka and the rest of the young guys are good prospects at best, none are extraordinary and consensus has always been they've overpaid
Thiago Silva is the glue, yet the guy is almost 40 he's gonna dive off eventually
Kepa had a good year but arguably the worst keeper of the big 6 other than Spurs
Just can't see a scenario they get top 4 this year other than united/spurs/Newcastle all have a huge drop off (fairly confident Liverpool will be at least top 4 and Arsenal and us will)
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That’s a great deal for Chelsea tbf
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Bizarre that Colwill was considered a £50m player but his captain THB is available for £15-20m
Contract length maybe? The left footed centre half rarity?
Maybe City’s insistence on a buy back clause?
Colwill’s one year in the PL?
Who knows. But I’m struggling to comprehend the apparently huge differencein apparent external transfer values
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I do think that Colwill passes the eye test to the point that fans will say he has a "higher ceiling", but I get you
I think with Colwill he already has that year of prem experience which sets him above
But also agree with the questions you raised, we just aren't as scared of selling prospects as the other big clubs, plus we sell slightly under value then add clauses and/or buy-back options
Personally I hope they get their act together this season, we need em taking points of the offended and noisy neighbours.
Surely they can’t be any worse than last season just can’t believe how they’ve gone from one of the best teams in the league to what they are now.
Never had a problem with the chavs and was hoping we would have taken James off em at some point an absolute gem of a defender.
Good luck for the new season and here’s hoping you twat the above teams.
Surely they can’t be any worse than last season just can’t believe how they’ve gone from one of the best teams in the league to what they are now.
Never had a problem with the chavs and was hoping we would have taken James off em at some point an absolute gem of a defender.
Good luck for the new season and here’s hoping you twat the above teams.
Thanks mate.
Yes, we've fallen far and quickly.
The sequence of events that started with that lunatic Putin invading Ukraine has certainly created a domino effect at Chelsea the likes of which we've never seen.
However, Chelsea haven't been a truly top team for circa 5 years imo. Yes, we won the CL in 2021, but I think that was almost an anomaly - a bit of new manager bounce, luck of the draw, and yes, a half decent side with a couple of stars (Kante).
I'm excited for the new season and hope we can progress. But to be clear I certainly don't envisage us being up at the top. I'd see us finishing 5th as a 'trophy' this season.
Jeez, CL places seen as solid achievements? I must be turning into a Gooner!
Bought sanchez from Brighton for £25m.
Biy of a strange one for me. They've now got 2 keepers who are OK - but just OK.
Neither are good enough to help them mount a title challenge but both are too good to be happy sitting on the bench all season and they will both think they are better than the other so will be pissed off if they don't start.
Biy of a strange one for me. They've now got 2 keepers who are OK - but just OK.
Neither are good enough to help them mount a title challenge but both are too good to be happy sitting on the bench all season and they will both think they are better than the other so will be pissed off if they don't start.
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