Atalanta beat Roma 2 nil away from home last night and remain very much in the title race. Not sure they would sell one of their stars mid season. Would probably cost us 25% premium on true value. Think getting someone in mid season who can do a job but is also good enough to be part of the squad in the mid term is going to be very difficult. We have a huge rebuild over the next 18 months so would be risky to move from our stance of not paying more than we think a player is worth ahead of a period when clubs are going to try and wrong every penny from us. Equally CL qualification is on the line and if we don’t get in then this puts us back significantly as well. I cant see Zubimendi happening mid season either or any premier league player given PL clubs all have the financial resilience to not have to sell mid season. More I think about it the harder it is to see passed Ricci and/or Douglas Luiz on loan from Juve with a big loan fee.
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Chelsea still attracted players despite not being the Champions League. It only becomes an issue if we make a habit of not qualifying for it.Atalanta beat Roma 2 nil away from home last night and remain very much in the title race. Not sure they would sell one of their stars mid season. Would probably cost us 25% premium on true value. Think getting someone in mid season who can do a job but is also good enough to be part of the squad in the mid term is going to be very difficult. We have a huge rebuild over the next 18 months so would be risky to move from our stance of not paying more than we think a player is worth ahead of a period when clubs are going to try and wrong every penny from us. Equally CL qualification is on the line and if we don’t get in then this puts us back significantly as well. I cant see Zubimendi happening mid season either or any premier league player given PL clubs all have the financial resilience to not have to sell mid season. More I think about it the harder it is to see passed Ricci and/or Douglas Luiz on loan from Juve with a big loan fee.
Chelsea attracted young players and it’s taken them a season to gel, paid over the odds for a number of them. Not sure it’s a model we should follow. I take your point in that one season out isn’t fatal but if we are replacing KDB it means no Wirtz or Musiala and means we have to gamble more. Get these wrong and a spiral starts.Chelsea still attracted players despite not being the Champions League. It only becomes an issue if we make a habit of not qualifying for it.
Still couple of major transfers thrown too. Nkunku and Sterling and to some degree Aubameyang moved without Champions League Football. They threw money at Cole Palmer. Besides that we tend not to go completely down the superstar route. We still have Pep who can negate a lack of Champions League football.Chelsea attracted young players and it’s taken them a season to gel, paid over the odds for a number of them. Not sure it’s a model we should follow. I take your point in that one season out isn’t fatal but if we are replacing KDB it means no Wirtz or Musiala and means we have to gamble more. Get these wrong and a spiral starts.
Fair points - not a deal breaker but a risk factor and complication we really don’t need given the next 2 transfer windows are critical to the clubs short and medium term future. The less gambling we do the better.Still couple of major transfers thrown too. Nkunku and Sterling and to some degree Aubameyang moved without Champions League Football. They threw money at Cole Palmer. Besides that we tend not to go completely down the superstar route. We still have Pep who can negate a lack of Champions League football.
There could be an argument that the spiral has started, Nunes and Phillips.Chelsea attracted young players and it’s taken them a season to gel, paid over the odds for a number of them. Not sure it’s a model we should follow. I take your point in that one season out isn’t fatal but if we are replacing KDB it means no Wirtz or Musiala and means we have to gamble more. Get these wrong and a spiral starts.
Without question we now have our weakest squad since Pep's first season and the opposition have caught up and two (dippers and Arse) have overtaken and Chelsea are starting to look very tasty.
One thing for certain is we can't afford to make any more errors in the next 2-3 windows.
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He looks a step slow to meNot good enough on the ball for me. Nunes esque
Also will take time to get upto speed from Seria A, I understand the Bruno links, he could come straight in and make an instant impact.He looks a step slow to me
Howe mentioned they need to sell to buy in Jan…think there has been talk that tonali and Bruno are too similar to play together. Think the rumours may grow on this.Also will take time to get upto speed from Seria A, I understand the Bruno links, he could come straight in and make an instant impact.